East Asian and Indian philosophy Books
HarperCollins Everyday Dharma Dharma Para La Vida Diaria
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£13.09
Penguin Putnam Inc The Art of War
Book SynopsisThe world’s most famous military treatise, in an acclaimed translationThe perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.Offering ancient wisdom on how to use skill, cunning, tactics and discipline to outwit your opponent, this bestselling 2000-year-old military manual is still worshipped by soldiers on the battlefield and managers in the boardroom as the ultimate guide to winning.
£12.35
Penguin Books Ltd Dont Worry 48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a
Book SynopsisDiscover why 90% of your worries won’t come true in this highly practical, internationally bestselling guide by the renowned Zen Buddhist author of The Art of Simple Living and How to Let Things Go.Think of a time when you were worried about something, but then you suddenly realized how insignificant it was. Isn’t it amazing how much lighter you felt? The key is to focus only on the here and now. By doing so, you free yourself from unnecessary anxiety, and your mind will be at peace. In Don’t Worry, you will learn to: Lesson #1: stop comparing yourself to others—90% of your obsessions will disappear; Lesson #4: remove unnecessary things from your life and make your life absolutely simple; Lesson #10: stop seeking, stop rushing, stop obsessing; Lesson #11: interpret things positively—yoTrade Review“There’s much to learn in this compact manual. . . . The title says it all.” ―Men’s Journal“I hope . . . that just having listened, I’ll be automatically living a less anxious life. . . . Part of what kept me going was that [the audiobook reader] sounds a lot like Keanu Reeves. So, really, part of the appeal here is imagining Keanu and his soothing, sometimes erotic voice imparting life lessons. If that doesn’t change me, will anything?” —Marshall Heyman, Vulture“Pithy, compassionate teachings . . . Engaging and familiar . . . For anyone in need of practical ideas to ease anxiety, look no further than Don’t Worry.” ―The Japan Times“Advice on modern-day living that anyone could benefit from . . . [It] covers everything and anything that could be worrying you.” ―South China Morning Post“Highly recommended . . . Pragmatic advice for simplifying life and reducing anxiety . . . Good for quick reference . . . Masuno’s useful advice is particularly needed in recent times.” ―Library Journal“Masuno’s spare prose embodies his message. . . . [His] directness and wisdom make this worth a look.” ―Publishers Weekly“An approachable yet flexible guide to making Zen practice a habit.” ―Shelf Awareness
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Penguin Random House India Carpenters and Kings
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£14.20
The University of Chicago Press Gandhi and the Stoics
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£41.80
Penguin Books Ltd The Light of Asia
Book SynopsisThis rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encountersFrom the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West''s relationship with Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange beasts and monsters, of silk and spices shipped over vast distances and an uneasy sense of unknowable empires fantastically far away. By the twentieth century much of Asia might have come under Western rule after centuries of warfare, but its intellectual, artistic and spiritual influence was fighting back.The Light of Asia is a wonderfully varied and entertaining history of the many ways in which Asia has shaped European and North American culture over centuries of tangled, dynamic encounters, and the central importance of this vexed, often confused relationship. From Marco Polo onwards Asia has been both a source of genuine fascination and equally genuine failures of comprehension. China, India and Japan were all acknowledged to be both great civilizations and in crude ways seen as superseded by the West. From Chicago to Calcutta, and from antiquity to the new millennium, this is a rich, involving story of misunderstandings and sincere connection, of inspiration and falsehood, of geniuses, adventurers and con-men.Christopher Harding''s captivating gallery of people and places celebrates Asia''s impact on the West in all its variety.
