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Cold War Monks: Buddhism and America's Secret Strategy in Southeast Asia
By Eugene Ford. 2017
The groundbreaking account of U.S. clandestine efforts to use Southeast Asian Buddhism to advance Washington’s anticommunist goals during the Cold…
War How did the U.S. government make use of a “Buddhist policy” in Southeast Asia during the Cold War despite the American principle that the state should not meddle with religion? To answer this question, Eugene Ford delved deep into an unprecedented range of U.S. and Thai sources and conducted numerous oral history interviews with key informants. Ford uncovers a riveting story filled with U.S. national security officials, diplomats, and scholars seeking to understand and build relationships within the Buddhist monasteries of Southeast Asia. This fascinating narrative provides a new look at how the Buddhist leaderships of Thailand and its neighbors became enmeshed in Cold War politics and in the U.S. government’s clandestine efforts to use a predominant religion of Southeast Asia as an instrument of national stability to counter communist revolution.Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism
By José Ignacio Cabezón. 2017
A prolific scholar surveys classical Buddhism s approach to sex gender and sexual orientation in this…
landmark volume More than twenty-five years in the making this detailed sourcebook on Buddhist understandings of sexuality desire ethics and deviance in classical South Asia is filled with both engaging translations and original and provocative analysis Jose Cabezon the XIVth Dalai Lama Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara marshals an incredible array of scriptures legal and medical texts and philosophical treatises explaining the subtleties of this ancient literature in lucid prose This work will be of immense interest not only to scholars of Buddhism and gender studies but also to lay readers who want to learn more about traditional Buddhist attitudes toward sexThe Dalai Lama's indispensable commentary on a beloved Tibetan Buddhist text--now in the Shambhala Pocket Library series.One of the most…
beloved of all Buddhist texts, The Way of the Bodhisattva is a practical guide to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. In this commentary on key sections of the text, the Dalai Lama shows how any of us can develop a truly “good heart,” and why aspiring toward the happiness and enlightenment of others is central to any genuinely spiritual path. His Holiness’s profound wisdom—the result of a lifetime of practice and study—shines brilliantly throughout this extraordinary book. This book was previously published with the title For the Benefit of All Beings.International Handbook of Adolescent Pregnancy
By Mary Dillon. 2014
The rates are on the decline worldwide. But adolescent pregnancies still occur, placing millions of girls each year at risk…
for medical complications and social isolation and their babies for severe health problems-especially when prenatal care is inadequate or nonexistent. But as the opportunity for young women and girls increases around the world, adolescent pregnancy will continue to decline. Featuring reports from countries across the developed and developing worlds, the International Handbook of Adolescent Pregnancy analyzes the scope of the problem and the diversity of social and professional responses. Its biological/ecological perspective identifies factors influencing childhood pregnancy, as well as outcomes, challenges and needs of very young mothers as they differ across nations and regions. Salient comparisons are made as cultural contexts and community support vary widely and attention is paid to issues such as child marriage, LGBT concerns and the impact of religion and politics on health care, particularly access to contraception, abortion and other services. This global coverage heightens the understanding of readers involved in care, education and prevention programs and otherwise concerned with the psychosocial development, reproductive health and general well-being of girls. Included in the Handbook: Biological influences of adolescent pregnancy. Adolescent maternal health and childbearing. Adolescent pregnancy and mental health. International perspectives on adolescent fathers. Adolescent pregnancy as a feminist issue. Adolescent pregnancy as a social problem. Plus viewpoints from more than thirty countries. As a unique source of up-to-date findings and clear-headed analysis, the International Handbook of Adolescent Pregnancy is a go-to reference for practitioners and researchers in maternal and child health, pediatrics, adolescent medicine and global health.Guía para madres rebeldes
By Agustina Guerrero, Marga Durá. 2018
Un libro imprescindible para futuras mamás que aspiran a que el bebé no las cambie a ellas del todo. ¿Cansada…
