Contemplating Reality

Author : Andy Karr
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781590304297

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A clear, in-depth exploration of traditional Buddhist philosophy that unpacks difficult concepts through guided exercises that encourage experiential understanding This book is for intermediate and advanced Buddhist practitioners who wish to deepen their understanding by joining practice with study of traditional ideas. It introduces the reader to contemplations that investigate a series of views of reality as they evolved in the Buddhist tradition. These views are explained in plain English, with contemporary metaphors and examples to bring out their meaning for modern Buddhists. Quotations from both historical and living meditation masters and scholars are presented as examples of key principles. Topics include • Egolessness • Appearances and reality • Methods of investigation • Enlightenment • Tenets of different schools through the centuries • The root of compassion • The origin of thoughts Guided exercises encourage the reader to trust in experiential understanding through deep contemplation of complex concepts. The book is structured as a guide for the reader’s journey. For more information about this book, please visit www.contemplatingreality.org.

Author : Andy Karr
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834823761

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Contemplating Reality by Andy Karr Pdf

This book is for intermediate and advanced Buddhist practitioners who wish to deepen their understanding by joining practice with study of traditional ideas. It introduces the reader to contemplations that investigate a series of views of reality as they evolved in the Buddhist tradition. These views are explained in plain English, with contemporary metaphors and examples to bring out their meaning for modern Buddhists. Quotations from both historical and living meditation masters and scholars are presented as examples of key principles. Topics include: • Egolessness • Appearances and reality • Methods of investigation • Enlightenment • Tenets of different schools through the centuries • The root of compassion • The origin of thoughts Guided exercises encourage the reader to trust in experiential understanding through deep contemplation of complex concepts. The book is structured as a guide for the reader’s journey. For more information on the author, Andy Karr, visit his blog at http://contemplatingreality.blogspot.com/. For more information about this book, please visit www.contemplatingreality.org.

Author : Edgar Evalt Sleinis
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 0252027779

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Art and Freedom by Edgar Evalt Sleinis Pdf

"Art and Freedom introduces a novel classificatory system for representation, expression, and formalist theories of art. Sleinis argues that a characteristic defect of contemporary theories of art is their neglect of the issue of value. Probing the issue of progress in art, he also emphasizes the need for art to contribute to positive values."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Maitreya
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834800113

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Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sutras by Maitreya Pdf

The Buddhist masterpiece Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sūtras, often referred to by its Sanskrit title, Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra, is part of a collection known as the Five Maitreya Teachings, a set of philosophical works that have become classics of the Indian Buddhist tradition. Maitreya, the Buddha’s regent, is held to have entrusted these profound and vast instructions to the master Asaṅga in the heavenly realm of Tuṣita. The Ornament provides a comprehensive description of the bodhisattva’s view, meditation, and enlightened activities. Bodhisattvas are beings who, out of vast love for all sentient beings, have dedicated themselves to the task of becoming fully awakened buddhas, capable of helping all beings in innumerable and vast ways to become enlightened themselves. To fully awaken requires practicing great generosity, patience, energy, discipline, concentration, and wisdom, and Maitreya’s text explains what these enlightened qualities are and how to develop them. This volume includes commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham, whose discussions illuminate the subtleties of the root text and provide valuable insight into how to practice the way of the bodhisattva. Drawing on the Indian masters Vasubandhu and, in particular, Sthiramati, Mipham explains the Ornament with eloquence and brilliant clarity. This commentary is among his most treasured works.

Author : Ryan Krupa
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781457565267

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The Gospel of Leadership by Ryan Krupa Pdf

This book is an odyssey into the truth of leadership’s nature and essence. Written for aspiring leaders, teachers of leaders, and followers, the aim is to practice awakening a leader’s potential. The book mirrors and reflects the inner nature of the leadership journey. It is written in a contemplative style and uses dialogue to exercise a leader’s will, intelligence, and spirit. The techniques taught in these chapters are dialogue, meditation, and contemplation. The author seeks to teach leaders how to exercise the power of will and the power of intelligence to make the kinetic chain of knowing, willing, and acting morally and intellectually strong. Reading this book serves as a leadership development exercise. This book is a teaching tool designed to demystify what takes place in the interior nature of a leader. It examines a leader’s soul, as it is exercised and strengthened in preparation for the cardinal act of leading, and it analyzes the act of making practical judgments, an act that demands the cultivation of a discerning mind to see and know the truth to be acted upon. Based on a true story, these chapters are a reflection on the formation of a leader and a realization of twenty years of research. The author studies the question: What does it take to develop a leader? Deliberations on eight years of guiding leaders on moral and intellectual quests in search of true freedom are revealed.

Author : Dee McGonigle,Kathleen Mastrian
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781284234770

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Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge by Dee McGonigle,Kathleen Mastrian Pdf

Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, Fifth Edition is a foundational text for teaching nursing students the core concepts of knowledge management while providing an understanding of the current technological tools and resources available.

Author : Jinananda
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1899579079

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Meditating by Jinananda Pdf

Why meditate? To let go of stress? To become more focused? To fathom life's mysteries? Whatever our purpose, Jinananda is a clear, experienced and friendly guide who can help us start meditating - right now. Find everything you need to begin your exploration of meditation: how to sit, simple instructions to two traditional practices that develop clarity, peace of mind and positive emotions, troubleshooting tips and ideas on how to take our practice further.

