Saraha S Spontaneous Songs

Author : Klaus-Dieter Mathes,Péter-Dániel Szántó
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614297284

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Saraha's Spontaneous Songs by Klaus-Dieter Mathes,Péter-Dániel Szántó Pdf

"Saraha's spontaneous songs, or dohas, contain the special instructions of a guru, whose qualities of realization can then directly enter the heart of devoted disciples. These songs represent the rare perfection of the Buddhist art of expressing the inexpressible, and they can trigger a mind-to-mind transmission that some take to have the power of directly pointing out the true nature of mind. Saraha's dohas are quoted fairly often in Indic materials, which points to the fact that he was indeed an influential authority. The dohas are the most distinctive literary expression of a class of tantric Buddhist masters called siddhas, hailed by tradition as beings of exceptional spiritual realization. Essentially, these are gnomic verses; composed not just in the doha meter proper using a kind of literary Middle Indic called Apabhramsa, they also purportedly convey a high degree of mystical insight and were transmitted in collections. The "text" (already a tricky term) of Saraha's Spontaneous Songs has not yet been available in full, nor has it been stabilized to any degree of satisfaction. The discovery of two hitherto-overlooked manuscripts has helped to fill in the gaps. In fact, the present volume is the first in over six decades to bring to light new original material"--

Author : Gert Melville,James D. Mixson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Monasticism and religious orders
ISBN : 9783643963635

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VIRTUOSOS OF FAITH by Gert Melville,James D. Mixson Pdf

For over a thousand years, monks, nuns, canons, friars, and others under religious vows stood at the pinnacle of Western European society. For their ascetic sacrifices, their learning, piety, and expertise, they were accorded positions of power and influence, and a wide range of legal, financial and social privileges. As such they present an important opportunity to consider the nature and dynamics of an "elite" in medieval culture. Using medieval religious life as their interpretive lens, the essays of this volume seek to uncover the essential markers of elite status. They explore how those under vows claimed and manifested elite status in complex spiritual, temporal, and social combinations. They explore the workings of elite status from day to day, across region and locale - who earned recognition and how, whether through specific achievements or the deployment of specific capacities; who recognized, conferred, or helped maintain elite status, how and why; how elite status could be redefined, contested or rejected. The essays also seek to understand how medieval European religious elites compared to those found in other cultures and settings, from Syria and South Asia to the early modern transatlantic world.

Author : Andy Gregory
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1857431618

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The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 by Andy Gregory Pdf

TheInternational Who's Who in Popular Music 2002offers comprehensive biographical information covering the leading names on all aspects of popular music. It brings together the prominent names in pop music as well as the many emerging personalities in the industry, providing full biographical details on pop, rock, folk, jazz, dance, world and country artists. Over 5,000 biographical entries include major career details, concerts, recordings and compositions, honors and contact addresses. Wherever possible, information is obtained directly from the entrants to ensure accuracy and reliability. Appendices include details of record companies, management companies, agents and promoters. The reference also details publishers, festivals and events and other organizations involved with music.

Author : Sara Coleridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Coleridge, Sara (Coleridge) 1802-1852
ISBN : OXFORD:600052477

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Memoir and letters of Sara Coleridge, ed. by her daughter [E. Coleridge]. by Sara Coleridge Pdf

Author : Herbert V. Guenther
Publisher : Jain Publishing Company
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religious life
ISBN : 9780895819345

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Ecstatic Spontaneity by Herbert V. Guenther Pdf

Beginning with a brief account of Saraha's life from what little is known of it, the book surveys his major work, his trilogy of songs: the People, King and Queen Doha. The scarcity of indigenous Indian source material necessitates constant reference to the rich Tibetan tradition, in particular the nDzogs-chen/sNyingthig teaching.

