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The Christian Ashram Movement in India
Štipl, Zdeněk ; Vavroušková, Stanislava (advisor) ; Berounský, Daniel (referee) ; Strnad, Jaroslav (referee)
1 Zdeněk Štipl: The Christian Ashram Movement in India Abstract This thesis deals with the Christian Ashram Movement. The Movement represents a remarkable experiment of Christian inculturation in India, through which Christianity attempted to penetrate the cultural as well as the religious world of India. In spite of its long- lasting presence in India, approaching almost 2000 years, Christianity is still generally regarded a foreign element in the country. The story of Christian ashrams has been developing continuously throughout the 20th century and the idea of an ashram can be found in use across the various Christian denominations. First ashrams were established by the Protestant churches, especially in southern India. However, the Catholic Church got hold of the Movement in the late sixties, as a consequence of changes that were brought into the life of the Church by the Second Vatican Council. The Movement reached its peak in the seventies and eighties. At that time the number of ashrams in existence exceeded one hundred, they were found in every linguistic region of India, and the idea of a Christian ashram spread out not only to the neighbouring countries, but even across the globe. In the first chapter a brief overview of the history of Christianity in India is presented through the prism of...
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Thisong Decän
Pinker, Filip ; Berounský, Daniel (advisor) ; Vokurková, Zuzana (referee)
This work surveys whole life of Tibetan emperor Thisong Decän. It tries to be as comprehensive as possible. It includes territorial expansion of empire and introduction of Buddhism as state religion, but also other minor topics such as succession to the Tibetan throne or his death. There are many works about Tibetan history, but even top researchers sometimes contradict each other in their statements. This is the reason why I have tried to compare knowledge already known to scientific world. I have to admit that this work does not produce any innovative information to the world of researchers. It is only a summary which could be useful for Orientalists-beginners or people interested in Tibetan history.
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Fabulous Land of Shambhala
Hanker, Martin ; Berounský, Daniel (advisor) ; Vokurková, Zuzana (referee)
The myth of Shambhala shelters trandemously wide rande of symbols, which moved it towards new contexts of imagination and events, that augment its traditional purpose and sense. Indigenous contours of eschatological and utopistic archetypes are covered by new layers of interpretations, so the aim is to reveal the mythical roots via stepwise purification. After getting familiar with available materials, a prezentation of a development of the mythical images takes its place, based on publications referring to the primary sources. Main ideas are here introduced within corresponding areas slightly deeper. Following part interpretates some key elements of the myth and their wider context according to the secondary sources. Third chapter presents the role of Occident in connection with Shambhala as a oriental element, which we are still trying to understand in the propriate way. Some other western phenomenas are briefly described in the end too, because they are closely related to the issue of Shambhala in the West, but deeper focus on them is not the goal of this thesis. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Connectives in Tibetan
Yang, Pavel ; Vokurková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Berounský, Daniel (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with connectives in Tibetan. The basis is the translation work. As for the procedure, firstly the translations were made, then the work with connectives was undergone and that resulted in the theoretical part and in the final conclusion. Key words: Tibetan grammar, connectives, conjunctions
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Iconography of Green Tara
Heroldová, Helena ; Berounský, Daniel (advisor) ; Vokurková, Zuzana (referee)
Goddess Tārā (Sgrol ma in Tibetan) belongs among the most popular protective deities of Tibetan Buddhism. She appeared in India in about the 8th century, and later her worship spread to Tibet and Mongolia, and eventually to China and Japan. At present, she becomes a well-known deity even in modern Western Buddhism. This work summarizes the basic information concerning the development of the iconography of the goddess Tārā. The first part provides an overview of primary sources, in particular texts written by Tibetan authors from the 12th to the 17th centuries. This part also includes an annotated translation of one of the fundamental texts of Tārā worship, The Praise of Twenty-one Tārās. The second part is devoted to the goddess Tārā in traditional religious painting. Especially, the iconographical rules for Tārā paintings are described. This part contains the Catalogue of thirty paintings of Tārā dated to the 20th century from the area of modern-day Mongolia that are kept in the collection of the National Museum-Náprstek Museum in Prague. The paintings show the transformation of the traditional iconography. A Conclusion reflects on the role of the goddess Tārā in modern Western Buddhism, as well as development and changes in her iconography.
