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Tara’s tenacity is immense and Buddha Shakyamuni, when teaching on Tara, said among all the other buddhas, Tara has exceedingly great resolve. Tara is an emanation of the mother of all the buddhas of the three times. She carries out all their activities, dispelling the obstacles created through the eight or sixteen types of fear. Most significantly, she vowed to emanate in female form until all of samsara is emptied. When anyone supplicates Tara, her response is swift. The activities...
| Автор | Chokgyur Lingpa |
PADMASAMBHAVA’S ORAL INSTRUCTIONS TO LADY TSOGYALThe teachings collected in this book are part of the ancient tradition known as terma treasures -works hidden during the ninth century in secret places in Tibet, to be rediscovered by qualified masters of future generations. Padmasambhava’s oral teachings to his chief disciple- Yeshe Tsogyal, Princess of Kharchen- were recorded in coded language called dakinis script and concealed for centuries.Descend with the view while...
| Автор | Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche |
The reason many Dzogchen teachings are connected to a sadhana involving the peaceful and wrathful deities is that the displays include these deities. The practice lets whatever is already present within you become visible; nothing else manifests. Since the peaceful and wrathful deities are already present within your body, they become visible during Tögal practice. The deities in Tögal are the same ones that will appear in the bardo. So, if the complete mandala has manifested...
| Автор | Padmasambhava |
15,000-copy paperback printing, along with 5,000-copy hardcover run Bernice L. McFadden remains one of our best-selling novelists Her previous novel won the prestigious NAACP Image Award (other finalists in her category included: Jacqueline Woodson, Colson Whitehead, Yvvette Edwards, and Lawrence Hill) Her previous novels have received glowing reviews in the New York Times, Washington Post, O, the Oprah Magazine, on NPR, and have been praised by both Toni Morrison and Terry McMillan, among...
| Автор | Bernice L. McFadden |
To open the Book of Psalms is to enter the world of God. To read the Psalms is to read the words of God and hear the words of these ancient people in response to this God who has graciously drawn them into an eternal covenant. The Book of Psalms is one continuous conversation that ranges over many centuries–perhaps nearly a millennium–between the God of Israel and the people of Israel; or more accurately, the God of glory and this particular people who have been called to live life on the edge...
| Автор | Lorne E. Weaver |
How can we live in such a way that we die only once? How can we organize a society that gives us a better chance to be fully alive? How can we reinvent religion so that it liberates us instead of consoling us? These questions stand at the center of Roberto Mangabeira Unger’s The Religion of the Future: an argument for both spiritual and political revolution. It proposes the content of a religion that can survive without faith in a transcendent God or in life after death. According to this...
| Автор | Roberto Mangabeira Unger |
"Gaatjie-kinders word mos nie gekies nie." Ivor Swartz kom van die Gaatjie in Grabouw, 'n plek sonder hoop. Sy pa is vroeg dood en sy ma maak hom en sy sibbe alleen groot. Hulle oudste broer, hulle selfaangestelde"oppasser", terroriseer die gesin. Een aand besluit Ivor hy kan net nie meer nie. Hy en sy vriend neem 'n vreeslike besluit wat sy lewe ingrypend verander. Hierdie aangrypende verhaal, eerlik vertel deur Ivor self, sal jou aan die hart ruk en met verwondering oor God se...
| Автор | Ivor Swartz |
This book has been prepared to assist and remind Muslims how to perform salah, prayer in Islam. It is ideal for new Muslims as it includes pictures, step-by-step instructions, and the words Muslims must recite during the prayer in transliteration and English. Mary Batool Al-Toma is the director of the New Muslims Project, United Kingdom, a pioneering project related to the support, education, and continued development of the growing Muslim convert community in the United Kingdom. Batool...
| Автор | Batool Al-Toma |
Today, the issue of Muslim women is held hostage between two perceptions: a conservative Islamic approach and a liberal Western approach. At the heart of this debate Muslim women are seeking to reclaim their right to speak in order to re-appropriate their own destinies, calling for the equality and liberation that is at the heart of the Qur'an. However, with few female commentators on the meaning of the Qur'an and an overreliance on the readings of the Qur'an compiled centuries...
| Автор | Asma Lamrabet |
This classic and popular introduction to the sciences developed to interpret and understand Islam's holy book is ideal for all serious students of the Koran. Precise, yet comprehensive, it covers the traditional disciplines, including the meaning and contexts of revelation, the history and transmission of the text, and exegesis, as well as more contemporary topics like the recording of the Koran, the history of Orientalist approaches, and a survey of translations. It ends with a guide for...
| Автор | Ahmad Von Denffer |
"This book is a valuable addition to the Qur'anic literature in English and it is worth having in every Muslim home as . . . a reference book." ¬—Professor Syed Salman Nadvi, Durban University This book provides a concise and authoritative guide to 140 keywords in the Qur'an. The full meaning of each keyword is given, with Qur'anic citations and discussions of allied and related terms. Ideal for students of the Qur'an as well as general readers.
| Автор | Abdur Rashid Siddiqui |
Offers a critique of existing economic systems, including those implemented by Muslims.Presents a history of economic systems, with a particular focus on those that have existed throughout Islamic history.Details a moral and economic path that will lead to the use of economics as a driver for a better, and more just, world.The author is widely recognized for his contributions to Islamic economics, and has been awarded the two most coveted prizes in the field: The Islamic Development Bank Award...
| Автор | M. Umer Chapra |
