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Open Mastery: Let's Conquer the Challenges of the Industry!Arty Starr
What if you could get upper management to care about your technical developer problems? Would you be willing to measure and prioritize the problems?
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Open Mastery is a peer learning network focused on codifying open decision models and standards to solve industry-wide problems. This presentation is about the obstacles, the strategy, and the business model.
Lastly, I want your help in looking for gaps in my ideas. Let's identify where the strategy might break, and figure out how to make it work. I'm launching Open Mastery in early 2016. Let's make this dream a reality.
Finding Your Way with Marketing Automation Workflow [Infographic]Neolane, Inc.
Whether your organization is B2B, B2C, or a hybrid of the two, marketing automation platforms can help accelerate customer acquisition, retention, and loyalty. A core feature of these platforms is workflow: a visual interface for designing and executing campaigns, messages, and even internal processes. Many marketers are surprised by just how many things can be automated with workflow. To shed some light on the possibilities, we created this infographic.
Each subway line on the map represents a different category of automation, with the stops being specific examples. Explore the map to understand the true breadth and versatility of marketing automation workflow.
Slow Soul is a handmade ceramics brand. In Taipei, you can discover great and creative handcrafts on the street or in the flea market. However, it's an internet era, many artisans also try hard to make their works more accessible by more potential customers through social network or EC platform. There are various ways and internet products to choose, I'd like to make a online marketing proposal for my friend's brand, Slow Soul, which aims at going online.
Dr. Robert Kurka gave a class at the 2015 ICEC designed to help us gain perspective on how to deal with a world in which there is a plurality of religions. He argues that we should strongly approach the philosophy of religious pluralism (no religion has absolute truth) but that we should not be overly discouraged to live in a society in which many religions exist. This has been normal in much of Christian history and we should think of it as an opportunity, not a disaster. How, then, should we behave in a world in which we cannot assume that the Christian Worldview is not the predominant one? We should be respectful, find common ground, and present with boldness the distinctiveness and advantage of the Christian explanation. The audio will be available in about a week at www.ipibooks.com. I am attaching the power point for the presentation.
With this module we open up our study of the connections (and disconnections!) between visual imagery and religious belief. Considering only two of the major religious traditions in India, we take a look at what we see and how
Finding Your Way with Marketing Automation Workflow [Infographic]Neolane, Inc.
Whether your organization is B2B, B2C, or a hybrid of the two, marketing automation platforms can help accelerate customer acquisition, retention, and loyalty. A core feature of these platforms is workflow: a visual interface for designing and executing campaigns, messages, and even internal processes. Many marketers are surprised by just how many things can be automated with workflow. To shed some light on the possibilities, we created this infographic.
Each subway line on the map represents a different category of automation, with the stops being specific examples. Explore the map to understand the true breadth and versatility of marketing automation workflow.
Slow Soul is a handmade ceramics brand. In Taipei, you can discover great and creative handcrafts on the street or in the flea market. However, it's an internet era, many artisans also try hard to make their works more accessible by more potential customers through social network or EC platform. There are various ways and internet products to choose, I'd like to make a online marketing proposal for my friend's brand, Slow Soul, which aims at going online.
Dr. Robert Kurka gave a class at the 2015 ICEC designed to help us gain perspective on how to deal with a world in which there is a plurality of religions. He argues that we should strongly approach the philosophy of religious pluralism (no religion has absolute truth) but that we should not be overly discouraged to live in a society in which many religions exist. This has been normal in much of Christian history and we should think of it as an opportunity, not a disaster. How, then, should we behave in a world in which we cannot assume that the Christian Worldview is not the predominant one? We should be respectful, find common ground, and present with boldness the distinctiveness and advantage of the Christian explanation. The audio will be available in about a week at www.ipibooks.com. I am attaching the power point for the presentation.
With this module we open up our study of the connections (and disconnections!) between visual imagery and religious belief. Considering only two of the major religious traditions in India, we take a look at what we see and how
Trans-regional and Comparative Approach to Buddhism in 1st.docxedwardmarivel
Trans-regional and Comparative Approach to Buddhism in 1st Millennium CE
Prompt: Using ALL the sources provided, make an argument about the ways that Buddhism adapted and resisted the range of influences (such as social, religious, political, geographic factors) it encountered as it spread across (or “universalized” in) Asia in the first millennium CE.
Consider the dates, location, and content of the sources in making your argument. If the doc is an object, think about what the object is (i.e. where it was placed when made and how it was originally used) and how that impacts the doc’s value for your argument. Incorporate either a trans-regional or comparative component (or both) to your argument. Be sure to use these ten sources, but also consider other ancient sources in WTWA and ppts (and hypothesize sources that might help you consider your argument further). Look back to discussion of Buddhism prior to mid-term [esp. weeks 6 (Axial Age) and 7 (hellenism)]. Also, consider incorporating other sources in the East Asia exhibit of the San Diego Museum of Art that add something to your argument. This is a source-based thesis (SBT), so DO NOT use outside research, except the occasional Wikipedia (or www) search for definitional clarification. Consult the rubric for the take-home SBT to make sure you address all aspects of the assignment.
