Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Artists' books
ISBN : UCSC:32106008742030
The Nine Monks
Anonim
The Nine Monks
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Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Three Monks
Johanna M. Rieke
Author : Johanna M. Rieke
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781787056947
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Three Monks by Johanna M. Rieke Pdf
It is summer in 1890, in Robertsbridge, a small village in East Sussex. Dr Watson, on holiday without Holmes, finds the village peaceful and sleepy, but the truth is different. He soon discovers that the villagers are afraid, the atmosphere is threatening. Why do three mysterious white monks haunt the ruined abbey? What does the gipsy seek? Where is a missing ten-year-old boy? Watson calls for Holmes, but why is Holmes fearful of endangering lives? We read in this exciting story how Holmes' patient deduction and Watson's courage come together, to solve a many-sided mystery just before it turns into disaster.
Managing Monks
Jonathan A. Silk
Author : Jonathan A. Silk
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195326840
Managing Monks by Jonathan A. Silk Pdf
Looked at in one light, monastic administrators are at the top of the monastic hierarchy. From another perspective, however they are divorced from the main purpose of monastic life. In this book, Jonathan Silk examines the way in which this question was debated in the formative years of Indian Buddhism.
Monks and Markets
Miranda Threlfall-Holmes
Author : Miranda Threlfall-Holmes
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199253814
Monks and Markets by Miranda Threlfall-Holmes Pdf
In Monks and Markets Dr Threlfall-Holmes provides a unique insight into medieval consumer behaviour and challenges the view that the middle ages were bound by tradition. Using Durham Cathedral Priory's outstanding archive she discusses diet, the factors influencing purchasing decisions, the priory's use of the market and of tenants, and their suppliers.
The Nine Pillars of History
Gunnar G. Sevelius
Author : Gunnar G. Sevelius
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781491817148
The Nine Pillars of History by Gunnar G. Sevelius Pdf
Human society, as we know it, goes back some 200,000 years to a time when we learned to speak and communicate our thoughts. The Nine Pillars of History are defined from nine basic requirements for a healthy and prosperous society during the following 190,000 years of Hunting and Gathering. Sexuality, a fundamental human need that goes even further back in history than society, had to be mitigated with a social rule: The Golden Rule. The Nine Pillars of History are used as non-political common denominators to judge the political evolution of some thirty major countries or cultures. In addition, the Pillars are partnered with the Golden Rule to explore five world religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The relevance of The Nine Pillars of History is proven by the fact that they exist intergraded across multiple societies since the dawn of time and are still relevant for our modern world. This historical review reveals that dogmatic religions and harsh politics have caused 10,000 years of war by challenging the relevance of The Nine Pillars of History. Dr. Sevelius gives his views as nonpolitical, nonreligious thoughts. Each paragraph has been numbered to offer an easy to use reference system for community discussion of specific statements. The Nine Pillars of History gives you, Dear Friend and Reader, a vision for peace. As Dr. Sevelius respectfully borrows President Lincolns enduring truth, that governments of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth.
Chinese Monks in India
Yijing
Author : Yijing
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8120807022
Chinese Monks in India by Yijing Pdf
Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 : The Monastic Experience
Barbara Harvey
Author : Barbara Harvey
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1993-09-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191591730
Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 : The Monastic Experience by Barbara Harvey Pdf
This fascinating account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's most important monastic communities is also a broad exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages, by one of its most distinguished historians. - ;This is an authoritative account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's greatest monastic communities. It is also a wide-ranging exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages and early sixteenth century, by one of its most distinguished historians. Barbara Harvey exploits the exceptionally rich archives of the Benedictine foundation of Westminster to the full, offering numerous vivid insights into the lives of the Westminster monks, their dependants, and their benefactors. She examines the charitable practices of the monks, their food and drink, their illnesses and their deaths, the number and conditions of employment of their servants, and their controversial practice of granting corrodies (pensions made up in large measure of benefits in kind). All these topics Miss Harvey considers in the context both of religious institutions in general, and of the secular world. Full of colour and interest, Living and Dying in England is an original and highly readable contribution to medieval history, and that of the early sixteenth century. - ;By one of the greatest authorities on the subject -
The Monks of Tibhirine
John Kiser
Author : John Kiser
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003-02-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429997201
The Monks of Tibhirine by John Kiser Pdf
"The inspiration for the major motion picture "Of Gods and Men" A true story of Christian love set against political terrorism in contemporary Algeria. In the spring of 1996, militants of the Armed Islamic Group, today affiliated with Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, broke into a Trappist monastery in war-torn Algeria. Seven monks were taken hostage, pawns in a murky negotiation to free imprisoned terrorists. Two months later, the severed heads of the monks were found in a tree not far from Tibhirine; their bodies were never recovered. The village of Tibhirine had sprung up around the monastery because it was a holy place, protected by the Virgin Mary, who is revered by Christians and Muslims alike. But after 1993, as the Algerian military government's war against Islamic terrorism widened, napalm, helicopters, and gunfire became regular accompaniments to their monastic routine. The harmony between these Christian monks and the Muslim neighbors of Tibhirine contrasts with the fear and distrust among Algerians fighting over power and what it means to be a Muslim. Woven into the story of the kidnapping and the political disintegration of Algeria is a classic account of Christian martyrdom. But these monks were not martyrs to their faith, as preaching Christianity to Muslims is forbidden in Algeria, but rather martyrs to their love of their Muslim neighbors, whom they refuse to desert in their hour of need.
