Josefine Cole
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Best Sites Online for Finding Work in JapanLanding a job in Japan without fluency in the language or a proper work visa is a rough trip; here is a guide to the finest places online for foreigners to secure employment in Japan.
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The Challenge of Tibetan Mahayana Teachings to Self-Centric ModesAmidst the escalating war, poverty, and environmental degradation of our world, the singular philosophy of Mahayana Buddhism and its eloquent presentation of altruism offer an alternative to the materialism that consumes us.
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The Essential Buddhist Teachings of Anyen RinpocheAnyen Rinpoche, a revered lama and master of the high Tibetan Buddhist teaching of Dzogchen, presented a series of key Buddhist practices and ideas during a weekend held at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, November 13-15, 2009.
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The Taboo of GriefDepression has enjoyed an unprecedented renaissance since the time of the Industrial Revolution; our increasing materiality has served to obscure the potential for understanding this endemic dis-ease.
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The Nature of Divine Grace in HinduismThrough examining how the practitioner might reconcile the Relative and the Absolute, the path to and nature of enlightenment becomes more accessible from our present experience of the world.
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The Modern Teachings of Sri Aurobindo and Ramana MaharshiThe in some ways radical modern yogas (modes of attaining enlightenment) of Sri Aurobindo and Ramana Maharshi are nonetheless grounded in the ancient and timeless philosophy their country has fostered.
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Ruthless Enlightenment: The Challenge and Luminosity of Ramana Maharshi's TeachingsThe luminosity of Ramana Maharshi's teachings is precisely the direct and uncompromising answer he has to this bewilderment: your true nature-the only reality-is absent of any imputations of doubt or feeling of lack.
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Ramana Maharshi's Teachings on EnlightenmentAs Maharshi instructs his pupils, "Apart from thoughts, there is no such thing as mind...Apart from thoughts, there is no independent entity called the world.... the mind projects the world out of itself and again resolves it into itself." -
Gandhi's Controversial Hindu BeliefsUnlike millions of Hindus who are Mahabharata literalists in that they believe this Gita-encompassing epic to be an historical record, Gandhi claims the tale to be fictitious and allegorical.
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The Path and Experience of SamadhiThis objectless, or nirvikalpa, samadhi, the pinnacle of all spiritual progress, is elucidated as path within J.C. Chatterji's writings as is rarely encountered in esoteric literature.
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Jesus' Demonstrations of DivinityWithin the four Gospels of the New Testament-Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John-Jesus demonstrates powerfully in word and deed his divinity with a lucidity we can use to appreciate the stalwart presence Christianity has maintained throughout history. -
Developing Compassion with Buddhist Practice of TonglenThe Buddhist practice of Tonglen is based on the revolutionary calculus that not only are humans capable of healing the suffering of the world, but that by exercising this capacity we may strengthen limitlessly our ability to feel compassion. -
The Modern Kabbalist's Worldview: Ancient Wisdom in the Modern WorldThere may be as many definitions of Kabbalah as there are Kabbalists and detractors. One might define it as a holy science, begun with Abraham or Adam in the Garden of Eden. Another sees it as a fantastic, Medieval corruption of Judaism. -
The Parallel Wisdom of Jesus and the BuddhaStriking parallels between the teachings of Jesus and the Buddha have long perplexed scholars and inspired devotees.
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The 17th Karmapa Visits Boulder, Seattle, New YorkThe Karmapa is a title given to a lineage of Buddhist masters who head the Karma Kagyu subsect of one of four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The current Karmapa made his historic first visit to the US in May of 2008.
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America's Use of Biblical Passages to Form Racial IdentitiesThere is a clear dichotomy of social roles dividing whites and blacks (always somewhat arbitrary categories), and the post facto legitimization of these roles on both sides via Biblical exegesis.
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Plato's Allegory of the Cave as Spiritual CartographyPlato's allegory of imprisonment and liberation offers the spiritual seeker rich ground for modern and mystical interpretations.
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Dehumanization and Disempowerment of Third World WorkersThe World Trade Organization (WTO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Bank purport to regulate trade and support Third World investment for the benefit of all. The record speaks otherwise. -
Jewish History: The Attempted Greco-Judean Cultural SynthesisAfter coming under the rule of Alexander the Great's successors in 323 BCE, Palestine was infiltrated with all the paraphernalia of "enlightened" Greek culture. Yet as appealing as an inter-cultural synthesis is, Greek insults to Jewish religion doomed their imperial rule.
