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This book contributes to the history of religions and Buddhist studies fields by focussing on what is a far too frequently ignored aspect of religious experience: visual images.

This work focuses on the Buddhist visual practices surrounding the visual representation of a single, central concept, "prajna" - or wisdom - in medieval north India.

Jacob Kinnard offers an in-depth examination of the complex dynamics of religiously charged places. He argues that places are sacred because we make them sacred, and that they remain in perpetual motion, transforming themselves from moment to moment and generation to generation.

Narrative chapters, primary documents, illustrations, glossary and biographical sketches introduce students to the life of the man called Buddha and the spread of Buddhism throughout the world.

This brief survey text tells the story of Buddhism as it unfolds through the narrative of the Brahmanical cosmology from which Buddhism emerged, the stories and myths surrounding Buddha's birth, Buddha's path to enlightenment, and the eventual spread of his teachings throughout India and the world. Jacob N. Kinnards clear telling of the tale helps students understand such complex concepts as the natural law of cause and effect (karma), the bir...

Jacob Kinnard offers an in-depth examination of the complex dynamics of religiously charged places. He argues that places are sacred because we make them sacred, and that they remain in perpetual motion, transforming themselves from moment to moment and generation to generation.