Buddhism and Waste

Author: Trine Brox
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350195553
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
In what ways do Buddhists recognize, define, and sort waste from non-waste? What happens to Buddhist-related waste? How do new practices of Buddhist consumption result in new forms of waste and consequently new ways of dealing with waste? This book explores these questions in a close examination of a religion that is often portrayed as anti-materialist and non-economic. It provides insight into the complexity of Buddhist consumption, conceptions of waste, and waste care. Examples include scripture that has been torn and cannot be read, or an amulet that has disintegrated, as well as garbage left behind on a pilgrimage, or the offerings of food and prayer scarves that create ecological contamination. Chapters cover mass-production and over-consumption, the wastefulness of consumerism, the by-products of Buddhist practices like rituals and festivals, and the impact of increased Buddhist consumption on religious practices and social relations. The book also looks at waste in terms of what is discarded, exploring issues of when and why particular objects and practices are sorted and handled as sacred and disposable. Contributors address how sacred materiality is destined to wear and decay, as well as ideas about redistribution, regeneration or recycling, and the idea of waste as afterlife.

Buddhism And Other Such Rubbish

Author: Gavin Webster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914195990
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Have you ever considered that someone in your company talking at length about a big subject and they claim to know what they're talking about may be actually talking rubbish? Have you thought that their dogmatic description of said subject be completely ill informed, devoid of nuance and just plain wrong? Stand up comedian of nearly 30 years Gavin Webster was sick and tired of meeting these types that he decided to write about his experiences of the chancers he's met in a light hearted yet paradoxically angry way. He tells of the braggarts, the empty vessels and 'modern day arse talkers' that bludgeon their way through subjects like getting big business to run the country, measuring living conditions by the price of a pint and becoming an expert in a field by merely buying equipment amongst other things. There is no answer to the problem but you'll be able to spot these blaggers better after reading the book.

The Trouble with Buddhism

Author: Robert M. Ellis
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1447516788
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 307

Book Description
This book is a critique of Buddhism by a philosopher with about 20 years' experience of practising Buddhism. It attempts to judge Buddhism by the standards of its own key insight of the Middle Way. This book argues that Buddhism has often abandoned the Middle Way and allowed dogmatic metaphysical assumptions to take its place. The Buddha criticised appeals to metaphysics, yet many of the trappings of traditional Buddhism are built on it - whether these are karma and rebirth, the revelations of the enlightened and their scriptures, dependent origination, the interpretation of the Four Noble Truths, alienated idealisations of love, or rituals that celebrate metaphysics rather than insight. This is not a purely negative book, but an attempt at a balanced appraisal of Buddhism with praise as well as criticism. In the West we have an opportunity to evaluate Buddhism anew and reform it so that it best applies its own insights.

The Noble Eightfold Path

Author: Manly P. Hall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258994280
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.

Buddha's Table

Author: Chat Mingkwan
Publisher: Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 1570679320
Category : Cooking, Thai
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
Buddha's Table presents a magnificent and joyful celebration of Thai cuisine that is guaranteed to add diversity and pleasure to your cooking and dining experience. It's easy to prepare any dish on a Thai menu with these guidelines and recipes from Thai chef Chat Mingkwan. Discover how to enhance the flavors that are found in Thai produce and spices and learn how to make your own curry pastes and sauces, the foundation for any great Thai meal. Chat's experience as a cooking instructor can be seen in his use of precise measurements, easy techniques, and simple instructions. These recipes have been tasted over and over by students and friends to ensure that they are flawless and delicious, but most important, that they manifest the Thai soul.

More Than Happiness

Author: Antonia Macaro
Publisher: Icon Books
ISBN: 1785781340
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
'This groundbreaking study provides a much-needed philosophical framework for those practising mindfulness as well as a call to recover the pragmatic and therapeutic dimensions of philosophy.' - Stephen Batchelor, author of After Buddhism and Secular Buddhism Modern readers tend to think of Buddhism as spending time alone meditating, searching for serenity. Stoicism calls to mind repressing our emotions in order to help us soldier on through adversity. But how accurate are our popular understandings of these traditions? And what can we learn from them without either buying in wholeheartedly to their radical ideals or else transmuting them into simple self-improvement regimes that bear little resemblance to their original aims? How can we achieve more than happiness? In More than Happiness, Antonia Macaro delves into both philosophies, focusing on the elements that fit with our sceptical age, and those which have the potential to make the biggest impact on how we live. From accepting that some things are beyond our control, to monitoring our emotions for unhealthy reactions, to shedding attachment to material things, there is much, she argues, that we can take and much that we'd do better to leave behind. In this synthesis of ancient wisdom, Macaro reframes the 'good life', and gets us to see the world as it really is and to question the value of the things we desire. The goal is more than happiness: living ethically and placing value on the right things in life.

Writings of Charles S. Peirce: Volume 3, 1872–1878

Author: Charles S. Peirce
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253016657
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 672

Book Description
The PEIRCE EDITION contains large sections of previously unpublished material in addition to selected published works. Each volume includes a brief historical and biographical introduction, extensive editorial and textual notes, and a full chronological list of all of Peirce's writings, published and unpublished, during the period covered.

Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1

Author: Charles S. Peirce
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253372017
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 680

Book Description
Volume 8 of this landmark edition follows Peirce from May 1890 through July 1892 -- a period of turmoil as his career unraveled at the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. The loss of his principal source of income meant the beginning of permanent penury and a lifelong struggle to find gainful employment. His key achievement during these years is his celebrated Monist metaphysical project, which consists of five classic articles on evolutionary cosmology. Also included are reviews and essays from The Nation inches.

The Buddha and His Teachings

Author: Nārada (Maha Thera.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 490

Book Description

Buddhism for Dudes

Author: Gerry Stribling
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1614292442
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 75

Book Description
A tough former Marine leads Buddhist basic training for the average Joe. In Buddhism for Dudes, Gerry “Strib” Stribling, former Marine and all-around good guy, answers questions on life and living with a healthy dose of Buddhist wisdom for the regular guy. Strib takes a good look at who the Buddha was, meditation, karma, and more. With good humor and without sentimentalism, he explains these down-to-earth insights in everyday language. Showing how Buddhism boldly approaches life’s problems head on, unflinching and alert—like a soldier in a forward listening post in the dark of night—Strib emphasizes the Buddhist call to moral action for the good of oneself and others.