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Two great epics of the ancient Hindus offer a realistic image of Indian civilization and culture of India 3,000 years ago: the Ramayana, recounting the adventures of a banished prince, and the Mahab……続きを見る

Bardo Thodol or 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead' is a mystical funerary text rooted in the Tibetan Tantric and Vajrayana Buddhist teachings. Composed by the guru and sage Padmasamhava in the 8th centu……続きを見る

Desireless action is typically cited as a criterion of the liberated person in classical Indian texts. Contemporary authors argue with near unanimity that since all action is motivated by desire, de……続きを見る

A Chinese classic of the "inner alchemy" of Taoism, this book was first translated by Richard Wilhelm (also translator, in the 1920s, of the Chinese philosophical classic the I Ching). Wilhelm, was ……続きを見る

The year 2014 is the Chinese Year of the Horse – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – a lively fast-paced yea……続きを見る

In this book, Vasubandhu's classic work Refutation of the Theory of a Self is translated and provided with an introduction and commentary. The translation, the first into a modern Western language f……続きを見る

This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. In a study that is textual, historical and anthropologica……続きを見る

India's political and spiritual leader, Mahatma ("Great Soul") Gandhi led his country's struggle for independence from Britain through a campaign based on nonviolence and civil disobedience. Gandhi'……続きを見る

All science is disciplined observation leavened by insight: beginning with particular experience and common sense, science arrives at general and uncommon sense. In this sense, everyone is a scienti……続きを見る

One of the most important texts in the literature of Buddhism, this collection contains 47 stories that celebrate the previous lives of the Buddha, each offering fascinating insights into the mind a……続きを見る

One of the most important books in the history of Oriental culture is the I Ching, or as it is usually called in English, the Book of Changes. Its basic text seems to have been prepared before 1,000……続きを見る

Le "Grand Jeu" est basé sur l'astrologie chinoise, dont les principes essentiels sont tout doucettement expliqués, sans traumatisme inutile. Il se joue sur un échiquier de douze cases, chaque case d……続きを見る

There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, te……続きを見る

This book was written based on the works of the Chinese classics that include the school of naturalism of Lao Zi (about 570 BC), Lie Zi (about 4th century BC), Zhuang Zi (369-286 BC) and Huai Nan Zi……続きを見る

The Symposium is a philosophical text by Plato dated c. 385–380 BC.[1] It concerns itself at one level with the genesis, purpose and nature of love, and (in later day interpretations) is the origin ……続きを見る

No answer is given in the Lysis to the question, 'What is Friendship?' any more than in the Charmides to the question, 'What is Temperance?' There are several resemblances in the two Dialogues: the ……続きを見る

Providing an excellent overview of the latest thinking in Maimonides studies, this book uses a novel philosophical approach to examine whether Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed contains a naturali……続きを見る

A treasury of core teachings for facing life's biggest challenges with peace and equanimity. Topics include the Nature of Suffering, Finding Peace and Joy in a Chaotic World, Faith and Fear Don't Go……続きを見る

This book is the first in what will be a lengthy series covering the numbers 1 to 99 - the result of 30 years of research into the power of word vibrations in the English language. It deals with the……続きを見る

Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prizeーwinning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left h……続きを見る

What the year of the snake holds in store for the rabbit. This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need for your Chinese zodiac sign to take you into the year ahead. The ancient art……続きを見る

A Portable A to Z The ancient art of Feng Shui has been practised in China for thousands of years, and Lillian Too has introduced this art to the millions of people around the world looking to bring……続きを見る

'It tells of terrible journeys, of men masked against the sun (riding through ethereal regions with their feet frozen), of welcoming fog-girt monasteries lit by butter lamps at the journey's end' *N……続きを見る

For many of us, the inspiration to write poetry visits us without advance notice, stays but fleetingly, and then departs. However, on a summers day in New York in 1983, spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy……続きを見る

For thousands of years hand mudras have been used in India for healing, storytelling, emotional expression, and to evoke and convey elevated spiritual states. For the first time, the elaborate syste……続きを見る

John Nemec examines the beginnings of the non-dual tantric philosophy of the famed Pratyabhij?a or "Recognition [of God]" School of tenth-century Kashmir, the tradition most closely associated with ……続きを見る

Mohandas Gandhi gained the deep respect and admiration of people worldwide with both his unwavering struggle for truth and justice and his philosophy of non-violent resistance ー a philosophy that l……続きを見る

The Laws of Manu form a towering work of Hindu philosophy. Composed by many Brahmin priests, this is an extraordinary, encyclopaedic representation of human life in the world, and how it should be l……続きを見る

ABOUT THE BOOK Celebration of the 150th Birthday of Swami Vivekananda. We happy to Publish this book. This Book includes Biography of Swami Vivekananda, Swami Vivekananda's 1893 Chicago speech, Swa……続きを見る

Ramesh S. Balsekar, since retiring as president of the Bank of India, has been teaching Advaita (non-duality) for over twenty years to seekers from around the world. He has also written a number of ……続きを見る