5/21/2023 0 Comments Buddha by demi![]() ![]() Sang Hyang Adi Buddha refers to "the seed of Buddhahood" inside every being. This term is not found in Pāli Canon, but used in some old Indonesian Vajrayana texts such as Sanghyang Kamahayanikan. The term Sanghyang Adi Buddha is agreed upon and used by the Indonesian Supreme Sangha and the Indonesian Buddhist Council as the designation for God Almighty. ![]() Īdi-Buddha is a term used in Tantric Buddhism to refer to the Primordial Buddha. This concept is used by the Indonesian Buddhist Council, an organization that seeks to represent all Buddhist traditions in Indonesia such as Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. "Recognition of the Divine Omnipotence") that requires the belief in a supreme God, which Buddhism, strictly speaking, does not believe in. This term was used by Ashin Jinarakshita at the time of Buddhist revival in Indonesia in the mid-20th century to reconcile the first principle of the official philosophical foundation of Indonesia ( Pancasila), i.e. Sanghyang Adi Buddha is a concept of God in Indonesian Buddhism. ![]()
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5/21/2023 0 Comments Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross![]() ![]() Inspired by Emile Zola’s short story Les Repoussoirs, this debut novel takes place during the late 1800s. ![]() Her journey from the proletariat to the elite and back again gives readers a comprehensive picture of Parisian life during the Belle Epoque.- Tiffany O’Leary, Mount Saint Mary College, NY Maude’s evolution and development are believable, and are the driving force of the plot. It is full of strong female characters driven by the pursuit of their dreams rather than pursuit of a husband, thus defying their societal roles. But as the lines of friendship are blurred by her responsibilities, what will Maude choose? Should she stay true to her friend at the expense of her career or continue to be the mother’s puppet, potentially sacrificing Isabel’s happiness? This is a compelling story about friendship, the complexity of beauty, and self-discovery. ![]() Maude’s first client is a challenge: a headstrong young woman named Isabel, who is unaware that Maude has been hired by her mother to act as Isabel’s beauty foil. To get by, she takes a job as a repoussoir, a young woman hired for her ugliness and used to highlight the beauty of her patroness. Maude Pichon, a runaway, discovers life in Paris to be crueler and much less romantic than she imagined from her country home in provincial Brittany. ![]() ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Becoming an abolitionist![]() ![]() Assessment of where cops are present in communities and what they are doing: Whose interests are they serving? What harms are they perpetrating? What is needed there-if anything? Who could be providing what is needed instead? 2. Ritchie identify how community programs and institutions can become broader community infrastructures of care by asking the following set of questions: 1. ![]() In The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America, Professor Michelle Wilde Anderson addresses how local governments and nonprofits can create collective ecosystems of care 2 Open this footnote Close this footnote 2 In No More Police: A Case for Abolition, Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ruth Wilson Gilmore 1 Open this footnote Close this footnote 1 Rachel Kushner, Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind, N. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The finders jeffrey burton![]() ![]() They have clear goals with believable motivations and show appropriate emotions. The characters are compelling and well-developed for a first book in a series. What follows is a terrific mystery with lots of action, twists and turns, a little humor, and some fantastic moments with Mace’s family his four HRD dogs. With a serial killer targeting young women, the Chicago police department asks for Mace’s help. He recently acquired and began training a golden retriever named Vira. However, his specialty is training dogs in human remains detection (HRD). Mason (Mace) Reid lives outside of Chicago and trains dogs with various end goals such as obedience and missing persons tracking, as well as searching for drugs and explosives. ![]() Burton is the first book in the new Mace Reid K-9 Mystery series. ![]() ![]() Illustrator’s agent: Holly McGhee, Pippin Properties. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Tua and the Elephant. ![]() Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Nonetheless, Harris’s story, enlivened by Yoo’s gently evocative woodcut illustrations in violet and mustard, avoids overt anthropomorphism of Pohn-Pohn while maintaining the sweet connection between elephant and girl. Tua and the Elephant - Kindle edition by Harris, R.P., Yoo, Taeeun. Her favorite foods, papaya and cilantro salad, chocolate sauce and roti tempt her. She works her way through her Thai village, stopping under the string of lights and taking in the view. Harris Taeeun Yoo (Illustrator) At ten years old, Tua navigates the open air night market as an expert. The final chapters wrap up the story a little too neatly, however, and border on an infomercial about the sanctuary for abused Asian elephants. Tua and the Elephant Tua and the Elephant R. Engagingly filled with Thai vocabulary, food, and customs, and peopled by helpful family members, chums, and kind monks, the book maintains a quick, suspenseful pace. As quick-witted and adventurous as she is warmhearted, Tua undergoes hair-raising escapades to keep Pohn-Pohn out of the villains’ grasp and find her a sanctuary. ![]() The elephant is under the charge of two thieving scoundrels and wordlessly begs Tua to help her escape. ![]() Tua, whose mother is a hardworking waitress, lives an independent life in Chiang Mai, near a popular night market where she finds-and falls in love with-Pohn-Pohn. Harris’s debut, inspired by a trip to the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand, follows nine-year-old Tua and her relationship with an abused elephant, Pohn-Pohn. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Angels in america part one![]() ![]() Of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Kushner has said, “it’s a play about a specific historical moment, and what it was like to be alive then, and in other ways, it describes things that are still very much with us.” In producing this play, Arena Stage had an interesting challenge on its hands: how to make such a popular and beloved piece new again and relevant to a contemporary audience, while staying true to the themes and political agenda that Kushner had in mind when writing “Angels” -needless to say, a pretty big ask from any theatrical team. The subtitle, “A Gay Fantasia on National Themes,” pretty much says it all. It’s a broadly panoramic and searing look at a very specific time in American history-the mid 1980s and the beginning of the AIDS crisis in this country. “Angels in America” has been deemed Tony Kushner’s magnum opus. ![]() Nick Westrate (Prior Walter) in “Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches” at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, running March 24 through April 23. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Kingdom keepers iii![]() ![]() ![]() Through a transparent paper box, a quest for a sword, rides on Soarin' and Maelstrom, life-and-death encounters with giant snakes, and a devious Maleficent, the Kingdom Keepers not only begin to decipher deeper meanings to the clues, but discover new truths about themselves and their ever-growing friendships. Kingdom Keepers Books 1-3: Featuring Kingdom Keepers I, II, and III by Ridley Pearson 4.7 (9) eBook 15. Each clue seems tied to the last, and with the stakes growing ever higher, what starts out as a puzzle ends up as a fight for their lives. The very few clues from Jess's dream lead the kids into Disney's Hollywood Studios and Epcot-through imaginary worlds that become real, by imaginary kids who are real. With the adventures set forth in the first books now behind them, Kingdom Keepers 3: Disney In Shadow follows the. ![]() Concerned Wayne has been abducted by the Overtakers-Disney villains, who along with other Disney characters, take over the parks when the turnstiles stop spinning, and want desperately to steer the parks to a far darker place-the five kids pick up a major clue from a close friend, Jess, whose dreams (nightmares, really) often accurately predict the future. Available in National Library (Singapore). ![]() With the adventures set forth in the first books now behind them, KINGDOM KEEPERS 3: DISNEY IN SHADOW follows the five teens, Finn, Philby, Willa, Charlene, and Maybeck as they search to find Wayne, their mentor and head Imagineer who has mysteriously gone missing. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Jackson mackenzie whole again![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But he's also found that it is possible to work through these symptoms and find love on the other side, and this book shows how. These range from feelings of numbness and emptiness to depression, perfectionism, substance abuse, and many more. Through his close work with-and deep connection to-thousands of survivors of abusive relationships Jackson discovered that most survivors have symptoms of trauma long after the relationship is over. In this highly anticipated new book, he guides readers on what to do next-how to fully heal from abuse in order to find love and acceptance for the self and others. His first book,Psychopath Free, explained how to identify and survive the immediate situation. ![]() Jackson MacKenzie has helped millions of people in their struggle to understand the experience of toxic relationships. From a leading voice on recovering from toxic relationships, a deeply insightful guide to getting back to your "old self" again-in order to truly heal and move on. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() a great love story." - Booklist"Readers with a romantic bent will be drawn to this story." - Publishers Weekly This novel features interesting characters and creates a strong sense of time and place, while exploring the mysteries of the spirit world." - School Library JournalReincarnation"Imaginative, passionate. Praise for Suzanne Weyn:The Haunted Museum Book 1: The Titanic Locket"Weyn keeps unexpected chills coming, nimbly linking past and present.A quick, jittery read." - Publishers Weekly Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic* "Weyn's take on the infamous disaster is wholly original." - Booklist, starred review"Gripping. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Neil gaiman snow white retelling![]() ![]() ![]() Read by Neil Gaiman and (as always) he provides an excellent audio rendition Annnd that's about as positive as I can get. I really wanted to see that build/emotional development and the was absolutely nothing. I went on thinking that this would be a lesbian retelling of sleeping beauty. which is one sure way to take me out of the story.Īnd I didn't feel the romance - for some reason, which (of course) made everything ridiculously and overwhelmingly dramatic. or this: It would be the end of her life, she decided, if life was a time of choices. It has too many lines like this: But the path to her death, heartbeat by heartbeat, would be inevitable. ![]() Maybe it's because I've read too many versions of fairytales but I just wasn't wowed. the whole story had a very lackluster feel to it. ![]() Learning how to be strong, to feel her own emotions and not another's, had been hard but once you learned the trick of it, you did not forget. Yes, there's a Snow White, but gone is the calm Disney gal. I don’t have a lot of patience for stories in which women are rescued by men."Yes, there's a sleeping beauty but she's nothing is like the original story. The best part - how Gaiman takes the fairy tale characters and weaves them into a new-old story. I've read so many versions of fairy tales that it takes a really interesting spin(dle) (ha) for me to enjoy. ![]() |
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