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Advanced Nanocrystallines - From Design to Devices presents a comprehensive overview of the rapidly evolving field of nanocrystalline materials and their growing importance in modern science and engineering. Covering key topics such as nanocrystal design, structure-property relationships, crystal growth, defect engineering, sustainable nanomaterials, energy applications, and functional nanocomposites, this volume highlights both fundamental principles and emerging technological advancements. The book explores how nanoscale materials can be tailored to improve optical, electrical, mechanical, and catalytic performance across applications ranging from energy storage and conversion to electronics, photonics, and advanced devices. By integrating recent developments in materials synthesis, surface functionalization, and application-oriented research, this book provides valuable insights into the interdisciplinary nature of nanotechnology. Written for researchers, academicians, graduate students, and professionals in materials science, chemistry, physics, and engineering, this book serves as a useful reference for understanding current trends and future opportunities in research and innovation on advanced nanocrystalline materials.

Innumerable human beings have been lulled into and imprisoned by beliefs and dogmas and assumptions of religions, sects, false philosophies and other world-views, by which they lose their striving and consequently, the seeking, the intuiting, the investigating and the evolving. Without any exception though, only human beings who were unstable and are unstable fell for and fall for a belief and dogmas and assumptions of false philosophies, religions and sects and world-views¿¿¿¿¿ Nonetheless, however, the modern times as well bring visible change with regard to the recognition of the truth. The truly rational ones and the ones attempting to think logically, those who are effectively searching for the truthful truth, those, who are willing to acknowledge and follow the Creational laws and recommendations, they have become stronger and more in number, despite of all mendacious and misleading sects, religions, false philosophies and other irrational world-views. The number of truthly truth-seekers is growing and growing, even though when they are being hounded by misguiding sects of all hues and from other false thinkers. ¿¿¿

Chinese traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism have a profoundly philosophical dimension. The three traditions are frequently referred to as three paths of moral teachings. In this book, Mou provides a clear account of the textual corpus that emerges to define each of these traditions and how this canonical axis was augmented by a continuing commentarial tradition as each generation reauthorized the written core for their own time and place. In his careful exegesis, Mou lays out the differences between the more religious reading of these traditions with their defining practices that punctuate the human journey through life, and the more intellectual and philosophical treatment of the texts that has and continues to produce a first-order culture of annotation that become integral to the traditions themselves. At the center of the alternative religious experience reflected throughout the teachings of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism is the project of personal cultivation as it comes to be expressed as robust growth in family and communal relations. For Mou, these three highly distinctive and yet complementary ways of thinking and living constitute a kind of moral ecology, wherein each of them complements the others as they stand in service to a different dimension of the human need for an educated spirituality.

Moderno y realista, el maestro Zen Zensho muestra un camino directo a la vida presente y consciente. Nos indica cómo podemos alcanzar paz interior, profunda sabiduría y mayor consciencia en la rutina diaria, ya que esta es la verdadera ubicación de nuestra práctica. De este modo podremos ser capaces de experimentar con todo nuestro ser lo precioso de cada momento y disfrutar la consciencia clara y la acción como única realidad. Las instrucciones reales del maestro Zen Zenshos para la práctica del Zen en nuestra rutina diaria hacen de este libro una guía segura para la orientación del hombre moderno de Occidente.

