The Buddha And The Bard

Author : Lauren Shufran
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9798887620121

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The Buddha and the Bard by Lauren Shufran Pdf

What does Shakespeare have to teach us about mindfulness? What Eastern spiritual views about death, love, and presence are reflected in the writings of The Bard? The Buddha and the Bard reveals the surprising connections between the 2,500-year-old spiritual leader and the most compelling writer of all time. “Shufran’s compelling juxtapositions will encourage the reader to ask the deepest questions of themselves while delighting in the play of resonances across a cultural and historical divide.” – YOGA Magazine Shakespeare understood and represented the human condition better than any writer of his time. As for the Buddha, he saw how to liberate us from that condition. Author Lauren Shufran explores the fascinating interplay of Western drama and Eastern philosophy by pairing quotes from Shakespeare with the tenets of an Eastern spiritual practice, sparking a compelling dialogue between the two. There’s a remarkable interchange of echoes between Shakespeare’s conception of “the inward man” and Buddhist approaches to recognizing, honoring, and working with our humanness as we play out our roles on the “stage” of our lives. The Buddha and the Bard synthesizes literature and scripture, embodied drama and transcendent practice, to shape a multifaceted lyric that we can apply as mindful practice in our own lives. Shufran’s compelling juxtapositions will encourage the reader to ask the deepest questions of themselves while delighting in the play of resonances across a cultural and historical divide.

Author : Gary Gach
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1994-04-30
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780938077923

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What Book!? by Gary Gach Pdf

With poems from spiritual teachers to jazz musicians, from the monastery to the street, What Book!? brings together a boad range of verse, expressions of living in an awakened way. " A poet once located poetry as somewhere before or after words take place. Mindfulness is the practice of finding that realm, dwelling there, and cultivating the ability to live completely in the present, deeply aware and appreciative of life." - from the author's Preface. "This enigmatically titled anthology offers numerous delights and valuable evidence that great poetic variety, from haiku and witty two liners to page-long discourses, has by now given distinct expression to Western Buddhism." - Publisher’s Weekly.

Author : Robert A. F. Thurman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-02-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0743257626

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Bla Ma'i Mchod Pa by Robert A. F. Thurman Pdf

The most prominent expert on Buddhism in the West presents his most importantteaching and meditation practice for everyday life.

Author : George Doherty Bond
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 8120810473

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The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka by George Doherty Bond Pdf

In 1956, Theravada Buddhists in Sri Lanka and throughout Southeast Asia celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the Buddha`s entry into Nirvana and of the establishment of the Buddhist tradition. This book examines this revival of Theravada Buddhism among the laity of Sri Lanka, analysing its origins and its growth up to the present-day. Within the spectrum of reinterpretations that have comprised the revival, the book focuses on four important types or patterns of reinterpretation and response. It examines the rational reformism of the early Protestant Buddhists led by Anagarika Dharmapala and the conservative neotraditionalism of the Jayanti period.Particular attention is given to two of the most recent and dynamic reforms, the insight meditation movement, breaking with tradition, has opened the path of meditation to lay people, enabling them to seek Nirvana without renouncing the world. The sarvodaya Shramadana movement has addressed the social context, reinterpreting the Buddhist heritage to derive authentic forms of Buddhist social development. Comprising this series of interpretations and options for lay Buddhists, the Buddhist revival represents a new gradual path to Nirvana.

Author : Parākrama Paṇḍita,Stephen C. Berkwitz
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195301397

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The History of the Buddha's Relic Shrine by Parākrama Paṇḍita,Stephen C. Berkwitz Pdf

Offering the complete English translation of the Buddhist chronicle called the 'Sinhala Thupavamsa', composed by Parākrama Paṇḍita in 13th century Sri Lanka, this work also relates the mythological history of the Buddhas previous lives as a bodhisattva and concludes with a prediction about the future Buddha Maitreya.