£35.53
MIT Press Ltd Who You Are The Science of Connectedness The MIT
Book SynopsisWhy you are more than just a brain, more than just a brain-and-body, and more than all your assumptions about who you are.Who are you? Are you just a brain? A brain and a body? All the things you have done and the friends you have made? Many of us assume that who we really are is something deep inside us, an inner sanctuary that contains our true selves. In Who You Are, Michael Spivey argues that the opposite is true: that you are more than a brain, more than a brain-and-body, and more than all your assumptions about who you are. Rather than peeling layers away to reveal the inner you, Spivey traces who you are outward. You may already feel in your heart that something outside your body is actually part of you—a child, a place, a favorite book. Spivey confirms this intuition with scientific findings.With each chapter, Spivey incrementally expands a common definition of the self. After (gently) helping you to discard your assumptions about who you ar
£28.80
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Analects
£19.80
WW Norton & Co Cosmological Koans
Book Synopsis“Playful and enchanting.” —Priyamvada Natarajan, Wall Street JournalTrade Review"[A] gem of a book." -- Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics"There is nothing like Cosmological Koans on the shelves.… I can think of no other book that so effectively elicits a sense of wonder." -- Jenann T. Ismael, author of How Physics Makes Us Free"[A] unique and beautifully written masterpiece." -- Max Tegmark, author of Life 3.0"[Cosmological Koans] will stretch your imagination almost to the breaking point, and your understanding of reality will come away more healthy and flexible than before." -- Sean Carroll, author of The Big Picture
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Penguin Putnam Inc Buddhism for Couples A Calm Approach to
Book SynopsisLearn Buddhist principles that can help enrich your romantic life, your life in general, and the lives of those around you.Surely a happy marriage for a normally adjusted couple is a simple matter of give-and-take—some patience, tolerance, and just trying to be cheerful as often as possible. There is no shortage of books providing relationship advice that can help us with these matters. But Buddhist teachings address more than just surface knowledge, and guide us to delve deeper into our psyches.With an emphasis on self-compassion, Buddhism for Couples explains how to apply Buddhist teachings to your relationships to patch things up, hold things together, and, even on good days, scale the heights of relationship happiness. Written for both men and women, this book tackles the loaded subjects of housework, anger, sex, conflict, and infidelity, and introduces Buddhist strategies that can enrich a relationship.Humorous and informative,
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Random House USA Inc The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Sacred Teachings
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The University Press of Kentucky Growing Stories from India
Book SynopsisLessons from the Hindu culture are used to teach the world methods of sustainability.
£27.00
Quest Books,U.S. Commentaries on Living 2nd Series Second Series
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£12.34
Quest Books,U.S. Initiation into Yoga
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£11.66
Quest Books,U.S. Krishnamurti Two Birds on One Tree
Book SynopsisA longtime student and friend reveals both the spiritual greatness and the human pathos of his remarkable teacher.
£10.40
Quest Books,U.S. The Inner Life of Krishnamurti Private Passion
Book SynopsisIn this text, Aryel Sanat presents an exploration of Krishnamurti's inner life and experiences that aims to explode numerous myths about him, including his denial of the existence of the Theosophical Masters, and his didaino disdain for the esoteric side of the spiritual path.
£15.68
Quest Books,U.S. The Quotable Krishnamurti
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£9.99
Brigham Young University Press The Philosophy of Illumination
Book SynopsisShihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi was born around 1154, probably in Northwestern Iran. Spurred by a dream in which Aristotle appeared to him, he rejected the Avicennan Peripatetic philosophy of his youth and undertook the task of reviving the philosophical tradition of the "Ancients."
£35.62
Self-Realization Fellowship,U.S. Whispers From Eternity
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£18.90
Self-Realization Fellowship,U.S. Why God Permits Evil and How to Rise Above It
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£8.18
Inner Traditions Bear and Company Hafez
Book SynopsisFor 600 years the Persian poet Hafez has been read recited quoted and loved by millions of people in his homeland and throughout the world. Like his predecessor Rumi he is a spiritual guide in our search for life''s essence. Hafez is both a mystic philosopher and a heartfelt poet of desires and fears. HAFEZ is the perfect introduction to the man known as the philosopher of love whose message of spiritual transcendence through rapture and service to others is especially important now that our troubled world has moved into the 21st century. His wisdom speaks directly to the cutting edge of philosophy psychology social theory and education and can serve as a bridge of understanding between the West and the Middle East two cultures in desperate need of mutual empathy. This is the paperback edition of the hardback entitled Spiritual Wisdom of Hafez.
£14.24
Crossing Press Pocket Guide to the Chakras Crossing Press Pocket
Book SynopsisA person with the gift of clairvoyance can see your seven energy vortexes radiating like multicolored suns along the axis of your spine. These whorls of spinning energy are known as chakras, the Sanskrit word for wheel. Today the ancient knowledge of chakras is recognized as a legitimate model for understanding health and illness. The POCKET GUIDE TO THE CHAKRAS answers such questions as:What are the chakras?Where are they?How do they function?What causes them to open or close?How can their energy be changed?
£6.99
Integral Yoga Publications To Know Yourself
Book SynopsisBased on the principles of Integral Yoga--living a life that is easeful, peaceful and useful - this very readable book presents the essential teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda. It is a practical, lucid guide to peaceful living. All aspects of life--physical, mental and spiritual--are covered. The presentation is light, lively and entertaining; the ideas, illuminating. A fountain of wisdom that readers return to again and again.