de prohibiciones absurdas? Cuando estás embarazada, y especialmente de tu primer hijo, familiares, amigos y hasta conocidos no suelen reprimirse en ofrecer muchos consejos y advertencias -todos ellos bien intencionados, claro está, pero a veces contradictorios- sobre lo que debes o no debes hacer. Las recomendaciones del tipo «por si acaso, mejor no lo hagas» se están convirtiendo para muchas madres en una verdadera dictadura. Algunas se constriñen en el papel de víctimas, otras reniegan de todo y entre medio, estamos las gestantes corrientes y molientes que únicamente aspiramos a obtener información para ir tomando nuestras propias decisiones sin hacer demasiado ruido. Marga Durá nos ayuda a tomar esas decisiones con ritmo y salero. Toma la descripción más irónica imaginable de un embarazo, el suyo, añade varios testimonios de eminencias médicas y riégalo con una pizca de contexto histórico. ¿Es resultado? Un cóctel hilarante que pretende demostrar que muchos de los sacrificios que se nos quieren imponer durante el embarazo no tienen ni pies ni cabeza.An Excellent Choice: Panic and Joy on My Solo Path to Motherhood
By Emma Brockes. 2018
From the author of She Left Me The Gun an explosive and hilarious memoir about the exceptional and life-changing…
decision to conceive a child on one s own via assisted reproduction When British journalist memoirist and New York-transplant Emma Brockes decides to become pregnant she quickly realizes that being single 37 and in the early stages of a same-sex relationship she s going to have to be untraditional about it From the moment she decides to stop futzing around have her eggs counted and get cracking through multiple trials of IUI which she is intrigued to learn can be purchased in bulk packages just like Costco to the births of her twins which her girlfriend gamely documents with her iPhone and selfie-stick Brockes is never any less than bluntly and bracingly honest about her extraordinary journey to motherhood She quizzes her friends on the pros and cons of personally knowing one s sperm donor grapples with esoteric medical jargon and the existential brain-melt of flipping through donor catalogues and conjures with the politics of her Libertarian OB GYN all the while exploring the cultural circumstances and choices that have brought her to this point Brockes writes with charming self-effacing humor about being a British woman undergoing fertility treatment in the US poking fun at the starkly different attitude of Americans Anxious that biological children might not be possible she wonders should she resent society for how it regards and treats women who try and fail to have children Brockes deftly uses her own story to examine how and why an increasing number of women are using fertility treatments in order to become parents and are doing it solo Bringing the reader every step of the way with mordant wit and remarkable candor Brockes shares the frustrations embarrassments surprises and finally joys of her momentous and excellent choice From the Hardcover editionThe Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
By Tsong-Kha-Pa. 2000
The first volume of the fifteenth-century spiritual classic that condenses the enormous breadth of Buddhist teachings into one easy-to-follow meditation…
manual. The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Tib. Lam rim chen mo) is one of the brightest jewels in the world's treasury of sacred literature. The author, Tsong-kha-pa, completed it in 1402, and it soon became one of the most renowned works of spiritual practice and philosophy in the world of Tibetan Buddhism. Because it condenses all the exoteric sūtra scriptures into a meditation manual that is easy to understand, scholars and practitioners rely on its authoritative presentation as a gateway that leads to a full understanding of the Buddha's teachings. Tsong-kha-pa took great pains to base his insights on classical Indian Buddhist literature, illustrating his points with classical citations as well as with sayings of the masters of the earlier Kadampa tradition. In this way the text demonstrates clearly how Tibetan Buddhism carefully preserved and developed the Indian Buddhist traditions. This first of three volumes covers all the practices that are prerequisite for developing the spirit of enlightenment (bodhicitta).The Practice of Kalachakra
By Glenn H. Mullin. 1991
Bardo Teachings
By Lama Lodu. 2010
The Treasury of Knowledge, Books 9 and 10: Journey and Goal (The Treasury of Knowledge #10)
By Jamgön Kongtrul. 2011
How to Realize Emptiness
By B. Alan Wallace, Gen Lamrimpa. 1992
Realizing emptiness or grasping the true nature of reality lies at the heart of the Buddhist path. In this book,…
Gen Lamrimpa offers practical instruction on Madhyamaka, insight meditation aimed at realizing emptiness. Drawing on his theoretical training as well as his extensive meditative experience, he explains how to use Madhyamaka reasoning to experience the way in which all things exist as dependently related events.Wise Teacher, Wise Student
By Alexander Berzin. 2010
The relationship with a spiritual teacher can be the most rewarding and life-enhancing experience in one's life. However, it also…
