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Wandering warrior
Par Da Chen. 2003
Young Luka, destined to become the future emperor of China, is trained in the ways of the kung fu wandering…
warriors by his guardian--the wise monk Atami. But when Atami is captured by their enemies, Luka has to fight for his own survival. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2003Cent jours sous le ciel de la Mongolie
Par Jean-Étienne Poirier. 2001
Recueil de souvenirs et impressions de voyages de l'auteur dans ce pays un peu mystérieux qu'est la Mongolie et dont…
on sait peu de choses, sinon qu'il fit partie de l'empire de Gengis Khan et qu'il survit aujourd'hui tant bien que mal par lui-même. Le recueil parle surtout du choc culturel de l'auteur et de ses rencontres avec les gens. Peu de commentaires sur la Mongolie, tout juste quelques données historiques en introduction. [SDMBouddhisme zen et psychanalyse
Par Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. 1981
Recueil de trois essais: Le bouddhisme zen, par D. T. Suzuki - Psychanalyse et bouddhisme zen, par Erich Fromm -…
La condition humaine et le bouddhisme zen, par Richard de Martino. [SDMÀ la recherche du soi: au-delà du moi
Par Arnaud Desjardins. 1979
Troisième volet d'un triptyque avec Adhyatma yoga et Le vedenta et l'inconscient, Au-delà du moi a été rédigé à partir…
de causeries enregistrées, d'où cette spontanéité de l'entretien oral qu'on lui a conservée. Spécialiste occidental de l'hindouisme, Arnaud Desjardins livre dans ces essais non pas un exposé systématique de la spiritualité hindoue, mais des réponses aux questions qui lui sont le plus souvent posées et des directives simples, applicables aux situations de la vie courante. Les exemples à l'appui de l'enseignement qu'il transmet sont d'ailleurs tirés de ces situations familières aux Occidentaux que nous sommes. [SDMUn candide en Terre sainte
Par Régis Debray. 2008
"D'après les Évangiles, et dans sa courte vie tant cachée que publique, le Galiléen s'est rendu, sans visa ni carte…
d'identité, en Israël, Palestine, Jordanie, à Gaza, au Liban, en Égypte et en Syrie. Je me suis faufilé dans tous ces pays : il y faut plus d'un passeport et des détours. Jésus pouvait traverser la mer de Génésareth, aller "au-delà du Jourdain", et revenir le lendemain sur l'autre rive. Ce n'est plus possible. Aussi ce voyage d'un flâneur des deux rives n'a-t-il pu s'effectuer d'un seul trait. C'est un pari que de refaire l'itinéraire de Jésus à travers le Proche-Orient d'aujourd'hui, pour observer comment juifs, chrétiens et musulmans vivent à présent leur foi. Les surprenantes et souvent rebutantes vérités qui se dévoilent en Terre sainte ont valeur d'avertissement. Plus qu'un voyage au bout de la haine, ce carnet de route peut servir à la connaissance du monde profane tel qu'il va. Tout à la fois témoignage, chronique et méditation, l'enquête peut dès lors se lire comme un pèlerinage au coeur de l'homme, qu'il soit croyant ou agnostique, d'ici ou de là-bas". -- 4e de couvJérusalem, mi-figue, mi-raisin
Par Jacques-Emmanuel Bernard. 2002
Méditer zen
2009
"Si quelqu'un demande ce qu'est le vrai zen, il n'est pas nécessaire que vous ouvriez la bouche pour l'expliquer. Exposez…
tous les aspects de votre posture de zazen. Alors le vent du printemps soufflera et fera éclore la merveilleuse fleur du prunier". Daichi Sokei -- 4e de couvChronique japonaise (Petite bibliothèque Payot #53. Voyageurs)
Par Nicolas Bouvier. 2001
Par un voyageur suisse, un peu beatnik-hippie, un récit qui évoque le grand Japon des capitales puis relate un séjour…
aux îles Kouriles au milieu des années 1960. A. Girard a bien noté que cette chronique est un "alliage d'ethnographie et de proses poétiques", qu'elle est vouée au plaisir de l'instant. Séduisant. [SDMLe bonheur passe par les autres: pratique du bouddhisme tibétain
Par Lorne Ladner. 2005
Recourant à la fois à la psychologie occidentale et à la psychologie bouddhique, un psychologue clinicien explique les bases du…
bonheur : abandon des illusions, moi stable et autonome, recherche du bonheur des autres, conscience des liens interdépendants et réciproques entre les individus. Avec des exercices bouddhiques pour développer son art de la compassion.Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method
Par Rebecca Li. 2023
A modern guide to the transformative practice of silent illumination from Chan Buddhist teacher Rebecca Li.Silent illumination, a way of…
