Author: Peter Hess
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 160266708X
Category : Atheism
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The Buddha Rescue is the 5th book in the Gohan Thriller Series. Gohan Rice returns to Menghan, China to visit his Christian friend, Songsuda, but due to threats against her and a local murder, they both must flee to Burma where all Christian missionaries have recently been deported by the government. Learning that the most famous Buddhist monk in the country has just been kidnapped, Gohan and Songsuda decide to stay and attempt to rescue him. Greatly outnumbered by their adversaries, Gohan must, once again, find outside help and gets it from some long lost friends. The Buddha Rescue is a story of faith, suspense, and victory; and the power of God to reach lives that vacillated between a hopeless religious culture and atheism. Peter Hess is a U.S. Air Force veteran, a multiple business owner, and an accomplished author. His books include historical biblical novels, Christian thrillers and mystery novels, and non-Fiction Christian books, centering on the power and goodness of God and the need for Christians to abandon themselves completely to Him. Peter and his wife of thirty-nine years, Rita, have four grown children and fifteen grandchildren. They make their home in Frederick, Maryland where they are active members of New Life Foursquare Church. Peter is now semi-retired from the business world and devotes most of his time to writing and church ministry. Information on Peter's other books can be found at www.peterhessbooks.com.
The Buddha Rescue
Author: Peter Hess
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 160266708X
Category : Atheism
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The Buddha Rescue is the 5th book in the Gohan Thriller Series. Gohan Rice returns to Menghan, China to visit his Christian friend, Songsuda, but due to threats against her and a local murder, they both must flee to Burma where all Christian missionaries have recently been deported by the government. Learning that the most famous Buddhist monk in the country has just been kidnapped, Gohan and Songsuda decide to stay and attempt to rescue him. Greatly outnumbered by their adversaries, Gohan must, once again, find outside help and gets it from some long lost friends. The Buddha Rescue is a story of faith, suspense, and victory; and the power of God to reach lives that vacillated between a hopeless religious culture and atheism. Peter Hess is a U.S. Air Force veteran, a multiple business owner, and an accomplished author. His books include historical biblical novels, Christian thrillers and mystery novels, and non-Fiction Christian books, centering on the power and goodness of God and the need for Christians to abandon themselves completely to Him. Peter and his wife of thirty-nine years, Rita, have four grown children and fifteen grandchildren. They make their home in Frederick, Maryland where they are active members of New Life Foursquare Church. Peter is now semi-retired from the business world and devotes most of his time to writing and church ministry. Information on Peter's other books can be found at www.peterhessbooks.com.
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 160266708X
Category : Atheism
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The Buddha Rescue is the 5th book in the Gohan Thriller Series. Gohan Rice returns to Menghan, China to visit his Christian friend, Songsuda, but due to threats against her and a local murder, they both must flee to Burma where all Christian missionaries have recently been deported by the government. Learning that the most famous Buddhist monk in the country has just been kidnapped, Gohan and Songsuda decide to stay and attempt to rescue him. Greatly outnumbered by their adversaries, Gohan must, once again, find outside help and gets it from some long lost friends. The Buddha Rescue is a story of faith, suspense, and victory; and the power of God to reach lives that vacillated between a hopeless religious culture and atheism. Peter Hess is a U.S. Air Force veteran, a multiple business owner, and an accomplished author. His books include historical biblical novels, Christian thrillers and mystery novels, and non-Fiction Christian books, centering on the power and goodness of God and the need for Christians to abandon themselves completely to Him. Peter and his wife of thirty-nine years, Rita, have four grown children and fifteen grandchildren. They make their home in Frederick, Maryland where they are active members of New Life Foursquare Church. Peter is now semi-retired from the business world and devotes most of his time to writing and church ministry. Information on Peter's other books can be found at www.peterhessbooks.com.
