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Karma and Grace: Religious Difference in Millennial Sri Lanka (Religion, Culture, and Public Life #46)
by Neena MahadevAround the turn of the millennium, Pentecostal churches began to pepper majority-Buddhist Sri Lanka, setting off a sense of alarm among Buddhists who saw Christianity as a neocolonial threat to the nation. Rumors of foul play in the death of a Buddhist monk, as well as allegations of proselytizing in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and during the final stages of civil war, spurred nationalist anxieties, moral panics, and even episodes of violence by Buddhists against Christians suspected of facilitating “unethical” conversions.Through vivid ethnography and keen observations of media events, Karma and Grace illuminates disputes over religious freedom and pluralism amid the rise of charismatic Christianity in Sri Lanka. Neena Mahadev explores the dueling efforts of Buddhist nationalists and Christian evangelists to reshape Sri Lanka’s religious, economic, and political landscapes. She considers theological and political impasses between Buddhism’s vast timescales of karma and Christians’ promises of the immediacy of their God’s salvific grace. While Christian missions spread “the Good News,” subsets of Buddhists produced bad press, sting operations, and disparaging media to impede born-again churches from taking root. In gripping detail, Mahadev recounts how modernist and traditionalist Theravāda Buddhists, Pentecostal newcomers, long-established Christian denominations, local deity and spirit cults, and the innovations of mavericks intermingle in a multireligious public sphere. Even amid trenchant conflicts, Karma and Grace demonstrates that social proximity between rivals is also conducive to religious experimentation and the ambiguities of identity that allow Sri Lankans to live with difference.
Karma and Reincarnation: Unlocking Your 800 Lives to Enlightenment
by Martin Barbara Y. Dimitri MoraitisA comprehensive, visionary guide to the karmic cycle and its role within our life-both the life we're living and the lives to come. There is life after death, and Barbara Martin has seen it. Now for the first time comes her inspired, firsthand account of the intricate world of spiritual rebirth. The award-winning authors of Change Your Aura, Change Your Life reveal the afterlife in a work based directly on Martin's personal explorations of the world to come and awe-inspiring clairvoyant experience with the spiritual world. Both a fully practical handbook to the ins and outs of the karmic cycle and a field guide to the spiritual plane and how reincarnation works, Karma and Reincarnation: -Brings together the design of the world beyond and the mechanics of karma; -Gives practical guidelines and tools to deal effectively with karmic situations and avoid generating adverse karma; -Helps align readers with their spiritual purpose; -Shows readers how to face and resolve their karmic troubles; and -Provides essential keys to spiritual development. A true spiritual wonder in a single, fully accessible volume, Karma and Reincarnation is perfect for both those taking their first steps down a spiritual path and longtime spiritual students.
Karma and Reincarnation in the Animal Kingdom: The Spiritual Origin of Species
by David BarretoInvestigates the spiritual anatomy and evolution of animals• Examines the anatomy of the spiritual bodies of animals, including their aura, etheric fields, chakras, and mental, astral, and buddhic bodies • Details how reincarnation and karma work in the animal kingdom, including how the way that animals die can have different effects on their spiritual bodies in the astral realms • Explores the spiritual, energetic, and psychic abilities of many animals and insects Where do the spirits of animals go after they die? Do animals have chakras or auras? Why were animals worshipped in ancient religions? Exploring these questions and more, David Barreto presents a deep investigation into the spiritual evolution of the animal kingdom, from ants and cockroaches to cats, dogs, owls, pigeons, dolphins, and whales. He examines the spiritual anatomy of animals, including their aura, etheric fields, chakras, and mental, astral, and buddhic bodies. Detailing how reincarnation works among various species, Barreto explores their experiences between physical lives, how they accrue karma, and how the way that animals die can have different effects on their spiritual bodies in the astral realms. Drawing on both modern physics and metaphysics, he reveals, for example, how dogs can love unconditionally because of their large electromagnetic field, which nourishes the etheric bodies of those around them, and how cats can detect subtle energy shifts and disharmonies and conduct etheric filtration while they sleep. Examining esoteric schools as well as ancient spiritual traditions around the world, the author explores how animals are viewed and worshipped in different religions and how animal adoration and animal-connected gods arose in ancient Egypt, India, and China. He looks at animal totems, animal archetypes, animals in alchemy, and the astral connections between animals and elementals. The author also examines the spiritual and energetic repercussions of meat consumption and animal sacrifice, revealing the astral and etheric components of slaughterhouses. Detailing the role of the animal kingdom in the Age of Aquarius, the author shows how, with the awakening of this new astrological era, animals will have their earthly lives elevated with lasting worth and dignity, equal to the love and respect they have been transmitting for millennia.