penetrating the mind through curious inquiry, is an especially potent, accessible, and portable meditation practice perfectly suited for a time when there is so much fear, upheaval, and sorrow in our world. It is a method of reconnecting with our true nature, which encompasses all that exists and where suffering cannot touch us.The practice of silent illumination is simple, allowing each moment to be experienced as it is in order to manifest our innate wisdom and natural capacity for compassion. It can be integrated into all aspects of daily life and is meaningful for secular and Buddhist audiences, new and seasoned meditators alike. After guiding readers through the history and practice of silent illumination, Rebecca Li shows us how we can recognize and unlearn our &“modes of operation&”—habits of mind that get in the way of being fully present and engaged with life. Cultivating clarity on the empty nature of these habits offers us a way to unlearn and free ourselves from unhelpful modes such as harshness to self, perfectionism, quietism, striving for spiritual attainment, and more.Illumination offers stories and real-life examples, references to classic Buddhist texts, and insights from Chan Master Sheng Yen to guide readers as they practice silent illumination not just on their cushions, but throughout their lives.Ikigai for Teens: Finding Your Reason for Being
Par Francesc Miralles, Héctor García. 2021
A bestselling motivational book based on the Japanese concept of finding happiness in everyday life, now for young readers!The Japanese…
people say everybody has an "Ikigai," or a reason to live. Some people have found their Ikigai and are aware of it. Other people have it inside, but have not found it yet. This concept, Ikigai, is one of the secrets for a long, active, and happy life.Héctor García and Francesc Miralles visited Ogimi, a town on the north of Okinawa in Japan that has the highest longevity in the world. They spent weeks living with the residents of Ogimi and interviewing dozens of the villagers. These people all had lived to be more than a hundred years old, and they were all in great physical (and spiritual) shape. After their trip, Héctor and Francesc wrote a book examining the centennials' keys to an optimistic and vital existence. What do the oldest people in the world eat, what do they work on, how do they connect with others, and-the best-kept secret-how do they find their Ikigai? Ikigai is what gives them satisfaction and happiness, and brings real meaning to their lives.The result was Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, an international bestseller which has been translated into over 49 languages.With the book, García and Miralles made it their mission to help its readers find their own Ikigai and discover many keys of Japanese philosophy to a healthy body, mind, and spirit.They have now adapted their bestselling book for young readers. Young adults can find their Ikigai too!Making Sense of Mind Only: Why Yogacara Buddhism Matters
Par William S. Waldron. 2023
Through engaging, contemporary examples, Making Sense of Mind Only reveals the Yogacara school of Indian Buddhism as a coherent system…
of ideas and practices for the path to liberation, contextualizing its key texts and rendering them accessible and relevant.The Yogacara, or Yoga Practice, school is one of the two schools of Mahayana Buddhism that developed in the early centuries of the common era. Though it arose in India, Mahayana Buddhism now flourishes in China, Tibet, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. While the other major Mahayana tradition, the Madhyamaka (Middle Way), focuses on the concept of emptiness—that all phenomena lack an intrinsic essence—the Yogacara school focuses on the cognitive processes whereby we impute such essences. Through everyday examples and analogues in cognitive science, author William Waldron makes Yogacara&’s core teachings—on the three turnings of the Dharma wheel, the three natures, the storehouse consciousness, and mere perception—accessible to a broad audience. In contrast to the common characterization of Yogacara as philosophical idealism, Waldron presents Yogacara Buddhism on its own terms, as a coherent system of ideas and practices, with dependent arising its guiding principle. The first half of Making Sense of Mind Only explores the historical context for Yogacara&’s development. Waldron examines early Buddhist texts that show how our affective and cognitive processes shape the way objects and worlds appear to us, and how we erroneously grasp onto them as essentially real—perpetuating the habits that bind us to samsara. He then analyzes the early Madhyamaka critique of essences. This context sets the stage for the book&’s second half, an examination of how Yogacara texts such as the Samdhinirmocana Sutra and Asanga&’s Stages of Yogic Practice (Yogacarabhumi) build upon these earlier ideas by arguing that our constructive processes also occur unconsciously. Not only do we collectively, yet mostly unknowingly, construct shared realities or cultures, our shared worlds are also mediated through the storehouse consciousness (alayavijñana) functioning as a cultural unconscious. Vasubandhu&’s Twenty Verses argues that we can learn to recognize such objects and worlds as &“mere perceptions&” (vijñaptimatra) and thereby abandon our enchantment with the products of our own cognitive processes. Finally, Maitreya&’s Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Ultimate Nature (Dharmadharmatavibhaga) elegantly lays out the Mahayana path to this transformation."The real history of man is the history of religion." The truth of the famous dictum of Max Muller, the…
