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La force du bouddhisme: mieux vivre dans le monde d'aujourd'hui
By Jean-Claude Carrière, dalaï-lama XIV Tenzin Gyatso. 1994
La force du bouddhisme: mieux vivre dans le monde d'aujourd'hui
By Jean-Claude Carrière, dalaï-lama XIV Tenzin Gyatso. 1994
Insight meditation: the practice of freedom
By Joseph Goldstein. 1993
In Buddhist teaching, wisdom is knowing that whatever arises has the nature to cease. This knowledge stops clinging which in…
turn stops suffering. Meditation retreat leader Goldstein asserts that practicing meditation and selfless nonharming behaviour leads to enlightenment or freedom from suffering. He then discusses how to meditate with this goal in mind and points out the traps to avoid along the way. 1993.La paix: un art, une pratique
By Thich Nhat Hanh, Francis Chauvet. 1991
Mystique et zen
By Thomas Merton, C Tunmer. 1972
Essais sur le Bouddhisme Zen ((Spiritualités vivantes. Bouddhisme ; 9-11).)
By Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, De Jean Herbert. 1972
Voyage d'une Parisienne à Lhassa: à pied et en mendiant, de la Chine à l'Inde à travers le Thibet
By Alexandra David-Néel. 1985
En 1924, Alexandra David-Néel réalisait un fantastique exploit. Cette femme que rien n'arrêtait traversa à pied la Chine et tout…
le Tibet pour atteindre enfin Lhassa, la cité interdite, où elle fut la première Européenne à pénétrer et à séjourner. 1985.Zen et vie quotidienne: la pratique de la concentration (Maîtres et mystiques vivants)
By Taisen Deshimaru. 1985
Cet ouvrage est le fruit de la pratique de zen enseignée par Maitre Taisen Deshimaru, expérience fondamentale de connaissance de…
soi, des autres, du monde et du cosmos. Comment se concentrer pleinement instant après instant tout au long de la vie quotidienne. 1985.What the Buddha never taught
By Tim Ward. 1990
Tim Ward spent a season in the Theravada Buddhist monastery of Pan Nanachat in Thailand. He tells of his initiation…
into the monastery, where half of the members are western Caucasians, and his life there over the following months. 1993, c1990.Three ways of Asian wisdom: Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen, and their significance for the West
By Nancy Wilson Ross. 1966
Based on years of study, this is an introduction to the background, history, beliefs, and significance of the three major…
religions of the Far East. The author includes a discussion of the influence of each faith on Eastern art, as well as an appraisal of their effects on Western culture. 1966.The secret oral teachings in Tibetan Buddhist sects
By Alexandra David-Néel. 1967
The Madhyamika (or "middle-way") School of Buddhism is a method of meditation and enlightenment developed between 150 and 250 A.D.…
by the Indian sage and pandit Nagarjuna. An introduction to Mahayana Buddhism and the Madhyamika School. 1967.The way of Zen
By Alan Watts. 1957
The new religions
By Jacob Needleman. 1972
Religions of Japan: many traditions within one sacred way (Religious traditions of the world)
By H. Byron Earhart. 1984
Shinto, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, the folk religions and the so-called New Religions are surveyed, both as individual traditions and as…
interrelating aspects within the whole of Japanese society and culture. 1984.The queen of Whale Cay
By Kate Summerscale. 1997
Joe Carstairs was renowned in the 1920s as an 'invert' who smoked cheroots and dressed as a man, as an…
heiress to the Standard Oil fortune and as the fastest female speedboat racer in the world. In 1934 she disappeared to create her own kingdom, founding and ruling a colony of 500 black Bahamians.L'oeuvre complète de Tchouang-tseu
By Chuang-Tseu, Kia-Hway Liou. 1969
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World
By Mason Funk. 2019
THE BOOK OF PRIDE captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through…
richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen. These individuals fought battles both personal and political, often without the support of family or friends, frequently under the threat of violence and persecution. By shining a light on these remarkable stories of bravery and determination, THE BOOK OF PRIDE not only honors an important chapter in American history, but also empowers young people today (both LGBTQ and straight) to discover their own courage in order to create positive change. Furthermore, it serves a critically important role in ensuring the history of the LGBTQ movement can never be erased, inspiring us to resist all forms of oppression with ferocity, community, and, most importantly, pride.High School
