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A Voluntary Exile: Chinese Christianity and Cultural Confluence since 1552
ISBN: 9781611461480 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Western missionaries in China were challenged by something they could not have encountered in their native culture; most Westerners were Christian, and competitions in their own countries were principally denominational. Once they entered China they unwittingly became spiritual merchants who marketed Christianity as only one religion among the long-established purveyors of other religions, such as the masters of Buddhist and Daoist rites. A Voluntary Exile explores the convergence of cultures. This collection of new and insightful research considers themes of religious encounter and...
Western missionaries in China were challenged by something they could not have encountered in their native culture; most Westerners were Christian, an...
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702,30 zł |
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Charisma and Community Formation in Medieval Japan: The Case of the Yugyo-Ha (1300-1700)
ISBN: 9781885445025 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Yugyo-ha achieved success by basing its religious authority on a combination of Pure Land mysticism and the practices of fundraising hijiri. Between 1300 and 1700, the Pure Land Buddhist religious order known as the Ippen school Yugyo-ha (later the Jishu) established itself as the leading representative of nembutsu propagation in Japan. The theme of the order's history is the development of religious authority as a result of the struggle to normalize relations among the official head, sometimes obstreperous religious, and often interfering (usually warrior) lay patrons. This study...
The Yugyo-ha achieved success by basing its religious authority on a combination of Pure Land mysticism and the practices of fundraising hijiri. Betwe...
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82,78 zł |
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Kokoro - Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
ISBN: 9780956727312 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fleeing Western materialism, Lafcadio Hearn moved to Japan in 1890 and immersed himself in Japanese culture. This is his classic look at the spiritual life of the Japanese people.
Fleeing Western materialism, Lafcadio Hearn moved to Japan in 1890 and immersed himself in Japanese culture. This is his classic look at the spiritual...
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129,42 zł |
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Truth about Forgiveness
ISBN: 9781400204151 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A focused, powerful message about forgiveness and its necessity in living a joy-filled Christian life. "The greatest measuring rod of love in the life of a Christian may be forgiveness, because God showed His love to us in terms of forgiveness." -John MacArthur
Does anyone really want to forgive? Or admit that we need forgiveness? Whether we're giving or receiving, forgiveness is hard. It seems unfair. It feels unnatural. And as best-selling author and pastor John MacArthur demonstrates, forgiveness apart from Christ is unnatural. It is only as we... A focused, powerful message about forgiveness and its necessity in living a joy-filled Christian life. "The greatest measuring rod o... |
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57,15 zł |
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The Truth about the Lordship of Christ
ISBN: 9781400204168 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Becoming a Christian means being sick of your sin, longing for forgiveness and rescue from present evil and future hell, and affirming your commitment to the Lordship of Christ to the point where you are willing to forsake everything. I've said it before and I'll say it again: it isn't just holding up your hand or walking down an aisle and saying, 'I love Jesus.'" ?John MacArthur Best-selling author and pastor John MacArthur brings his deep knowledge of Scripture to this foundational subject. Step by step, he walks through the impact of God's sovereignty, our... "Becoming a Christian means being sick of your sin, longing for forgiveness and rescue from present evil and future hell, and affirmi... |
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79,15 zł |
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Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet
ISBN: 9780231180528 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Love Letters from Golok chronicles the courtship between two Buddhist tantric masters, Tare Lhamo (1938-2002) and Namtrul Rinpoche (1944-2011), and their passion for reinvigorating Buddhism in eastern Tibet during the post-Mao era. In fifty-six letters exchanged from 1978 to 1980, Tare Lhamo and Namtrul Rinpoche envisioned a shared destiny to "heal the damage" done to Buddhism during the years leading up to and including the Cultural Revolution. Holly Gayley retrieves the personal and prophetic dimensions of their courtship and its consummation in a twenty-year religious career that...
Love Letters from Golok chronicles the courtship between two Buddhist tantric masters, Tare Lhamo (1938-2002) and Namtrul Rinpoche (1944-2011),...
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370,57 zł |
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History of the Karmapas: The Odyssey of the Tibetan Masters with the Black Crown
ISBN: 9781559393904 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Masters of esoteric knowledge and miraculous practices, the lineage of the Karmapas descends from the great Indian tantric master Tilopa through a chain that includes Naropa, Marpa, and Milarepa. The Karmapas are distinguished by their black crowns, said to have been woven by dakinis and symbolizing the activity of the buddhas. In their recounting of the histories of the seventeen Karmapas, the authors reveal the universal and marvelous concealed in the everyday world. Their lively account, peppered with anecdotes, is the most comprehensive in the West on this subject, with information from...
