「空しさ」という視点から、人間存在の意味、人生の意味を問いかける書。東洋的な思想に通じるものがあり、多くの思想家に着想を与えてきた書です。

First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

蛙から見れば、森羅万象はことごとく蛙のためにあるという説明が可能だ。しかし蛇は?蛇もまた蛙のために必要なのだ……。 朗読はまだ若いのに妙に老成した印象の朗読をするといわれる澤田雅世。要は巧いのですが、それだけではない彼女ならではの読みを、現代朗読協会の研究会で模索していきました。今後がますます楽しみな期待の新鋭です。 「文芸朗読作品制作の アイ文庫の情報はhttp://ibunko.com/にて」

F. Scott Fitzgerald published this captivating short story in 1926, a year after The Great Gatsby. One of his most famous short stories, Fitzgerald wrote “The Rich Boy” about one of his friends in the guise of a wealthy, old-money protagonist, Anson Hunter, and the effects of wealth on his character and thus with women, love, and life. It originally appeared in two parts, in the January and February 1926 issues of Redbook. “The Rich Boy” is a masterpiece of twentieth-century American fiction.

In simple and straightforward language, Bhante Gunaratana shares the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and how we can use these principles to improve our daily lives, deepen our mindfulness, and move closer to our spiritual goals. Based on the classic Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most succinct yet rich explanations of meditation, Bhante's presentation is nonetheless thoroughly modern.