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Author: Reiko Ohnuma Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190637560 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 265
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Unfortunate Destiny focuses on the roles played by nonhuman animals within the imaginative thought-world of Indian Buddhism, as reflected in pre-modern South Asian Buddhist literature. These roles are multifaceted, diverse, and often contradictory: In Buddhist doctrine and cosmology, the animal rebirth is a most "unfortunate destiny" (durgati), won through negative karma and characterized by a lack of intelligence, moral agency, and spiritual potential. In stories about the Buddha's previous lives, on the other hand, we find highly anthropomorphized animals who are wise, virtuous, endowed with human speech, and often critical of the moral shortcomings of humankind. In the life-story of the Buddha, certain animal characters serve as "doubles" of the Buddha, illuminating his nature through identification, contrast or parallelism with an animal "other." Relations between human beings and animals likewise range all the way from support, friendship, and near-equality to rampant exploitation, cruelty, and abuse. Perhaps the only commonality among these various strands of thought is a persistent impulse to use animals to clarify the nature of humanity itself--whether through similarity, contrast, or counterpoint. Buddhism is a profoundly human-centered religious tradition, yet it relies upon a dexterous use of the animal other to help clarify the human self. This book seeks to make sense of this process through a wide-ranging-exploration of animal imagery, animal discourse, and specific animal characters in South Asian Buddhist texts.
Author: Reiko Ohnuma Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190637560 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 265
Book Description
Unfortunate Destiny focuses on the roles played by nonhuman animals within the imaginative thought-world of Indian Buddhism, as reflected in pre-modern South Asian Buddhist literature. These roles are multifaceted, diverse, and often contradictory: In Buddhist doctrine and cosmology, the animal rebirth is a most "unfortunate destiny" (durgati), won through negative karma and characterized by a lack of intelligence, moral agency, and spiritual potential. In stories about the Buddha's previous lives, on the other hand, we find highly anthropomorphized animals who are wise, virtuous, endowed with human speech, and often critical of the moral shortcomings of humankind. In the life-story of the Buddha, certain animal characters serve as "doubles" of the Buddha, illuminating his nature through identification, contrast or parallelism with an animal "other." Relations between human beings and animals likewise range all the way from support, friendship, and near-equality to rampant exploitation, cruelty, and abuse. Perhaps the only commonality among these various strands of thought is a persistent impulse to use animals to clarify the nature of humanity itself--whether through similarity, contrast, or counterpoint. Buddhism is a profoundly human-centered religious tradition, yet it relies upon a dexterous use of the animal other to help clarify the human self. This book seeks to make sense of this process through a wide-ranging-exploration of animal imagery, animal discourse, and specific animal characters in South Asian Buddhist texts.
Author: Reiko Ohnuma Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190637544 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 265
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This book constitutes the first major study of Indian Buddhist ideas about nonhuman animals and the roles played by animal characters in Buddhist literature.
Author: Lennart Wingardh Publisher: ISBN: Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 0
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Prophecies of the end of the world began to interest Lennart Wingardh in 1981, after reading Prophecies & Predictions Everybody's Guide to the Coming Changes by Moira Timms He found that God's ancient prophecies were revealed in the Jewish Bible and in the book of Revelation and were later on complement, very extensively, in the Qur'an. It is the aspiration of this book that the reader shall realize that the ancient prophecies are real and that they were given by God to provide the understanding that will help you change your life.
Author: Lennart Wingardh Publisher: Arpress ISBN: Category : Bibles Languages : en Pages : 0
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Prophecies of the end of the world began to interest Lennart Wingardh in 1981, after reading Prophecies & Predictions Everybody's Guide to the Coming Changes by Moira Timms He found that God's ancient prophecies were revealed in the Jewish Bible and in the book of Revelation and were later on complement, very extensively, in the Qur'an. It is the aspiration of this book that the reader shall realize that the ancient prophecies are real and that they were given by God to provide the understanding that will help you change your life.
Author: LENNART. WINGARDH Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Company ISBN: 9781646108640 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Prophecies of the end of the world began to interest Lennart Wingardh in 1981, after reading Prophecies & Predictions Everybody's Guide to the Coming Changes by Moira Timms. He found that God's ancient prophecies were revealed in the Jewish Bible and in the Book of Revelation and were later on complement, very extensively, in the Qur'an. It is the aspiration of this book that the reader shall realize that the ancient prophecies are real and that they were given by God to provide the understanding that will help you change your life. About the Author Lennart Wingardh is a Swedish and American citizen who was born in Cuba in July 1934, where he educated until age eleven, when the family moved to Sweden. After graduating he joined the Swedish Telecommunications giant Ericsson and worked with Latin America up to the level of General Manager in Mexico and Venezuela. In 1980 he switched over to Motorola in Chicago, with who he pioneered the entry of Cellular to Latin America. In Argentina he became known as the Father of Cellular. Upon retirement in 1998 he began studying the prophecies, to try to uncover the reason for their existence something that had intrigued him deeply, culminating in the creation of this remarkable book!
