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Being Human in a Buddhist World

An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet

By: Janet Gyatso

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Being Human in a Buddhist World

An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet

By: Janet Gyatso

Critically exploring medical thought in a cultural milieu with no discernible influence from the European Enlightenment, Being Human in a Buddhist World reveals an otherwise unnoticed intersection of early modern sensibilities and religious values in traditional Tibetan medicine. It further studies the adaptation of Buddhist concepts and values to medical concerns and suggests important dimensions of Buddhism's role in the development of Asian and global civilization. Through its unique focus and sophisticated reading of source materials, Being Human adds a crucial chapter in the larger historiography of science and religion. The book opens with the bold achievements in Tibetan medical illustration, commentary, and institution building during the period of the Fifth Dalai Lama and his regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, then looks back to the work of earlier thinkers, tracing a strategically astute dialectic between scriptural and empirical authority on questions of history and the nature of human anatomy. It follows key differences between medicine and Buddhism in attitudes toward gender and sex and the moral character of the physician, who had to serve both the patient's and the practitioner's well-being. Being Human in a Buddhist World ultimately finds that Tibetan medical scholars absorbed ethical and epistemological categories from Buddhism yet shied away from ideal systems and absolutes, instead embracing the imperfectability of the human condition.

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Columbia University Press

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0231538324

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Apparitions of the Self

The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary : a Translation and Study of Jigme Lingpa's Dancing Moon in the Water and Ḍ−akki's Grand Secret-talk

By: ʼJigs-med-gliṅ-pa Raṅ-byuṅ-rdo-rje,Janet Gyatso

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Apparitions of the Self

The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary : a Translation and Study of Jigme Lingpa's Dancing Moon in the Water and Ḍ−akki's Grand Secret-talk

By: ʼJigs-med-gliṅ-pa Raṅ-byuṅ-rdo-rje,Janet Gyatso

In this volume, Janet Gyatso focuses on the outstanding pair of secret autobiographies by the famed Tibetan Buddhist visionary, Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798), whose poetic and self-conscious writings are as much about the nature of his own identity, memory, and the undecidabilities of autobiographical truth as they are narrations of the actual content of his experiences.

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0691011109

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9780691011103

Women in Tibet

By: Janet Gyatso,Hanna Havnevik

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Women in Tibet

By: Janet Gyatso,Hanna Havnevik

Collection of historical, literary, ethographical essays about the history - Women in traditional Tibet - and present situation of women in Tibet - Modern Tibetan Women, offering data and reflection on certain topics, like the lives of individual women. Based on texts, anthropological data, literature, newspaper articles, fieldwork and oral history.

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0231130996

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Apparitions of the Self

The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary

By: Janet Gyatso

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Apparitions of the Self

The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary

By: Janet Gyatso

Apparitions of the Self is a groundbreaking investigation into what is known in Tibet as "secret autobiography," an exceptional, rarely studied literary genre that presents a personal exploration of intimate religious experiences. In this volume, Janet Gyatso translates and studies the outstanding pair of secret autobiographies by the famed Tibetan Buddhist visionary, Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798), whose poetic and self-conscious writings are as much about the nature of his own identity, memory, and the undecidabilities of autobiographical truth as they are narrations of the actual content of his experiences. Their translation in this book marks the first time that works of this sort have been translated in a Western language. Gyatso is among the first to consider Tibetan literature from a comparative perspective, examining the surprising fit--as well as the misfit--of Western literary theory with Tibetan autobiography. She examines the intriguing questions of why Tibetan Buddhists produced so many autobiographies (far more than other Asian Buddhists) and how autobiographical self-assertion is possible even while Buddhists believe that the self is ultimately an illusion. Also explored are Jigme Lingpa's historical milieu, his revelatory visions of the ancient Tibetan dynasty, and his meditative practices of personal cultivation. The book concludes with a study of the subversive female figure of the "Dakini" in Jigme Lingpa's writings, and the implications of her gender, her sexuality, and her unsettling discourse for the autobiographical subject in Tibet.

