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Author : Charlotte Eubanks
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0520265610

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"This is an exciting exploration of the world of Buddhist attitudes towards religious texts, from Indian scriptures to Japanese medieval tales. Its emphasis on discursive strategies—how Buddhist texts function and what they expect of their readers/users (especially, the connection between books, their content, and their readers' bodies)—is a welcome new perspective."—Fabio Rambelli, author of Buddhist Materiality "Miracles of Book and Body is fluidly written and engaging. This book brings the reader to an awareness of the range and foci of medieval 'popular' readings of sutra literature, and Eubanks provides an important perspective to interpreting these narratives that is original and stimulating."—Thomas W. Hare, author of Zeami: Performance Notes "Charlotte Eubanks' sophisticated, insightful and readable study of the physicalities of sutra texts and sutra recitation makes sense of some of the strangest phenomena in medieval Japan. By disentangling the literal and metaphorical meanings in Buddhist setsuwa, Eubanks explains such things as how memorizing a text is an embodiment thereof, how texts can become sentient beings, and why the scroll is an appropriate format for recording dharma. Her work is both important and engaging."—Margaret H. Childs, University of Kansas "Drawing on an impressive range of Mahayana scriptures and medieval Japanese didactic tales, Eubanks unpacks recurrent tropes correlating text and flesh to reveal surprising connections among the literary, material, and ritual dimensions of Buddhist textual culture. Elegantly written and theoretically astute, this volume will be welcomed not only by specialists in Buddhist literature but also by readers interested in broader issues of text-based religious practice."—Jacqueline Stone, author of Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism

Author : Charlotte Eubanks
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 40,53 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0520947894

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Miracles of Book and Body is the first book to explore the intersection of two key genres of sacred literature in medieval Japan: sutras, or sacred Buddhist texts, and setsuwa, or "explanatory tales," used in sermons and collected in written compilations. For most of East Asia, Buddhist sutras were written in classical Chinese and inaccessible to many devotees. How, then, did such devotees access these texts? Charlotte D. Eubanks argues that the medieval genre of "explanatory tales" illuminates the link between human body (devotee) and sacred text (sutra). Her highly original approach to understanding Buddhist textuality focuses on the sensual aspects of religious experience and also looks beyond Japan to explore pre-modern book history, practices of preaching, miracles of reading, and the Mahayana Buddhist "cult of the book."

Author : Dr. Bernie S. Siegel
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,4 MB
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1608683044

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Heartwarming and Heart-Opening Stories Gathered from Decades of Medical Practice Bernie Siegel first wrote about miracles when he was a practicing surgeon and founded Exceptional Cancer Patients, a groundbreaking synthesis of group, individual, dream, and art therapy that provided patients with a “carefrontation.” Compiled during his more than thirty years of practice, speaking, and teaching, the stories in these pages are riveting, warm, and belief expanding. Their subjects include a girl whose baby brother helped her overcome anorexia, a woman whose cancer helped her heal by teaching her to stand up for herself, and a family that was saved from a burning house by bats. Without diminishing the reality of pain and hardship, the stories show real people turning crisis into blessing by responding to adversity in ways that empower and heal. They demonstrate what we are capable of and show us that we can achieve miracles as we confront life’s difficulties.

Author : Robert A. Scott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0520271343

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"Scott has written a magnificent book on the realities of religious healing. He brings sensibility, reason, impressive insight, and the best information to bear—qualities seldom manifested in the centuries of claim, cynicism, and controversy on the topic. His analysis is destined to raise the level of discourse on dramatic religious experiences."—Neil Smelser, author of The Odyssey Experience

Author : William A. McGarey
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 35,65 MB
Release : 1996-09-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780312959487

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Realize the Natural Healing Potential of your Body In his lifetime, American spiritual pioneer Edgar Cayce helped thousands experience the wonders of holistic medicine. Now his writings are interpreted and updated by William McGarey, M.D., a medical doctor who has used Cayce's methods to heal thousands. You too can learn to understand the secrets of self-healing including: Emotional lifystyle, sleep, and dietary patterns that affect your body's automatic healing process--and how you can improve them. How energy medicine can keep you ahead of rising health-care costs The importance of aura and energy fields, internal electrical activity and homeostasis Understanding meditation and purification as tools to energize your spiritual pyramid and encourage your body to heal The acid/alkaline balance, its importance, and the foods you can use to alter it Stress reduction, dream interpretation, and past-life therapy. Includes a handy appendix with natrual remedial diets for arthritis, intestinal health, and other common needs.

