The Splendor of Recognition

Author: Swami Shantananda
Publisher: Siddha Yoga Meditation Publications
ISBN: 9781930939004
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Unique in its combination of scriptural erudition and experiential wisdom, this book makes accessible the true philosophy of Tantra and Kashmir Shaivism for dedicated students of yoga and Eastern philosophy.

The Splendor of Recognition

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Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Unbearable Splendor

Author: Sun Yung Shin
Publisher: Coffee House Press
ISBN: 1566894522
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description
Praise for Sun Yung Shin: Finalist for the Believer Poetry Award "[her] work reads like redactions, offering fragments to be explored, investigated and interrogated, making her reader equal partner in the creation of meaning."—Star Tribune Sun Yung Shin moves ideas—of identity (Korean, American, adoptee, mother, Catholic, Buddhist) and interest (mythology, science fiction, Sophocles)— around like building blocks, forming and reforming new constructions of what it means to be at home. What is a cyborg but a hybrid creature of excess? A thing that exceeds the sum of its parts. A thing that has extended its powers, enhanced, even superpowered.

The Recognition of Our Own Heart

Author: Joan Ruvinsky
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781987972153
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Pratyabhijñahrdayam, non-dual yoga and meditation teacher Joan Ruvinsky offers up a beautifully illustrated interpretive translation of one of the foundational texts of Kashmiri Shaivism -- twenty short verses that address fundamental and universal questions. Part poetry, part guidebook, part art, it conveys the richness and incandescence so characteristic of the lineage without losing sight of the last 400 years of philosophical inquiry, spiritual revelation, and scholarship. In the footsteps of the Tantric masters of the medieval period -- who were not only great yogis but also accomplished scholars, poets, musicians -- Ruvinsky embraces the body, mind, and senses as pathways to enlightenment. In her distinctly poetic and down-to-earth fashion Ruvinsky reminds us to live directly, moment to moment, in the mystery. You already have what you need. She intones, All contemplations are valid. There are no right answers, no dead ends, only pathways in the infinite.

Katha

Author: Urvashi Butalia
Publisher: Saqi
ISBN: 1846591694
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Women's stories in India have been handed down from generation to generation, enriched and embroidered along the way. Political change and the arrival of print culture meant that storytelling was pushed into the background. But in more recent times, these voices have once again come centre-stage - confident, varied and complex. Spanning half a century, this collection covers many languages and cultures, and reflects the vast and complex cultures of the country and its diaspora. It offers a view of the changes that have taken place, both in terms of the subjects women choose to write about and their preferred way of writing about these subjects. From established names such as Mahashveta Devi to the newer generation of young authors, such as Tishani Doshi, Katha brings to the reader a vivid array of voices.

Vāc

Author: André Padoux
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791402573
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 460

Book Description
This book is about the power of the Word conceived as the main and most effective aspect of divine energy. It is the only systematic study in English of notions concerning the Word (Vac) as these are expounded in the shaiva tantras of Kashmir and in related texts. Padoux first describes the Vedic origins of these notions, then their development in texts of different tantric traditions. He shows how different levels of the Word abide in humans, how these levels are linked to the kun, and how they develop into articulate speech and discursive thought. He also describes how the universe is created out of the letters of the alphabet. The last two chapters explain the powers of mantras as sacred ritual utterances. These powers are described as magical as well as religious, because they can achieve supernatural results as well as lead to salvation. Their uses are linked to yogic mental and bodily practices.

Human Nature

Author: Toby Olson
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811214407
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
In Human Nature, Olson joins the novelist's art to the poet's through remembrances of friends and events in times gone by."--BOOK JACKET.

Tantric Buddhism in East Asia

Author: Richard K. Payne
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0861714873
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Although Indian and Tibetan versions of tantric Buddhism are increasingly recognized, the East Asian variations on this practice remain largely overlooked. The only book to present the entire breadth of tantric Buddhism in East Asia, this collection remedies that situation with 12 key essays drawn from rare sources. Organized into four sections--China and Korea, Japan, Deities and Practices, and Influences on Japanese Religion--the book brings together a "critical mass" of scholarship, with the potential to create a sea change in the understanding of this subject

The Pratyabhijñā Philosophy

Author: Ganesh Vasudeo Tagare
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120818927
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
This book presents the historical account of its teachers. To make the reading easy and intelligible its technical terms are explained. The book also explains how Pratyabhijna system was formulated and developed by the great teachers. It contain also essence of Ksemaraja's book Pratyabhijna-hrdaya which explains both the philiosophy and ways of Siva realisation and even a layman can understand what Pratyabhijna is. The book also presents a brief survey of the argument and explains the relevance of Pratyabhijna. The book contains a glossary of technical terms and bibliography to make the reading comprehensive.

Tranquility

Author: Attila Bartis
Publisher: Archipelago
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
Andor Weer, a 36-year-old writer, lives in a small apartment with his reclusive mother, Rebeka, who was once among the most celebrated stage actresses in Budapest. Unable to withstand her maniacal tyranny but afraid to leave her alone, he finds himself caught in a web of bitter interdependence which spirals into a Sartrian hell of hatred, lies and appeasement. Tranquility is a living seismograph of the internal quakes and ruptures of a mother and son trapped within an Oedipal nightmare amidst the suffocating totalitarian embrace of Communist Hungary. A masterwork.