Seeing Like the Buddha: Enlightenment through Film
Author:   Francisca Cho
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
ISBN:  

9781438464398


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   01 March 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Seeing Like the Buddha: Enlightenment through Film


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Considers film as a form of Buddhist ritual and contemplative practice.

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Author:   Francisca Cho
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438464398


ISBN 10:   1438464398
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   01 March 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgment Abbreviations 1. Seeing Like the Buddha 2. The Karmic Narrative of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ...and Spring 3. The Meditative Discernment of Nang Nak 4. Rashomon and the Indiscernible Emptiness of Being 5. The Depth of Shadows in Maborosi 6. The Visual Cinema of Terrence Malick 7. Descent into the World Notes References Index

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...[an] important new contribution to Buddhist studies and Buddhist film criticism. - Publishers Weekly


Author Information

Francisca Cho is Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies at Georgetown University. Her books include Religion and Science in the Mirror of Buddhism (written with Richard K. Squier) and Embracing Illusion: Truth and Fiction in The Dream of the Nine Clouds, also published by SUNY Press.

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