Cün sách "Thi¿n T¿p v¿i Pháp ¿n" g¿m 27 bài vi¿t mà h¿u h¿t n¿i dung là "trích l¿i Ph¿t và ý T¿ ¿¿ chia s¿, và ¿¿ m¿i g¿i nhau cùng b¿¿c qua b¿ bên kia", nh¿ tác gi¿ b¿c b¿ch. Qua b¿ bên kia là qua b¿ gi¿i thoát, n¿i không còn sinh t¿, không còn luân h¿i kh¿ ¿au. V¿y Gi¿i thoát là gì và ¿¿o Ph¿t ch¿ tr¿¿ng tu t¿p nh¿ th¿ nào ¿¿ ¿¿t gi¿i thoát? ¿ó là m¿c ¿ích chính c¿a cün sách mà tác gi¿ mün giãi bày, mün chia s¿ v¿i ng¿¿i ¿¿c nh¿ ¿¿ m¿i g¿i cùng nhau b¿¿c lên con thuy¿n qua b¿ kia.Gi¿i thoát là gì? Ch¿c nhi¿u ng¿¿i h¿c Ph¿t ¿¿u bi¿t rõ, ¿ó là tháo tung nh¿ng trói büc con ng¿¿i b¿i ng¿ d¿c và ng¿ tr¿n, v¿¿t thoát m¿i ¿au kh¿ và ¿¿¿c hoàn toàn t¿ do t¿ t¿i. Hay nói m¿t cách khác là làm th¿ nào ¿¿ sáu c¿n không dính m¿c v¿i sáu tr¿n là thành t¿u gi¿i thoát. Pháp tu ¿¿ thành t¿u gi¿i thoát, theo Ph¿t giáo, có ¿¿n vô l¿¿ng pháp môn phù h¿p v¿i m¿i c¿n c¿ sai bi¿t c¿a chúng sinh, nh¿ng t¿t c¿ không ngoài vi¿c tu t¿p ba môn h¿c Gi¿i - ¿¿nh - Tü mà mün vào c¿a gi¿i thoát, ¿i¿u ¿¿u tiên là hành gi¿ ph¿i gi¿ gi¿i và có chánh ki¿n.

¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿The content of this book paves the way for readers to approach ancient Tantric practices presented in the form of a hierarchical system, demonstrating the inner workings of the emerging contemporary Chinese religion. It divides the Tantric subject matter in terms of the purpose of practice and shows the methods of practice for different specialties, including mantra teacher, theory teacher, and career teacher, and how teachers assess the degree of their students' practice. Readers will learn in detail about the procedural observance methods for the recitation of authentic mantras, such as the Junti Mantra and the Six Character Daimyo Mantra. The book also includes content on the system of theoretical knowledge and solutions of the sociology of religion advocated and adopted by the author for the modernization process of Chinese Buddhism, allowing the practice to achieve both worldly and spiritual aspirations. The majority of the appendices are aids that the author has applied in his practical teaching of Buddhism, offering solutions to the bottlenecks that most often arise in the practice of Cundhi mantra practitioners.

Ngôn ng¿ bao gi¿ c¿ng là ngôn ng¿, nh¿ng trong ngôn ng¿ có s¿c - có h¿¿ng, có tình ti¿t, có ¿au kh¿ có vinh quang...! Có lúc c¿ng chìm sâu trong ng¿c tù, do b¿o chúa b¿t giam. Nói cho cùng "nó" c¿ng là ph¿n ¿nh trung th¿c chi¿u sâu tâm linh và là s¿ hành höt c¿a m¿t ki¿p ng¿¿i. Dù ¿¿ng tr¿¿c phong ba bão t¿, nh¿ng ý chí kiên c¿¿ng luôn luôn v¿¿t qua t¿t c¿...! Th¿c s¿ ngôn ng¿ ¿ã chuyên ch¿ nh¿ng gì cao quý nh¿t, t¿ ¿¿i này sang ¿¿i khác, c¿a t¿ng ng¿¿i là ¿¿i t¿¿ng, ¿¿¿ng ¿¿u v¿i nhau...! Thün c¿ng nh¿ ngh¿ch ¿¿u có nhân duyên ti¿n ki¿p hay hi¿n ki¿p này c¿.T¿p sách nho nh¿ ¿¿¿c h¿u duyên chia x¿ cùng quý v¿ ¿¿c gi¿, trong cüc s¿ng nhi¿u nh¿¿ng ¿¿¿ng ¿¿i v¿i ch¿ ¿¿ "Ki¿p Nhân Sinh" (nó) ch¿ là khía c¿nh ¿¿n s¿ trong cüc ¿¿i mà tác gi¿ h¿ng ch¿ng nghi¿m. Th¿t t¿, cá nhân ch¿a di¿n t¿ h¿t nh¿ng gì mà ¿¿i chúng mong ¿¿i. V¿n bi¿t r¿ng "nó" ch¿ là m¿t m¿ ngôn ng¿ ¿¿¿c s¿p l¿i thành tuy¿n t¿p v¿n. Tuy tôi không ph¿i nhà v¿n chuyên nghi¿p, nh¿ng ng¿¿i c¿m vi¿t ch¿ mün nói lên b¿ng c¿ t¿m lòng trung th¿c, th¿y bi¿t, nhìn nh¿n, m¿t cách bình d¿ trong ¿¿i s¿ng h¿ng ngày. Man mác trong m¿ ngôn ng¿, ¿a ¿oan v¿n theo th¿i gian, v¿¿t c¿ không gian. Tr¿ng thái h¿ h¿ - th¿c th¿c, ¿¿i ¿ãi l¿n nhau, ¿úc k¿t l¿i cho chúng ta kinh nghi¿m ¿¿ mà g¿m nh¿m, trong t¿ng s¿ ki¿n x¿y ra! Tuy m¿i th¿i gian có khác và không gian c¿ng v¿y, nh¿ng ý t¿¿ng v¿n xác ¿¿nh, vi¿c làm có ý ngh¿a gi¿a cái (thi¿n và ác) ranh gi¿i h¿n hoi. ¿úng th¿, ¿ó ch¿ là ph¿¿ng ti¿n chuy¿n ti¿p s¿ c¿m thông nào ¿ó, trong m¿i câu truy¿n. Th¿t ra, "v¿n d¿ t¿i ¿¿o" gói tr¿n l¿i nh¿ng gì trong quá kh¿ và h¿a h¿n t¿¿ng lai. ¿ó c¿ng là l¿i suy t¿¿ng, ng¿¿i c¿m bút di¿n ¿¿t khéo léo. Nh¿p nhàng t¿ng lúc - t¿ng th¿i. Mong ¿¿¿c góp ph¿n vào v¿¿n hoa - v¿n hóa - ngh¿ thüt n¿i x¿ ng¿¿i.