Karma Ka Siddhant: कर्म का सिद्धांत
by Dada Bhagwan'मैंने किया' बोला कि कर्मबंध हो जाता है। ये 'मैंने किया' इसमें इगोइज़्म(अहंकार) है और इगोइज़्म से कर्म बंधा जाता है। जिधर इगोइज़्म ही नहीं, मैंने किया ही नहीं है, वहाँ कर्म नहीं होता है ।
Karma Ka Vignan: कर्म का विज्ञान
by Dada Bhagwanजब भी हमारे साथ कुछ भी अच्छा या बुरा होता है तो हम हमेशा यही कहते हैं कि – यह सब हमारे कर्मो का ही नतीजा है| पर क्या हम जानते है कि कर्म क्या है और कर्म बंधन कैसा होता है? दादाश्री कहते है कि हमारा सारा जीवन हमारे ही पिछले कर्मो का नतीजा है| जो कुछ भी हमारे साथ अच्छा या बुरा हो रहा हैं, इसके ज़िम्मेदार हम खुद ही है| इस जीवन के कर्मो के बीज तो हमारे पिछले जन्मो में ही पड़ गए थे और अभी हम जो कुछ भी कर रहे है वह सब अगले जन्मों में रूपक में आएगा| लोग अक्सर यही सोचते है कि अच्छे कर्म और बुरे कर्म क्या होते है और किस प्रकार हम कर्म बंधन से मुक्त हो सकते है? दादाजी इसका जवाब देते हुए कहते है कि जिस काम से किसी का भला हो उसे अच्छे कर्म कहते है और जिससे किसी का नुक्सान हो, तो, उसे बुरे कर्म कहते है| कर्म बंधन से मुक्त होने का सबसे आसान और सरल उपाय यही है कि हम नए कर्मो के बीज ना डाले और अभी जो कुछ भी हो रहा है उसको समता से और समभाव से पूरा करे| ऐसा करने से नए कर्मो के बीज नहीं पड़ेंगे और हम इस जन्म-मरण के चक्कर से मुक्त हो पाएँगे| कर्म का विज्ञान और उसे चलाने वाली व्यवस्थित शक्ति के बारे में अधिक जानकारी प्राप्त करने, ‘कर्म का विज्ञान’, यह किताब ज़रूर पढ़े और अपने जीवन को सुखमय बनाये|
Karma Nu Vignan: કર્મનું વિજ્ઞાન
by Dada Bhagwanકર્મ શું છે? શું સારા કર્મો ખરાબ કર્મોને ધોઈ શકે? શા માટે સારા માણસો દુઃખી થાય છે? કર્મો બંધાતા કેમ રોકી શકાય? શરીર કે આત્મા, કર્મોથી કોણ બંધાયેલું છે? આપણા કર્મો પુરા થાય છે ત્યારે શું આપણું મૃત્યુ થાય છે? આખું જગત કર્મના સિદ્ધાંત સિવાય બીજું કંઈ નથી. બંધનનું અસ્તિત્વ પૂર્ણપણે તમારા ઉપર નિર્ભર છે, તમે પોતે જ તેના માટે જવાબદાર છો. બધું જ તમારું આલેખન છે. તમે તમારા શરીરના બંધારણ માટે પણ જવાબદાર છો. તમારી સામે જે આવે છે એ બધું તમારું જ ચીતરેલું છે; બીજું કોઈ એને માટે જવાબદાર નથી. અનંત જન્મો માટે તમે જ “ સંપૂર્ણપણે અને એકલા “ જવાબદાર છો.- પરમ પૂજ્ય દાદાશ્રી કર્મોના બીજ ગયા ભવમાં નંખાયા હતા તેના ફળો આ ભવમાં મળે છે. આ કર્મોના ફળ કોણ આપે છે? ભગવાન? ના. તે કુદરત અથવા ‘વ્યસ્થિત શક્તિ’ (સાયન્ટીફીક સરકમસ્ટેન્સીયલ એવીડન્સ) કહેવાય છે તે આપે છે. પરમ પૂજ્ય દાદાશ્રીએ, પોતાના જ્ઞાન વડે કર્મોનું વિજ્ઞાન જેમ છે તેમ ખુલ્લું કર્યું છે. અજ્ઞાનને કારણે, કર્મો ભોગવતી વખતે રાગ – દ્વેષ થાય છે, તેથી નવા કર્મો બંધાય છે જે પછીના ભવમાં પાકે છે અને તે ભોગવવા પડે છે. જ્ઞાનીઓ નવા કર્મો બંધાતા અટકાવે છે. જયારે બધા કર્મો પુરેપુરા ખલાસ થાય છે ત્યારે છેવટનો મોક્ષ થાય છે.