£14.24
Integral Yoga Publications Golden Moments Words of Inspiration
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Power Press Zen and the Art of Happiness
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Power Press ZEN and the Art of Happiness
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£15.19
Power Press That Was ZEN This is Tao
Book SynopsisThe ancient sages spoke of Tao not only as the spiritual essence of All-That-Is but as the path of living in harmony with the universe, the way that leads to enlightenment. Although we may not yet know it, we are all on this path. Your life is the path.In his new book, Chris Prentiss, acclaimed author of Zen and the Art of Happiness, gently yet powerfully guides us through the profound truths and possibilities at the heart of the greatest journey of our lives. His bold and reassuring insights will open you as never before to the realities in which we truly live, keep you focused on what''s most important, and empower you to navigate your challenges and opportunities fully aware, alive, and engaged.You''ll learn what enlightenment really means, your purpose for being here, and the real factors that shape your destiny moment by moment. You''ll discover why painful and seemingly unfortunate events happen to us all, what actually keeps us from being happy and fulfilled, and how to avoid th
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Ichimannendo Publishing UNSHAKABLE SPIRIT Stories of Compassion and
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£12.50
Keep it Simple Books,U.S. Dont Suffer Communicate
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£13.25
Random House USA Inc The Art of War
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£20.40
Sirius Entertainment Tao Te Ching Oracle Book Cards
£21.74
Hay House Inc Unseen Beings
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewUnseen Beings is a magnificent, passionate, brilliantly written manifesto for our urgent reimagining of our relationship with every aspect of the creation before we destroy it and ourselves. Drawing on the latest scientific discoveries about animal and plant consciousness and also on indigenous wisdom and the truths of Tibetan Buddhism, Unseen Beings is that rarest of books – indispensable reading for anyone who longs for a just and balanced human future. Buy it and give it to everyone you know.- Andrew Harvey, author of 'The Hope' and 'Radical Regeneration' with Carolyn Baker"Unseen Beings is a profound and much-needed book that takes us beyond the important but numbing statistics of what’s occurring on our planet. Erik Jampa Andersson points out the underlying causes – our anthropocentrism and lack of awareness of the vital roles that unseen, but very much present, beings play in our lives – and the peril of ignoring them. He guides us toward practical ways to shift from our dualistic, selfish, human-centered fixation to include the interconnected web of all beings, seen and unseen. There is no more essential shift than this, and Erik Jampa Andersson has written a brilliant book that gives us a road map to true wholeness and recovery."– Lama Tsultrim Allione, author of Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine and founder of Tara Mandala
£15.29
Grand Central Publishing Deeper Mindfulness
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£13.78
North Atlantic Books,U.S. Tenzin Gyatso: The Early Life of the Dalai Lama
Book SynopsisThis exciting and often intense biography describes the Dalai Lama''s rigorous education and his full assumption of power at the age of fifteen following the Chinese invasion in 1950. Though Tibetan tradition holds that the Dalai Lama is a reincarnation of his predecessors, one still marvels at the level of responsibility, maturity, and wisdom he possessed at a very young age. Through Claude B. Levenson''s account of his youth, illuminated by photographs and many recollections of the Dalai Lama in his own words, we begin to understand how a lama from Tibet has become the worldwide spiritual leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
£12.59
North Atlantic Books,U.S. The Circle of Fire: The Metaphysics of Yoga
Book SynopsisThe Circle of Fire examines the eternal metaphysical questions “What is God?” and “What is the purpose of life?” The book discusses the answers to these questions given by Western science and different schools of Indian thought, specifically detailing the answers to be found in India''s two most developed atheistic traditions, Hinduism and Buddhism.Representative of a generation of Indians who have grown up with the best in scientific education and spiritual values, author P.J. Mazumdar takes a hard look at religion, science, and how two seemingly divergent bodies of knowledge can be brought together. Like Deepak Chopra a generation earlier, Mazumdar is both a medical doctor and a member of a family steeped in Hindu tradition, and is therefore well-placed to elucidate ancient Indian philosophy to the modern analytical mind. Acknowledging the metaphysical insights to be found in both Western science and Eastern spirituality, Mazumdar pays special attention to the highest school of philosophy of Hinduism, Advaita, and its application to practical spirituality through the teachings and practice of Yoga.The book takes its structure from the Vedas, and is similarly divided into Jnanakanda (Knowledge) and Karmakanda (Actions); the first part examines the body of knowledge from European and Indian sources addressing the question of God and the second part looks at practical ways of applying this knowledge through different schools of Hindu and Buddhist philosophy. The book explores the purest form of nondual Hindu philosophy, Advaita, and points out how the theories underpinning Buddhism and Advaita, although they appear to contradict each other, are the only theories that remain consistent with the findings of modern science. The author makes the brave assertion that ultimately one or the other will be the theory realized by science as the ultimate metaphysical truth.Like other books on the meeting of science and spirituality (Fritzjof Capra''s 80s classic The Tao of Physics) and the necessity of a scientifically compatible notion of God (Richard Dawkin''s The God Delusion), The Circle of Fire is ambitious in scope and a challenging, rewarding read.
