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This study examines Ismäili individuals¿ ¿lived religion¿ through personal views on religious values combined with daily practices in German society. Since a Eurocentric view on Islam often fails to recognize the complexities of Muslim communities while emphasizing the Muslim faith as incompatible with ¿modernity¿, the current study of the Ismäili branch serves as an example of Muslim practices that adapt and adjust its divine principles to a modern and secular society while maintaining its unique religious identity. Important values of everyday life are observed in connection to Ulrich Beck¿s and Anthony Giddens¿ ¿reflexive modernity¿ theory as a process that encompasses old and new traditions while adapting ambiguous and pluralist forms of contemporary societies.

Ce guide est conçu pour les randonneurs et pèlerins ayant l'intention de visiter les temples de Shikoku ou de faire le tour complet du pèlerinage.Il offre des informations sur les temples, leurs histoires, des conseils pour planifier les étapes entre les temples et des détails nécessaires pour la préparation du voyage, qui peut se faire à pied, en vélo ou en transports publics. De plus, ce livre contient des informations culturelles et historiques.

This book presents the dynamics of Pentecostalism and Indigenous African Religion from contemporary academic lens. This is done with the intentions of establishing how different factors interact to bring about developments in African Pentecostalism and Indigenous African Religion. In this vein, the prospects, challenges and threats to Pentecostalism and Indigenous African Religions are discussed by the contributors from different perspectives. The major theme in the book is Pentecostalism, while the influence of the autochthonous Africäs cultural values on the activities of Pentecostal organizations is the minor theme. Other issues covered in the book include the rediscovery of Africäs traditional cultural values and the role of religious leaders in sustaining the environment in Africa.

Buddhism as a mind based religion provides its deep teachings and good understanding of human nature and its personality, to mankind. This is tied to its soteriology. The aim of Buddhism is to get rid of dukkha from samsara, which called personality transformation in Buddhism. Here, transformation should be understood as a total change from one¿s base nature to the purified nature of mind; in other words, from the conventional self (puthujjana) to the beyond conventional (ariya-puggala) self in Buddhism. Hence, psychology is taken here as the mental development of a person (puthujjana) to his or her ultimate transformation into an ariya. Gotrabh¿ is a very important term in Buddhism, especially in Abhidhamma, which is not greatly touched by scholars yet. It is also established a bridge between early Buddhist discourse to later Buddhist interpretations, especially Abhidhamma. Gotrabh¿ also combined the two methods of meditational goals, samatha and vipassan¿, even though practitioners still hold different views based on their practical traditions. Thus it works as a vital force for transforming personality from mundane to supra mundane level to attain highest fruit in Buddhism.

Most strategies for addressing poverty are based on western paradigms to analyze and respond to poverty. There is very little awareness of a rich tradition of charity and social justice in non-western religions and ethnic groups. This monograph will first look at the poor and poverty in Islam and how it has addressed the issues of responding to the needs of the poor and vulnerable in society. It also explores some of the most prevalent thinking on social change and social justice within Islam. While there are emerging models and examples of how communities have emerged from poverty in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, there are very few examples of this in the Middle East. If poverty was addressed and eradicated, it was because of oil wealth. However, the Shi¿as of Lebanon provide a case study of a community emerging from marginalization and poverty because of socioeconomic and political dynamics. This monograph in Section II explores what some of these dynamics were, and if are there lessons for other communities in the region to emulate.

We feel honored to present to our respectable readers the English edition of the biography of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) after it has been published more than 30 times in Arabic and after the publication of the Romanian version which was adopted by the University of Craiova as a source for introducing the Prophet of Islam to the world. It is high time for us that we present a correct conception of the Prophet of Islam amidst the hustle and bustle taking place between the East and the West nowadays, particularly after the break out of the bloody uprisings in the Middle East against dictatorships and oppressive regimes. So, was Islam really a message of horror and terror? Did Prophet Muhammad really make people embrace Islam by sword and war? This biography of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) offers the readers a different answer; however, before going into more details I should mention that this biography was written 25 years ago. It only included a historical narration of the events in the Prophet¿s life in an easy language that brought together the main narrations of main historians without any personal interference concerning examining those narrations or criticizing them.

