What is the Sound of Two Invisible Hands Clapping?
Author : Sharon A. Sharp
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 47,16 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Artists' books
ISBN :
Author : Sharon A. Sharp
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 47,16 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Artists' books
ISBN :
Author : Toby Young
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 24,71 MB
Release : 2008-12-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0786741724
Young is back with the eagerly awaited follow-up to his account of a hilariously failed attempt to conquer the Manhattan social and professional scene in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. All the elements that turned Toby's earlier memoir into a bestseller from coast to coast and on both sides of the Atlantic are back, too. Well, some things have changed for Toby-he has married his girlfriend from How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and now has two kids, and he has moved from the Manhattan that treated him none too kindly to London. But Toby remains Toby, and what Graydon Carter of Vanity Fair called Toby's "brown thumb" continues to work its magic, transforming opportunities into cringeworthy debacles and leading to situations that are classic Toby Young territory. Toby gleefully recounts such dubious journalistic assignments as posing as a patient at a penis-enlargement clinic and as a greeter at a Wal-Mart. He has misadventures in Los Angeles as a screenwriter for films that never quite get made, he's been a contestant on an abysmal reality show that absolutely no one watched, and he has acted in a one-man play that was utterly savaged by the critics. Yes, Toby has become a dutiful husband and a devoted dad, but he's as relentlessly self-sabotaging as ever, with a demonstrated knack for attracting misfortune, publicity-and devoted readers.
Author : Georges Dreyfus
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 17,90 MB
Release : 2003-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520928244
A unique insider's account of day-to-day life inside a Tibetan monastery, The Sound of Two Hands Clapping reveals to Western audiences the fascinating details of monastic education. Georges B. J. Dreyfus, the first Westerner to complete the famous Ge-luk curriculum and achieve the distinguished title of geshe, weaves together eloquent and moving autobiographical reflections with a historical overview of Tibetan Buddhism and insights into its teachings.
Author : Ronald E. Purser
Publisher : Springer
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 48,4 MB
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 3319440195
This handbook explores mindfulness philosophy and practice as it functions in today’s socioeconomic, cultural, and political landscape. Chapters discuss the many ways in which classic concepts and practices of mindfulness clash, converge, and influence modern theories and methods, and vice versa. Experts across many disciplines address the secularization and commercialization of Buddhist concepts, the medicalizing of mindfulness in therapies, and progressive uses of mindfulness in education. The book addresses the rise of the, “mindfulness movement”, and the core concerns behind the critiques of the growing popularity of mindfulness. It covers a range of dichotomies, such as traditional versus modern, religious versus secular, and commodification versus critical thought and probes beyond the East/West binary to larger questions of economics, philosophy, ethics, and, ultimately, meaning. Featured topics include: A compilation of Buddhist meditative practices. Selling mindfulness and the marketing of mindful products. A meta-critique of mindfulness critiques - from McMindfulness to critical mindfulness Mindfulness-based interventions in clinical psychology and neuroscience. Corporate mindfulness and usage in the workplace. Community-engaged mindfulness and its role in social justice. The Handbook of Mindfulness is a must-have resource for clinical psychologists, complementary and alternative medicine professionals/practitioners, neuroscientists, and educational and business/management leaders and policymakers as well as related mental health, medical, and educational professionals/practitioners.
Author : Kenneth Tynan
Publisher : Holt McDougal
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,68 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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Author : K. M. Fierke
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,26 MB
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1529222613
Taking a unique interdisciplinary approach, this book addresses a range of key theoretical debates in politics in order to advance the frontiers of International Relations (IR) theory. The conclusions drawn illustrate the value of interdisciplinary and global approaches in helping us better understand world politics.
Author : Steve Hagen
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 30,18 MB
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0061739758
Bestselling author and renowned Zen teacher Steve Hagen penetrates the most essential and enduring questions at the heart of the Buddha's teachings: How can we see the world in each moment, rather than merely as what we think, hope, or fear it is? How can we base our actions on reality, rather than on the longing and loathing of our hearts and minds? How can we live lives that are wise, compassionate, and in tune with reality? And how can we separate the wisdom of Buddhism from the cultural trappings and misconceptions that have come to be associated with it? Drawing on down-to-earth examples from everyday life and stories from Buddhist teachers past and present, Hagen tackles these fundamental inquiries with his trademark lucid, straightforward prose. The newcomer to Buddhism will be inspired by this accessible and provocative introduction, and those more familiar with Buddhism will welcome this much needed hands-on guide to understanding what it truly means to be awake. By being challenged to question what we take for granted, we come to see the world as it truly is. Buddhism Is Not What You Think offers a profound and clear path to a life of joy and freedom.
Author : Richard Flanagan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 32,93 MB
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1473545773
FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 In the winter of 1954, in a construction camp in the remote Tasmanian highlands, when Sonja Buloh was three years old and her father was drinking too much, her mother disappeared into a blizzard never to return. Thirty-five years later, Sonja returns to the place of her childhood to visit her drunkard father. The shadows of the past begin to intrude ever more forcefully into the present, changing forever his living death and her ordered life.
Author : Berin Szoka
Publisher : TechFreedom
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 34,27 MB
Release : 2011-06-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0983820600
Author : Robin White
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,69 MB
Release : 1964
Category : California
ISBN :
The humorous adventures of the 26-year-old son of missionary parents in the uninhibited world of Bear Creek Canyon, an off-campus, largely undergraduate community.