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Author |
: Gita Mehta |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2011-02-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307780997 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307780996 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis A River Sutra by : Gita Mehta
With imaginative lushness and narrative elan, Mehta provides a novel that combines Indian storytelling with thoroughly modern perceptions into the nature of love--love both carnal and sublime, treacherous and redeeming. "Conveys a world that is spiritual, foreign, and entirely accessible."--Vanity Fair. Reading tour.
Author |
: Gita Mehta |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2012-05-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307814630 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307814637 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Karma Cola by : Gita Mehta
Beginning in the late '60s, hundreds of thousands of Westerners descended upon India, disciples of a cultural revolution that proclaimed that the magic and mystery missing from their lives was to be found in the East. An Indian writer who has also lived in England and the United States, Gita Mehta was ideally placed to observe the spectacle of European and American "pilgrims" interacting with their hosts. When she finally recorded her razor sharp observations in Karma Cola, the book became an instant classic for describing, in merciless detail, what happens when the traditions of an ancient and longlived society are turned into commodities and sold to those who don't understand them. In the dazzling prose that has become her trademark, Mehta skewers the entire Spectrum of seekers: The Beatles, homeless students, Hollywood rich kids in detox, British guilt-trippers, and more. In doing so, she also reveals the devastating byproducts that the Westerners brought to the villages of rural lndia -- high anxiety and drug addiction among them. Brilliantly irreverent, Karma Cola displays Gita Mehta's gift for weaving old and new, common and bizarre, history and current events into a seamless and colorful narrative that is at once witty, shocking, and poignant.
Author |
: Gita Mehta |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 1994-06-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780679752479 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0679752471 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis A River Sutra by : Gita Mehta
With imaginative lushness and narrative elan, Mehta provides a novel that combines Indian storytelling with thoroughly modern perceptions into the nature of love--love both carnal and sublime, treacherous and redeeming. "Conveys a world that is spiritual, foreign, and entirely accessible."--Vanity Fair.
Author |
: Shohaku Okumura |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2018-05-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781614293125 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1614293120 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Mountains and Waters Sutra by : Shohaku Okumura
An indispensable map of a classic Zen text. “Mountains and waters are the expression of old buddhas.” So begins “Sansuikyo,” or “Mountains and Waters Sutra,” a masterpiece of poetry and insight from Eihei Dogen, the thirteenth-century founder of the Soto school of Zen. Shohaku Okumura—renowned for his translations of and magisterial teachings on Dogen—guides the reader through the rich layers of metaphor and meaning in “Sansuikyo,” which is often thought to be the most beautiful essay in Dogen’s monumental Shobogenzo. His wise and friendly voice shows us the questions Dogen poses and helps us realize what the answers could be. What does it mean for mountains to walk? How are mountains an expression of Buddha’s truth, and how can we learn to hear the deep teachings of river waters? Throughout this luminous volume, we learn how we can live in harmony with nature in respect and gratitude—and awaken to our true nature.
Author |
: Gita Mehta |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 319 |
Release |
: 2010-09-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307766236 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307766233 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Snakes and Ladders by : Gita Mehta
India is a land of contrasts. It is the world's most populous democracy, but it still upholds the caste system. It is a burgeoning economic superpower, but one of the poorest nations on earth. It is the home of the world's biggest movie industry after Hollywood, as well as to the world's oldest religions. It is an ancient civilization celebrating fifty years as a modern nation. Now, as never before, the world wants to know what contemporary India is all about. As she has proved in three previous books--her wry take on the marketing of the mystic East in Karma Cola; the rich historical saga of Raj; and the beguiling tales of A River Sutra--there is no better guide to India's multihued mosaic than Gita Mehta. She knows India in all its rich detail--its folkways and history, its culture and politics, its ancient traditions and current concerns. In Snakes and Ladders, she gives a loving but unflinching assessment of India today, in an account that is entertaining, informative, and wholly personal.
Author |
: Naguib Mahfouz |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2011-04-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307780850 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307780856 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cairo Modern by : Naguib Mahfouz
In Naguib Mahfouz's suspenseful novel a bitter and ambitious nihilist, a beautiful and impoverished student, and a corrupt official engage in a doomed ménage à trois. Cairo of the 1930s is a place of vast social and economic inequities. It is also a time of change, when the universities have just opened to women and heady new philosophies imported from Europe are stirring up debates among the young. Mahgub is a fiercely proud student who is determined to keep both his poverty and his lack of principles secret from his idealistic friends. When he finds that there are no jobs for those without connections, out of desperation he agrees to participate in an elaborate deception. But what begins as a mere strategy for survival soon becomes much more for both Mahgub and his partner in crime, an equally desperate young woman named Ihsan. As they make their way through Cairo's lavish high society their precarious charade begins to unravel and the terrible price of Mahgub's Faustian bargain becomes clear. Translated by William M. Hutchins
Author |
: Zoketsu Norman Fischer |
Publisher |
: Sumeru Press Incorporated |
Total Pages |
: 130 |
Release |
: 2020-02-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1896559581 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781896559582 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mountains and Rivers Sutra: Teachings by Norman Fischer / A Weekly Practice Guide by : Zoketsu Norman Fischer
In these talks given at the Upaya Zen Center in 2012, Norman Fischer presents Dogen's medieval essay in language understandable to us in the 21st century and gives us a rich commentary on how to apply these principles in our daily lives. The talks are in 52 short sections as a weekly guide, with each accompanied by practice suggestions.
Author |
: Gita Mehta |
Publisher |
: Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2019-10-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1982144793 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781982144791 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Raj by : Gita Mehta
Born to the Royal House of Balmer, Jaya Singh experiences the influences of Western culture as a selfless wife, strong leader, and courageous individual in a national struggle. Jaya Singh is the intelligent, beautiful, and compassionate daughter of the Maharajah and Maharani of Balmer. Raised in the thousand-year-old tradition of purdah, a strict regime of seclusion, silence, and submission, Jaya is ill-prepared to assume the role of Regent Maharani of Sirpur upon the death of her decadent, Westernized husband. But Jaya bravely fulfills her duty and soon finds herself thrust into the center of a roiling political battle in which the future of the kingdom is at stake...and her own future as well.
Author |
: Lorraine S. Brugh |
Publisher |
: Augsburg Fortress |
Total Pages |
: 346 |
Release |
: 2008-12-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781451478204 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1451478208 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sunday Assembly by : Lorraine S. Brugh
Addresses the general principles that have guided the shaping of Evangelical Lutheran Worship, considering that central liturgy of Christian worship, Holy Communion. This text examines how worship interacts with environment, music, and the preached word, and features useful and practical suggestions for all those who lead the assembly in worship around word and table.
Author |
: Janice Holt Giles |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 362 |
Release |
: 1964 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0813128439 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780813128436 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Run Me a River by : Janice Holt Giles
The adventures of a young steamboat captain and his passengers on the Green River, Kentucky, when Confederate and Union armies were beginning to clash.