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While countless memoirs exist written by Zen students and teachers, few are as engaging and as tantalizing as Taisen Deshimaru’s. Looking back at his early life, growing up in Japan, from the viewpoint of his status as a Zen teacher in Paris, the author reflects on his earliest misadventures¯from defacing a…
We know that they prayed, sang, and wore long robes, but what was it really like to be a monk? Though monastic living may seem unimaginable to us moderns, it has relevance for today. This book illuminates the day-to-day of medieval European monasticism, showing how you can apply the principles of monastic living, like…
Kategorier: Språk och lingvistik Språkhistoria och jämförande språkvetenskap Språkvetenskap / lingvistik Teckenspråk, punktskrift och annan språklig kommunikation
Att teckenspråket var i flitigt bruk under medeltiden är någonting som den historiska forskningen länge har förbisett med några få undantag. Bland undantagen märks Axel Nelson, som på 1930-talet skrev ”Teckenspråket i Vadstena kloster”, tryckt 1935. I föreliggandes arbete går Per Eriksson vidare med sin…
Jay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast 'On Purpose', distils the timeless wisdom he learned as a practising monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life. Over the past three years, Jay Shetty has become one of the world's most…
His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet is revered by 6 million followers around the world. He describes himself as ”a simple, smiling monk”. But he is a theologian who can debate the intricacies of Buddhism, a philosopher whose thinking influences people around the world, a political and spiritual…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Självbiografi: allmänt
Kerstin Monk, journalist på Gefle Dagblad, har ända sedan hösten 1998 haft serien Monk möter i Gefle Dagblad.
Hon har träffat kända som okända, de allra flesta med anknytning till Gävle.
Bland runt 500 personer som hon har intervjuat är drygt 40 personer utvalda i den här boken.
Här får du möta personer som är kända i…
Mokhtar Alkhanshali grew up in San Francisco, one of seven siblings brought up by Yemeni immigrants in a tiny apartment. At age twenty-four, unable to pay for college, he works as a doorman, until a chance encounter awakens his interest in coffee and its rich history in Yemen. Reinventing himself, he sets out to learn…
CONSIDER PHLEBASThe war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no…
From the best-selling author of The Circle – the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana’a by civil war Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he…
An internationally bestselling fable about a spiritual journey, littered with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to embrace destiny, live life to the full and discover joy. This inspiring tale is based on the author’s own search for life’s true purpose, providing a…
An internationally bestselling fable about a spiritual journey, littered with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to embrace destiny, live life to the full and discover joy. This inspiring tale is based on the author's own search for life's true purpose, providing a…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
101 inspirational lessons on how to achieve true happiness, find fulfilment and live peacefully and meaningfully every day, from Robin Sharma, leading life coach and author of the multi-million-copy bestseller The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.
How can one achieve true happiness? Is it possible to live with joy, passion…