Download or read book Rasetsu Vol 1 written by Chika Shiomi and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yako Hoshino, a young man with spiritual powers of his own, comes to the agency seeking help with a possessed book. He's seen a lot of strange phenomena in his day, but the last thing he expects to see is Rasetsu bearing a striking resemblance to his old love Yurara! -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Yurara Vol 1 written by Chika Shiomi and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a young girl is called to fight evil spirits, she finds incredible strength within herself and incredible love from without. There are two sides to every ghost story...Yurara Tsukinowa is a quiet girl who can see spirits and sense their emotions. Not wanting to seem abnormal, she hides her secret until she meets Mei Tendo and Yako Hoshino, two guys who use their spiritual powers to ward off vengeful spirits. The dormant guardian spirit in Yurara arises and a strong-willed beauty with the power to release souls emerges! On Yurara's first day of high school, she finds her assigned seat is occupied--by a ghost! Mei and Yako cannot banish the spirit, and Yurara's other self is released...

Download or read book Yukarism Vol 1 written by Chika Shiomi and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Yukari meets classmate Mahoro Tachibana for the first time, the two of them can’t help but feel like they know each other. Yukari senses that they had a major connection in the past, but was their relationship friendly or deadly? -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Yukarism Vol 4 written by Chika Shiomi and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seemingly afflicted by Yumurasaki’s fatal illness of the past, Yukari begins to get very sick in the present day... Meanwhile, Mahoro vows to kill Satomi before he can kill Yukari (as she believes he had killed Yumurasaki in the past)! Are these three fated to repeat their tragic connection? -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Komomo Confiserie Vol 1 written by Maki Minami and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a little girl, Komomo Ninomiya delighted in picking on Natsu Azumi, the son of her family’s pastry chef. Ten years later, when the family fortune is lost and she has no place to live, Komomo encounters Natsu again in her hour of need. Now that Natsu is a master pastry chef in his own right, he’ll help Komomo—but only if she works for him at his new confiserie! -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Zen and the Brain written by James H. Austin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1999-06-04 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A neuroscientist and Zen practitioner interweaves the latest research on the brain with his personal narrative of Zen. Aldous Huxley called humankind's basic trend toward spiritual growth the "perennial philosophy." In the view of James Austin, the trend implies a "perennial psychophysiology"—because awakening, or enlightenment, occurs only when the human brain undergoes substantial changes. What are the peak experiences of enlightenment? How could these states profoundly enhance, and yet simplify, the workings of the brain? Zen and the Brain presents the latest evidence. In this book Zen Buddhism becomes the opening wedge for an extraordinarily wide-ranging exploration of consciousness. In order to understand which brain mechanisms produce Zen states, one needs some understanding of the anatomy, physiology, and chemistry of the brain. Austin, both a neurologist and a Zen practitioner, interweaves the most recent brain research with the personal narrative of his Zen experiences. The science is both inclusive and rigorous; the Zen sections are clear and evocative. Along the way, Austin examines such topics as similar states in other disciplines and religions, sleep and dreams, mental illness, consciousness-altering drugs, and the social consequences of the advanced stage of ongoing enlightenment.

Download or read book Japanese Demon Lore written by Noriko T. Reider and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oni, ubiquitous supernatural figures in Japanese literature, lore, art, and religion, usually appear as demons or ogres. Characteristically threatening, monstrous creatures with ugly features and fearful habits, including cannibalism, they also can be harbingers of prosperity, beautiful and sexual, and especially in modern contexts, even cute and lovable. There has been much ambiguity in their character and identity over their long history. Usually male, their female manifestations convey distinctivly gendered social and cultural meanings. Oni appear frequently in various arts and media, from Noh theater and picture scrolls to modern fiction and political propaganda, They remain common figures in popular Japanese anime, manga, and film and are becoming embedded in American and international popular culture through such media. Noriko Reiderýs book is the first in English devoted to oni. Reider fully examines their cultural history, multifaceted roles, and complex significance as "others" to the Japanese.