may be fraught with problems. Student reactions to their spiritual teachers may range from extreme deification to deep mistrust, and these responses prevent the benefits of a healthy relationship. This book explores the sources of these misunderstandings and re-examines traditional Tibetan Buddhist teachings revealing methods to heal wounds and develop healthy relationships that can be applied to benefit students in any spiritual tradition.Into the Heart of Life
By Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. 2011
The real test of our Buddhist practice happens not on the cushion or in the protected space of retreat, but…
moment-to-moment in daily life, particularly when we find ourselves in uncomfortable situations. How do we respond? In this book, one of the most respected Western figures of contemporary Buddhism, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, offers insights gleaned from more than forty years of engagement with Buddhist practice. Her perspective is vast, with a well-grounded understanding of how the timeless Buddhist teachings apply to the demands and challenges of modern life.Discounted Life: The Price of Global Surrogacy in India
By Sharmila Rudrappa. 2015
India is the top provider of surrogacy services in the world, with a multi-million dollar surrogacy industry that continues to…
grow exponentially, as increasing numbers of couples from developed nations look for wombs in which to grow their babies. Some scholars have exulted transnational surrogacy for the possibilities it opens for infertile couples, while others have offered bioethical cautionary tales, rebuked exploitative intended parents, or lamented the exploitation of surrogate mothers--but very little is known about the experience of and transaction between surrogate mothers and intended parents outside the lens of the many agencies that control surrogacy in India. Drawing from rich interviews with surrogate mothers and egg donors in Bangalore, as well as twenty straight and gay couples in the U.S. and Australia, Discounted Life focuses on the processes of social and market exchange in transnational surrogacy. Sharmila Rudrappa interrogates the creation and maintenance of reproductive labor markets, the function of agencies and surrogacy brokers, and how women become surrogate mothers. Is surrogacy solely a labor contract for which the surrogate mother receives wages, or do its meanings and import exceed the confines of the market? Rudrappa argues that this reproductive industry is organized to control and disempower women workers and yet her interviews reveal that, by and large, the surrogate mothers in Bangalore found the experience life affirming. Rudrappa explores this tension, and the lived realities of many surrogate mothers whose deepening bodily commodification is paradoxically experienced as a revitalizing life development. A detailed and moving study, Discounted Life delineates how local labor markets intertwine with global reproduction industries, how Bangalore's surrogate mothers make sense of their participation in reproductive assembly lines, and the remarkable ways in which they negotiate positions of power for themselves in progressively untenable socio-economic conditions.Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech, and Mind
By Tenzin Wangyal. 2011
Understanding how our actions, words, and thoughts interact enhances our ability to progress in spiritual practice and brings us closer…
to self-realization. In a warm, informal style Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche opens up Tibetan meditation practice to both beginners and experienced students, placing as much emphasis on practice as on knowledge. Depending on the sources of the problems in our lives, he offers practices that work with the body, speech, or the mind--a collection of Tibetan yoga exercises, visualizations, sacred sound practices, and spacious meditations on the nature of mind. Together, he says, knowledge and regular meditation practice can alter our self-image and lead to a lighter, more joyful sense of being. The stillness of the body, the silence of speech, and the spacious awareness of mind are the true three doors to enlightenment.Only Don't Know
By Seung Sahn. 1999
Here is the inimitable Zen Master Seung Sahn up close and personal—in selections from the correspondence that was one of…
his primary modes of teaching. Seung Sahn received hundreds of letters per month, each of which he answered personally, and some of the best of which are included here. His frank and funny style, familiar to readers of Dropping Ashes on the Buddha, is seen here in a most intimate form. The beloved Zen master not only answers questions on Zen teaching and practice, but applies an enlightened approach to problems with work, relationships, suffering, and the teacher-student relationship.Crowded by Beauty
By David Schneider. 2015
Philip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in…
