The Realm of the Green Buddha

The Realm of the Green Buddha
Author: Ludwig Koch-Isenburg
Publisher: New York : Viking
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1963
Genre: Burma
ISBN:

Account of an expedition to Thailand undertaken by a German zoologist and botanist to capture birds and animals for private and public zoos.

Rhagga

Rhagga
Author: Yavicleus
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2005-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1411650638

On a remote prison world, a man finds himself alone, not knowing how he got there or who he was. Now, he must learn how to survive on a prison without walls, a planet without technology, where the prisoners memories have been erased, and the strong dominate the weak. Alone and lost, he struggles to survive and relearn what he had forgotten, including his psionic powers.

Green Buddhism

Green Buddhism
Author: Stephanie Kaza
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2019-03-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0834842068

At a time of growing environmental crisis, a pioneer of Green Buddhist thought offers challenging and illuminating perspectives. With species rapidly disappearing and global temperatures rising, there is more urgency than ever to act on the ecological crises we face. Hundreds of millions of people around the world—including unprecedented numbers of Westerners—now practice Buddhism. Can Buddhists be a critical voice in the green conversation? Leading Buddhist environmentalist Stephanie Kaza has spent her career exploring the intersection of religion and ecology. With so much at stake, she offers guidance on how people and communities can draw on Buddhist concepts and practices to live more sustainable lives on our one and only home.

Mu-ga

Mu-ga
Author: Sŏk-chae Im
Publisher: Jain Publishing Company
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 0895818299

This work is mainly comprised of a translation into English of four complete large-scale Korean Shaman ritual songs transcribed from tape recordings, which, until the present time, have remained either entirely untranslated, or, if otherwise, are only quoted in the form of brief excerpts in a few short articles. The song contents cover a broad regional spectrum which contain invaluablematerials related to Korean folklore, mythology, literature, history, and religion, and offer deep insight into a facet of Korean culture that has remained largely overlooked and unexplored.

Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism

Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism
Author: Lama Anagarika Govinda
Publisher: Weiser Books
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1969-01-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780877280644

A complete explanation of the esoteric principles of Mantra that also clarifies the differences between Hindu and Tibetan yoga. Translated into many languages, this is an important text for any student of Buddhism. With bibliography, index, and illustrations.

The Essential Sangharakshita

The Essential Sangharakshita
Author: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 777
Release: 2016-06-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 086171847X

Profoundly knowledgeable and articulate, and equally at home with science, philosophy, myth, art, and poetry, Urgyen Sangharakshita uses every inner avenue to communicate the timeless Dharma to the Western mind. Engaging both the intellect and the heart countless times in a single chapter, the author draws remarkably apt examples from sources as diverse as Orwell, Aeschylus, and Jane Austen. This distilled volume is a primer to the breadth and depth of Buddhist thought and practice.

Exploring Karma and Rebirth

Exploring Karma and Rebirth
Author: Nagapriya
Publisher: Windhorse Publications
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2012-05-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1907314725

Exploring Karma & Rebirth helps us to unravel the complexities of these two important but often misunderstood Buddhist doctrines. This thought-provoking book clarifies these traditional Buddhist teachings, examines them in relation to their cultural origins, considers how they are still relevant today, and offers an imaginative reading of what the teachings could mean for us now. Above all, Exploring Karma & Rebirth insists that, to be of enduring value, these doctrines must continue to serve the overriding aim of Buddhism: spiritual awakening.

Mr Cassini

Mr Cassini
Author: Lloyd Jones
Publisher: Seren
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2016-08-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1781723656

WINNER OF WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2007 "Lloyd Jones's psychogeographic epic about, among other things, Wales, football, water-divining, madness, vampires, Merlin, legends, policemen, birds, mannequins and picnics, is full of ideas but (purposefully) spirals far away from any kind of narrative. Absurdist and resonant, this is a meditation on a nation that is anything but straightforward." THE GUARDIAN "Few people write with this much verve any more. An extraordinary work of the imagination." THE INDEPENDENT "Lyrical and inventive." THE TIMES Mr Cassini, the remarkable follow-up to the award-winning Mr Vogel, is an amazing journey through the geography of one man's troubled mind as he tries to recover the lost years of his childhood. Duxie is a dreamer with holes in his memory. With the help of a mysterious and beautiful girl he sets out on a quest to fill the gaps in his history. And as they search the landscapes and myths of the past they uncover domestic and national tyranny. The tale twists together strands of dream, daydream and reality as Duxie journeys towards freedom – and a final understanding of what caused his amnesia. Because lurking deep within his dreams is a sinister, vampire figure called Mr Cassini, who drinks women's tears, keeps stolen mannequins in a darkened room, and gets up to terrible deeds with his policeman side-kick. Journeying through time, Duxie investigates caves and wells, mystics and madness, and seeks out four extraordinary champions to help him stage a showcase trial on a mountain in the centre of Wales. Mr Cassini is a novel with many themes, including monsters, snow, picnics, islands, drugs, rainbows, eating disorders, insects, justice and magic. Lloyd Jones walked around Wales – a journey of more than a thousand miles – while writing his first novel, the prize-winning Mr Vogel. For Mr Cassini he changed tack, walking across Wales seven times in seven different directions. The result is an ambitious and brilliant exploration of lost childhood and the distortions of the past. Learned, funny and tragic, Mr Cassini is told in dazzling colour.