father of the History of Religions, is nowhere so obvious as in Tibet. Western students have observed that religion and magic pervade not only the forms of Tibetan art, politics, and society, but also every detail of ordinary human existence. And what is the all-pervading religion of Tibet? The Buddhism of that country has been described to us, of course, but that does not mean the question has been answered. The unique importance of Stephan Beyerís work is that it presents the vital material ignored or slighted by others: the living ritual of Tibetan Buddhists. The reader is made a witness to cultic proceedings through which the author guides him carefully. He does not force one to accept easy explanations nor does he direct one's attention only to aspects that can be counted on to please. He leads one step by step, without omitting anything, through entire rituals, and interprets whenever necessary without being unduly obtrusive. Oftentimes, as in the case of the many hymns to the goddess Tara, the superb translations speak directly to the reader, and it is indeed as if the reader himself were present at the ritual.Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes
Par Melford E. Spiro. 1982
The current Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is--among other reasons--both the result of and the stimulation for…
an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an audience for whom the wisdom of the West has failed. This book is not an example of that genre. It is an attempt to interpret Buddhism in the light of some current theories about religion. As a work of scholarship, rather than a homiletic tract or an apologetic treatise, its aim is to understand Buddhism as one historical variant of the generic human attempt to find meaning and hope in a sacred order that transcends the mundane order of existence; its aime is not to encourage or discourage either a devotional or a soteriological interest in Buddhism.The Faces of Buddhism in America
Par Charles S. Prebish, Kenneth K. Tanaka. 2023
Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in the United States, with adherents estimated in the several millions. But what exactly…
defines a "Buddhist"? This has been a much-debated question in recent years, particularly in regard to the religion's bifurcation into two camps: the so-called "imported" or ethnic Buddhism of Asian immigrants and the "convert" Buddhism of a mostly middle-class, liberal, intellectual elite. In this timely collection Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka bring together some of the leading voices in Buddhist studies to examine the debates surrounding contemporary Buddhism's many faces.The contributors investigate newly Americanized Asian traditions such as Tibetan, Zen, Nichiren, Jodo Shinshu, and Theravada Buddhism and the changes they undergo to meet the expectations of a Western culture desperate for spiritual guidance. Race, feminism, homosexuality, psychology, environmentalism, and notions of authority are some of the issues confronting Buddhism for the first time in its three-thousand-year history and are powerfully addressed here.In recent years American Buddhism has been featured as a major story on ABC television news, National Public Radio, and in other national media. A strong new Buddhist journalism is emerging in the United States, and American Buddhism has made its way onto the Internet. The faces of Buddhism in America are diverse, active, and growing, and this book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding this vital religious movement.Dancing in My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner (Library of Religious Biography (LRB))
Par Ralph H. Craig. 2023
If you don&’t know Tina Turner&’s spirituality, you don&’t know Tina. When Tina Turner reclaimed her throne as the Queen…
of Rock &‘n&’ Roll in the 1980s, she attributed her comeback to one thing: the wisdom and power she found in Buddhism. Her spiritual transformation is often overshadowed by the rags-to-riches arc of her life story. But in this groundbreaking biography, Ralph H. Craig III traces Tina&’s journey from the Black Baptist church to Buddhism and situates her at the vanguard of large-scale movements in religion and pop culture. Paying special attention to the diverse metaphysical beliefs that shaped her spiritual life, Craig untangles Tina&’s Soka Gakkai Buddhist foundation; her incorporation of New Age ideas popularized in &’60s counterculture; and her upbringing in a Black Baptist congregation, alongside the influences of her grandmothers&’ disciplinary and mystical sensibilities. Through critical engagement with Tina&’s personal life and public brand, Craig sheds light on how popular culture has been used as a vehicle for authentic religious teaching. Scholars and fans alike will find Dancing in My Dreams as enlightening as the iconic singer herself.The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (Penguin Modern Classics Ser.)
