Katz, Alex, Roelstraete, Dieter  | Richard Gray Gallery

67,000원  | 20251209  | 9798989158300

Katz's recent suite of large-scale portraits are inspired by the characters from Mike White's blockbuster HBO series GRAY presents Alex Katz's newest body of work: White Lotus, a series of 12 large scale paintings. American artist Alex Katz (born 1927) is one of the most recognized and widely exhibited artists of his generation. Coming of age between Abstract Expressionism and Pop art, Katz began exhibiting his work in 1954, and since that time he has produced a celebrated body of work that includes paintings, drawings, sculpture and prints. His earliest work took inspiration from various aspects of mid-century American culture and society, including television, film and advertising, and over the past five and a half decades he has established himself as a preeminent painter of modern life, whose distinctive portraits and lyrical landscapes bear a flattened surface and consistent economy of line. Alex Katz's White Lotus paintings began in his Maine studio during the summer of 2023. In this series, Katz looks to photography, television and cinema, especially the Italian filmmakers of the 1970's. Each painting portrays a couple in a different fleeting moment, to achieve what Katz describes as "painting in the present tense."

 | iUniverse

27,280원  | 20040201  | 9780595308163

Set in Korea, Hong Kong, and Macau, "White Lotus is the story of Amerasian twins who were separated at birth and raised on opposite sides of the world. The twins reunite after twenty-four years only to be drawn into the deadly world of an undercov...

Starrs, Roy  | Palgrave Macmillan

200,730원  | 20110915  | 9780230240735

Written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides new insights, based on original research, into the full spectrum of modern Japanese political-religious activity: from the prewar uses of Shinto in shaping the modern imperial nation-state to the postwar 'new religions' that have challenged the power of the political establishment.

 | Springer Nature B.V.

72,980원  | 20110809  | 9781349316588

Written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides new insights, based on original research, into the full spectrum of modern Japanese political-religious activity: from the prewar uses of Shinto in shaping the modern imperial nation-state to the postwar 'new religions' that have challenged the power of the political establishment.

Mipham, Jamgon/ Padmakara Translation Group (TRN)  | Random House

0원  | 20071211  | 9781590305119

The commentary translated in these pages is unusual and rare. But if the commentary is a rarity, its subject matterthe seven-line invocation of Padmasambhavais one of the best-known prayers in the Tibetan Buddhist world. The overall significance of the Seven-Line Prayer is perhaps best appreciated in relation to a practice called guru-yoga, or "union with the nature of the guru." The purpose of guru-yoga is to purify and deepen the student's relationship with his or her teacher. It is introduced as one of the preliminary practices, and it remains crucialin fact, its importance increasesas one progresses through the more advanced levels of the tantric path. The cultivation of devotion to the guru and the blending of one's mind with his or her enlightened mind is, in the words of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, "the most vital and necessary of all practices and is in itself the surest and fastest way to reach the goal of enlightenment." Regarding the origin of this commentary, Mipham refers in the colophon to an event that triggered the abrupt appearance in his mind of the hidden meaning of the prayer. It is interesting to note that the language Mipham uses suggests that the commentary itself is not an ordinary composition but perhaps a treasure teaching, specifically a "mind-treasure" or gongter.

 | FV editions

27,350원  | 20200607  | 9791029909269

The ensuing pages contain a story which has been told in all ages and among every people. It is the tragedy of the Soul. Attracted by Desire, the ruling element in the lower nature of Man, it stoops to sin; brought to itself by suffering, it turns for help to the redeeming Spirit within; and in the final sacrifice achieves its apotheosis and sheds a blessing on mankind.

 | Kessinger Publishing

34,340원  | 20030401  | 9780766149359

This work contains a story which has been told in all ages and among every people. It is the tragedy of the soul. Attracted by desire, the ruling element in the lower nature of man, it stoops to sin; brought to itself by suffering, it turns for he...

 | Atlantic Books

20,170원  | 20250605  | 9781805460022

The White Lotus meets Knives Out meets Crazy Rich Asians in this devilishly entertaining debut novel: both a sophisticated locked-room mystery in the tradition of Agatha Christie, and a provocative literary whodunit for the twenty-first century.

 | Bottom of the Hill Publishing

20,050원  | 20120201  | 9781612039473

The Idyll of the White Lotus is a story told in all ages, and among every people. It is the tragedy of the soul. Attracted by desire, it stoops to sin; brought to itself by suffering, it turns for help to the redeeming spirit within and in the final sacrifice achieves its apotheosis and sheds a blessing on mankind. It is a story of initiation written in tender and beautiful language, and bears on its face the stamp of verdicity in simplicity and dignity.

 | Atlantic Books

20,170원  | 20250605  | 9781805460572

Succession meets Lucy Foley in this high-concept, hooky summer thriller. Privilege has a price.

 | Running Rabbit Press LLC

31,020원  | 20190324  | 9781947174276

Part 1 of the White Lotus trilogy In the fifth century BCE, Egypt is the greatest civilization known to mankind. But with a foolish king on its throne, the Nile Valley is ripe for conquering. Amid this climate of danger and strife, in the alleys and brothels of Memphis, an extraordinary young woman comes of age. To spare her siblings from starvation, Doricha is sold into prostitution. But she has gifts beyond mere beauty.

 | Running Rabbit Press LLC

54,750원  | 20190324  | 9781947174245

Part 1 of the White Lotus trilogy In the fifth century BCE, Egypt is the greatest civilization known to mankind. But with a foolish king on its throne, the Nile Valley is ripe for conquering. Amid this climate of danger and strife, in the alleys and brothels of Memphis, an extraordinary young woman comes of age. To spare her siblings from starvation, Doricha is sold into prostitution. But she has gifts beyond mere beauty.

Wensheng Wang  | Harvard University Press

88,690원  | 20141007  | 9780674725317

The reign of Emperor Jiaqing (1796-1820 CE) has long occupied an awkward position in studies of China's last dynasty, the Qing (1644-1911 CE). Conveniently marking a watershed between the prosperous eighteenth century and the tragic post-Opium War era, this quarter century has nevertheless been glossed over as an unremarkable interlude separating two well-studied epochs of great transformation.

 | Running Rabbit Press LLC

34,670원  | 20190324  | 9781947174283

Part 2 of the White Lotus trilogy?Doricha, now known as Rhodopis, has found a place in the Pharaoh’s harem. But when the Pharaoh involves her in a dangerous scheme, she has no power to refuse him. Disguised as a princess of Egypt, she is sent to far-off Babylon, to the court of the Persian king Cambyses, there to act as the Pharaoh’s spy.?Rhodopis quickly becomes entangled in the spider’s web of politics.

 | Running Rabbit Press LLC

58,400원  | 20190324  | 9781947174252

Part 2 of the White Lotus trilogy?Doricha, now known as Rhodopis, has found a place in the Pharaoh’s harem. But when the Pharaoh involves her in a dangerous scheme, she has no power to refuse him. Disguised as a princess of Egypt, she is sent to far-off Babylon, to the court of the Persian king Cambyses, there to act as the Pharaoh’s spy.?Rhodopis quickly becomes entangled in the spider’s web of politics.