“The Ta Hsueh or Great Learning, better translated, thinks Ku Hung Ming, as “Higher Education,”is also to be found as Chapter 39 of the Li Chi. It was the twelfth-century philosopher, Chu Hsi, who lifted this book and the Chung Yung out of the Li Chi and, joining them with the Analects and the works of Mencius, formed the Four Books, thus giving them a greater importance than they had, tucked away in the Book of Rites. The Ta Hsueh may have been written primarily as the basis of an education for princes, but it has for centuries been studied by all who have aspired to any important place in government.”
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Ku Hung-Ming – Higher Education
Posted in Downloads, Ku Hung-Ming, tagged Confucius, dàxué, 辜鴻銘, Gū Hóngmíng, Higher Education, Ku Hung-Ming, The Great Learning, 大學 on April 13, 2012 |
Bebop (The Bird Sutra)
Posted in Downloads, J. H. Martin, tagged Bebop, Free Download, J H Martin, Jack Kerouac Poetry Contest 2010, Poetry on April 2, 2011 |
Bebop (The Bird Sutra), a long poem by J. H. Martin, which received an Honourable Mention in the 2010 Jack Kerouac Poetry Prize competition, judged by Michael McClure, part of the 4th Annual Jazz and Beat Festival: Beyond the Beat Generation, Davis, California.
Dukkha by J. H. Martin
Posted in Downloads, J. H. Martin, Releases & Reviews, tagged Buddhism, Dukkha, Free Download, J H Martin, Poetry on December 23, 2009 |
Dukkha (Sanskrit) – Suffering in the most general sense; the human condition.
A new collection of poetry by J. H. Martin – author of Spring Wanderings, which addresses the Buddhist idea of suffering.
The poems in this collection are based on Martin’s reflections on his own life viewed through the guidance of Shakyamuni’s teachings in The Dhammapada.
Austere but truthful, this short collection captures the workings of the writer’s mind and holds them up to the light and invites the reader to perhaps ask the same questions about their life.
