The Path of Individual Liberation
The Path of Individual Liberation

Author: Chögyam Trungpa

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2014-04-15

Total Pages: 681

ISBN-13: 1611801044

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The foundational teachings of Buddhism—presented here in volume one of Chögyam Trungpa's magnum opus, which offers a systematic overview of the entire path of Tibetan Buddhism This three-volume collection presents in lively, relevant language the comprehensive teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist path of the hinayana, mahayana, and vajrayana. Considered Chögyam Trungpa’s masterpiece, The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma will resonate with new and senior students of Buddhism. Chögyam Trungpa begins his study by presenting the teachings of the hinayana. The hinayana introduces core Buddhist teachings on the nature of mind, the practice of meditation, the reality of suffering, and the possibility of liberation. It examines the nature of suffering, impermanence, and egolessness, with an emphasis on personal development through meditative discipline and study. The formal entry into the hinayana and the Buddhist path altogether is the refuge vow, in which a student goes for refuge to the Buddha, or the teacher; the dharma, or the teachings; and the sangha, or the community. The hinayana path is based on training in mindfulness and awareness, cultivating virtue, and cutting grasping. Topics covered in detail in this volume include the four noble truths, karma, the four foundations of mindfulness, meditation practice, the refuge vows, the three jewels, the five skandhas, the five precepts, twofold egolessness, and more.

Egypt's Nile Is Alive
Egypt's Nile Is Alive

Author: Edgar Dixon

Publisher: Egypt's Nile Is Alive

Published: 2008-04-23

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 142189985X

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The author has written a book called Egypt's Nile is Alive a modern, historical songbook fused with a new musical philosophy called "Father Light Rock" which depicts humanity's true inborn art of love. He has converted the ancient Egyptians monotheistic religion into a modern day musical philosophy to show people the true art of mystical rebirth and becoming a true human being. This new musical philosophy was designed to teach people, especially young people, how to become "one with the universe" and a spiritual member of the cosmic order. His goal is to bring all people to the conscience level of universal awareness and to teach them the correct way to prepare themselves for their afterlife.

Experiencing Herbie Hancock
Experiencing Herbie Hancock

Author: Eric Wendell

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-08-10

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1442258381

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The musical output of pianist and composer Herbie Hancock is a design rarely seen in jazz; a child prodigy working their way up the ranks to elder statesman and influencing an entire generation of musicians across numerous genres. Sowing his oats in classical repertoire, Hancock used jazz to satiate his musical curiosities enhanced by his undying love of the technological advancements of the day. As a result, Hancock has traversed expectations and continues to be a staple in mainstream music. In concert with his performance style, Hancock’s compositional efforts have added to the jazz canon and remain popular standards today. Like a musical protein, Hancock has used jazz as his foundation and added his own personal spices creating a unique harmonic invention. In addition to being a virtuoso pianist and composer, Hancock has explored many forms of music such as rock, funk and world music, always looking ahead rather than rehashing what has already been accomplished. Hancock’s chameleon-like ways of changing musical direction to broaden contemporary styles has been met with excitement from both peers and fans alike. But all of this came naturally to Hancock, whose boundless energy and creativity formed the music he loved so deeply. In Experiencing Herbie Hancock: A Listener’s Companion, author Eric Wendell looks beyond the successes and failures of Hancock’s career in an effort to explore Hancock’s musical design both within the jazz community and within the popular mainstream. Furthermore, Wendell will explore the dramatic impact that Hancock has held on the jazz community and how his efforts have fostered the cross-genre continuity of modern jazz practitioners. Experiencing Herbie Hancock: A Listener’s Companion, is an ideal work for jazz aficionados, music students and anyone who appreciates the efforts of an artist that would rather look ahead to the great unknown then tread backwards on past endeavors.