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Princeton University Press

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0691221421

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9780691221427

Being Human in a Buddhist World

An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet

By: Janet Gyatso

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An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet

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The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary

By: Janet Gyatso

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The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary

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Asian Dance

By: Janet Descutner

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Asian Dance

By: Janet Descutner

Introduces the history, methods of teaching, ceremonial styles, basic steps, and famous figures of traditional Asian dance from Japan, China, India and more.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438130783

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9781438130781

The Enlightenment and Captain James Cook

The Lono-Cook-Kirk-Regenesis

By: Janet Susan Holman

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The Enlightenment and Captain James Cook

The Lono-Cook-Kirk-Regenesis

By: Janet Susan Holman

May all beings enjoy 'The Enlightenment.' The Enlightenment and Captain James Cook, The Lono-Cook-Kirk-Regenesis, is a thoroughly informative and a deeply personal read.It is afictionalized biography that takes place during Britain's 'Age of Enlightenment and Discovery'and itis highly 'truth based,'integrating the'first written and compiled' Polynesian facts and mythologythat includes thediaries andactual journals of the many men on board Cook's ships. No writer has better put together a more complete compilation of the factsintegrated with mythology and toldin novel form, giving the reader a bird's eye viewof the action. She touches on James Cook andhis co-relation with Gene Roddenberry's James T. Kirk and how it inter-relates with her own account of learned spiritual wisdom and her'mythic writers journey.' She gives a personalaccount of her journey that wasguided by the 'Aumakua' (Hawaiian and British ancestors alike) and Archangel Metatron, to create a feature film script about James Cook that led her on a spiritual pilgrimage where she encountered the truth behind, reincarnation, remanifestation, archetypes and extraterrestrial realities. She then made a trip to Sarnath, India and also discovereda link to Polynesiawiththe name 'Lono' (or Rono; the name Cook was referred to as when he arrived in Polynesia) and the 'Phurba Diety'inancient Tibet. Reviews This is an important story that needs to be told and your writing is very good. See to it that the film gets produced. Jagdish P. Sharma, Professor, Department of History, University of Hawaii atManoa

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1468533371

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9781468533378

Think RE: Pupil Book 2

By: Michael Brewer,Janet Dyson,Cavan Wood,Pamela Draycott,Ruth Mantin

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Think RE: Pupil Book 2

By: Michael Brewer,Janet Dyson,Cavan Wood,Pamela Draycott,Ruth Mantin

The Think RE student books are structured around the 8-level scale in terms of religious content, knowledge and skills development ensuring pupil's progression.

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Heinemann

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0435307266

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9780435307264

Double Exposure

Cutting Across Buddhist and Western Discourses

By: Bernard Faure,Janet Lloyd

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Double Exposure

Cutting Across Buddhist and Western Discourses

By: Bernard Faure,Janet Lloyd

This book explores the possible relations between Western types of rationality and Buddhism. It also examines some clichés about Buddhism and questions the old antinomies of Western culture ("faith and reason," or "idealism and materialism"). The use of the Buddhist notion of the Two Truths as a hermeneutic device leads to a double or multiple exposure that will call into question our mental habits and force us to ask questions differently, to think "in a new key." Double Exposure is somewhat of an oddity. Written by a specialist for nonspecialists, it is not a book of vulgarization. Although it aims at a better integration of Western and Buddhist thought, it is not an exercise in comparative philosophy or religion. It is neither a contribution to Buddhist scholarship in the narrow sense, nor a contribution to some vague Western "spirituality." Cutting across traditional disciplines and blurring established genres, it provides a leisurely but deeply insightful stroll through philosophical and literary texts, dreams, poetry, and paradoxes.

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Stanford University Press

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0804743487

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9780804743488

Traveling the 38th Parallel

A Water Line Around the World

By: David Carle,Janet Carle

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Traveling the 38th Parallel

A Water Line Around the World

By: David Carle,Janet Carle

Between extremes of climate farther north and south, the 38th North parallel line marks a temperate, middle latitude where human societies have thrived since the beginning of civilization. It divides North and South Korea, passes through Athens and San Francisco, and bisects Mono Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, where authors David and Janet Carle make their home. Former park rangers, the authors set out on an around-the-world journey in search of water-related environmental and cultural intersections along the 38th parallel. This book is a chronicle of their adventures as they meet people confronting challenges in water supply, pollution, wetlands loss, and habitat protection. At the heart of the narrative are the riveting stories of the passionate individuals—scientists, educators, and local activists—who are struggling to preserve some of the world's most amazing, yet threatened, landscapes. Traveling largely outside of cities, away from well-beaten tourist tracks, the authors cross Japan, Korea, China, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Greece, Sicily, Spain, Portugal, the Azores Islands, and the United States—from Chesapeake Bay to San Francisco Bay. The stories they gather provide stark contrasts as well as reaffirming similarities across diverse cultures. Generously illustrated with maps and photos, Traveling the 38th Parallel documents devastating environmental losses but also inspiring gains made through the efforts of dedicated individuals working against the odds to protect these fragile places.

