Eastern category: 10105 books
Tao Te Ching
A New English Version
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living and one of the wonders of the world. In eighty-one brief chapters, the Tao Te Ching llods at the basic predicatment of being alive and gives advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit....
Tao Te Ching
Annotated & Explained
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
The enduring wisdom of the Tao Te Ching can become a companion for your own spiritual journey.
Reportedly written by a sage named Lao Tzu over 2,500 years ago, the Tao Te Ching is one of the most succinct—and yet among the most profound—spiritual texts ever written. Short enough to read...
Being Buddha at Work
108 Ancient Truths on Change, Stress, Money, and Success
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Buddhism has for thousands of years provided a spiritual foundation for the daily lives of millions of people around the world. But does Buddhism have anything to offer us—Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike—in today’s world of work? Metcalf and Gallagher think it does. Spiritual wisdom, Western...
Thinking Body, Dancing Mind
Taosports for Extraordinary Performance in Athletics, Business, and Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Why fight your way to the top when you can rise to it?
Let go of the obsession to win—and you will be victorious.
Acknowledge your vulnerabilities—and turn them into strengths.
Find the courage to risk failure—and begin your journey to success.
That is the secret of the TaoAthlete, and...
Minding the Earth, Mending the World
Zen and the Art of Planetary Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
How Buddhism can help solve our environmental challenges: “Though her book is dense with facts, it reads like poetry or a series of koans.” —The Shambhala Sun
We know that our earth is in crisis, but is the situation beyond repair? Are we on a path of planetary disaster where the only proper...
by Witold Sarnecki, Dr David Nicolle
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
The history of Poland is a fascinating story of a people struggling to achieve nationhood in the face of internal and external conflict. Poland became a unified Christian state in AD 966 and by the 12th century a knightly class had emerged a force that was integral to the defence of Poland against...
Revenge of the Forbidden City
The Suppression of the Falungong in China, 1999-2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2009
The Falungong movement originated in 1992 as a system of breathing exercises designed to promote health and well-being. Riding on the coattails of the qigong fever that swept through China, it attracted an extensive following until 1994, when the Chinese government suppressed the qigong movement....
by Henry Albinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
History of Moldova includes, Moldova Language, Moldova Religion, and Culture, Moldova Education, Moldova Health, and Welfare, Moldova Economy, Moldova Government, Moldova Foreign Relations, Moldova tourism, Moldova travel guideThe history of the republic of Moldova is the history of two different...
by William James
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
This book would never have been written had I not been honored with an appointment as Gifford Lecturer on Natural Religion at the University of Edinburgh. In casting about me for subjects of the two courses of ten lectures each for which I thus became responsible, it seemed to me that the first course...
by Summary Station
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Essentialism is a great book for anyone who would like to improve their life by accomplishing important goals. This book will teach people how to reduce the amount of stress they feel in addition to increasing the energy that they possess. The teachings found in essentialism have been around for thousands...
Warrior Wisdom
(Analysis of Sun Tzu's the Art of War, Shokatsu Komei's the Tactics, and More)
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Martial arts legend Grandmaster Kazumi Tabata presents a brilliant analysis for modern readers of the most famous work of martial strategy, The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
Warrior Wisdom also includes an analysis of the lesser-known The Tactics of Shokatsu Komei, as well as additional warrior tactics...
by Dudjom Lingpa
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
A systematic presentation of the path of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, by one of its most renowned proponents and rendered by a master translator.
Düdjom Lingpa (1835–1904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of nineteenth-century Tibet, and his powerful voice resonates strongly among...
Daoist Nei Gong
The Philosophical Art of Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Nei Gong has been a well-kept secret within the Daoist sects of China for centuries. Based upon the original teachings of the great sage Laozi, it has only ever been taught to close students of the masters chosen as the heads of the ancient orders.
This book provides a breakdown of the entire...
by Jonathan Herman
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
The definitive guide to understanding Taoism—no matter your background or faith
Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is the second most translated book in the world, and the practice of religious Taoism is on the rise in China, where adherents currently number in the hundreds of millions. Yet there remains...