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Author : Birx, Ellen
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608338337
"A highly readable guide for Christians who are interested in or already engaged in the interspiritual practice of Christianity and eastern forms of meditation and mindfulness"--
Author : Howard H. Keller
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780520338005
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978.
Author : Rulu
Publisher : Author House
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781468540888
The Mahayana Buddhist doctrine teaches that all sentient beings have Buddha nature and will eventually attain Buddhahood. For the spiritual training of those who are resolved to become Buddhas to benefit themselves and others, Sakyamuni Buddha recommends a Pure LandAmitabha Buddhas Land of Ultimate Bliss. To be reborn in that land, one must have faith, resolve, and training. In that splendid environment and in the excellent company of advanced Bodhisattvas, one will attain Buddhahood with Amitabha Buddhas training and support. The Pure Land School, originated in China, is founded on five sutras and one treatise. This book, Rulus second, presents these six texts and four other sutras in English, all translated from texts in the Chinese Buddhist Canon. Five of these ten English translations have never before been published in book form. To help readers, the translators introduction provides an organized presentation of Pure Land teachings; another chapter tells the life stories of the patriarchs of the Pure Land School. Buddhist terms are explained in the glossary. This book will benefit readers at all levels and serve as a basis for scholarly research. For those who aspire to be reborn in the Pure Land, it is the only English guidebook available.
Author : Reetu Gupta
Publisher : Dolce Media Group
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780988119277
A state of being where we, as individuals, greet each day with a genuine belief in ourselves while practicing self-affirming habits and disciplines and a sincere commitment to gratitude is a state of being that we all aspire to. The ability to have the courage, confidence, and conviction to not just dream our dreams but to actualize them with joy and faith, while at the same time embracing life’s struggles as we do so, is a state of being that entrepreneur and author Reetu Gupta helps us realize in her breakout book, Auspicious: Embracing the Path Toward Courage, Conviction and Confidence. Reetu shares with readers the deeply embedded connection she has with the Divine Feminine, a kinship that has empowered her to live a life of grace and gratitude as a part of the Divine Universe’s intentions. Highlighting the practices that she embraces on a daily basis — ones that make it possible for us, too, to walk the spiritual path that Reetu walks — shows us, the readers, the importance of taking time for silent meditation and conversation with the Divine Universe as a means to enjoying the gifts of empowered, grateful living. This book is a must-read for those who seek to honour their life’s purpose with spiritual intention.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : New York : Viking Studio
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X004400902
"At the heart of Buddhism lies the doctrine of the perfection of wisdom. The foremost principles of this teaching are the bodhisattva ideal of the religious life and the essential emptiness of all existence. The sutras known as The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines are the oldest version of this important Buddhist text, dating some two thousand years, and are the basis for the present translation." "The message of The Perfection of Wisdom is as applicable to the modern reader as it was to the monks who first studied the text two millennia ago: through an understanding of the perfection of wisdom, it is possible for all of us to detach from the suffering that binds us to the material world, and so move toward enlightenment. This important text is illustrated with extraordinary images taken from the earliest surviving Indian and Nepalese illustrated manuscripts of The Perfection of Wisdom - most of which have never been reproduced before."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Cheryl Trine
Publisher : Essential Knowing Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Akashic Records
ISBN : 9780982519806
Trine presents an in-depth, yet easily understood history of the Akashic Records and uncovers the ancient connection to divine memory, judgment, and destiny as the Book of Life. She reaches into Hinduism, Buddhism, and Tibetan Bn to understand the Akasha.
