The Formless Self

Author : Joan Stambaugh
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791441490

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Gathering and interpreting material that is not readily available elsewhere, this book discusses the thought of the Japanese Buddhist philosophers Dogen, Hisamatsu, and Nishitani. Stambaugh develops ideas about the self culminating in the concept of the Formless Self as formulated by Hisamarsu in his book The Fullness of Nothingness and the essay "The Characteristics of Oriental Nothingness," and further explicated by Nishitani in his book Religion and Nothingness. These works show that Oriental nothingness has nothing to do with the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Western concept of nihilism. Instead, it is a positive phenomenon, enabling things to be.

Author : Joan Stambaugh
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999-05-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791441504

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Bringing together the depth insights of eastern & western traditions, this book places the topic of the self in a new context.

Author : Jason Shurka
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-23
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781646285129

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Forming the Formless by Jason Shurka Pdf

This book is meant to be used as a guide to help you realize what already exists within. It will shed Light where darkness may reside. It will assist you in revealing and awakening the wisdom and knowledge that you already possess in your soul. After all, wisdom cannot be taught; it can only be attained through the medium of knowledge and experience if transmuted correctly. You cannot learn wisdom; you may only reveal it. The following ideas and concepts are not meant to give you conclusions and answers about how the universe works; rather, they are meant to simply open your doors of thought for you to explore further and perceive the world in your own unique way. What will follow is a life in which you have complete control, a higher level of consciousness, and a stronger connection to your inner true self. Take your time and read each sentence carefully. Consider reading some chapters more than once, perhaps even multiple times. Allow your soul to digest the information it is receiving and the wisdom it is revealing. Where you take it is up to you!

Author : Helen Hamilton
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781982283209

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Now That You Are Formless by Helen Hamilton Pdf

Many beings have revelations of our true Self and yet few come to live and move in the world as the Sage does. We must deeply assimilate what it means to be formless and allow that knowledge to pervade our entire consciousness. Questions such as “How can I come to know that I cannot die?” and “How do I live from this place of Truth?” begin to become very important to us. In this book we will look at specific points of contemplation that are designed to help come to know beyond doubt that to be formless means we cannot die, we cannot suffer and we are infinite. This book embodies the process that every awakened being has gone through and will allow you to let go of all doubt and fear. Think of this book as a road map to the awakened state of Being. It is the essence of every Sage’s journey and it will allow you to bring forth the Sage that is in you right now. This book is the answer to every student’s question of “How do I live as this?”

Author : Masao Abe
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0824826655

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Zen and the Modern World by Masao Abe Pdf

Written by one of Japan's foremost contemporary thinkers and scholars, Zen and Modern Society is the third in a series of essay collections on Zen Buddhism as seen in the context of Western thought. Throughout his career, Masao Abe has articulated the meaning of Zen thought in a uniquely compelling way - at once, true to the original tradition and appropriately relevant to a variety of comparative standpoints, ranging from Biblical Judeo-Christianity to modern existentialism, phenomenology, and postmodernism. As a leading representative of the Kyoto School, which has sought a critical, comparative linking of Eastern and Western thought, Abe has based his approach on constructive, mutually respectful yet critical intellectual interaction and dialogue with some of the leading figures in the West (including Paul Tillich, Hans Kung, and Eugene Borowitz) as well as dozens of colleagues, students, and disciples. Together with the previous volumes, this work examines and exemplifies some key features of Kyoto School thought. While the essays presented here should be read in light of the socio-political criticism that has since been lodged against the Kyoto School and, more particularly, i

Author : Fritz Buri
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0865545367

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The Buddha-Christ as the Lord of the True Self by Fritz Buri Pdf

This translation of a 1982 volume published in Bern (Paul Haupt Verlag) by a Swiss theologian with a longstanding interest in dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity features an examination of the Kyoto school of Japanese philosophers who attempted to engage with both Christianity and secular Wes

Author : Rashad Young
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1729631037

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Be Formless by Rashad Young Pdf

To Be Formless means to become something without a form. It's to live a life without limits, without validation from others, and become fearless. Too often, we lived in a world where we're boxed in and blocked off. We block ourselves of our full potential because of fear within, and fear of what others may think about us. We live in a world where people are too afraid to step out of their comfort zones and become the person they're designed to be. We instead, live life through illusions and filters to block the true essence of who we are. We rather live life seeking validation and acceptance of others to feel self-fulfilled. In the end, we're all human, we have flaws, we suffer, we strive, and we live. You matter through it all. Don't change who you are because you don't know who you can become until you stretch out and reach the sky.

Author : Barb Johnson,Margaret Gigowski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1917-09-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0989183734

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The Formless Exploration of Self by Barb Johnson,Margaret Gigowski Pdf

A philosophical approach to discovering one's true nature, while living in a physical body. Exploring concepts and conditioning, which created the belief, we are separate individuals and in control of our own life. The reader is being asked to step aside from the notion of being a supposed individual and explore their true nature as Source.

