"He's a clown. Clowns in America look like this—they think it looks funny. You see
? He's smiling." The colonel shook his head. "His face is white. White is the color
of death, a very bad color." As they sat down, the colonel noticed another plastic ...
Author: Mark Salzman
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780307814241
Category: Fiction
Page: 272
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Iron & Silk, Mark Salzman's bestselling account of his adventures as an English teacher and martial arts student in China, introduced a writer of enormous charm and keen insight into the cultural chasm between East and West. Now Salzman returns to China in his first novel, which follows the adventures of Hsun-ching, a naive but courageous orphan, and the formidable and mysterious Colonel Sun, who together travel from mainland China to San Francisco, risking everything to track down an elusive Buddhist scripture called The Laughing Sutra. Part Tom Sawyer, part Tom Jones, The Laughing Sutra draws us into an irresistible narrative of danger and comedy that speaks volumes about the nature of freedom and the meaning of loyalty. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author: Florin Giripescu SuttonPublish On: 1991-01-01
This is conveyed in rich poetical imagery by the Sutra , as follows ( Lanka VI : 223
- 24 , vv . ... ( For ) the mind ( citta ) dances like a dancer , the impulses ( manas )
resemble a clown , the power of will [or , the thinking consciousness , mano ...
Author: Florin Giripescu Sutton
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 0791401723
Category: Philosophy
Page: 371
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This book offers a systematic analysis of one of the most important concepts characterizing the Yogacara School of Buddhism (the last creative stage of Indian Buddhism) as outlined and explained in one of its most authoritative and influential texts, Lankavatara-sutra. Compiled in the second half of the fourth-century A.D., this sutra not only represents a comprehensive synthesis of both early and late religio-philosophical ideas crucial to the understanding of Buddhism in India, but it also provides an insight into the very early roots of the Japanese Zen Buddhism in the heart of the South Asian esotericism. The first part of the book outlines the three-fold nature of Being, as conceptualized in Buddhist metaphysics. The author uses an interpretive framework borrowed from the existentialist philosophy of Heidegger, in order to separate the transcendental Essence of Being from its Temporal manifestation as Self, and from its Spatial or Cosmic dimension. The second part clarifies the Buddhist approach to knowledge in its religious, transcendental sense and it shows that the Buddhists were actually first in making use of dialectical reasoning for the purpose of transcending the contradictory dualities imbedded in the common ways of perceiving, thinking, and arguing about reality.
... Co & Ce 229 GET OFF OF MY CLOUD-Rolling Stones, London 9792 DO YOU
BELIEVE IN MAGIC-Lovin' Spoonful, Kama Sutra 201 STEPPIN' OUT-Paul
Revere & the Raiders, Columbia 43375 EVERYBODY LOVES A CLOWN-Gary
Lewis ...
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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Science. Sutra. EARLY IN SHAKESPEARE'S play The Tempest, a clown named
Trinculo takes shelter from the storm in a most unappealing place: under the
monster, Caliban, explaining that “misery acquaints a man with strange
bedfellows.