Der Junghegelianer und Historiker Carl Friedrich Koeppen (1808 - 1863) lieferte mit seinem hier vorliegenden zweiten Band eine ausführliche Entstehungsgeschichte des Lamaismus innerhalb des Buddhismus. Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1859.

Kinh Ph¿ Môn nói v¿ lòng t¿ c¿a B¿ Tát Quan Th¿ Âm trong vi¿c gi¿i c¿u b¿y n¿n, tiêu tr¿ ba ¿¿c tham, sân và si, th¿a mãn hai ¿i¿u mong c¿u (con trai hay gái), ¿ng hóa 32 ¿ng hóa thân (Sambhoga-k¿ya) và s¿ d¿ng 14 l¿i thuy¿t pháp ¿¿ c¿u giúp chúng sanh kh¿.Ai trì t¿ng Kinh Ph¿ Môn và ni¿m danh hi¿u Quan Âm thì ¿¿¿c ngài ban vui, c¿u kh¿. Gia ¿ình s¿ ¿¿¿c ¿m no h¿nh phúc thün duyên; thân an ¿n, kh¿e m¿nh, s¿ng lâu và tâm an bình, t¿ t¿i v¿ng ch¿i trong ¿¿i.Nam mô Nh¿ C¿n Viên Thông, ¿¿i Bi Quan Th¿ Âm B¿ Tát.

Eastern spirituality and utilitarian philosophy meet in these unique dialogues between a Buddhist monastic and a moral philosopher on such issues as animal welfare, gender equality, the death penalty, and more<BR><BR>An unlikely duo—Professor Peter Singer, a preeminent philosopher and professor of bioethics, and Venerable Shih Chao-Hwei, a Taiwanese Buddhist monastic and social activist—join forces to talk ethics in lively conversations that cross oceans, overcome language barriers, and bridge philosophies. The eye-opening dialogues collected here share unique perspectives on contemporary issues like animal welfare, gender equality, the death penalty, and more. Together, these two deep thinkers explore the foundation of ethics and key Buddhist concepts, and ultimately reveal how we can all move toward making the world a better place.

A definitive survey of the rich legacy of some 360 Buddhist architectural structures and remains in and around the Kathmandu Valley, including both the urban centers of Kathmandu, Patan and Baktapur, as well as surrounding villages. The study examines, for each site, its history, extant sacred images, details of toräa, caitya and other architectural features, as well as the overall mä¿ala represented in the monastery structure. The author also records a myriad of ethnographic details of Nepalese monastic life, such as daily and annual rituals, initiations, lineage deities, monastic governing structure and economics. First published in 1985 in a local Nepalese imprint, this newly edited volume, including some additional illustrations, benefits from modern scanning technology, revealing for the first time the high quality of the historic photographs.

