Bạn biết gì về thiền. Tác dụng của Thiền cho cuộc sống. Còn rất nhiều vấn đề của một cuộc sống đầy phức tạp đổi hỏi một con người trong kiếp nhân sinh cần phải giải quyết. Cuốn sách này sẽ giúp bạn nhận biết con đường để đi đến cõi phúc, con đường đạt được thành công. Trong cuộc đời này, không ai không tránh khỏi những va vấp. Điều quan trọng là chúng ta nhận thức sự va vấp ấy như thế nào. Nhân sinh quan và thế giới quan của mỗi người, mỗi dân tộc sẽ phản ánh nền văn hóa cũng như sự phát triển về kinh tế của dân tộc đó. Một con người cũng giống như một xã hội, cần có một nền nhận thức thật sự thấu đáo về chính mình, về môi trường chung quanh mình. Hiểu thấu đáo tất cả, sẽ có hành động đúng và sẽ có cuộc đời hoàn hảo. Mặc dù sự hoàn hỏa bao giờ cũng mang tính tương đối, nhưng sự hiểu biết thấu đáo sẽ giúp chúng ta vượt qua tất cả chướng ngại và đi đến thành công trong tương lai.

“Life is an expression of our mind.” Kazuo Inamori The international bestseller A Compass to Fulfillment is a spiritual business guide particularly relevant to our present day and age. Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera and KDDI, weaves together his Buddhist faith and personal experience to create a life/business philosophy based on the simplest but most profound of human concepts: do the right thing, always. Inamori credits his and his companies’ extraordinary success to the daily practice of this timeless truth. In A Compass to Fulfillment, the author helps you develop your own personal philosophy for success by: Recognizing your deepest desires and using them to create a better reality Informing all decisions with simple truths and principles Elevating your mind and practicing humility Living your life steered by an attitude of selfless service Controlling the trajectory of your life by accepting the “will of the universe” A Compass to Fulfillment is about strategic thinking, but not in the sense of business and management technicalities. It is about, first, understanding yourself, and then using that knowledge to get to the point you want to be— in your career, in your business, and in your life.

An essential descriptive introduction to a South-East Asian language with over seventy million speakers, this book provides a conservative treatment of the phonology, lexicon and syntax of Vietnamese, with comments on semantics and history, with particular reference to writing systems, loan words and syntactic structures. All example texts are transcribed and glossed.Prof. Nguyễn Ðình-Hoà has based this grammar on his vast teaching experience and gives basic insights into “Vietnamese without veneer”.

No account is more critical to our understanding of Joan of Arc than the contemporary record of her trial in 1431. Convened at Rouen and directed by bishop Pierre Cauchon, the trial culminated in Joan's public execution for heresy. The trial record, which sometimes preserves Joan's very words, unveils her life, character, visions, and motives in fascinating detail. Here is one of our richest sources for the life of a medieval woman. This new translation, the first in fifty years, is based on the full record of the trial proceedings in Latin. Recent scholarship dates this text to the year of the trial itself, thereby lending it a greater claim to authority than had traditionally been assumed. Contemporary documents copied into the trial furnish a guide to political developments in Joan's career—from her capture to the attempts to control public opinion following her execution. Daniel Hobbins sets the trial in its legal and historical context. In exploring Joan's place in fifteenth-century society, he suggests that her claims to divine revelation conformed to a recognizable profile of holy women in her culture, yet Joan broke this mold by embracing a military lifestyle. By combining the roles of visionary and of military leader, Joan astonished contemporaries and still fascinates us today. Obscured by the passing of centuries and distorted by the lens of modern cinema, the story of the historical Joan of Arc comes vividly to life once again.

Radhasoami Reality explores the emergence of a new religious tradition that is expandiong rapidly across North India and throughout the world. Mark Juergensmeyer seeks to explain why the religious logic of Radhasoami, which is based on the teachings of medieval Hindu saints, is so compelling to today's society.

This inspiring collection of lectures offers a refreshing perspective on the age-old wisdom found in all religious & spiritual scriptures around the world. Beyond religion & philosophy, this book offers a practical guide on how each of us may follow in the footsteps of our spiritual models, bridging the gap between saints & mortal beings, giving us a road map to discover the Kingdom of God within each of us. The Master answers questions about practical daily life, how to overcome obstacles, how to understand misconceptions about religious teachings. With a light-hearted sense of humor, Master Ching Hai prepares us for our journey back "Home" through the practice of an ancient meditation technique called the Quan Yin Method (contemplation of the inner sound stream). The Supreme Master Ching Hai is a spiritual teacher & a world-renowned humanitarian. She has been recognized around the world for disaster relief activities in the U.S., Europe & Asia. She was awarded the "International Peace Commendation" by the U.S. government & has been the honored guest of Presidents & statesmen around the world. This wonderful book should be a part of anyone's spiritual library. To order, call (408) 292-9704, FAX (415) 493- 3427, or write to ISMCHMA, 520 East Santa Clara St., San Jose, CA 95116 or Bookpeople 1-800-999-4650; Moving Books 1-800-777-6683; Quality Books 1-800-323-4241; New Leaf 1-800-326-2665; Baker & Taylor 1-800-775-1800; Publishers Distribution Service 1-800-922-9681 & Brodart & Co. 1-800-233-8467.

During the Vietnam War Bao Ninh served with the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade. Of the five hundred men who went to war with the brigade in 1969, he is one of only ten who survived. The Sorrow of War is his autobiographical novel. Kien works in a unit that recovers soldiers' corpses. Revisiting the sites of battles raises emotional ghosts for him and the memory of war scenes are juxtaposed with dreams and remembrances of his childhood sweetheart. The Sorrow of War burns the tragedy of war in our minds.