Ergebnis für "buddha" in Fantasy

Buddhistische Geschichten für mehr Achtsamkeit, Selbstreflexion und Glück im Alltag. Dieses Hörbuch enthält eine wundervolle Sammlung zeitloser buddhistischer Erzählungen sowie viele Anregungen, die das Nachdenken über unser eigenes Leben in den Vordergrund rücken. Es ist eine Quelle der Inspiration für alle, die sich nach mehr Ruhe und Gelassenheit sehnen. Michael Steinwand kombiniert die Auswahl von 52 buddhistischen Geschichten aus dem alten Indien mit persönlichen Anekdoten und baut so eine Brücke in unsere heutige Zeit.

I racconti Jataka sono l'equivalente buddista delle Favole di Esopo. Sono storie di morale. Nelle culture buddiste dell'epoca, queste erano le storie che i bambini ascoltavano e che li facevano crescere. Erano l'intrattenimento popolare. Le famiglie si riunivano la sera, dopo il lavoro della giornata, e condividevano questi racconti. È da queste storie che si apprendevano le norme di comportamento dei seguaci del Buddha. Come nelle Favole di Esopo, i protagonisti di queste storie possono essere un re, un mercante, un artigiano o un animale.

Bloomsbury presents Yasodhara and the Buddha by Vanessa R. Sasson, read by Ezra Saifie By combining the spirit of fiction with the fabulism of Indian mythology and in-depth academic research, Vanessa R. Sasson shares the evocative story of the Buddha from the perspective of a forgotten woman...

In this book, twelve leading scholars of South Asian texts and traditions articulate the Buddha-life blueprint-the underlying and foundational pattern that holds the life story of a buddha together. They retell the episodes of Buddha Gautama's extended life story, while keeping in mind the cosmic, paradigmatic arc of his narrative. The contributors have dedicated their careers to exploring hagiographical materials, each applying their own methodological and theoretical interests to shed new light on the enduring story of Buddhism.

Story is told by a narrator who is a psychologist in Indian country. What appears to be a consultation with a patient ends up being a meeting with his teacher, Tarrence. Tarrence proceeds to take the narrator into a dreamtime journey that melts the worldview held by the storyteller. The dream leads the narrator to a place in which the energy generated by ancient dreamers must be balanced. The lack of balance brought on by the power dreamers and their ceremony resulted in the atomic bomb.

Jataka Tales is a compilation of stories from an ancient collection of famous legends about the former lives of the Buddha on his long road to enlightenment. Suggestive of Aesop, these beloved fables are fragments of epics and hero tales arising from deep in the collective Indian past. They present challenging circumstances for humans and animals alike, events which elicit courage and the capacity to love. Centered in one of the world's oldest cities on the Ganges River, these delightful stories tell of dramatic adventures resolved by nonviolent, compassionate means. 

A story of wisdom, peace, and quiet transformation. In Winning Buddha’s Smile, Charles M. Taylor weaves a thoughtful folklore-inspired tale that explores the search for meaning, inner peace, and human understanding. Through gentle storytelling and timeless themes, this reflective narrative...

Hiroshi has always dreamed of becoming a sumotori. His late father was always respected in the local sumo scene. This was Hiroshi’s ticket to a local tournament. When he wins that he might be able to compete in the capital city. He’s recruited by the legendary Oyakata Kenjiro and goes the fabled Hajima stable. There he learns being a sumotori is harder than he ever expected. He has a master who is strict and unforgiving, an Oyakata who seems to be losing his grip and a stable bully that seems to be set on making his life hell.

"Since time immemorial, India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva’s Kathasaritasagara, William Radice...

A Globe and Mail Best Book A Guardian Summer Book Pick A CBC Best Canadian Fiction Book of the Year From the bestselling, award-winning author of Funny Boy and The Hungry Ghosts comes a breathtaking reimagining of ancient India through the extraordinary life of Yasodhara, the woman...

With the mysterious foster child, Angelia, dreams become real, and her latest dream plunges her and her siblings, Paul, Cesara, and Killian Brave into Mirrororrim, an alternate universe of magik, Firebirds, Dracowings, and warring kingdoms. In Mirrororrim, all the Braves are vested with powers and become swept up in the effort to save that world and its peoples from destruction and to find a way back to their home world. An epic fantasy, filled with humor, charm, peril, majesty, and love, you've never been in a dream realm like Mirrororrim.