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Mipam: The Lama of the Five Wisdoms
This story, drawn from old Tibetan folk tales, has the psychological depth of a western novel. It is a love story woven around the search for the missing reincarnation of a great Lama. Along the way we glimpse a people whose spirituality is as exalted as the Himalayas. There is humor as well, when the hero encounters a bewildering group of Christian missionaries. In the depiction of Chinese culture, and the Chinese merchants of Tibet, there is a foreshadowing of the country's tragic fate.
The Secret Oral Teachings in Tibetan Buddhist Sects
This is an account of the Madhyamika (Middle Way) school of Buddhism, a method of mediation and enlightenment that was developed by the great Indian teacher Nagarjuna. In a collaboration between the Frenchwoman Alexandra David-Neel and her friend, the Tibetan lama Aphur Yongden, these teaching are presented clearly and elegantly, intended for the layman who seeks a way to practice and experience the realization of oneness with all existence. Alexandra David-Neel was born in 1868 in Paris. In her youth she wrote an incendiary anarchist treatise and was an acclaimed opera singer; then she decided to devote her life to exploration and the study of world religions, including Buddhist philosophy....
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling
King Gesar, renowned throughout Tibet and Central Asia, represents the ideal warrior—the principle of all-victorious confidence. As the central force of sanity, he conquers all his enemies, the evil forces of the four directions, who turn people's minds away from the true teachings of Buddhism. These enemies graphically represent the different manifestations of cowardly mind. As Chögyam Trungpa explains in the Foreword: "When we talk here about conquering our enemy, it is important to understand that we are not talking about aggression. The genuine warrior does not become resentful or arrogant . . . It is absolutely necessary for the warrior to subjugate his own ambition to conquer at the same time that he is subjugating his other more obvious enemies. Thus the idea of warriorship altogether is that by facing all our enemies fearlessly, with gentleness and intelligence, we can develop ourselves thereby attaining self-realization." The legends of Gesar usually take weeks for a bard to recount. Filled with magic, adventure, and the triumphs of this great warrior-king, the stories will delight all—young and old alike.
Francouzská literatura v českých překladech po roce 1989
Analýza bibliografického korpusu francouzsky psaných beletristických knih, které vyšly v českých překladech v rozmezí let 1989 až 2013, ukazuje některé známé skutečnosti, ale i nečekané zajímavé detaily. Snaží se najít odpovědi na otázky typu: Jak známe francouzskou literaturu? Čeho si na ní ceníme? Máme možnost si česky přečíst všechny důležité knihy francouzských autorů? Zdá se, že čeští čtenáři vyhledávají především dobrodružné příběhy, ať už jim je poskytují romány z 19. století, anebo díla současná. Literatura s komerčním potenciálem převažuje – ale jak se daří nakladatelům odhadnout, které knihy půjdou na odbyt? Nestačí vsadit na to, že se kniha stala bestsellerem ve Francii. Obecně se vyplatí vydávat tituly napsané na základě historických událostí, společenské romány, detektivky nebo sci-fi. Na řadu ovšem přicházejí i erotické novely autorů jako Apollinaire nebo Musset, popřípadě Simenon, pro hloubavější povahy raději Malý Princ. Absolutní „francouzskou jedničkou“ je však u nás dlouhodobě Jules Verne.