This prompt can be done without visiting the San Diego Museum of Art, but your understanding of the museum sources will be much enhanced by visiting the Buddhism/Hinduism and East Asia rooms of SDMA, on the left, just past the fountain in the entry hall of the SDMA. Entry-fee to SDMA is $8 (with student ID) and free to residents on the third Tuesday of the month. For more information, see http://www.sdmart.org/
Document A: Buddhist Manuscript of the Great Dagoba (Stupa)
18th Century CE (but in the tradition of 1st C BCE text production in Sri Lanka) in SDMA; This carefully created & adorned manuscript calls to mind the issue of textual production and transmission in early Buddhism, as well as the role of monasteries and stupas in both creation of texts and transmission of Buddhist ideas.
Document B: Head of bodhisattva
Pakistan, Gandhara; ca. 100 CE now at San Diego Museum of Art
Bodhisattva sculpture with royal turban, including Central Asian and Indian elements; inscription in southern Indian script suggests carvers from the south of India were carving in Gandhara.
Document C: Buddha and Nanda in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three Gods
Pakistan, Gandhara; late 2nd Century CE now at San Diego Museum of Art
Large standing figure (Buddha) holds half-brother Nanda’s hand, convincing him to overcome attachment to wife by showing the soon-to-be-lost beauty of the wives in the Heaven of the 33 gods. Indra at lower left and seated on couch.
Document D: Buddha (at center) with Worshippers
From Pakistan, Gandhara; 2nd Century CE; now at San Diego Museum of Art
Likely part of a stone base of a ...
China Resources and Potentialities:
An Exploration of a statement attributed to Abdul-Baha, the son of Baha'u'llah, the Founder of the Baha'i Faith:
“China has the most great capability. The Chinese people are most simple-hearted and truth-seeking…Truly, I say, the Chinese are free from any deceit and hypocrisies and are prompted with ideal motives. China is the country of the future."
And another statement by Shoghi Effendi, the grandson of Abdu'l-Baha:
“China, a land which has its own world and civilization, whose people (in 1923) constitute one-fourth of the population of the globe, which ranks foremost among all nations
in material, cultural, and spiritual resources and potentialities, and whose future is assuredly bright."
MEDIEVAL CHINA The West & The World Key Enviro.docxARIV4
MEDIEVAL CHINA
The West & The World
Key Environmental Features
o Like India, China enjoyed a relative geographical isolation
which allowed it to develop a very distinctive culture.
Physical barriers separated China from the rest of the Asian
continent:
• SW: Himalayan Mts.
• W: Taklimakan (Takla Makan) Desert
• N: Gobi Desert and Mongolian Plateau
E & SE: the Pacific Ocean in east and southeast.
This led to:
• remarkable level of cultural continuity.
• a conscious effort of new ruling dynasties to conform to
past cultural traditions & to Sinicize all conquered
people.
• the belief in Chinese cultural superiority (rest of the
world was made up of “barbarians”).
Key Environmental Features, ct’d
o Central area is the cradle of Chinese civilization.
Earliest settlements developed in agricultural-friendly areas.
• Fertile plains and river valleys:
Yellow River (Huang Ho), also called “river of sorrows” –
flooded frequently and in unpredictable patterns; its
waters carried a fine yellow soil (the loess), very fertile
and easy to work.
Yangtze River, the longest in Asia and third largest in
the world.
Pearl River in the south.
• In modern times, the Manchurian plain in the N also
became part of China.
Main staples:
• wheat and millet in center and north
• rice in the south
Key Environmental Features, ct’d
o Other natural resources:
12 % of world’s mineral resources: iron, tin, copper, lead, zinc,
aluminum, etc.
Energy resources: coal, oil, natural gas
Gemstones: amber, amethyst, jade, opal, ruby, sapphire, topaz
Forests
Including medicinal and precious woods such as gingko
tress, golden larch, red sandalwood, lacquer tree
Largest areas of grassland in the world (N and W)
Tea (SW and N)
• China is the world’s first exporter of tea
Silk-worms
o Major premodern Chinese exports:
Silk - developed ca. 6500 y.a.; one of the most sought-after
products in premodern era.
Lacquered furniture – developed ca 3000 y.a.
Porcelain – developed ca. 2000 y.a.
Main Historical Developments
o Zhou Dynasty (1122-221 B.C.): Golden Age of China
A mythical time of great prosperity and excellent government.
• Rulers associated with this dynasty were considered great
sages (i.e. exemplars of wisdom).
Religious beliefs: polytheistic.
• The gods and the spirits of the ancestors were in control of
humans’ well-being.
To avoid misery and hardships, people had to keep these
celestial beings happy (through daily prayers and sacrifices).
• The spirits of the ancestors could act as mediators between
mortals and the gods. To do so in a positive way, ancestors had
to be honored daily through offerings of food, prayers and pious
reference to their memory.
