The Turning Wheel

The Turning Wheel
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Publisher : Рипол Классик
Total Pages : 534
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ISBN-10 : 9785877530294
ISBN-13 : 5877530291
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Turning Wheel by : Arthur Pound

Download or read book The Turning Wheel written by Arthur Pound and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1934 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Turning the Wheel

Turning the Wheel
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9781439125830
ISBN-13 : 143912583X
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Turning the Wheel by : Charles Johnson

Download or read book Turning the Wheel written by Charles Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Were it not for the Buddhadharma, says Charles Johnson in his preface to Turning the Wheel, "I'm convinced that, as a black American and an artist, I would not have been able to successfully negotiate my last half century of life in this country. Or at least not with a high level of creative productivity." In this collection of provocative and intimate essays, Johnson writes of the profound connection between Buddhism and creativity, and of the role of Eastern philosophy in the quest for a free and thoughtful life. In 1926, W. E. B. Du Bois asked African-Americans what they would most want were the color line miraculously forgotten. In Turning the Wheel, Johnson sets out to explore this question by examining his experiences both as a writer and as a practitioner of Buddhism. He looks at basic Buddhist principles and practices, demonstrating how Buddhism is both the most revolutionary and most civilized of possible human choices. He discusses fundamental Buddhist practices such as the Eightfold Path, Taming the Mind, and Sangha and illuminates their place in the American Civil Rights movement. Johnson moves from spiritual guides to spiritual nourishment: writing. In essays touching on the role of the black intellectual, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Ralph Ellison, Johnson uses tools of Buddhist thinking to clarify difficult ideas. Powerful and revelatory, these essays confirm that writing and reading, along with Buddhism, are the basic components that make up a thoughtful life.

The Turning Wheel - The story of General Motors through twenty-five years 1908-1933

The Turning Wheel - The story of General Motors through twenty-five years 1908-1933
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Publisher : Edizioni Savine
Total Pages : 614
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ISBN-10 : 9788896365397
ISBN-13 : 8896365392
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Turning Wheel - The story of General Motors through twenty-five years 1908-1933 by : Arthur Pound

Download or read book The Turning Wheel - The story of General Motors through twenty-five years 1908-1933 written by Arthur Pound and published by Edizioni Savine. This book was released on 2013-12-09 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “ ...GENERAL MOTORS in 1933 reached its twenty-fifth milestone. Since the founding of General Motors Company of New Jersey in 1908, the growth of the organization has contributed a unique chapter to American industrial history. From beginnings so small that its birth escaped notice in financial centers, General Motors has worked its way steadily forward to a place where its leadership in many of the most exacting branches of production and distribution is taken for granted and where it meets the public of many lands with a wide variety of merchandise and services. Scientific research, close attention to dealer and consumer needs, and constructive public policies are among the factors accounting for General Motors' present strength. My acquaintance with General Motors began at its birth in 1908, and as a somewhat impartial observer of social trends I have watched its progress with keen interest ever since” ARTHUR POUND - 1934

Turning the Wheel of Truth

Turning the Wheel of Truth
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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780834823129
ISBN-13 : 0834823128
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Turning the Wheel of Truth by : Ajahn Sucitto

Download or read book Turning the Wheel of Truth written by Ajahn Sucitto and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhist teachings like the eightfold path, the four noble truths, and karma pervade Buddhist literature—but how often do we read what the Buddha himself had to say about these topics? Here is an accessible look at the Buddha’s First Discourse, which contains the foundation for all further Buddhist teaching. Ajahn Sucitto offers a new translation of this revolutionary teaching, known as The Discourse That Sets Turning the Wheel of Truth. He then walks us through the text, offering engaging and practical point-by-point commentary that makes the Buddha’s words come alive and reveals how the text’s wisdom can inspire our own liberation.

The Third Turning of the Wheel

The Third Turning of the Wheel
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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 9781930485792
ISBN-13 : 1930485794
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Third Turning of the Wheel by : Tenshin Reb Anderson

Download or read book The Third Turning of the Wheel written by Tenshin Reb Anderson and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his previous book, Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts, Reb Anderson Roshi described how we must become thoroughly grounded in conventional truth through the practice of compassion before we can receive the teachings of the ultimate truth. In The Third Turning of the Wheel, he introduces us to the next stage of our journey by invoking the wisdom of the Samdhinirmocana Sutra. According to Anderson, the main purpose behind this enigmatic sutra is to reconcile the apparent contradictions between the original teachings of the historical Buddha and the later teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. Anderson reflects on the great metaphysical questions proposed in the Samdhinirmocana Sutra—the nature of ultimate reality, the structure of human consciousness, the characteristics of phenomena, the stages of meditation, and the essential qualities of a buddha—with the clarity of a scholar and the insight of a practitioner.

The Turning Wheel

The Turning Wheel
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Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 0941664899
ISBN-13 : 9780941664899
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Turning Wheel by : David A. White

Download or read book The Turning Wheel written by David A. White and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reflective analysis of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen demonstrates that even from a purely aesthetic perspective the contract as an institution is just as vital to the Ring as are the characters linked to each other by this institution.

Turn, Magic Wheel

Turn, Magic Wheel
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Publisher : Steerforth
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9781581952483
ISBN-13 : 1581952481
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Turn, Magic Wheel by : Dawn Powell

Download or read book Turn, Magic Wheel written by Dawn Powell and published by Steerforth. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dennis Orphen, in writing a novel, has stolen the life story of his friend, Effie Callingham, the former wife of a famous, Hemingway-like novelist, Andrew Callingham. Orphen’s betrayal is not the only one, nor the worst one, in this hilarious satire of the New York literary scene. (Powell personally considered this to be her best New York novel.) Powell takes revenge here on all publishers, and her baffoonish MacTweed is a comic invention worthy of Dickens. And as always in Powell’s New York novels, the city itself becomes a central character: “On the glittering black pavement legs hurried by with umbrella tops, taxis skidded along the curb, their wheels swishing through the puddles, raindrops bounced like dice in the gutter.” Powell’s famous wit was never sharper than here, but Turn, Magic Wheel is also one of the most poignant and heart-wrenching of her novels.