Martin Palmer Bücher

Durch China zu reisen bedeutet, sich auf heiligem Boden zu bewegen. Die Seele Chinas zu verstehen, heißt zu erkennen, daß das Land - nach der Vorstellung seiner Bewohner - selbst heilig ist. Dieses Buch ist ein Führer zu dieser Seele des Reichs der Mitte, zu den spirituellen Stätten, zu Tempeln und Klöstern voller Geheimnisse.

Eine faszinierende Entdeckungsreise: Der englische Sinologe Martin Palmer findet in Zentralchina ein 7. Jahrhundert altes christliches Kloster, das die Verbreitung der Lehre Jesu im alten China belegt. Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte des Klosters Lou Guan Tai und bietet Einblicke in die Jesus Sutras, auch als "taoistische Evangelien" bekannt.

Schöpfungsmythen von neun verschiedenen Religionen, Einblicke in die heutigen Kulturen.

Learn the basics about this ancient religion which has shaped China for over five thousand years.

How does your Chinese zodiac sign influence your life? How does your lunar date of birth affect your fortune? Find out the answers to these questions and more, in this easy-to-follow guide to the fascinating ancient art of Chinese astrology. This book shows how to make accurate readings about every aspect of your life based on your date and time of birth according to the Chinese calendar. From your love life to your career, and from your own personality to your compatibility with others, it offers a wealth of advice giving invaluable insight into almost any situation. Now you can discover what your future holds.

Fully cross-referenced, with extensive suggestions for further reading and more in-depth study of the topics discussed, this is an essential reference guide for students of Criminology at all levels. Topics covered range across sociological concepts, the justice system and the different varieties of criminal and deviant behaviour in an easy-to-use A to Z format.

This volume presents a comprehensive survey of the origins, developments, beliefs and distribution of the world's religions. Full-colour maps, pictures and a comprehensive and accessible text combine to form a global overview of human faith and a key to understanding its role in the modern world. In the 21st century religion retains its power to move: from the devotion felt for religious leaders such as the Pope and the Dalai Lama, to the more sinister role faith plays at the heart of many of today's conflicts, in the Middle East to India, in Kosovo and Chechenia. Yet the evolution and history, the beliefs and practices of today's world faiths are often poorly understood. The book's coverage ranges from faiths such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism to cover issues such as secularism, less well-known belief systems such as Pacific Cargo Cults and includes a section on religion in the ancient world.

Feng shui is an ancient Chinese philosophy aimed at maximizing harmony between ourselves and our surroundings. This guide shows readers how to arrange their homes and work space to fit in most effectively with the basic feng shui principles.

Discusses the religions of the world and their festivals, rituals, beliefs, ceremonial objects, and history

The authors present a comprehensive, colourful taste of the broad tradition that informs Chinese storytelling.

The two forces which keep the universe and every single life form within it going. It looks at balance and harmony in nature, and explains how the principles of yin and yang can be applied to life today.

The best and most comprehensive book on the most important and best-loved Chinese goddess. Walk down the streets of Chinatown in any American or western European city and look around. She is there. Walk through the downtown streets, look in a shop window. She is there. Go to any city in China and open your eyes. She is there, too. Kuan Yin is the most ubiquitous Chinese deity - and the most loved. She is the living expression of compassion whose gentle face and elegant figure form the center of devotion in most Chinese homes and workplaces. Until relatively recently, she was barely known in the West, and few studies had been made of her. Originally published as Kuan Yin by Harper Collins in 1995 (and republished as The Kuan Yin Chronicles by Hampton Roads in 2009), this seminal work explores the origins and evolution of the goddess in ancient China, early Buddhism, Taoism, and shamanism. Religious scholar Martin Palmer and Chinese divination expert Man-Ho Kwok discuss the Kuan Yin myths and stories, and Jay Ramsay provides fresh translations of 100 Kuan Yin poems that function both as literature and divination tools. "A compelling story that reads like a detective mystery . . . and shows the contemporary reassertion of the Goddess in the hearts and minds of men and women. - Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade.

28 legends and fables featuring the Eight Immortals--an illuminating study of popular Chinese religious beliefs with special appeal for readers of the Tao Te Ching and Joseph Campbell's works on myth. To this day, the Eight Immortals are among the most popular figures in Chinese art, and their cult has affected every aspect of Chinese culture. Line drawings throughout.

A Completely New Translation of the Most Famous Oracle in the World

Taoizmus je jedným z veľkých filozofických systémov a náboženských tradícií, ktoré sa zrodili a rozvíjali v Číne. Základná myšlienka taoizmu spočíva v tom, že každý človek musí nájsť a sledovať svoju vlastnú cestu, neboli Tao. Taoizmus, ktorý je univerzálny vo svojom poňatí poriadku všetkoobjímajúceho vesmíru a nepatrnej úlohy človeka v ňom, je veľmi osobný v starostlivosti o každodenné starosti jednotlivca, jeho šťastie, osobný rast a prosperitu. Ovplyvnil duchovný život ľudí nielen v Ázii, ale na celom svete. Kniha zachytáva vývoj taoizmu od Tao-te-ťingu, knihy "O Ceste a jej Sile", od bájneho zakladateľa Lao-c´a, až po súčasnosť. Zaoberá sa jeho filozofickou aj náboženskou tradíciou, jeho vplyvom na výtvarné umenie a literatúru, ako aj jeho prejavmi v bežnom živote prostých ľudí. Na mnohých príkladoch dokazuje, že taoizmus je v súčasnosti rovnako živý a prínosný, ako bol po celé stáročia, a že v mnohom môže obohatiť život ľudí na konci 20. storočia.