Seeing like the Buddha: enlightenment through film

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgment; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Seeing Like the Buddha; Erasing the Buddha; The Necessity of Form; Visions of the Buddha; Conclusion; Chapter 2 The Karmic Narrative of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter . . . and Spring; Observing the Buddhist Drama; The Bodhisattva's...

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Main Author: Cho, Francisca (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Albany State University of New York Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Further subjects:B Buddhism in motion pictures
B PERFORMING ARTS ; Reference
B Electronic books
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Summary:List of Illustrations; Acknowledgment; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Seeing Like the Buddha; Erasing the Buddha; The Necessity of Form; Visions of the Buddha; Conclusion; Chapter 2 The Karmic Narrative of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter . . . and Spring; Observing the Buddhist Drama; The Bodhisattva's Vision; Repetition and Awakening; The Collapse of Time; Chapter 3 The Meditative Discernment of Nang Nak; The Karma of Ghosts; The Buddhist Taming; The Eye of Wisdom; Keeping It Real; Chapter 4 Rashomon and the Indiscernible Emptiness of Being; Buddhist Origins; The Subjectivity of Perception
The Perception of No-PerceptionThe Emptiness of Being; Chapter 5 The Depth of Shadows in Maborosi; The Preference for Shadows; The Religious and the Aesthetic; From the Medieval to the Modern; From National Cinemas to Buddhist Cinema; Chapter 6 The Visual Cinema of Terrence Malick; The Nonnarrative Language of the Visual; The Seeing of Nature; Movement and Flow; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Descent into the World; Buddhist Visionary Practices; Film as Visionary Practice; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 22, 2017)
ISBN:1438464401