Resting in Awareness: Mahamudra and SatipatthanaMeditations from the Awareness Sutra based on the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje's commentary and explanations by his student Sherab RinchenCompiled, translated, paraphrased and introduced by Svenja SchmittBuddha Shakyamuni once was asked by experienced practitioners of another spiritual tradition: Exactly how do physical, verbal and mental actions performed in this life lead to consequences experienced in future lives? How is it possible to see things as they really are?In the Mahayana sutra Resting in Awareness, the Buddha answered those questions with a set of meditations. The practice of awareness that he taught in this discourse is the direct path to awakening and the realization of absolute bodhicitta. This method consists of alternating between analyzing and resting and is the Vajra Meditation of Mahamudra.This book is intended for advanced practitioners who are competent to engage on their own in the practice of calm abiding combined with insight meditation. It contains:- An introduction to the Awareness Sutra, its Tibetan translation, and the commentaries written by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje and Sherab Rinchen;- 23 step-by-step lessons with advice from those two Kagyu masters;- 70 exercises, paraphrased from the sutra and supplemented by meditation instructions from contemporary teachers of the Karma Kagyu lineage;- An overview of how the practice of awareness is understood in different Buddhist schools;- A Tibetan-English translation of the sutra passages;- Key terms in English, Tibetan and Pali.

¿Step by Step on my Way¿ is the other aspect of my biography which explains the causal links between the facts that I lived. Here I review all that I consider to be part of the thread of my spiritual evolution. It is a flashback to identify the turning points which in reality are causality links between multiple coincidences which have characterized my course of life. Since I have lived more than 32 years in exile, many people have asked me whether I was ready to forget and forgive, to make a clean sweep of the past. My answer is this simple: putting myself into the context of the immortality of the soul, 32 years mean nothing compared to the eternity. And for that, even the paradise where each of us is aspiring to live is a world which is out of space and time. Moreover, with the little knowledge that I have gathered from spiritual laws, I resign from taking someone responsible for what has happened to me. Convinced that I have already turned indefinitely on the wheel of reincarnation following karma that I have been dragging since the beginning of time, my ultimate goal is to end this cycle and not to return to the material to continue my way back to God.

"The magical story of a compassionate hero who learns how to always care for others and to never give up-for kids ages 4-8. Lokeshvara is a compassionate hero who lives above the moon. He tries to help all the beings he sees in the world but gets frustrated when he realizes that he can't save everyone. Lokeshvara becomes so disheartened that he explodes into a thousand pieces. With a little help from a wise friend, the pieces are put back together in a way that can benefit even more beings than before. Lokeshvara's tale of compassion and resilience teaches us that even when we feel overwhelmed by the suffering we see in the world, we can still find creative ways to help those around us. This retelling of a classic Asian Buddhist tale is timely and meaningful for kids and grown-ups alike"--

He provided voluntary Services to Khoisan Aboriginal Security and Projects. He registered - Khoisan Aboriginal Security Projects to be PSIRA registered for young men and women to be employed by my company by playing a role to assist with unemployment in South Africa. He also developed QMS policies for the Khoisan Aboriginal Security & Projects and also registered the company with SASSETA for both a FETC Certificate in Specialist Security and a National Certificate in General Security with the aim of preventing crime in the Western Cape and to be trained as security officers. He provided voluntary services to different Khoisan communities in the Western Cape. He also assisted different community leaders to register with Department of Social Development. As a businessman and a traditional leader chief of the Hessequa Khoi Tribal Council this nominee also registered Khoisan Hessequa Skills Development with Department of Social Development and submitted a development plan for 2019 to the Western Cape Government to promote cultural activities to the different Khoisan communities.

