Revisioning Karma

Author : Beverley Foulks McGuire
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231537778
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Karma written by Beverley Foulks McGuire and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ouyi Zhixu (1599–1655) was an eminent Chinese Buddhist monk who, contrary to his contemporaries, believed karma could be changed. Through vows, divination, repentance rituals, and ascetic acts such as burning and blood writing, he sought to alter what others understood as inevitable and inescapable. Drawing attention to Ouyi's unique reshaping of religious practice, Living Karma reasserts the significance of an overlooked individual in the modern development of Chinese Buddhism. While Buddhist studies scholarship tends to privilege textual analysis, Living Karma promotes a balanced study of ritual practice and writing, treating Ouyi's texts as ritual objects and his reading and writing as religious acts. Each chapter addresses a specific religious practice—writing, divination, repentance, vows, and bodily rituals—offering first a diachronic overview of each practice within the history of Chinese Buddhism and then a synchronic analysis of each phenomenon through close readings of Ouyi's work. This book sheds much-needed light on a little-known figure and his representation of karma, which proved to be a seminal innovation in the religious thought of late imperial China.

Author : Charles S. Prebish
Publisher : JBE Online Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revisioning Karma written by Charles S. Prebish and published by JBE Online Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles S Prebish
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ISBN 13 :
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Author : Francisca Cho
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317435427
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Science in the Mirror of Buddhism written by Francisca Cho and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a Buddhist perspective on the conflict between religion and science in contemporary western society. Examining Buddhist history, authors Francisca Cho and Richard K. Squier offer a comparative analysis of Buddhist and western scientific epistemologies that transcends the limitations of non-Buddhist approaches to the subject of religion and science. The book is appropriate for undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers interested in comparative religion or in the intersection of religion and science and Buddhist Studies.

Author : Steven M. Emmanuel
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231553617
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy's Big Questions written by Steven M. Emmanuel and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certain questions have recurred throughout the history of philosophy. They are the big questions—about happiness and the good life, the limits of knowledge, the ultimate structure of reality, the nature of consciousness, the relation between causality and free will, the pervasiveness of suffering, and the conditions for a just and flourishing society—that thinkers in different cultures across the ages have formulated in their own terms in an attempt to make sense of their lives and the world around them. The essays in this book turn to the major figures and texts of the Buddhist tradition in order to expand and enrich our thinking on these enduring questions. Examining them from a comparative and cross-cultural perspective demonstrates the value of alternative ways of addressing philosophical problems, showing how different approaches can produce new and unexpected kinds of questions and answers. Engaging with the Buddhist tradition, this book shows, helps return philosophy to its practical as well as theoretical aim: not only understanding the world but also knowing how to live in it. Featuring striking and generative comparisons of Buddhist and Western thought, Philosophy’s Big Questions challenges our thinking in fundamental ways and offers readers new conceptual tools, methods, and insights for the pursuit of a good and happy life.

Author : Todd Lewis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199373094
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Buddhism written by Todd Lewis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the ways that leading scholars of Buddhism are updating, revising, and correcting widely accepted understandings of, and instruction on Buddhist traditions. Each essay presents new insight on Buddhist thought in such a way that it can be easily applied to university and monastic courses.

Author : David Burton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351838601
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buddhism written by David Burton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The problem of suffering -- 2 Karma and rebirth -- 3 Evil, freedom and other ethical issues -- 4 Concepts of Buddha -- 5 The varieties of emptiness -- 6 Language and reality -- 7 Religious diversity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Author : Gregory Price Grieve
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317950348
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buddhism, the Internet, and Digital Media written by Gregory Price Grieve and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism, the Internet and Digital Media: The Pixel in the Lotus explores Buddhist practice and teachings in an increasingly networked and digital era. Contributors consider the ways Buddhism plays a role and is present in digital media through a variety of methods including concrete case studies, ethnographic research, and content analysis, as well as interviews with practitioners and cyber-communities. In addition to considering Buddhism in the context of technologies such as virtual worlds, social media, and mobile devices, authors ask how the Internet affects identity, authority and community, and what effect this might have on the development, proliferation, and perception of Buddhism in an online environment. Together, these essays make the case that studying contemporary online Buddhist practice can provide valuable insights into the shifting role religion plays in our constantly changing, mediated, hurried, and uncertain culture.

Author : Michael Wilcockson
Publisher : Galore Park
ISBN 13 : 1510446656
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theology Philosophy and Religion for 13+ Revision Guide written by Michael Wilcockson and published by Galore Park. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensable revision guide is mapped precisely to the new Theology, Philosophy and Religion syllabus for 13+ Common Entrance, and provides students with a concise summary of everything they need to know for the latest exam beginning autumn 2019. Endorsed by ISEB, it covers all key content in an accessible format and includes test-yourself questions that embed knowledge as students work through the book. - Endorsed by ISEB - Summarises the key content for the new Theology, Philosophy and Religion syllabus replacing Religious Studies A - Guided activities and test-yourself questions enable pupils to recall knowledge and build exam-room confidence - Includes a handy glossary for easy reference throughout the book

Author : Simone Natale
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190050004
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Believing in Bits written by Simone Natale and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Believing in Bits advances the idea that religious beliefs and practices have become inextricably linked to the functioning of digital media. How did we come to associate things such as mindreading and spirit communications with the functioning of digital technologies? How does the internetâs capacity to facilitate the proliferation of beliefs blur the boundaries between what is considered fiction and fact? Addressing these and similar questions, the volume challenges and redefines established understandings of digital media and culture by employing the notions of belief, religion, and the supernatural.