The Karma of Questions: Essays on the Buddhist Path
by Thanissaro BhikkhuThe 12 essays in this book are an attempt to follow the Buddha's example in approaching questions, trying to trace back to the questions that molded his teaching, and resisting the temptation to focus on questions that would force those teachings into a different shape.
The Karma of Questions: Essays on the Buddhist Path
by Thanissaro BhikkhuThe essays in this book are an attempt to follow the Buddha's example in approaching questions, trying to trace back to the questions that molded his teachings, and resisting the temptation to focus on questions that would force those teachings into a different shape.
Karma-Yoga and Bhakti-Yoga
by Swami Nikhilananda Swami VivekanandaKARMA-YOGA AND BHAKTI-YOGA describes the method of reaching perfection through daily work and of sublimating human affection into divine love.
Karmache Vidnyan: कर्माचे विज्ञान
by Dada Bhagwanकर्म काय आहे? कशा प्रकारे कर्म बांधले जाते? चांगल्या कर्मांनी वाईट कर्म धूतली जातात का? चांगली माणसं दु:खी का होत असतात? कर्म बांधणे थांबवायचे कसे? कर्मांमुळे बंधनात कोण आहे, शरीर की आत्मा? आपली कर्म संपतात तेव्हा आपला मृत्यु होतो का? संपूर्ण जग कर्माच्या सिद्धांताशिवाय दुसरे काहीच नाही. बंधनाचे अस्तित्व हे पूर्णपणे तुमच्यावरच अवलंबून आहे, तुम्ही स्वत:च त्यासाठी जबाबदार आहात. सर्वकाही तुमचेच आलेखन आहे. तुमच्या शरीराच्या बांधणीसाठी सुद्धा तुम्ही स्वत:च जबाबदार आहात. तुमच्या समोर जे येत आहे ते सर्व तुम्हीच रेखाटलेले आहे, इतर कोणीही त्यास जबाबदार नाहीच. अनंत जन्मांसाठी मात्र तुम्हीच ‘‘संपूर्णपणे आणि एकटेच जबाबदार आहात’’-परम पूज्य दादाश्री. कर्मांची बीजं मागच्या जन्मी टाकलेली होती त्याची फळे ह्या जन्मात मिळतात. तर ही कर्माची फळे देतो कोण? ईश्वर? नाही, त्यास निसर्ग किंवा व्यवस्थित शक्ति (सायन्टिफिक सरकमस्टेन्शियल एविडेन्स) म्हटले जाते, ती देत असते. परम पूज्य दादाश्रींनी स्वत:च्या ज्ञानाद्वारे कर्माचे विज्ञान जसे आहे तसे उघड केले आहे. अज्ञानतेमुळे कर्म भोगत असताना राग-द्वेष होतात जेणे करुन नवीन कर्म बांधली जातात, जी मग पुढच्या जन्मी परिपक्व होतात आणि ती भोगावी लागतात. ज्ञानी नवीन कर्म बांधायचे थांबवतात. जेव्हा सर्व कर्म संपूर्णपणे संपतात तेव्हा अंतिम मोक्ष होतो.
