Eastern Religions category: 6161 books
The Bhagavad-Gita
Krishna's Counsel in Time of War
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot; most recently, it formed the core of Peter Brook's celebrated production of the Mahabharata.
by Lao Tzu, Richard John Lynn
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
"No one has done better in conveying Lao Tsu's simple and laconic style of writing, so as to produce an English version almost as suggestive of the many meanings intended. This is a most useful, as well as beautiful, volume—and what it has to say is exactly what the world, in its present...
Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs Fourth Revised Edition
A Comprehensive Handbook on Symbolism in Chinese Art Through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Written with reader accessibility in mind, this comprehensive handbook of symbolism in Chinese art and culture will be an invaluable resource for any student of Eastern art history, Chinese arts and crafts, and anyone interested in commonly held Chinese beliefs and their origins.
In Chinese...
Journeys East
20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religous Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2004
Journeys East tells the story of the twentieth century's encounters between East and West by exploring the lives of many of the most fascinating scientists, intellectuals, artists, and spiritual seekers of our time.
by J. Krishnamurti
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
In 1968—a time when young Americans were intensely questioning the values of their society—Krishnamurti gave a series of talks to college students in the United States and Puerto Rico, exploring the true meaning of freedom and rebellion. Collected in this book, these lectures are perhaps even...
Tibetan Shamanism
Ecstasy and Healing
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Reflecting sixteen years of intensive fieldwork, this book is a rich chronicle of the daily lives, belief systems, and healing rituals of four highly revered Tibetan shamans forced into exile by the Chinese invasion during the 1950s. Larry Peters lived and studied closely with the shamans in Nepal,...
by J. Krishnamurti
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2001
In Freedom, Love, and Action, Krishnamurti points to a state of total awareness beyond mental processes. With his characteristic engaging, candid approach, Krishnamurti discusses such topics as the importance of setting the mind free from its own conditioning; the possibility of finding enlightenment...
Fully Human Fully Divine
Awakening to our Innate Beauty through Embracing our Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2013
There is a value in seeing how spiritual awakening and being human meet in an ordinary Life, in relationship with our partners, kids, families and friends, with our busy lives, in illness, transitions, death, careers and in every area of our lives. This book is a call to awakening and embracing and...
by Yu-lan Fung
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
The classic chronicle of Chinese philosophical thought from the third millennium to the 20th century.
From the sage-kings of ancient China to the 1911 overthrow of the oldest monarchical system in the world, Chinese philosophy has evolved and influenced schools of thought around the world....
Effortless Action
Wu-wei As Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2003
This book presents a systematic account of the role of the personal spiritual ideal of wu-wei--literally "no doing," but better rendered as "effortless action"--in early Chinese thought. Edward Slingerland's analysis shows that wu-wei represents the most general of a set of conceptual...
Confucius, the Analects
The Path of the Sage—Selections Annotated & Explained
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The wisdom of Confucius, China's greatest teacher and sage, can guide each of us in our own time.
Twenty-six centuries after their origination, the principles laid down in the Analects of Confucius still act as the foundation of Chinese philosophy, ethics, society and government, and play a...
Being
The Bottom Line
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2006
"Spiritual" dialogues usually aim to guide the seeker towards enlightenment, towards escape from identification as a suffering individual. In Being: The Bottom Line, however, Nathan Gill points out that "enlightenment" only appears significant from the viewpoint of "me" - it's only the story of "me"...
Tao Te Ching
81 Verses by Lao Tzu with Introduction and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
'This is an extraordinary book, enlightening and insightful in personal and social realms. Many readers will value it as a work of art, others because of the new meaning it gives to their lives. Dr. Dale's work is, in fact, a treasure for today and for the future.' Milton Schwebel, Ph.D., Professor...
by J. Krishnamurti
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Widely recognized as one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the twentieth century, Jiddu Krishnamurti taught that in order for there to be peace in the world, we must each first make peace with ourselves. No spiritual path, leader, or personal or political philosophy will guide us in this...