Download or read book Yurara Vol 4 written by Chika Shiomi and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now that Yurara and Mei are a couple, Yako has become a shut-in. But Mei seems to have acquired another rival when a beautiful boy from Yurara's past returns! -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism written by Jacqueline I. Stone and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2008-08-20 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a thousand years, Buddhism has dominated Japanese death rituals and concepts of the afterlife. The nine essays in this volume, ranging chronologically from the tenth century to the present, bring to light both continuity and change in death practices over time. They also explore the interrelated issues of how Buddhist death rites have addressed individual concerns about the afterlife while also filling social and institutional needs and how Buddhist death-related practices have assimilated and refigured elements from other traditions, bringing together disparate, even conflicting, ideas about the dead, their postmortem fate, and what constitutes normative Buddhist practice. The idea that death, ritually managed, can mediate an escape from deluded rebirth is treated in the first two essays. Sarah Horton traces the development in Heian Japan (794–1185) of images depicting the Buddha Amida descending to welcome devotees at the moment of death, while Jacqueline Stone analyzes the crucial role of monks who attended the dying as religious guides. Even while stressing themes of impermanence and non-attachment, Buddhist death rites worked to encourage the maintenance of emotional bonds with the deceased and, in so doing, helped structure the social world of the living. This theme is explored in the next four essays. Brian Ruppert examines the roles of relic worship in strengthening family lineage and political power; Mark Blum investigates the controversial issue of religious suicide to rejoin one’s teacher in the Pure Land; and Hank Glassman analyzes how late medieval rites for women who died in pregnancy and childbirth both reflected and helped shape changing gender norms. The rise of standardized funerals in Japan’s early modern period forms the subject of the chapter by Duncan Williams, who shows how the Soto Zen sect took the lead in establishing itself in rural communities by incorporating local religious culture into its death rites. The final three chapters deal with contemporary funerary and mortuary practices and the controversies surrounding them. Mariko Walter uncovers a "deep structure" informing Japanese Buddhist funerals across sectarian lines—a structure whose meaning, she argues, persists despite competition from a thriving secular funeral industry. Stephen Covell examines debates over the practice of conferring posthumous Buddhist names on the deceased and the threat posed to traditional Buddhist temples by changing ideas about funerals and the afterlife. Finally, George Tanabe shows how contemporary Buddhist sectarian intellectuals attempt to resolve conflicts between normative doctrine and on-the-ground funerary practice, and concludes that human affection for the deceased will always win out over the demands of orthodoxy. Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism constitutes a major step toward understanding how Buddhism in Japan has forged and retained its hold on death-related thought and practice, providing one of the most detailed and comprehensive accounts of the topic to date. Contributors: Mark L. Blum, Stephen G. Covell, Hank Glassman, Sarah Johanna Horton, Brian O. Ruppert, Jacqueline I. Stone, George J. Tanabe, Jr., Mariko Namba Walter, Duncan Ryuken Williams.

Download or read book Hinamatsuri Volume 13 written by Masao Ohtake and published by One Peace Books. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jadou Association's hired thugs have been sent running back to Western Japan, and the Oudou's hierarchy has managed to avoid complete collapse, thanks to the determined efforts of Hina and Yoshifumi Nitta--aka "The Monster of the Modern Era." But things won't stay quiet for long. The next phase of the Jadou's takeover plot is already in motion. To spearhead the offensive, they've sent one of their top lieutenants deep into Oudou territory. His name? Masaki Tsuda. And at his side stands a mysterious young boy. Steel yourself for another wave of earth-shattering yakuza combat in volume 13 of Hinamatsuri!

Download or read book Yukarism Vol 2 written by Chika Shiomi and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satomi Katsuhiko enters Yukari’s life when he needs a new housekeeper, but Yukari’s devoted fan Mahoro Tachibana instantly hates him! The three’s karmic relationship with each other begins to unravel, and things take an unexpected turn when the past seeps into the present! -- VIZ Media

Download or read book A Strange Mystifying Story Vol 7 written by Tsuta Suzuki and published by SuBLime. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Akio Yamane’s bloodline is cursed! Will his hot guardian deity break the curse…or merely his heart in the process? Between Akio Yamane’s cursed bloodline and Tsumugi Shirota’s family trickery, guardian deities Setsu and Kurayori have their hands full. Throw love in the mix and it’s no wonder fireworks erupt! Since his fiancée’s death, Magawa has held a grudge against otherworldly beings, and now his sights are set on Master Kurayori. As the guardian deity slowly disappears, Tsumugi clings desperately to him—the one person he’s loved most since childhood. Is there anything he can say to Magawa and Kai to change his beloved’s fate?

Download or read book The Bride the Exorcist Knight Vol 1 written by Keiko Ishihara and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '" When Anne was born, it was prophesied that someday the demon Mephisto would claim her as his bride. When the day arrives, Anne is saved by a 12-year-old boy exorcist named Haru. Her salvation comes at a price, however: Haru wants Anne to marry him instead! Anne is not keen on getting engaged to a headstrong little kid, but if she wants to stay out of Mephisto''s clutches, she may have no choice. "'

Download or read book Tales of Times Now Past written by Marian Ury and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Go Go Heaven written by Keiko Yamada and published by CMX. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in Japan in 1994 by Akita Publishing Co., Ltd."--Colophon.

Download or read book Yukarism Vol 3 written by Chika Shiomi and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yukari, Satomi and Mahoro are all influenced by their past life personalities and begin to lose control over their present-day behavior. While Mahoro wonders about Yukari’s true feelings for her, Yukari realizes exactly who Mahoro and Satomi were in the past! Meanwhile, Yukari’s journeys to the old days are becoming more and more dangerous... -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Senran Kagura written by Marvelous Entertainment and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the world of Senran Kagura, where the beautiful girls of several secret ninja academies engage each other in fierce shinobi battles -- and look great doing it Senran Kagura: Official Design Works collects the fantastic illustrations of "bakunyuu artist" Nan Yaegashi. Gathered is imagery from the original Senran Kagura game, as well as Senran Kagura Burst, Senran Kagura Versus, and more. Inside you'll find character designs, pinups, in-game artwork, character profiles, plus an exclusive interview with the game's creators