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Selected Works of D.T. Suzuki, Volume I by Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki
mobi |eng | 2020-03-30 | Author:Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki [Suzuki, Daisetsu Teitaro]

Unmon’s view of “timeless time” and Setchō’s view of Emptiness or Void (sunyata) after all point in the same direction, and when this direction is recognized we are all able ...
( Category: Sacred Writings July 29,2020 )
The Crab Cannery Ship: and Other Novels of Struggle by Kobayashi Takiji
mobi |eng | 2013-03-31 | Author:Kobayashi Takiji

In the Union 1 Crossing a sunken road that separates the city center from the working- class suburbs and climbing up a riverside road, one reaches a jumbled mass of ...
( Category: Japanese July 28,2020 )
The Poetry of Zen by Sam Hamill
epub |eng | 2007-02-13 | Author:Sam Hamill [Hamill, Sam]

THE PRIEST MANSEI (CA. 730) IF pressed to compare this brief life, I might declare: It’s like the boat that crossed this morning’s harbor, leaving no mark on the world. ...
( Category: Chinese July 20,2020 )
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong;Yang Yunqin.;Yang Shuhui.;
epub |eng | 2019-07-14 | Author:Feng, Menglong;Yang, Yunqin.;Yang, Shuhui.;

At the time, the Song dynasty had just wiped out the Jurchens with the aid of the Mongolian army. However, following the advice of Zhao Fan and Zhao Kui, the ...
( Category: Asian American Studies July 20,2020 )
Roots of Yoga by James Mallinson & Mark Singleton
epub |eng | 2017-01-26 | Author:James Mallinson & Mark Singleton

SEVEN Mantra The use of verbal formulas called mantras to bring about worldly and soteriological aims has a pre-eminent place in almost all Indian religious traditions.1 It is central to ...
( Category: Indian July 17,2020 )
Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling
epub |eng | 2006-05-25 | Author:Pu Songling

66 MYNAH BIRD Wang Fenbin once told this story about a man in his native town who kept a mynah bird. The man taught it to speak, and they became ...
( Category: Chinese July 16,2020 )
The Tales of Ise by Peter Macmillan
epub |eng | 2016-09-01 | Author:Peter Macmillan

24 The Bow of the Crescent Moon Despite the somewhat far-fetched ending, Episode 24 is one of the most poignant of the Tales. Like Episode 23 (see the commentary above), ...
( Category: Japanese July 16,2020 )
Simon Leys by Philippe Paquet
epub |eng | | Author:Philippe Paquet

We Are All Chinese Simon Leys had placed Chinese Shadows under the patronage of Lu Xun, or Lu Hsun, quoting as an epigraph40 the passage in which Lu Xun, who ...
( Category: Australian & Oceanian July 8,2020 )
A Man by Keiichiro Hirano
epub, azw3 |eng | 2020-06-01 | Author:Keiichiro Hirano [Hirano, Keiichiro]

Rié received word from Kido that, although he still hadn’t figured out X’s identity, he had made some progress with the case. As apprehensive as she was to learn the ...
( Category: Japanese July 8,2020 )
The Mad Kyoto Shoe Swapper and Other Short Stories by Rebecca Otowa
epub |eng | | Author:Rebecca Otowa

Uncle Trash LOCAL MAN GETS ATTENTION Yomitori News, May 20 Aresident of Setagaya Ward has been the focus of neighborhood attention recently. Mr. Kenzo Nishimura, age 75, has earned the ...
( Category: Japanese July 6,2020 )
Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends: Volume One by Tara A. Devlin
epub |eng | 2018-07-19 | Author:Tara A. Devlin [Devlin, Tara A.]

While the story presented in Young Lady was much closer to the legend in its present form thanks to these changes, it wasn’t until two years later in the August ...
( Category: Japanese July 6,2020 )
Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends: Volume Two by Tara A. Devlin
epub |eng | 2019-05-09 | Author:Tara A. Devlin [Devlin, Tara A.]

Game Brain Do you like video games? Of course, video games are fun, but if you play them constantly, it’s dangerous for your health. If you play games every day ...
( Category: Folklore July 6,2020 )
The First Sikh by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh
epub |eng | 2019-11-08 | Author:Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh [Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur]

Unlike Hindu, Buddhist or Jain texts, the Guru does not elaborate on what happens after death. For instance, the Gita explains the paths of light (devayana) and darkness (pitriyana) that ...
( Category: Indian July 6,2020 )
The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon by Morris Ivan;
epub |eng | 2018-08-07 | Author:Morris, Ivan;

122. In the Fifth Month In the Fifth Month I love going up to a mountain village. When one passes a marsh on the way, a thick covering of weeds ...
( Category: Japanese July 4,2020 )
The First Islamic Classic in Chinese by Wang Daiyu;Murata Sachiko;
epub |eng | 2017-07-14 | Author:Wang, Daiyu;Murata, Sachiko;

Book Two 2.1. The Five Constants The Five Constants of the true teaching, which are the clear mandate of the Real Lord, are five affairs: remembrance, giving, abstaining, worship, and ...
( Category: Asian July 4,2020 )

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