Author: David P. Barash
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199985586
Category: Science
Page: 256
View: 975
Many high-profile public intellectuals -- including "New Atheists" like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and the late Christopher Hitchens -- have argued that religion and science are deeply antagonistic, representing two world views that are utterly incompatible. David Barash, a renowned biologist with forty years of experience, largely agrees with them, but with one very big exception: Buddhism. In this fascinating book, David Barash highlights the intriguing common ground between scientific and religious thought, illuminating the many parallels between biology and Buddhism, allowing readers to see both in a new way. Indeed, he shows that there are numerous places where Buddhist and biological perspectives coincide and reinforce each other. For instance, the cornerstone ecological concept -- the interconnectedness and interdependence of all natural things -- is remarkably similar to the fundamental insight of Buddhism. Indeed, a major Buddhist text, the Avatamsaka Sutra, which consists of ten insights into the "interpenetration" between beings and their environment, could well have been written by a trained ecologist, just as current insights in evolutionary biology, genetics and development might have been authored by the Buddha himself. Barash underscores other notable similarities, including a shared distrust of simple cause-and-effect analysis, an appreciation of the "rightness" of nature, along with an acknowledgment of the suffering that results when natural processes are tampered with. Buddhist Biology shows how the concept of "non-self," so confusing to many Westerners, is fully consistent with modern biology, as is the Buddhist perspective of "impermanence." Barash both demystifies and celebrates the biology of Buddhism and vice versa, showing in a concluding tour-de-force how modern Buddhism --shorn of its hocus-pocus and abracadabra -- not only justifies but actually mandates both socially and environmentally "engaged" thought and practice. Buddhist Biology is a work of unique intellectual synthesis that sheds astonishing light on biology as well as on Buddhism, highlighting the remarkable ways these two perspectives come together, like powerful searchlights that offer complementary and stunning perspectives on the world and our place in it.
The third and fourth chapters of the sutra , entitled “ The Disciples ” and “ The
Bodhisattvas ” respectively , describe how Shakyamuni ... Thus , for example ,
Shariputra is from first to last in the Vimalakirti Sutra treated as a kind of clown .
300 ) , better known to modern readers as the Kama Sutra . Vatsyayana writes
not only of their comic talent , but also of their ability to effect reconciliations
between men and women . 2 . Chinese theater clowns are discussed in Dana ...
Author: John H. Towsen
Publisher: E P Dutton
ISBN: UOM:39015004809128
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 400
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A pictorial and textual account of the evolution of clowning shows that clowns, usually identified with the circus, have played important roles in other forms of entertainment such as theatre, folk dances, and rituals and rodeos
... the frolicsome role of the Vidūsaka corresponds to the actual Vaihāsika [
vividhena vikstānga - vaco - veşātmakena hāsena jivatīti thakā bhāvyam ; = Clown ) of the society as known to us from the realistic rules of Vātsyāyana's
Kāma - sūtra .
simhanāda - sūtra , Vimalakirti - nirdeśa - sūtra , and Saddharma - pundarika - sūtra . ... idea of true Buddhism and relegated to a clown - like role in which he is
made fun of and reproved by goddesses and by the bedridden Vimalakirti himself
.
Anne Frank (and the family who hid her!), for the tragic metaphor of her life—and
for her poignant, classic sutra on suffering. . . . • Pablo Picasso, earnest clown
and animal lover, yet perhaps the only bodhisattva capable of sitting through a ...
Author: Jeff Greenwald
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781609520953
Category: Travel
Page: 224
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Jeff Greenwald's classic travelogue follows his quest for the "perfect" Buddha statue. At turns hilarious and moving, his quest features a cast of amazing characters — from a passionate palmist to a flying lama — who provide unforgettable glimpses into the daily life and culture of the former kingdom (including a wild ride on Kathmandu’s very first escalator). Greenwald doesn't shy away from Shangri-la’s darker side. Along with colorful descriptions of Hindu and Buddhist mythology, the book tells of the rampant corruption, art smuggling, assassination attempts and human right abuses that would ignite Nepal’s violent "People Power" Revolution in April 1990. A new afterword by the author recounts Nepal's tumultuous recent history — including the massacre of the royal family — in vivid detail. And a new preface introduces this 25th anniversary edition with some thoughts about how Nepal, and travel writing, have evolved since the book’s first publication. Shopping for Buddhas remains a must-read for anyone who has visited, or plans to visit, Nepal.
TRANSMISSION OF THE LAMP If the Zen master occasionally assimilates
himself to the figure of the clown-fool, ... Precedent for this is already provided in
the Lankavatara Sutra, the favorite scripture of Bodhidharma, and therefore
influential ...
Author: Conrad Hyers
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 9781592444953
Category: Religion
Page: 198
View: 964
This book has been highly acclaimed both as an imaginative way of introducing the Zen tradition to Western readers, and as an important contribution to understanding the fullness of the Zen perspective and way of life.
