Eastern category: 10105 books
by Eknath Easwaran
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
How to build loving, lasting relationships by learning the skill of loving.
Easwaran is one of the twentieth century's great spiritual teachers and an authentic guide to timeless wisdom. He shows that loving is a skill that we all need urgently to acquire - both for our personal happiness and...
The Shambhala Principle
Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
One of Tibet's highest and most respected lamas elucidates for us the principles of Shambhala, or the path to happiness, set down by his legendary father, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Dear Reader,
We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a...
by Jalal al-Din Rumi
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2007
'You don't seek guidance from those drunken men, So why insist they mend their rags again? God's lovers stand beyond all faiths, as they Are shown by God Himself a higher way.' Book Two of Rumi's Masnavi is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi enlightenment. In particular it focuses...
What's Right with Islam
A New Vision for Muslims and the West
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
An American imam offers answers for today's toughest questions about Islam, and a vision for a reconciliation between Islam and the West.
One of the pressing questions of our time is what went wrong in the relationship between Muslims and the West. Continuing global violence in the name of...
by Venerable Lama Ribur Rinpoche
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
The essence of Buddha's 84,000 teachings is bodhicitta: the awakening mind that aspires towards enlightenment so as to have the perfect ability to free all beings from suffering and lead them to peerless happiness. On his two visits to Singapore in 1997, Venerable Lama Ribur Rinpoche taught extensively...
Feng Shui: The Living Earth Manual
The Living Earth Manual
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
The ancient Chinese art of Feng-Shui, the basis of man's relationship with the land, has practitioners and followers throughout the Western world, from rural communities to big cities. Not just an Eastern practice any more, Feng-Shui can be found around the globe.
Feng-Shui is an art that stresses...
Seven Taoist Masters
A Folk Novel of China
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2004
History and legend are interwoven in this folk novel that both entertains and instructs. Written by an unknown author, Seven Taoist Masters is the story of six men and one woman who overcome tremendous hardships on the journey to self-mastery. These characters and their teacher, Wang Ch'ung-yang,...
Cultivating Stillness
A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 1992
Equanimity, good health, peace of mind, and long life are the goals of the ancient Taoist tradition known as "internal alchemy," of which Cultivating Stillness is a key text. Written between the second and fifth centuries, the book is attributed to T'ai Shang Lao-chun—the legendary figure...
Taoist Meditation
Methods for Cultivating a Healthy Mind and Body
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2000
The ancient meditation techniques of Taoism encompass a wide range of practices—with an aim toward cultivating a healthy body as well as an enlightened mind. These selections from classic texts of Taoist meditation represent the entire range of techniques—from sitting meditation practices to internal...
by Lui I-Ming
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
The Tao is the ancient Chinese "Way" that has inspired numerous books, from The Tao of Physics to The Tao of Sex . This book might be called "The Tao of Tao." In 142 brief meditative essays, the author uses simple language and natural imagery to express the essence of the wisdom...
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 1998
No other English translation of this greatest of the Chinese classics can match Ursula Le Guin's striking new version. Le Guin, best known for thought-provoking science fiction novels that have helped to transform the genre, has studied the Tao Te Ching for more than forty years. She has consulted...
Lieh-tzu
A Taoist Guide to Practical Living
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2001
The Lieh-tzu is a collection of stories and philosophical musings of a sage of the same name who lived around the fourth century BCE. Lieh-tzu's teachings range from the origin and purpose of life, the Taoist view of reality, and the nature of enlightenment to the training of the body and mind, communication,...
by Chang Po-tuan
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2001
Taoist inner alchemy is a collection of theories and practices for transforming the mind and refining the self. The Inner Teachings of Taoism includes a classic of Chinese alchemy known as Four Hundred Words on the Gold Elixir. Written in the eleventh century by a founder of the Complete Reality...
Tao Te Ching
Zen Teachings on the Taoist Classic
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
This version of the Tao Te Ching presents the classic in a unique light, through the eyes of a renowned master of the Rinzai Zen tradition. Takuan Soho, who lived from 1573 to 1645, was an acerbic, witty, free spirit who; a painter, poet, author, calligrapher, gardener, and a tea master. He was also...