By Sara Quin, Tegan Quin. 2019
This program is read by the authors and features bonus interviews and rough recordings of Tegan and Sara's first songs,…
recorded on cassette tapes in the late '90s, and rediscovered 20 years later while writing High School. From the iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their humble beginnings. High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twins from Calgary, Alberta, who grew up at the height of grunge and rave culture in the '90s, well before they became the celebrated musicians and global LGBTQ icons we know today. While grappling with their identity and sexuality, often alone, they also faced academic meltdown, their parents' divorce, and the looming pressure of what might come after high school. Written in alternating chapters from both Tegan's and Sara's points of view, the book is a raw account of the drugs, alcohol, love, music, and friendship they explored in their formative years. A transcendent story of first loves and first songs, High School captures the tangle of discordant and parallel memories of two sisters who grew up in distinct ways even as they lived just down the hall from each another. This is the origin story of Tegan and Sara.How We Fight For Our Lives: A Memoir
By Saeed Jones. 2019
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir written at the crossroads…
of sex, race, and power. "People don't just happen," writes Saeed Jones. "We sacrifice former versions of ourselves. We sacrifice the people who dared to raise us. The 'I' it seems doesn't exist until we are able to say, 'I am no longer yours.' " Haunted and haunting, Jones's memoir tells the story of a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. Through a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and adolescence-into tumultuous relationships with his mother and grandmother, into passing flings with lovers, friends and strangers. Each piece builds into a larger examination of race and queerness, power and vulnerability, love and grief: a portrait of what we all do for one another-and to one another-as we fight to become ourselves. Blending poetry and prose, Jones has developed a style that is equal parts sensual, beautiful, and powerful-a voice that's by turns a river, a blues, and a nightscape set ablaze. How We Fight for Our Lives is a one of a kind memoir and a book that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer for our time.I.M.: A Memoir
By Isaac Mizrahi. 2019
"Mizrahi speaks passionately...the warmth in both his voice and writing creates a singularly satisfying listening experience."-AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner…
This program is read by Isaac Mizrahi, whose "warm and wry voice provides an extra incentive to check out this version of his story."-LitHub "Isaac Mizrahi is a true Renaissance man. He can do it all! He's managed to live several lives in one lifetime."-RuPaul Isaac Mizrahi is sui generis: designer, cabaret performer, talk-show host, a TV celebrity. Yet ever since he shot to fame in the late 1980s, the private Isaac Mizrahi has remained under wraps. Until now. In I.M., Isaac Mizrahi offers a poignant, candid, and touching look back on his life so far. Growing up gay in a sheltered Syrian Jewish Orthodox family, Isaac had unique talents that ultimately drew him into fashion and later into celebrity circles that read like a who's who of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: Richard Avedon, Audrey Hepburn, Anna Wintour, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Meryl Streep, and Oprah Winfrey, to name only a few. In his elegant memoir, Isaac delves into his lifelong battles with weight, insomnia, and depression. He tells what it was like to be an out gay man in a homophobic age and to witness the ravaging effects of the AIDS epidemic. Brimming with intimate details and inimitable wit, Isaac's narrative reveals not just the glamour of his years, but the grit beneath the glitz. Rich with memorable stories from in and out of the spotlight, I.M.illuminates deep emotional truths. Praise for I.M.: "I.M. has everything! It's colorful, hysterical, touching, bold, and heartbreaking. It's about coming of age, creativity, being yourself, Jewish mothers, fashion, art, loss, and glamour. I loved it." -Andy Cohen, New York Times bestselling author of Superficial "The key to the warmth and overall success of the memoir is Mizrahi's unapologetic, bare-all approach as he shares the best and worst aspects of his life...? charming and witty memoir."-Kirkus