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Karma: What It Is, What It Isn't, Why It Matters
by Traleg KyabgonThe Buddha's teaching on karma (literally, "action") is nothing other than his compassionate explanation of the way things are: our thoughts and actions determine our future, and therefore we ourselves are largely responsible for the way our lives unfold. Yet this supremely useful teaching is often ignored due to the misconceptions about it that abound in popular culture, especially oversimplifications that make it seem like something not to be taken seriously. Karma is not simple, as Traleg Kyabgon shows, and it's to be taken very seriously indeed. He cuts through the persistent illusions we cling to about karma to show what it really is--the mechanics of why we suffer and how we can make the suffering end. He explains how a realistic understanding of karma is indispensable to Buddhist practice, how it provides a foundation for a moral life, and how understanding it can have a transformative effect on the way we relate to our thoughts and feelings and to those around us.
Mind at Ease: Self-Liberation through Mahamudra Meditation
by Traleg Kyabgon"In this uniquely insightful overview and practice guide, Traleg Kyabgon presents a thorough introduction to the Kagyu lineage's Mahamudra tradition. The author's approach is straightforward--he presents the Mahamudra teachings as a means of seeing things in, as he says, "a positive and open light. Even things we might normally regard as bad and undesirable can be interpreted in a more uplifting way due to the expansiveness of the Mahamudra vision." Mahamudra--which means "great seal" or "great symbol," referring to the symbol or mark of ultimate reality, or emptiness--points to the true nature of mind as well as the ultimate insubstantiality of all things.
Ninth Karmapa, Wanchuk Dorje’s Ocean of Certainty
by Traleg KyabgonTraleg Kyabgon Rinpoche's commentary to the sixteenth century work Pith Instructions of Coemergent Wisdom, Entitled the Profound Essence of the Ocean of Certainty, by the Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje, provides meditators with an overview of the path leading to the realization of mahamudra, the self-liberated and all-encompassing nature of reality. Beginning with ngondro practice, Traleg Rinpoche guides students through the conditions needed to fully integrate the practice, along with instructions for shamatha and vipashyana meditation, which includes visualizations and exercises. A section devoted to strengthening practice lays out common pitfalls and wrong views and how to avoid them. Finally, Rinpoche teaches on the four yogas of mahamudra one-pointedness nonconceptuality, one-flavoredness, and nonmeditation and the ground, path, and fruition of mahamudra in relation to the individual practitioner.
The Essence of Buddhism: An Introduction to Its Philosophy and Practice
by Sogyal Rinpoche Traleg Kyabgon Ogyen Trinley KarmapaThis comprehensive guide to the Buddhist path from the Tibetan point of view is as accessible as it is complete. Traleg Kyabgon breaks the teachings down conveniently into the three traditional "vehicles," while never letting us forget that the point of all the Dharma is nothing other than insight into the mind and heart. Along the way he provides vivid definitions of fundamental Buddhist concepts such as compassion, emptiness, and Buddha-nature and answers common questions such as: * Why does Buddhism teach that there is "no self"? * Are Buddhist teachings pessimistic? * Does Buddhism encourage social passivity? * What is the role of sex in Buddhist tantra? * Why is it said that samsara is nirvana? * Does it take countless lifetimes to attain enlightenment, or can it be achieved in a moment?
The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion through Training the Mind
by Ken Wilber Traleg KyabgonFor many centuries Indian and Tibetan Buddhists have employed this collection of pithy, penetrating Dharma slogans to develop compassion, equanimity, lovingkindness, and joy for others. Known as the lojong--or mind-training--teachings, these slogans have been the subject of deep study, contemplation, and commentary by many great masters. In this volume, Traleg Kyabgon offers a fresh translation of the slogans as well as in-depth new commentary of each. After living among and teaching Westerners for over twenty years, his approach is uniquely insightful into the ways that the slogans could be misunderstood or misinterpreted within our culture. Here, he presents a refreshing and clarifying view, which seeks to correct points of confusion.
