Authors:Chʻing-lai Sheng, C.L. SHENG,
Publisher: Rodopi
Keywords: value, book, series, inquiry, utilitarian, theory, general
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1998-01
List price: $58.50
ISBN-10: 9042003979
ISBN-13: 9789042003972

The thesis of this book is to develop a theory of value covering all kinds of values, based on my unified utilitarian theory. It is unique and is different from all traditional and existing theories of value.Like the views of most psychologists and decision-scientists, value is asserted to be subjective in nature because value exists only for a subject.Value and value judgment are considered statistical in nature in three dimensions, namely in the dimensions of subject, object, and judge. This theory covers a modified von Neumann-Morgenstern utility theory as an integral part. The three conc

Authors:Master Sheng Yen, Chan Master Sheng-yen,
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Keywords: wisdom, zen
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2002-01-09
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1556433867
ISBN-13: 9781556433863

Master Sheng-yen combines wisdom gained from years of study and practice with knowledge of the contemporary world to show how Chan and Buddha’s teachings are still relevant today. Beginners, as well as those already on the path, will find clear and useful guidance as the revered teacher answers questions from his students on the simple yet elusive principles of Chan (Zen) practice.

Authors:Master Sheng-Yen, Chan Master Sheng-Yen, Master Sh
Publisher: Dharma Drum Publicatio
Keywords: doing, knowing, wisdom, zen
Number of Pages: 372
Published: 1994-08-01
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0960985468
ISBN-13: 9780960985463

Author: Hsi-Sheng Chi
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Keywords: china, politics, warlord
Number of Pages: 282
Published: 1979-06
List price: $51.00
ISBN-10: 0804708940
ISBN-13: 9780804708944

Author: Sheng Yen
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: method, illumination, silent, practice, chan
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2008-11-11
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1590305752
ISBN-13: 9781590305751

Here is a spiritual practice uncomplicated enough for anyone to learn, yet rich enough to be worked with for a lifetime. The traditional Chan (Chinese Zen) practice called Silent Illumination begins with nothing more than putting aside all thoughts except the awareness of oneself “just sitting.” It’s so simple in execution that it has sometimes been called the “method of no-method”—yet simple as it is, the practice is subtle and profound, with the potential for ever subtler refinements as the practitioner moves toward mastery of it. When fully penetrated, this radical form of empty

Author: Sheng Yen
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: huatou, practice, chan, doubt, shattering
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2009-05-12
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 159030621X
ISBN-13: 9781590306215

Huatou is a skillful method for breaking through the prison of mental habits into the spacious mind of enlightenment. The huatou is a confounding question much like a Zen koan. Typical ones are "What is wu [nothingness]?" or "What was my original face before birth-and-death?" But a huatou is unlike a koan in that the aim is not to come up with an answer. The practice is simple: ask yourself your huatou relentlessly, in meditation as well as in every other activity. Don’t give up on it; don’t try to think your way to an answer. Resolve to live with the sensation of doubt that arises

Author: Sheng-Mei Ma
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Keywords: bodies, diaspora, asian, reflections, west, montage, east
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 2008-01
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0824831810
ISBN-13: 9780824831813

Approximately twelve hours’ difference lies between New York and Beijing: The West and the East are, literally, night and day apart. Yet East-West Montage crosscuts the two in the manner of adjacent filmic shots to accentuate their montage-like complementarity. It examines the intersection between East and West--the Asian diaspora (or more specifically Asian bodies in diaspora) and the cultural expressions by and about people of Asian descent on both sides of the Pacific. Following the introduction "Establishing Shots," the book is divided into seven intercuts, which in turn subdivide