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DAS STANDARDWERK IN NEUER AUFLAGE

Im 13. Jahrhundert errichteten die Mongolen das größte Landreich, das je existierte. Ihre Reitertruppen versetzten Mitteleuropa in Angst und Schrecken und gaben mit der Eroberung Bagdads 1258 der Geschichte des Islams eine neue Richtung. Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz beschreibt anschaulich die Geschichte der Mongolen von der Einigung mongolischer Stämme im 12. Jahrhundert über die Eroberungen Dschingis Khans bis zur heutigen Mongolei.

This volume consists of a collection of studies which are based on papers presented at the symposium -Erlost leben oder sterben, um befreit zu werden?- (Zurich, May 2008), organized in honour of Peter Schreiner. It offers a selective overview of individual liberation as dealt with in Indian texts and rituals at different times. Starting from the two prominent approaches to this problem, namely, that of jivanmukti ( liberation in one s lifetime ) and that of videhamukti ( liberation beyond the body ), some important questions have to be considered: How has life been thought...

This volume seeks to chart and elucidate the diverse relationships between the religious and secular spheres in regions of Asia that were significantly influenced – sometimes even dominated – by Buddhist discourses, ideas, and institutions. These regions include South Asia (India, Sri Lanka), East and Southeast Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam), Inner Asia (Buryatia, Mongolia, Tibet), and the Himalayan region (Bhutan). These regions were connected by communicative networks long before the global modern age. They constituted an intricately entangled discursive sphere, shaped by the...