A Clear Mirror
by Chonyi Drolma Traktung Dudjom Lingpa Tharchin LamaA Clear Mirror is the autobiographical account of a saint, a genius, a virtuoso who has granted readers what is most rare in personal accounts: full access to his incredible inner life. Dudjom Lingpa was a 19th century Tibetan visionary and Great Perfection master whose legacy of meditation teachings has swept across the world since his lifetime, due in part to the international presence of his re-incarnate successor, His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche. Although the genre of biography is quite common in Tibetan Buddhism, this is unlike to anything yet translated into English.This is exactly what Dudjom Lingpa does in his trilogy of auto-biographies. Although he was brilliantly successful in his multi-faceted career as a teacher to incalculable remarkable disciples, a prolific writer with at least twenty-one extant volumes of composition that are still studied around the world, and a Treasure revealer in the teaching system unique to tantric Buddhism, his stories offer us something else. In this book we are shown the very thing that high lamas regard as most sacred and intimate: spiritual evolution via the lens of inner-most visionary life, cinematic in scope, filled with fascinating beings, both divine and demonic. Dudjom Lingpa grants readers access to his enlightenment process-from learning how to meditate up to the highest tantric practices-as only he could have experienced it. This book, filled with vivid and fascinating visions and dreamscapes, is replete with adventure as well as everyday meditation advice. Anyone interested in a revolutionary outlook on personal transformation will enjoy and benefit from these stories.
A Clear Mirror: The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master
by Traktung Dudjom LingpaA Clear Mirror offers a rare glimpse into the fascinating inner life and spiritual journey of a Tibetan visionary and tantric master. Dudjom LingpaÆs autobiographies are replete with epic visionary adventures, songs of realization, and everyday meditation advice that will inspire readers to consider enlightenment in a whole new light. Dudjom Lingpa grants readers access to his divine process-from learning how to meditate up to the highest tantric practices-as only he could have experienced it. Anyone interested in a revolutionary outlook on personal transformation will enjoy and benefit from these stories. Book jacket.
Contaminant Levels and Ecological Effects: Understanding and Predicting with Chemometric Methods (Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies)
by Biljana Balabanova Trajče StafilovThis volume uses chemometric mathematical modelling approaches to investigate geographic areas at risk of ecological degradation due to pollution. While most analytical approaches in environmental research involve sophisticated and sensitive instrumental techniques, this book employs chemometric techniques to create a corresponding data matrix to extract accurate and realistic environmental information in areas vulnerable to and affected by hazardous substances. The text offers case studies to establish a general framework of the opportunities, advantages, weaknesses and challenges of these mathematical approaches, and provides a chemometric model of each focus area to assess the long-distance distribution of pollutants. The case studies highlight the potential use of novel chemometric models for mitigating and preventing environmental pollution and ecological risks, while also providing reviews of the current status and developments in chemometric analysis of environmental pollution. The book will be of interest to students and researchers in environmental and agricultural chemistry, environmental pollution modelling and ecological degradation.
The Evaluation of Air Quality in Albania by Moss Biomonitoring and Metals Atmospheric Deposition (SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science)
by Pranvera Lazo Flora Qarri Shaniko Allajbeu Sonila Kane Lirim Bekteshi Marina Frontasyeva Trajce StafilovThis book provides an overview of air quality in Albania evaluated by moss biomonitoring and metals atmospheric deposition. It is based on the concentration data onto 51 elements in moss samples collected during 2010/2011 moss biomonitoring survey conducted at the same time with European moss biomonitoring survey. The elements under investigation were determined by using ICP-AES and ENAA analytical techniques. Moss species Hypnum cupressiforme (Hedw) sps., a carpet-forming bryophyte, was used as bioindicator of trace metal atmospheric deposition. The goal of this study was to identify factors leading to the high levels of trace metals in at-mospheric deposition in Albania, to identify the risk factors and the origin of trace metals in atmos-pheric deposition. It may help the policy makers and regulators to take proper decisions to protect the public health and the environment. The distribution pattern of the elements was visualized by using the geographic information system, GIS 10.2. The predicted trends of the distribution were calculated by using time series (linear model) and the areas with high concentration of certain met-als were suggested for monitoring and to be under control.
