Eastern Religions category: 6161 books
The Lotus Sutra
A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
The Lotus Sutra is regarded as one of the world's great religious scriptures and most influential texts. It's a seminal work in the development of Buddhism throughout East Asia and, by extension, in the development of Mahayana Buddhism throughout the world. Taking place in a vast and fantastical cosmic...
Having Once Paused
Poems of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481)
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
The influence of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481) permeates the full field of medieval Japanese aesthetics. Though best known as a poet, he was central to the shaping and reshaping of practices in calligraphy, Noh theater, tea ceremony, and rock gardening, all of which now define Japan’s sense of its...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The DHAMMAPADA is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the DHAMMAPADA is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa...
The Bhagavad Gita
International Bestseller
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
The Bhagavad Gita', meaning the Song of the Lord, is in the form of a poetic dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna. It is part of the great Indian epic 'The Mahabharata', and is one of the major religious documents of the world. It reveals how human beings accumulate 'Karma' as a result of their actions...
Buddhism in America
Global Religion, Local Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Buddhism in America provides the most comprehensive and up to date survey of the diverse landscape of US Buddhist traditions, their history and development, and current methodological trends in the study of Buddhism in the West, located within the translocal flow of global Buddhist culture.
Divided...
by Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Merton, one of the rare Western thinkers able to feel at home in the philosophies of the East, made the wisdom of Asia available to Westerners.
"Zen enriches no one," Thomas Merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the Birds of Appetite--one of the last books...
The Tao of Dating
The Smart Woman's Guide to Being Absolutely Irresistible
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
WHAT SECRET DID I DISCOVER FROM ANSWERING 5000 WOMEN'S LETTERS ON THEIR LOVE LIVES?
"Can you summarize the book for me in a minute?" People have asked me that cheeky question hundreds of times. So here's the 3-word summary: BE THE LIGHT.
What does that mean? Well, 5000 or so letters...
by Dr. Brenda Shoshanna
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2003
Perennially popular topics Zen and romance come together in this unique guide that reveals how to fall in love and stay that way.
We are meant to be in love. Love energizes our daily existence, heals the body and mind and makes every moment precious. So why aren't we in love all the time?
In...
If the Buddha Dated
A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1999
Zen and the art of falling in love . . .
At once practical, playful, and spiritually sound, this book is about creating a new love story in your life. Drawing from Christian, Buddhist, Sufi and other spiritual traditions, If the Buddha Dated shows how to find a partner without losing yourself....
When Things Fall Apart
Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2000
The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemporary American spiritual authors among Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. A collection of talks she gave between 1987 and 1994, the book is a treasury of wisdom for going on living when we are overcome...
Standing at the Edge
Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
"Joan Halifax is a clearheaded and fearless traveler and in this book…she offers us a map of how to travel courageously and fruitfully, for our own benefit and the benefit of all beings." —From the foreword by Rebecca Solnit
Standing at the Edge is an evocative examination of...
by Khuswant Singh
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
“In the summer of 1947, when the creation of the new state of Pakistan was formally announced, ten million people—Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs—were in flight, By the time the monsoon broke, almost a million of them were dead, and all of northern India was in arms, in terror, or in hiding. The...
Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be
Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2004
The beloved American Lama, a spiritual leader whose inimitable light and
lively universal teaching style has awakened the spirituality of thousands, now shares an enlightened approach to change and loss, dealing with difficult emotions such as fear, grief, and anger, and the role of crisis in uncovering...
The Five Keys to Mindful Communication
Using Deep Listening and Mindful Speech to Strengthen Relationships, Heal Confli cts, and Accomplish Your Goals
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Good communiation is essential to any healthy relationship, whether it's between spouses, family members, friends, or co-workers. In this book Susan Chapman, a marriage and family therapist and a longtime meditation teacher, explains how mindfulness can be brought to bear in the way we speak and listen...