Indra S Net
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From Indra S Net To Internet
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Author : Daniel Veidlinger
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2018-08-31
From Indra S Net To Internet written by Daniel Veidlinger and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-31 with Religion categories.
In this sweeping and ambitious intellectual history, Daniel Veidlinger traces the affinity between Buddhist ideas and communications media back to the efflorescence of Buddhism in the Axial Age of the mid-first millennium BCE. He uses both communications theory and the idea of convergent evolution to show how Buddhism arose in the largely urban milieu of Axial Age northeastern India and spread rapidly along the transportation and trading nodes of the Silk Road, where it appealed to merchants and traders from a variety of backgrounds. Throughout, he compares early phases of Buddhism with contemporary developments in which rapid changes in patterns of social interaction were also experienced and brought about by large-scale urbanization and growth in communication and transportation. In both cases, such changes supported the expansive consciousness needed to allow Buddhism to germinate. Veidlinger argues that Buddhist ideas tend to fare well in certain media environments; through a careful analysis of communications used in these contexts, he finds persuasive parallels with modern advances in communications technology that amplify the conditions and effects found along ancient trade routes. From Indra’s Net to Internet incorporates historical research as well as data collected using computer-based analysis of user-generated web content to demonstrate that robust communication networks, which allow for relatively easy contact among a variety of people, support a de-centered understanding of the self, greater compassion for others, an appreciation of interdependence, a universal outlook, and a reduction in emphasis on the efficacy of ritual—all of which lie at the heart of the Buddha’s teachings. The book’s interdisciplinary approach should appeal to those interested in not only Buddhism, media studies and history, but also computer science, cognitive science, and cultural evolution.
Indra S Net
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Author : Rajiv Malhotra
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2014-01-23
Indra S Net written by Rajiv Malhotra and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-23 with Religion categories.
Originating in the Atharva Veda, the concept of Indra's Net is a powerful metaphor for interconnectedness. It was transmitted via Buddhism's Avatamsaka Sutra into Western thought, where it now resides at the heart of post-modern discourse. According to this metaphor, nothing ultimately exists separately by itself and all boundaries can be deconstructed. This book invokes Indra's Net to articulate the open architecture, unity and continuity of Hinduism. Seen from this perspective, Hinduism defies pigeonholing into the traditional, modern and post-modern categories by which the West defines itself; rather, it becomes evident that Hinduism has always spanned all three categories simultaneously and without contradiction.It is fashionable among intellectuals to assert that dharma traditions lacked any semblance of unity before the British period, and that the contours of contemporary Hinduism were bequeathed to us by our colonial masters. Such arguments routinely target Swami Vivekananda, a key interlocutor who shattered many deeply rooted prejudices against Indian civilization. They accuse him of having camouflaged various alleged 'contradictions' within traditional Hinduism, and charge him with having appropriated the principles of Western religion to 'manufacture' a coherent and unified worldview and set of practices known today as Hinduism.Indra's Net: Defending Hinduism's Philosophical Unity provides a foundation for theories that slander contemporary Hinduism as illegitimate, ascribing sinister motives to its existence, and characterizing its fabric as oppressive. Rajiv Malhotra offers a detailed, systematic rejoinder to such views, and articulates the multidimensional, holographic understanding of reality that grounds Hindu dharma. He also argues that Vivekananda's creative interpretations of Hindu dharma informed and influenced many Western intellectual movements of the post-modern era. Indeed, as he cites with many insightful examples, appropriations from Hinduism have provided a foundation for cutting-edge discoveries in several fields, including cognitive science and neuroscience.
Hua Yen Buddhism
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Author : Francis H. Cook
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010-11
Hua Yen Buddhism written by Francis H. Cook and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11 with Religion categories.
Hua-yen is regarded as the highest form of Buddhism by most modern Japanese and Chinese scholars. This book is a description and analysis of the Chinese form of Buddhism called Hua-yen (or Hwa-yea), Flower Ornament, based largely on one of the more systematic treatises of its third patriarch. Hua-yen Buddhism strongly resembles Whitehead's process philosophy, and has strong implications for modern philosophy and religion. Hua-yen Buddhism explores the philosophical system of Hua-yen in greater detail than does Garma C.C. Chang's The Buddhist Teaching of Totality (Penn State, 1971). An additional value is the development of the questions of ethics and history. Thus, Professor Cook presents a valuable sequel to Professor Chang's pioneering work. The Flower Ornament School was developed in China in the late 7th and early 8th centuries as an innovative interpretation of Indian Buddhist doctrines in the light of indigenous Chinese presuppositions, chiefly Taoist. Hua-yen is a cosmic ecology, which views all existence as an organic unity, so it has an obvious appeal to the modern individual, both students and layman.