Copyright and Popular Media
by Trajce CvetkovskiCopyright governance is in a state of flux because the boundaries between legal and illegal consumption have blurred. Trajce Cvetkovski interrogates the disorganizational effects of piracy and emerging technologies on the political economy of copyright in popular music, film and gaming industries.
Reality Television and the Art of Trivialising Work Health, Safety and Wellbeing
by Trajce CvetkovskiThis book aims to assess the extent to which work health, safety and wellbeing (HSW) considerations are trivialised on the popular Australian reality TV programme, The Block. Reality TV as a genre plays a core feature in media and cultural studies, but there has not been any research on the impact of reality TV on safety culture, or how HSW issues are portrayed in popular media. This research remedies this deficiency and demonstrates contestants are workers on The Block who perform workplace activities. The work-related activities are concerned with construction, building and renovation work; and specifically, participants engage in what are seemingly routine or ordinary everyday life activities; namely housing construction and domestic or home dwelling renovations. It supports the argument claim that contestants on reality TV are defined as workers, and this definition of worker can be extended to other genres. The book ultimately demonstrates that reality television is trivialising HSW for the purposes of satisfying audience desire to consume popular culture, and these activities perpetuate a poor image of best safety practice.
The Pop Music Idol and the Spirit of Charisma: Reality Television Talent Shows in the Digital Economy of Hope (Pop Music, Culture and Identity)
by Trajce CvetkovskiThis book makes a case for the synergetic union between reality TV and the music industry. It delves into technological change in popular music, and the role of music reality TV and social media in the pop production process. It challenges the current scholarship which does not adequately distinguish the economic significance of these developments.
Sovereign Necropolis: The Politics of Death in Semi-Colonial Siam
by Trais PearsonBy the 1890s, Siam (Thailand) was the last holdout against European imperialism in Southeast Asia. But the kingdom's exceptional status came with a substantial caveat: Bangkok, its bustling capital, was a port city that was subject to many of the same legal and fiscal constraints as other colonial treaty ports. Sovereign Necropolis offers new insight into turn-of-the-century Thai history by disinterring the forgotten stories of those who died "unnatural deaths" during this period and the work of the Siamese state to assert their rights in a pluralistic legal arena.Based on a neglected cache of inquest files compiled by the Siamese Ministry of the Capital, official correspondence, and newspaper accounts, Trais Pearson documents the piecemeal introduction of new forms of legal and medical concern for the dead. He reveals that the investigation of unnatural death demanded testimony from diverse strata of society: from the unlettered masses to the king himself. These cases raised questions about how to handle the dead—were they spirits to be placated or legal subjects whose deaths demanded compensation?—as well as questions about jurisdiction, rights, and liability.Exhuming the history of imperial politics, transnational commerce, technology, and expertise, Sovereign Necropolis demonstrates how the state's response to global flows transformed the nature of legal subjectivity and politics in lasting ways. A compelling exploration of the troubling lives of the dead in a cosmopolitan treaty port, the book is a notable contribution to the growing corpus of studies in science, law, and society in the non-Western world.
Taking Flight: Education and Training for Aviation Careers
by Committee on Education Training for Civilian Aviation CareersThe commercial aviation industry is a major part of the U.S. transportation infrastructure and a key contributor to the nation's economy. The industry is facing the effects of a reduced role by the military as a source of high-quality trained personnel, particularly pilots and mechanics. At the same time, it is facing the challenges of a changing American workforce.This book is a study of the civilian training and education programs needed to satisfy the work-force requirements of the commercial aviation industry in the year 2000 and beyond, with particular emphasis on issues related to access to aviation careers by women and minorities.
