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An essential collection of Stephen Batchelor's most probing and important work on secular Buddhism As the practice of mindfulness permeates mainstream Western culture, more and more people are engaging in a traditional form of Buddhist meditation. However, many of these people have little interest in the religious aspects of Buddhism, and the practice occurs within secular contexts such as hospitals, schools, and the workplace. Is it possible to recover from the Buddhist teachings a vision of human flourishing that is secular rather than religious without compromising the integrity of the tradition? Is there an ethical framework that can underpin and contextualize these practices in a rapidly changing world? In this collected volume of Stephen Batchelor's writings on these themes, the author explores the complex implications of Buddhism's secularization. Ranging widely-from reincarnation, religious belief, and agnosticism to the role of the arts in Buddhist practice-he offers a detailed picture of contemporary Buddhism and its attempt to find a voice in the modern world.

Buddhism --- RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist). --- Buddhist doctrines --- Buddhist theology --- Lamaist doctrines --- Doctrines. --- Dharma (Buddhism) --- Buddhist teachings --- Dhamma (Buddhism) --- Doctrines

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"We have long recognized that many objects in museums were originally on display in temples, shrines, or monasteries, and were religiously significant to the communities that created and used them. How, though, are such objects to be understood, described, exhibited, and handled now that they are in museums? Are they still sacred objects, or formerly sacred objects that are now art objects, or are they simultaneously objects of religious and artistic significance, depending on who is viewing the object? These objects not only raise questions about their own identities, but also about the ways we understand the religious traditions in which these objects were created and which they represent in museums today. Bringing together religious studies scholars and museum curators, Sacred Objects in Secular Spaces is the first v. to focus on Asian religions in relation to these questions. The contributors analyze an array of issues related to the exhibition in museums of objects of religious significance from Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh traditions. The 'lives' of objects are considered, along with the categories of 'sacred' and 'profane,' 'religious' and 'secular.' As interest in material manifestations of religious ideas and practices continues to grow, Sacred Objects in Secular Spaces is a much-needed contribution to religious and Asian studies, anthropology of religion and museums studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Museums --- Museum exhibits --- Religious articles --- Religion and culture. --- Hinduism --- Buddhism --- Sikhism --- Sikhs --- Religions --- Buddha and Buddhism --- Lamaism --- Ris-med (Lamaism) --- Brahmanism --- Culture and religion --- Culture --- Articles, Religious --- Objects, Religious --- Religious art objects --- Religious goods --- Religious objects --- Sacred objects --- Religion --- Display techniques --- Displays, Museum --- Museum displays --- Exhibitions --- Museum techniques --- Social aspects. --- Religious aspects. --- History --- Asia --- Asian and Pacific Council countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Religion / buddhism / general (see also philosophy / buddhist). --- Religion / hinduism / general. --- Art / asian. --- Art / museum studies.

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The Heart Sutra is perhaps the most famous Buddhist text, traditionally regarded as a potent expression of emptiness and of the Buddha's perfect wisdom. This brief, seemingly simple work was the subject of more commentaries in Asia than any other sutra. In Elaborations on Emptiness, Donald Lopez explores for the first time the elaborate philosophical and ritual uses of the Heart Sutra in India, Tibet, and the West. Included here are full translations of the eight extant Indian commentaries. Interspersed with the translations are six essays that examine the unusual roles the Heart Sutra has played: it has been used as a mantra, an exorcism text, a tantric meditation guide, and as the material for comparative philosophy. Taken together, the translations and essays that form Elaborations on Emptiness demonstrate why commentary is as central to modern scholarship on Buddhism as it was for ancient Buddhists. Lopez reveals unexpected points of instability and contradiction in the Heart Sutra, which, in the end, turns out to be the most malleable of texts, where the logic of commentary serves as a tool of both tradition and transgression.

Tripiṭaka. --- Panya simgyŏng --- Hr̥daya --- Prajnaparamitas. --- Hannya shingyō --- Hannya haramitta shingyō --- Po je hsin ching --- Mo ho po je po lo ta ming chou ching --- Po je po lo mi to hsin ching --- Fo shuo po je po lo mi to hsin ching --- Po je po lo mi to na ching --- Mo ho po je sui hsin ching --- Pʻu pien chih tsang po je po lo mi to hsin ching --- Po je po lo mi to hsin ching pieh pen --- Po je po lo to hsin ching --- Sheng fo mu po je po lo mi to hsin ching --- Hsin ching --- Maka hannya haramitta shingyō --- Hannya shinkyō --- Bcom ldan ʼdas ma śes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin paʼi sñiṅ po --- Bo re bo luo mi duo xin jing --- Xin jing --- Fo shuo bo re bo luo mi duo xin jing --- Maha panya paramilta simgyŏng --- Commentaries. --- RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist).