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The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan Buddhist Monk (A Philip E. Lilienthal Book in ...
Georges B.J. Dreyfus

University of California Press, 2003

A unique insider's account of day-to-day life inside a Tibetan monastery, The Sound of Two Hands Clapping reveals to Western audiences the fascinating details of monastic education. Georges B. J. Dreyfus, the first Westerner to complete the famous Ge-luk curriculum and achieve the distinguished title of geshe, weaves together eloquent and moving autobiographical reflections with a historical overview of Tibetan Buddhism and insights into its ...

One Hand Clapping: Love, Loss, And Beyond
Gerda Hoover

Vantage Press, 2005

Miss Mary Mack: A Hand-Clapping Rhyme
Mary Ann Hoberman

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2003

ugely popular in both hardcover and board book formats (over 100,000 copies sold), this fun book is now available in a new paperback format. This is an absurdly funny story that children will want to sing, chant, read, and clap to again and again.

One Hand Clapping
M. William Wythe

iUniverse, 1999

As Mauris Wangler of One Hand Clapping discovers, nobody knows reality. When it comes to finding the meaning of life, everyone ultimately creates their own. Not all realities are created equal, however. Sometimes things go horribly wrong. But if we have the courage to examine the underlying assumptions of our belief system, then we have the power to change them, thereby changing the world. One Hand Clapping is the tale of an escaped mental ...

One hand clapping
Anthony Burgess

P. Davies, 1974

With film rights acquired by Francis Ford Coppola, this comic novel of instant riches is back in stock. From the author of A Clockwork Orange, One Hand Clapping is a comedy of game shows and greed, high stakes and the high life. The tragi-comedy of used car salesman Howard Shirley, his photographic brain, and the modern world's trivia and trivialities makes for vintage Burgess—at once hilarious and provocative. "Witty and shrewdly ...

One Hand Clapping: Zen Stories For All Ages
Rafe Martin, Manuela Soares

Rizzoli International Publications, 1995

When is a tiger not a tiger? When is a mountain more than a mountain? What is the sound of one hand clapping? The stories of this collection come from the Zen Buddhist tradition-- from tales told by the Buddha himself to anecdotes from the lives of the Zen masters of China and Japan who helped pass on the Buddha's teachings. These stories reflect the wisdom, directness, and spontaneity of which Zen is known. Zen stories delight as they ...

The Sound of No Hands Clapping
Toby Young

Little, Brown Book Group, 2007

The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Richard Flanagan

Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2000

In the winter of 1954, in a construction camp for a hydroelectric dam in the remote Tasmanian highlands, three-year-old Sonja Buloh lived with her Slovenian immigrant parents. One night, Sonja's mother Maria walked off into a blizzard, never to return-leaving Sonja with a father who drinks too much to quiet the ghosts of World War II. Thirty-five years later, Sonja has returned to Tasmania to make peace with a past that intrudes ever more ...

Schoolyard Rhymes: Kids' Own Rhymes for Rope-Skipping, Hand Clapping, Ball Bouncing and, Just Plain Fun
Judy Sierra

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2005

"Schoolyard rhymes are catchy and fun. They are easy to remember. In fact, they stick in the mind like bubble gum to a shoe." writes Judy Sierra in her introduction to this lively collection of traditional playground chants. Included are more than 50 verses ranging from the familiar jump rope rhyme about the mythical lady with the alligator purse to less familiar counting-out ones, from funny rhymes for ball-bouncing and hand-clapping games to ...

Hand Clap!
Sara Bernstein

Adams Media, 1997

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