Buddhist Pilgrim-Monks as Agents of Cultural and Artistic Transmission
Dorothy C. Wong
Author : Dorothy C. Wong
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789814722599
Buddhist Pilgrim-Monks as Agents of Cultural and Artistic Transmission by Dorothy C. Wong Pdf
The period ca. 645-770 marked an extraordinary era in the development of East Asian Buddhism and Buddhist art. Increased contacts between China and regions to both its west and east facilitated exchanges and the circulation of ideas, practices and art forms, giving rise to a synthetic art style uniform in both iconography and formal characteristics. The formulation of this new Buddhist art style occurred in China in the latter part of the seventh century, and from there it became widely disseminated and copied throughout East Asia, and to some extent in Central Asia, in the eighth century. This book argues that notions of Buddhist kingship and theory of the Buddhist state formed the underpinnings of Buddhist states experimented in China and Japan from the late seventh to the mid-eighth century, providing the religio-political ideals that were given visual expression in this International Buddhist Art Style. The volume also argues that Buddhist pilgrim-monks were among the key agents in the transmission of these ideals, the visual language of state Buddhism was spread, circulated, adopted and transformed in faraway lands, it transcended cultural and geographical boundaries and became cosmopolitan.
Monks in Space
David Jones
Author : David Jones
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554514687
Monks in Space by David Jones Pdf
Bartholomew hasn’t had a lot of life experience. As a novice monk aboard the spaceship monastery Prominence, he spends his days in worship and creating exquisite sun-fired pottery. These trips to the sun are the only life Bart has known. Then, while training to be a pilot with Gary, the ship’s hard-drinking captain, Bart hears tales of life beyond the bulkheads. Life is quiet until, one fateful trip, Bart is plunged into more trouble than he’s ever known. Two rescued castaways turn out to be interstellar thieves. A cleaning of the ship’s bilge leads to a shocking encounter with a giant eel. And then, disaster: when the Prominence reaches the closest point in its orbit around the sun, the engines fail. With only hours before the ship incinerates, Gary devises a plan, but it will save just a few of the ship’s 70 occupants. As temperatures and emotions soar, Bart heads into space, risking everything to save them all. MONKS IN SPACE is filled with zero-gravity action, memorable characters and mounting anxiety as the end of hope draws near. Readers will thrill to this electrifying adventure.
Peasants and Monks in British India
William R. Pinch
Author : William R. Pinch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1996-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520200616
Peasants and Monks in British India by William R. Pinch Pdf
In this compelling social history, William R. Pinch tackles one of the most important but most neglected fields of the colonial history of India: the relation between monasticism and caste. The highly original inquiry yields rich insights into the central structure and dynamics of Hindu society—insights that are not only of scholarly but also of great political significance. Perhaps no two images are more associated with rural India than the peasant who labors in an oppressive, inflexible social structure and the ascetic monk who denounces worldly concerns. Pinch argues that, contrary to these stereotypes, North India's monks and peasants have not been passive observers of history; they have often been engaged with questions of identity, status, and hierarchy—particularly during the British period. Pinch's work is especially concerned with the ways each group manipulated the rhetoric of religious devotion and caste to further its own agenda for social reform. Although their aims may have been quite different—Ramanandi monastics worked for social equity, while peasants agitated for higher social status—the strategies employed by these two communities shaped the popular political culture of Gangetic north India during and after the struggle for independence from the British.
Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India
Sukumar Dutt
Author : Sukumar Dutt
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8120804988
Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India by Sukumar Dutt Pdf
Though India is no longer a Buddhist country, Buddhism held its place among Indian faiths for nearly seventeen centuries (500 B.C.--A.D. 1200). During this long stretch of time the Buddhist monks were organized in Sanghas in most parts of the country and their activities and achievements have profoundly influenced India`s traditional culture. There are monumental remains of Buddhist monastic life scattered all over India: in the south there are about a thousand cave-monasteries, among them Ajanta, world-famous for its exquisite mural paintings; in the north, less spectacular, the ruins of monastic edifices from Taxila in the west to Paharpur in the east. A connected history of the Buddhist monks of ancient India, their activities, their monastic establishments and their contributions to Indian culture, is available for the first time in this work, which is remarkable also for its pervading human interest. In reconstructing the history of the emperors and kings who were patrons of Buddhism, the early missionaries and the illustrious monk-scholars of later times, the author has used sources in four languages--Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan. Contents The primitive sangha, The asoka-satavahana age 250 BC-AD 100 and its legacy, In the Gupta age (AD 300-550) and after, Eminent monk-Scholars of India, Monastic Universities, (AD 500-1200), Bib., Index.
A World of Their Own: Daoist Monks and Their Community in Contemporary China
Adeline Herrou
Author : Adeline Herrou
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781931483254
A World of Their Own: Daoist Monks and Their Community in Contemporary China by Adeline Herrou Pdf
"Following the fate of a small Daoist community temple, the Wengongci in the town of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, the author examines the structure of the temple, the monastics living in it, its surrounding lay community, and the gods worshiped in its confines. Ina second part, she outlines the individual's path as a Daoist monastic today, from the choice of the religious life through the various forms of training to advanced ordinations and activities in the society. Her third part discusses the greater community of the Dao in terms of pseudo-kinship structures and gender issues. The book is full of amazing detail and reliable, on-the-ground information on the actual practice of Daoism in China today. It speaks both with the voices of the monastics and lay followers themselves as well as from the analytical perspective of the anthropologist. A must for anyone interested in the true face of religiosity and spiritual practice in China today."--Pub. desc.
The Poetry Demon
Jason Protass
Author : Jason Protass
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824889074
The Poetry Demon by Jason Protass Pdf
Chinese Buddhist monks of the Song dynasty (960–1279) called the irresistible urge to compose poetry “the poetry demon.” In this ambitious study, Jason Protass seeks to bridge the fields of Buddhist studies and Chinese literature to examine the place of poetry in the lives of Song monks. Although much has been written about verses in the gong’an (Jpn. kōan) tradition, very little is known about the large corpora—roughly 30,000 extant poems—composed by these monastics. Protass addresses the oversight by using strategies associated with religious studies, literary studies, and sociology. He weaves together poetry with a wide range of monastic sources and in doing so argues against positing a “literary Chan” movement that wrote poetry as a path to awakening; he instead presents an understanding of monks’ poetry grounded in the Song discourse of monks themselves. The work begins by examining how monks fashioned new genres, created their own books, and fueled a monastic audience for monks’ poetry. It traces the evolution of gāthā from hymns found in Buddhist scripture to an independent genre for poems associated with Chan masters as living buddhas. While Song monastic culture produced a prodigious amount of verse, at the same time it promoted prohibitions against monks’ participation in poetry as a worldly or Confucian art: This constructive tension was an animating force. The Poetry Demon highlights this and other intersections of Buddhist doctrine with literary sociality and charts productive pathways through numerous materials, including collections of Chan “recorded sayings,” monastic rulebooks, “eminent monk” and “flame record” hagiographies, manuscripts of poetry, Buddhist encyclopedia, primers, and sūtra commentary. Two chapter-length case studies illustrate how Song monks participated in two of the most prominent and conservative modes of poetry of the time, those of parting and mourning. Protass reveals how monks used Chan humor with reference to emptiness to transform acts of separation into Buddhist teachings. In another chapter, monks in mourning expressed their grief and dharma through poetry. The Poetry Demon impressively uncovers new and creative ways to study Chinese Buddhist monks’ poetry while contributing to the broader study of Chinese religion and literature.
Benedictine Monks at the University of Paris
Thomas Sullivan
Author : Thomas Sullivan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9004100997
Benedictine Monks at the University of Paris by Thomas Sullivan Pdf
This register presents biographical information, drawn from a wide variety of sources, concerning the origins, education, and careers of 671 Benedictine monks known to have studied or taught at the University of Paris in the late Middle Ages.