Author: Bruno SchindlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese philology
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Hirth Anniversary Volume
Author: Bruno SchindlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese philology
Languages : en
Pages : 838
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Boas Anniversary Volume
Author: Berthold LauferPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Biology and Biological Technology
Author: Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521087315
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Asia Major
Author: The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume IX
Author: Ssu-ma Ch'ienPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253048400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
A remarkable document of ancient Chinese history: “[An] indispensable addition to modern sinology.” —China Review International This volume of The Grand Scribe’s Records includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 B.C.). The lead chapter presents a parallel biography of two ancient physicians, Pien Ch’üeh and Ts’ang Kung, providing a transition between the founding of the Han dynasty and its heyday under Wu. The account of Liu P’i is framed by the great rebellion he led in 154 B.C. and the remaining chapters trace the careers of court favorites, depict the tribulations of an ill-fated general, discuss the Han’s greatest enemy, the Hsiung-nu, and provide accounts of two great generals who fought them. The final memoir is structured around memorials by two strategists who attempted to lead Emperor Wu into negotiations with the Hsiung-nu, a policy that Ssu-ma Ch’ien himself supported.
Bulletin
Author: Östasiatiska samlingarna (Stockholm, Sweden)Publisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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The Alchemical Body
Author: David Gordon WhitePublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022614934X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
“[A] brilliant disquisition on . . . mostly unpublished texts for three allied systems of tantric thought and praxis (sexual, alchemical, and hatha yogic).” —The Journal of Asian Studies The Alchemical Body excavates and centers within its Indian context the lost tradition of the medieval Siddhas. Working from previously unexplored alchemical sources, David Gordon White demonstrates for the first time that the medieval disciplines of Hindu alchemy and hatha yoga were practiced by one and the same people, and that they can be understood only when viewed together. White opens the way to a new and more comprehensive understanding of medieval Indian mysticism, within the broader context of south Asian Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Islam. “White proves a skillful guide in disentangling historical and theoretical complexities that have thus far bedeviled the study of these influential aspects of medieval Indian culture.” —Yoga World “Anyone seriously interested in finding out more about authentic tantra, original hatha yoga, embodied liberation . . . sacred sexuality, paranormal abilities, healing, and of course alchemy will find White’s extraordinary book as fascinating as any Tom Clancy thriller.” —Georg Feuerstein, Yoga Journal “Remarkable . . . a study of the language of mystic experience and expression—the multitudinous symbols, rituals, and doctrines of the medieval siddhis, yogis, and alchemists.” —Skeptic Meditations
Nāgārjuna’s Twelve Gate Treatise
Author: Hsueh-li ChengPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400977751
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
MADHYAMIKA The hallmark of Miidhyamika philosophy is 'Emptiness', sunyata. This is not a view of reality. In fact it is emphatically denied that sunyata is a view of reality. If anybody falls into such an error as to construe emptiness as reality (or as a view, even the right view, of reality), he is only grasping the snake at the wrong end (Mk, 24.1 I)! Nftgfujuna in Mk, 24.18, has referred to at least four ways by which the same truth is conveyed: Whatever is dependent origination, we call it emptiness. That is (also) dependent conceptualization; that is, to be sure, the Middle Way. The two terms, pratitya samutpiida and upiidiiya prajnapti, which I have translated here- as 'dependent origination' and 'dependent conceptualization' need to be explained. The interdependence of everything (and under 'everything' we may include, following the Mftdhyamika, all items, ontological concepts, entities, theories, views, theses and even relative truths), i.e., the essential lack of independence of the origin (cf. utpiida) of everything proves or shows that everything is essentially devoid of its assumed essence or its independent 'own nature' or its 'self-existence' (cf. svabhiiva). Besides, our cognition of anything lacks independence in the same way. Our conception (cf. prajnapti) of something a essentially depends upon something b, and so on for everything ad infinitum.
Recent Geographical Literature, Maps and Photographs
Author: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 702
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Peoples of the Apocalypse
Author: Wolfram BrandesPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110472635
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This volume addresses Jewish, Christian and Muslim future visions on the end of the world, focusing on the respective allies and antagonists for each religious society. Spanning late Antiquity to the early modern period, the collected papers examine distinctive aspects represented by each religion’s approach as well as shared concepts.