Author: Wesley Chu
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 085766431X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The centuries-long alien conflict threatens to plunge the whole planet into a new World War—and only Roen can stop it—in this funny and action-packed series finale Five years have passed since the events in The Deaths of Tao. The world is split into pro-Prophus and pro-Genjix factions and is poised on the edge of a devastating new World War. A Gengix scientist who defects to the other side holds the key to preventing bloodshed on an almost unimaginable scale. With the might of the Gengix in active pursuit, Roen is the only person who can help him save the world—and the Quasing race, too. And you thought you were having a stressful day . . .
The Rebirths of Tao
Author: Wesley Chu
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 085766431X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The centuries-long alien conflict threatens to plunge the whole planet into a new World War—and only Roen can stop it—in this funny and action-packed series finale Five years have passed since the events in The Deaths of Tao. The world is split into pro-Prophus and pro-Genjix factions and is poised on the edge of a devastating new World War. A Gengix scientist who defects to the other side holds the key to preventing bloodshed on an almost unimaginable scale. With the might of the Gengix in active pursuit, Roen is the only person who can help him save the world—and the Quasing race, too. And you thought you were having a stressful day . . .
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 085766431X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The centuries-long alien conflict threatens to plunge the whole planet into a new World War—and only Roen can stop it—in this funny and action-packed series finale Five years have passed since the events in The Deaths of Tao. The world is split into pro-Prophus and pro-Genjix factions and is poised on the edge of a devastating new World War. A Gengix scientist who defects to the other side holds the key to preventing bloodshed on an almost unimaginable scale. With the might of the Gengix in active pursuit, Roen is the only person who can help him save the world—and the Quasing race, too. And you thought you were having a stressful day . . .
Karma and Rebirth
Author: Calgary Conference on Karma and Rebirth, Post-Classical Developments (1982 : University of Calgary)
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873959902
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Karma and Rebirth: Post Classical Developments explains the religious concepts most central to Asian philosophy, religion, and society, presenting articles representative of contemporary understanding and practice. The contributors look not only at the understanding of karma and rebirth in modern India, but also in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Japan, and the Western world. This broad treatment underscores the fact that karma and rebirth have become part of the religious history and cultural fabric of the Western world. The collection is divided into three sections. Part I deals with figures and movements of the Hindu renaissance in India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Part II on Buddhism deals with Indian, Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese treatments of karma. Part III is devoted to the influence of karma and rebirth in the Western world through theosophy, new religious movements, and recent developments in psychology.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873959902
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Karma and Rebirth: Post Classical Developments explains the religious concepts most central to Asian philosophy, religion, and society, presenting articles representative of contemporary understanding and practice. The contributors look not only at the understanding of karma and rebirth in modern India, but also in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Japan, and the Western world. This broad treatment underscores the fact that karma and rebirth have become part of the religious history and cultural fabric of the Western world. The collection is divided into three sections. Part I deals with figures and movements of the Hindu renaissance in India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Part II on Buddhism deals with Indian, Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese treatments of karma. Part III is devoted to the influence of karma and rebirth in the Western world through theosophy, new religious movements, and recent developments in psychology.
Truth of Rebirth
Author: Mahesh Sharma
Publisher: Mahesh Dutt Sharma
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Science tells us that on this earth there is no such phenomenon called as ‘Rebirth’ and medical science tells us that there is another life after this birth. Most of the religions to support this phenomenon, but it is still impossible to tell as though how can a person take a rebirth after dying once. According to Hindu religion principles of rebirth are very important. It tells us that before this birth we already have taken infinite births and passed through this cycle of death and rebirth. This world of the cycle of rebirth keeps a dense meaning about it. Though everyone is aware of the word cycle of rebirth many do not know the actual meaning of the word. Generally, everyone takes it as world and worldly things. According to Hindu religion, we come in this world again and again and afterward we pass into more minute and a bigger world. This way we die and take birth again and again. If we believe in the Hindu mythology then according to them the soul travels in the atmosphere visits places such as hell and heaven but in the end, it has to enter its body again. The astrologers also believe this and thus most of their predictions resolve in this matter. According to them we are rewarded or punished according to our deeds, we either get it in our lifetime or in our next birth. Our deeds form our stars and we take birth according to our stars. This process can take years or even decades. The Hindus strongly believe in it. Before becoming a human being our soul has entered almost a thousand bodies. The word ‘universe’ has very deep meaning to which not everyone is known. Everybody knows the word but not the meaning and significance behind it. A common man may describe it as the world in which we live but the Hindu mythology believes that there are different worlds in which we go according to our deeds. In this way, we take several births and even die several times. Saint Shankaracharya has explained this in his hymns in the book ‘Bhaj Govindam’ as ‘Rebirth and Redie’ in other words again and again die and take birth again and again. This circle of life and death is referred to as the universe. It is not only the Hindus that believe in this process but also the other religions, though they have their separate explanations and thus, they try to please their ancestors by praying to them on a particular day in this way or the other way. The scientists don’t believe in hell, heaven and rebirth; but what evidences they have got cannot also be said to be untruths or simply nothing. One such thing is that what is the thing which enters a person's mind after his death and fills it with memories of his past life? To answer this question even the scientists have to believe in such things.
