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Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"A jargon-free explanation of two central teachings of the Buddha: karma and rebirth. By now, we've all heard someone say, "It must have been his karma" or "She had bad karma." But what is karma, really? Does karmic theory say that we are helpless victims of our past? Is all karma bad, or can there be good karma too? Is reincarnation the same as the Buddhist theory of rebirth? In this short and eminently readable book, Traleg Kyabgon answers these...
Author
Publisher
Parallax Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Six reflective essays and key contemplative practices offer insights on the spiritual effects of racism in the United States help readers answer the question: how do we free ourselves from our repeated cycles of anger, denial, bitterness, pain, fear, and violence?"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The ancient and scientific secrets to getting unstuck from negative habits. Joining Western psychological science and traditional Buddhism, experimental psychologist and Zen monk Douglas Cheolsoeng Gentile describes how our minds can be simultaneously our greatest weakness and greatest asset. We are controlled by both external forces and internal habits of mind, while simultaneously believing ourselves to be 'free'. This conundrum can be solved by...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronic overachiever Prudence Daniels is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her.
Author
Series
Karma's World volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Karma and her daddy love to make music together! Karma sets up the rhyme and daddy finishes it. Together, they're the perfect team! But when it's time for Karma to write her daddy a rap for his birthday all on her own, she can't quite make it perfect. What rhymes with banana anyway? Told with heart and humor, Karma soon realizes that she never has to do anything alone as long as she has daddy by her side.
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Moroccan born and SoHo raised, Jacques Berradi has always known he could read minds, predict the future, but now he's learned the ability to see into past lives on a deeper level. He can help others uncover their Karma with just a glance into their eyes or with a touch. His good friend, Kylie Collins, is a recent Brooklyn transplant to Miami. Fun loving and inquisitive, she's a PI in training at Like a Fly on the Wall Detective Agency. She is at a...
Series
Anne happy volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In Tennomifune Academy Class 1-7, the lovelorn Ruri Hibarigaoka (Hibari), the luckless Anne Hanakoizumi (Hanako), and the less than healthy Botan Kumegawa (Botan) are just trying to get by. But add the hopelessly competitive Hibiki Hagyuu and chick magnet Ren Ekoda to the mix, and the hijinks explode! As these cursed kids try to turn a lifetime of lemons into lemonade, who knows what their teacher has cooked up for their upcoming special 'happiness...
Series
Anne happy volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"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...?!"--P....
Series
Anne happy volume 6
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"It's the Happiness Class's improv performance, and Hanako and the rest of the girls are up! But going onstage isn't so easy. When there's this much concentrated bad luck among the actors, "break a leg" may be more than just a saying!" -- cover page 4.
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
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.
Series
Anne happy volume 10
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"After months of self-discovery and the craziest tests imaginable, the Happiness Class has, at long last, reached the end of their first year at Tennomifune Academy. Whether they realize it or not, Hibari, Hanako, Botan, Hibiki, Ren, and Tsubaki have learned to chase their dreams and overcome the odds--but do they truly know what it menas to be happy? Keep your fingers crossed for these luckless girls in this final volume of Anne Happy!"--Provided...
Series
Anne happy volume 7
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"It's time for the annual Sports Day at Tennomifune Academy! But between Hibiki's terrible sense of direction, Botan's frail body, and Anne's perpetual magnetism for misfortune, the Happiness Class's chances of winning are slim. What's more, Kodaira-sensei has a surprise in store for her students--one that will turn the whole event upside down!"-- cover page 4.
Series
Anne happy volume 9
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Tennomifune Academy's culture festival and Sports Day both had their ups and downs, but Hibari and her usually unlucky friends from the Happiness Class managed to achieve success! Now second-semester exams are headed their way , not to mention the second Special Happiness Test...What could possibly be in store this time around?! With Kodaira-sensei at the helm, things are bound to be full of surprises!"-- cover page 4.
Series
Anne happy volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press/Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When the girls are given an extra assignment to collect lucky items, could this be their opportunity to turn their fortunes around Sadly, sour luck won't be their only obstacle!
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