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Three Visions: Fundamental Teachings Of The Sakya Lineage Of Tibetan Buddhism

March 22, 2015

The most profound and fundamental teaching of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism is that of the Path Including Its Result. This unique teaching of Virupa, one of India’s extraordinary Mahasiddhas, covers the entire Buddhist path from the time of entering the spiritual discipline up to the attainment of full and perfect enlightenment. It serves […]
Tibet, Tibet

March 22, 2015

At different times in its history Tibet has been renowned for pacifism and martial prowess, enlightenment and cruelty. The Dalai Lama may be the only religious leader who can inspire the devotion of agnostics. Patrick French has been fascinated by Tibet since he was a teenager. He has read its history, agitated for its freedom, […]
Hong Kong, China: Learning to belong to a nation (Routledge Contemporary China Series)

March 22, 2015

The idea of ‘national identity’ is an ambiguous one for Hong Kong. Returned to the national embrace of China on 1 July 1997 after 150 years as a British colony, the concept of national identity and what it means to “belong to a nation” is a matter of great tension and contestation in Hong […]
America Grows Up a History for Peter

March 22, 2015

Book by Johnson, G. W. Sale Price:$63.40 0688210155
The Chinese: A Study of a Hong Kong Community. Volumes 1,2,3

March 22, 2015

1st edition, 1st printing HCDJ, 3 volumes in slipcase. Books are FINE/FINE/FINE; DJs are spine-faded, vol. 1’s has three tiny closed edge tears and is price-clipped, the other two are otherwise FINE; slipcase very lightly rubbed. 361 Sale Price:$67.48 0816504180
A Glance at the Interior of China, Obtained during a Journey through the Silk and Green Tea Districts: Taken in 1845

March 22, 2015

No description available. Sale Price:$13.99 1402180950
In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines

March 22, 2015

Traces the history of the Philippines, discusses the influence of Spain and the United States, and looks at the problems facing the Philippines today. Sale Price:buy at discount B004BXA3HC
Aventures d’un Gentilhomme Breton aux îles Philippines (French Edition)

March 22, 2015

Ce livre est une oeuvre du domaine public éditée au format numérique par Ebooks libres et gratuits. L’achat de l’édition Kindle inclut le téléchargement via un réseau sans fil sur votre liseuse et vos applications de lecture Kindle. Sale Price:buy at discount B004UKEZGG
The Book of Wisdom: The Heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Commentaries on Atisha’s Seven Points of Mind Training

March 22, 2015

Osho is known around the world for his pioneering contribution to meditation — the science of inner transformation — with the unique approach of his “Osho Active Meditations” acknowledging the accelerated pace of the contemporary world and bringing meditation into modern life. Based on the Seven Points of Mind Training by the 11th-century Buddhist mystic […]
Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation

March 22, 2015

This study of nationhood explores the 19th-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern conception of a nation. Siam Mapped challenges much that has been written on Thai history because it demonstrates that the physical and political definition of Thailand on which other works are based is anachronistic. Sale Price:$108.17 […]

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