Seeing through Zen Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism
Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Conventions McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies xvii xxx 1. Looking at Lineage: A Fresh Perspective on Chan Buddhism I 74 5. Zen and the Art of Fund-Raising: Religious Vitality and Institutional Dominance in the Song Dynasty IOI Notes Character Glossary Bibliography 177 183 Index 195 Illustrations Figures Frontis: […]
When Did Buddhism Become Anti-Brahmanical? The Case Of The Missing Soul
When Did Buddhism Become Anti-Brahmanical? The Case Of The Missing Soul Joseph Walser* Many textbooks for Introduction to Buddhism or World Religions courses treat Buddhism as a competitor of either “Hinduism” or “Brahmanism” by asserting that Buddhism teaches that there is no eternal self or soul and Hinduism teaches that there is. I ask whether […]
Trial and Error in Modernist Reforms Korean Buddhism under Colonial Rule
Trial and Error in Modernist ReformsINSTITUTE OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. Rebound: From Oppression to Emulation of New Models 14 2. Caught In-Between: Korean Reactions to Japanese Buddhism and Colonial Policies on Buddhism 34 3. Modernizing Buddhism: Buddhist Reforms before the March First Movement 48 4. Confusion, Compromise, and Resistance: Buddhist […]
The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika
The A Undamental Wisdom I I Smitts Ay Nagarjuna’s Mūlamadhyamakakārikā TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY JAY L. GARFIELD Preface This is a translation of the Tibetan text of Mülamadhyamakakärikä. It is perhaps an odd idea to translate a Tibetan translation of a Sanskrit text and to retranslate a text of which there are four extant English […]
The Heart of Man
and Its Genius for Good and Evil by ERICH FROMM This is one of the first in depth analysis on malignant narcissism specifically, even though narcissism has been recognized since ancient Greece, as embodied in the legend of Narcissus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_(mythology) CONTENTS Foreword I I. Man—Wolf or Sheep? There are many who believe that humans are […]
A Generation of Sociopaths How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
I wonder what the children they raise would be like. The following are excerpts from the book “A Generation of Sociopaths How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America” by Bruce Cannon Gibney Keep in mind that “boomer” is specific to a generation of americans, and does not nessicarily apply to europeans, though I think the UK […]
The Mosaic Effect
Forewordby Finn Lau Some observers nickname the United Front “Xi’s secret weapon.” In this foreword, I hope to provide readers with an understanding of the genesis, objectives and techniques of the United Front before you enter the world of counter-espionage and intelligence. The author’s boots-on-the-ground investigation and various roles within law enforcement, military intelligence, and […]
Lexical Priming A new theory of words and language
1 Collocation and lexical priming Introduction In this book I want to argue for a new theory of the lexicon, which amounts to a new theory of language. The theory reverses the roles of lexis and grammar, arguing that lexis is complexly and systematically structured and that grammar is an outcome of this lexical structure. […]
Lexical Priming Applications and advances
Ideas are like people. They have direct ancestors and share genes with their sib‑ lings. Sometimes they are lucky enough to have children; often their influence is more indirect, like that of a benign uncle or aunt sharing an interest with their near relatives. If they are lucky, they can grow old surrounded by ideas […]
Political Violence in Ancient India
POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN ANCIENT INDIA CONTENTS PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION CHRONOLOGY OF DYNASTIES CHRONOLOGY OF TEXTS Introduction CHAPTER ONE ▪ Foundation CHAPTER TWO ▪ Transition CHAPTER THREE ▪ Maturity CHAPTER FOUR ▪ War CHAPTER FIVE ▪ The Wilderness Conclusion GLOSSARY ABBREVIATIONS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Preface and Acknowledgments MY HISTORICAL INTERESTS have been rather […]
