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Visions
of Buddhist Life 254
Pages, 10 1/2 x 10 inches, |
Visions of Buddhist Life is available from your local bookstore or click on the following to order the book online:
University of California Press
Amazon.com
"This book is the story of two loves that merged to become one. Don Farber's first love was photography his chosen profession or more accurately his vocation, for it came to him as a calling. Then, at a relatively early age, a second love, Buddhism, entered his life and caught up with the first. The tangible issue from these complementing loves is the book the reader holds in his hands... Farber is not only a master photographer, he is an accomplished portrait photographer. The faces in these photographs will remain with me for a long, long time... I suggest that the reader let his/her eyes wash back and forth, again and again, through the visual feast that is in store. And then gassho to the artist who brought it into being."
- Huston Smith, from the foreword to Visions of Buddhist Life
“Devoted
eye. Sweet enterprise. Thank you.”
- Leonard Cohen
"What a kind, gentle, knowing photo book Don Farber has done here. It has taken a lifetime of commitment and insight for these photos to reach us."
- Richard Gere
"This
gorgeous, near-square coffee-table volume is a loving, beautifully realized
tribute to Buddhists around the world."
- Publishers Weekly
"The
global range of Buddhism...is captured in this astonishing book of photos
and text."
- USA Today
“Visions
of Buddhist Life is a powerful and moving work, a spiritual odyssey,
which beautifully captures the living spirit of Buddhism in today's world.
Through this extraordinary collection of photographs, Don Farber chronicles
his personal spiritual journey with a keen eye and an open heart, revealing
a rare and intimate glimpse into Buddhist life. I highly recommend this
remarkable book."
-
Howard C. Cutler, M.D., co-author with H.H. the Dalai Lama of The Art
of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
"The photographer sets out to open a spectacular view on the beauty and diversity of Buddhism and this he ably does."
- The Japan Times
"Don Farber, a Buddhist and Fulbright scholar, has photographed Buddhist
life in eight Asian countries and the United States. This beautiful book
is a collection of his best work from those travels."
-San Francisco Chronicle
"Don Farber is one of the most important chroniclers of Buddhism in the twentieth century....He has a unique ability to capture in a photograph the essence of Buddhist enlightenment."
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Melvin McLeod, Editor-in-Chief, Shambhala Sun
- Andrew Parodi, reviewer for Amazon.com
"Farber brings us into the temple, monastery and mountain village
with these striking photographs of both ordinary practitioners and many
of the great masters. The simple elegance of these images offers a wonderful
window into the Buddhist world."
- Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness
"This collection of beautiful and inspired images of great Buddhist
masters and practitioners from around the world is truly a work of love
from photographer Don Farber... Emotionally and spiritually, his photos
convey profound respect, humor, gratitude and empathy... I am grateful
to Farber for this exquisite fruit of many years of transcendental and
photographic work. It will give me spiritual and artistic inspiration
for years to come."
- Catherine Pawasarat, Kyoto Journal
"Only a handful of photography books--monographs by the likes of Robert
Frank, Sebastião Salgado, Helen Levitt and Elinor Carucci--have
moved me as deeply as Farber's, which seems less a static book than a
journey through the author's spiritual and artistic evolution. Rather
than simply browse through the volume (always a temptation with coffee
table books), I read this one from cover to cover, and when I was finished,
I felt that I'd been granted a glimpse of Buddhism's human heart...Farber
has patiently carved himself unique niches in at least two worlds: visual
art and dharma practice. One of the most impressive things about this
book, in fact is that his art and practice are so tightly interwoven;
the photographs manage to integrate compassion and mindfulness with a
wonderful aesthetic sensibility. At least a dozen images in Visions
of Buddhist Life deserve to be digitally encoded and broadcast to
the stars as a counterpoint to the insanity issuing from our radios and
televisions."
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Jeff Greenwald, Inquiring Mind
"This sumptuous volume contains well over 100 color photographs...
revealing the whole panoply of life along the Eightfold Path."
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Yoga Journal
"Visions of Buddhist Life is a remarkable contribution to the understanding of the colorful diversity and the serene depth of Buddhism. We owe a debt of gratitude to Don Farber for this excellent work."
- Ananda W.P. Guruge, former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to UNESCO, France, and the United States, reviewed for the Hsi Lai Journal of Humanistic Buddhism.
"Farber provides us with pictures which give dignity to aspects of religion
and culture that appear as a result of his careful focus and sensitivity
to the energy and spirit of each event taking place before him...In his
hands, the camera gives us the nuances that escape all but the most talented
of artists.. It is a pleasure to see the Buddhist tradition depicted in
such a masterful fashion."
-
Lewis Lancaster, Professor Emeritus, Department of East Asian Languages
and Cultures, UC Berkeley