The Words and World of Ge bcags Nunnery
Title | The Words and World of Ge bcags Nunnery PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth McDougal |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 278 |
Release | 2024-02-06 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 900469174X |
Ge bcags (Gebchak) dgon pa, founded in 1892 in Nang chen, Khams (Qinghai Province, PRC), is still active today with around 250 nuns practising intensive Vajrayāna rituals, yogas and meditation. The nuns’ knowledge goal is embodied, nonconceptual awareness, yet they spend many hours daily reading texts as part of their training. By investigating the whole context of the nuns’ lifeworld and ways of learning, this ethnography questions the role of reading in Ge bcags’ tacit knowledge tradition. At a time when Tibetan learning practices are quickly modernising, this book demonstrates a Buddhist tradition whose textual knowledge is not exactly literal, but cultivated through continuous, whole person learning.
Sophie's World
Title | Sophie's World PDF eBook |
Author | Jostein Gaarder |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | 544 |
Release | 2007-03-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1466804270 |
One day Sophie comes home from school to find two questions in her mail: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" Before she knows it she is enrolled in a correspondence course with a mysterious philosopher. Thus begins Jostein Gaarder's unique novel, which is not only a mystery, but also a complete and entertaining history of philosophy.
The new world of words. [&c.].
Title | The new world of words. [&c.]. PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Phillips |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 726 |
Release | 1720 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
Hidden Lands in Himalayan Myth and History
Title | Hidden Lands in Himalayan Myth and History PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 382 |
Release | 2020-11-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004437681 |
Hidden Lands in Himalayan Myth and History showcases recent scholarship, photo essays, maps, and translations about hidden lands (sbas yul) across the Himalaya, from historical and contemporary perspectives.
A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, &c. which Have Been Thought to Require Illustration, in the Works of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare, and His Contemporaries
Title | A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, &c. which Have Been Thought to Require Illustration, in the Works of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare, and His Contemporaries PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Nares |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 606 |
Release | 1822 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
A Cruising Voyage Round the World
Title | A Cruising Voyage Round the World PDF eBook |
Author | Woodes Rogers |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 542 |
Release | 1712 |
Genre | Latin America |
ISBN |
Buddhist Statecraft in East Asia
Title | Buddhist Statecraft in East Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Balkwill |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 201 |
Release | 2022-03-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004510222 |
Buddhist Statecraft in East Asia explores the long relationship between Buddhism and the state in premodern times and seeks to counter the modern, secularist notion that Buddhism, as a religion, is inherently apolitical. By revealing the methods by which members of Buddhist communities across premodern East Asia related to imperial rule, this volume offers case studies of how Buddhists, their texts, material culture, ideas, and institutions legitimated rulers and defended regimes across the region. The volume also reveals a history of Buddhist writing, protest, and rebellion against the state. Contributors are Stephanie Balkwill, James A. Benn, Megan Bryson, Gregory N. Evon, Geoffrey C. Goble, Richard D. McBride II, and Jacqueline I. Stone.