Author : Rinpoche Thrangu
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-24
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780861715039

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A Song for the King by Rinpoche Thrangu Pdf

Mahamudra is the basic meditation practice for many Tibetan Buddhists, particularly of the Kagyu tradition. It is particularly adaptable for modern people, since it involves no rituals and can be incorporated into all daily activities. Saraha's "Song for the King" is a short verse text from classical India that is a basis for the tradition and is widely known in Tibetan Buddhist circles. It is often the basis for teachings given in the West, but there is only one outdated translation of it in print, first published in 1969. Michele Martin has produced a stellar new translation, which is accompanied by a commentary from the well-known teacher Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, who is uniquely skilled and concerned with making this method of meditation available to Westerners. While pithy and accessible, the book easily stands up to academic scrutiny, and includes the original Tibetan as well - making it ideal for the popular, scholarly, and Tibetan audiences all at once.

Author : Yucheng Dong,Enrique Herrera-Viedma,Kenji Matsui,Shigeru Omatsu,Alfonso González Briones,Sara Rodríguez González
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030530365

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Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, 17th International Conference by Yucheng Dong,Enrique Herrera-Viedma,Kenji Matsui,Shigeru Omatsu,Alfonso González Briones,Sara Rodríguez González Pdf

This book brings together past experience, current work and promising future trends associated with distributed computing, artificial intelligence and their application in order to provide efficient solutions to real problems. DCAI 2020 is a forum to present applications of innovative techniques for studying and solving complex problems in artificial intelligence and computing areas. This year’s technical program will present both high quality and diversity, with contributions in well-established and evolving areas of research. Specifically, 83 papers were submitted to main track and special sessions, by authors from 26 different countries representing a truly “wide area network” of research activity. The DCAI’20 technical program has selected 35 papers and, as in past editions, it will be special issues in ranked journals. This symposium is organized by the University of L'Aquila (Italy). We would like to thank all the contributing authors, the members of the Program Committee and the sponsors (IBM, Armundia Group, EurAI, AEPIA, APPIA, CINI, OIT, UGR, HU, SCU, USAL, AIR Institute and UNIVAQ).

Author : Kurtis R. Schaeffer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0195346637

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Dreaming the Great Brahmin by Kurtis R. Schaeffer Pdf

Dreaming the Great Brahmin explores the creation and recreation of Buddhist saints through narratives, poetry, art, ritual, and even dream visions. The first comprehensive cultural and literary history of the well-known Indian Buddhist poet saint Saraha, known as the Great Brahmin, this book argues that we should view Saraha not as the founder of a tradition, but rather as its product. Kurtis Schaeffer shows how images, tales, and teachings of Saraha were transmitted, transformed, and created by members of diverse Buddhist traditions in Tibet, India, Nepal, and Mongolia. The result is that there is not one Great Brahmin, but many. More broadly, Schaeffer argues that the immense importance of saints for Buddhism is best understood by looking at the creative adaptations of such figures that perpetuated their fame, for it is there that these saints come to life.

Author : T.W. Rhys Davids,William Stede
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9788120837720

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Pali-English Dictionary by T.W. Rhys Davids,William Stede Pdf

The merits and demerits of the work will be sufficiently plain even from the first fascicles. But one or two remarks are necessary to make the position of my colleague and myself clear. We have given throughout the Sanskrit roots corresponding to the Pali roots, and have omitted the latter. It may be objected that this is a strange method to use in a Pali dictionary, especially as the vernacular on which Pali is based had never passed through the stage of Sanskrit. That may be so; and it may not be possible, historically, that any Pali word in the canon could have been actually derived from the corresponding Sanskrit word. Nevertheless the Sanskrit form, though arisen quite independently, may throw light upon the Pali form; and as Pali roots have not yet been adequately studied in Europe, the plan adopted will probably, at least for the present, be more useful. Still, the work is essentially preliminary. There is a large number of words of which we do not know the derivation. There is a still larger number of which the derivation does not give the meaning, but rather the reverse. It is so in every living language. Who could guess, from the derivation, the complicated meaning of such words as ñconscienceî, ñemotionî, ñdispositionî? The derivation would be as likely to mislead as to guide. We have made much progress since then. As the Pali Text Society began issuing editions and translations of the Pali Canon and Commentaries in quick succession, Rhys Davids conceived the idea of the compilation of an exhaustive dictionary of Pali, based on the voluminous basic material that was being brought to light. the work took more than twenty years of devoted labor but before his death in 1922, Rhys Davids had the satisfaction of seeing its first volume published. In four volumes issued over 1921-25 the Dictionary contains every Pali word with its Sanskrit root identified and meanings given in English. Carrying over 1,50,000 textual references, the work holds the field, even today, as the best Pali-English Dictionary.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1098 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UIUC:30112082279776

