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  • Religious Bodies Politic

    Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism

    by Anya Bernstein ...
    Religious Bodies Politic examines the complex relationship between transnational religion and politics through the lens of one cosmopolitan community in Siberia: Buryats, who live in a semiautonomous republic within Russia with a large Buddhist population. Looking at religious transformation among Buryats across changing political economies, Anya Bernstein argues that under conditions of rapid ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Future of Immortality

    Remaking Life and Death in Contemporary Russia

    by Anya Bernstein ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology
    A gripping account of the Russian visionaries who are pursuing human immortalityAs long as we have known death, we have dreamed of life without end. In The Future of Immortality, Anya Bernstein explores the contemporary Russian communities of visionaries and utopians who are pressing at the very limits of the human.The Future of Immortality profiles a diverse cast of characters, from the owners of ... Read more

    $70.59 USD

  • Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia

    by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz, Dr. Anya Bernstein, Dr. Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia, Jane E. Caple, Jack Meng-Tat Chia, Dr. Sienna Craig, Dr. William Elison, Christoph Emmrich, Grant Evans, Paul J. Farrelly, Dr. Jane M. Ferguson, Gareth Fisher, Daniel G. Friedrich, Florence Galmiche, Dr. Michele R. Gamburd, Professor Holly Gayley, Professor David N. Gellner, Tim Graf, Elizabeth Guthrie, Elizabeth J. Harris, Dr. Sandya Hewamanne, Professor Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Dr. Sarah H. Jacoby, Michael Jerryson, Professor Irving Chan Johnson, Hiroko Kawanami, Professor Daniel W. Kent, Susanne Ryuyin Kerekes, Hwansoo Ilmee Kim, Tongthida Krawengit, Judy Ledgerwood, Jun-Youb (JY) Lee, Jacques P. Leider, Dr. Chiara Letizia, Sarah LeVine, Professor Charlene Makley, John Marston, Levi McLaughlin, Dr. David L. McMahan, Dr. Leigh Miller, John K. Nelson, Carina Pichler, Dr. Visisya Pinthongvijayakul, Justin R. Ritzinger, Dr. Roger Casas (Ruiz), Dr. Gregory A. Scott, Arthid Sheravanichkul, Nicolas Sihlé, Jessica Starling, Gitanjali Surendran, Professor Nicola Tannenbaum, Dr. Antonio Terrone, Dr. Ashley Thompson, Professor Jonathan S. Walters, Holly High, Brian J. Nichols, Stefania Travagnin ...
    This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Echoes from the Poisoned Well

    Global Memories of Environmental Injustice

    by Jeffrey Stine, Four Arrows, K Animashaun Ducre Anya Bernstein, Marja K. Bulmer, Lois Gibbs, Renée K. Gosson, Peggy James, Jacqui Katona, Rauna Kuokkanen, Bill E. Lawson, Cynthia J. Miller, Pataka Moore, Paul C. Rosier, Jane Bloodworth Rowe, Jane Sayers, Rachael Selby, Phia Steyn, Jeffrey K. Stine, Julie Sze, Stephen Wallace Taylor, Elise Tempelhoff, Johann Tempelhoff, Guy Thompson, Nancy Unger, John Walsh ...
    The emerging environmental justice movement has created greater awareness among scholars that communities from all over the world suffer from similar environmental inequalities. This volume takes up the challenge of linking the focussed campaigns and insights from African American campaigns for environmental justice with the perspectives of this global group of environmentally marginalized groups. ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

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  • The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism

    by Lama Yeshe ...
    The first teaching, "The Three Principal Aspects of the Path," was given in France in 1982.The second teaching, an "Introduction to Tantra," also in two parts, was given at Grizzly Lodge, California, in 1980.These comprise the first two lectures of a commentary on the Chenrezig yoga.Lama Yeshe says:"Meditation is not on the level of the object but on that of the subject - you are the business of ... Read more

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  • Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness

    by Chogyam Trungpa ...
    Warning: Using this book could be hazardous to your ego! The slogans it contains are designed to awaken the heart and cultivate love and kindness toward others. They are revolutionary in that practicing them fosters abandonment of personal territory in relating to others and in understanding the world as it is.The fifty-nine provocative slogans presented here—each with a commentary by the Tibetan ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Bliss of Inner Fire

    Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa

    by Lama Thubten Yeshe ...
    In the classic bestseller, Introduction to Tantra, Lama Yeshe offered a profound and wonderfully clear glimpse into the sophisticated practices of Tibetan Buddhist tantra. This present book, the last major teachings of this great lama, opens up the world of advanced practices for Highest Yoga Tantra initiates in much the same way his earlier work opened up the world of tantra in general.Following ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation

    by Chogyam Trungpa ...
    Freedom is generally thought of as the ability to achieve goals and satisfy desires. But what are the sources of these goals and desires? If they arise from ignorance, habitual patterns, and negative emotions, is the freedom to pursue these goals true freedom—or is it just a myth?In this book, Chögyam Trungpa explores the meaning of freedom in the profound context of Tibetan Buddhism. He shows how ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • A Single Roll of the Dice

    Obama's Diplomacy with Iran

    by Trita Parsi ...
    Have the diplomatic efforts of the Obama administration toward Iran failed? Was the Bush administration's emphasis on military intervention, refusal to negotiate, and pursuit of regime change a better approach? How can the United States best address the ongoing turmoil in Tehran? This book provides a definitive and comprehensive analysis of the Obama administration's early diplomatic outreach to ... Read more

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  • Demokrasi

    Indonesia in the 21st Century

    by Hamish McDonald ...
    Indonesia, a nation of thousands of islands and almost 250 million people, straddles the junction of the Pacific and Indian oceans. Current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has presided over 6 per cent average yearly growth of its economy, to surpass $1 trillion. If this rate continues, Indonesia will join the world's ten biggest economies in a decade or so, just behind the so-called BRIC ... Read more

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  • Stilling the Mind

    Shamatha Teachings from Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence

    by B. Alan Wallace ...
    In his previous book, The Attention Revolution, bestselling author Alan Wallace guided readers through the stages of shamatha, a meditation for focusing the mind. In Stilling the Mind, he uses the wisdom of Dzogchen--the highest of all the meditation traditions--to open up the shamatha practice into a space of vast freedom. Here, Wallace introduces us to Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence, one of the ... Read more

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