Lesser Known Japanese Poetry Classics (East Asian Poetry in Translation Ser Vol 7)

Levy, Howard S.

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Chinese Materia Medica: Turtle and Shellfish Drugs, Avian Drugs, and a Compendium of Minerals and Stones (Chinese Material Medica : No 3)

Read, Bernard E.

Science & Math

An Anthropological Analysis of Chinese Geomancy

Feuchtwang, Stephan D.

Reference

Academician Barthold's famous work begins in the late 7th century with the Muslim invasions of what became Russian Central Asia and carries the history of the region through the period of Abbasid centralization, that of the rise of local Muslim dynasties and successive phases of Turkish dominance down to the arrival of Chingiz Khan in the early 13th. Barthold's mastery of the historical and geographical sources and his sound critical judgement were remarkable and 'Turkestan' remains a basic work of reference for the area it covers. The book first appeared in St Petersburg in 1900 in the form of a Russian doctoral theses. The English edition of 1928 was thoroughly revised by the author, and that of 1968 supplemented by the translation of a further chapter found among his papers after his death: 'Turkestan under Mongol Domination (1227-69)'. A 2007 reprint contains an updated map of the region.

Turkestan Down to the Mongol Invasion

History

Barthold, W.

Asia

Erotic Colour Prints of the Ming Period

Arts & Photography

Gulik, Robert Hans Van

History & Criticism

<p>Who says there are no more heroes? Every year 15 million Americans make a conscious decision to dedicate their lives to helping other people. They work not for money or for glory but for the special magic that comes when one human being helps another. Finding the nature of that magic - and bringing it to the world - was the vision that drove a group of documentary filmmakers, led by journalist and producer Bill Mosher, to create The Visionaries, a documentary series which allows us to follow these modern heroes and to trace the impact of their visions in the world.</p>

Visionaries

Politics & Social Sciences

Mosher, Bill

Social Sciences

Lankavatara Sutra

Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro

The Lankavatara Sutra is one of the most important Mahayana texts, and the Napalese Buddhists consider it to be one of the nine canonical texts. The text contains almost all the main ideas, both philosophical and theological, of Mahayana Buddhism. The Yogacara School of Mahayana considers this text to be its fundamental text, as it contains all those ideas of idealism, like Mind-only, store-house-consciousness, which would form the basis of the philosophy of this school. As the text is terse, difficult to understand, and complex insofar as the presentation of ideas in concerned, the author has tried his best to explain the basic ideas of the Lankavatara in the context of historical evolution of Buddhism, which culminated in the emergence of Mahayana. In the first part of the book the author has made a textual study of the text in the context of various translations that were carried out in China. Simultaneously the author also has pointed out the impact of the text exerted upon Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, and particularly upon the Zen. In the rest of the book the author has engaged himself in explaining the complex philosophical ideas that are to be found in the text, and how these ideas were made use of by various Buddhist schools. The author also points out the intimate relationship that exists between the Lankavatara and Zen Buddhism. Although not exclusively a Zen text, yet its impact upon Zen cannot be denied. The non-Zen ideas of the text, particularly those pertaining to the Yogacara, have been discussed by the author in the third part of the book. The author has prepared a glossary of Sanskrit terms for the benefit of Chinese and Japanese readers. The book, thus, has been written for all those who are deeply interested in Buddhist thought and philosophy. The Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra is the first attempt ever made at studying systematically the philosophical ideas and religious practices that are to be found in the Lankavatara Sutra. Those interested in Mahayana Buddhism will greatly benefit from the scholarly study of Prof. Suzuki of this important text."

Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

The Chinese Classics, v.1&2 The Four Books

Legge, James

The Authentic Story of Taiwan: An Illustrated History

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