Author: Nicole Panteleakos Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books ISBN: 0525646590 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
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"Tender and illuminating. A beautiful debut." --Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me A heartrending and hopeful debut novel about a nonverbal girl and her passion for space exploration, for fans of See You in the Cosmos, Mockingbird, and The Thing About Jellyfish. Twelve-year-old Nova is eagerly awaiting the launch of the space shuttle Challenger--it's the first time a teacher is going into space, and kids across America will watch the event on live TV in their classrooms. Nova and her big sister, Bridget, share a love of astronomy and the space program. They planned to watch the launch together. But Bridget has disappeared, and Nova is in a new foster home. While foster families and teachers dismiss Nova as severely autistic and nonverbal, Bridget understands how intelligent and special Nova is, and all that she can't express. As the liftoff draws closer, Nova's new foster family and teachers begin to see her potential, and for the first time, she is making friends without Bridget. But every day, she's counting down to the launch, and to the moment when she'll see Bridget again. Because Bridget said, "No matter what, I'll be there. I promise."
Author: David Frawley Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe ISBN: 9788120810075 Category : Astrology Languages : en Pages : 348
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Astrology of the Seers is a clear yet comprehensive presentation of Vedic astrology and makes this difficult-to-understand subject clear, practical and relevant. it reveals the deeper implications of the Vedic system in sections on astrology as a spiritual science, astrology and psychology, astrology and yoga. Of special interest, the book explains the cycle of the world-ages (yugas), showing the Vedic view of human history, and the connection of our solar system with galactic sources of energy. Thirty-two example charts of all types are explained including those of many spiritual teachers, covering all the main aspects of its philosophy, background and practice, including chart interpretation and methods of balancing planetary influences such as mantra and gem therapy. The present edition has been throughly revised and updated.
Author: Michio Kaku Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0385530811 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 456
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The renowned theoretical physicist and national bestselling author of The God Equation details the developments in computer technology, artificial intelligence, medicine, space travel, and more, that are poised to happen over the next century. “Mind-bending…. [An] alternately fascinating and frightening book.” —San Francisco Chronicle Space elevators. Internet-enabled contact lenses. Cars that fly by floating on magnetic fields. This is the stuff of science fiction—it’s also daily life in the year 2100. Renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku considers how these inventions will affect the world economy, addressing the key questions: Who will have jobs? Which nations will prosper? Kaku interviews three hundred of the world’s top scientists—working in their labs on astonishing prototypes. He also takes into account the rigorous scientific principles that regulate how quickly, how safely, and how far technologies can advance. In Physics of the Future, Kaku forecasts a century of earthshaking advances in technology that could make even the last centuries’ leaps and bounds seem insignificant.
Author: Jenna Solitaire Publisher: Wordfire Press ISBN: 9781680571370 Category : Languages : en Pages : 200
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My name is Jenna Solitaire, and everything I thought I knew about myself, my family, and my future is wrong. My life is not my own. It never has been. I just didn't know it―until now... Having found the Board of Fire, Jenna and Simon hurry to decipher the clues that will lead them to the Board of Earth-and mastery over the very land itself. But on their way to locate the tomb of a mythical English hero, while fending off shadowy new attackers who want the Boards for themselves, an offer of help comes from a surprising source. Can Jenna and Simon trust this offer-or are they walking straight into a trap set by the one who has coveted the Boards for millennia?
Author: Zecharia Sitchin Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1591439191 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 411
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Over the years, startling evidence has been unearthed, challenging established notions of the origins of Earth and life on it and suggesting the existence of a superior race of beings who once inhabited our world. The product of thirty years of intensive research, The 12th Planet is the first book in Zecharia Sitchin's prophetic Earth Chronicles series--a revolutionary body of work that offers indisputable documentary proof of humanity's extraterrestrial forefathers. Travelers from the stars, they arrived eons ago, and planted the genetic seed that would ultimately blossom into a remarkable species...called Man. The 12th Planet brings to life the Sumerian civilization, presenting millennia-old evidence of the existence of Nibiru, the home planet of the Anunnaki and of the landings of the Anunnaki on Earth every 3,600 years, and reveals a complete history of the solar system as told by these early visitors from another planet. Zecharia Sitchin's Earth Chronicles series, with millions of copies sold worldwide, deal with the history and prehistory of Earth and humankind. Each book in the series is based upon information written on clay tablets by the ancient civilizations of the Near East. The series is offered here, for the first time, in highly readable, hardbound collector's editions with enhanced maps and diagrams.
Author: Reiko Ohnuma
Author: Reiko Ohnuma
Author: Reiko Ohnuma
Author: Lennart Wingardh
Author: Lennart Wingardh
Author: LENNART. WINGARDH
Author: Nicole Panteleakos
Author: David Frawley
Author: Michio Kaku
Author: Jenna Solitaire
Author: Zecharia Sitchin