Author : Jacqueline Watson,Marian de Souza,Ann Trousdale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136199127

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Global Perspectives on Spirituality and Education by Jacqueline Watson,Marian de Souza,Ann Trousdale Pdf

In recent decades, and around the world, much attention has been given to the role of spirituality in the education of children and young people. While educationalists share many common goals and values in nurturing the spiritual lives of children and young people, national and regional cultures, religions and politics have impacted on the approaches scholars and practitioners have adopted in their investigations and practices. The different contexts across nations and regions mean that educators face quite distinct conditions in which to frame their approaches to spiritual education and research, and the nature and impact of these differences is not yet understood. This book brings together thinkers from around the globe and sets them the task of explaining how their research on children’s spirituality and education has been shaped by the historical, cultural, religious and political contexts of the geographic region in which they work. The book presents contributions in three sections – Europe and Israel, Australasia, and The Americas– and concludes with a chapter highlighting what is common and what is contextually unique about global approaches to spirituality and education.

Author : Helen Hamilton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1977048439

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Now That You Are Formless by Helen Hamilton Pdf

Have you had a realisation of your true nature? Have you seen yourself to be the formless awareness? Many of us are having such revelations of our true Self and yet few come to live and move in the world as the Sage does. We must deeply assimilate what it means to be formless and allow that knowledge to pervade our entire consciousness. Questions such as "How can I come to know that I cannot die?" and "How do I live from this place of truth?" begin to become very important to us. In this book we will look at specific points of contemplation that are designed to help us come to know beyond doubt that to be formless means we cannot die, we cannot suffer and we are infinite. It is one thing to have seen what we truly are and another thing altogether to have totally transcended any doubts, fears and challenges to living as this formlessness. This book embodies the process that every awakened being has gone through and will direct you to contemplate important questions that will allow you to let go of all doubt and fear. Many Saints, Teachers and Sages advise us to "stay as the Self" or "be the awareness" but this teaching can be vague when we need it most. Think of this book as a road map or signpost to the fully lived awakened state of Being. It is the distilled down essence of every Sages journey and it will allow you to bring forth the Sage that is in you right now. This book is the answer to every students question of "How do I live as this?"

Author : Mark C. Taylor
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0226791629

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About Religion by Mark C. Taylor Pdf

"Religion," Mark C. Taylor maintains, "is most interesting where it is least obvious." From global financial networks to the casinos of Las Vegas, from images flickering on computer terminals to steel sculpture, material culture bears unexpected traces of the divine. In a world where the economies of faith are obscure, yet pervasive, Taylor shows that approaching religion directly is less instructive than thinking about it. Traveling from high culture to pop culture and back again, About Religion approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville's The Confidence-Man through the film Wall Street. As astonishing juxtapositions and associations proliferate, formerly uncharted territories of virtual culture disclose theological vestiges, showing that faith in contemporary culture is as unavoidable as it is elusive. The most accessible presentation of Taylor's revolutionary ideas to date, About Religion gives us a dazzling and disturbing vision of life at the end of the old and beginning of the new millennium.

Author : Shin'ichi Hisamatsu
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0824823842

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Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition by Shin'ichi Hisamatsu Pdf

This book brings together two giants of the history of Zen: Linji (Japanese, Rinzai) and Hisamatsu Shin'ichi. Linji is looked upon as the founder of the Rinzai sect in Japan. Hisamatsu was a leading twentieth century master/thinker who lived in Kyoto and was a tremendous influence on the development of the Kyoto school of Japanese philosophy. The translators and editors have translated and annotated twenty-two of Hisamatsu's Zen teisho (Dharma talks, in effect, sermons for Zen practitioners) of a classical Zen text, the Record of Linji, the recorded sayings of the Chinese founder of Rinzai Zen.

Author : Brian Stephens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0998827819

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Into the Formless by Brian Stephens Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Theology
ISBN : UCAL:B3329291

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Horizons by Anonim Pdf

Author : Luke McLeod
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780733650222

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Everyday Enlightenment by Luke McLeod Pdf

Peace. Calm. Mindfulness. Enlightenment. These are appealing concepts, but they never seem like they're within grasp of the everyday person. With all our responsibilities in life, most of us are doing our best just to keep up, let alone have time to find that elusive 'inner calm'. Luke McLeod knows all about this. He's an everyday person. He's a son, a husband and a friend, trying to find some balance in his everyday life just like everyone else. There is one thing, though, he knows for sure has improved his quality of life every single day. Meditation. Luke used to believe meditation wasn't for him but has now become one of Australia's leading meditation experts helping thousands of 'everyday' people, just like himself, enjoy meditation in an easy, down-to-earth way. Everyday Enlightenment contains encouragement, support, guidance, advice and short meditations to help you start, enjoy and embrace your meditation journey. Let Luke help you find some of that inner peace and calmness without having to move to the mountains and become a monk. Let him show you how the secret to living an enlightened life is hidden within the ordinary and the everyday - it will be one of the best things you ever do.