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The Search for the Ox: The Gift of Practice -- Finding Traces of the Ox: The Gift of "Not Knowing" -- Finding the Ox: The Gift of Self-Reliance -- Catching the Ox: The Gift of Accepting Impermanence and Constant Change -- Tamaing the Ox: The Gift of Self-Mastery -- Riding Home on the Back of the Ox: The Gift of Incarnation -- The Ox Disappears, The Herdsman Remains: The Gift of Emptiness -- The Complete Disappearences of Ox and Herdsman as Separate: The Gift of Understanding That There Is No Separate Dwelling Place for God -- The Return to the Origin: The Gift of No-Self-Transformation into the Absolute -- Entering the Market with open Hands: The Gift of Compassionate Service -- Conclusion.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973

Basis of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tex.

Formal planning and development of what became the first Landsat satellite commenced over 50 years ago in 1967. Now, having collected earth observation data for well over four decades since the 1972 launch of Landsat-1, the Landsat program is increasingly complex and vibrant. Critical programmatic elements are ensuring the continuity of high quality measurements for scientific and operational investigations, including ground systems, acquisition planning, data archiving and management, and provision of analysis ready data products. Free and open access to archival and new imagery has resulted in a myriad of innovative applications and novel scientific insights. The planning of future compatible satellites in the Landsat series, which maintain continuity while incorporating technological advancements, has resulted in an increased operational use of Landsat data. Governments and international agencies, among others, can now build an expectation of Landsat data into a given operational data stream. International programs and conventions (e.g., deforestation monitoring, climate change mitigation) are empowered by access to systematically collected and calibrated data with expected future continuity further contributing to the existing multi-decadal record. The increased breadth and depth of Landsat science and applications have accelerated following the launch of Landsat-8, with significant improvements in data quality. Herein, we describe the programmatic developments and institutional context for the Landsat program and the unique ability of Landsat to meet the needs of national and international programs. We then present the key trends in Landsat science that underpin many of the recent scientific and application developments and follow-up with more detailed thematically organized summaries. The historical context offered by archival imagery combined with new imagery allows for the development of time series algorithms that can produce information on trends and dynamics. Landsat-8 has figured prominently in these recent developments, as has the improved understanding and calibration of historical data. Following the communication of the state of Landsat science, an outlook for future launches and envisioned programmatic developments are presented. Increased linkages between satellite programs are also made possible through an expectation of future mission continuity, such as developing a virtual constellation with Sentinel-2. Successful science and applications developments create a positive feedback loopjustifying and encouraging current and future programmatic support for Landsat. © 2019 ; The United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are gratefully acknowledged for support and encouragement of the 20122017 Landsat Science Team ( https://landsat.usgs.gov/landsat-science-teams ). The Editor and Reviewers are thanked for the valuable insights and constructive suggestions made to improve this manuscript.