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Shattering the Great Doubt

Author : Sheng Yen
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834826674
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Shattering the Great Doubt written by Sheng Yen and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huatou is a skillful method for breaking through the prison of mental habits into the spacious mind of enlightenment. The huatou is a confounding question much like a Zen koan. Typical ones are "What is wu [nothingness]?" or "What was my original face before birth-and-death?" But a huatou is unlike a koan in that the aim is not to come up with an answer. The practice is simple: ask yourself your huatou relentlessly, in meditation as well as in every other activity. Don't give up on it; don't try to think your way to an answer. Resolve to live with the sensation of doubt that arises, and it will pervade your entire existence with a sense of profound wonder, ultimately leading to the shattering of the sense of an independent self. Master Sheng Yen brings the traditional practice to life in this practical guide based on talks he gave during a series of huatou retreats. He teaches the method in detail, giving advice for dealing with the typical pitfalls and problems that arise, and answering retreat participants' questions as they experience the practice themselves. He then offers commentary on four classic huatou texts, grounding his instructions in the teaching of the great Chan masters.

Great Doubt

Author : Yuanlai
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614292302
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Great Doubt written by Yuanlai and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intro -- Title -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by Brad Warner -- Introduction -- TRANSLATION -- Exhortations for Those Who Don't Rouse Doubt -- Exhortations for Those Who Rouse Doubt -- COMMENTARY -- A Commentary on Exhortations for Those Who Don't Rouse Doubt -- A Commentary on Exhortations for Those Who Rouse Doubt -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Also Available from Wisdom Publications -- About Wisdom Publications -- Copyright

The Faith to Doubt

Author : Stephen Batchelor
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619026368
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Faith to Doubt written by Stephen Batchelor and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kierkegaard said that faith without doubt is simply credulity, the will to believe too readily, especially without adequate evidence, and that "in Doubt can Faith begin." All people involved in spiritual practice, of whatever persuasion, must confront doubt at one time or another, and find a way beyond it to belief, however temporary. But "faith is not equivalent to mere belief. Faith is the condition of ultimate confidence that we have the capacity to follow the path of doubt to its end. And courage." In this engaging spiritual memoir, Stephen Batchelor describes his own training, first as a Tibetan Buddhist and then as a Zen practitioner, and his own direct struggles along his path. "It is most uncanny that we are able to ask questions, for to question means to acknowledge that we do not know something. But it is more than an acknowledgement: it includes a yearning to confront an unknown and illuminate it through understanding. Questioning is a quest." Batchelor is a contemporary Buddhist teacher and writer, best known for his secular or agnostic approach to Buddhism. He considers Buddhism to be a constantly evolving culture of awakening rather than a religious system based on immutable dogmas and beliefs. Buddhism has survived for the past 2,500 years because of its capacity to reinvent itself in accord with the needs of the different Asian societies with which it has creatively interacted throughout its history. As Buddhism encounters modernity, it enters a vital new phase of its development. Through his writings, translations and teaching, Stephen engages in a critical exploration of Buddhism's role in the modern world, which has earned him both condemnation as a heretic and praise as a reformer.

Doubt: A History

Author : Jennifer Hecht
Publisher : HarperOne
ISBN 13 : 9780060097950
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book Doubt: A History written by Jennifer Hecht and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 2004-09-07 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of grand sweeping histories such as From Dawn To Decadence, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and A History of God, Hecht champions doubt and questioning as one of the great and noble, if unheralded, intellectual traditions that distinguish the Western mind especially-from Socrates to Galileo and Darwin to Wittgenstein and Hawking. This is an account of the world's greatest ‘intellectual virtuosos,' who are also humanity's greatest doubters and disbelievers, from the ancient Greek philosophers, Jesus, and the Eastern religions, to modern secular equivalents Marx, Freud and Darwin—and their attempts to reconcile the seeming meaninglessness of the universe with the human need for meaning, This remarkable book ranges from the early Greeks, Hebrew figures such as Job and Ecclesiastes, Eastern critical wisdom, Roman stoicism, Jesus as a man of doubt, Gnosticism and Christian mystics, medieval Islamic, Jewish and Christian skeptics, secularism, the rise of science, modern and contemporary critical thinkers such as Schopenhauer, Darwin, Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, the existentialists.