Masters of esoteric knowledge and miraculous practices, the lineage of the Karmapas descends from the great Indian tantric master Tilopa through a cha...
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127,58 zł |
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Transformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond
ISBN: 9783110258103 / Angielski / Twarda / 541 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume, written by specialists working in the field of tantric studies, attempt to trace processes of transformation and transfer that occurred in the history of tantra from around the seventh century and up to the present. The volume gathers contributions on South Asia, Tibet, China, Mongolia, Japan, North America, and Western Europe by scholars from various academic disciplines, who present ongoing research and encourage discussion on significant themes in the growing field of tantric studies. In addition to the extensive geographical and temporal range, the chapters... The essays in this volume, written by specialists working in the field of tantric studies, attempt to trace processes of transformation and transfe... |
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818,53 zł |
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Richard Wagner and Buddhism
ISBN: 9783906000008 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is little known that Richard Wagner was among the very first Westerners to appreciate Buddhism and that he was the first major European artist to be inspired by this religion. In 1856, in the prime of his creativity, the 33-year-old artist read his first book about Buddhism. Madly in love with Mathilde Wesendonck, a beautiful but happily married woman, he conceived two deeply connected opera projects: Tristan und Isolde which he went on to compose and stage, and Die Sieger (The Victors), an opera scenario based on an Indian Buddha legend translated from Sanskrit. These two projects...
It is little known that Richard Wagner was among the very first Westerners to appreciate Buddhism and that he was the first major European artist to b...
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93,12 zł |
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Richard Wagner und der Buddhismus
ISBN: 9783906000107 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Wagner war einer der ersten Europaer, der den Buddhismus schatzte und darf als der erste grosse Kunstler des Westens gelten, der sich von dieser Religion inspirieren liess. Im Jahre 1856, auf dem Gipfel seiner kunstlerischen Kreativitat, las der 33-jahrige Kunstler in Zurich sein erstes Buch uber den Buddhismus. Er war damals vollig verliebt in die glucklich verheiratete Mathilde Wesendonck und ersann zwei zutiefst verbundene Opernprojekte, die den Zwiespalt in seinem Herzen widerspiegelten: Tristan und Isolde, wo zur Befriedigung des Begehrens alle Konventionen gebrochen werden, und...
Richard Wagner war einer der ersten Europaer, der den Buddhismus schatzte und darf als der erste grosse Kunstler des Westens gelten, der sich von dies...
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73,42 zł |
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Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East
ISBN: 9780956727336 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1897, this is Lafcadio Hearn's third book from his Japanese period. It is a volume of essays which explore the philosophy and teachings of Japanese Buddhism."
Originally published in 1897, this is Lafcadio Hearn's third book from his Japanese period. It is a volume of essays which explore the philosophy and ...
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129,42 zł |
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Lifted by Angels: The Presence and Power of Our Heavenly Guides and Guardians
ISBN: 9781400204229 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the relationship between people and angels, through the eyes of the early church. Heaven is closer than we realize. Its boundaries overlap our own, and angels move in and out of our porous present, this moment that seems to us so solid and concrete. If that reality seems dim to us now, it beamed for the early Christians. Through their writings, sermons, songs, and art, the ancient faithful confessed a powerful and vivid belief that angels help carry us on our journey to God. Rooted in the Scripture and following this ancient understanding, Lifted by... Explores the relationship between people and angels, through the eyes of the early church. Heaven is closer than we realize. Its bound... |
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83,55 zł |
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Opusculum de Sectis Apud Sinenses Et Tunkinenses: A Small Treatise on the Sects Among the Chinese and Tonkinese
ISBN: 9780877277323 / Angielski / Miękka / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This 1750 text, written by a Catholic missionary in Tonkin, is the earliest known systematic first-hand account of Vietnamese religious practice, including chapters on Confucianism, Buddhism, the worship of spirits, magicians, fortune tellers and diviners, and Christianity in the region. It was recently discovered in a Paris archive and will be of interest to a broad array of scholars. Includes a facsimile of the original manuscript. This 1750 text, written by a Catholic missionary in Tonkin, is the earliest known systematic first-hand account of Vietnamese religious practice, i... |
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150,09 zł |
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The Wind from Vulture Peak: The Buddhification of Japanese Waka in the Heian Period
ISBN: 9781933947662 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Wind from Vulture Peak addresses the history of the gradual incorporation of Buddhist concepts into Heian waka poetry and the development among court poets of a belief in the production of that poetry as a Buddhist practice in itself. The Wind from Vulture Peak addresses the history of the gradual incorporation of Buddhist concepts into Heian waka poetry and the development among... |
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144,90 zł |
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Love, Rōshi: Robert Baker Aitken and His Distant Correspondents
ISBN: 9781438443782 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Love, Roshi explores the relationship between Robert Baker Aitken (1917-2010), American Zen teacher and author, and his distant correspondents, individuals drawn to Zen teachings and practice through books. Aitken, founder of the Honolulu Diamond Sangha, promoted Zen to a wide audience in works such as Taking the Path of Zen and The Mind of Clover. Aitken's twentieth-century American Zen valued social justice and was compatible with work and family life. Helen J. Baroni makes use of Aitken's extensive correspondence preserved in an archive at the University of Hawaii to provide a window...
