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Author : H. K. Challoner
Release : 1969
Genre : Reincarnation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 106/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Wheel of Rebirth by : H. K. Challoner
Download or read book The Wheel of Rebirth written by H. K. Challoner. This book was released on 1969. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rebecca Harrison
Release : 2019-10-30
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 613/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Samsara - The Wheel of Birth, Death and Rebirth by : Rebecca Harrison
Download or read book Samsara - The Wheel of Birth, Death and Rebirth written by Rebecca Harrison. This book was released on 2019-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along comes a global pandemic coronavirus, COVID-19, and our world is turned upside down. Can the idea of samsara shed any light on all this terrible suffering, turmoil and change? Are we all travelling around the ever-turning cycle of samsara, being born, dying, then reborn - again, and again, and again? Does our life, the things that happen to us, and our death, have any meaning? What do Hinduism, Buddhism, and samsara tell us about suffering, life and death? Could spiritual dimensions exist or do we live in a purely material universe? What is consciousness and does it die when our bodies die? Are rebirth or reincarnation even possible? Can we have spirituality without religion? What, if anything, might spirituality or religion mean in a turbulent and unpredictable twenty-first century? Do mysticism, psychedelics, science and quantum physics offer clues to any of these questions? Take a journey with the author through the fascinating cultures of Nepal, India, Bali and Cambodia and explore their rich traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism and samsara. Part exploration of spirituality and religion, part travel adventure to places of astonishing diversity, this book will get you thinking about your own beliefs, life and death, and where those might fit in to a bigger picture.
Author : Stephen F. Teiser
Release : 2006
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Reinventing the Wheel by : Stephen F. Teiser
Download or read book Reinventing the Wheel written by Stephen F. Teiser. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded the Prix Stanislas Julien by the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Wheel of Rebirth is one of the most basic and popular images in Buddhist visual culture. For nearly two thousand years, artists have painted it onto the porches of Buddhist temples; preachers have used it to explain karmic retribution; and philosophers have invoked it to illuminate the contrast between ignorance and nirvana. In Reinventing the Wheel, noted scholar Stephen F. Teiser explores the history and varied interpretations of the Wheel of Rebirth, a circle divided into sections depicting the Buddhist cycle of transmigration. Combining visual evidence with textual sources, Reinventing the Wheel shows how the metaphor of the wheel has been interpreted in divergent local traditions, from India to Tibet, Central Asia, and China. Teiser deftly shows how written and painted renditions of the wheel have animated local architectural sites and religious rituals, informing concepts of time and reincarnation and acting as an organizing principle in the cosmology and daily life of practicing Buddhists. Engaging and accessible, this uniquely pan-Buddhist tour will appeal to anyone interested in Buddhist culture, as well as to scholars of religious studies, art history, architecture, philosophy, and textual studies.
Author : Philip Kapleau
Release : 2013-05-13
Genre : Reference
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Book Rating : 547/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Wheel of Death by : Philip Kapleau
Download or read book The Wheel of Death written by Philip Kapleau. This book was released on 2013-05-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1972, this anthology examines death through the eyes of great Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu and Western masters. Instructions and specific rites are set forth to enable people to guide the mind of the dying through death and the Intermediate stage which follows. The sections of Rebirth and Karma deal succinctly with these complex and often mis-understood doctrines.
Author : David Nichtern
Release : 2016-10-04
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Rating : 059/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Awakening from the Daydream by : David Nichtern
Download or read book Awakening from the Daydream written by David Nichtern. This book was released on 2016-10-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hell realms, gods, and hungry ghosts—these are just a few of the images on the Buddhist wheel of life. In Awakening from the Daydream, discover how these ancient symbols are still relevant to our modern life. In Awakening from the Daydream, meditation teacher David Nichtern reimagines the ancient Buddhist allegory of the Wheel of Life. Famously painted at the entryway to Buddhist monasteries, the Wheel of Life encapsulates the entirety of the human situation. In the image of the Wheel we find a teaching about how to make sense of life and how to find peace within an uncertain world. Nichtern writes with clarity and humor, speaking to our contemporary society and its concerns and providing simple practical steps for building a mindful, compassionate, and liberating approach to living.
