Raoul Birnbaum
Auteur de The Healing Buddha
A propos de l'auteur
Raoul Birnbaum holds a doctorate in Buddhism and Chinese Religions from Columbia University. He is now a member of the Department of Religion at Princeton University.
Œuvres de Raoul Birnbaum
Oeuvres associées
Along the Ancient Silk Roads : Central Asian Art from the West Berlin State Museums (1982) — Contributeur — 40 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Birnbaum, Raoul
- Nom légal
- Birnbaum, Raoul Oyan
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Études
- Columbia University
College of the City of New York - Professions
- Buddhist studies professor
- Organisations
- University of California, Santa Cruz
Princeton University
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Critiques
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- Œuvres
- 3
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 104
- Popularité
- #184,481
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 7
- Langues
- 1
Healing is an important concept in Buddhism and while one of its meanings is healing as in the cure of diseases, healing in Buddhism is more importantly "the healing process as a metaphor for spiritual growth with the Buddha as the Supreme Physician and the Buddhist Teachings termed the King of Medicines" (p. 3)
Extensive selections from various sutras and ritual examples illustrate iconographic details, although the black & white photos are of very poor quality. The references to esoteric Buddhism in China are especially helpful as they remain amongst the first to have given us insight into some of its beliefs and practices as seen in the cult of Bhaisajyaguru.
There are also excellent references to the other 'healing Buddhas' of Buddhism--Avalokitesvara, Samantabhadra, and Amitabha together with some of their rituals and iconography.
The book is still, in my opinion, the best single source on the subject, in addition to an article by S. C. Bosch Reitz in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin's (Vol. 19, No. 4), April 1924, "Trinity of the Buddha of Healing." It is a volume I have returned to several times.… (plus d'informations)