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Univ of California Press

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0520266544

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9780520266544

Stewart Farrar

Writer on a Broomstick

By: Elizabeth Guerra,Janet Farrar

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Stewart Farrar

Writer on a Broomstick

By: Elizabeth Guerra,Janet Farrar

Stewart Farrar was a World War II veteran, an accomplished script writer and a journalist who worked for many prominent and respected media companies such as Reuters and the newspaper Reveille. As a world traveller, Stewart had the opportunity to meet and work with many fascinating people and noted celebrities during his career. He was also a gifted photographer. In 1969, at the age of 53, he met Alex Sanders - the infamous "King of the Witches" - and his wife Maxine while interviewing the couple for Reveille. The encounter introduced him to a world of Witchcraft and magic and changed the course of his life. Farrar left his job as a journalist and devoted his life and career to writing about the Craft. The many books he authored on Witchcraft, together with his wife, Janet Farrar, have become widely read and respected works on the topic. Elizabeth Guerra and Janet Farrar have collaborated to record and explore Stewart Farrar's life and career in detail. This book tracks Farrar's development from an eager and talented adolescent to a college student and dedicated Communist to a gifted journalist and television, radio and film script writer and finally to his later life as a practitioner of Wicca and author of many non-fiction books and science fiction novels. Stewart Farrar found Witchcraft by accident but devoted the rest of his life to the subject by educating others. He became one of the most prolific and much loved writers on the subject, and in doing so, helped to make Wicca a viable and accessible path for many.

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Skylight Press

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190801184X

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9781908011848

Into the Known

A Handbook for Change

By: Susan Spensley,Janet W. Bajan

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Into the Known

A Handbook for Change

By: Susan Spensley,Janet W. Bajan

Two authors from different backgrounds and perspectives, Susan Spensley and Janet Bajan, come together to present a series of channeled dissertations. Spensley adeptly "brings through" the teachings of the Ascended Masters and Archangels. Life topics such as: power, trust, grace, love, strangth, etc, are explored. Bajan asks thoughtful and leading questions of the Masters and offers a traditional philosophical perspective. Compassion for self and others and the power of choice, are the main teachings woven through the material. The Masters, in non-judgmental style, offer us a "bigger picture" for each chapter. They illustrate the picture with various real-life scenarios we may find ourselves in. We have therefore, repeated opportunities to receive and relate to the messages. Each example allows another possibility to deepen our undrstanding. The chapters close with summaries, spiritual exercises and meditations for ongoing personal support.

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iUniverse

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1440104387

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9781440104381

Woo-Woo: Becoming a Psychic at Fifty

By: Janet E. Alm

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Woo-Woo: Becoming a Psychic at Fifty

By: Janet E. Alm

What does Woo-Woo mean? It means kind of crazy, "out there," unexpected--and wonderful! At the age of 50, Jan Alm suddenly began receiving messages from her deceased mother. Mediumship led to healing, then to channeling and animal communication--and a whole new kind-of-crazy, "out there," unexpected, and wonderful adventure!

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Lulu.com

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0557291739

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9780557291731

4TH GENERATION

By: Janet 1842-1927 Ross

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4TH GENERATION

By: Janet 1842-1927 Ross

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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1362580252

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9781362580256

Janet Laurence

After Eden

By: Janet Laurence

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After Eden

By: Janet Laurence

A new commission, In After Eden, Janet continues her exploration of the destruction of the environment with particular emphasis on the plight of animals, whilst simultaneously attempting to address notions of healing and caring.

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Power Publications at the University of Illinois Press

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0980776333

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9780980776331

Janet Cardiff

The Walk Book

By: Janet Cardiff,Mirjam Schaub

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The Walk Book

By: Janet Cardiff,Mirjam Schaub

This book documents Janet Cardiff's audio walks, the artist providing gallery-goers with walkmans which take them through the walks relying solely on the acoustic guide.

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Walther Konig

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3883758248

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9783883758244

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