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The Sutra of Hui-neng, Grand Master of Zen: With Hui-neng's ...
HuinengThe career of Hui-neng had an incalculable effect on the dissemination of Zen in China. According to the biography of Hui-neng recorded in traditional Zen sources, there were thirty-three people known as formal successors of the Grand ...
Golden Needle Wang Le-ting
Hui-chan YuThis book is an account of his special acupuncture theories and contains his most effective treatment protocols, representative case histories, and Wang's analysis of point selection.
Inventing Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch: Hagiography And ...
John J. JørgensenHe claims that the oldest example was that of Hui-neng. Most were gilded and “[t] he implication was therefore that in his lifetime the monk whose corpse the visitor saw before him had attained buddhahood.”339 The mummy of Hui-neng and its ...
Varia
More editionsPapers by Christie Block, Mike Calcagno, Chan Chung, Qian Gao, Andreas Kathol, Ki-Suk Lee, Eun-Jung Yoo, and ... Kim Darnell, Stefanie Jannedy, Sun-Ah Jun, Kikuo Maekawa, Mineharu Nakayama, Shu-hui Peng, and Jennifer J. Venditti.
The Power of Patriarchs: Qisong and Lineage in Chinese Buddhism
Elizabeth A. MorrisonA study of the Northern Song Chan monk Qisong and his writings on Chan lineage, this book offers new arguments about Buddhist patriarchs, challenges assumptions about Chan masters, and provides insight into the interactions of Buddhists and ...
Attaining the Way: A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism
PreviewThis landmark guide to the practice of Chan Buddhism includes texts from the great living Chan master Sheng Yen, as well as material by three key ancestors of his lineage, going back to medieval times: Yuanyun Jiexian, Boshan Yuanlai, and ...
Erotic Flowers: The Photographs by Xiao Hui Wang
Xiao Hui WangThrough the lens of Chinese photographer Xiao Hui Wang these flowers spark the erotic imagination. Her keen eye and superb technical skill have already been celebrated in previous collections of architectural, nude, and portrait photograph.
Rewriting Early Chinese Texts
Edward L. ShaughnessyFirst, the words "tong Hui wang zi Duofu FR H 3: % % " ( together with Hui Wang's son Duofu) are sensible neither grammatically (the tong |s] "together with" requires a preceding noun) nor historically (Zhou Hui Wang MlJllZE reigned from ...
Poker
PreviewJohnny Chan Johnny Chan Johnny Chan at the 2006 World Series of Poker Nickname(s) Orient(al) Express Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada World Series of Poker Bracelet(s) 10 Money finishes 42 Highest ITM Main Event finish Winner, 1987, ...
Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films: ...
Rey ChowRey Chow explores these questions through nine contemporary Chinese directors (Chen Kaige, Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Yimou, Ann Hui, Peter Chan, Wayne Wang, Ang Lee, Li Yang, and Tsai Ming-liang) whose accomplishments have become historic events ...
Play Poker Like Johnny Chan: Book One: Casino Poker
Johnny ChanWhether you are a beginning or intermediate player, this book will help you on your road to expert status. Concise and easy to understand, Play Poker Like Johnny Chan covers all the popular casino poker games.
Institutions and Institutional Change in China: Premodernity ...
F. Wang... Guang Li, Guo Henchui, Guo Wanqing, He Ming, Miyuki Ishii, Jung-Bock Lee, Jong-Chan Rhee, Ma Min, Yang-Ho Kim, Li Canli, Li Lei, Li Qian, Li Wei, Liu Ji, Liu Xianling, Liu Wanqing, Ming Chu-Cheng, Hakson Paik, Sheng Fumin, Sun Hui ...
Beyond the Blonde
Kathleen Flynn-HuiIn this superb roman-a-clef, Kathleen Flynn-Hui tells it like it is and gives readers more than one opportunity to spot the stars behind the stories .
