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Fire Monks
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Author : Colleen Morton Busch
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2011-07-07
Fire Monks written by Colleen Morton Busch and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-07 with History categories.
The "vivid" and "electrifying" true story of how five monks saved the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery in the United States from wildfire (San Francisco Chronicle). When a massive wildfire surrounded Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, five monks risked their lives to save it. A gripping narrative as well as a portrait of the Zen path and the ways of wildfire, Fire Monks reveals what it means to meet a crisis with full presence of mind. Zen master and author of the classic Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi established a monastery at Tassajara Hot Springs in 1967, drawn to the location's beauty, peace, and seclusion. Deep in the wilderness east of Big Sur, the center is connected to the outside world by a single unpaved road. The remoteness that makes it an oasis also makes it particularly vulnerable when disaster strikes. If fire entered the canyon, there would be no escape. More than two thousand wildfires, all started by a single lightning storm, blazed across the state of California in June 2008. With resources stretched thin, firefighters advised residents at Tassajara to evacuate early. Most did. A small crew stayed behind, preparing to protect the monastery when the fire arrived. But nothing could have prepared them for what came next. A treacherous shift in weather conditions prompted a final order to evacuate everyone, including all firefighters. As they caravanned up the road, five senior monks made the risky decision to turn back. Relying on their Zen training, they were able to remain in the moment and do the seemingly impossible-to greet the fire not as an enemy to defeat, but as a friend to guide. Fire Monks pivots on the kind of moment some seek and some run from, when life and death hang in simultaneous view. Novices in fire but experts in readiness, the Tassajara monks summoned both intuition and wisdom to face crisis with startling clarity. The result is a profound lesson in the art of living.
Fire Monks
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Author : Colleen Morton Busch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Fire Monks written by Colleen Morton Busch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
Fire Under The Snow
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Author : Gyatso Palden
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-09-30
Fire Under The Snow written by Gyatso Palden and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1992 the Venerable Palden Gyatso was released after thirty-three years of imprisonment by Chinese forces in Tibet. He fled across the Himalayas to India, smuggling with him the instruments of his torture. This powerful text is the story of his life and irrefutable testimony to the appalling suffering of the Tibetan nation at the hands of the Chinese.
Through Faith Fire
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Author : Gabriel Bertonière
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Through Faith Fire written by Gabriel Bertonière and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The fascintating tale of hardship and triumph of THROUGH FAITH & FIRE begins in France, where monastic communities of all kinds found themselves struggling to survive in the wake of the French Revolution. A small band of Trappist monks set out on a years-long quest to find a new home--a quest that took them to Switzerland, Russia, Belgium, Canada and ultimately to New England and their present home among the hills of Spencer, MA. As the story unfolds, a succession of courageous abbots and brothers face travails from poor harvests, diseases, and physical deprivations to their perpetual nemesis of devastating fires. Their ability to rise above it all, against all odds, testifies to the power of their faith and committment to the highest principles. Thoroughly researched and lovingly told, Father Bentoniere brings this compelling history and its cast of characters to life, as generation after generation strives to maintain a life dedicated to prayer, work and contemplation.
Code Name Monk
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Author : Heather Slade
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-03-12
Code Name Monk written by Heather Slade and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-12 with Fiction categories.
Gesta Romanorum
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1824
Gesta Romanorum written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1824 with Tales, Latin categories.
Tibet On Fire
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Author : Tsering Woeser
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2016-01-12
Tibet On Fire written by Tsering Woeser and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-12 with History categories.
Since the 2008 uprising, nearly one-hundred and fifty Tibetan monks have self-immolated in protest of the Chinese occupation of their lands. Most have died from their wounds. "If Tibetans saw even a sliver of an opportunity to hold demonstrations, then they would not resort to self-immolation," Woeser, the dissident Tibetan poet, has written in the New York Times. The Tibetans she references includes herself: a prominent voice of the Tibetan movement, and one of the few Tibetan authors to write in Chinese, Woeser has been placed under house arrest and lives under close surveillance. Tibet On Fire is her account of the oppression Tibetans face, and the ideals driving both the self-immolators and other Tibetans like herself. Angry and clear, Tibet On Fire is a clarion call for the world to take action.
Monks In Motion
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Author : Jack Meng-Tat Chia
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-25
Monks In Motion written by Jack Meng-Tat Chia and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-25 with Religion categories.
Chinese Buddhists have never remained stationary. They have always been on the move. In Monks in Motion, Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores why Buddhist monks migrated from China to Southeast Asia, and how they participated in transregional Buddhist networks across the South China Sea. This book tells the story of three prominent monks Chuk Mor (1913-2002), Yen Pei (1917-1996), and Ashin Jinarakkhita (1923-2002) and examines the connected history of Buddhist communities in China and maritime Southeast Asia in the twentieth century. Monks in Motion is the first book to offer a history of what Chia terms "South China Sea Buddhism," referring to a Buddhism that emerged from a swirl of correspondence networks, forced exiles, voluntary visits, evangelizing missions, institution-building campaigns, and the organizational efforts of countless Chinese and Chinese diasporic Buddhist monks. Drawing on multilingual research conducted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Chia challenges the conventional categories of "Chinese Buddhism" and "Southeast Asian Buddhism" by focusing on the lesser-known--yet no less significant--Chinese Buddhist communities of maritime Southeast Asia. By crossing the artificial spatial frontier between China and Southeast Asia, Monks in Motion breaks new ground, bringing Southeast Asia into the study of Chinese Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism into the study of Southeast Asia.
Mr Monk Goes To The Firehouse
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Author : Lee Goldberg
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2006-01-03
Mr Monk Goes To The Firehouse written by Lee Goldberg and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-03 with Fiction categories.
Monk's house is being fumigated, and he has nowhere to go. Fortunately, his assistant Natalie and her daughter are kind enough to welcome him into their home. Unfortunately, their home is not quite up to Monk's standards of cleanliness and order. But while Monk attempts to arrange his surroundings just so, something else needs to be put straight. The death of a dog at the local firehouse-on the same night as a fatal house fire-has led Monk into a puzzling mystery. And much to his horror, he's going to have to dig through a lot of dirt to find the answer.
Gesta Romanorum
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Author : Thomas Wright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
Gesta Romanorum written by Thomas Wright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with Electronic books categories.