Author : Christy Wilson Beam
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 38,2 MB
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0316381853

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"Miracles from Heaven is a powerful, healing story about family, love, faith, and hope. It amazed me and it will inspire readers everywhere." -- T.D. Jakes, bestselling author of Destiny In a remarkable true story of faith and blessings, a mother tells of her sickly young daughter, how she survived a dangerous accident, her visit to Heaven and the inexplicable disappearance of the symptoms of her chronic disease. Annabel Beam spent most of her childhood in and out of hospitals with a rare and incurable digestive disorder that prevented her from ever living a normal, healthy life. One sunny day when she was able to go outside and play with her sisters, she fell three stories headfirst inside an old, hollowed-out tree, a fall that may well have caused death or paralysis. Implausibly, she survived without a scratch. While unconscious inside the tree, with rescue workers struggling to get to her, she visited heaven. After being released from the hospital, she defied science and was inexplicably cured of her chronic ailment. Miracles from Heaven will change how we look at the world around us and reinforce our belief in God and the afterlife.

Author : Joan Borysenko
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 27,26 MB
Release : 2001-03-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0759521344

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind comes a powerful collection of spiritual activities that we can use every day in order to create miracles in our lives. Through daily meditations and exercises, Borysenko helps us to let go of fear and realize the light of peace.

Author : Monica Starkman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 28,42 MB
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1631520555

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International Book Awards 2016 finalist for literary fiction The End of Miracles is a twisting, haunting story about the drastic consequences of a frustrated obsession. A woman with a complex past wants nothing more than to become a mother, but struggles with infertility and miscarriage. She is temporarily comforted by a wish-fulfilling false pregnancy, but when reality inevitably dashes that fantasy, she falls into a depression so deep she must be hospitalized. The sometimes-turbulent environment of the psychiatry unit rattles her and makes her fear for her sanity, and she flees. Outside, she impulsively commits a startling act with harrowing consequences for herself and others. This emotionally gripping novel is a suspenseful journey across the blurred boundaries between sanity and madness, depression and healing.

Author : Harun Yahya
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,69 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788178982960

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Children, the wide world you enter as you read this book is one of enormous concern to you. You may not have realized it so far, but trillions of workers are currently working on your behalf in this giant world. They are also to be found in every single human being. You will be astonished as you read this book and learn how these workers in your body, the wide world in question, are cells, far too small to be visible to the naked eye. O man! what has deluded you in respect of your Noble Lord? He Who created you and formed you and proportioned you and assembled you in whatever way He willed. (Surat al-Infitar: 6-8)

Author : Beni Johnson
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 39,48 MB
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0768445477

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Miracles wait at the communion table For centuries, the Church has observed the Lords Supper as part of corporate worship, instituted by Jesus Himself. But for many Christians today, this tradition can be a confusing ritual. Are we missing something in this ancient sacrament? Beni and Bill Johnsonbestselling authors and senior leaders of Bethel Church in Redding, Californiahad a miraculous revelation while celebrating communion. In The Power of Communion, they reveal how this sacred practice is an often overlooked opportunity to release Gods power in your life! Dont settle for a lifeless routine. God is supernaturally present in the sacrament of Communion! Learn to embrace this prophetic act of remembrance, worship, warfare, and healing as it was always meant to be! Discover practical keys for Healing: release the healing testimony of Jesus blood and body over sickness. Deliverance: announce the eternal victory of Jesus over torment, addiction and bondage. Warfare: shift spiritual atmospheres over you, your family and even world events. Presence: experience new dimensions of Gods glory as you apply Jesus victory over your life. There are miracles just waiting to be released that Jesus' atonement already paid for! Discover The Power of Communion today!