Refuge Recovery
Author: Noah Levine
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062123092
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Bestselling author and renowned Buddhist teacher Noah Levine adapts the Buddha's Four Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path into a proven and systematic approach to recovery from alcohol and drug addiction—an indispensable alternative to the 12-step program. While many desperately need the help of the 12-step recovery program, the traditional AA model's focus on an external higher power can alienate people who don't connect with its religious tenets. Refuge Recovery is a systematic method based on Buddhist principles, which integrates scientific, non-theistic, and psychological insight. Viewing addiction as cravings in the mind and body, Levine shows how a path of meditative awareness can alleviate those desires and ease suffering. Refuge Recovery includes daily meditation practices, written investigations that explore the causes and conditions of our addictions, and advice and inspiration for finding or creating a community to help you heal and awaken. Practical yet compassionate, Levine's successful Refuge Recovery system is designed for anyone interested in a non-theistic approach to recovery and requires no previous experience or knowledge of Buddhism or meditation.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062123092
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Bestselling author and renowned Buddhist teacher Noah Levine adapts the Buddha's Four Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path into a proven and systematic approach to recovery from alcohol and drug addiction—an indispensable alternative to the 12-step program. While many desperately need the help of the 12-step recovery program, the traditional AA model's focus on an external higher power can alienate people who don't connect with its religious tenets. Refuge Recovery is a systematic method based on Buddhist principles, which integrates scientific, non-theistic, and psychological insight. Viewing addiction as cravings in the mind and body, Levine shows how a path of meditative awareness can alleviate those desires and ease suffering. Refuge Recovery includes daily meditation practices, written investigations that explore the causes and conditions of our addictions, and advice and inspiration for finding or creating a community to help you heal and awaken. Practical yet compassionate, Levine's successful Refuge Recovery system is designed for anyone interested in a non-theistic approach to recovery and requires no previous experience or knowledge of Buddhism or meditation.
Rescued from the Nation
Author: Steven Kemper
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022619910X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Anagarika Dharmapala is one of the most galvanizing figures in Sri Lanka’s recent turbulent history. He is widely regarded as the nationalist hero who saved the Sinhala people from cultural collapse and whose “protestant” reformation of Buddhism drove monks toward increased political involvement and ethnic confrontation. Yet as tied to Sri Lankan nationalism as Dharmapala is in popular memory, he spent the vast majority of his life abroad, engaging other concerns. In Rescued from the Nation, Steven Kemper reevaluates this important figure in the light of an unprecedented number of his writings, ones that paint a picture not of a nationalist zealot but of a spiritual seeker earnest in his pursuit of salvation. Drawing on huge stores of source materials—nearly one hundred diaries and notebooks—Kemper reconfigures Dharmapala as a world-renouncer first and a political activist second. Following Dharmapala on his travels between East Asia, South Asia, Europe, and the United States, he traces his lifelong project of creating a unified Buddhist world, recovering the place of the Buddha’s Enlightenment, and imitating the Buddha’s life course. The result is a needed corrective to Dharmapala’s embattled legacy, one that resituates Sri Lanka’s political awakening within the religious one that was Dharmapala’s life project.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022619910X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Anagarika Dharmapala is one of the most galvanizing figures in Sri Lanka’s recent turbulent history. He is widely regarded as the nationalist hero who saved the Sinhala people from cultural collapse and whose “protestant” reformation of Buddhism drove monks toward increased political involvement and ethnic confrontation. Yet as tied to Sri Lankan nationalism as Dharmapala is in popular memory, he spent the vast majority of his life abroad, engaging other concerns. In Rescued from the Nation, Steven Kemper reevaluates this important figure in the light of an unprecedented number of his writings, ones that paint a picture not of a nationalist zealot but of a spiritual seeker earnest in his pursuit of salvation. Drawing on huge stores of source materials—nearly one hundred diaries and notebooks—Kemper reconfigures Dharmapala as a world-renouncer first and a political activist second. Following Dharmapala on his travels between East Asia, South Asia, Europe, and the United States, he traces his lifelong project of creating a unified Buddhist world, recovering the place of the Buddha’s Enlightenment, and imitating the Buddha’s life course. The result is a needed corrective to Dharmapala’s embattled legacy, one that resituates Sri Lanka’s political awakening within the religious one that was Dharmapala’s life project.