Love, Roshi explores the relationship between Robert Baker Aitken (1917-2010), American Zen teacher and author, and his distant correspondents, indivi...
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139,02 zł |
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Sacred Landscape in Medieval Afghanistan: Revisiting the Fadā'il-I Balkh
ISBN: 9780199687053 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about a sacred place called Balkh, known to the ancient Greeks as Bactra. Located in the north of today's Afghanistan, along the silk road, Balkh was holy to many. The Prophet Zoroaster is rumored to have died here, and during late antiquity, Balkh was the home of the Naw Bahar, a famed Buddhist temple and monastery. By the tenth century, Balkh had become a critical center of Islamic learning and early poetry in the New Persian language that grew after the Islamic conquests and continues to be spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia today.
In this book, Arezou... This book is about a sacred place called Balkh, known to the ancient Greeks as Bactra. Located in the north of today's Afghanistan, along the silk roa...
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668,42 zł |
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The Yogin and the Madman: Reading the Biographical Corpus of Tibet's Great Saint Milarepa
ISBN: 9780231164146 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tibetan biographers began writing Jetsun Milarepa's (1052-1135) life story shortly after his death, initiating a literary tradition that turned the poet and saint into a model of virtuosic Buddhist practice throughout the Himalayan world. Andrew Quintman traces this history and its innovations in narrative and aesthetic representation across four centuries, culminating in a detailed analysis of the genre's most famous example, composed in 1488 by Tsangnyon Heruka, or the "Madman of Western Tibet." Quintman imagines these works as a kind of physical body supplanting the yogin's corporeal...
Tibetan biographers began writing Jetsun Milarepa's (1052-1135) life story shortly after his death, initiating a literary tradition that turned the po...
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544,95 zł |
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The Yogin and the Madman: Reading the Biographical Corpus of Tibet's Great Saint Milarepa
ISBN: 9780231164153 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tibetan biographers began writing Jetsun Milarepa's (1052-1135) life story shortly after his death, initiating a literary tradition that turned the poet and saint into a model of virtuosic Buddhist practice throughout the Himalayan world. Andrew Quintman traces this history and its innovations in narrative and aesthetic representation across four centuries, culminating in a detailed analysis of the genre's most famous example, composed in 1488 by Tsangnyon Heruka, or the "Madman of Western Tibet." Quintman imagines these works as a kind of physical body supplanting the yogin's corporeal...
Tibetan biographers began writing Jetsun Milarepa's (1052-1135) life story shortly after his death, initiating a literary tradition that turned the po...
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174,38 zł |
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Tsong Khapa's Illumination of the Hidden Meaning and the Cult of the Yognis, a Study and Annotated Translation of Chapters 1-24 of Kun Sel
ISBN: 9781935011095 / Angielski / Twarda / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first in a two-volume annotated translation of Tsong Khapa's Illumination of the Hidden Meaning (sbas don kun sel). A magnificent and massive commentary on the Cakrasamvara Tantra, this is first English translation of a work that marks a milestone in the Tibetan assimilation of the Indian Buddhist tantras. This first volume, which includes Tsong Khapa's detailed introduction to chapters 1 to 24 of the 51 chapter root tantra, covers the history of the tradition, its interpretation, and a range of topics including the construction of the mandala, the...
This is the first in a two-volume annotated translation of Tsong Khapa's Illumination of the Hidden Meaning (sbas don kun sel). A magnif...
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255,15 zł |
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Theories of the Gift in South Asia: Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Reflections on Dana
ISBN: 9781138862715 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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279,51 zł |
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