Eastern Religions category: 6161 books

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Oriental Philosophy I

God has no religion.

by Heinz Duthel
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013

Eastern philosophy includes the various philosophies of Asia, including Chinese philosophy, Iranian philosophy, Japanese philosophy, Indian philosophy and Korean philosophy. The term can also sometimes include Babylonian philosophy and Islamic philosophy, though these may also be considered Western...
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The Anthropology of Eastern Religions

Ideas, Organizations, and Constituencies

by Murray J. Leaf
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014

The world’s “great” religions depend on traditions of serious scholarship, dedicated to preserving their key texts but also to understanding them and, therefore, to debating what understanding itself is and how best to do it. They also have important public missions of many kinds, and their...
Cover of On Eastern Meditation
by Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012

A great introduction to the religions of the East by a monk from the West. Merton’s biographer, George Woodcock, once wrote that “almost from the beginning of his monastic career, Thomas Merton tentatively began to discover the great Asian religions of Buddhism and Taoism.” Merton, a...
Cover of The Inner Teachings Of The Philosophies and Religions of India
by Yogi Ramacharaka, William Walker Atkinson
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014

This book gives essential insights on Indian philosophy and religion and offers twelve lessons on what you need to understand when diving into this topic. Contents: The First Lesson - The Land Of The Ganges. The Second Lesson - The Inner Teachings. The Third Lesson - The Sankhya System. The Fourth...
Cover of Material Culture and Asian Religions
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Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014

Traditionally, research on the history of Asian religions has been marked by a bias for literary evidence, privileging canonical texts penned in ‘classical’ languages. Not only has a focus on literary evidence shaped the dominant narratives about the religious histories of Asia, in both scholarship...
Cover of The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin
by Idries Shah
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015

Mulla Nasrudin, the wise fool of Eastern folklore, holds a special place in Sufi studies. The Sufis, who believe that deep intuition is the only real guide to knowledge, use the humorous stories of Nasrudin's adventures almost like exercises in Eastern thought.The Sufis ask people to choose a few which...
Cover of Thinkers of the East
by Idries Shah
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016

Thinkers of the East is a collection of anecdotes and 'parables in action' illustrating the eminently practical and lucid approach of Eastern Dervish teachers.Distilled from the teachings of more than one hundred sages in three continents, this material stresses the experimental rather than the theoretical...
Cover of The New Religions
by Jacob Needleman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009

Philosopher Jacob Needleman's groundbreaking study of America's alternative spiritual movements is back in print with a new introduction by the author. Originally published in 1970, The New Religions was the first full-scale study of alternative spirituality in America. It remains unparalleled...
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by Idries Shah
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015

Caravan of Dreams distills the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of Sufi stories, sayings, poems and allegories, collected by one of the world's leading experts in Oriental philosophy and Sufism. Idries Shah builds up a complete picture of a single consciousness, relating Eastern mythology to reality,...
Cover of Understanding the Religions of the World
by Willoughby Deming
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015

Understanding the Religions of the World offers a new approach to the study of religion which moves away from the purely descriptive and instead helps students understand how religions actually ‘work’. Covering all the main faith traditions, it combines historical context, contemporary beliefs...
Cover of Fundamentals of Eternal Hinduism
by Anil Chawla
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018

Hinduism existed before Ram as well as Krishn. Hinduism has always been and shall always be. It is truly an eternal religion. Hinduism is a philosophical system or paradigm which is based on relationship of individual with the cosmos in a non-adversarial manner. Man (including woman) is part...
Cover of The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions
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Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions brings together a team of international scholars to create a single-volume resource on the religious beliefs and practices of the peoples in Africa. Offers broad coverage of issues relating to African religions, considering experiences in indigenous,...
Cover of Media and New Religions in Japan
by Erica Baffelli
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781135117849, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative 4.0 license. Japanese "new religions" (shinshūkyō) have used various media forms for training,...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eastern Philosophy

Valuable Tips for Putting Philosophical Theory into Practice

by Jay Stevenson PhD
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2000

You're no idiot, of course. You know Eastern philosophy encompasses many countries and concepts, but when it comes to breaking down the basics to discuss with others or for your own enlightenment you can't tell Confucius from Krishna. Don't nix nirvana just yet! 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eastern...
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