Author : Jaco Beyers,Piet J. van der Merwe,Wilhelmina Magdalena Shaw,Ronald Allen Baatsen,Johannes Janse van Rensburg,Tessa Freeman
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781928396369
In the public theology discourse, the concept ‘public square’ has become significant. In today’s multicultural and globalised world it is inevitable that people with different religious affiliations will encounter one another in the public square. ‘Public theology’ cannot but become ‘theology of religions’. Scholars in the field of religion studies are compelled to reflect theologically on the relevance of religiosity in the postmodern secular world. The term ‘theology of religions’ refers to the academic inquiry into the relationship between religions. The collected essays constitute such an inquiry. In the end, it is not so much about the encounter of religions, but rather of people. Religion is no longer regarded as a monolithic body of beliefs and practices. The authors concede that the concept ‘religion’ is too fluid to be delineated precisely. The book’s approach to the relationship between religions, i.e. ‘theology of religions’, reflects how the authors understand the origin and nature of religion (a ‘theology of religion’ in the singular). This book focuses more on ‘theology of religions’ (plural) than on ‘theology of religion’ (singular). The main objective of the book is to present a variety of perspectives on how theology of religions manifested in different contexts. This includes historical (i.e. Luther’s theology of religions and the Roman Catholic position on other religions as taken by Vatican II) as well as cultural and religious perspectives. In the first chapter, the editor gives a brief overview of the development of the discipline of theology of religions. The postmodern era is characterised by an almost non-foundational approach. The second chapter traces the development of the discipline in the Roman Catholic tradition in particular. This contribution is based on the insights of P.J. van der Merwe (1944–2014), who as researcher and Head of the Department of Science of Religion and Missiology at the University of Pretoria, developed a specific theological position on non-Christian religions. A whole generation of theologians was trained in this school of thought. He passed away in 2014 and this publication pays tribute to his life’s work on religions and their relations. The contributions that follow are the culmination of the research of postgraduate students at the University of Pretoria. The third chapter presents a perspective on the Reformation, with a particular focus on Martin Luther. In this year of the quincentenary anniversary of the Reformation the legacy of Reformed belief is highlighted. The fourth chapter describes the relationship between Christianity and Islam from the perspective of a willingness to embrace. The fifth chapter analyses the relation between Christianity, Judaism and Islam from the perspective of intergroup threat theory. A model for theology of religions in a South African context is developed in the sixth and final chapter. This scholarly book pays tribute to the academic contribution of P.J. van der Merwe, mentor of the authors of these multifaceted reflections on theology of religions. The target audience is specialists in the field of religion studies. The distinctive contribution of the book is the innovative perspectives on the relationship between Islam and Christianity in both the Roman Catholic and Protestant contexts.
Author : Wayne Waxman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521541182
A comprehensive analysis and re-evaluation of Hume's Treatise of Human Nature.
Author : Irtimd Kuoilel
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781499028096
Our way Mindless crowds are worshipping again And, again, unworthy futile idols How come that ignorance and idleness Daze and captivate uncultured brain? How come not merit but conceit Worth ahead of worthiness are valued? Why hot air is puffing and prevailing Where cool breeze was laughed into retreat? Why, disdaining bigger, better ways Throngs insist on treading life in circles? How this unholy, wicked circus Self-perpetuates its empty days? Drags us down, perchance, not greed's disgrace But top-heavy curse of least resistance Clay persists in clinging to existence Thus, not all is lost for human race Crookedly, delighting in delays Masses coax world to grind at poles And, in stagnant pool where hope floats Rotting corpse of time still undulates ©Irtimd Kuoilel
Author : BRUCE W. PARK
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557014699
This is a new translation and compilation by Bruce W. Park, Dharma Coach of Lotus Dharma Society in New York. This collection presents selected teachings of the Buddha from the Pali, Sanskrit and Chinese texts. Buddha Dharma Practice allows readers to grasp the essence of the Buddha's compassion and wisdom.