Karmache Vignana: कर्माचे विज्ञान
by Dada Bhagwanकर्म काय आहे? कशा प्रकारे कर्म बांधले जाते? चांगल्या कर्मांनी वाईट कर्म धूतली जातात का? चांगली माणसं दु:खी का होत असतात? कर्म बांधणे थांबवायचे कसे? कर्मांमुळे बंधनात कोण आहे, शरीर की आत्मा? आपली कर्म संपतात तेव्हा आपला मृत्यु होतो का? संपूर्ण जग कर्माच्या सिद्धांताशिवाय दुसरे काहीच नाही. बंधनाचे अस्तित्व हे पूर्णपणे तुमच्यावरच अवलंबून आहे, तुम्ही स्वत:च त्यासाठी जबाबदार आहात. सर्वकाही तुमचेच आलेखन आहे. तुमच्या शरीराच्या बांधणीसाठी सुद्धा तुम्ही स्वत:च जबाबदार आहात. तुमच्या समोर जे येत आहे ते सर्व तुम्हीच रेखाटलेले आहे, इतर कोणीही त्यास जबाबदार नाहीच. अनंत जन्मांसाठी मात्र तुम्हीच ‘‘संपूर्णपणे आणि एकटेच जबाबदार आहात’’-परम पूज्य दादाश्री. कर्मांची बीजं मागच्या जन्मी टाकलेली होती त्याची फळे ह्या जन्मात मिळतात. तर ही कर्माची फळे देतो कोण? ईश्वर? नाही, त्यास निसर्ग किंवा व्यवस्थित शक्ति(सायन्टिफिक सरकमस्टेन्शियल एविडेन्स) म्हटले जाते, ती देत असते. परम पूज्य दादाश्रींनी स्वत:च्या ज्ञानाद्वारे कर्माचे विज्ञान जसे आहे तसे उघड केले आहे. अज्ञानतेमुळे कर्म भोगत असताना राग-द्वेष होतात जेणे करुन नवीन कर्म बांधली जातात, जी मग पुढच्या जन्मी परिपक्व होतात आणि ती भोगावी लागतात. ज्ञानी नवीन कर्म बांधायचे थांबवतात. जेव्हा सर्व कर्म संपूर्णपणे संपतात तेव्हा अंतिम मोक्ष होतो.
The Karmapas and Their Mahamudra Forefathers: An Illustrated Guide
by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa Michele Martin Khenpo Sherap Phuntsok Lama RigzinWith lively, engaging stories and exquisite portraits, this volume is sure to inspire all."I believe the life a lama lives is the greatest instruction to the students who follow him or her. It is an instruction we can actually see. The lama's deeds display the Dharma in action for us. They can instruct our hearts with the fullness of lived experience. In the lama's actions we can observe how the mind turns to Dharma, and how that Dharma becomes a path. We can watch how the path eliminates confusion, and how confusion arises as wisdom." - H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa The Karmapas and Their Mahamudra Forefathers collects fascinating accounts of the lives of the Karmapas and of their forefathers in the Mahamudra practice lineage. Each story is accompanied by a beautiful, full-color illustration of its subject in the lineage, as depicted in the traditional style of Eatern Tibet used at the renowned Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery in Nepal.
