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Bobbie Thibodeau

Hindu Wisdom - 0 views

  • ndian Brahmin
  • perous trading region. As the area was located on the Pilgrim rout between China and India, Hinduism and Chinese Buddhism was adopted by the new settlers. The Indian and Chinese influence can still be felt in Cambodia
  • resembles Hindu and Buddhist temples that can be found in Northern India and in Nepal
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  • an area of 1,500 by 1,300 m (4,920 by 4,265 ft) and is surrounded by a vast moat 180 m (590 ft) wide.
  • giant serpents, which are believed to represent emblems of cosmic fertility.
  • Hindu mythology, principally scenes relating to the god Vishnu,
  • "mass of bas-relief carving is of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor.
  • filled with three-dimensional images and every inch of the walls are covered by sculptures.
  • grandiose and monumental works in sandstone representing goods, mythical guardians and legendary creatures to bronzes used for religious rituals and royal and aristocratic ceremonies.
  • ``The small colonies of Indian traders, who settled at points of vantage along the sea routes into the islands and around the coast of Indochina, merely imported with them their code of living, their conceptions of law and kingship, their rich literature and highly evolved philosophy of life. They intermarried with prominent local families: and dynasties evolved capable of organising extensive kingdoms within which their populations could live ordered and fruitful lives.''
  • Thai raids on Angkor, the growing importance of Theravada Buddhism in Cambodia a
  • ``At the sight of this temple, one feels one's spirit crushed, one's imagination surpassed. One looks, one admires, and, seized with respect, one is silent. For where are the words to praise a work of art that may not have its equal anywhere on the globe? ... What genius this Michalangelo of the East had, that he was capable of concaving such a work.'' (Le Tour du Monde, 2-1863-299).
  • ndologist from Leiden, Hendrik Kern, who had no problem in deciphering the Sanskrit-based characters of the ancient Cambodian texts and stone inscriptions, which were related to those used in southern India.
  • in 1879
  • The south Indian type, which actually played a historical part, was known and used across all the former territory of Khmer.'' (Khmer Epigraphy - Saveros Pou).
  • George Coedes, who in 1906, at the age of 20, published a long Sanskrit inscription from Cambodia and who over the next 60 years translated hundreds of complex Sanskrit and Khmer texts with wide-ranging significance and bearing.
  • , Hinduism and Buddhism existed side by side in Cambodia during the fifth and sixth centuries.
  • Sivaism, one of the two major branches of Hinduism,
  • An Indian tradition held that it was Siva himself who had revealed the secrets of grammar to Panini.'' (The religions of ancient Cambodia, Bhattacharya.)
  • Sivaism and had a lingam installed with all the correct rituals in Phnom Kulen by a Brahmin well-versed in appropriate texts, ``his son and successor, Jayavarman III was a Visnuite,'' according to Bhattacharya, and the founder of Angkor Vat, King Suryavarman II (1113-1145?), believed in Visnuism, thus indicating that the faith in the two branches of Hinduism varied from ruler t
  • Khmer art was religious
  • ew records survive to date the sculptures, and nothing is known about the artists who created these marvels.
  • scrutiny of minute details,
  • The National Gallery exhibition included two carved pediments of Banteay Srei with scenes from Hindu mythology. One of them depicted two demon brothers fighting for the possession of a nymph sent by the gods to incite their rivalry and provoke a fatal fight to put an end to their crimes.
  • e National Gallery of Art in Washington w
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    Hinduism & Angkor Wat 
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On reading the Koran - Lesley Hazleton | TED-Ed - 1 views

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    author of "The First Muslim" and the book on the Sunni/Shia split, "After the Prophet"  addresses reading the Koran.  Translation issues, specifically addresses the 72 virgins.  
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Tingis Magazine - 0 views

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    US/Moroccan News blog -Anouar Majid is Director of the Center for Global Humanities and Vice President for Global Affairs at the University of New England in Maine, USA. He has written many books and articles on the West, Islam, and the clash of ideologies in the modern world. Majid is also a novelist, the author of Si Yussef (1992, 2005).
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The Concept Of Decoration in Islamic architecture - 0 views

  • Surface, Pattern and Light"
  • little furniture is traditionally used for daily life in Islam,
  • on a basic foundation of calligraphy, geometry and, in architecture, the repetition and multiplication of elements based on the arch. "Allied and parallel to these are floral and figural motifs,"
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  • "Water and light are
  • Mahal which, with its rippled effect, suggests that the tomb is set in a tank of water. The decoration... does not imitate the water... in precise details, but it conveys the idea of water...
  • light is the symbol of divine unity
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The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an - Anton Wessels : Eerdmans - 2 views

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    Monotheistic religion thread 
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The Islamic art collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA - 0 views

  • The early Islamic period, seventh through tenth century
  • early medieval period, from the eleventh through the mid-thirteenth century,
  • late medieval period
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  • late Islamic period,
  • figural imagery is an important aspect of Islamic art.
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    islamic art museum L.A. 1
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The Runner-Up Religions Of America : The Protojournalist : NPR - 1 views

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    After Christianity - runner up religions in the U.S.
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The Topkapi Scrolls | Pattern in Islamic Art - 0 views

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    Islamic Art - Topkapi Scrolls (Istanbul- Ottoman Empire/15th century) The scroll shows how architects designed patterns to decorate the walls of Islamic buildings with tiles.  (2 & 3 dimensional)  29.5 meters long, 114 geometric patterns
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https://d396qusza40orc.cloudfront.net/mysticthought%2FSuggested%20readings%2FCampbell%2... - 0 views

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    Reading 1-20 The Religion of the Heart   A study of European Religions  Ted Campbell
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Learning through Creativity: Ali Asani on the Role of Art in the Classroom on Vimeo - 0 views

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    islamic art projects at the university level
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Islamic architecture :: Introduction - 0 views

  • architecture of the veil.
  • traditional need to entertain male guests, while at the same time bar them access to the females
  • Because of the lack of emphasis on external appearance in
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  • Alhambra at Granada in Spain.
  • makes architecture Islamic?:
  • what makes architecture Islamic?
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Bloggingheads.tv - 0 views

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    http://evolutionofgod.netRobert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Shinzen Young (The Science of Enlightenment, Shinzen.org)
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Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village Library - 0 views

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    Last Shaker Village.  It is in New Gloucester Maine  I hear their library has an amazing collection of primary and secondary sources regarding not only the Shakers but other radical religions in the U.S.  Will answer brief, ready-reference questions by phone, email or letter.  Quality resources for research!
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Archived Webinars | www.fivecolleges.edu - 0 views

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    Buddhism along the silk road, The Great Wave of Hokusai, 
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Introductory Teachings on Buddhism from Mumbai - English Language | The Office of His H... - 0 views

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    lectures from the dalai lama
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Reincarnation | The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama - 0 views

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    Reincarnation Dalai lama
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Chasing the Sacred: Down the Ganges From Snow to Sea | PROOF - 0 views

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    Picture Story:  Hinduism/Ganges/Environment
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What Buddhists Believe - The Significance of Transference of Merits to the Departed - 0 views

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    transference of Merit to the departed
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The Early Buddhist Women- stories Two The much married Isidasi | Sulekha Creative - 0 views

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    Ancient Buddhism women
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The Best Ways To Find Other Classes For Joint Online Projects | Larry Ferlazz... - 0 views

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    tips on global collaborations
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