{"id":24039,"date":"2020-12-29T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=24039"},"modified":"2020-12-17T13:09:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:09:18","slug":"awaken-new-stuff-tuesdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/24039","title":{"rendered":"Awaken (New Stuff Tuesdays)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/awakencover.jpg\" alt=\"Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist Journey toward Enlightenment book cover\" height=\"250\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As we approach a new calendar year, perhaps paging through this gorgeously printed book and reflecting on the art and philosophy of Tibetan Buddhism will help you bring closure to the old year and begin preparation for the new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> From the <a href=\"https:\/\/yalebooks.yale.edu\/book\/9780300244656\/awaken\">publisher<\/a>: &#8220;Taking as its theme the universally accessible experience of Awakening, the book\u2019s main text leads readers along an immersive journey of self-discovery, aided by a virtual guide, or lama, and traditional art meant to support meditative practice. Complementary essays examine Tibetan Buddhism\u2019s ritual tools, paintings, symbolic imagery, and artistic traditions. Beautiful color images of all artworks, including three by contemporary Nepalese-American artist Tsherin Sherpa, and selected important details enhance our understanding of their complex iconography.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best wishes for a New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Awaken:<br>\nA Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment<\/strong><br>\nby John Henry Rice &#038; Jeffrey Durham<br>\nNew Arrivals, 2nd Floor<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uwi-primoalma-prod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/f\/31ig87\/UWI71453366150002121\">N 8193.A3 R533 2019<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach a new calendar year, perhaps paging through this gorgeously printed book and reflecting on the art and philosophy of Tibetan Buddhism will help you bring closure to the old year and begin preparation for the new. From &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/24039\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[306,1229634],"class_list":["post-24039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-stuff-tuesdays","tag-art","tag-buddhism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3071"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24041,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24039\/revisions\/24041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}