The Sacred Gaze
Subtitle: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: May 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780520242876
Subjects: Devotional theology & objects of veneration; General; Art and religion; Art & Art Instruction; Religion; Subjects & Themes - Religious; History - General; Religion / General; Christian Theology - General; Criticism; Anthropology - General
First sentence: In a modern guidebook on living and dying, the Tibetan Buddhist master Sogyal Rinpoche identifies three methods of meditation that he has combined into a single practice for bringing body, speech, and mind into alignment in meditation-the use of an object such as an image, reciting a mantra, and concentration on breathing, called "watching the breath."