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Historical Dictionary of Chan Buddhism (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series)


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English | 2017 | pages: 386 | ISBN: 1538105519 | EPUB | 1,4 mb
The popular name for Chan Buddhism, in the West, is Zen Buddhism, as it was Japanese scholars who first introduced Chan Buddhism to the West with this translation. Indeed, chan is a shortened form of the Chinese word channa, rendered from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which denotes practices of the concentration of the mind through meditation or contemplation. Although rooted in the Indian tradition of yoga, which aims at the unification of the individual with the divine, meditative concentration became integrated into the Buddhist path to enlightenment as one of the three learnings (sanxue) of Buddhism. Early Buddhist (or the so-called Hinayana Buddhist) scriptures include the teachings on four stages of meditation, four divine abodes, four formless meditations, the tranquility (samatha) and insight (vipassanā) meditations, and so on. Early Buddhist communities commonly practiced these meditations, along with the moral disciplines and the study of the scriptures and doctrines. Mahayana Buddhism, in India and East Asia, continued the practice of meditation as one of the six perfections (or virtues) of the bodhisattva path. In this general context, some eminent monks might have composed scriptures/treatises for the training of meditation or have become more famed with meditation. However, the school of Chan is more than just a group of meditation practitioners. As one of the Chinese Buddhist schools, it involves its own ideology, its own community, and its own genealogical history, serving to establish its own identity.

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Dr Johnson’s Dictionary of Modern Life


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English | 2010 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 0224086685 | EPUB | 1,3 mb
In this hilarious update of his original Dictionary, bewigged lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson takes a curmudgeonly look at modern life, from Celebrity Big Brother to dubstep In 2009 Dr Samuel Johnson made a surprise reemergence from 18th century retirement and began Twittering. It proved the perfect vehicle for his acerbic, aphoristic wit and he has quickly become the darling of the site. The Guardian calls him the "greatest" thing on Twitter and the Telegraph dubs him its "star." Our gouty man of letters finds the modern world in a parlous state. It is peopled with fools like "Raisin-ey’d Tyrant Mister Nick GRIFFIN" and "BABOON-SLAYER, Fop, Macaroni, Dandy & Folderol, Mister AA Gill." His attempts to negotiate a path through the vagaries of modern life do not fare well either-for instance, on a trip to "Mister LIBERTY’S blast’d Haberdashery," upon finding "all else clad as Lumber-Jacks, I left thwart’d & alone… unwilling to dress as an unmanly Pastiche of Mister COBAIN." From Top Gear and the Daily Mail to David Cameron and Celebrity Big Brother, nothing escapes his sardonic gaze.

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The Heidegger Dictionary, 2nd Edition


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by Dahlstrom, Daniel O.;

English | 2023 | ISBN: 1350190349 | 401 pages | True PDF EPUB | 24.22 MB
What does Heidegger mean by ‘Dasein’? What does he say in Being and Time? How does his phenomenology differ to that of his teacher, Husserl? Answering these questions and more, The Heidegger Dictionary provides students with all the tools they need to better understand one of the most influential yet complex philosophers of the 20th century. Easy to use and navigate, this book is divided into four main parts, covering Heidegger’s life, ideas and innovative terminology, related thinkers, and published and unpublished works. Updated with significant new material throughout, the 2nd edition has been expanded to engage with the latest Heidegger scholarship, and features: · A new A-Z section on Heidegger’s influences, contemporaries, and commentators, from Martin Luther to Hannah Arendt and Jean-Paul Sartre · Summaries of Heidegger’s entire 102-volume Collected Works, including the Black Notebooks · Expanded coverage of Heidegger’s thought, with straightforward explanations of his views on modernity, science and more · An updated glossary of Heidegger’s key terms, listing all the major translation alternatives alongside his original German Providing a road-map to how Heidegger’s ideas developed over his long philosophical career, this is an essential research companion for all students of Heidegger, from beginners to the advanced.

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A Dictionary of Geography (Oxford Quick Reference), 6th Edition


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by Mayhew, Susan;

English | 2023 | ISBN: 0192896393 | 464 pages | True EPUB | 9.29 MB
This bestselling dictionary contains over 3,000 entries on both physical and human geography, covering topics such as cartography, surveying, meteorology, climatology, ecology, population, industry, and development. Over 70 diagrams complement the text, and many entries include worked examples. This edition has been fully revised and updated, and many entries are accompanied by useful web links which can be accessed on the dedicated companion website.

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The Origins of English Words A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CGB1HX9M | 2023 | 36 hours and 35 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 892 MB
Author: Joseph Twadell Shipley
Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross

There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown. Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science.

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