Mullin, Glenn H.

Buddha in paradise : a celebration in Himalayan art / Glenn H. Mullin ; with an epigraph by Heather Stoddard. - New York : Rubin Museum of Art, c2007. - 169 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, October 13-Nov. 25, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-169).

Pt. 1. How the Pure Lands are all around us -- Pt. 2. The world and beyond. Tushita Pure Land and the theater of the 1,000 Buddhas -- Padma Sambhava and the five Pure Lands of Bliss -- The Tantric Pure Lands -- A few more Buddhafields, just for fun -- Tushita revisited -- Powa, Niguma, and 'The Tibetan book of the dead' -- Pt. 3. After matters. Epigraph : paradise found / by Heather Stoddard.

9780977213115 (alk. paper) 0977213110

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Paradise in art--Exhibitions.
Buddhist art--Himalaya Mountains Region--Exhibitions.
Paradise--Buddhism--Exhibitions.

N8193.3.P37 / M85 2007

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