Indra S Net
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Author : Robin Robertson
language : en
Publisher: Quest Books
Release Date : 2014-05-27
Indra S Net written by Robin Robertson and has been published by Quest Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-27 with Religion categories.
In this clear, engaging book, Robin Robertson draws parallels between alchemy and chaos theory and shows how to apply them to our inner development. He is not proposing they replace traditional spiritual paths, but rather that they reflect deep structures in the psyche that any inner journey awakens. The model they provide necessarily underlies all paths of spiritual transformation and describes a framework for the stages through which any seeker goes. No matter what your particular calling, these insights enrich understanding of the transformative process, whether outside in the world, or within your life.
Indra S Pearls
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Author : David Mumford
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-04-25
Indra S Pearls written by David Mumford and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-25 with Computers categories.
Felix Klein, one of the great nineteenth-century geometers, rediscovered in mathematics an idea from Eastern philosophy: the heaven of Indra contained a net of pearls, each of which was reflected in its neighbour, so that the whole Universe was mirrored in each pearl. Klein studied infinitely repeated reflections and was led to forms with multiple co-existing symmetries. For a century these ideas barely existed outside the imagination of mathematicians. However in the 1980s the authors embarked on the first computer exploration of Klein's vision, and in doing so found many further extraordinary images. Join the authors on the path from basic mathematical ideas to the simple algorithms that create the delicate fractal filigrees, most of which have never appeared in print before. Beginners can follow the step-by-step instructions for writing programs that generate the images. Others can see how the images relate to ideas at the forefront of research.
The Psychology Of Awakening
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Author : Gay Watson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-03-31
The Psychology Of Awakening written by Gay Watson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-31 with Psychology categories.
The Buddhist view of the mind - how it works, how it goes wrong, how to put it right - is increasingly being recognised as profound and highly practical by scientists, counsellors and other professionals. In The Psychology of Awakening, this powerful vision of human nature, and its implications for personal and social life, are for the first time brought to a wider audience by some of those most influential in exploring its potential for the way we live today. These include: David Brazier Jon Kabat Zinn Francisco Varela Joy Manne Geshe Thubten Jinpa Mark Epstein Gay Watson Maura Sills Guy Claxton Stephen Batchelor Deeply relevant, accessible and authoritative, The Psychology of Awakening will be of interest to all those who wish to understand the workings of their minds a little better and who are also seeking new ways of mastering the challenges - personal, professional and cultural with which modern life confronts us all.
Indra S Net
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Author : Brad Bryant
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2011-10-26
Indra S Net written by Brad Bryant and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-26 with categories.
Indra's Net is an adventure novel with a metaphysical twist. Readers who love action and philosophy, history and imagination, mystery and revelation will find this book a unique and provocative blend. Indra's Net has rave reviews from secular and religious figures including among the latter Rabbi David Cooper (author of God Is a Verb), Father Joe Maier (Director of the Mercy Center, Bangkok), Reverend John Peterson (Pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church, U.S.) and Murshid Asha Greer (Sufi/Moslem Spiritual Guide). The novel is set in Thailand in 1968 at the height of the Vietnam War. Here is a synopsis of the story... Eager and disoriented, James Carpenter arrives in Bangkok at 19 to the country where he was born and adopted as an infant. At landing, he awakens from a recurring nightmare that reflects his understandable anxiety and portends a startling future. In it, he is sacrificed by his own father as an offering to a primitive god. The dream has more the feel of memory than fantasy. It is the first of several that bridge the apparent gap between past events and current action. Carpenter's first day in this foreign but oddly familiar land is filled with encounters that challenge his dearest values and beliefs about himself. He is at the beginning of a year-long internship with his uncle, a Catholic priest, the man who found him as an infant in a remote part of the infamous Golden Triangle. Heading north to rendezvous with the Father, Carpenter meets Amit Kohein - an Iraqi Jew with a gem business in Bangkok. Kohein possesses an old journal that offers clues to what may be a fortune in jewels. The journal refers to what ancient Buddhist teachings call 'Indra's Jeweled Net' - a symbol of the interconnectedness of all things. The journal's 'treasure' may be tangible, metaphorical, or both. Kohein is seeking