Author : Jean Smith
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307421814

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The Beginner's Guide to Walking the Buddha's Eightfold Path by Jean Smith Pdf

“Writing a ‘nuts and bolts’ guide that is genuinely wise, charmingly conversational, and a pleasure to read requires a particular talent, and Jean Smith has proved once again that she has it.”—Sylvia Boorstein, author of Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There The third of Jean Smith’s Beginner’s Guides focuses on the Buddha’s Eightfold Path—the concepts central to practicing the Buddha’s teachings in daily life. The eight steps on the path are: right understanding, thought, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. Smith explains exactly what the Buddha had in mind, using translations of his own words and then elucidating them for us. Throughout the book are wonderful quotes from a broad range of Buddhist teachers, giving a taste of the very best each of them has to offer. The Beginner’s Guide to Walking the Buddha’s Eightfold Path is a prescription for happiness, not just for overcoming suffering, which is how many people think of Buddhism. Here is a book for Buddhists of every tradition.

Author : Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 0761816712

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Early Buddhist Narrative Art by Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky Pdf

Early Buddhist Narrative Art is a pictorial journey through the transmission of the narrative cycle based on the life of the historical Buddha. Karetzky, while demonstrating the various evolutions that the image of the Buddha underwent, maintains that there is an underlying homogeneity of the tradition in the cultures of India, Central Asia, China and Japan. The author, while focusing on the visual representation of the Buddhist narrative, goes into some detail regarding the importance of scriptures in each society, and how the written tradition informed the pictorial. Over seventy photos fill this book, which will be of interest to scholars of art history, Eastern religion and Buddhism in particular.

Author : Gil Fronsdal
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611803242

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The Buddha before Buddhism by Gil Fronsdal Pdf

This easy-to-understand translation of one of the earliest surviving Buddhist texts offers a pathway to awakening that is simple, straightforward, and free of religious doctrine One of the earliest of all Buddhist texts, the Atthakavagga, or “Book of Eights,” is a remarkable document, not only because it comes from the earliest strain of the literature—before the Buddha, as the title suggests, came to be thought of as a “Buddhist”—but also because its approach to awakening is so simple and free of adherence to any kind of ideology. Instead the Atthakavagga points to a direct and simple approach for attaining peace without requiring the adherence to doctrine. The value of the teachings it contains is not in the profundity of their philosophy or in their authority as scripture; rather, the value is found in the results they bring to those who live by them. Instead of doctrines to be believed, the “Book of Eights” describes means or practices for realizing peace. Gil Fronsdal’s rigorous translation with commentary reveals the text to be of interest not only to Buddhists, but also to the ever-growing demographic of spiritual-but-not-religious, who seek a spiritual life outside the structures of religion.

Author : Donald K. Swearer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-02-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691114354

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Becoming the Buddha by Donald K. Swearer Pdf

The process by which this transformation occurs through chant, sermon, meditation, and the presence of charismatic monks is at the heart of this book."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Cynthia Kane
Publisher : Hierophant Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781938289521

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How to Communicate Like a Buddhist by Cynthia Kane Pdf

An Instruction Manual for Clear Communication The most well known Buddhist teachers on the planet all have something in common: they are excellent communicators. This is not by accident, as the Buddha taught what are called the four elements of right speech over 2,600 years ago. In this one-of-a-kind book, certified meditation and mindfulness instructor Cynthia Kane has taken the four elements of right speech and developed them into a modern practice based on mindful listening, mindful speech, and mindful silence. Beginning with an illuminating self-test to assess your current communication style, this book will take you through the author's own five-step practice that is designed to help you: Listen to yourself (your internal and external words) Listen to others Speak consciously, concisely, and clearly Regard silence as a part of speech Meditate to enhance your communication skills If you have ever felt misheard, have trouble stating how you feel, or long to have more meaningful and genuine conversations, this book can help. The simple steps outlined in this book will have a huge effect on how you communicate with others and yourself. Communication is essential to being human, and when you become better at it, your personal truth becomes clearer, your relationships improve, and the result is that you experience more peace and harmony in your life. Fans of Thich Nhat Hanh will appreciate the simple, clear instructions for how to transform everyday communication into “right speech.”