Author : Carl Olson
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0813535646
Bringing together essential materials on the origins and development of Buddhist traditions from India, Sri Lanka, Tibet, China, and Japan, this anthology provides the broadest selection of primary source Buddhist literature available to date. The volume is divided into two major parts: Theravada and Mahayana forms of Buddhism. The first section presents selections that explore major themes in Buddhist thought such as causality, Four Noble Truths, the doctrine of non-self, nibbana, meditation, and ethics, as well as literature about monastic life and regulations, women, and hagiography. The second part includes selections from so-called wisdom literature and texts that represent the three major schools of Mahayana Buddhism: Pure Land, Madhyamika, and Yogacara. Selections also include sources from some of the major Chinese Buddhist schools such as Hua-yen, T'ien T'ai, Pure Land, and Ch'an. Readings by thinkers such as Tantric Buddhist reformer Tsong Khapa, Pure Land leaders Honen, Shinran, and Nichiren, as well as Zen Buddhists Dogen and Hakuin provide a perspective on regional and national traditions. In addition to the general introduction, each major section is introduced by an essay that places the selections within the context of Buddhist history. This comprehensive reader stands on its own as an indispensable anthology of original textual sources for courses in Buddhism, while also serving as a companion volume to the text The Different Paths of Buddhism: A Narrative-Historical Introduction.
Author : Steven Moore
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441133366
Encyclopedic in scope and heroically audacious, The Novel: An Alternative History is the first attempt in over a century to tell the complete story of our most popular literary form. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the novel did not originate in 18th-century England, nor even with Don Quixote, but is coeval with civilization itself. After a pugnacious introduction, in which Moore defends innovative, demanding novelists against their conservative critics, the book relaxes into a world tour of the pre-modern novel, beginning in ancient Egypt and ending in 16th-century China, with many exotic ports-of-call: Greek romances; Roman satires; medieval Sanskrit novels narrated by parrots; Byzantine erotic thrillers; 5000-page Arabian adventure novels; Icelandic sagas; delicate Persian novels in verse; Japanese war stories; even Mayan graphic novels. Throughout, Moore celebrates the innovators in fiction, tracing a continuum between these pre-modern experimentalists and their postmodern progeny. Irreverent, iconoclastic, informative, entertaining-The Novel: An Alternative History is a landmark in literary criticism that will encourage readers to rethink the novel.
Author : Beth Miller
Publisher : Mango Media
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-12-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781609257453
Keep thriving through good times and bad: “[An] excellent self-help manual . . . Miller's program is sensible, and her tone warm and positive.” —Publishers Weekly Psychologist Beth Miller has helped hundreds of people in her therapeutic practice to not only survive life crises but become deeper, more powerful, and more authentic human beings. Packed with information and exercises, this smart, often funny, book can help women thrive amid life’s ups and downs—from trauma and loss to daily disappointments. When we cultivate resilience, we mine the awful, or merely annoying, experiences in life to find meaning and purpose. The Woman's Book of Resilience is an accessible, practical guide to bouncing back, to go to the edge of life and come back with heart and soul elevated, to be able to take sure and steady steps over rocky terrain. Miller offers twelve qualities that help women develop and learn resilience, and shows how to cultivate them: Admit and embrace vulnerability * Increase the ability to connect * Find manageable parts of the problem * Discover your needs and get them met * Recognize your gifts and talents * Develop the ability to say no and set limits * Practice transforming resentment and forgiving * Use your sense of humor * Use the power of staying and leaving * Find meaning in crisis * Endure suffering through crisis * Stand strong alone and rely on others With case histories, stories, and a foreword by June Singer, this is a “trustworthy guide to living a more satisfying, fulfilling life no matter what your circumstances” (Lauren Artress, author of Walking a Sacred Path).
Author : Martin Bradley
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781326230074
The Dharma Flower Sutra (Lotus Sutra) Seen through the Oral Transmission of Nichiren Daishōnin, translated and interpreted by Martin Bradley: "What is being attempted here is a close study of what it was that made Nichiren realise that the salvation of humankind is to be found within the text of the Dharma Flower or Lotus Sutra. Only at extremely sparse intervals in the course of history have there been a few individuals who have really comprehended what existence is all about. "The message is to devote our lives to and found them on the dimension where existence occurs whose interdependence of cause, concomitancy and effect pervades the entirety of existence and is Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō in Japanese. It is the recitation of the title and subject matter of the Dharma Flower Sutra that makes us realise that the meaning of existence is here and now in each and every moment of our lives and that the white lotus flower-like mechanism is the totality of all the possible reaches of our minds." Martin Bradley
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 812081813X
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