Eastern Religions category: 6161 books
Presenting Japanese Buddhism to the West
Orientalism, Occidentalism, and the Columbian Exposition
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2003
Japanese Buddhism was introduced to a wide Western audience when a delegation of Buddhist priests attended the World's Parliament of Religions, part of the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In describing and analyzing this event, Judith Snodgrass challenges the predominant view of Orientalism...
Waking the Buddha
How the Most Dynamic and Empowering Buddhist Movement in History Is Changing Our Concept of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Is there more to Buddhism than sitting in silent meditation? Is modern Buddhism relevant to the problems of daily life? Does it empower individuals to transform their lives? Or has Buddhism become too detached, so still and quiet that the Buddha has fallen asleep? Waking the Buddha tells the story...
The Tantric Distinction
A Buddhist's Reflections on Compassion and Emptiness
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
"The ideas, concepts, and methods of various religions must be tried on for size, must be lifted above museum displays, must be confronted and allowed to resonate with one's own character. It is in this spirit that I present here a personalized account of central Buddhist practices."--from the author's...
by Dr Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Sikhism's short but relatively eventful history provides a fascinating insight into the working of misunderstood and seemingly contradictory themes such as politics and religion, violence and mysticism, culture and spirituality, orality and textuality, public sphere versus private sphere, tradition...
Sikhs in Europe
Migration, Identities and Representations
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Sikhs in Europe are neglected in the study of religions and migrant groups: previous studies have focused on the history, culture and religious practices of Sikhs in North America and the UK, but few have focused on Sikhs in continental Europe. This book fills this gap, presenting new data and analyses...
Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs in America
A Short History
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2007
Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in America explores the challenges that Asian immigrants face when their religion--and consequently culture--is "remade in the U.S.A." Peppered with stories of individual people and how they actually live their religion, this informative book gives an overview...
by Christopher Robin Lee
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2015
Hi I'm Christopher Lee. In August 2012 in front of my at-home Tibetan Buddhist Altar I saw the Buddhist Deity Vajrapani for a few seconds; saw its third eye on its Forehead, a 5 skull glowing white Crown, heard a voice sounding "Ah", saw (white) Om (red) Ah (blue) Hum symbols inside its...
by Michel Clasquin-Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
Volume I in this series ended up more unified than I had planned. There are a few shorter pieces in it that are apropos of nothing at all, but for most of it, now that I read it again, I see how it reflects my own astonishment at finding myself teaching Buddhism in a faculty of Christian theology,...
by Bahai Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Spirit of Faith: The Oneness of God is a compilation of writings and prayers that will offer hope for a better future—one filled with unity, understanding, and acceptance between all peoples and religions of the world. This collection of sacred scripture demonstrates that we are all part of a single,...
by Bahai Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
Spirit of Faith: The Oneness of Religion is a compilation of writings and prayers that focus on the inherent oneness of all the world’s great religions. Spiritual seekers of all faiths will relish these uplifting passages that underscore the unity of thought that helps us define our place within a...
Illumine My World
Bahai Prayers and Mediations for Peace
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Illumine My World is a collection of prayers and meditative passages from the writings of the Bahai Faith that will help bring comfort and assurance during a time of growing anxiety, chaos, and change in the world today. As financial and religious institutions crumble and fall, as the tide of refugees...
Meditations
Selections from Bahai Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Mediations: Selections from Bahai Scripture is a collection of passages for meditation and reflection that helps to encourage and support the habit of regular reflection and meditation and assists readers of any faith on their spiritual path. A rich and inspiring sample of the vast body of Bahai scripture,...
Religion and Public Discourse in an Age of Transition
Reflections on Bahá’í Practice and Thought
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
Technology, tourism, politics, and law have connected human beings around the world more closely than ever before, but this closeness has, paradoxically, given rise to fear, distrust, and misunderstanding between nation-states and religions. In light of the tensions and conflicts that arise from these...
by Frederick Glaysher
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2010
Twenty years in the making, in Letters from the American Desert, Glaysher reflects on the cultural, political, and religious history of Western and non-Western civilizations,pondering the dilemmas of postmodernity, in a compelling struggle for spiritual knowledge and truth. In what is a highly autobiographical...