East Asian and Indian philosophy Books
Station Hill Press,U.S. Tao and the City: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching
Book SynopsisThe first version of the Tao Te Ching to locate itself definitively in the City, this highly readable new translation joins the timeless verses of the ancient Chinese classic with lushly textured color photographs in a truly urban incarnation, creating itself anew from the streets of New York. Betsy Wyckoff's photographs of city lights, surfaces and reflections are a revelation in themselves, and lend a new depth, poignancy and immediacy to the revelatory passages of the Tao. These words and images provide a contemplative counterpoint to recent photographs of tragedy and heroism in New York, and an unexpected view of the city through the discerning eye of a long-term resident.
£16.16
Station Hill Press,U.S. Dao De Jing: The United Version
Book SynopsisThis new translation of the Chinese classic and foundation text of Daoism integrates the manuscript discoveries of the last 30 years, introducing a fundamentally different view of the nature of the Dao. Michael Puett, the Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University, calls this translation "an excellent translation of one of the most important texts from the Chinese philosophical tradition," and goes on to state: "Building upon the crucial body of scholarship that has developed in China over the past several decades, Yang Peng succeeds in providing a translation that is both precise and readable. A wonderful achievement!"
£11.35
Gotham Books Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your
Book SynopsisEvery human life is made up of the light and the dark, the happy and the sad, the vital and the deadening. How you think about this rhythm of moods makes all the difference.Our lives are filled with emotional tunnels: the loss of a loved one or end of a relationship, aging and illness, career disappointments or just an ongoing sense of dissatisfaction with life. Society tends to view these “dark nights” in clinical terms as obstacles to be overcome as quickly as possible. But Moore shows how honoring these periods of fragility as periods of incubation and positive opportunities to delve the soul’s deepest needs can provide healing and a new understanding of life’s meaning. Dark Nights of the Soul presents these metaphoric dark nights not as the enemy, but as times of transition, occasions to restore yourself, and transforming rites of passage, revealing an uplifting and inspiring new outlook on such topics as:• The healing power of melancholy• The sexual dark night and the mysteries of matrimony• Finding solace during illness and in aging• Anxiety, anger, and temporary Insanities• Linking creativity, spirituality, and emotional struggles• Finding meaning and beauty in the darkness
£15.30
Penguin Putnam Inc The Essence of Happiness: A Guidebook for Living
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£16.96
BetterLink Press Incorporated The Art of Living Chinese Proverbs and Wisdom: A
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£15.19
Bancroft Press Living the Practice Vol. 2
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£22.46
Shambhala Espanol El arte de la guerra
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£15.96
Tharpa Publications The New Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist
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£19.99
Bridge21 Publications, LLC Life Confucianism as A New Philosophy: Love and
Book SynopsisLife itself has long gone unnoticed in Confucian texts since the Qinand Han dynasties, which is similarto the forgetting of Being, per se, inthe Western philosophy after theAxial Period, according to Heidegger. Today, there is a philosophical mission to return life to Confucianism, restoring and reconstructing Confucianism in the perspective of a comparison between Confucianismand Husserl's Phenomenology. The author reduces the features of life to the essence of a thing, butreturns to life as the essence of Being. The author rejects the idea of post-philosophy in order to reconstruct the metaphysicaland the post-metaphysical gradations of Confucianism. These gradations are made along three strata in the life of human beings-no-being of anything (a life comprehension), metaphysical thinghood (the absolute Being), and post-metaphysical things (the relative beings). In this way we have a full understanding of the idea of Confucianism.Table of ContentsLove and Thought
£76.00
Rockridge Press A Year of Zen Mindfulness: Daily Practices and
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£18.04
Rockridge Press A Year of Zen: A 52-Week Guided Journal
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£20.89
Counterpoint One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the
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£12.99
Hampton Roads Publishing Company The Zen Book of Life: Wisdom from the Great
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£15.26
Hampton Roads Publishing Company Be Here
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£9.95
Hampton Roads Publishing Company Be Kind
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£10.76
Hampton Roads Publishing Company Be Brave
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£11.35
Equinox Publishing Ltd Thinking in Āsana: Movement and Philosophy in
Book SynopsisThinking in Asana is an exploration of three popular lineages of modern postural yoga - Viniyoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Ashtanga Yoga. The book describes in detail the different styles of yoga practice advocated within the three lineages, and traces the influence of this practice on the corresponding yoga philosophies. While Viniyoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Ashtanga Yoga name the yoga of Patanjali as the source of their teachings, the interpretations of Patanjali's system differ significantly between the three lineages. A careful examination suggests that these differences can be accounted for by referring to the differences in the kinds of movement experienced during yoga practice. Linguistic theories of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson provide methodological groundwork for such examination. By deconstructing the experience of movement specific to modern postural yoga practice, and by juxtaposing it to a linguistic analysis of a textual corpus, Thinking in Asana argues that there is a systematic relation between how yoga is practiced and how yoga philosophy is understood. In doing so, the book not only gives a detailed, insightful look at modern postural yoga in practice and theory, but it also emphasises the role of movement in human meaning-making activity.
