Jane Austen And The Buddha

Author : Kathryn Duncan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476644454
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen and the Buddha written by Kathryn Duncan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Austen wrote six books that were published at the beginning of the 19th century, all with happy endings. Yet below the courtship novels' sparkling wit and dance scenes flows an undercurrent of suffering. Austen had a deep understanding of the sources and cure for suffering that shares much in common with Buddhism. Though not intentionally writing through the lens of Buddhism, Austen intuitively understood the Buddha's most fundamental teaching of the Four Noble Truths: that life contains suffering, that we can discover the causes of suffering, and that we can stop suffering by following the Eightfold Path described by the Buddha. In this book, Austen fans or those who wish for a deeper understanding of how stories can alleviate suffering will discover a combination of psychology and Buddhism alongside accessible close readings of Austen. This unique approach offers insight into Austen's enduring popularity and lessons we might apply to our own lives to find happiness--just like Austen's heroines.

Author : Kathryn Duncan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476685835
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen and the Buddha written by Kathryn Duncan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Austen wrote six books that were published at the beginning of the 19th century, all with happy endings. Yet below the courtship novels' sparkling wit and dance scenes flows an undercurrent of suffering. Austen had a deep understanding of the sources and cure for suffering that shares much in common with Buddhism. Though not intentionally writing through the lens of Buddhism, Austen intuitively understood the Buddha's most fundamental teaching of the Four Noble Truths: that life contains suffering, that we can discover the causes of suffering, and that we can stop suffering by following the Eightfold Path described by the Buddha. In this book, Austen fans or those who wish for a deeper understanding of how stories can alleviate suffering will discover a combination of psychology and Buddhism alongside accessible close readings of Austen. This unique approach offers insight into Austen's enduring popularity and lessons we might apply to our own lives to find happiness--just like Austen's heroines.

Author : Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421448203
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness written by Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This work explores how, through shifts in narrative tone and pacing at the conclusions of her novels, Jane Austen gives her readers the happy ending they crave, but leaves its price tag attached"--

Author : Henry S. Olcott
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Buddhist Catechism written by Henry S. Olcott and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buddhism Catechism by Olcott is a new, post-Enlightenment interpretation of Buddhist believes. Henry Olcott reviewed Buddhism from the point of view, following the strict rules of catechistic criticism established in orthodox Christianity. This book was a most significant contribution to the revival of Buddhism in Shri-Lanka and is still in use there today. The text of the book represents the central doctrines of Buddhism, including the life of Buddha, and how the message of Buddha correlates with modern society. It also contains the message of the Dharma and the role of the Sangha in the Buddhist teachings. The book is written in a simple manner, in the form of questions and answers, and became very popular in Sri Lanka and was an effective tool for the popularization of Buddhism.

Author : Vishen Lakhiani
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1984823396
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Buddha and the Badass written by Vishen Lakhiani and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND #1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • Forget hustling. This book, from the author of The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, will disrupt your deeply held beliefs about work, success, and, indeed, life. If you’re the average person in the developed world, you spend 70 percent of your waking hours at work. And if you’re the average person, you’re miserable for most of those hours. This is simply not an acceptable state of affairs for your one shot at life. No matter your station, you possess incredible unique powers. It’s a modern myth that hard work and hustle are the paths to success. Inside you is a soul. And once you unleash it fully into the domain of work, magic happens. Awakening the Buddha and the Badass inside you is a process that will disrupt the way you work altogether. You’ll gain access to tools that bend the very rules of reality. • The Buddha is the archetype of the spiritual master. The person who can live in this world but also move with an ease, grace, and flow that comes from inner awareness and alignment. • The Badass is the archetype of the changemaker. This is the person who is out there creating change, building, coding, writing, inventing, leading. The badass represents the benevolent disruptor—the person challenging the norms so we can be better as a species. Once you integrate the skill sets of both archetypes, you will experience life at a different level from most people. You will operate from a space of bliss, ease, inspiration, and abundance. The Buddha and the Badass: The Secret Spiritual Art of Succeeding at Work will show you how. Author of the New York Times bestseller The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and founder of Mindvalley, Vishen Lakhiani has turned his own life and company into his research lab. He’s codified everything he’s learned into the how-to steps in this book. The Buddha and the Badass teaches you how to master your work and your life.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dhammapada written by Anonymous and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. Each saying recorded in the collection was made on a different occasion in response to a unique situation that had arisen in the life of the Buddha and his monastic community. The book presents the details of these events and is a rich source of legend for the life and times of the Buddha. The title, "Dhammapada," is a compound term composed of dhamma and pada, each word having a number of denotations and connotations. Generally, dhamma can refer to the Buddha's "doctrine" or an "eternal truth" or "righteousness" or all "phenomena"; and, at its root, pada means "foot" and thus by extension, especially in this context, means either "path" or "verse"

Author : Roland Merullo
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1565126165
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breakfast with Buddha written by Roland Merullo and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the behest of his sister, Otto Ringling finds himself reluctantly accompanying her guru, an enigmatic Mongolian monk, on a trip through Middle America to their childhood home, introducing his passenger to some American "fun" along the way.

Author : Hope Jahren
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525563393
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of More written by Hope Jahren and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an indelible impact on everyone who reads it. “Hope Jahren asks the central question of our time: how can we learn to live on a finite planet?" (Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction). “Hope Jahren is the voice that science has been waiting for.” —Nature Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist, a brilliant writer, a passionate teacher, and one of the seven billion people with whom we share this earth. In The Story of More, she illuminates the link between human habits and our imperiled planet. In concise, highly readable chapters, she takes us through the science behind the key inventions—from electric power to large-scale farming to automobiles—that, even as they help us, release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere like never before. She explains the current and projected consequences of global warming—from superstorms to rising sea levels—and the actions that we all can take to fight back. At once an explainer on the mechanisms of global change and a lively, personal narrative given to us in Jahren’s inimitable voice, The Story of More is “a superb account of the deadly struggle between humanity and what may prove the only life-bearing planet within ten light years" (E. O. Wilson).

Author : Urgyen Sangharakshita
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 086171847X
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Sangharakshita written by Urgyen Sangharakshita and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profoundly knowledgeable and articulate, and equally at home with science, philosophy, myth, art, and poetry, Urgyen Sangharakshita uses every inner avenue to communicate the timeless Dharma to the Western mind. Engaging both the intellect and the heart countless times in a single chapter, the author draws remarkably apt examples from sources as diverse as Orwell, Aeschylus, and Jane Austen. This distilled volume is a primer to the breadth and depth of Buddhist thought and practice.

Author : Gautama Buddha
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dhammapada: A Collection of Verses written by Gautama Buddha and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dhammapada is a compilation of maxims originating from the Buddha and one of the most popular Buddhist scriptures, still read today. According to tradition, the Dhammapada's verses were spoken by the Buddha on various occasions. The Dhammapada makes the Buddhist way of life available to anyone by distilling the complex rhetorical style and magnitude of Buddha's teachings into concise, crystalline verses.