Par Paul Theroux. 2006
The acclaimed author recounts his epic journey across Europe and Asia in this international bestselling classic of travel literature: &“Compulsive…
reading&” (Graham Greene). In 1973, Paul Theroux embarked on a four-month journey by train from the United Kingdom through Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. In The Great Railway Bazaar, he records in vivid detail and penetrating insight the many fascinating incidents, adventures, and encounters of his grand, intercontinental tour. Asia's fabled trains—the Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Frontier Mail, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Mandalay Express, the Trans-Siberian Express—are the stars of a journey that takes Theroux on a loop eastbound from London's Victoria Station to Tokyo Central, then back from Japan on the Trans-Siberian. Brimming with Theroux's signature humor and wry observations, this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveler.The Zen Koan: Its History and Use in Rinzai Zen
Par Isshu Miura, Ruth Sasaki. 1966
The first scholarly examination in any language of the historical development and traditional method of koan study in Zen Buddhism.…
Foreword by Ruth Fuller Sasaki; Index; ink drawings by Hakuin Ekaku.A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.A new history of Buddhism that highlights the insights and experiences of women from diverse communities and traditions around the…
worldBuddhist traditions have developed over a period of twenty-five centuries in Asia, and recent decades have seen an unprecedented spread of Buddhism globally. From India to Japan, Sri Lanka to Russia, Buddhist traditions around the world have their own rich and diverse histories, cultures, religious lives, and roles for women.Wherever Buddhism has taken root, it has interacted with indigenous cultures and existing religious traditions. These traditions have inevitably influenced the ways in which Buddhist ideas and practices have been understood and adapted. Tracing the branches and fruits of these culturally specific transmissions and adaptations is as challenging as it is fascinating.Women in Buddhist Traditions chronicles pivotal moments in the story of Buddhist women, from the beginning of Buddhist history until today. The book highlights the unique contributions of Buddhist women from a variety of backgrounds and the strategies they have developed to challenge patriarchy in the process of creating an enlightened society.Women in Buddhist Traditions offers a groundbreaking and insightful introduction to the lives of Buddhist women worldwide.Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation
Par Rima Vesely-Flad. 2022
Explores how Black Buddhist Teachers and Practitioners interpret Western Buddhism in unique spiritual and communal ways In Black Buddhists and…
the Black Radical Tradition, Rima Vesely-Flad examines the distinctive features of Black-identifying Buddhist practitioners, arguing that Black Buddhists interpret Buddhist teachings in ways that are congruent with Black radical thought. Indeed, the volume makes the case that given their experiences with racism—both in the larger society and also within largely white-oriented Buddhist organizations—Black cultural frameworks are necessary for illuminating the Buddha’s wisdom. Drawing on interviews with forty Black Buddhist teachers and practitioners, Vesely-Flad argues that Buddhist teachings, through their focus on healing intergenerational trauma, provide a vitally important foundation for achieving Black liberation. She shows that Buddhist teachings as practiced by Black Americans emphasize different aspects of the religion than do those in white convert Buddhist communities, focusing more on devotional practices to ancestors and community uplift.The book includes discussions of the Black Power movement, the Black feminist movement, and the Black prophetic tradition. It also offers a nuanced discussion of how the Black body, which has historically been reviled, is claimed as a vehicle for liberation. In so doing, the book explores how the experiences of non-binary, gender non-conforming, and transgender practitioners of African descent are validated within the tradition. The book also uplifts the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer Black Buddhists. This unique volume shows the importance of Black Buddhist teachers’ insights into Buddhist wisdom, and how they align Buddhism with Black radical teachings, helping to pull Buddhism away from dominant white cultural norms.