Emotional Rescue
Author: Dzogchen Ponlop
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101983485
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In this life-changing book, acclaimed Buddhist teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche shows how to free yourself from being a victim of your emotions by gaining the awareness and understanding that will help you harness their power. Emotions bring color and meaning to our lives, but they can also put us on an exhausting rollercoaster ride that takes us to blissful peak states, the depths of delusion and despair, and everything in between. It is only by learning to relate to our emotions skillfully that we benefit from their richness and glean wisdom, rather than letting them control us. Emotions get their power from a simple but deep-seated source: our lack of self-knowledge. When we bring awareness to our experience of emotions, something truly amazing happens—they lose their power to make us miserable. In this book, Rinpoche leads us through the three steps of his Emotional Rescue Plan. Mindful Gap is the practice of creating a safe distance between you and your emotions, which gives you the psychological space to work with their energy. Clear Seeing involves recognizing the bigger picture. Last, Letting Go is the practice of releasing stressful physical and emotional energy through exercise, relaxation, and awareness. With each step, we become increasingly familiar with the inner workings of our emotions, seeing straight to the heart of anger, fear, passion, jealousy, and pride. With time and practice, instead of leading us astray, our emotions become our guide towards living a more compassionate, creative, and fulfilling life.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101983485
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
In this life-changing book, acclaimed Buddhist teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche shows how to free yourself from being a victim of your emotions by gaining the awareness and understanding that will help you harness their power. Emotions bring color and meaning to our lives, but they can also put us on an exhausting rollercoaster ride that takes us to blissful peak states, the depths of delusion and despair, and everything in between. It is only by learning to relate to our emotions skillfully that we benefit from their richness and glean wisdom, rather than letting them control us. Emotions get their power from a simple but deep-seated source: our lack of self-knowledge. When we bring awareness to our experience of emotions, something truly amazing happens—they lose their power to make us miserable. In this book, Rinpoche leads us through the three steps of his Emotional Rescue Plan. Mindful Gap is the practice of creating a safe distance between you and your emotions, which gives you the psychological space to work with their energy. Clear Seeing involves recognizing the bigger picture. Last, Letting Go is the practice of releasing stressful physical and emotional energy through exercise, relaxation, and awareness. With each step, we become increasingly familiar with the inner workings of our emotions, seeing straight to the heart of anger, fear, passion, jealousy, and pride. With time and practice, instead of leading us astray, our emotions become our guide towards living a more compassionate, creative, and fulfilling life.
Rescue at Lake Wild
Author: Terry Lynn Johnson
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 0358334853
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
In this funny and moving animals-in-peril adventure, a twelve-year-old girl and her two best friends determine to rescue two orphaned beaver kits--and soon find themselves trying to solve a local environmental crisis. Perfect for fans of Pax and A Boy Called Bat. Everyone knows that twelve-year-old Madison "Madi" Lewis is not allowed to bring home any more animals. After she's saved hairless mice, two birds, a rabbit, and a stray tom cat that ended up destroying the front porch, Madi's parents decide that if they find one more stray animal in the house, she won't be allowed to meet Jane Goodall at an upcoming gala event. But when Madi and her two best friends, Aaron and Jack, rescue beaver kits whose mother was killed, they find themselves at the center of a local conspiracy that's putting the beavers and their habitats in danger. As Madi and her friends race to uncover the threat targeting the beavers, Madi must put her animal whisperer skills to the test in both raising the orphaned beaver kits and staying out of trouble long enough.
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 0358334853
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
In this funny and moving animals-in-peril adventure, a twelve-year-old girl and her two best friends determine to rescue two orphaned beaver kits--and soon find themselves trying to solve a local environmental crisis. Perfect for fans of Pax and A Boy Called Bat. Everyone knows that twelve-year-old Madison "Madi" Lewis is not allowed to bring home any more animals. After she's saved hairless mice, two birds, a rabbit, and a stray tom cat that ended up destroying the front porch, Madi's parents decide that if they find one more stray animal in the house, she won't be allowed to meet Jane Goodall at an upcoming gala event. But when Madi and her two best friends, Aaron and Jack, rescue beaver kits whose mother was killed, they find themselves at the center of a local conspiracy that's putting the beavers and their habitats in danger. As Madi and her friends race to uncover the threat targeting the beavers, Madi must put her animal whisperer skills to the test in both raising the orphaned beaver kits and staying out of trouble long enough.