that treasure, whatever it may be. He is pursued, however, by Phi Rak or 'Brother Love', a trafficker in children and other profitable enterprises. When Carpenter discovers that his uncle has disappeared in an area close to the spot where the Jeweled Net may be, he and others join Kohein's expedition hoping to find the missing Father and whatever treasure the search may uncover. Indra's Net follows Carpenter's journey north through the Golden Triangle and into a remote region of Burma in search of the Father, while others pursue their dreams of incalculable treasure. The search ends at a warren of hidden caves where each character must face the conflicts that have brought them all together. Here, Carpenter learns the story of his own origins and discovers his true identity. Indra's Net begins as a contemporary coming of age story that ultimately spans ages. Occasional short dream chapters link history and karma, adding depth to characters' relationships. In these visions, we see Carpenter's forbears flee the Babylonian sack of Jerusalem carrying two relics from the desecrated temple there. Over the course of centuries, this back-story migration moves east and toward the present from ancient Persia through India, Tibet and China, creating a spiritual evolution that mirrors Carpenter's own personal quest. The temple relics - a gem and a scrap of parchment from a torah scroll - are handed down to successive generations. Together, they come to hold the accrued meaning of this vast passage and emerge as keys to a dramatic existential truth. Past and present come together at last in caves sculpted from naked stone and crisscrossed by veins of precious crystal. There, where a lost tribe of wanderers has carved for itself a beautiful but entombing sepulcher, historical dynamics between characters and ideas bring all together as the secret of Indra's Net is revealed.
Casting Indra S Net
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Author : Pamela Ayo Yetunde
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2023-02-07
Casting Indra S Net written by Pamela Ayo Yetunde and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-07 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
A heartfelt call and primer for community-oriented models of wellbeing in our age of polarization and turmoil. Creating compassionate communities takes more than good will—it requires a dedication to respecting cultural differences while remembering the fundamental spiritual kinship that exists between all people. Activist, counselor, and Buddhist teacher Ayo Yetunde creatively unpacks this condition through the metaphor of Indra’s Net—a universal net in which all beings reflect each other like jewels. She offers a practice path that acknowledges our deep challenges—challenges that increasingly give rise to the temptation of group violence, which she calls mobbery—while showing exactly how we can still listen, learn, and heal together. Drawing inspiration from the Black liberation tradition and from stories from various religions, Yetunde recasts Indra’s Net as the network in which we all have the choice either to succumb to our impulses toward division and brutality or renew our civility and love for each other. The more than 20 practices in Casting Indra’s Net include: Five commitments for healthy, nonviolent living Guided contemplation to water the seeds of your spiritual potential “Mirroring” and “twinning” other people Tonglen (receiving and releasing) and lovingkindness meditations Affirmations
Vermeer S Hat
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Author : Timothy Brook
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2010-07-09
Vermeer S Hat written by Timothy Brook and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-09 with History categories.
In one painting, a Dutch military officer leans toward a laughing girl. In another, a woman at a window weighs pieces of silver. In a third, fruit spills from a porcelain bowl onto a Turkish carpet. The officer's dashing hat is made of beaver fur, which European explorers got from Native Americans in exchange for weapons. Beaver pelts, in turn, financed the voyages of sailors seeking new routes to China. There - with silver mined in Peru - Europeans would purchase, by the thousands, the porcelain so often shown in Dutch paintings of this time. Vermeer's haunting images hint at the stories behind these exquisitely rendered moments. As Timothy Brook shows us in Vermeer's Hat, these pictures, which seem so intimate, actually open doors onto a rapidly expanding world.
The Flower Ornament Scripture
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Author : Thomas Cleary
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 1993-10-12
The Flower Ornament Scripture written by Thomas Cleary and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-10-12 with Religion categories.
Known in Chinese as Hua-yen and in Japanese as Kegon-kyo, the Avatamsaka Sutra, or Flower Ornament Scripture, is held in the highest regard and studied by Buddhists of all traditions. Through its structure and symbolism, as well as through its concisely stated principles, it conveys a vast range of Buddhist teachings. This one-volume edition contains Thomas Cleary's definitive translation of all thirty-nine books of the sutra, along with an introduction, a glossary, and Cleary's translation of Li Tongxuan's seventh-century guide to the final book, the Gandavyuha, "Entry into the Realm of Reality."