£18.90
Paragon House Publishers Yoga Psychology and the Transformation of
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Paragon House Publishers Do Nothing & Do Everything: An Illustrated New
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£17.95
Shambhala Publications Inc The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Six, Part Three:
Book SynopsisIn Tibetan religious literature, Jamgön Kongtrül''s Treasury of Knowledge in ten books stands out as a unique, encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as it was preserved in Tibet. This volume, Frameworks of Buddhist Philosophy, is his masterful survey of the broad themes and subtle philosophical points found in more than fifteen hundred years of Buddhist philosophical writings. In a clear and systematic manner, he sets out the traditional framework of Buddhism''s three vehicles and four philosophical systems, and provides an overview of the key points of each system. His syncretic approach, which emphasizes the strengths of each of the systems and incorporates them into a comprehensive picture of philosophical endeavor, is well-suited for scholar-practitioners who seek awakening through the combination of analytical inquiry and meditation.
£32.80
Llewellyn Publications,U.S. Chakras for Beginners: A Guide to Balancing Your
Book SynopsisEnergize your life though your chakras with this beginners' guide to the wheels of life. By learning about your chakra system, you can perceive your own blocks and develop guidelines for relieving entanglements.
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Art of War: The Denma Translation
Book SynopsisPrevious translations of The Art of War have presented Sun Tzu''s classic from the point of view of military strategy, Chinese history, or Taoist philosophy. This translation—accompanied by the translators'' in-depth essays and illuminating line-by-line commentary—offers a fresh perspective on this ancient Chinese text. Here, Sun Tzu''s strategic principles of warfare (based as they were on the fundamental insights of the Chinese spiritual and philosophical tradition) are seen as universally relevant—the foundation for personal transformation and the creation of an enlightened society. In this translation of The Art of War , Sun Tzu''s teachings are revealed in an entirely new light. • War is any situation that demands hard choices about creation and destruction, life or death. • The state is the system in which we live—our household, our culture or society, or our own mind. • Defense ensures the integrity of our boundaries and allows life to flourish within them. • Force is the energy of concentrated action. • Victory lies in bringing others around to embracing a larger view—one that includes their own—without ever going to battle.
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Taoist Classics, Volume Three: The Collected
Book SynopsisThis collection of translated texts includes: • Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook: An extraordinarily rich and diverse collection of Taoist writings from the fifth century BCE to modern times. • The Secret of the Golden Flower: The Classic Chinese Book of Life: Essentially a practical guide to the integration of personality—hailed by C. G. Jung as a link between the insights of the East and his own psychological research. • Immortal Sisters: Secrets of Taoist Women: The writings of six distinguished Taoist women adepts writing between the fourth and twelfth centuries. • Awakening to the Tao: Another treasure from Liu I-ming, this is a collection of one hundred forty-two of the master''s brief but admirably lucid essays on living according to the Tao.
£33.15
Shambhala Publications Inc The Deeper Dimension of Yoga: Theory and Practice
Book SynopsisAn in-depth primer on the history, philosophy, spirituality, and current practices of yoga, from a respected scholar and longtime yoga practitioner Here is a comprehensive survey of the full breadth and depth of the 5,000-year-old Yoga tradition, emphasizing its potent philosophy and spiritual vision. Georg Feuerstein demonstrates that Yoga is much more than a system of physical exercises—it is a profound path of self-transformation that encompasses a range of teachings, practices, and sacred texts that can help us cultivate wisdom, balance, and inner freedom, as well as physical health. Feuerstein is one of the few Western scholar-teachers of Yoga whose writing and teaching penetrate the full richness and depth of this ancient tradition. Here he offers a collection of essays touching on all facets of the discipline.Topics include: • The different branches and styles of Yoga • The ethical teachings of Yoga • Yoga and vegetarianism • Meditation and mantras • Choosing a teacher • Tantric Yoga • The experience of ecstasy
£22.10
Hampton Roads Publishing Company The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Buddhism
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£11.66
Hampton Roads Publishing Company The Dalai Lama's Big Book of Happiness: How to
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£15.26
Hampton Roads Publishing Company Dalai Lama's Little Book of Mysticism: The
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£12.30
Hampton Roads Publishing Company Buddhas' Little Book of Life: Daily Wisdom from
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£15.26
Hampton Roads Publishing Company The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Inner Peace: The
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£13.46
Weiser Books Chinese Alchemy: Taoism, the Power of Gold, and
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£15.26
