Download or read book Text and Context in the Modern History of Chinese Religions written by Philip Clart and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and Context in the Modern History of Chinese Religions is an edited volume (Philip Clart, David Ownby, and Wang Chien-ch’uan) offering essays on the modern history of redemptive societies in China and Vietnam, with a particular focus on their textual production.
Download or read book Yoga of Recovery written by Durga Leela and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By offering an empowering personal program of self-care in recovery, this book provides guidance for everyone affected by widespread modern 'addictiveness'. The book explores Ayurveda's understanding of both the problem of our 'one addiction process' and its solution. It offers holistic techniques that enhance any of the traditional recovery pathways and beyond any of the common diet/exercise dogma from mainstream media. It covers the stress/addictive tendencies of the doshic types, and links this to how stress affects metabolism, the main determinant of health. The program offered in the book is an integration of the philosophy, psychology and physical practices of Yoga and Ayurveda to help people shift their life trajectory. With Yoga of Recovery, author Durga Leela presents a complete resource for working with individuals recovering from addiction.
Download or read book Daoism in the Twentieth Century written by David A Palmer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary group of scholars explores the social history and anthropology of Daoism from the late nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the evolution of traditional forms of practice and community, as well as modern reforms and reinventions. Essays investigate ritual specialists, body cultivation and meditation traditions, monasticism, new religious movements, state-sponsored institutionalization, and transnational networks"--Publisher's Web site.
Download or read book The Crisis of Global Modernity written by Prasenjit Duara and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on historical sociology, transnational histories and Asian traditions, Duara seeks answers to the pressing global issue of environmental sustainability.
Download or read book Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements written by Lukas Pokorny and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * This Handbook has won the ICAS Edited Volume Accolade 2019. Brill warmly congratulates editors Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter and their authors with this award. * A vibrant cauldron of new religious developments, East Asia (China/Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam) presents a fascinating arena of related research for scholars across disciplines. Edited by Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter, the Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements provides the first comprehensive and reliable guide to explore the vast East Asian new religious panorama. Penned by leading scholars in the field, the assembled contributions render the Handbook an invaluable resource for those interested in the crucial new religious actors and trajectories of the region.
Download or read book Man Visible and Invisible written by Charles Webster Leadbeater and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Theosophy across Boundaries written by Hans Martin Krämer and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theosophy across Boundaries brings a global history approach to the study of esotericism, highlighting the important role of Theosophy in the general histories of religion, science, philosophy, art, and politics. The first half of the book consists of seven perspectives on the activities of the Theosophical Society in very different regional contexts, ranging from India, Vietnam, China, and Japan to Victorian Britain and Israel, shedding new light on the entanglement of "Western" and "Oriental" ideas around 1900. The second half explores specific cultural influences that Theosophy exerted in the spheres of literature, art, and politics, using case studies from Sri Lanka, Burma, India, Japan, Ireland, Germany, and Russia. The examples clearly show that Theosophy was part of a truly global movement, thus providing an outstanding example of the complex entanglements of the global religious history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Download or read book Religious Publishing and Print Culture in Modern China written by Philip Clart and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly interest in print culture and in the study of religion in modern China has increased in recent years, propelled by maturing approaches to the study of cultural history and by a growing recognition that both were important elements of China's recent past. The influence of China in the contemporary world continues to expand, and with it has come an urgent need to understand the processes by which its modern history was made. Issues of religious freedom and of religion's influence on the public sphere continue to be contentious but important subjects of scholarly work, and the role of print and textual media has not dimmed with the advent of electronic communication. This book, Religious Publishing and Print Culture in Modern China 1800-2012, speaks to these contemporary and historical issues by bringing to light the important and abiding connections between religious development and modern print culture in China. Bringing together these two subjects has a great deal of potential for producing insights that will appeal to scholars working in a range of fields, from media studies to social historians. Each chapter demonstrates how focusing on the role of publishing among religious groups in modern China generates new insights and raises new questions. They examine how religious actors understood the role of printed texts in religion, dealt with issues of translation and exegesis, produced print media that heralded social and ideological changes, and expressed new self-understandings in their published works. They also address the impact of new technologies, such as mechanized movable type and lithographic presses, in the production and meaning of religious texts. Finally, the chapters identify where religious print culture crossed confessional lines, connecting religious traditions through links of shared textual genres, commercial publishing companies, and the contributions of individual editors and authors. This book thus demonstrates how, in embracing modern print media and building upon their longstanding traditional print cultures, Christian, Buddhist, Daoist, and popular religious groups were developed and defined in modern China. While the chapter authors are specialists in religious traditions, they have made use of recent studies into publishing and print culture, and like many of the subjects of their research, are able to make connections across religious boundaries and link together seemingly discrete traditions.
Download or read book The Way of Complete Perfection written by and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of English translations of primary texts of the Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) school of Daoism.
Download or read book The Divine Eye and the Diaspora written by Janet Alison Hoskins and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relationship between syncretism and diaspora? Caodaism is a large but almost unknown new religion that provides answers to this question. Born in Vietnam during the struggles of decolonization, shattered and spatially dispersed by cold war conflicts, it is now reshaping the goals of its four million followers. Colorful and strikingly eclectic, its “outrageous syncretism” incorporates Chinese, Buddhist, and Western religions as well as world figures like Victor Hugo, Jeanne d’Arc, Vladimir Lenin, and (in the USA) Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. The book looks at the connections between “the age of revelations” (1925-1934) in French Indochina and the “age of diaspora” (1975-present) when many Caodai leaders and followers went into exile. Structured in paired biographies to trace relations between masters and disciples, now separated by oceans, it focuses on five members of the founding generation and their followers or descendants in California, showing the continuing obligation to honor those who forged the initial vision to “bring the gods of the East and West together.” Diasporic congregations in California have interacted with New Age ideas and stereotypes of a “Walt Disney fantasia of the East,” at the same time that temples in Vietnam have re-opened their doors after decades of severe restrictions. Caodaism forces us to reconsider how anthropologists study religious mixtures in postcolonial settings. Its dynamics challenge the unconscious Eurocentrism of our notions of how religions are bounded and conceptualized.
