Author: Order of Buddhist ContemplativesPublisher: Shasta Abbey Buddhist Supplies
ISBN: 9780930066123
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
The Liturgy of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives for the Laity
Author: Order of Buddhist ContemplativesPublisher: Shasta Abbey Buddhist Supplies
ISBN: 9780930066123
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
The Journal of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives
Author: Zen is Eternal Life
Author: Roshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-KennettPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317214676
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book, first published as Selling Water by the River in 1972, is a practical and inspirational manual for all who wish to practice Zen. Rōshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett, the founder and former abbess of Shasta Abbey, expertly combines an introduction to the basic tenets of Buddhism with original translations of the teachings of Zen Masters Dōgen and Keizan.
The Liturgy of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives for the Laity
Author: Order of Buddhist ContemplativesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
British Buddhism
Author: Robert BluckPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134158173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Despite the popularity of Buddhism in Britain, there has so far been no study documenting the full range of teachings and practices. This book fills this gap and serves as an important reference point for further studies in this increasingly popular field.
The Wild, White Goose
Author: Roshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-KennettPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317215346
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
This book, first published as two volumes in 1977 and 1978, was published purely for the purpose of showing how Buddhist training was done by the Reverend Jiyu-Kennett in the Far East. The material for the book was taken from diaries covering eight years spent by the author in Far Eastern temples, and describe her religious training and her growth of a Zen priest into a teacher, running her own temple.
World Religions
Author: Jeaneane D. FowlerPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1836241399
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
An introduction to the world religions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. Emphasis is placed on the living religion and the whole work is designed as a first-level introduction for those who have little or no previous knowledge of these religions.
Wednesday Is Indigo Blue
Author: Richard E. CytowicPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262516705
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
How the extraordinary multisensory phenomenon of synesthesia has changed our traditional view of the brain. A person with synesthesia might feel the flavor of food on her fingertips, sense the letter “J” as shimmering magenta or the number “5” as emerald green, hear and taste her husband's voice as buttery golden brown. Synesthetes rarely talk about their peculiar sensory gift—believing either that everyone else senses the world exactly as they do, or that no one else does. Yet synesthesia occurs in one in twenty people, and is even more common among artists. One famous synesthete was novelist Vladimir Nabokov, who insisted as a toddler that the colors on his wooden alphabet blocks were “all wrong.” His mother understood exactly what he meant because she, too, had synesthesia. Nabokov's son Dmitri, who recounts this tale in the afterword to this book, is also a synesthete—further illustrating how synesthesia runs in families. In Wednesday Is Indigo Blue, pioneering researcher Richard Cytowic and distinguished neuroscientist David Eagleman explain the neuroscience and genetics behind synesthesia's multisensory experiences. Because synesthesia contradicted existing theory, Cytowic spent twenty years persuading colleagues that it was a real—and important—brain phenomenon rather than a mere curiosity. Today scientists in fifteen countries are exploring synesthesia and how it is changing the traditional view of how the brain works. Cytowic and Eagleman argue that perception is already multisensory, though for most of us its multiple dimensions exist beyond the reach of consciousness. Reality, they point out, is more subjective than most people realize. No mere curiosity, synesthesia is a window on the mind and brain, highlighting the amazing differences in the way people see the world.
Japanese New Religions in the West
Author: Peter B. ClarkePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134241380
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
An excellent and very timely update on an area seeing many recent developments.
The Magic Worlds of Bernard Malamud
Author: Evelyn AveryPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791490122
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In the best literary tradition, Bernard Malamud uses the particular experiences of his subjects—Eastern European Jews, immigrant Americans, and urban African Americans—to express the universal. This book offers an exploration of this beloved American writer's fiction, which has won two National Book Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. In addition to the literary studies, personal recollections by son Paul Malamud, memoirs and portraits by good friends, colleagues, and fellow writers such as Cynthia Ozick, Daniel Stern, and Nicolas Delbanco illuminate Malamud's life and work. The contributors reveal that in an age that deconstructs, Malamud's voice does not. Instead, it speaks clearly and imaginatively with the weight of ancient traditions and the understanding of modern conditions.