Publisher: Mahesh Dutt Sharma
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Science tells us that on this earth there is no such phenomenon called as ‘Rebirth’ and medical science tells us that there is another life after this birth. Most of the religions to support this phenomenon, but it is still impossible to tell as though how can a person take a rebirth after dying once. According to Hindu religion principles of rebirth are very important. It tells us that before this birth we already have taken infinite births and passed through this cycle of death and rebirth. This world of the cycle of rebirth keeps a dense meaning about it. Though everyone is aware of the word cycle of rebirth many do not know the actual meaning of the word. Generally, everyone takes it as world and worldly things. According to Hindu religion, we come in this world again and again and afterward we pass into more minute and a bigger world. This way we die and take birth again and again. If we believe in the Hindu mythology then according to them the soul travels in the atmosphere visits places such as hell and heaven but in the end, it has to enter its body again. The astrologers also believe this and thus most of their predictions resolve in this matter. According to them we are rewarded or punished according to our deeds, we either get it in our lifetime or in our next birth. Our deeds form our stars and we take birth according to our stars. This process can take years or even decades. The Hindus strongly believe in it. Before becoming a human being our soul has entered almost a thousand bodies. The word ‘universe’ has very deep meaning to which not everyone is known. Everybody knows the word but not the meaning and significance behind it. A common man may describe it as the world in which we live but the Hindu mythology believes that there are different worlds in which we go according to our deeds. In this way, we take several births and even die several times. Saint Shankaracharya has explained this in his hymns in the book ‘Bhaj Govindam’ as ‘Rebirth and Redie’ in other words again and again die and take birth again and again. This circle of life and death is referred to as the universe. It is not only the Hindus that believe in this process but also the other religions, though they have their separate explanations and thus, they try to please their ancestors by praying to them on a particular day in this way or the other way. The scientists don’t believe in hell, heaven and rebirth; but what evidences they have got cannot also be said to be untruths or simply nothing. One such thing is that what is the thing which enters a person's mind after his death and fills it with memories of his past life? To answer this question even the scientists have to believe in such things.
Rebirth
Author: Roger R. Jackson
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1611809029
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
"What was the historical context for the Buddha's teachings on rebirth? What is reborn? Do all Buddhist traditions agree about what happens after death? Is it necessary to believe in rebirth to consider oneself a Buddhist? All these questions will be addressed in this short, reliable, and accessible introduction to Rebirth across Buddhist history and traditions. The book will also cover contemporary refutations of rebirth in secular Buddhist contexts as well as western scientific attempts to document reincarnation in conversation with Buddhist beliefs"--
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1611809029
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
"What was the historical context for the Buddha's teachings on rebirth? What is reborn? Do all Buddhist traditions agree about what happens after death? Is it necessary to believe in rebirth to consider oneself a Buddhist? All these questions will be addressed in this short, reliable, and accessible introduction to Rebirth across Buddhist history and traditions. The book will also cover contemporary refutations of rebirth in secular Buddhist contexts as well as western scientific attempts to document reincarnation in conversation with Buddhist beliefs"--
Births and Rebirths in Japanese Art
Author: Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This volume brings together five essays by prominent scholars of Japanese studies, each discussing a central topic in Japanese cultural history. Based on a series of lectures marking the inauguration of the Sainsbury Institute in Norwich and London, each essay introduces in concise and readable form subjects that the authors have worked on as part of larger publishing projects. The authors have distilled their views on aspects of their research that relate to an important artistic, cultural, or intellectual 'birth' or 'rebirth' in Japanese history. Contributors: Helmut Brinker, Tsuji Nobuo, Timon Screech, Donald Keene and John Rosenfield
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This volume brings together five essays by prominent scholars of Japanese studies, each discussing a central topic in Japanese cultural history. Based on a series of lectures marking the inauguration of the Sainsbury Institute in Norwich and London, each essay introduces in concise and readable form subjects that the authors have worked on as part of larger publishing projects. The authors have distilled their views on aspects of their research that relate to an important artistic, cultural, or intellectual 'birth' or 'rebirth' in Japanese history. Contributors: Helmut Brinker, Tsuji Nobuo, Timon Screech, Donald Keene and John Rosenfield
The Great Rebirth
Author: Anders Aslund
Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economics
ISBN: 0881326976
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
The fall of communism 25 years ago transformed the political and economic landscape in more than two dozen countries across Europe and Asia. In this volume political leaders, scholars, and policymakers assess the lessons learned from the “great rebirth” of capitalism, highlighting the policies that were the most successful in helping countries make the transition to stable and prosperous market economies, as well as those cases of countries reverting to political and economic authoritarianism. The authors of these essays conclude that visionary leadership, and a willingness to take bold and comprehensive steps, achieved the best outcomes, and that privatization of state-owned enterprises and deregulation were essential to success. Recent backsliding, such as the reversal of economic and democratic reforms in Russia and Hungary, has cast a shadow over the legacy of the transition a quarter century ago, however.
Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economics
ISBN: 0881326976
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
The fall of communism 25 years ago transformed the political and economic landscape in more than two dozen countries across Europe and Asia. In this volume political leaders, scholars, and policymakers assess the lessons learned from the “great rebirth” of capitalism, highlighting the policies that were the most successful in helping countries make the transition to stable and prosperous market economies, as well as those cases of countries reverting to political and economic authoritarianism. The authors of these essays conclude that visionary leadership, and a willingness to take bold and comprehensive steps, achieved the best outcomes, and that privatization of state-owned enterprises and deregulation were essential to success. Recent backsliding, such as the reversal of economic and democratic reforms in Russia and Hungary, has cast a shadow over the legacy of the transition a quarter century ago, however.
Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions
Author: Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520377966
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Karma is perhaps the most famous concept in Indian philosophy, but this is the first comprehensive study of its various meanings and philosophical implications. Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions offers a harmony of approach and an underlying set of methodological assumptions: a corpus of definitions of karma, a dialectic between abstract theory and historical explanation, and an awareness of logical oppositions in theories of karma. No “solution” to the paradox of karma is offered, but the volume as a whole presents a consistent and encompassing approach to the many different, often conflicting, Indian statements of the problem. Broad in scope and richly detailed, this book demonstrates the impossibility of speaking of “the theory of karma” and supplies the basis for further study. Exploring methodological issues arising in the study of a non-Western system of soteriology and rebirth, the contributors question the interaction of medical and philosophical models of the human body, the incorporation of philosophical theories into practical religions with which they are logically incompatible, and the problem of historical reconstruction of a complex theory of human life. This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520377966
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Karma is perhaps the most famous concept in Indian philosophy, but this is the first comprehensive study of its various meanings and philosophical implications. Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions offers a harmony of approach and an underlying set of methodological assumptions: a corpus of definitions of karma, a dialectic between abstract theory and historical explanation, and an awareness of logical oppositions in theories of karma. No “solution” to the paradox of karma is offered, but the volume as a whole presents a consistent and encompassing approach to the many different, often conflicting, Indian statements of the problem. Broad in scope and richly detailed, this book demonstrates the impossibility of speaking of “the theory of karma” and supplies the basis for further study. Exploring methodological issues arising in the study of a non-Western system of soteriology and rebirth, the contributors question the interaction of medical and philosophical models of the human body, the incorporation of philosophical theories into practical religions with which they are logically incompatible, and the problem of historical reconstruction of a complex theory of human life. This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.
Exploring Karma and Rebirth
Author: Nagapriya
Publisher: Windhorse Publications
ISBN: 1907314725
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Exploring Karma & Rebirth helps us to unravel the complexities of these two important but often misunderstood Buddhist doctrines. This thought-provoking book clarifies these traditional Buddhist teachings, examines them in relation to their cultural origins, considers how they are still relevant today, and offers an imaginative reading of what the teachings could mean for us now. Above all, Exploring Karma & Rebirth insists that, to be of enduring value, these doctrines must continue to serve the overriding aim of Buddhism: spiritual awakening.