This is an interdisciplinary study of mind and body, embryonic level included, relating Buddhianscience to Westernscience. It draws upon Sutta and Abhidhamma, and Neuroscience, Anthropology, Linguistics and Embryology. The three terms used by the Buddha for ¿mind¿ are analyzed against the 17 mindmoments making up a Stream of Consciousness, labeling them ¿Triune Mind¿ collectively. Analysis extended to a neuron and the ear, it is paralleled with ¿Triune Brain¿, as proposed by US Evolutionary Biologist, Paul MacLean. Reinterpreted under the Buddhäs phylogenetic concept of satt¿ ¿sentient beings¿, covering both humans and animals, Citta, Viññ¿¿a and Mano are shown to find a home in the rebranded Proto-, Paleo- and Neo-sentient brains. Evolution in the West is a process of species change. Showing it as the cumulative outcome of changes at the individual (phenotype) level within a given species (genotype), Citta is identified as the mind that carries the ¿folkloric memories¿ life to life, this in the form of peptides as in neuronal communication, through mitochondrial-DNA. The study ends in an ironic twist¿ that there is indeed nothing called ¿brain¿ or ¿mind¿, both being processes.

'Is this going to work out?' No other question was asked as often as this one when it came to the project 'Tom & Jo's Camino for Charity 2019'. And you could see why: a Buddhist writer and a Catholic hedonist going on a pilgrimage? Through this book you can relive this peculiar journey from Porto to Santiago de Compostela along the Portuguese Coastal Way in an authentic and engaging manner. See the adventure through Tom's original journal notes, countless pictures, comments and Jo's favourite parts of each day.A charming testimony of what pilgrimage can mean to a generation born into a materialistic and turbo-capitalist society.

INCOGNITO is a truly extraordinary story based on the remarkable life of Alexandra David-Neel, 1868 -1969. Journey "beyond the garden gate" with Alexandra David-Neel, spiritual seeker, opera singer, feminist journalist, intrepid explorer, Buddhist scholar and prolific author of over thirty books. Alexandra's wanderlust takes her all over Asia, and several times into her beloved Tibet. She befriends the Crown Prince of Sikkim, interviews the 13th Dalai Lama and the 9th Panchen Lama, and lives as a hermit in a cave high in the Himalayas, studying Buddhism and the Tibetan language with a revered lama. In 1923, at the age of 55, Alexandra embarks on one of the most courageous journeys ever made. She treks thousands of miles to the forbidden city of Lhasa, Tibet. By her side is Yongden, a young Sikkimese lama. They travel incognito, disguised as Tibetan mother and son; pilgrims on their way to the holy city. Alexandra's hair is dyed black; her face is blackened with soot. Hidden under her clothing is a revolver. They outwit bandits, officials, and ferocious weather, to reach their goal. In 1937, nearing 70 year s of age, Alexandra travels once more into Tibet. She returns to France after the end of the Second World War as a living legend. At 100 year s of age, dreaming of another journey into the unknown, Alexandra renews her passport! "Ever since I was five years old…I craved to go beyond the garden gate, to follow the road that passed it by, and to set out for the Unknown." My Journey to Lhasa, Alexandra David-Neel

"A heartfelt heroine's journey, sprinkled with nuggets of timeless Buddhist wisdom." Tibet, 1285 - Hidden away in her grandmother's monastery after her mother's tragic death, Nordun's life has been shrouded in secrets. Born into a family of royal horse masters, she was divined to become the first ever female horse master-but that destiny was never shared with her. Now the karmic winds are blowing, and Nordun is riding home where she's challenged by friends and foes to do the impossible-claim her heritage to the stables. The last thing Nordun wants is to tame a feral horse... but if she refuses, her cherished childhood home could be lost. Desperately unprepared and armed with only her compassionate heart, Nordun ventures into the far and rugged unknown. Will she fulfill the ancient divination and turn the tables on her family's fate, or return to her sisters in solitude to serve all sentient beings as has been her aspiration for most of her life?Aided by unconventional allies, Nordun soon learns that you never have to question your path, as long as you're true to your wild and tender heart. Join Nordun on her reluctant quest through the turbulent times of thirteenth-century Tibet with its royal clans, Mongolian invaders, smugglers and Silk Road traders, to the places where demons lurk, and through the trials which afflict every family and human life-courage and cowardice, love and lust, loyalty and treachery, and cruel endings which do not always sprout into the new beginnings we desire them to be. The Horse Master's Daughter is Book One in the historical fiction series Nordun's Way, and can be read as a stand-alone novel.

Fiction. "Amina Cain is a beautiful writer. Like the girl in the rear view mirror in your backseat, quiet, looking out the window half smiling, then not, then glancing at you, curious to her. That is how her thoughts and words make me feel, like clouds hanging with jets, and knowing love is pure."--Thurston Moore"To be among Amina Cain's creatures is to stand in the presence of what is mysterious, expansive, and alive. Whether these distinctly female characters are falling in and out of uncanny intimacies, speaking from the hidden realms of the unconscious, seeking self-knowledge, or becoming visible in all their candor and strangeness, they move through a universe shaped by the gravitational pull of elusive yet resilient forces-the yin-dark energies of instinct and feeling that animate creative life. It's here that the intuitive reach of fiction meets the reader's own quest for understanding, through the subtle beauty of living the truth of one's experiences in the most attentive and unadorned way possible."--Pamela Lu

"The Buddha was a wonderful teacher who was born long ago. He helped people learn how to find peace within themselves and kinder to one another. The Buddha told stories about the lifetimes when he was born as animals before he became a human being. These are called Jataka Tales or "birth stories." Whether he was born as a buffalo, as a monkey, as a lion or as a wild dog, he demonstrated how to selflessly help others and take to heart the importance of karma. These classic fables communicate the core teachings of the Buddha in a relatable way for children. In each of the stories Laura has chosen, trees play an important role. Laura invites parents and children to rest in the shade of these stories and delight in their teachings!"--

'Tonight I Met a Deva, an Angel of Love' tells a timeless and inspiring story delivered by a Deva, an Angel of love from Tusita, the celestial realm from the Buddhist tradition, the heaven where Maitreya, Buddha-to-be, resides. Through flowing, rhyming verses the Deva has a heartfelt conversation with a child, revealing the simple essence of Buddha's Teachings: The Four Noble Truths. In few words, she reveals the true nature of life, the causes of strife, the freedom from it, and the path of living with ethical and mindful intelligence, in the language of children. This simple, yet captivating story, written for ages 7 to 12 years old, and older, is to soften the spirit, open the heart, and create an atmosphere of joy, rest and wonderment. It is designed to nurture seeds of hope and wisdom, and to evoke an intimate discussion between parent and child on the ever-evolving meaning and significance of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths, over years to come. Drawing from classical Buddhism, the story is universal in meaning, as the author, a former Buddhist monk, encourages young people, each in their own way, to discover truth, love and freedom, each and every day.This book provides a colorful beacon of light to the young, in a world of challenges.REVIEW OF THE BOOK, by Tilly Campbell-Allen"Tonight I M¿t A D¿va, An Angel Of Love" is a beautiful new book by Alan Clements with a foreword by H.H.14th Dalai Lama."This book by Alan Clements inspires people, young and old. He addresses that the reality of life can be fraught with difficulties and yet full of joy. If you have the compassion and wisdom, it's always possible to overcome whatever challenges you face. I admire Alan's determination to pass this important message onto the next generation - keeping his daughter especially in mind." With my prayersThe Dalai Lama In Alan Clements' literary gem of mystical realism, Buddhism's essential teachings - The Four Noble Truths - unfold during an enchanted encounter, though the wisdom transcends any one religion. This precious book is a road map for a profoundly healthy way of living, spoken with a poetic voice soft enough to warmly wrap around the shoulders of a sleepy young child. While Buddhist terms dance effortlessly with contemporary rhymes on pages brimming with luminous imagery set to inspire both wonder and reflection at any age. Gone are the pages of heady academic review, instead we are encouraged to slip into the magic of our heart. We are gently reminded of the nature of things and how to swim mindfully through this space called life.The Four Noble Truths were noble over 2500 years ago yet never do they feel more relevant and imperative. As adults, we have a remarkable responsibility to our children to help them know the majesty of this precious life and precious planet. Read this compelling book for yourself and read it to your young ones, and ready yourself for the blossoming, and a true transformation. The illustrations for this book have been generously donated by a small collection of Artists at Dakini As Art."Alan Clements' lovely book is pure and straight from the heart. I recommend it to every living child, to give them a true appreciation of what real life can be if the search for purity and meaning prevails." ~Helen Caldicott, pediatrician, founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility -1985 Nobel Peace Prize