Leslie S. Kawamura spent his life wading into the stream of wisdom. As a professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Calgary and as an important figure in the early establishment of the AAR Buddhist Studies Group; he contributed great lyto the development of students and to the field of Buddhist studies. Leslie was a renowned scholar of YogÄcÄra Buddhism; and he had an integral role in the development of Buddhist studies in North America. This collection; honoring Leslie’s life and love of learning; features essays by seventeen friends and colleagues: Martin T. Adam; Wing-cheuk Chan; Andreas Doctor; Michael Hahn;Sarah F. Haynes; John Clifford Holt; Dan Lusthaus; Eva K. Neumaier; Richard K.Payne; Charles S. Prebish; Fa Qing; Naoki Saito; Michelle J. Sorensen; Tom J.F. Tillemans; Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp; Charles Willemen; Paul Williams.Each one of these essays is in dialogue with one of Leslie’s many interests in Buddhism and we hope they will continue to stimulate conversations in the field.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The worship at Sri Krishna Temple in UdupiBy Luis LoureiroThis is a wonderful book; originally written as a Master Thesis in 1980. The thesis is divided into 8 chapters and 2 appendices. The 1st chapters give full insight in many historical and administrative aspects of the organization of the Vaishnava Temples in Udupi and surroundings. Starting with the history around the foundation of Udupi itself and the Shivalli brahmanas and Parasurama Kshetra it continues to give a historical summary of Madhvacarya and his disciples’ lives and activities. Founding of temples; installation of Deities and organization of temple worship as well as many of the philosophical treatises about Dvaita Vedanta are covered. In the later chapters the author describes in extreme detail the Sri Udupi Krishna Temple; contemporary Deity worship there including daily routines; as well as festivals observed in Udupi. Many of the daily routines; which are impossible for an outsider to understand or even witness are described in great detail and the author manages to transmit to the reader the nice feeling of enthusiasm and devotion prevalent in Udupi Temple. The only difficult is that the author uses many Sanskrit words referring to different pujas; festivals; times of the year and philosophical terms. Most of these meanings can nowadays be found on-line.0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Sloppy ConceptsBy Gillian WelchThis book was very poorly written with loose arguments and sloppy concepts. The organization was horrendous and it seemed as though it had never been edited. I was overall very disappointed.