Mông S¿n Thí Th¿c là m¿t nghi th¿c b¿ thí t¿nh th¿c và pháp th¿c cho 12 löi qü ¿ói mà ¿ chùa m¿i büi chi¿u th¿¿ng hay cúng thi, g¿i là công phu chi¿u. Chúng ta là loài ng¿¿i và xung quanh chúng ta có sáu loài (tr¿i,ng¿¿i, ¿¿a ng¿c, ng¿ qü, súc sanh và A-tu-la). Do nghi¿p báo ích k¿, keo x¿n, ¿ r¿, phi¿n não, c¿ ch¿p... nên ¿¿a làm loài qü. Có 12 löi cô h¿n qü ¿ói mà thi hào Nguy¿n Du ¿ã mô t¿: "Trong tr¿¿ng d¿ t¿i t¿m tr¿i ¿¿t,Chút khôn thiêng ph¿ng ph¿t u minh,Th¿¿ng thay Th¿p Löi Chúng Sinh,H¿n ¿¿n phách chi¿c lênh ¿ênh quê ng¿¿i,H¿¿ng khói ¿ã không n¿i n¿¿ng t¿a,H¿n m¿ côi l¿n l¿a ¿êm ¿en,Còn chi ai khá, ai hèn,Còn chi mà nói k¿ hi¿n, ng¿¿i ng¿"(T¿ Th¿p Löi Cô H¿n - Nguy¿n Du) Khi cúng thí này là chúng ta ¿ã gieo tr¿ng thi¿n duyên b¿ ¿¿ v¿i các loài ma qü lang thang,không n¿i n¿¿ng t¿a trong nhi¿u ¿¿i nhi¿u ki¿p ¿ó. Cho chúng ¿n cháo l¿ng và sau ¿ó khai th¿ ¿¿ chúng buông x¿ tham sân si và ngã ch¿p mà tái sanh cõi lành, d¿t nghi¿p ch¿¿ng qü.Nam mô Siêu L¿c ¿¿ B¿ Tát ma ha tát.

Nikdy nebyl lep¿í ¿as p¿ehodnotit na¿e chápání ¿t¿stí. S epidemickým výskytem deprese a úzkosti se tradi¿ní metody ¿e¿ení t¿chto problém¿ dostaly ke zkoumání. Stále více psycholog¿ se vrací zp¿t k u¿ení Buddhy, který mapoval fungování lidské mysli více ne¿ kdokoli jiný v historii. Middle Way Mind Training (trénink mysli) vyu¿ívá tyto hluboké koncepty a staví je do pop¿edí moderní v¿dy. Frank Navrátil, ¿erpající ze staré buddhistické moudrosti, vyvinul inovativní ú¿innou holistickou metodu ke sní¿ení zbyte¿ného lidského utrpení a ú¿innou v¿deckou cestu ke ¿¿astnému a plnohodnotnému ¿ivotu. Dr. Frank Navrátil je v Kanad¿ narozený naturopatický lékä, wellness kou¿ a lektor, kognitivní praktik na bázi v¿ímavosti a instruktor meditace. Více ne¿ 30 let se v¿nuje výuce a poradenství klient¿m s cílem zlep¿it jejich fyzické, du¿evní a psychické zdraví a pohodu.Nabízí workshopy, kurzy, p¿edná¿ky a konzultace zalo¿ené na své metod¿ Middle Way Mind Training pro jednotlivce, skupiny a spole¿nosti po celém sv¿t¿.