Author : Eugène Burnouf
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8120616626

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Legends of Indian Buddhism by Eugène Burnouf Pdf

With reference to Magdha King Aśoka, fl. 259 B.C.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 1352 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781559394178

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When the Clouds Part by Anonim Pdf

A new translation of the primary Indian Buddhist text on buddha nature, with Tibetan commentaries explaining how this text can be used to contemplate and realize one's own buddha nature. "Buddha nature" (tathāgatagarbha) is the innate potential in all living beings to become a fully awakened buddha. This book discusses a wide range of topics connected with the notion of buddha nature as presented in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and includes an overview of the sūtra sources of the tathāgatagarbha teachings and the different ways of explaining the meaning of this term. It includes new translations of the Maitreya treatise Mahāyānottaratantra (Ratnagotravibhāga), the primary Indian text on the subject, its Indian commentaries, and two (hitherto untranslated) commentaries from the Tibetan Kagyü tradition. Most important, the translator’s introduction investigates in detail the meditative tradition of using the Mahāyānottaratantra as a basis for Mahāmudrā instructions and the Shentong approach. This is supplemented by translations of a number of short Tibetan meditation manuals from the Kadampa, Kagyü, and Jonang schools that use the Mahāyānottaratantra as a work to contemplate and realize one’s own buddha nature.

Author : Jacob Neusner,Bruce Chilton
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781599471365

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Religious Tolerance in World Religions by Jacob Neusner,Bruce Chilton Pdf

Today, and historically, religions often seem to be intolerant, narrow-minded, and zealous. But the record is not so one-sided. In Religious Tolerance in World Religions, numerous scholars offer perspectives on the "what" and "why" traditions of tolerance in world religions, beginning with the pre-Christian West, Greco-Roman paganism, and ancient Israelite Monotheism and moving into modern religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. By tolerance the authors mean "the capacity to live with religious difference, and by toleration, the theory that permits a majority religion to accommodate the presence of a minority religion." The volume is introduced with a summary of a recent survey that sought to identify the capacity of religions to tolerate one another in theory and in practice. Eleven religious communities in seven nations were polled on questions that ranged from equality of religious practitioners to consequences of disobedience. The essays frame the provocative analysis of how a religious system in its political statement produces categories of tolerance that can be explained in that system’s logical context. Past and present beliefs, practices, and definitions of social order are examined in terms of how they support tolerance for other religious groups as a matter of public policy. Religious Tolerance in World Religions focuses attention on the attitude "that the ’infidel’ or non-believer may be accorded an honorable position within the social order defined by Islam or Christianity or Judaism or Buddhism or Hinduism, and so on." It is a timely reference for colleges and universities and for makers of public policy.

Author : Ron Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Canadian poetry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034206156

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A Buddha Named Baudelaire by Ron Smith Pdf

Author : Various authors
Publisher : Pariyatti
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781681720975

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Collected Wheel Publications Volume 9 by Various authors Pdf

Collected Wheel Publications Vol. 9 WH116 Practical Advice for Meditators - Bhikkhu Khantipalo WH117/119 Nirvana, Nihilism and Satori - Douglas M. Burns, MD WH120 On True Sacrifice - T.W. Rhys Davids WH121/122 The Power of Mindfulness - Nyanaponika Thera WH123 The Significance of the Four Noble Truths - V.F. Gunaratna WH124/125 Buddhism in South India - H. Dharmaratana Thera WH126 Way of the Noble - T.W Perera WH127 Aspects of Reality as Taught by Theravada Buddhism - G.P. Malalasekera WH128/129 Aspects of Buddhist Social Philosophy - K.N. Jayatilleke WH130/131 Buddhist Monk's Discipline - Bhikkhu Khantipalo