A good, easy life was a sign of happy ancestors.
Misfortunes were signs of displeased ancestors.
Ancestor Worship: At Home
...
1. Sing to the LORD
A New Song
Text, Tradition and Revival
in Hasidism and Gaudiya
Vaishnavism
2.
3. Rabbi Israel Ben Eliezer
(1698-1760)
founder of Hasidic Judaism;
aka Baal Shem Tov or Besht
4. “There was once a great and wise king who magically
created the illusion of walls and towers and gates. He
commanded people to come to him by way of these gates
and towers, and had treasures from the royal treasury
displayed at every gate. There were some who went as far
as the first gate and then returned, laden with treasure.
Others proceeded to gates deeper within the palace and
closer to the king, but none reached the king himself. At
last, the king’s son made a great effort to go to his father,
the king. Then he saw that there was really no barrier
separating him from his father, for it was all an
illusion.”
Devekut “adhesion,” “cleaving,” communion
5. Devekut
“God wishes to be served in all possible ways…
Sometimes one may walk and talk to others and is then
unable to study [Torah]. Nonetheless, you must attach
yourself to God...So also when on the road, thus unable to
pray and study as usual, you must serve in other ways. Do
not be disturbed by this. For God wishes to be served in
all possible ways, sometimes in one manner and
sometimes in another. That is why it happened that you
had to go on a journey or talk to people…[so] that you
serve Him in that alternate way.”
- Baal Shem Tov, Tzava’at Harivash
6. Phenomenology of Devekut
“Prayer is zivug (coupling) with the Shekhinah (Divine
Presence). Just as there is motion at the beginning of
coupling, so, too, one must move [or sway] at the beginning of
prayer.”
- Baal Shem Tov
“These men perform strange movements, weird and ugly…
They clap their hands and shake sideways with their heads
turned backwards and their face and eyes turned upwards,
contrary to the rulings of the rabbis...If I ever see those who
do such things...I shall break their legs!”
- Jacob Emden, critic of Hasidism, 1768
8. Bhakti
“Whatever you do, whatever you eat,
whatever you offer as an offering or gift…
Do it as an offering to me [Krishna]. In this
way you shall be freed from good and evil
results that are the bonds of karma.”
- Bhagavad Gita 9.27-8
“dwelling in,” “participation,” devotion
9. The particular form that love takes
is determined by the specific nature of
the individual experiencing it, just as a
reflected image of the sun is determined by
the nature of the jewel through which it is
being reflected.
10. Phenomenology of Bhakti
“I take the name [of Krishna] incessantly, and while taking
the name, my mind becomes distracted...I become as
mad: I laugh, I weep, I dance, I sing, as if drunk on
wine...By the nature of prema [God’s love] the bhakta
laughs, and cries, and sings and being mad he dances and
runs here and there. Sweat, trembling, thrilling, tears,
choking, pallor, madness, sadness, composure, pride,
happiness, humility...he floats in the sea of the nectar
of ananda [bliss] of Krishna.”
- Chaitanya Charitamrta 1.7.74-5; 84-7
11. Tensions of Tradition and Innovation
● “Though the term ‘reform’ may conjure images of
rebellion… reform is, at least in large measure, a
fundamentally conservative factor which looks back to a
real or imagined ‘Golden Age’ in some earlier, pristine
period of a religious community’s history.”
● “Even when mystics teach radical doctrines… note should
be taken of the attempt made by these very individuals to
‘domesticate’ their radical teachings by locating them
within the larger orthodox and communal frame of
reference.”
- Steven T. Katz
12. Hagiographies, in addition to serving as
inspirational tales for devotees, seek to establish
their movements as authoritative -- squarely
within (and central to) tradition.
1) reliance on pre-existent narrative conventions, scriptural
allusions, etc. so that their subjects cohere to extant models
of piety, divinity, authority and so on.
1) dramatizing the ascent to power, through the “trump
moment,” wherein the radical founders beat the
establishment at their own game.
13.
14. “He is a sannyasi [renunciate], and still he sings and
dances; he does not study the Vedanta, but only
performs samkirtana. He is a fool...who does not
know his own dharma (sacred duty).”
- the Mayavadis, critics of Chaitanya
“[My guru told me]: ‘You are ignorant, you have no
right to Vedanta; [therefore] always mutter the Krishna-
mantra… Apart from [it] there is no dharma in [this]
age...This is the secret significance of all the
Scriptures.”
- Chaitanya’s response
15.
16. Division III Contents
I. “Love the Lord Your God” - Devekut and Bhakti
II. Modelling Piety - The Besht and Chaitanya
III.The Word and the Story in Hasidism and
Hinduism
Areas for Further Research
- The “master” figure: the guru and the rebbe / tzaddik
- Historical developments re: routinization of charisma
- Contemporary manifestations: Chabad, Na Nach and Hare
Krishna / ISKCON; neo-Hasidism, neo-Vedanta & New Age
- Gender and androgyny: Rebbe Nachman & Chaitanya,
erotics of mystical union