Shattering the Great Doubt

Author : Chan Master Sheng Yen
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 159030621X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Shattering the Great Doubt written by Chan Master Sheng Yen and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huatou is a skillful method for breaking through the prison of mental habits into the spacious mind of enlightenment. The huatou is a confounding question much like a Zen koan. Typical ones are "What is wu [nothingness]?" or "What was my original face before birth-and-death?" But a huatou is unlike a koan in that the aim is not to come up with an answer. The practice is simple: ask yourself your huatou relentlessly, in meditation as well as in every other activity. Don't give up on it; don't try to think your way to an answer. Resolve to live with the sensation of doubt that arises, and it will pervade your entire existence with a sense of profound wonder, ultimately leading to the shattering of the sense of an independent self. Master Sheng Yen brings the traditional practice to life in this practical guide based on talks he gave during a series of huatou retreats. He teaches the method in detail, giving advice for dealing with the typical pitfalls and problems that arise, and answering retreat participants' questions as they experience the practice themselves. He then offers commentary on four classic huatou texts, grounding his instructions in the teaching of the great Chan masters.

Great Doubt

Author : Boshan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614292450
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Great Doubt written by Boshan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening. “In this brief but remarkably thorough book, Boshan puts into words what it means to truly doubt. Not just to be skeptical—but to push all the way to the very foundations. Anyone interested in Zen can learn a whole lot from this little book.” —from the foreword by Brad Warner, author of Hardcore Zen “Great doubt and great faith are foundations of Zen practice. This great gift of a book provides essential checkpoints along the path.” —Grace Schireson, author of Zen Women “Upbeat, insightful, and inspiring teachings—a rich resource for all Buddhist practitioners.”—Richard M. Jaffe, Duke University, author of Neither Monk nor Layman “Boshan addresses the reader directly with vivid metaphors and stern (sometimes humorous) admonishments. He pulls no punches… These concise texts, not previously available in their entirety in English, offer classic wisdom for those exploring the Zen paths.”—Publishers Weekly “A classic Chinese text with clear—and inspiring—commentaries”—Thomas Yuho Kirchner, translator of Entangling Vines

Merchants of Doubt

Author : Naomi Oreskes
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408828774
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Merchants of Doubt written by Naomi Oreskes and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-10-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. These scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers. Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. Remarkably, the same individuals surface repeatedly-some of the same figures who have claimed that the science of global warming is "not settled" denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. "Doubt is our product," wrote one tobacco executive. These "experts" supplied it. Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, historians of science, roll back the rug on this dark corner of the American scientific community, showing how ideology and corporate interests, aided by a too-compliant media, have skewed public understanding of some of the most pressing issues of our era.

Darwin's Doubt

Author : Stephen C. Meyer
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062071491
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Darwin's Doubt written by Stephen C. Meyer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the “Cambrian explosion,” many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of rock. In Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen C. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding this explosion of animal life—a mystery that has intensified, not only because the expected ancestors of these animals have not been found, but because scientists have learned more about what it takes to construct an animal. During the last half century, biologists have come to appreciate the central importance of biological information—stored in DNA and elsewhere in cells—to building animal forms. Expanding on the compelling case he presented in his last book, Signature in the Cell, Meyer argues that the origin of this information, as well as other mysterious features of the Cambrian event, are best explained by intelligent design, rather than purely undirected evolutionary processes.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Author : Shmuel Waldman
Publisher : Feldheim Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781583308066
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Beyond a Reasonable Doubt written by Shmuel Waldman and published by Feldheim Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written for the Jew who seeks evidence and proofs that the principal beliefs of Judaism are indeed true. Readable and friendly, inspiring and refreshing, this book presents the main issues of Judaism in depth. It includes compelling evidence to there being a Creator, evidence to the Divine origin of our Torah, to there being a spiritual soul and the World To Come, and Divine guidance throughout Jewish history. It discusses the problems with Evolution, and it deals with the Holocaust and human suffering. It also provides many other sources for further reading, and a glossary of terms. This edition is recommended for readers with a strong Torah background, seeking an informed, yet less secular, approach.

Great Balls of Doubt

Author : Mark Terrill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781891241666
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Great Balls of Doubt written by Mark Terrill and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Balls of Doubt gathers 96 of Mark Terrill's poems and prose poems from limited-edition chapbooks and broadsides (many now sold out or no longer in print) and from hard-to-find journals and magazines, as well as his recent, previously uncollected work. Lavishly illustrated with 25 drawings by Jon Langford, Great Balls of Doubt delivers images and sentiments ranging from the real to the surreal to the elegiac, with no shortage of humor along the way. "Doubt is an unpleasant condition," Voltaire once remarked, "but certainty is absurd."