£49.78
Equinox Publishing Ltd Exploring Hindu Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis introductory text points to some of the diverse tapestries of Hindu worldviews where scriptural revelation, logical argumentation, embodied affectivity, moral reasoning, and aesthetic cultivation constitute densely interwoven conceptual threads. It begins with an exploration of some classical iterations of the quest for a fundamental ontology amidst the diversities of the everyday world. This quest is often embedded in both a diagnosis of the human condition as structured by suffering and a therapy for recovery from worldly fragmentation. A crucial aspect of this therapeutic structure is the analysis of the means of knowledge and the categories of reality, since in order to know the nature of the world one must proceed along truth-tracking routes. Such dynamic mind-world encounters are mediated through language, and Hindu philosophical texts extensively discuss the motif of whether or not deep reality can be comprehended through linguistic structures. These philosophical exercises also shape reflections on themes such as aesthetics, social organization, the meaning of life, and so on. As Hinduism increasingly migrates to western locations through practices of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness, and along with sensibilities relating to vegetarianism, ecology, and pacifism, we encounter multiple translations of these classical motifs relating to the self, language, and consciousness.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Conceptual Constellations Chapter 1: Unity and its Concrete Multitudes Chapter 2: Knowing the Roots of Reality Chapter 3: Therapies for Liberation Chapter 4: Finding a Home in the World Chapter 5: Multiple Modes of Morality Conclusion: Reorienting the Mind’s Compass
£91.59
Continental Sales The Essential Yoga Sutra
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£13.95
Shanghai Press Building Inner Strength: The Chinese Philosophy
Book SynopsisNormality today is to be enslaved by the material world to the point where individual happiness has not kept pace with increasing material prosperity. Have we lost our original nature in the pursuit of the external material world? Wang Yangming’s School of Mind of nearly 500 years ago teaches us how to overcome external circumstances and seek the source of the great strength that lies in our innermost being. Wang Yangming’s School of Mind is a gathering together of the achievements of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. It is one of the most representative and influential strands of Chinese philosophical thought and proposes that “conscience” is a cosmic prime principle innate in man that transcends all living things. The lifelong realization and practice of conscience is the only path towards self-fulfillment and perfection of character. This book uses Wang Yangming’s principles of “Mind is Principle,” “the unity of knowledge and action,” and “the exercise of conscience” to describe the School of Mind in simple terms to enable you to understand your own original self and go on a journey of self-cultivation that will gain you a kind of inner freedom and strength.Table of ContentsPreface: Take the Road to Spiritual IndependencePart I This Is How Sages Are RefinedThe Skepticism of the Child Prodigy: Is Common Sense Reliable?The Path Towards SagehoodDo Not Waver, Maintain Your Inner FreedomThe Cheng-Zhu School of Reason and the Lu-Wang School of MindEnlightenment at Longchang: the Birth of the Yangming School of MindPart II Mind is Reason: The Road to Self-Realization Lies in the MindChapter 1 Trees and Flowers Amongst the Rocks: Wang Yangming’s WorldviewChapter 2 Creating a Secret Chamber for Your SoulChapter 3 Personality Is the Source of HappinessChapter 4 Knowing One’s Original SelfChapter 5 Retrieve the Joy of MindPart III The Unity of Knowledge and Action: Knowledge Is the Beginning of Action and Action Is the Culmination of KnowledgeChapter 6 Constructing One’s Own World of MeaningChapter 7 Work Is Self-CultivationChapter 8 Constructing an Innermost Being Impervious to Both Adoration and InsultChapter 9 Transcending SufferingPart IV Exercise Conscience: Investigate for Knowledge, Act with Virtue and Eradicate EvilChapter 10 Characteristics of the Four Great Values of ConscienceChapter 11 The Journey Towards Self-CultivationChapter 12 Realizing Spiritual Transcendence in the Mundane WorldChapter 13 The Key to the World of the Mind: The Four Rules of ConscienceChapter 14 Establishing the Will to Achieve Sagehood
£15.26
Parallax Press Reincarnation
£11.42
Blackstone Publishing The Art of War
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£17.18
Les Belles Lettres LInvariable Milieu Commente Par Section Et Par Phrase
£64.00
Rabsel Editions Wisdom in Exile: Buddhism and Modern Times
