What is Buddhist meditation? What is going on—and what should be going on—behind the closed or lowered eyelids of the Buddha or Buddhist adept seated in meditation? And in what ways and to what ends have the answers to these questions mattered for Buddhists themselves? Focusing on early medieval China, this book takes up these questions through a cultural history of the earlies...(展开全部)

Bernard Faure examines the study of Chan / Zen from the standpoint of postmodern human sciences and literary criticism, challenging this inversion of traditional 'Orientalist' discourse: whether the Other is caricatured or idealized, ethnocentric premises marginalize important parts of Chan thought.

What is Buddhist meditation? What is going on—and what should be going on—behind the closed or lowered eyelids of the Buddha or Buddhist adept seated in meditation? And in what ways and to what ends have the answers to these questions mattered for Buddhists themselves? Focusing on early medieval China, this book takes up these questions through a cultural history of the earlies...(展开全部)

Bernard Faure examines the study of Chan / Zen from the standpoint of postmodern human sciences and literary criticism, challenging this inversion of traditional 'Orientalist' discourse: whether the Other is caricatured or idealized, ethnocentric premises marginalize important parts of Chan thought.

De son enfance passée à l'Académie d'études du théâtre chinois à sa reconnaissance de la part d’Hollywood, en passant par son ascension dans le cinéma de Hong Kong, ses nombreux accrochages avec la mort (pendant et en dehors des tournages) ou encore sa vie d’époux et de père considérée à regrets comme imparfaite... Au fil des 35 chapitres de cette autobiographie, incluant une t...(展开全部)

De son enfance passée à l'Académie d'études du théâtre chinois à sa reconnaissance de la part d’Hollywood, en passant par son ascension dans le cinéma de Hong Kong, ses nombreux accrochages avec la mort (pendant et en dehors des tournages) ou encore sa vie d’époux et de père considérée à regrets comme imparfaite... Au fil des 35 chapitres de cette autobiographie, incluant une t...(展开全部)

Miko est une lycéenne tout à fait normale, jusqu’au jour où elle obtient l’étrange capacité de voir les monstres et les fantômes. Véritables visions d’horreurs, la jeune fille fait tout son possible pour garder son calme et ignorer ces terribles créatures toutes plus monstrueuses les unes que les autres. Pourtant bien des secrets se cachent dans le monde invisible, et Miko risq...(展开全部)

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is a biography showcasing the life and work of Chan Hock Chye, a pioneering but largely forgotten comics artist in Singapore. With a career spanning more than five decades, from pre-independent Singapore through its three Prime Ministers, Chan’s work reflects the changing political and economic environment in Singapore. Containing Chan’s origin...(展开全部)

"Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye, the greatest comic book artist you've probably never heard of. When he started making comics in Singapore as a boy of 16 in 1954, Chan expected fame and fortune to quickly follow. But just as Singapore's road to independence would be full of twists and turns, so too would Chan's own journey as an artist. Splicing together a dizzying array of art st...(展开全部)