The Karmapa's Middle Way: Feast for the Fortunate (The\nitartha Institute Ser.)
by Wangchuk DorjeMarked by eloquent poetry, vigorous and extensive analysi,s and heart instructions on breaking through the veils of confusion to independently experience the true nature of things, The Karmapa's Middle Way contains the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje's comprehensive commentary on the Indian master Chandrakirti's seminal text, the Madhyamakavatara or Entrance to the Middle Way. This commentary, Feast for the Fortunate, is the Ninth Karmapa's abridgement of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyo Dorje's masterpiece, the Chariot of the Takpo Kagyu Siddhas. In it, readers will find previously unavailable material on the Karmapa's Middle Way view and a rare window into a philosophically charged era of Middle Way exposition in Tibetan Buddhism. Chandrakirti and the Karmapa present in precise detail the vital Buddhist concept of emptiness through which the Mahayana path of compassionate altruism becomes complete. Introductory material, copious footnotes, appendices, and a reader-centric approach to the language will make this volume equally accessible to the seasoned scholar of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and the newly curious nonspecialist alike
Karmcha Siddhant: कर्माचा सिद्धांत
by Dada Bhagwanकर्म म्हणजे काय ? चांगली कर्मे वाईट कर्मांना धूऊ शकतात का ? चांगली माणसे दुःखी का असतात? कर्मबंधन होणे कसे थांबवायचे ? कर्मामुळे कोण बंधनात आहे, शरीर की आत्मा ? जेव्हा आपली सर्व कर्म संपतात तेव्हा आपला मृत्यू होतो. हे सारे जग म्हणजे दुसरे काही नाही, फक्त कर्माचा सिद्धांत आहे. बंधनाचे अस्तित्व पूर्णपणे तुमच्यावर अवलंबून आहे, त्यासाठी तुम्ही स्वतःच जबाबदार आहात. तुमच्या समोर जे काही येते त्याचे चित्रण तुम्हीच केलेले आहे; त्यासाठी इतर कोणी जबाबदार नाही. अनंत जन्मांसाठी ‘संपूर्णपणे फक्त’ तुम्हीच जबाबदार आहात. परम पूज्य दादाजी सांगतात कर्माची बीजे पूर्व जन्मात पेरली गेली होती आणि त्याची फळे या जन्मात मिळतात. त्या कर्मांची फळे कोण देतो? देव ? नाही. फळे निसर्ग किंवा आपण ज्याला ‘सायंटिफिक सरकमस्टेन्शियल एविडेन्स’ म्हणतो, तो देतो. परम पूज्य दादाश्रींनी आपल्या ज्ञानाद्वारे कर्मांचे विज्ञान जसेच्या तसे उघड केले आहे. अज्ञानातेमुळे कर्म भोगतेवेळी राग-द्वेष होतात, त्यामुळे नवीन कर्मे बांधली जातात, जी मग पुढील जन्मात परिपक्व होतात आणि भोगावी लागतात. ज्ञानी नवीन कर्मबंधन होण्याचे थांबवितात. जेव्हा सर्व कर्मे पूर्णपणे संपतात, तेव्हा मोक्ष प्राप्ती होते.
Karmic Healing
by Djuna WojtonWhether it'¬?s a challenging childhood, a problematic boss, or a failed relationship, we all have our baggage. Unresolved issues can manifest as pain or illness as well as blocks to personal fulfillment and accomplishment. Often, these issues are karmic carryovers from other lifetimes. It is part of our soul'¬?s mission to heal them in order to grow.In KARMIC HEALING, hypnotherapist Djuna Wojton outlines a four-step plan for recognizing karmic patterns to heal the body, mind, and spirit and truly live in the present. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience in past-life therapy, she provides detailed strategies for fine-tuning your psychic senses, retrieving past-life baggage, clearing karmic clutter, healing family and romantic relationships, and undertaking a spiritual makeover. Going beyond standard regression therapy, she explains how to resolve past-life issues using a variety of holistic treatments, including visualization, meditation, flower essences, yoga postures, tarot cards, collages, drawing, and more. Djuna also shares inspiring stories from her clients who have overcome addiction, physical pain, nightmares, anxiety, marital problems, and other karmic blocks.Using the techniques of karmic healing, you'¬?ll learn to recognize and overcome destructive emotional patterns and self-defeating attitudes to gain clarity, achieve goals, improve relationships, and align with your greater purpose.
