SUNY Press Catalog - Spring 2009 - (Page 26) asian studies • buddhist studies PANTONE 1215C PANTONE Black 7C Typeface: Trajan Regular ITC Franklin Gothic New in Paper Selby Revised Sketch #2 02/20/07 Black / PMS 326C TAMIL GEOGrAPHIES Cultural Constructions of Space and Place in South india Martha Ann Selby and Indira Viswanathan Peterson, editors How perceptions of land and space influence social and aesthetic conditions in the Tamil region of India. ONE KOrEAN’S APPrOACH TO BUDDHISM The Mom/Momjit Paradigm Sung Bae Park Insights into the experience and philosophy of Buddhism from a Korean perspective. This book presents the author’s lifelong study and practice of Buddhism from a Korean perspective.With depth, sensitivity, and candor, Sung Bae Park discusses his country’s contribution to Mahaµyaµna Buddhism and also shares his personal experience. A monk in the Korean Chogye order during his early twenties, Park is uniquely qualified to offer the reader some valuable insights into the experience and philosophy of the Zen Buddhist. Focusing on the Korean concepts mom (which refers to the body) and momjit (which refers to its gestures or functions), Park examines their nondual, interdependent nature and their relevance to ordinary human beings who are living in these turbulent times. He also introduces a specialized spiritual practice using the hwadu, which aids the religious practitioner in loosening his conceptual, intellectual grip on his life and the world around him. In addition, the author explores the relevance of his views to other religions and philosophies, including Taoism, Confucianism, and Christianity. Those well acquainted with Buddhism will find much food for thought here, as familiar topics such as emptiness, nonduality, and enlightenment are presented in a refreshingly original way, and those new to Buddhist thought may find themselves stimulated to learn more. A helpful glossary of terms is included. Sung Bae Park is Professor of Asian Philosophy and Religions and Director of the Center for Korean Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. A volume in the SUNY series in Korean Studies Sung Bae Park, editor JANUArY • 144 pp $14.95 pb 978-0-7914-7698-7 $59.50 hc 978-0-7914-7697-0 Geographies Cultural Constructions of Space and Place in South India Edited by Tamil Martha Ann Selby and Indira Viswanathan Peterson This interdisciplinary work explores how people in the Tamil region of India think about space and land, and how this, in turn, influences the creation of the social and aesthetic world they live in. Contributors focus on the notion of geography in its strictest sense, on verbal descriptions of land and space and how these descriptions build and inform diverse social and aesthetic realities. The essays examine “texts” drawn from a range of time periods and a variety of sources in Tamil culture. JANUArY • 326 pp 12 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 4 figures $24.95 pb 978-0-7914-7246-0 Wu Sketch #1B Rev. 07/09/07 PMS 553C / PMS 110C e Written at Imperial Command WrITTEN AT IMPErIAL COMMAND Panegyric Poetry in Early Medieval China Fusheng Wu Explores the literary features and historical context of poetry written for imperial rulers in China’s early medieval period. www.sunypress.edu Panegyric Poetry in Early Medieval China Fusheng Wu “Wu argues convincingly that authors of panegyrics were more concerned with the internal literary value of their verse than they were given credit for and that the praising/advising function often associated with yingzhao shi … ‘becomes secondary.’ … Wu[’s] … scholarship is discerning, meticulous, and revealing.” — CHOICE JANUArY • 289 pp $24.95 pb 978-0-7914-7370-2 e 26 e http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61506 http://www.sunypress.edu http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61579 http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61741
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