Seat of Knowledge
Seat of Knowledge

Author: Penny Morton

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-10-06

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1326039792

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Follows Seat of Learning; Jonathon sent for remedial coaching by strict Miss Burrows, daughter, Jilly, terrified maid, for intense education, ferocious discipline, slipper, strap, cane, riding crop, punished in front of Jilly's girl friends. Sees Jilly spank maid; caught, caned, sent to Curate with 2 girls, skives off, full-blooded birching for both, maid too! Angela is Prefect, slippers boys, takes Jonathon as fag, finds he must serve younger sister, mum too, slippered in front of them. Angela quells rebellion amongst girls by strap, slipper, on hands, bums: takes Jonathon home; he's bullied by her little sister, is a skivvy for mum, sister too; sister has him play 'horse', neighbour, explains about her bond-servant girl, sister slippers him, has him dress in her clothes, she wears his, has him slipper her. Meet brother, sister, she canes him too, gives further ideas, path is not going to be easy!

Seat of Wisdom
Seat of Wisdom

Author: James M. Jacobs

Publisher: CUA Press

Published: 2022-01-14

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0813234654

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The Catholic Church has always recognized that philosophy is necessary both to understand the faith as well as to defend it. The need for a philosophically informed faith has become more acute with the rise of secularism. Seat of Wisdom demonstrates that the philosophical principles developed in the Catholic tradition, especially as articulated in Thomism, provide the intellectual foundation for belief in God and are also the only reliable basis for a fully coherent vision of man’s place in the world. Seat of Wisdom begins with an exploration of the relationship between faith and reason. Philosophy’s essential role is to discover the rational principles underlying the intelligible order of reality. These principles act as a bridge connecting science and religious faith, enabling the believer to integrate all facets of human experience. Each of those first principles, as expressed in the transcendental properties, are then analyzed as the basis of the major philosophical disciplines. Starting with metaphysics’ study of being, the argument proceeds to consider the true, the good, and the beautiful in terms of epistemology, anthropology, ethics, aesthetics, and political philosophy. Lastly, these principles are shown to point to God as creator. The strength of the Catholic philosophical tradition is evident when contrasted with reductive theories which fail to account for the breadth of human experience. Consequently, each chapter will introduce influential philosophers whose inadequate theories inform contemporary assumptions. Against this, the Thomistic argument is elucidated as being inclusive of the insights of the reductive position. It will be seen that this “both/and” approach is the only way to do justice to the glory of God and the gift of creation. Religion is prey to skepticism when it is isolated from the rest of knowledge. This integrative argument, uniting discussions of nature, politics, and theology according to common principles, enables the reader to grasp the unity of wisdom. Moreover, by engaging alternative positions, it provides the reader with tools to defend the Catholic worldview against those reductive philosophies which only deprive life of its full meaning.

The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Eight, Part Three
The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Eight, Part Three

Author: Jamgon Kongtrul

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2008-10-16

Total Pages: 904

ISBN-13: 1559398914

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Jamgön Kongtrül's Treasury of Knowledge in ten volumes is a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were presented in Tibet. Tibetan Buddhist teachers expected their students to study Buddhist philosophical texts as well as practice reflection and meditation; present-day students have also realized that awakening has its source in study as well as in reflection and practice. The Elements of Tantric Practice sets forth the essential components of the path of highest yoga tantra, a system of meditation that unites wisdom and compassion in its two phases of practice. The first phase, that of creation, relies primarily on the use of the imagination to effect personal transformation. The phase of completion allows the practitioner to perfect the process of transformation by training in methods that manipulate the energies and constituents of the mind and body. The result of this path is the direct experience of the fundamental nature of mind and phenomena. The Elements of Tantric Practice concerns the meditative processes of the inner system of secret mantra—that of highest yoga tantra—and is based primarily on tantric sources. The author introduces the subject by describing the path of tantra and its underlying principles. The main body of the book deals with two major elements essential to all highest yoga tantras: the practice of the creation phase and that of the completion phase. For the first phase, Kongtrül describes the visualization sequences in which ordinary perceptions are transformed into the forms of awakening and explains how these practices purify the stages of cyclic existence—life, death, and rebirth. The creation phase prepares the practitioner for the techniques of the completion phase, which entail focusing directly on the channels, winds, and vital essences that form the subtle body. Kongtrül presents the key elements of a variety of tantras, including the Guhyasamaja and Yamari, belonging to the class of father tantras and the Kalachakra Hevajra Chakrasamvara Mahamaya Buddhakapala and Tara mother tantras. All these tantras share a common goal: to make manifest the pristine awareness that is the union of emptiness and bliss.