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Thurman on translation and death

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Translation in the Buddhist sense involves being able to comprehend two different cultures and connecting the two together. The recent translation of 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead' has a chapter that discusses death. Death is presented as an intensifier of life, the ultimate letting go.

Author: Glenn, Joshua
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1996
Death, Religious aspects, Speeches, lectures and essays, Translating and interpreting, Translation (Languages), Thurman, Robert A.F.

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Interview: Stacey Horn

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Stacey Horn is the founder of Echo, an electronic salon in the Internet with over 4,000 participants, 40 percent of whom are females. Horn talks, among other things, about the books and magazines she reads, the on-line activities she prefers and what keeps her going.

Author: Glenn, Joshua
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1996
Computer networks, Reports, Information networks, Horn, Stacey

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