Author : Gillian Steggles
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781040016787

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Schizophrenia by Gillian Steggles Pdf

Schizophrenia: A Contemporary Introduction provides a vital overview of psychoanalytic work with patients dealing with schizophrenia, highlighting the many benefits of this approach and introducing key methods for mental health practitioners. This concise introductory volume starts by offering a brief historical introduction to how psychoanalysts, from Freud onwards, have approached schizophrenia and the methods they have used to alleviate the distress it causes its sufferers. Gillian Steggles illustrates how the developing relationship between patient and analyst can positively impact the patient’s mental functioning, leading to an improvement in their overall health and the ability to regain independence and self-reliance. She introduces theoretical psychoanalytic approaches, such as the Psychodynamic Pentapointed Cognitive Construct (PPCC) model, as a means of offering guidance to analysts dealing with schizophrenic analysands. This book will be of interest to practicing and trainee analysts, as well as those interested in the history of schizophrenia and its continued impact.

Author : Jeroen Vanheste
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047420088

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Guardians of the Humanist Legacy: The Classicism of T.S. Eliot's Criterion Network and its Relevance to our Postmodern World by Jeroen Vanheste Pdf

The T.S. Eliot of the 1920s was a European humanist who was part of an international network of like-minded intellectuals. Their ideas about literature, education and European culture in general remain highly relevant to the cultural debates of our day.

Author : Rupert Spira
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781626258822

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The Transparency of Things by Rupert Spira Pdf

The purpose of The Transparency of Things is to look clearly and simply at the nature of experience, without any attempt to change it. A series of contemplations leads us gently but directly to see that our essential nature is neither a body nor a mind. It is the conscious Presence that is aware of this current experience. As such, it is nothing that can be experienced as an object, and yet it is undeniably present. However, these contemplations go much further than this. As we take our stand knowingly as this conscious Presence that we always already are, and reconsider the objects of the body, mind, and world, we find that they do not simply appear to this Presence; they appear within it. And further exploration reveals that they do not simply appear within this Presence but as this Presence. Finally, we are led to see that it is in fact this very Presence that takes the shape of our experience from moment to moment while always remaining only itself. We see that our experience is and has only ever been one seamless totality, with no separate entities, objects, or parts anywhere to be found.

Author : Dr Rudi te Velde
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409477686

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Aquinas on God by Dr Rudi te Velde Pdf

Aquinas on God presents an accessible exploration of Thomas Aquinas' conception of God. Focusing on the Summa theologiae – the work containing Aquinas' most systematic and complete exposition of the Christian doctrine of God – Rudi te Velde acquaints the reader with Aquinas' theological understanding of God and the metaphysical principles and propositions that underlie his project. Aquinas' conception of God is dealt with not as an isolated metaphysical doctrine, but from the perspective of his broad theological view which underlies the scheme of the Summa. Readers interested in Aquinas, historical theology, metaphysics and metaphysical discourse on God in the Christian tradition will find this new contribution to the studies of Aquinas invaluable.

Author : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Theosophy
ISBN : UCLA:31158002704947

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Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky Pdf

Author : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Occultism and science
ISBN : HARVARD:32044023317761

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Isis Unveiled: Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky Pdf

Author : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Theosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011669301

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Isis Unveiled by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky Pdf

Author : Justin Broackes
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191021329

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Iris Murdoch, Philosopher by Justin Broackes Pdf

Iris Murdoch was a notable philosopher before she was a notable novelist and her work was brave, brilliant, and independent. She made her name first for her challenges to Gilbert Ryle and behaviourism, and later for her book on Sartre (1953), but she had the greatest impact with her work in moral philosophy—and especially her book The Sovereignty of Good (1970). She turned expectantly from British linguistic philosophy to continental existentialism, but was dissatisfied there too; she devised a philosophy and a style of philosophy that were distinctively her own. Murdoch aimed to draw out the implications, for metaphysics and the conception of the world, of rejecting the standard dichotomy of language into the 'descriptive' and the 'emotive'. She aimed, in Wittgensteinian spirit, to describe the phenomena of moral thinking more accurately than the 'linguistic behaviourists' like R. M. Hare. This 'empiricist' task could be acheived, Murdoch thought, only with help from the idealist tradition of Kant, Hegel, and Bradley. And she combined with this a moral psychology, or theory of motivation, that went back to Plato, but was influenced by Freud and Simone Weil. Murdoch's impact can be seen in the moral philosophy of John McDowell and, in different ways, in Richard Rorty and Charles Taylor, as well as in the recent movements under the headings of moral realism, particularism, moral perception, and virtue theory. This volume brings together essays by critics and admirers of Murdoch's work, and includes a longer Introduction on Murdoch's career, reception, and achievement. It also contains a previously unpublished chapter from the book on Heidegger that Murdoch had been working on shortly before her death, and a Memoir by her husband John Bayley. It gives not only an introduction to Murdoch's important philosophical life and work, but also a picture of British philosophy in one of its heydays and at an important moment of transition.