East Asian and Indian philosophy Books
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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£18.04
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.
£13.29
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.
£16.19
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
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
Shambhala Publications Inc Existence: A Story
Book SynopsisThe mystery of existence and our place in that mystery--as expressed in a single Chinese landscape painting: a new work of meditative philosophy by the renowned translator of the Chinese classics and author of Hunger Mountain. Join David Hinton, the premier modern translator of the Chinese classics, as he stands before a single landscape painting, discovering in it the wondrous story of existence—and as part of that story, the magical nature of consciousness. What he coaxes from the image is nothing less than a revelation: the dynamic interweaving of mind and Cosmos, and the glorious dance of Absence and Presence that is the secret of that Cosmos.The painting called Peaceful-Distance Pavilion by Shih-t''ao (1642-1707) is, like other paintings in that genre, mostly space: one tiny figure, accompanied by an attendant, looks out over a vast landscape of mountains and clouds. But start looking into that space and, with the right guidance, what you end up seeing is profound. David Hinton is the perfect guide. He uses his knowledge of Chinese philosophy, poetry, art, language, and writing system to illuminate this painting''s message, which is ultimately the story of the glorious dance between nothing and everything, between emptiness and existence. It''s an enthralling journey that can change the way you look at the world, a journey for which David is a wise and eloquent guide.
£999.99
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
Blue Dove Press,U.S. The Nectar of Immortality: Sri Nisargadatta
Book SynopsisSri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), a revered master of the Tantric Nath lineage, is an inspiring example of an ordinary family man who attained complete realization of the Infinite. Living the absolute nonduality of Being in every moment, he taught that true freedom is a possibility open to every one of us. He drew disciples from all over the world to his humble loft in the tenements of Bombay.Even on the written page, Nisargdatta’s words carry a special potency. They subtly push us beyond the ego to our original, pristine and blissful Self, to the rediscovery of Oneness and authentic liberation in our Source.
£999.99
KTD Publications Influence of Yogacara on Mahamudra
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£999.99
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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£20.89
Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin Principes Metaphysiques de la Science de la
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£18.00