Karmic Management: What Goes Around Comes Around in Your Business and Your Life
by Geshe Michael Roach Lama Christie Mcnally Michael GordonIn this little book with a revolutionary message, traditional Eastern wisdom and real-life business experience come together. The book offers a step-by-step plan that will help readers adopt a more successful way of working and living.
Karok Myths
by A. L. Kroeber E.W. GiffordThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.
Karolina's Twins: A Novel (Liam Taggart And Catherine Lockhart Ser. #3)
by Ronald H. BalsonIn the tradition of The Nightingale, Sarah's Key, and Lilac Girls, comes a saga inspired by true events of a Holocaust survivor's quest to return to Poland and fulfill a promise, from Ronald H. Balson, author of the international bestseller Once We Were Brothers.~~"Readers who crave more books like Balson's Once We Were Brothers and Kristin Hannah's bestselling The Nightingale will be enthralled by Karolina's Twins." --Booklist (starred review)~~She made a promise in desperationNow it's time to keep itLena Woodward, elegant and poised, has lived a comfortable life among Chicago Society since she immigrated to the US and began a new life at the end of World War II. But now something has resurfaced that Lena cannot ignore: an unfulfilled promise she made long ago that can no longer stay buried.Driven to renew the quest that still keeps her awake at night, Lena enlists the help of lawyer Catherine Lockhart and private investigator Liam Taggart. Behind Lena's stoic facade are memories that will no longer be contained. She begins to recount a tale, harkening back to her harrowing past in Nazi-occupied Poland, of the bond she shared with her childhood friend Karolina. Karolina was vivacious and beautiful, athletic and charismatic, and Lena has cherished the memory of their friendship her whole life. But there is something about the story that is unfinished, questions that must be answered about what is true and what is not, and what Lena is willing to risk to uncover the past. Has the real story been hidden these many years? And if so, why?Two girls, coming of age in a dangerous time, bearers of secrets that only they could share.Just when you think there could not be anything new to ferret out from World War II comes Karolina's Twins, a spellbinding new novel by the bestselling author of Once We Were Brothers and Saving Sophie. In this richly woven tale of love, survival and resilience during some of the darkest hours, the unbreakable bond between girlhood friends will have consequences into the future and beyond.
Karsten's Way: The Life-Changing Story of Karsten Solheim—Pioneer in Golf Club Design and the Founder of PING
by Tracy SumnerGolf, anyone?Karsten's Way tells the story of an ingenious man who took a long shot to improve his game and the game of millions of golfers around the world. His goal: to help golfers play their best and enjoy the game. Read the dramatic life story of Karsten Solheim, inventor of the PING golf club—the club that revolutionized the game of golf. Solheim's rise from shoemaker to world-recognized golf club designer and manufacturer is one of American industry's greatest success stories. Understand how Karsten Solheim's faith in God propelled him toward success. His passion for quality and belief in himself and his ideas became the hallmarks of his success and that of his business, the Karsten Manufacturing Company. An inspiring read for anyone with ambitious dreams and a love for the exciting game of golf.
Karsten's Way: The Life-Changing Story of Karsten Solheim—Pioneer in Golf Club Design and the Founder of PING
by Tracy SumnerGolf, anyone?Karsten's Way tells the story of an ingenious man who took a long shot to improve his game and the game of millions of golfers around the world. His goal: to help golfers play their best and enjoy the game. Read the dramatic life story of Karsten Solheim, inventor of the PING golf club—the club that revolutionized the game of golf. Solheim's rise from shoemaker to world-recognized golf club designer and manufacturer is one of American industry's greatest success stories. Understand how Karsten Solheim's faith in God propelled him toward success. His passion for quality and belief in himself and his ideas became the hallmarks of his success and that of his business, the Karsten Manufacturing Company. An inspiring read for anyone with ambitious dreams and a love for the exciting game of golf.
Karukku
by Bama Translated from Tamil by Lakshmi HolmstromKarukku means palmyra leaves, that, with their serrated edges on both sides, are like double-edged swords. By a felicitous pun, the Tamil word karukku, containing the word karu, embryo or seed, also means freshness, newness. In her preface, Bama draws attention to the symbol, and refers, to the words in Hebrews (New Testament), ‘For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart’ (Hebrews 4:12).