B¿n d¿ch và chú gi¿i hoàn ch¿nh c¿a b¿ kinh này ¿¿¿c xu¿t b¿n l¿n ¿¿u tiên n¿m 2009. T¿ ¿ó ¿¿n nay chúng tôi ¿ã nh¿n ¿¿¿c r¿t nhi¿u ph¿n h¿i t¿ ¿¿c gi¿ kh¿p n¿i, trong n¿¿c c¿ng nh¿ ngoài n¿¿c. T¿ nh¿ng thông tin ph¿n h¿i này, chúng tôi ¿ã nghiêm túc ti¿p nh¿n, nghiên c¿u t¿ng v¿n ¿¿ ¿¿¿c ¿¿c gi¿ góp ý, c¿ng nh¿ ti¿p t¿c kh¿o c¿u sâu h¿n nhi¿u v¿n ¿¿ khác liên quan ¿¿n ý ngh¿a kinh v¿n, nh¿m giúp cho b¿n d¿ch càng thêm hoàn thi¿n, sáng t¿ h¿n. Duyên lành ¿ã ¿¿, nay kinh này ¿¿¿c tái b¿n, qu¿ là m¿t tin vui cho ng¿¿i Ph¿t t¿. B¿n in n¿m 2009 ¿ã ¿¿¿c ¿¿c gi¿ kh¿p n¿i n¿ng nhi¿t ¿ón nh¿n. H¿n 300 b¿ kinh ¿ã ¿¿¿c g¿i sang Hoa K¿, Canada, Pháp, ¿¿c, Australia... theo yêu c¿u qua ¿i¿n th¿ c¿a Ph¿t t¿ t¿i các n¿¿c này. Ngoài ra, hàng tr¿m b¿ kinh c¿ng ¿¿¿c th¿nh v¿ các ngôi chùa l¿n trong kh¿p n¿¿c. D¿ch gi¿ ¿ã nh¿n ¿¿¿c nhi¿u th¿ vi¿t tay c¿ng nh¿ ¿i¿n thöi, email... t¿ ¿¿c gi¿ bày t¿ s¿ vui m¿ng v¿ vi¿c in ¿n hoàn thành b¿ kinh. ¿¿u n¿m 2013, ¿ài Truy¿n hình An Viên (AVG) th¿c hi¿n b¿ phim phóng s¿ chuyên ¿¿ "Ng¿¿i d¿ch Kinh Ph¿t", gi¿i thi¿u v¿i khán thính gi¿ trên c¿ n¿¿c v¿ công trình chuy¿n d¿ch kinh này, phát sóng l¿n ¿¿u tiên vào ngày 23 tháng 2 n¿m 2013 và phát l¿i nhi¿u l¿n sau ¿ó. Tháng 9 n¿m 2013, Trung tâm Sách K¿ l¿c Vi¿t Nam (Vietnam Records Book Center) chính th¿c công b¿ b¿n Vi¿t d¿ch này xác l¿p K¿ l¿c Qu¿c gia. H¿u h¿t các website Ph¿t giáo trên toàn th¿ gi¿i c¿ng nhanh chóng ph¿ bi¿n b¿n d¿ch này ¿¿n v¿i Ph¿t t¿ kh¿p n¿i. Có th¿ nói, nh¿ng tín hi¿u tích c¿c t¿ ng¿¿i ¿¿c c¿ng nh¿ gi¿i truy¿n thông trong và ngoài n¿¿c ¿¿i v¿i vi¿c l¿u hành b¿n kinh này là h¿t s¿c kh¿ quan.Tr¿¿c s¿ quan tâm ¿u ái c¿a ¿ông ¿¿o Ph¿t t¿ các gi¿i, chúng tôi t¿ nh¿n th¿y trách nhi¿m c¿a mình là ph¿i ti¿p t¿c hoàn thi¿n h¿n n¿a b¿n d¿ch kinh này ¿¿ ¿áp ¿ng s¿ mong ¿¿i c¿ng nh¿ nhu c¿u tu h¿c c¿a ng¿¿i Ph¿t t¿. Vì th¿, trong su¿t th¿i gian qua, chúng tôi ¿ã dành r¿t nhi¿u th¿i gian ¿¿ không ng¿ng rà soát và ch¿nh s¿a k¿ l¿¿ng t¿ng ph¿n trong b¿n d¿ch, c¿ g¿ng làm cho b¿n d¿ch càng thêm rõ ràng và trong sáng, mong có th¿ chuy¿n t¿i ¿¿¿c ý ngh¿a thâm sâu trong t¿ng câu kinh ¿¿n v¿i ng¿¿i ¿¿c.Ngoài nh¿ng ch¿nh s¿a hoàn thi¿n v¿ n¿i dung, trong l¿n tái b¿n này chúng tôi c¿ng phân chia l¿i toàn b¿ các ph¿m kinh theo sát v¿i c¿u trúc Hán v¿n trong ¿¿i Chánh tân tu ¿¿i T¿ng Kinh.

Follow the humorous, and somewhat chaotic journey of Lama Dharma DingDong and his faithful companion Downward Dog as they find daily inspiration in the philosophical insight of Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha and transform their lives so it accords with its profound wisdom.Over a period of one year, they will share with you their insights on a daily basis that align with their pre-sectarian, pragmatic and secular approach to Buddhism.Michelle Mainwaring is a professional artist, Ordained Buddhist and the creator of the cartoons for this book.Paul Beard is an independent Dharma communicator and practitioner who provides the Dharma content for this book.