The Buddha's Dog
Author: Craig Phillips
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615793306
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The Buddha had a dog? Discovered on an ancient scroll in Tibet, The Buddha's Dog tells the heart-warmimg story of Nandhi, a mischievous and trouble-making English bulldog who is befriended by the Buddha. Through a series of adventures, the dog learns the path of loving-kindness toward all creatures and becomes one of the greatest teachers to ever walk the earth. Like Benjamin Hoff's, The Tao of Pooh, The Buddha's Dog is a whimsical introduction to the Buddha's teachings of love and compassion through the eyes of an unforgettable canine, and can be enjoyed by kids from ten years old to a hundred and ten. This humorous and enlightening fable will appeal however, not only to dog-lovers and Buddhist's, but to anyone who has ever known the unconditional love and friendship of a cherished pet. That one animal that you have never been able to forget.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615793306
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The Buddha had a dog? Discovered on an ancient scroll in Tibet, The Buddha's Dog tells the heart-warmimg story of Nandhi, a mischievous and trouble-making English bulldog who is befriended by the Buddha. Through a series of adventures, the dog learns the path of loving-kindness toward all creatures and becomes one of the greatest teachers to ever walk the earth. Like Benjamin Hoff's, The Tao of Pooh, The Buddha's Dog is a whimsical introduction to the Buddha's teachings of love and compassion through the eyes of an unforgettable canine, and can be enjoyed by kids from ten years old to a hundred and ten. This humorous and enlightening fable will appeal however, not only to dog-lovers and Buddhist's, but to anyone who has ever known the unconditional love and friendship of a cherished pet. That one animal that you have never been able to forget.
The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra
Author: Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
ISBN: 1601030223
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A highly readable translation of the Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra as transmitted in the Chinese tradition, this brief text summarizes the teachings on emptiness of the Prajñāpāramitā, the perfection of wisdom. In this Sutra, the Buddha teaches his disciple Subhuti the subtle points of Buddhist philosophy on emptiness, the lack of true existence of anything—thoughts are illusions; life is a dream. Master Hua enriches the text by providing details and narratives, and he explains how to incorporate the concept of emptiness into our lives. (Based on audio recordings of lectures given by Master Hua at the Buddhist Lecture Hall in San Francisco, 1968)
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
ISBN: 1601030223
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A highly readable translation of the Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra as transmitted in the Chinese tradition, this brief text summarizes the teachings on emptiness of the Prajñāpāramitā, the perfection of wisdom. In this Sutra, the Buddha teaches his disciple Subhuti the subtle points of Buddhist philosophy on emptiness, the lack of true existence of anything—thoughts are illusions; life is a dream. Master Hua enriches the text by providing details and narratives, and he explains how to incorporate the concept of emptiness into our lives. (Based on audio recordings of lectures given by Master Hua at the Buddhist Lecture Hall in San Francisco, 1968)
Half Asleep in the Buddha Hall
Author: Wayne C. Allen
Publisher: The Phoenix Centre Press
ISBN: 0968444660
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Half Asleep in the Buddha Hall is a light-hearted guide to living life fully and deeply. Using Zen stories old and new, illustrations and exercises, Wayne C. Allen takes you on a walk through the workings of your mind, heart, and soul. For those who love Eastern thought, and equally for those who are fearless explorers of their internal space, Half Asleep in the Buddha Hall is an eye-opening jaunt through the ages-while always bringing you into direct contact with yourself-in this moment.
Publisher: The Phoenix Centre Press
ISBN: 0968444660
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Half Asleep in the Buddha Hall is a light-hearted guide to living life fully and deeply. Using Zen stories old and new, illustrations and exercises, Wayne C. Allen takes you on a walk through the workings of your mind, heart, and soul. For those who love Eastern thought, and equally for those who are fearless explorers of their internal space, Half Asleep in the Buddha Hall is an eye-opening jaunt through the ages-while always bringing you into direct contact with yourself-in this moment.
Lord Buddha
Author: Sager Qu
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496980301
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The book presents insights into the life of the Buddha from his birth to the time he entered the parinirvana state of existence. In this book, an attempt is made to outline Buddhism properly for people of all ages.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496980301
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The book presents insights into the life of the Buddha from his birth to the time he entered the parinirvana state of existence. In this book, an attempt is made to outline Buddhism properly for people of all ages.
Meeting the buddha
Author: Molly Emma Aitkin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101663669
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
From E.M. Forster to Peter Matthiessen to Allen Ginsberg, many of the world's most acclaimed writers have traveled to the holy lands of India seeking spiritual enlightenment. Their lyrical and highly personal recollections are compiled here for the first time in one volume, taking readers on a colorful journey to each of the eight Buddhist pilgrimage sites of India.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101663669
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
From E.M. Forster to Peter Matthiessen to Allen Ginsberg, many of the world's most acclaimed writers have traveled to the holy lands of India seeking spiritual enlightenment. Their lyrical and highly personal recollections are compiled here for the first time in one volume, taking readers on a colorful journey to each of the eight Buddhist pilgrimage sites of India.