Download or read book Chakra Flow written by Anne-Julie Tafuro and published by Larousse. This book was released on 2022-09-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mettez du flow dans votre vie en vous connectant à vos chakras ! Centres énergétiques du corps, les chakras sont une véritable grille de lecture pour cerner les points clés sur lesquels agir et gagner en bien-être physique et mental. Chakras racine, sacré, du plexus solaire, du cœur, de la gorge, du troisième œil, couronne... Dotés de caractéristiques uniques, ils sont tous reliés à un élément, un organe, une émotion, une fonction de la conscience. Ce livre est une méthode concrète et simple pour apprendre à vous y connecter, à retrouver votre énergie vitale et à devenir pleinement vous-même. Pour chaque chakra, découvrez : • son fonctionnement et son champ de résonances intérieures (forme, émotions, mental, intuition, spiritualité, harmonie...) • des conseils et des exercices pour le rééquilibrer (méditation, mantras, mudra, respiration...) des postures de yoga ciblées pour l’activer. Au fil des pages et des apprentissages, devenez votre propre guide et reprenez le contrôle de votre bien-être !
Download or read book The Chakra Energy Plan written by Anna Selby and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy is the basis of all life, and when a flow is blocked, reduced, or simply thrown out of balance, we become ill. Therefore, keeping our chakras--or energy vortexes--open is essential for vitality and well-being. Internationally renowned healer Anna Selby offers a restorative plan for working with the chakras, showing which ones relate to the different body parts and how they'll affect you when they're out of tune. One by one, she goes through the root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, brow, and crown, presenting simple yoga exercises designed to redress any problems and imbalances. Each pose is shown in multiple photographs, with careful, comprehensive guidance on posture and positioning. A final section puts it all together with moves that use all seven chakras at once.
Download or read book The Chakra Experience written by Patricia Mercier and published by Bounty Books. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seven chakras allow life energy to flow into our aura and are associated with our physical, mental and emotional interactions. Healers observe that the majority of dis-ease is caused by an energy imbalance in our bodies, usually a reduced flow of pranic life-force throughout the chakras. This fascinating book and CD provide you with a personalized, practical and direct experience of chakras and their powerful healing properties. Going far beyond a reference guide, The Chakra Experience is more like a personal tutor, explaining how to work with your chakras and access benefits such as improved health, stress reduction and spiritual development. Featuring case studies throughout, this holistic, integrated and practical guide is your own personal chakra workshop in a book.
Download or read book The Essential Book of Chakras written by Julian Flanders and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve your spiritual, mental and physical wellbeing with this modern guide to chakras, presented in a beautiful gold-stamped hardback with full-color illustrations. Inside our bodies, we have spinning wheels of natural energy called chakras. Together, these energies form the Chakra System, a channel for the integration of mind, body and spirit. This accessible beginner's guide teaches simple techniques to practice at home in order to keep your chakras in balance. These include yoga, meditation, eating a balanced diet and the use of scents and essential oils, crystals and color. Discover: • The properties of each chakra • Meditations for unblocking your chakras • Yoga techniques for relieving emotional stress and physical discomfort Featuring vibrant chakra illustrations from leading theosophist Charles Leadbeater, this book is wonderful for anyone who wants a fresh look at this ancient meditation practice and bring positive energy into their lives. ABOUT THE SERIES: Elements is a series of spiritual development titles, each focusing on different aspects of healing and divination. Written by a variety of experts, these beautifully illustrated foil-stamped hardbacks are the perfect entryway into ancient spiritual practices.
Download or read book A Little Bit of Chakras written by Chad Mercree and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the history, meaning, and abundant applications of the chakra system in this illustrated beginner’s guide. Chakras began as part of the mystical Vedic tradition of Tantric and Kundalini Yoga, but they have evolved into pathways for healing and exploring the nature of consciousness. If you’ve ever wondered how to work with these amazing energy centers and optimize their benefits, this is the book for you. With gorgeous diagrams and visuals, and an accessible text by two renowned authors, A Little Bit of Chakras takes readers into the heart of the chakra system, exploring its history and revealing how to use each chakra for transformation, well-being, increased vitality, and more.
Download or read book Chakra Tonics written by Elise Marie Collins and published by Conari Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elise Collins has created the perfect guide and recipe book of smoothies, teas, and tonics to help us transform our overall health and vitality. Her restorative recipes contain powerful superfoods, herbs, minerals, and ph-balanced liquids designed to nourish the physical body and revitalize its central energy system--the chakras. In Chakra Tonics, Collins outlines a brief description of the chakras and addresses the source of health problems in our energetic bodies, describing how the tonics assist the subtle body and chakras to release stale energy that, if not processed, can lead to disease and illness. She also describes ways to use these healthful drinks in combination with yoga techniques in an ongoing preventative manner or in conjunction with a specific meditation, visualization, or affirmation to enhance its power.