Publisher: Windhorse Publications
ISBN: 1907314725
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Exploring Karma & Rebirth helps us to unravel the complexities of these two important but often misunderstood Buddhist doctrines. This thought-provoking book clarifies these traditional Buddhist teachings, examines them in relation to their cultural origins, considers how they are still relevant today, and offers an imaginative reading of what the teachings could mean for us now. Above all, Exploring Karma & Rebirth insists that, to be of enduring value, these doctrines must continue to serve the overriding aim of Buddhism: spiritual awakening.
Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth
Author: Tulku Thondup
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834824981
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The author of The Healing Power of Mind draws on Buddhist scripture, firsthand accounts, and other sources to present an overview of Tibetan Buddhist teachings on facing death with openness and insight Buddhism teaches that death can be a springboard to enlightenment—yet for all but the most advanced meditators, it will be the gateway to countless future lives of suffering in samsara. Tulku Thondup wrote this guide to help us heal our fear and confusion about death and strengthen our practice in anticipation of this transition, and to help us realize the enlightened goal of ultimate peace and joy—not only for death and rebirth, but for this very lifetime. In simple language, he distills a vast range of sources, including scriptures, classic commentaries, oral teachings, and firsthand accounts. The book includes: • An overview of the dying process, the after-death bardo states, and teachings on why, where, and how we take rebirth • Accounts by Tibetan "near-death experiencers" (delogs), who returned from death with amazing reports of their visions • Ways to train our minds during life, so that at death, all the phenomena before us will arise as a world of peace, joy, and enlightenment • Simple meditations, prayers, and rituals to benefit the dead and dying • Advice for caregivers, helpers, and survivors of the dying By becoming intimate with this practice while we're alive, we can alleviate our fear of death, improve our appreciation of this life, and prepare for death in a very practical way, while planting the seeds for rebirth in the Pure Land.
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834824981
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The author of The Healing Power of Mind draws on Buddhist scripture, firsthand accounts, and other sources to present an overview of Tibetan Buddhist teachings on facing death with openness and insight Buddhism teaches that death can be a springboard to enlightenment—yet for all but the most advanced meditators, it will be the gateway to countless future lives of suffering in samsara. Tulku Thondup wrote this guide to help us heal our fear and confusion about death and strengthen our practice in anticipation of this transition, and to help us realize the enlightened goal of ultimate peace and joy—not only for death and rebirth, but for this very lifetime. In simple language, he distills a vast range of sources, including scriptures, classic commentaries, oral teachings, and firsthand accounts. The book includes: • An overview of the dying process, the after-death bardo states, and teachings on why, where, and how we take rebirth • Accounts by Tibetan "near-death experiencers" (delogs), who returned from death with amazing reports of their visions • Ways to train our minds during life, so that at death, all the phenomena before us will arise as a world of peace, joy, and enlightenment • Simple meditations, prayers, and rituals to benefit the dead and dying • Advice for caregivers, helpers, and survivors of the dying By becoming intimate with this practice while we're alive, we can alleviate our fear of death, improve our appreciation of this life, and prepare for death in a very practical way, while planting the seeds for rebirth in the Pure Land.
Refined for Rebirth
Author: Ijeoma Okwuchi
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500838867
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"Refined For Rebirth" is simply a mother's diary of the first few months after her daughter's miraculous survival from a deadly plane crash in Port Harcourt, the Southern part of Nigeria. Kechi Okwuchi, who suffered third degree burns over 70% of her body, may have been the least likely expected to survive since the majority of the less fortunate passengers incurred less burns than she did! That famous incident was the beginning of a series of less famous, less celebrated experiences that tried every aspect of the lives of mother, daughter and family. In an honest and almost innocent style, Ijeoma Okwuchi allows the world to take a glimpse at the suspense-filled, sometimes grueling, most times extreme, hopelessly diverse experiences that shot both daughter and herself from ordinary, normal existence to frontline spiritual leadership.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500838867
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"Refined For Rebirth" is simply a mother's diary of the first few months after her daughter's miraculous survival from a deadly plane crash in Port Harcourt, the Southern part of Nigeria. Kechi Okwuchi, who suffered third degree burns over 70% of her body, may have been the least likely expected to survive since the majority of the less fortunate passengers incurred less burns than she did! That famous incident was the beginning of a series of less famous, less celebrated experiences that tried every aspect of the lives of mother, daughter and family. In an honest and almost innocent style, Ijeoma Okwuchi allows the world to take a glimpse at the suspense-filled, sometimes grueling, most times extreme, hopelessly diverse experiences that shot both daughter and herself from ordinary, normal existence to frontline spiritual leadership.