The Ceasing Of Notions

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614290452

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The Ceasing of Notions by Anonim Pdf

Among the writings from the Dunhuang Caves, discovered in the mid-twentieth Century, are the Zen equivalent of the Dead Sea Scrolls--ancient texts unknown for centuries. The Ceasing of Notions is one such text. It takes a unique form: a dialogue between two imaginary figures, a master and his disciple, in which the disciple tenaciously pursues the master's pity utterances with follow-up questions that propel the dialogue toward ever more profound insights. And these questions prove to be the reader's very own. Soko Morinaga brings alive this compact and brilliant text with his own vivid commentary. This volume also includes a generous selection from Morinaga's acclaimed autobiography, Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of my Own Stupidity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Zen Buddhism
ISBN : 1870609018

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A Treatise on the Ceasing of Notions by Anonim Pdf

Author : Soko Morinaga
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781614290209

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Novice to Master by Soko Morinaga Pdf

Everybody loves Novice to Master! As you'll see in the glowing endorsements and reviews included below, this modern spiritual classic has been embraced by readers of all types. In his singularly humorous and biitingly direct way, Zen abbot Soko Morinaga tells the story of his rigorous training at a Japanese Zen temple, his spiritual growth and his interactions with his students and others. Morinaga's voice is uniquely tuned to the truth of the condition of the human mind and spirit and his reflections and interpretations are unvarnished and succinct. His great gift is the ability to lift the spirit of the reader all the while exposing the humility and weakness in the lives of people, none more so than his own. Read on to see what everyone from Publishers Weekly to well-known Buddhist figures and even New York Times bestselling author Anthony Swofford have to say about this one of a kind book!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : The Study Society
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 095479396X

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Being the Teaching of Advaita a Basic Introduction by Anonim Pdf

Author : Daoyuan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9783739273884

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Records of the Transmission of the Lamp by Daoyuan Pdf

This compilation of Buddhist biographies, teaching and transmission stories of Indian and Chinese Chan (Japanese ‘Zen’) masters from antiquity up to about the year 1008 CE is the first mature fruit of an already thousand year-long spiritual marriage between two great world cultures with quite different ways of viewing the world. The fertilisation of Chinese spirituality by Indian Buddhism fructified the whole of Asian culture. The message of this work, that Chan practice can enable a free participation in life’s open-ended play, seems as necessary to our own time as it was to the restless times of 11th century Song China. This is the second volume of a full translation of this work in thirty books.

Author : James H. Austin
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262321167

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Zen-Brain Horizons by James H. Austin Pdf

A neurologist and Zen practitioner clarifies the benefits of meditative training, drawing on classical Buddhist literature and modern brain research. In Zen-Brain Horizons, James Austin draws on his decades of experience as a neurologist and Zen practitioner to clarify the benefits of meditative training. Austin integrates classical Buddhist literature with modern brain research, exploring the horizons of a living, neural Zen. When viewed in the light of today, the timeless wisdom of some Zen masters seems almost to have anticipated recent research in the neurosciences. The keen attentiveness and awareness that we cultivate during meditative practices becomes the leading edge of our subsequent mental processing. Austin explains how our covert, involuntary functions can make crucial contributions to the subtle ways we learn, intuit, and engage in creative activities. He demonstrates why living Zen means much more than sitting quietly indoors on a cushion, and provides simplified advice that helps guide readers to the most important points.

Author : Alain Le Boulluec,David Lincicum,Nicholas Moore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-18
Category : Christian heresies
ISBN : 9780198814092

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The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries by Alain Le Boulluec,David Lincicum,Nicholas Moore Pdf

Inspired by analogies betwen the construction of heresy and the representation of madness described by Michael Foucault in in Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique (Madness and Civilization), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries demonstrates how the concept of heresy emerges in the work of Justin Matyr. It shows that this invention created a concept capable of dominating every current suspected of endangering ecclesial harmony, and transformed the tradition of Greek historiography of philosophical schools by combining it with the apocalyptic theme of diabolical conspiracy. Le Boulluec examines how this model is refined by Irenaeus, then modified by Clement of Alexandria and Origen. First published in 1985 as d'hérésie dans la littérature grecque (IIe-IIIesiècles), this newly translated work includes a substantial new introduction surveying literature in the previous decades. In line wth Walter Bauer's pioneering book, which overturned the confessional model making heresy a later falsification of orthodoxy, it shows that the notion of heresy was invented in the second century and then refined in order to remove all legitimacy from diversity and pluralism in the fields of doctrine and practice. Le Boulluec studies rhetorical practices and polemical assimilations to highlight key debates on the relationship between philosophy, Christianity, and Judaism, and to examine the conflict of interpretations that drive the exegesis of the Bible in constructing an orthodoxy.

