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1 GUARDIANS OF THE WORLD The Forces of Nature ...............................1io W aters of Life ...... ....... ........................... 12 Sacred Stones .......... ........................ ... 16 The Sacred Tree ........... ............................. 18 The Sacred Mountain ...................................... 22 Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka ...............................24 GunungAgung, Bali .................................26 Mount Kailash, Tibet ...................................28 Appeasing the Owners Spirit Houses, Thailand ...............................34 Guardian Spirits The Nats of Burma .....................................38 Gateways to Other Worlds Hill-tribe Shrines of Thailand ......................42 Immortal Ancestors Tangyue MemorialArches, China ...............44 lmperial Tombs of the Perfume River, Vietnam ........................ 46 The Way of the Gods (Shinto) ......... ...... 50 Miyajima and ise-jingu, Japan ................... 52 2 THE MOTHER RELIGION OF ASIA Hinduism and its Influence .............. 60 Varanasi, North India: Holy Mother Ganges ............. .......62 Pashupatinath, Nepal: Shiva, Lord ofAll Creatures ......................70 Nilakantha, Nepal: The Lord of Creation Sleeps ................ 72 Tiruvannamalai, South india: The Hill of Light ......... . .......... ................... 74 Kanchipuram, South India: Wat Phra Kaeo, Thailand: City of Sages ............ ....................80 Emerald Buddha Temple ......... ........ 150 Tirumala, South India: Vishnu, Maintainer of the Cosmos .............86 4 THE R AT EHI E Angkor Wat, Cambodia: T E GR A VEHICL Citadel of the God Kings ..........................88 Mahayana Buddhism Chandi Sukuh Et Chandi Ceto, Java: from the Himalayas to Japan .............156 Sacred Sexuality ............................. ...........92 Bali, Indonesia: Borobodur, Java: An Island of Balance ...................................96 The Cosmic Mandala ............................... 158 Shatrunjaya, North India: Angkor Thom Et Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia: The Peaceful Liberators ............................. 100 Buddha Kings of the Khmer .................... 164 Amritsar, North India: Swayambhunath, Nepal: The Golden Temple of the Sikhs ............... 104 The Lotus-born Stupa ............................... 168 Bodhnath, Nepal: 3 THE PATH OF ENLIGHTENMENT The All-eeing Buddha .............................172 Samye, Tibet: In the Footsteps of the Buddha o ........... lBuddhism Reaches Tibet........................... 178 Tashiiunpo, Tibet: Bodh Gaya, India: Seat of the Panchen Lamas ......................184 The Garden of Enlightenment .................. 112 The Jokhang, Tibet: Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka: Tibet's Resilient Heart ...............................190 Planting the Seed of Truth .......................116 Putuoshan, China: Temple of the Tooth, Sri Lanka: White Lotus Island .................................... 196 Power of the Relic ..................................... 120 Koya-san, Japan: Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka: Return to the Source .................................200 Medieval Capital of the Faith .................. 124 Pagan, Burma: A Note on the Photography ......................206 Field of the Cloth of Saffron ................... 128 Glossary ....207 Shwedagon Pagoda, Burma: Bibliography ......... ................... ..... .................208 Memorial of Gold .................................. 136 Acknowledgments ............................208 Sagaing, Burma: The Power of Community ......................... 142 Si Satchanalai, Thailand: King Ramkamhaeng's Citadel ................... 146