Book SynopsisWisdom in Exile provides a new insight into Buddhism's encounter with Western culture and the Western mind in the early 21st century. Jampa Thaye has trained for over 40 years with some of the foremost lamas of Tibetan Buddhism, yet is a Westerner, living in Britain, teaching Buddhism to students throughout Europe and North America. He draws on that knowledge and experience to explain the space that now exists for Buddhism in the West, and identifies critical conflicts and tensions that must be resolved for modern Westerners to grasp the essence of the Buddhist teachings. The book culminates with detailed instructions in the meditation system of 'The Four Immeasurables', allowing the reader to properly orientate themselves within the world of Buddhism and learn how to practice.""Wisdom in Exile proposes a fresh approach to Buddhism, one in which the fundamental tenets of the Buddha's teachings are rediscovered."" His Holiness Sakya Trichen, 41st Head of the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism
£13.25
Rabsel Editions The King of Prayers: A Commentary on The Noble
Book SynopsisIn December, 2009, at the well-known Buddhist pilgrimage location of Bodh Gaya, India, Shamar Rinpoche gave a teaching on the Noble King of Prayers of Excellent Conduct, also known as the Samantabhadra Wishing Prayer. This book is based on this teaching. In the past, Buddha Shakyamuni gave the teaching of the Samantabhadra Wishing Prayer to urge practitioners to treat the great Bodhisattva Samantabhadra as a role model to emulate so that all their wishes may be accomplished. The Tibetan text, as well as an English-language version of the prayer itself, translated by Pamela Gayle White under the guidance of Shamar Rinpoche, is included in the book. As the author states, “Once we accept that ‘our world’ is merely a mental experience, notions of big and small do not apply anymore, and our mind can hold any number of these manifestations. It is this capacity of our mind to extend itself beyond any limit that we have to use for our practice.”
£11.35
Rabsel Editions The Lamp of the Path to Enlightenment
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£14.20
Brepols N.V. Avicenna and His Legacy: A Golden Age of Science
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£109.47
Brepols N.V. A Study of the Buddhist Sutra Called Sakiz Yukmak
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£114.00
Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin Philosophie Japonaise
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£21.14
Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin Principes Metaphysiques de la Science de la
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£20.85
Harrassowitz Basic Conditions of Taoist Thunder Magic
£39.00
Harrassowitz Mimamsanyayasamgraha: A Compendium of the
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£177.65
Harrassowitz Reflexion Und Ritual in Der Purvamimamsa
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£40.00
Harrassowitz Examination Into the True Teaching: Vidyanandin's
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£87.40
Harrassowitz Ritual Words: Daoist Liturgy and the Confucian
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£82.65
Harrassowitz The Philosophy of the View of Life in Modern
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£42.00
Harrassowitz Anonymus Casmiriensis
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£74.10
Harrassowitz Between Disaster, Punishment, and Blame: The
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£71.25
Harrassowitz Moksopaya Textedition Teil 7 Das Sechste Buch
£140.60
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Vatsya Varadagurus Tattvanirnaya Teil 1 Kritische
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£42.75
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Dharmakirti's Thought and Its Impact on Indian
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£76.00
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Vasubandhu`s Pancaskandhaka: Sanskrit Texts from
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£36.07
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Materialien Zur Geschichte Der Ramanuja-Schule
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£25.00
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press A Noble Noose of Methods, the Lotus Garland
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£111.15
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press History and Transmission of the Nyayamanjari:
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£41.80
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press The Dharmadhatustava: A Critical Edition of the
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£36.41
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Dignaga`s Philosophy of Language: Pramanasamuccayavrtti on Anyapoha. Part I and Part II
£87.48
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Reading Bhatta Jayanta on Buddhist Nominalism
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£53.20