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Book Review Digest by Anonim Pdf

Excerpts from and citations to reviews of more than 8,000 books each year, drawn from coverage of 109 publications. Book Review Digest provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language. Reviews of the following types of books are excluded: government publications, textbooks, and technical books in the sciences and law. Reviews of books on science for the general reader, however, are included. The reviews originate in a group of selected periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and general science published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. - Publisher.

Author : David Brin
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307573544

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Infinity's Shore by David Brin Pdf

Nebula and Hugo award-winning author David Brin continues his bestselling Uplift series in this second novel of a bold new trilogy. Imaginative, inventive, and filled with Brin's trademark mix of adventure, passion, and wit, Infinity's Shore carries us further than ever before into the heart of the most beloved and extraordinary science fiction sagas ever written. For the fugitive settlers of Jijo, it is truly the beginning of the end. As starships fill the skies, the threat of genocide hangs over the planet that once peacefully sheltered six bands of sapient beings. Now the human settlers of Jijo and their alien neighbors must make heroic--and terrifying--choices. A scientist must rally believers for a cause he never shared. And four youngsters find that what started as a simple adventure--imitating exploits in Earthling books by Verne and Twain--leads them to the dark abyss of mystery. Meanwhile, the Streaker, with her fugitive dolphin crew, arrives at last on Jijo in a desperate search for refuge. Yet what the crew finds instead is a secret hidden since the galaxies first spawned intelligence--a secret that could mean salvation for the planet and its inhabitants...or their ultimate annihilation.

Author : Sara Towe Horsfall,Jan-Martijn Meij,Meghan Probstfield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317255833

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Music Sociology by Sara Towe Horsfall,Jan-Martijn Meij,Meghan Probstfield Pdf

Music Sociology explores 16 different genres to demonstrate that music everywhere reflects social values, organisational processes, meanings and individual identity. Presenting original ethnographic research, the contributors use descriptions of subcultures to explain the concepts of music sociology, including the rituals that link people to music, the past and each other. Music Sociology introduces the sociology of music to those who may not be familiar with it and provides a basic historical perspective on popular music in America and beyond.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10572761

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Romanized School Dictionary, english and urdu by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lucia Galli,Franz Xaver Erhard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781000343335

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The Selfless Ego by Lucia Galli,Franz Xaver Erhard Pdf

The essays collected in The Selfless Ego propose an innovative approach to one of the most fascinating aspects of Tibetan literature: life writing. Departing from past schemes of interpretation, this book addresses issues of literary theory and identity construction, eluding the strictures imposed by the adoption of the hagiographical master narrative as synonymous with the genre. The book is divided into two parts. Ideally conceived as an 'introduction' to traditional forms of life writing as expressed in Buddhist milieus, Part I. Memory and Imagination in Tibetan Hagiographical Writing centres on the inner tensions between literary convention and self-expression that permeate indigenous hagiographies, mystical songs, records of teachings, and autobiographies. Part II: Conjuring Tibetan Lives explores the most unconventional traits of the genre, sifting through the narrative configuration of Tibetan biographical writings as 'liberation stories' to unearth those fragments of life that compose an individual’s multifaceted existence. This volume is the first to approach Tibetan life writing from a literary and narratological perspective, encompassing a wide range of disciplines, themes, media, and historical periods, and thus opening new and vibrant areas of research to future scholarship across the Humanities. The chapters in this book were originally published as two special issues of Life Writing.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1985-02
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:30000010530214

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Resources in education by Anonim Pdf