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The Jewish Would-Be Messiah of 1666In 1665 a charismatic Messiah-claimant surfaced in Europe. While the Jewish world awaited proof, Shabbetai Zevi prepared to gather the lost tribes of Israel and marry Moses' resurrected 13-year-old daughter.
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Jewish History: A Rags to Riches TaleThe story of Jewish immigrants in America is an archetype of the American Dream: Jews rose from poor garment-factory workers to moguls of industry and publishing, German-accented and uneducated to intellectual and impeccably educated.
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Jews and Bolshevism: How Anti-Semitism Dismantled Russian Jewish CultureUnder Lenin and Stalin, it was commonly believed in both eastern Europe and the Western world that Jews were at the wheel of the revolution. This persistent anti-Semitism ultimately dismantled Russian Jewish culture.
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The "Problem" of Non-Catholics: The Middle Ages to the Early Modern PeriodAs Catholicism came to claim religious heterodoxy in Europe beginning in the fourth century C.E., dissenting groups posed a tenacious and ostensibly insidious threat to full continental domination.
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Hebrew Law Code and Its Uniqueness in the Ancient WorldWhile most modern people assume the original Hebrew laws to be essentially primitive and brutal, the by then well-developed Hebrew ideology of 3000 years ago fostered a code more humanistic than that of any contemporary culture.
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Japan's Bloody Shimabara RebellionThe Shimabara Rebellion of 1637-8 was epic and almost cinematic in nature: led by a 16-year-old boy, this clash of religions and castes led to the deaths of tens of thousands of peasants after months of struggle.
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The Pornagraphers: A Surreal Japanese Cinematic ClassicThe black-and-white The Pornagraphers is Kubrick-esque in style and almost defies description, but attempts must be made if only to increase the viewership of this singular film.
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Akira Kurosawa's Shakespearean Adaptation: Kumonosu JoKumonosujo, or Spider Castle, is the setting of this atmospheric Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
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Film Review: Ozu's Masterpiece, Tokyo StoryOzu's magic is the ability to take mundane material, as here with the story of parents visiting their children in Tokyo, and shape the experience into one of exquisite poignance.
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The Ingenious Cinematography of Ishikawa Kon's Tokyo Olympiad: Film ReviewIshikawa Kon defied his pragmatic patrons with his heartfelt and hypnotic coverage of the 1964 Olympics.
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Review of Ozu's Classic Film, Ukigusa MonogatariA silent yet entrancing film, and a window into rural pre-WWII Japan.
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Ozu's Classic Early Summer (Bakushu): Film ReviewA characteristically touching domestic drama.
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The Uncertain Status of Women in JapanWhile more and more Japanese women choose or are forced to enter the workforce, discriminatory laws and practices and the glass ceiling persist.
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A Brief History of Sumo WrestlingJapan's national sport, sumo wrestling, is inextricably linked to its animistic religion. Foreign wrestlers entering the sport en masse since WWII, therefore, have faced considerable cultural hurdles.
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Unit 731: Japan's WWII Atrocity, America's Cover-UpJapan conducted horrific and inhumane experiments in Manchuria during World War II, but what shocks most of all is America's granting of immunity to the perpetrators in return for test data.
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The Japanese 'Death by Overwork' PhenomenonDeath by overwork, or karoshi, claims thousands of lives every year in Japan, yet only a few dozen families are awarded compensation.
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Japan's Unsettling Plutonium ProgramJapan is currently fighting on the world's diplomatic stage to acquire stockpiles of plutonium greater than those of the US and Russia combined to produce energy.
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Exhalation, Creation: The Zen of Breath in Japanese ArtThe world's religious traditions speak of breath that brings forth life. Likewise, in Zen Buddhism, breath is seen as an integral part of spiritual development and art.
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The What and How of Japanese Shiatsu MassageAn introduction to the history and nature of this recently developed addition to the Eastern medical tradition.
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The Jesuit Mission in Japan: Cultural Synthesis and Inter-Cultural ConflictAn exploration of the many cultural and religious hurdles experienced by the Portuguese Jesuits in Japan, who in the 16th century became the first non-Asians to establish prolonged contact with the then deeply insular and rigidly autocratic Japan.
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The Japanese Ink and Wash Painting: A Painting Made with One Single BrushstrokeA short analysis of the meditative Chinese and Japanese painting style (also known as sumi-e), and my attempt to produce such a painting.