An edition of The spirit of Asia
(2000)
The spirit of Asia
journeys to the sacred places of the East
by Michael Freeman and Alistair Shearer
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Description and travel, Lugar sagrado, Descripciones y viajes, Libros de láminas, Sacred space, Pictorial works, Ouvrages illustres, Travel, Pictoral works, Lieux sacres, Hindoeisme, Heiligdommen, Boeddhisme, Stress Management, Self-Help, Photography, Spanish: Adult Nonfiction, Subjects & Themes - Travel - World/GeneralPlaces
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El espíritu de Asia: viajes a los lugares sagrados de Oriente
2002, Ediciones Oniro, Editorial Paidós, Editorial Paidós Mexicana
in Spanish
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El Espiritu De Asia
September 3, 2002, Ediciones Oniro
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in Spanish
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The spirit of Asia: journeys to the sacred places of the East
2000, Thames & Hudson
in English
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1 GUARDIANS OF THE WORLD
The Forces of Nature 1io
W aters of Life12
Sacred Stones16
The Sacred Tree18
The Sacred Mountain22
Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka 24
GunungAgung, Bali 26
Mount Kailash, Tibet 28
Appeasing the Owners
Spirit Houses, Thailand 34
Guardian Spirits
The Nats of Burma 38
Gateways to Other Worlds
Hill-tribe Shrines of Thailand 42
Immortal Ancestors
Tangyue MemorialArches, China 44
lmperial Tombs of
the Perfume River, Vietnam46
The Way of the Gods (Shinto)50
Miyajima and ise-jingu, Japan52
2 THE MOTHER RELIGION OF ASIA
Hinduism and its Influence60
Varanasi, North India:
Holy Mother Ganges 62
Pashupatinath, Nepal:
Shiva, Lord ofAll Creatures 70
Nilakantha, Nepal:
The Lord of Creation Sleeps72
Tiruvannamalai, South india:
The Hill of Light74
Kanchipuram, South India: Wat Phra Kaeo, Thailand:
City of Sages 80 Emerald Buddha Temple150
Tirumala, South India:
Vishnu, Maintainer of the Cosmos 86 4 THE R AT EHI E
Angkor Wat, Cambodia: T E GR A VEHICL
Citadel of the God Kings 88 Mahayana Buddhism
Chandi Sukuh Et Chandi Ceto, Java: from the Himalayas to Japan 156
Sacred Sexuality 92
Bali, Indonesia: Borobodur, Java:
An Island of Balance 96 The Cosmic Mandala158
Shatrunjaya, North India: Angkor Thom Et Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia:
The Peaceful Liberators100 Buddha Kings of the Khmer164
Amritsar, North India: Swayambhunath, Nepal:
The Golden Temple of the Sikhs104 The Lotus-born Stupa168
Bodhnath, Nepal:
3 THE PATH OF ENLIGHTENMENT The All-eeing Buddha 172
Samye, Tibet:
In the Footsteps of the Buddha olBuddhism Reaches Tibet 178
Tashiiunpo, Tibet:
Bodh Gaya, India: Seat of the Panchen Lamas 184
The Garden of Enlightenment112 The Jokhang, Tibet:
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka: Tibet's Resilient Heart 190
Planting the Seed of Truth 116 Putuoshan, China:
Temple of the Tooth, Sri Lanka: White Lotus Island196
Power of the Relic120 Koya-san, Japan:
Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka: Return to the Source 200
Medieval Capital of the Faith124
Pagan, Burma: A Note on the Photography 206
Field of the Cloth of Saffron128 Glossary 207
Shwedagon Pagoda, Burma: Bibliography 208
Memorial of Gold136 Acknowledgments 208
Sagaing, Burma:
The Power of Community142
Si Satchanalai, Thailand:
King Ramkamhaeng's Citadel146.
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