Author: Salomon Richard File Type: epub Discover the fascinating history of a long-hidden Buddhist culture at a historic crossroads. In the years following Alexander the Greats conquest of the East, a series of empires rose up along the Silk Road. In what is now northern Pakistan, the civilizations in the region called Gandhara became increasingly important centers for the development of Buddhism, reaching their apex under King Kaniska of the Kusanas in the second century CE. Gandhara has long been known for its Greek-Indian synthesis in architecture and statuary, but until about twenty years ago, almost nothing was known about its literature. The insights provided by manuscripts unearthed over the last few decades show that Gandhara was indeed a vital link in the early development of Buddhism, instrumental in both the transmission of Buddhism to China and the rise of the Mahayana tradition.The Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandharasurveys what we know about Gandhara and its Buddhism, and it also provides translations of a dozen different short texts, from similes and stories to treatises on time and reality.**ReviewThis wonderful book provides tantalizing glimpses of a forgotten Buddhistcivilization, one that flourished at the geographical crossroads of Indian,Persian, Hellenistic, and Central Asian cultures around the time of Christ. Aworld rich in religious devotion, human conflict, and philosophical reflectionemerges as though by magic from the meticulous reading by a dedicatedgroup of scholars of fragile textual fragments written on birchbark. The booknot only introduces us to ancient Gandhara but also enriches ourunderstanding of the complex currents of ideas that formed the diverseBuddhist traditions of India, Central Asia, and China. (Stephen Batchelor, author of After Buddhism ) Every now and then, the adventure of scholarship leaps from the pages of a book. With a detectives eye and a storytellers pen, Professor Salomon shares a scholars delight in these Silk Road texts and contexts. (Hozan Alan Senauke, Berkeley Zen Center ) This book opens a window on an early phase of Buddhist literary history that only a century ago seemed lost forever. It is a testament to the indefatigable efforts of a small band of scholars, led by Richard Salomon himself, who have toiled to make this precious material accessible to us. Working with fragile and often fragmentary manuscripts written in a nearly lost language, these scholars have been able to reconstruct an astonishingly detailed picture of the Gandhari Buddhist literary culture that once flourished in a region now corresponding to northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. The texts of Gandhari Buddhism presented in this work strikingly demonstrate the essential unity of the early Buddhist tradition even across widely separated geographical regions. (Bhikkhu Bodhi, author of In the Buddhas Words ) The recent discovery of hundreds of Buddhist manuscripts in Pakistan and Afghanistan, written in the ancient Gandhari language, has revolutionized our understanding of the early history of Buddhism. In this remarkable book Richard Salomon gives the reader a glimpse into a lost world of Buddhist thought and practice, in which the Theravada was only one of many Buddhist schools, each of which composed and transmitted its own version of the Buddhas words. This work makes available several previously unknown Buddhist texts, as well as new versions of scriptures known only in Pali. The author has been a pioneer in the decipherment and translation of these previously unknown scriptures. Until now the study of Gandhari texts has been a highly technical field accessible only to specialists, but here Salomon makes the fruits of more than two decades of study accessible to general readers and specialists alike. This stunning achievement belongs on the bookshelf of every reader who is interested in the history of Buddhism. (Jan Nattier, author of A Few Good Men The Bodhisattva Path according to The Inquiry of Ugra ) About the Author Professor Richard G. Salomon of the University of Washington is a leading figure in the field of early Buddhist studies. He directs the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project and is general editor of the Gandharan Buddhist Texts series published by the University of Washington Press. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Author: Reginald Smith Brindle File Type: pdf This introductory text for students covers all the most important aspects of serial composition, including full discussion of such topics as melody writing, twelve-note harmony, polyphonic writing, forms, stylistic factors, avant-garde techniques, and free twelve-note composition. The authors intention is to avoid a pedantic exposition of serial principles and to include many technical details which are also valid in non serial contexts, being the common property of contemporary musical languages. Richard Smith Brindle (born 1917) is a native of Lancashire. He studied at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, in Rome at the Academia di Santa Cecilia, and in Florence privately with Dallapiccola. His own music is influenced by he Italian avant-garde school of berio, Maderna, non, and others. From 1970 until his retirement in 1985 he was Professor of Music at the University of Surrey.

Author: Filippo Del Lucchese File Type: pdf p 1emInThe Radical Machiavelli Politics, Philosophy and Language, some of the finest Machiavellian scholars explore the Florentines thought five hundred years after the composition of his masterpiece,The Prince. Their analysis, however, goes pastThe Prince, extending to Machiavellis entire corpus and shining new light on his political, historical, and military works, with a special focus on their heritage in modern Marxist thought, the arena in which they reverberate most profoundly and originally.p 1emRather than a neutral, comprehensive, and safe interpretation, this book offers a partial and even partisan reading of Machiavelli, the 16th-century thinker who continues to divide scholars and interpreters, forcing them to confront their responsibility as contemporary thinkers in a global society where Machiavellis ideas and the issues they address still matter.p 1emContributors are Etienne Balibar, Banu Bargu, Jeremie Barthas, Thomas Berns, Alison Brown, Filippo Del Lucchese, Romain Descendre, Jean-Louis Fournel, Fabio Frosini, Giorgio Inglese, Mikko Lahtinen, Jacques Lezra, John P. McCormick, Warren Montag, Vittorio Morfino, Mohamed Moulfi, Gabriele Pedulla, Tania Rispoli, Peter D. Thomas, Sebastian Torres, Miguel Vatter, Stefano Visentin, Yves Winter, and Jean-Claude Zancarini.

Author: Lisa Miller File Type: pdf Bringing a range of therapeutic models, with their theoretical underpinnings and skills, directly into a social work context, this core textbook offers a guide to the application of counselling skills to social work practice.`The content of the book is excellent.... The strength lies in its detailed application of ideas to practice. The use of the case material to illustrate application is excellent and works well - Helen Cosis-Brown, University of MiddlesexThe book focuses on eight principal therapeutic models and each of these is explored to illustrate how the underlying theory can be applied to professional practice. The author then identifies the key skills which can be employed for the most effective social work intervention. Key features of the book includeulla practical skills-based approachlla range of case-studies drawn from a variety of `real-life settingsllsatisfies the benchmark guidelines structuring the new social work degreellend-of-chapter Reflective Questions, Tips for Practice and Tables summarizing the key theoretical concepts and their applications.lulThis is an essential guide to improving communication skills and intervention with service-users.Written in a lively and engaging style it will be an invaluable text for undergraduate students in social work. It will also be useful for qualified practitioners to enhance understanding of communication and the process of change through the medium of counselling skills.**