Eastern Religions category: 6161 books
by Confucius
Language: French
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Confucius (551 av. J.-C. - 479 av. J.-C.), personnage historique ayant le plus marqué la civilisation chinoise, est considéré comme le premier « éducateur » de la Chine. Son enseignement a donné naissance au confucianisme, doctrine politique et...
Buddhism
One Teacher, Many Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Explore the common ground underlying the diverse expressions of the Buddha's teachings with two of Tibetan Buddhism's bestselling authors.
Buddhism is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves to Tokyo temples to redwood retreats. To an outside viewer, it might...
The Essence of Shinto
Japan's Spiritual Heart
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
In The Essence of Shinto, revered Shinto master Motohisa Yamakage explains the core values of Shinto and explores both basic tenets and its more esoteric points in terms readily accessible to the modern Western reader. He shows how the long history of Shintoism is deeply woven into the fabric of Japanese...
by Heinz Duthel
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
We generally say, "A courageous man, a brave man, a daring man", but we must bear in mind that that courage or bravery or any other trait does not always characterise the man.
We are always making this mistake in judging others; we are always inclined to think that...
Unto Thee I Grant
The Economy of Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Out of the mysteries of the past comes this antique book that was written two thousand years ago, but was hidden in manuscript form from the eyes of the world and given only to the Initiates of the temples in Tibet to study privately.
It can be compared only with the writings attributed to...
Chinese Wisdom
The Way of Perfect Harmony
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
This is a compilation of the finest spiritual wisdom from China, covering nearly 5,000 years of masterly insight including the great traditions of Confucianism, Taoism, Zen, Chinese Buddhism and Chinese poetry.
by T. W. Rhys Davids
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
The Questions of King Milinda - Part I of II
T. W. Rhys Davids
The Milinda Pañha (also Milindapanha, Milindapañha, or MilindapañhÄ; abbrev., Mil) (Pali trans. "Questions of Milinda") is a Buddhist text which dates from approximately 100 BCE. It is sometimes included in the Pali...
The Art of Living and Dying
Celebrating Life and Celebrating Death
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Why are we afraid of death? What is acceptance in the face of cancer? How do I decide whose advice to take? How to relax in the certainty of death? Ought we to tell someone when they are dying or not? Is the theory of reincarnation true? What is happening around the dying? How best to support a dying...
Rainbow Body and Resurrection
Spiritual Attainment, the Dissolution of the Material Body, and the Case of Khenpo A Chö
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Francis V. Tiso, a noted authority on the rainbow body, explores this manifestation of spiritual realization in a wide-ranging and deeply informed study of the transformation of the material body into a body of light. Seeking evidence on the boundary between physical science and deep spirituality...
by Bianca Arden
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Between the two concepts of past life regression and reincarnation, most people are probably more familiar with the latter. However, what few realize is that these two concepts are essentially linked with each other. Reincarnation has to do with the rebirth of a soul. If you believe that you will...
My Tao Te Ching
A Workbook for Interpreting the Teachings and Poems in Tao Te Ching
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2010
Tao Te Ching is the cornerstone of the Philosophical Taoism, and is one of the defining books to both, the Chinese Buddhism and Religious Taoism. This workbook contains all the teachings and poems in this classic without the numbers that were added only after the creation of the original Tao Te Ching...
Buddhism
The Wisdom of Buddha, Hinduism and Buddhism, and Buddhist Texts Through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
This curated collection of primary texts and secondary scholarship offers an engaging and comprehensive view of Buddhism and its founder.
The Wisdom of Buddha: Drawn from the sacred books of Buddhism, this collection reveals the core insights and beliefs of the world’s fourth-largest religion....
The Inner Chapters
The Classic Taoist Text
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The writings of Chuang Tzu stand alongside the Tao Te Ching as foundational classics of Taoism. Dating back to the fourth century BC, The Inner Chapters is full of fantastical tales that both entertain and provide guidance on living a good life--a gigantic fish that becomes a bird, a cook who never...
Zen Baggage
A Pilgrimage to China
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
A spiritual travelogue through the birthplace of Zen.
In the spring of 2006, Bill Porter traveled through the heart of China, from Beijing to Hong Kong, on a pilgrimage to sites associated with the first six patriarchs of Zen. Zen Baggage is an account of that journey. He weaves together historical...