This book defends and articulates an "Engaged Buddhist" approach to economics as a response to the destructive effects of global capitalism. The author posits that Buddhist understandings of the distortions of greed, aversion, and ignorance can be read to apply not only to mental states but also to socio-political ones, and that such a reading suggests rational responses to current social and environmental challenges. The book proposes that we engage both "inner and outer" modes of transformation through which to free ourselves from our current human-made, dysfunctional systems: the former, by examining the workings of our own minds, the latter by criticizing and reforming our economic systems. Since traditional Buddhism provides few sources to build a Buddhist economic vision, this work brings together Buddhist notions of skillful practice, John Dewey's pragmatic principles for social provisioning, and institutional economics. The author provides two case studies for experiments in Buddhist-based socioeconomic policies, Thailand and Bhutan. Of special interest is the implied parallel between worldviews emerging from modern socially-engaged Buddhism and Dewey's notion of a human existential drive to shape the world in collectively beneficial ways.

Même si la pratique du yoga est mentionnée dans divers textes anciens (les Vedas, les Upanishads, la Bhagavad Gita, etc.), c'est au sage Patañjali que revient le mérite d'avoir élaboré une philosophie formelle et cohérente du yoga. Ici, Michel Sage nous offre un texte passionnant pour comprendre la pensée orientale de ce grand maître. Vous y découvrirez en outre les lois du Karma et du Sacrifice, les notions d'âme et d'esprit, de vertu que porte son courant philosophique.À la fin de son exposé, vous retrouverez une traduction des fameux aphorismes de Patañjali. Courts et faciles à mémoriser, ces sutras sont l'une des techniques les plus populaires et les plus reconnues pour entraîner son corps, faire évoluer son esprit et s'accomplir. <BR>Extrait: Nous aimons le bruit, les jeux violents et cruels, les canons qui tuent vite et bien. Nos cervelles saisissent mal les idées profondes et nous leur préférons les mots creux qu'à tout propos, nous hurlons vers le ciel en faisant claquer nos étendards au vent la Science, le Progrès, la Patrie, la Gloire, chimères échevelées que nous poursuivons les yeux hors de l'orbite, en nous écrasant les uns les autres, en fous. Le sang bout dans nos veines, la Vie est bonne; et nous la rendrons chaque jour meilleure; et nous chasserons de ce monde la faim, le froid, la nuit, la maladie, le mal sous toutes ses formes, la Mort...Eh ! Oui, pourquoi pas la Mort ? Nous devenons si savants tous les jours. Je vous dis que nous arriverons à le tirer de nos flancs l'être entrevu, le Surhomme idéalement amoral et maître de tous les secrets de la Nature. Lui, il tuera d'un regard; et certes tous nos efforts, toutes nos douleurs seront largement payées par un tel résultat. Nous avons des philosophes comme des savants, car rien ne nous manque; ils sont chargés d'envelopper dans de la dialectique nos vanités et nos illusions; en général ils s'acquittent assez bien de leur tâche. Cependant quelques-uns détonnent leur noire humeur nous amuse; un grain d'originalité n'est pas pour nous déplaire. Au fond, nous savons bien que l'optimisme est la santé et la vérité, que son contraire n'est qu'une maladie. Il est vrai que notre religion dominante, le christianisme, n'est pas optimiste, mais nous n'en sommes pas les inventeurs et nous le comprenons si peu; c'est à nos yeux un culte comme un autre rendu à un potentat orgueilleux, cruel et capricieux, tout notre portrait, qui réside quelque part dans les nuages.En Orient, on est revenu de tant de naïve exubérance. On y accepte la vie, on en remplit tous les devoirs, on proclame qu'il en faut passer la torche de main en main, mais on ne lui demande pas ce qu'elle ne peut donner, le bonheur, alors qu'une analyse et un examen superficiels démontrent qu'elle n'est pas faite pour cela. L'oriental sent vivement ce qu'exprime si bien le proverbe arabe il vaut mieux être assis que debout, couché qu'assis, mort que vivant. <BR>

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Snowflakes is a playful journey into the heart of what it means to be human, exploring the concept of life, death and reincarnation through the tender examination of a snowflake's life cycle. Matthew Goodrich's thought-provoking poem collides with Sunshine's spectacular illustrations, creating a book that will no doubt delight readers of all ages for future generations to come.