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Book explores 30 wonders of Korean Buddhism

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:56 pm
by Mr. G
Understanding a religious faith is difficult — spanning the scope from the history and culture to philosophy and practices, it would be nearly impossible to completely learn a given tradition in a short period of time, although people benefit greatly by using various sources, including books.

The Korea Buddhism Promotion Foundation has been working hard to make Buddhism and its unique culture and teachings accessible to both the local and foreign crowds, and it hopes to facilitate the process with a new book, “The Colors of Korean Buddhism: 30 Icons and Their Stories.”

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Re: Book explores 30 wonders of Korean Buddhism

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:42 pm
by ChangYuan
mr. gordo wrote:Understanding a religious faith is difficult — spanning the scope from the history and culture to philosophy and practices, it would be nearly impossible to completely learn a given tradition in a short period of time, although people benefit greatly by using various sources, including books.

The Korea Buddhism Promotion Foundation has been working hard to make Buddhism and its unique culture and teachings accessible to both the local and foreign crowds, and it hopes to facilitate the process with a new book, “The Colors of Korean Buddhism: 30 Icons and Their Stories.”

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Seems to e a next to impossible book to find, anywhere.

Re: Book explores 30 wonders of Korean Buddhism

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:04 am
by bulhaeng
Apparently, prof. Mason published the articles gathered in the book on his website.

If you follow the links they'll direct you to the articles beautifully adorned with plastic surgery ads. Ah, Korea :)

Best,
Piotr