Uncertain Glory
Uncertain Glory

Author: Joan Sales

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 1681371812

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A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF 2017 A classic Catalan work about love, family, and class during the Spanish Civil war. Spain, 1937. Posted to the Aragonese front, Lieutenant Lluís Ruscalleda eschews the drunken antics of his comrades and goes in search of intrigue. But the lady of Castel de Olivo—a beautiful widow with a shadowy past—puts a high price on her affections. In Barcelona, Trini Milmany struggles to raise Lluís’s son on her own, letters from the front her only solace. With bombs falling as fast as the city’s morale, she leaves to spend the winter with Lluís’s brigade on a quiet section of the line. But even on “dead” fronts the guns do not stay silent for long. Trini’s decision will put her family’s fate in the hands of Juli Soleràs, an old friend and a traitor of easy conscience, a philosopher-cynic locked in an eternal struggle with himself. Joan Sales, a combatant in the Spanish Civil War, distilled his experiences into a timeless story of thwarted love, lost youth, and crushed illusions. A thrilling epic that has drawn comparison with the work of Dostoyevsky and Stendhal, Uncertain Glory is a homegrown counterpart to classics such as Homage to Catalonia and For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Fonts
Fonts

Author: Michael Smith

Publisher: epubli

Published: 2023-08-08

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 3757576616

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Each story has as its inspiration and staring point, the name of the chosen font, hence the title of this book. Here are brief descriptions of each of the twelve short stories in this book. Trattatello: A comedy, answering the question, 'just how does one become an assassin?' American Typewriter: A sports' journalist reflects on his inspiration. Georgia: A murder mystery; we know who did it, but how will his crime be discovered? Tahoma: A love story, as a young couple seek adventure in the South Pacific. Bradley Hand & Lucida Grande: A comedy; two views of the same disastrous blind date. Impact: Jazz, coffee and, maybe, love, in a 1980s New York City summer. Luminari: A story considering a possible scenario for life after death? Monaco: Father and son battle for control of their wine business during the weekend of the famous 1984 Monaco Grand Prix. Courier: A newspaper reporter in 1936 Berlin reviews the Nazi's rise to power, and offers warnings to future generations. Didot: A comedy about characters working on the steam railways in the north of England. Iowan Old Style: A fictional story based on the real events of 15th May 1968, when the state of Iowa was hit by two massive tornados. Comic Sans: A love story based on a real event that took place during the early 1990s Balkan war.

Classic Keys
Classic Keys

Author: Alan S. Lenhoff

Publisher: University of North Texas Press

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 157441786X

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Classic Keys is a beautifully photographed and illustrated book focusing on the signature rock keyboard sounds of the 1950s to the early 1980s. It celebrates the Hammond B-3 organ, Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, the Vox Continental and Farfisa combo organs, the Hohner Clavinet, the Mellotron, the Minimoog and other famous and collectable instruments. From the earliest days of rock music, the role of keyboards has grown dramatically. Advancements in electronics created a crescendo of musical invention. In the thirty short years between 1950 and 1980, the rock keyboard went from being whatever down-on-its-luck piano awaited a band in a bar or concert hall to a portable digital orchestra. It made keyboards a centerpiece of the sound of many top rock bands, and a handful of them became icons of both sound and design. Their sounds live on: Digitally, in the memory chips of modern keyboards, and in their original form thanks to a growing group of musicians and collectors of many ages and nationalities. Classic Keys explores the sound, lore, and technology of these iconic instruments, including their place in the historical development of keyboard instruments, music, and the international keyboard instrument industry. Twelve significant instruments are presented as the chapter foundations, together with information about and comparisons with more than thirty-six others. Included are short profiles of modern musicians, composers, and others who collect, use, and prize these instruments years after they went out of production. Both authors are avid musicians, collect and restore vintage keyboards, and are well-known and respected in the international community of web forums devoted to these instruments.

Passing Through the Gateless Barrier
Passing Through the Gateless Barrier

Author: Guo Gu

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2016-05-31

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 0834840170

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Gateways to awakening surround us at every moment of our lives. The whole purpose of kōan (gong’an, in Chinese) practice is to keep us from missing these myriad opportunities by leading us to certain gates that have traditionally been effective for people to access that marvelous awakening. The forty-eight kōans of the Gateless Barrier (Chinese: Wumenguan; Japanese: Mumonkan) have been waking people up for well over eight hundred years. Chan teacher Guo Gu provides here a fresh translation of the classic text, along with the first English commentary by a teacher of the Chinese tradition from which it originated. He shows that the kōans in this text are not mere stories from a distant past, but are rather pointers to the places in our lives where we get stuck—and that each sticking point, when examined, can become a gateless barrier through which we can enter into profound wisdom.