General Eastern Religions category: 553 books
by Idries Shah
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2019
In his writing about Sufism, Idries Shah did some revolutionary things.
Critically, and almost alone, he said that it was possible to divorce the essence of Sufi philosophy from what he insisted were secondary accretions of islamic culture and religion. Moreover, he said, in making this material...
by Idries Shah
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The Book of the BookUsed for more than seven hundred years as a teaching story, The Book of the Book is one of the most compelling and astonishing texts ever to emerge from the Orient. Its central premise is the simple phrase: 'When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you...
Daoism
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
The way that can be told is not the eternal Way; the name that can be named is not the eternal Name.' So begins the first verse of the mysterious Dao De Jing, foundation text of the ancient Chinese religion of Daoism. Often attributed to semi-mythical sage Laozi, the origins of this enigmatic document...
by Bernard Faure
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
An ideal introduction to Buddhism for anyone who has unanswered questions about one of the world's largest and most popular religions.
A fascinating, short book that challenges us to strip away existing preconceptions we may have about Buddhism
Considers questions such as: Can we talk of Buddhism...
Religions of India
A User Friendly and Brief Introduction to Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and the Jains
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2002
A concise and plain spoken introduction to Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and the religion of the Jains. This book is for students and anyone else desiring to learn the basics of religion in India in a quick yet comprehensive way.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Comprising the most up-to-date, interdisciplinary research on the study of Chinese religious beliefs and cultural practices, this volume explores the rich and complex religious and philosophical traditions that have developed and flourished in one of the world's oldest civilizations.
Covers the...
Become What You Are
Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2003
"Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal. For the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it exists forever. . . . You may believe yourself out of harmony with life and its eternal Now; but you cannot be, for...
Summary and Analysis of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Based on the Book by Robert M. Pirsig
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Robert M. Pirsig’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be...
Light from the East
Eastern Wisdom for the Modern West
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2007
This is a collection of writings about the spiritual meeting of East and West in the modern world including articles by the Dalai Lama, Huston Smith, Frithjof Schuon, Thomas Merton, Titus Burckhardt, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Diana Eck, Gary Snyder and Aldous Huxley. Highlighting aspects of Hinduism, Buddhism,...
Theravada Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism. The Wheel of Dhamma in Motion
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
What is Theravada Buddhism? Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion
Theravada (pronounced — more or less — "terra-VAH-dah"), the "Doctrine of the Elders," is the school of Buddhism that draws its scriptural inspiration from the Tipitaka, or Pali canon, which scholars...
Encountering God
A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Religion scholar Diana Eck is director of the Pluralism Project, which seeks to map the new religious diversity of the United States, particularly the increasing presence of Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim communities. In this tenth-anniversary edition of Encountering God, Eck shows why dialogue with...
Rock Your World with the Divine Mother
Bringing the Sacred Power of the Divine Mother into Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
The Divine Mother is known by many names and takes many forms. In Christianity, she is the Virgin Mary. In China, she is universally loved as the goddess of compassion, Quan Yin. In Hawaii, Pele, the goddess of fire, manifests in the form of a woman near the volcanoes. In India, she is embodied by...
Jung and his Mystics
In the end it all comes to nothing
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Jung’s psychology describes the origin of the Gods and their religions in terms of the impact of archetypal powers on consciousness. For Jung this impact is the basis of the numinous, the experience of the divine in nature and in human nature. His psychology, while possessed of a certain claim to...
by Swami Ramdas, Susunaga Weeraperuma
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2005
In simple and eloquent language, Ramdas writes directly and from the heart and his message of certain deliverance through the unswerving remembrance of God is meant for all serious seekers of all religions.