Book Description
A well-written and beautifully illustrated book on foot binding and the exquisite shoes designed for the tiny feet.
Author : Dorothy Ko
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 14,24 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520232839
A well-written and beautifully illustrated book on foot binding and the exquisite shoes designed for the tiny feet.
Author : Dorothy Ko
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,54 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0520253906
Footbinding is widely condemned as perverse & as symbolic of male domination over women. This study offers a more complex explanation of a thousand year practice, contending that the binding of women's feet in China was sustained by the interests of both women and men.
Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 47,14 MB
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1937006867
The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices and inspiration transforming suffering and finding true joy. Thich Nhat Hanh acknowledges that because suffering can feel so bad, we try to run away from it or cover it up by consuming. We find something to eat or turn on the television. But unless we’re able to face our suffering, we can’t be present and available to life, and happiness will continue to elude us. Nhat Hanh shares how the practices of stopping, mindful breathing, and deep concentration can generate the energy of mindfulness within our daily lives. With that energy, we can embrace pain and calm it down, instantly bringing a measure of freedom and a clearer mind. No Mud, No Lotus introduces ways to be in touch with suffering without being overwhelmed by it. "When we know how to suffer," Nhat Hanh says, "we suffer much, much less." With his signature clarity and sense of joy, Thich Nhat Hanh helps us recognize the wonders inside us and around us that we tend to take for granted and teaches us the art of happiness.
Author : Feng Jicai
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 1994-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780824816063
This beguiling story is woven around the life of Fragrant Lotus, who has her feet bound in the supreme Golden Lotus style when she is six years old. Events in Fragrants Lotus’ life twist and unfold in a series of witty and often wicked ironies, obliterating easy distinctions between kindness and cruelty, history and fable, forgery and authentic work. The novel’s waggish narrator exists in the tension between judgement and description, wryly deflating his reader’s certainties along the way. Written in 1985, The Three-Inch Golden Lotus is a deeply affecting, thoroughly enjoyable literary revelation.
Author : Swami Karunananda
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 36,96 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :
The Lotus Prayer Book is an inspiring collection of sacred prayers from various faiths and traditions, gathered together as a testimony to the central teaching of Sri Swami Satchidananda that Truth is One, Paths are Many.
Author : Ping Wang
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 36,93 MB
Release : 2002
Category :
ISBN : 1452904871
An exploration of the history and cultural practice of footbinding in China reveals the traditions that contributed to and surrounded its thousand-year enforcement, as well as its related literature, music, contests, and rewards.
Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1952692032
This stunning commentary on the cultural and political background to the war in Vietnam resonates deeply as the first work of Vietnamese writer, peace activist, and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh This rare book from 1967 is one of the very few written in English giving a Vietnamese perspective on the Indochina Wars. Many years ahead of its time, Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire will be welcomed by historians and readers of contemporary Vietnamese narratives. As war raged in Vietnam, the Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh became a leading figure in the Buddhist peace movement. With the help of friends like Catholic monk Thomas Merton, he published Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire in 1967 in the US (and underground in Vietnam as Hoa Sen Trong Biển Lửa), his uncompromising and radical call for peace. It gave voice to the majority of Vietnamese people who did not take sides and who wanted the bombing to stop. Thomas Merton wrote the foreword, believing it had the power to show Americans that the more America continued to bomb Vietnam, the more communists it would create. This was Thich Nhat Hanh's first book in English and made waves in the growing anti-war movement in the United States at the time. Thich Nhat Hanh's portrayal of the plight of the Vietnamese people during the Indochina Wars is required reading now as the United States and Europe continue to grapple with their roles as global powers—and the human effects of their military policies. Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire is of special interest for students of peace and conflict studies and Southeast Asian history. It also gives the reader insights into the thought of the young Thich Nhat Hanh, who would later go on to found--in exile--Plum Village in France, the largest Buddhist monastery outside Asia, and influence millions with his teachings on the path of peace and mindfulness.
Author : Beverley Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 49,2 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780898159578
Explores the origins and history of the Chinese practice of binding the feet of young girls, discussing the social, aesthetic, and cultural reasons for the practice
Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 17,5 MB
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0807012386
One of the world's great meditation teachers offers thirty-four guided exercises that will bring both beginning and experienced practitioners into closer touch with their bodies, their inner selves, their families, and the world. Compassionate and wise, Thich Nhat Hanh's healing words help us acknowledge and dissolve anger and separation by illuminating the way toward the miracle of mindfulness.
Author : Alicia Bailey
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,90 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Footbinding
ISBN :