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Author: Jacques Margain Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1514421666 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 146
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Tengu and the Sage is a thrilling action love story that defies the ages. In a time and place beyond anything and anyone, a man questions all that he has come to know to understand a smile that captures his heart. When the heart overrides destiny, which will you choose?
Author: Jacques Margain Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1514421666 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 146
Book Description
Tengu and the Sage is a thrilling action love story that defies the ages. In a time and place beyond anything and anyone, a man questions all that he has come to know to understand a smile that captures his heart. When the heart overrides destiny, which will you choose?
Author: Micah L. Auerback Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022628641X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 371
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“Auerback has produced an entirely original history of Japanese Buddhism . . . a major contribution to the field. This book is exemplary.” —D. Max Moerman, author of The Japanese Buddhist World Map Since its arrival in Japan in the sixth century, Buddhism has played a central role in Japanese culture. But the historical figure of the Buddha, the prince of ancient Indian descent who abandoned his wealth and power to become an awakened being, has repeatedly disappeared and reappeared, emerging each time in a different form and to different ends. A Storied Sage traces this transformation of concepts of the Buddha, from Japan’s ancient period in the eighth century to the end of the Meiji period in the early twentieth century. Micah L. Auerback follows the changing fortune of the Buddha through the novel uses for the Buddha’s story in high and low culture alike, often outside of the confines of the Buddhist establishment. Auerback argues for the Buddha’s continuing relevance during Japan’s early modern period and links the later Buddhist tradition in Japan to its roots on the Asian continent. Additionally, he examines the afterlife of the Buddha in hagiographic literature, demonstrating that the late Japanese Buddha, far from fading into a ghost of his former self, instead underwent an important reincarnation. Challenging many established assumptions about Buddhism and its evolution in Japan, A Storied Sage is a vital contribution to the larger discussion of religion and secularization in modernity. “The point where this study blossoms with voluminous detail is when developments in historiography made biographies of the Buddha controversial in the early modern era . . . Auerback’s coverage of these debates is exceedingly thorough.” —Journal of Japanese Studies
Author: J.R. Mendoza Publisher: Juan Roberto Mendoza ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 353
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Detectives Rob, Jim, Victor, and the enigmatic Nira uncover a conspiracy tied to ancient scrolls written by aliens known as "Watchers" or fallen angels. These scrolls hold secrets of a pivotal weapon with the power to reshape humanity's destiny. As they race against time and confront dangerous human and alien adversaries, can they unravel the truth behind humanity's origins and thwart a hidden agenda with devastating consequences?
Author: Robin D. Gill Publisher: Paraverse Press ISBN: 0974261874 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 742
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Even readers with no particular interest in Japan - if such odd souls exist - may expect unexpected pleasure from this book if English metaphysical poetry, grooks, hyperlogical nonsense verse, outrageous epigrams, the (im)possibilities and process of translation between exotic tongues, the reason of puns and rhyme, outlandish metaphor, extreme hyperbole and whatnot tickle their fancy. Read together with The Woman Without a Hole, also by Robin D. Gill, the hitherto overlooked ulterior side of art poetry in Japan may now be thoroughly explored by monolinguals, though bilinguals and students of Japanese will be happy to know all the original Japanese is included.--amazon.com.
Author: Leon Lowe Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1984545019 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 157
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In volume 1, the grand griffin rescues the four monarchs from the temple of remorse, only to later install the life lesson of forgiveness. Volume 2 sees two sprites learn the lesson of listening to your elders wise instruction and waiting for reward. Volume 3 sees the Oni king make the best out of a bad situation by being good. Volume 4 shows you should not put too much responsibility on those who are not worthy of it. Volume 5 shows if you have a passion, follow it, and in Volume 6, the four monarchs learn their lesson. Ninarphay Tales is not only fun and thrilling; it is also timeless and heartwarminga good all-round read.
Author: Bernard Faure Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 1400822602 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 345
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Is there a Buddhist discourse on sex? In this innovative study, Bernard Faure reveals Buddhism's paradoxical attitudes toward sexuality. His remarkably broad range covers the entire geography of this religion, and its long evolution from the time of its founder, Xvkyamuni, to the premodern age. The author's anthropological approach uncovers the inherent discrepancies between the normative teachings of Buddhism and what its followers practice. Framing his discussion on some of the most prominent Western thinkers of sexuality--Georges Bataille and Michel Foucault--Faure draws from different reservoirs of writings, such as the orthodox and heterodox "doctrines" of Buddhism, and its monastic codes. Virtually untapped mythological as well as legal sources are also used. The dialectics inherent in Mahvyvna Buddhism, in particular in the Tantric and Chan/Zen traditions, seemed to allow for greater laxity and even encouraged breaking of taboos. Faure also offers a history of Buddhist monastic life, which has been buffeted by anticlerical attitudes, and by attempts to regulate sexual behavior from both within and beyond the monastery. In two chapters devoted to Buddhist homosexuality, he examines the way in which this sexual behavior was simultaneously condemned and idealized in medieval Japan. This book will appeal especially to those interested in the cultural history of Buddhism and in premodern Japanese culture. But the story of how one of the world's oldest religions has faced one of life's greatest problems makes fascinating reading for all.
Author: Virginia G. Atchley Publisher: ISBN: Category : Dress accessories Languages : en Pages : 364
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For over forty years, the name Virginia Atchley has been synonymous with the collecting fo miniature Japanese arts in America. Virginia Atchley has now decided to share her collection with other aficionados in this book. Detailed here are over 400 pieces, with signatures.
Author: Alan Scott Pate Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691176477 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 176
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"Kanban, a fusion of art and commerce, refers to the traditional signs Japanese merchants displayed on the streets to advertise their presence, denote the products and services to be found inside, as well as to give individual identity and expression to the shop itself. This book will trace the history of the shop sign in Japan, explore some of the businesses and trades represented, and help the reader travel back to the world of traditional Japan, made emblematic in the fascinating world of kanban"--
Author: Jacques Margain
Author: Jacques Margain
Author: Micah L. Auerback
Author: J.R. Mendoza
Author: Robin D. Gill
Author: Leon Lowe
Author: Bernard Faure
Author: Magna Kruger
Author: Virginia G. Atchley
Author: Henri L. Joly
Author: Alan Scott Pate