My Name is Prana (Short Stories Anthology in Indonesian Print Media)


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As he imagined desire, he held his breath long enough in his stomach. This is what makes the sensitivity in the body increases. The crown chakra located above the top of the crown will light up. Displays things or what they want. This technique is the basis of the difference why every one dream will come true or not. And all of a sudden I seemed to be pushed out of his body to preach to my friends out there to help fulfill his wish. Similar to praying, is not it? But different, because this is a powerful prayer!(My name is Prana, page 6) Every time I passed the strawberry garden, I never missed it when she started his activities. Picking strawberries with her fingers. The steps lightly go through the bund which separates the row of trees with each other. As she strummed, she bent slightly. And this is the moment most waiting for. Her loose jilbab appeared to be waving in the wind. Appeared mound on her chest that seemed solid and tight. Ah, really thrilling! (Strawberry Girl, page 32) The village calm suddenly broke. All that began since the death of a dog belonging to a resident that happened suddenly. Originally the people thought it was just an ordinary occurrence. But seeing the condition of the corpse of the dog makes them think differently. (The Dog Hunter, page 48)




Introduction to Old Javanese Language and Literature


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The oldest and most extensive written language of Southeast Asia is Old Javanese, or Kawi. It is the oldest language in terms of written records, and the most extensive in the number and variety of its texts. Javanese literature has taken many forms. At various times, prose stories, sung poetry or other metrical types, chronicles, scientific, legal, and philosophical treatises, prayers, chants, songs, and folklore were all written down. Yet relatively few texts are available in English. The unstudied texts remaining are an unexplored record of Javanese culture as well as a language still alive as a literary medium in Bali. Introduction to Old Javanese Language and Literature represents a first step toward remedying the dearth of Old Javanese texts available to English-speaking students. The ideal teaching companion, this anthology offers transliterated original texts with facing-page English translations. Theanthology focuses on prose selections, since their straightforward style and syntax offer the beginning student the most rewarding experience. Four sections make up the collection. Part I offers several short readings as the most accessible entry point into Old Javanese. Part II contains two moralistic fables from an Old Javanese retelling of the Hindu Pañcatantra cycle. Part III takes up the epic, providing excerpts from one of the books of the Old Javanese retelling of the Mahābhārata. Part IV offers excerpts from two chronicles, the generic conventions of which challenge received notions of history writing because of their supernaturalism and folkloric elements. Includes introduction, glossary, and notes.




Windmill Lesson (120 Poems in Indonesian Print Media)


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WINDMILL LESSONS Love you sincerely, O wind it's the same as loving friends of the poor and poor because the wall-roof is like the most wanted dream when fate forced him to be a captain without a cabin I never cursed the lips that mention the propeller even though life begins with a dizzying wind not a machine that repeatedly fondles bearings or the burning of fossils that now have a foreign face We rely on life from a blow to blow then work to pull the two wheels that intersect like a fertile field with scattered seeds but we regularly water it even though there is no rain We believe that every job start with gradual change then learn from the snail that survives from enemy invasion and threat of starvation We believe that every effort beats from the simplicity that is not in vain then contemplate the fallen tree after being slaughtered rot and then pass on the fungi that decompose because that's how opportunity is born not the fruit of waiting-luck but from event to event what was once a normal thing struggling to free you from the dark embrace without ever waking up a bunch of smoke is a very, very sacred mission without shouldering any strings attached another day without polluting the baby's soft nose young children, and nursing mothers oh, no matter how fast-persistent we run keep the heart back where we started Surakarta, November 25-28, 2013 The poem was published in Suara Merdeka newspaper, December 1, 2013.







Orientalism and Religion


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Orientalism and Religion offers us a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. Richard King examines the way in which notions such as mysticism, religion, Hinduism and Buddhism are taken for granted. He shows us how religion needs to be reinterpreted along the lines of cultural studies. Drawing on a variety of post-structuralist and post-colonial thinkers, such as Foucault, Gadamer, Said, and Spivak, King provides us with a challenging series of reflections on the nature of Religious Studies and Indology.




Buddhist Thought


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Buddhist Thought guides the reader towards a richer understanding of the central concepts of classical Indian Buddhist thought, from the time of Buddha, to the latest scholarly perspectives and controversies. Abstract and complex ideas are made understandable by the authors' lucid style. Of particular interest is the up-to-date survey of Buddhist Tantra in India, a branch of Buddhism where strictly controlled sexual activity can play a part in the religious path. Williams' discussion of this controversial practice as well as of many other subjects makes Buddhist Thought crucial reading for all interested in Buddhism.




Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint


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Through a mishap in Professor Bulfinch's laboratory, Danny accidentally creates an anti-gravity paint. The natural use, of course, is for a spaceship -- the paint can replace rockets to get the ship into space. Unfortunately, the spaceship is launched prematurely after Danny and Joe follow Professor Bulfinch and Dr. Grimes on a tour of the ship. A mechanical failure dooms the four to a one-way trip out of the Solar System -- unless they can repair the spaceship in time! This is the first of the 15-volume Danny Dunn series and features the original cover by acclaimed artist Ezra Jack Keats. Look for "Danny Dunn on a Desert Island," the second volume of the series, coming soon from Wildside Press!




2500 Years of Buddhism


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About the life of Buddha




The Encyclopedia of World Religions


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Contains nearly 600 brief entries on the world's religious traditions.




Beyond Turk and Hindu


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