Author : Swami Venkatesananda
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791413640

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Vasistha's Yoga by Swami Venkatesananda Pdf

This is Swami Venkatesananda's longer Yoga Vasistha. Its purpose is to provide a means to eliminate psychological conditioning and to attain liberation. Containing the instructions of the sage Vasistha to Lord Rama, this scripture is full of intricately woven tales, the kind a great teacher might tell to hold the interest of a student.

Author : Sebastian Stein,Joshua Wretzel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429663536

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Hegel’s Encyclopedic System by Sebastian Stein,Joshua Wretzel Pdf

This book discusses the most comprehensive of Hegel’s works: his long-neglected Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Outline. It contains original essays by internationally renowned and emerging voices in Hegel scholarship. Their contributions elucidate fundamental aspects of Hegel’s encyclopedic system with an eye to its contemporary relevance. The book thus addresses system-level claims about Hegel’s unique conceptions of philosophy, philosophical "science" and its method, dialectic, speculative thinking, and the way they relate to both Hegelian and contemporary notions of nature, history, religion, freedom, and cultural praxis.

Author : Pankaj Mishra
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781429933636

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An End to Suffering by Pankaj Mishra Pdf

An End to Suffering is a deeply original and provocative book about the Buddha's life and his influence throughout history, told in the form of the author's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in a world where class oppression and religious violence are rife, and where poverty and terrorism cast a long, constant shadow. Mishra describes his restless journeys into India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, among Islamists and the emerging Hindu middle class, looking for this most enigmatic of religious figures, exploring the myths and places of the Buddha's life, and discussing Western explorers' "discovery" of Buddhism in the nineteenth century. He also considers the impact of Buddhist ideas on such modern politicians as Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. As he reflects on his travels and on his own past, Mishra shows how the Buddha wrestled with problems of personal identity, alienation, and suffering in his own, no less bewildering, times. In the process Mishra discovers the living meaning of the Buddha's teaching, in the world and for himself. The result is the most three-dimensional, convincing book on the Buddha that we have.

Author : Paul Fuller
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 0415342937

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The Notion of Diṭṭhi in Theravāda Buddhism by Paul Fuller Pdf

The notion of 'view' or 'opinion' (ditthi) as an obstacle to 'seeing things as they are' is a central concept in Buddhist thought. Through its argument this book makes a valuable addition to the study of Buddhist philosophy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : UCLA:L0071586846

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The Middle Way by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arthur Pindle
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781685626662

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The Phenomenology of Death by Arthur Pindle Pdf

Why do we prefer to say that someone has “passed away” rather than simply saying that the person has died? When did people begin to believe that there was existence after death? In what other ways does death affect how we live? This book examines death as a phenomenon in human culture. It looks at how our attitudes about death have changed over many centuries. There is a detailed critique of views on the belief in existence after death, and an analysis of how our attitude about existence after death affects our attitudes about the meaning of life. There is also an explanation of how death influences our everyday psychology and psychological responses. An important indication is why existence after death will soon be generally considered to be a scientific fact.

Author : Marcia Sa Cavalcante Schuback,Susanna Lindberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786602633

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The End of the World by Marcia Sa Cavalcante Schuback,Susanna Lindberg Pdf

This volume attempts to show that it is vital that we address the motif of the 'end' in contemporary world – but that this cannot be done without thinking it anew.

Author : Rosalyn Bold
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030138608

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Indigenous Perceptions of the End of the World by Rosalyn Bold Pdf

This edited volume constructs a ‘cosmopolitics’ of climate change, consulting small-scale sustainable communities on whether the world is ending and why, and how we can take action to prevent it. By comparing scientific and indigenous accounts of the same phenomenon, contributors seek to broaden Western understandings of what climate change constitutes. In this context, existing cosmologies are challenged, opening spaces for hegemonic narratives to enter into conversation with the non-modern and construct ‘worlds otherwise’—situations of world change and renewal through climate change. Bold brings together perspectives from Central America, Mexico, the Amazon, and the Andes to converse with scientific narratives of climate change and create cracks that bring new worlds into being for readers.