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In Between of Wedding and War: mGar Clan in the Tibetan Politics of the 7th Century
Jandáček, Petr ; Berounský, Daniel (advisor) ; Vokurková, Zuzana (referee)
The work is focused on well known Tibetan clan Mgar from the royal period of Tibetan history (ca 600-850). After the introduction describing Tibetan society in the royal period is analysed role of the Mgar clan in 2nd half of 7th century specially the role of negotiators of dynastic marriage of Tibetan ruler Songtsen Gampo and Chinese princess Wencheng and the role of military leaders and administrators of conquered territories. Except of that is the work focused on folklore and motifs of folk-literature connected to Mgar clan.
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The life of bengal master Atisha before his leaving to Tibet
Mucha, Zbyněk ; Berounský, Daniel (advisor) ; Hříbek, Martin (referee)
and key words Atisha Dipankarashrijnana (982 - 1054 A.D.) was East Indian scholar and reformer of Tibetan Buddhism. Jobo as is also called by Tibetans, is primarily known as the father of the first Tibetan monastic order ever and enjoys special veneration among the monks to this day. This thesis, however, deals only with Atisha's activity in eastern India and omits his Tibetan influence mainly on the grounds that he has been devoted enough attention in the literature already. The main goal is to show Atisha as a person holding a place not only in the history of Tibet, but also in the history of India. - Bengal, Buddhism in Eastern India, Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna Atiśa (A ti sha Mar me mdzad dpal ye shes in Tibetan), Chandra Dynasty, India, Later Dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet (phyi dar), Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism
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Kagjüpa - school of Tibetam Buddhism
Peleška, Čeněk ; Berounský, Daniel (advisor) ; Vokurková, Zuzana (referee)
This work focuses on one of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism named Kagyüpa. And mainly, on a lineage that comes from Marpa Translator and are therefore sometimes called Marpa Kagyü or Dagpo Kagyü. The second of its main lines - Shangpa Kagyü - there will be mentioned only in brief and will not be given so much space to it. The aim of this work is to describe the history of the school, the source from which it came. And describe its various branches and subsects which are divided over time. Notice will be given to most important figures, which gave birth to the different branches and offshoots, founders of major monasteries and interesting persons of this school.
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The Practice of Sky Burials in Tibet
Brzoňová, Monika ; Komárek, Stanislav (advisor) ; Berounský, Daniel (referee)
Sky burial is a common funeral practice in Tibet. A human corpse is cut into small pieces and placed on a mountaintop (called durtro), exposing it to the elements and animals - especially to birds of prey. In Tibetan the practice is known as jhator (Tibetan bya gtor), which literally means "giving alms to the gods". As the name implies, jhator is considered an act of generosity: the deceased and his/her surviving relatives are providing food to sustain living beings. Because the majority of Tibetans adhere to Buddhism, which teaches reincarnation, generosity and compassion for all beings are important virtues or paramita in Buddhism. So the function of the sky burial is simply the disposal of the remains. In much of Tibet the ground is too hard and rocky to dig a grave, and with fuel and timber scarce, a sky burial is often more practical than cremation. This graduation theses enlarge about this ritual in all his connotation, i.e. historical, religious, culturology and philosophical meanings. It also enlighten about Tibetan approach to the death and funeral services in Tibet. The primal problem is the phenomena of sky burial and it's course, sense and other overlaps (like astrology, medicine, ethics, enviromentalism, iconography and so on).
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The enchanted corpse cycle in comparative perspective
Mikos, Rachel ; Berounský, Daniel (referee) ; Zikmundová, Veronika (advisor)
Hlavním cílem této práce je přinést srovnávací pohled na cyklus příběhů-legend Vétálapaňčavinšati neboli Kouzelná mrtvola v rozličných jazykových verzích v prostředí buddhistické Asie, konkrétně v původním jazyce sanskrtu a v překladech do tibetštiny a mongolštiny. V úvodu práce se zabývám synopsí každého příběhu, dále následuje analýza příběhů na základě strukturálního rozboru v každé jazykové verzi. Chci zkoumat, jak se původní příběh změnil při přenesení a zprostředkování z jedné kulturní oblasti do druhé. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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