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"In Buddhism, the personal and the systemic are interwoven. If we are to heal from trauma, we need to find and face our deeply held, often hidden pain. Because we have been raised in a society of greed, aggression, and confused values, this is difficult, but something we all must do, regardless of our ethnic or racial background. Ragir lets fall the stereotypical cool, calm Zen teacher's demeanor to reveal her complicated emotional self. She tells...
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156 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
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"At Tennomifune Academy, students with "negative karma"--the kids who are practically weighted down by misfortune--are all collected into one place: Class 1-7. On the first day of school, Ruri Hibarigaoka (Hibari) meets fellow 1-7 classmates Anne Hanakoizumi (Hanako), a girl up to her ears in bad luck, and the all-too-frail Botan Kumegawa (...Botan). These fast friends just want to have a fun high school life, but are they pushing their luck...?!"--Cover,...
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Documentary containing remarkable footage of the rites and liturgies surrounding and following the death of a Ladakhi elder. The Dalai Lama explains his own feelings about death, while other scenes within a palliative care hospice in San Francisco depict the use of the texts to counsel dying patients.
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"Documents the life, teachings and death of His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyü order of Tibetan Buddhism. ... The film also conveys the cultural context of Tibet and the basic beliefs of Vajrayana Buddhism."--Container.
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