San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. Erudite, shy, and profoundly spiritual, his presence not only moved his immediate circle of Beat cohorts, but his powerful, startling, innovative work would come to impact American poetry to the present day. Drawing on Whalen's journals and personal correspondence--particularly with Ginsberg, Kerouac, Snyder, Kyger, Welch, and McClure --David Schneider shows how deeply bonded these intimates were, supporting one another in their art and their spiritual paths. Schneider, himself an ordained priest, provides an insider's view of Whalen's struggles and breakthroughs in his thirty years as a Zen monk. When Whalen died in 2002 as the retired Abbot of the Hartford Street Zen Center, his own teacher referred to him as a patriarch of the Western lineage of Buddhism. Crowded by Beauty chronicles the course of Whalen's life, focusing on his unique, eccentric, humorous, and literary-religious practice.Why the Dalai Lama Matters
By Robert Thurman. 2008
The suppression of Tibet's cultural heritage has the potential to set a precedent for all oppressed peoples of the world.…
Perched on the top of the world, changes in Tibet's ecosystem affect the entire global climate. And, most importantly, Tibet is the spiritual and physical home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, though he can never return. But why should Tibet matter to you? Tibet is more than its mountains, its monks, and its martyrs. Robert Thurman, renowned Tibetan scholar, teacher, and activist, presents his provocative, five-point plan that will enable China to win the respect of the entire world by allowing Tibet to regain its cultural, economic, and political autonomy. Thurman shows how the Dalai Lama's tireless work is the harbinger of peace for the world and essential for human survival. The book outlines several key factors that will educate and empower readers to take action: What is the history of Tibet, and how do the political, religious, ecological, and social factors affect each other?- Who is the Dalai Lama, and why does his work matter to the world? What does the China-Tibet relationship mean to the global community? What can individuals do to bring attention to this issue, and make a change where they are? How can the five-point plan be used as a model of peaceful change throughout the world?Budgeting for Infertility
By Angie Best-Boss, Evelina W Sterling. 2009
Having a baby can be one of the most wonderful times of your life -- but if you need help…
to conceive, it can swiftly become a staggeringly expensive undertaking. With the average cost of infertility treatments ranging from $35,000 to $85,000 in the United States (most of which is not covered by insurance companies), many women and couples find themselves having to make difficult choices about building their families. Getting a grip on your finances is one of the few things you can do to regain control of this process. Infertility experts Evelina Weidman Sterling and Angie Best-Boss have created the ultimate guide to ensuring the most cost-effective care with the highest chances for success. With anecdotes, interviews, and advice from both doctors and patients, you can easily apply these specific money-saving strategies to your own unique situation. Learn how to: - Select a fertility clinic with a high rate of success - Convince your insurance company to cover more of the costs - Track down the most affordable fertility drugs - Travel abroad for cheaper care or international surrogacy - Avoid the scams and unnecessary expenses every step of the way Personal and professional, Budgeting for Infertility is an invaluable resource that shows you how to pay for infertility treatment...and still have money in the bank for diapers and day care.The Official Lamaze Guide: Giving Birth With Confidence
By Charlotte Devries, Judith Lothian. 2010
Safe and Healthy Birth... Your Way! Finally, a book that tells you what to expect, not what to fear, during…
pregnancy and birth! The Official Lamaze Guide is the first and only pregnancy and childbirth guide endorsed by Lamaze International, the leading childbirth education organization in North America. Its goal is to take the mystery out of having a baby and help you better understand how your body works during pregnancy and childbirth, giving you the confidence to make decisions that best ensure the safety and health of you and your baby. Written in plain English with a respectful, positive tone, this book presents: how pregnancy and birth progress naturally, information on choosing your maternity care provider and place of birth, the best available medical evidence to help you make informed decisions, steps you can take to alleviate fear and manage pain during labor, and practical strategies to help you work effectively with your care provider. This book is an essential resource for all expectant parents who want to make decisions they can feel confident aobut for a safe, healthy pregnancy and birth, and the best start for their baby. The Official Lamaze® Guide is a celebrated winner of an iParenting Media Award.