From Family to Market: Labor Allocation in Contemporary China
Fei-Ling Wang... Guang Li, Guo Henchui, Quo Wanqing, He Ming, Miyuki Ishii, Jung-Bock Lee, Jong-Chan Rhee, Ma Min, Yang-Ho Kim, Li Canli, Li Lei, Li Qian, Li Wei, Liu Ji, Liu Xianling, Liu Wanqing, Ming Chu-Cheng, Hakson Paik, Sheng Fumin, Sun Hui ...
Beyond the Blonde
Kathleen Flynn-HuiThe Devil Wears Prada meets Steel Magnolias in this fictionalized account of the real-life rise of Kathleen Flynn-Hui, star of the hot Manhattan Salon AKS.
The Ghost of Neil Diamond
David MilnesNeil tried to recall in which of Chan's smart clubs Iannis was working but he couldn't remember. What else was in that expression, that puckered frown? With the shadow from the hat it was impossible to say. “How is he? Ole channy Chan?
The Politics of Imagining Asia
Hui WangWang Hui argues that we need to more fully understand China’s past in order to imagine alternative ways of conceiving Asia and world order.
The Politics of Imagining Asia
Hui WangWang Hui argues that we need to more fully understand China’s past in order to imagine alternative ways of conceiving Asia and world order.
Close to the eyes: the portraits of Xiao Hui Wang
Xiao Hui WangA collection of beautifully intense & masterfully composed portraits concentrating on each subjects' individuality.
Million Dollar Hold'em: Limit Cash Games
Johnny ChanChan, who regularly plays against and defeats the best players in the world, shows how to win money consistently at poker's most popular game-limit hold'em.
Physics Briefs: Physikalische Berichte
More editions... H.P. 20530 21028 Hughes, J.R. 18940 Hughes, S.R. 19126 Hughston, L.P. 18528 Huh, J.S. 20436 Huhtinen, M. 19072 Hui Chungyuen 20357 Hui,P.M. 20501 Huldt, S. 19233 HuB, R. 20396 HuKh, P.O. 18853 Huhman, L. 21405 Hukqvist, ...
China's New Order: Society, Politics, and Economy in Transition
Hui WangAnalysing the transformations that China has undertaken since 1989, Wang Hui argues that it features elements of the new global order as a whole in which considerations of economic growth and development have trumped every other concern, ...
Charlie Chan's Words of Wisdom
Howard M. BerlinA selection of 600 quotes from the Charlie Chan movies, based on the character created by Earl Derr Biggers. Includes a 12-page databank of publicity photos, lobby cards, and other scenes from the movies.
Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record: ...
Steven HeineSee Morten Schlütter, How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute Over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009). T48:292c22–293a14. See Robert E. Buswell Jr., “The Transformation of Doubt ...
Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717)
Wen FongWang Hui, the most celebrated painter of late-17th-century China, played a key role both in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape painting and in establishing the stylistic foundations for the imperially sponsored art of the Qing ...
The Moneymaker Effect: The Inside Story of the Tournament ...
Eric RaskinThis was our ESPN debut broadcast, so we wanted—and ESPN wanted—to have a Johnny Chan or a Doyle or a Hellmuth. So when Johnny Chan was eliminated, there was certainly some disappointment in that. Maranz: Our coverage, we ...
Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times
Soong-Chan RahSoong-Chan Rah's prophetic exposition of the book of Lamentations provides a biblical and theological lens for examining the church's relationship with a suffering world.
Shattering the Great Doubt: The Chan Practice of Huatou
ShengyanA Chan Master who has co-led retreats with the Dalai Lama presents the Chinese Zen meditational practice of asking an answerless question, called huatou, a traditional method for breaking through the trap of habitual thinking and finding a ...
Out of the Shadow of 1997?: The 2000 Legislative Council ...
PreviewSome of the Young Turk members in these branches spent time campaigning for Albert Chan, instead of campaigning in their own districts, as they saw Chan as the only hopeful Young Turk candidate. However, this did not violate any party ...
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