Social Science 2 Part 2 class 9 - S.C.E.R.T. - Kerala Board
by State Council of Educational Research Training Scert KeralaThe chapters in class nine and ten Social Science textbook are an enquiry into the reasons for diversity of our earth. Such enquiries will lead you to more knowledge and the instinct to take an oath to "protect our earth". The book also shares knowledge of the relationship between economics and daily life that will help you to live in the present day world. Different aspects of economics are incorporated in the textbook for this purpose. The learning activities relentless enquiries, and critical thinking will help you to open the window of knowledge.
Social Science 1 Part 1 class 10 - S.C.E.R.T. - Kerala Board
by State Council of Educational Research Training KeralaSocial Science I (Part-I) text book for 10th standard from State Council of Educational Research and Training (S.C.E.R.T.) Kerala in English.
Social Science Part 1 class 8 - S.C.E.R.T. - Kerala Board
by State Council of Educational Research Training KeralaSocial Science (Part-I) text book for 8th standard from State Council of Educational Research and Training (S.C.E.R.T.) Kerala in English.
ANTARAL Bhag 2
by National Council Of Educational Research TrainingThis book prescribed by central board of secondary education, India for the stduents of class 12th subject Hindi, studying through hindi medium. This accessible version of the book doesn’t leave any part of the book. The book is handy companion of the school and university students desiring to read facts in interesting way. NCERT books are must read for aspirants of competitive and job related examinations in India.
Accountancy class 12 - Tamil Nadu Board
by Training State Council of Educational ResearchThis Accountancy textbook is the source of knowledge to provide you with the basic understanding of Accountancy and to make use of your analytical ability to make you an excellent person in applying the accounting principles to real business situations through various activities given in the textbook. The book contains 10 units, within which the subdivisions and various student activities are given in an organised way to make learning easy, systematic and a pleasure.
Antaral Bhag 1
by National Council Of Educational Research TrainingThis book prescribed by central board of secondary education, India for the stduents of class 11th subject Hindi, studying through hindi medium. This accessible version of the book doesn’t leave any part of the book. The book is handy companion of the school and university students desiring to read facts in interesting way. NCERT books are must read for aspirants of competitive and job related examinations in India.
Arthik Vikas Ki Samjh
by National Council Of Educational Research TrainingThis book prescribed by central board of secondary education, India for the students of class 10th subject Social Science, studying through hindi medium. This accessible version of the book doesn’t leave any part of the book. The book is handy companion of the school and university students desiring to read facts in interesting way. NCERT books are must read for aspirants of competitive and job related examinations in India.
Bal Mahabharat Katha
by National Council Of Educational Research TrainingThis book prescribed by central board of secondary education, India for the students of class 7th subject Hindi, studying through hindi medium. This accessible version of the book doesn’t leave any part of the book. The book is handy companion of the school and university students desiring to read facts in interesting way. NCERT books are must read for aspirants of competitive and job related examinations in India.
Bharat Aur Samkalin Vishwa Bhag - 1
by National Council Of Educational Research TrainingThis book prescribed by central board of secondary education, India for the students of class 9th subject Social Science, studying through hindi medium. This accessible version of the book doesn’t leave any part of the book. The book is handy companion of the school and university students desiring to read facts in interesting way. NCERT books are must read for aspirants of competitive and job related examinations in India.
Bharat Aur Samkalin vishwa-2
by National Council Of Educational Research TrainingThis book prescribed by central board of secondary education, India for the students of class 10th subject Social Science, studying through hindi medium. This accessible version of the book doesn’t leave any part of the book. The book is handy companion of the school and university students desiring to read facts in interesting way. NCERT books are must read for aspirants of competitive and job related examinations in India.
Bharat Ki Khoj
by National Council Of Educational Research TrainingThis book prescribed by central board of secondary education, India for the students of class 8th subject Hindi, studying through hindi medium. This accessible version of the book doesn't leave any part of the book. The book is handy companion of the school and university students desiring to read facts in interesting way. NCERT books are must read for aspirants of competitive and job related examinations in India.