Evidence of Faith

Author : Timothy P. Mahoney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986431043
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Evidence of Faith written by Timothy P. Mahoney and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expanded study guide related to the documentary film, "Patterns of Evidence, The Exodus"

Great Doubt

Author : Shikan Sensei Roger Hawkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692007716
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Great Doubt written by Shikan Sensei Roger Hawkins and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Doubt--known as one of the three pillars of Zen--contains words of doubt that bring us faith. Wonder of all wonders, it turns out to be a Zen book about God that constantly brings us back to the big questions, i.e., is there any difference between God and the awakening we so fervently clamor after in Zen? Great Doubt does nothing less than carve out a new niche in Western Dharma. In short, simple chapters packed with the wisdom of a teacher who cut his eye teeth at San Francisco Zen Center in the glory days, this manual manages to combine East with West, psychotherapy with Zen, and your mother's wisdom with the Buddha's. These lessons will stand the test of time. Hawkins' mix of Eastern Zen and Western psychology gives the reader a unique view into both the human psyche and the heart. If we take this book to heart, it is not easy reading. And yet it is effortless. Great Doubt is a book of intense little Dharma talks: we don't take notes; we simply let the Dharma wash over us. Not to be missed if you believe your inner wisdom can guide you. The author challenges old perceptions and entreats us to stop thinking and start knowing. Advanced praise for the book by a respected Zen teacher and editors--Lou Mitsunen Nordstrom and Parabola Magazine.

Great Doubt, Great Enlightenment

Author : Kou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Great Doubt, Great Enlightenment written by Kou and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Great Doubt

Author : Jonathan Paul Gross
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781450562874
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book The Great Doubt written by Jonathan Paul Gross and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Doubt is is a book about letting go - surrendering our constant strivings for more knowledge, more ideas about right and wrong, and more tools by which we can judge ourselves and others. Drawing from biblical traditions, Buddhism, Taoism, 12-step recovery wisdom, New Age/New Thought teachings, and the author's experience in the academic study of religion, it offers a spirituality aimed toward becoming authentically human. It asserts that alternative ways of knowing - namely, love and meditative awareness - are necessary to help individuals and communities transcend the limiting and limited capacities of their thinking minds. These ways of knowing are essential aspects of walking a pathway not based on dogmatism, rigidity, or static ideas of truth - one that is instead open to change, questioning, and continual transformation. The Great Doubt is more than just a book; it is a journey. Throughout, it not only posits ideas ("normal" book writing), but also intersperses personal reflections on the writing process itself. These reflections allow the reader to journey with the author as a real human being engaged in real human experiences - hope, fear, doubt, uncertainty. The goal of these reflections is to embody something of the spiritual path to which the book invites its readers - a path of authenticity, self-acceptance, love, and surrender.

Sculpture in the Age of Doubt

Author : Thomas McEvilley
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781581150230
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Sculpture in the Age of Doubt written by Thomas McEvilley and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Framed in a lucid discussion of the intellectual issues surrounding the postmodern movement, the essays in this book re-examine the course of twentieth-century art through the work of twenty-five major sculptors. McEvilley masterfully traces the evolution of modern sculpture from the readymades of Marcel Duchamp to the anti-painting statements of the 1960s to the spiritualism and conceptualism of the 1980s and 1990s. This is a groundbreaking work in the field of art criticism and a fundamental text for anyone interested in the history of current art and culture. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition

Author : Shin'ichi Hisamatsu
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824823849
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition written by Shin'ichi Hisamatsu and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-11-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together two giants of the history of Zen: Linji (Japanese, Rinzai) and Hisamatsu Shin'ichi. Linji is looked upon as the founder of the Rinzai sect in Japan. Hisamatsu was a leading twentieth century master/thinker who lived in Kyoto and was a tremendous influence on the development of the Kyoto school of Japanese philosophy. The translators and editors have translated and annotated twenty-two of Hisamatsu's Zen teisho (Dharma talks, in effect, sermons for Zen practitioners) of a classical Zen text, the Record of Linji, the recorded sayings of the Chinese founder of Rinzai Zen.

The Buddha-Christ as the Lord of the True Self

Author : Fritz Buri
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865545366
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book The Buddha-Christ as the Lord of the True Self written by Fritz Buri and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This translation of a 1982 volume published in Bern (Paul Haupt Verlag) by a Swiss theologian with a longstanding interest in dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity features an examination of the Kyoto school of Japanese philosophers who attempted to engage with both Christianity and secular Wes