... his punning neon word games and his pornographic figurative neon signs ,
blinking on and off in Kama Sutra positions . ... There are works of his that are
unforgettably brilliant — video installations like Clown Torture , 1987 , which
literally ...
Author: Bruce Nauman
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801869064
Category: Art
Page: 394
View: 563
"From the beginning I was trying to see if I could make art that did that. Art that was just there all at once. Like getting hit in the face with a baseball bat. Or better yet, like getting hit in the back of the neck. You never see it coming; it just knocks you down. I like that idea very much: the kind of intensity that doesn't give you any trace of whether you're going to like it or not."—Bruce Nauman "Bruce Nauman's art is about heightened awareness, awareness of spaces we usually don't notice (the one under the chair, out of which he made a sculpture) and sounds we don't listen for (the one in the coffin), awareness of emotions we suppress or dread... It's hard to feel indifferent to work like his."—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times One of America's most important artists, Bruce Nauman has worked in a dazzling variety of media since the mid-1960s: sculpture, photography, performance, installation, sound, holography, film, and video. What has been a constant throughout his career, however, is his persistence in exploring both art as an investigation of the self and the power of language to define that self. The latest volume in the acclaimed Art + Performance series is the first book to combine the key critical writings on Nauman with the artist's own writings and interviews with him, as well as images of his work. Bruce Nauman offers a multifaceted portrait of an artist whose determination to experiment with style and form has created a body of work as eclectic and perhaps more influential than that of any other living American artist.
436 VEDANTA VEGA CARPIO Sutra - works of the older schools several have
come confusion . ... beautiful , brilliant , and ' mated with a vance of the outposts
of an army . clown , crossed his path , and after a struggle he yielded to his
destiny .
From The Beginning Of History, Religion And Philosophy Has Been Admittedly The Most Vital Force In Shaping The Civilization At Various Developmental Stages. Although Many Scholars Have Worked On The History Of Oriental Religio-Philosophical Tradition, But No Such Complete And Comprehensive Work On This Subject Is Available To Us. Keeping This In Mind, We Are Decided To Publish A Comprehensive Multi-Volume Encyclopaedia Of Oriental Philosophy And Religion In Four Phases Successively In Every Year. The Concentration Will Be Given On Hinduism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Taoism, Confucianism, Islam, Sikhism And On Other Minor Oriental Religio-Philosophical Tradition. In The First Phase Of This Project, We Have Released 5 Volumes Hinduism (3 Vols.) And Judaism (2 Vols.). Here, We Have Drawn 320 Entries From Hindu Religio-Philosophical Tradition And 178 Entries From Jewish Religio-Philosophical Tradition Which Reflects Its Own Diversity And Puts Them Together Into A Cogent And Harmonious Picture.In The Second Phase We Are Going To Release 5 Volumes On Zoroastrianism, Jainism And Buddhism In 2006.Similarly In Third Phase 5 More Volumes Will Be Added On Shintoism, Taoism, Confucianism And Other South-East And East Asian Religio-Philosophical Concepts. In Last Phase 5 More Volumes Will Be Added On Islam, Sikhism And Other Minor Oriental Religion And Philosophy.The Task Which We Have Performed Here Is, No Doubt, Beset With Difficulties But We Shall Consider Our Labour Amply Rewarded If This Monumental Work Is Found Useful By Scholars And Readers.
resting on the tough baggage racks of this world , contemplated by a tired clown
in among the wracks , with one touch of ... Much like a steady , silent river moving
under it bears up the antics which dance over in ' Howl , ' ' Sunflower Sutra ' and ...
resting on the tough baggage racks of this world , contemplated by a tired clown
in among the wracks , with one touch of ... Much like a steady , silent river moving
under it bears up the antics which dance over in ' Howl , ' ' Sunflower Sutra ' and ...
