Showing Kunga

Showing Kunga
Author: Alxe Noden
Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2012-05
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1617810940

Insights into the world of dog shows and showing dogs from a complete beginner who now proudly calls herself a "Dog Show Junkie." Revealing, humorous and realistic, this may turn you into a junkie too!

Sacred Visions

Sacred Visions
Author: Steven Kossak
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 241
Release: 1998
Genre: Art, Tibetan
ISBN: 0870998625

Accompanying an exhibition to be held in New York during late fall of 1998, Sacred Visions is a superbly illustrated volume of art works from the 11th to the mid-15th centuries which includes scholarly essays that relate to the paintings to be displayed.

Escape from Kathmandu

Escape from Kathmandu
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466862211

Kim Stanley Robinson's Escape From Kathmandu is a light-hearted fantasy tribute to the world of extreme mountain climbing follows the adventures of two American expatriates living in Nepal. Living in the city of Kathmandu in the Kingdom of Nepal are dozens of American and British expatriates who are in love with the Himalayas. George Fergusson is one of them--he works as a trek guide for "Take You Higher, Ltd.", leading groups of tourists into the back country and occasionally assisting on serious climbs. George "Freds" Fredericks is another--a tall, easy-going American who converted to Buddhism while in college. He visited Nepal one year and never went home. The adventures started when George and Freds got together over the capture of a Yeti--an abominable snowman--by a scientific expedition. The thought of such a wild and mysterious creature in captivity--in prison--was too much for them to bear. And in freeing the Yeti, a great partnership was born. George and Freds will go on to greater heights as they explore the mysteries of Nepal, from Shangri-La to Kathmandu's governmental bureaucracy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Relating with More-than-Humans

Relating with More-than-Humans
Author: Jean Chamel
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2023-01-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3031102940

Within the social sciences, other-than-human being’s agency has often been denied and interbeings relationships have not been fully addressed. However, many indigenous worldviews and Western contemporary spiritual practices are shaping a very different reality, with various attempts to share the world with non-human beings, animate or inanimate, creating forms of relationships to “the living”. This edited volume documents how humans deal with non-human entities in a large variety of cultural contexts. It focuses on ritual processes and how ritual creativity is mobilised to invent new ways of relating with more-than-humans. Comprising nine case studies, the volume is divided into three main sections that address successively daily interactions, political implications, and spiritual engagements. Cooperative interactions, kinship relations, senses of belonging, traditional healing techniques, non-human beings’ legal personality attribution, transformative experiences, and phenomenological relationalities are examined in various locations: West Africa, Buryatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Mexico, Nepalese Himalayas, Sweden and Wales. Chapters "Relating with More-than-Humans: Interbeing Rituality and Spiritual Practices in a Living World—An Introduction" and "Ritual Animism: Indigenous Performances, Interbeings Ceremonies and Alternative Spiritualities in the Global Rights of Nature Networks" are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

The Warrior Children & The Sun Dragons

The Warrior Children & The Sun Dragons
Author: Martin P. Crew – Gee
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2010-10-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453599045

The Roman Empire is in a terrible state. Their greed and evil ways anger their gods, who decree that a gigantic volcanic eruption must be caused to teach them a lesson. But the consequences are devastating and the Sun is lost. The gods of Nokland, in West Africa, decide to try to retrieve it and two teenagers, Bola and Kuki from the Hoititoiti tribe, are sent on a dangerous trek to find The River of Jewels to rescue the Sun Dragons, who are supernatural Innocent Infants that only children can save. Their journey is long and treacherous, guided by magical spirits, the helpful tribesmen: Twa Twa, Kunga, the Fisherman and the Goblin, Dozybod, to overcome their difficult challenges. Yemaja, the goddess of the Ocean and Protector of Children, watches over them the best she can, to help thwart the powers of malevolent spirits, monsters and trickster gods. Their exploits begin after their Grandmother, Omotara Alade, has a foretelling vision. The two children must travel from their village to the Land of the Great Lake, then South to the Land of the Great Thirst. But first, they must challenge the Land of the Scavengers and tackle The Marauders and out -maneuver the trickster god. It is a fantastic tale about the children’s courage and their hope, belief and determination to face impossible odds to get the Sun back.

Science

Science
Author: John Michels (Journalist)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 818
Release: 2001-05
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Buddhist Art Coloring Book 2

Buddhist Art Coloring Book 2
Author: Robert Beer
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2016-02-16
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1611803527

Sacred art presented as coloring templates for contemplation and creativity—stunning and detailed artwork from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Drawing on his brush paintings in The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs and other works, Robert Beer has selected 50 images meant to be used as templates for coloring. The book features figures spanning centuries of the tradition, including spiritual adventurers, rebellious saints, and enlightened Tantric masters. The detailed artwork is elegant and meaningful—drawing on Buddhist teachings to give each piece greater depth.

When the Clouds Part

When the Clouds Part
Author:
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 1352
Release: 2015-02-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0834830108

"Buddha nature" (tathāgatagarbha) is the innate potential in all living beings to become a fully awakened buddha. This book discusses a wide range of topics connected with the notion of buddha nature as presented in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and includes an overview of the sūtra sources of the tathāgatagarbha teachings and the different ways of explaining the meaning of this term. It includes new translations of the Maitreya treatise Mahāyānottaratantra (Ratnagotravibhāga), the primary Indian text on the subject, its Indian commentaries, and two (hitherto untranslated) commentaries from the Tibetan Kagyü tradition. Most important, the translator’s introduction investigates in detail the meditative tradition of using the Mahāyānottaratantra as a basis for Mahāmudrā instructions and the Shentong approach. This is supplemented by translations of a number of short Tibetan meditation manuals from the Kadampa, Kagyü, and Jonang schools that use the Mahāyānottaratantra as a work to contemplate and realize one’s own buddha nature.

A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan

A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan
Author: Thinley Norbu
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2022-03-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1645470946

Personal reminiscences of an esteemed Tibetan Buddhist master, ranging from touching memoir to humorous storytelling, from sharp cultural commentary to deeply felt verse--illustrated with rare photos in full color. Illustrated with color photos published for the first time, this collage of reminiscences affords a rare glimpse into the life of an esteemed Tibetan Buddhist teacher. The author sets a magical mood as he describes his early years in "Snowland" (Tibet) as one of seven children of a renowned Nyingma master. Thinley Norbu Rinpoche's storytelling alternates earthy humor with poetic sensitivity and tender sensuality. Describing his travels in Asia, Europe, and America, he presents thumbnail sketches of people and places, as well as sharp-sighted commentary on Western cultural trends and Dharma students' positive and negative qualities. More than just an autobiography, this written offering is an expression of Rinpoche's wisdom, compassion, and personal realization.