Kat Finds A Friend: A St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Story
by Ecce Homo Press Joan StrombergWhen Mother Seton brings her family and a new order of nuns to the village of Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1809, Kat and her friends help her bring the first order of American nuns and Catholic school to this country.
Katalin Street
by Magda Szabo Len RixFrom the author of The Door, selected as one of the New York Times "10 Best Books of 2015," this is a heartwrenching tale about a group of friends and lovers torn apart by the German occupation of Budapest during World War II.In prewar Budapest three families live side by side on gracious Katalin Street, their lives closely intertwined. A game is played by the four children in which Bálint, the promising son of the Major, invariably chooses Irén Elekes, the headmaster’s dutiful elder daughter, over her younger sister, the scatterbrained Blanka, and little Henriette Held, the daughter of the Jewish dentist.Their lives are torn apart in 1944 by the German occupation, which only the Elekes family survives intact. The postwar regime relocates them to a cramped Soviet-style apartment and they struggle to come to terms with social and political change, personal loss, and unstated feelings of guilt over the deportation of the Held parents and the death of little Henriette, who had been left in their protection. But the girl survives in a miasmal afterlife, and reappears at key moments as a mute witness to the inescapable power of past events.As in The Door and Iza’s Ballad, Magda Szabó conducts a clear-eyed investigation into the ways in which we inflict suffering on those we love. Katalin Street, which won the 2007 Prix Cévennes for Best European novel, is a poignant, somber, at times harrowing book, but beautifully conceived and truly unforgettable.
Katarina
by Kathryn WinterForced to live a lie... It is 1942, and eight-year-old Katarina's carefree life in Slovakia is about to change. Jews are being rounded up, and Katarina and her aunt Lena and uncle Teo are in danger. Katarina does not understand why she is considered Jewish since her family has never been observant, but she trusts her beloved aunt to keep her safe. Frustrated and scared, Katarina is forced to hide in a peasant household. The weeks turn into months, and Katarina waits anxiously for her aunt to come for her. Because of Katarina's red hair, she is distrusted by the superstitious villagers, and when her Judaism is discovered, she is asked to leave. Katarina wanders alone from village to village, constantly at risk because of the persecution of Jews in her country, and confused by the threat that hangs over her. Throughout her plight, Katarina's spirit is maintained by a fierce belief that everything and everyone she once loved will await her at the end of the war.
Katastrophen zwischen sozialem Erinnern und Vergessen: Zur Theorie und Empirie sozialer Katastrophengedächtnisse (Soziales Gedächtnis, Erinnern und Vergessen – Memory Studies)
by Michael Heinlein Oliver DimbathKatastrophen gehören zu den grundlegenden Erfahrungen des menschlichen Daseins. Sie entsetzen, indem sie unvermittelt eine große destruktive Kraft entfalten, die von Individuen und Kollektiven als existenzbedrohend wahrgenommen wird. Soziale Ordnungen werden nachhaltig und ohne Aussicht auf baldige Wiederherstellung irritiert.Ziel des vorliegenden Bandes ist es, Katastrophen als Erinnerungen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven sowie mit Rücksicht auf gesellschaftliche Katastrophengedächtnisse zu beleuchten. Im Mittelpunkt steht hierbei die Zeitperspektive im Sinne der wissens- und damit gedächtnisspezifischen Wechselwirkung zwischen Erfahrung und Erwartung. Die hier versammelten Beiträge leisten dies zum einen mit theoretisch-systematisierendem Interesse und zum anderen als Fallstudien zu einzelnen Katastrophenphänomenen.Der InhaltFallstudien des Erinnerns und Vergessens katastrophaler Ereignisse • Theoretische Zugänge zu sozialen KatastrophengedächtnissenDie HerausgeberDr. Michael Heinlein ist Wissenschaftler am Institut für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung e.V. – ISF München.Dr. Oliver Dimbath ist Professor für Soziologie an der Universität Koblenz-Landau.