East Asian and Indian philosophy Books

This book is a comprehensive guide to Indian philosophy, covering the major schools of thought that have shaped the country's intellectual heritage. The author provides insightful commentary on the works of ancient philosophers like Patanjali, Kapila,...

Het Boeddhisme En Zijn Wereldbeschouwing is a groundbreaking work of philosophy that explores the key tenets of Buddhism and their implications for the wider world. Drawing on a wealth of historical and cultural sources, C.J. Wijnaendts Francken offers a...

This book is a modern retelling of the life and teachings of Basavanna, a 12th-century Indian philosopher and social reformer. Basavanna's teachings focused on the importance of social equality, non-violence, and the rejection of caste-based...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Are you interested in discovering a simple and relatable approach to instill valuable virtues in your children, helping shape their development into confident and genuinely content individuals through the ancient wisdom found in Eastern Philosophy? If...

Who says life has to be perfect? In her life-affirming book, "La Imperfección Iluminada: Desvelando la Sabiduría Japonesa para una Vida Equilibrada," Astrid Auxier joyfully reveals the radiant beauty hiding in life's cracks and flaws. She takes readers...

Estos libros son una enciclopedia completa de Espiritualidad. Sistematizando este divino conocimiento espiritual, Gurujī explica al inicio todo de manera muy simple. Luego, empieza a aumentar poco a poco la dificultad. Por eso, sus Enseñanzas les serán...

Bhakti Yoga is a real genuine search after the Lord, a search beginning, continuing, and ending in Love. One single moment of the madness of extreme love to God brings us eternal freedom. When a man gets it, he loves all, hates none; he becomes satisfied...

Jnana Yoga (The Yoga of Knowledge) is a book of lectures by Swami Vivekananda as transcribed by Joseph Josiah Goodwin. The lectures were delivered mainly in New York and London. These lectures were recorded by Goodwin, a professional stenographer, who...

En la tradición tibetana no hay ningún tratado que sea más reverenciado y ampliamente practicado como la Guía a la Forma de Vida del Bodhisatva (Skt. Bodhisatvacaryavatara).Compuesto en el S.VIII por el bodhisatava indio Shantideva, se convirtió en un...

La Enseñanza de Buda es una presentación de la primera enseñanza que dio Shakymauni Buda tras su Iluminación, hace más de 2.600 años: Las cuatro nobles verdades.Es de todos conocido que el legado de enseñanzas de Buda no atañe, tan solo a los budistas,...

El Jardín. Una Parábola es una brisa de aire fresco en medio del ajetreo de un mundo cada vez más cambiante y complejo. Pero también resulta ser una manera novedosa e increíblemente brillante de presentar al mundo moderno los perennes y sabios consejos...

Sundaresa Iyer gehörte zum engeren Schülerkreis Ramana Maharshis, des großen Weisen vom Berg Arunachala (1879-1950). Bereits als Jugendlicher fand er in Ramana seinen spirituellen Meister. In seinen Tagebuchnotizen hat er seinen persönlichen Weg als...

This book explores the salient ethical idea of personhood in African philosophy. It is a philosophical exposition that pursues the ethical and political consequences of the normative idea of personhood as a robust or even foundational ethical category...

This book takes stock of the strides made to date in African philosophy. Authors focus on four important aspects of African philosophy: the history, methodological debates, substantive issues in the field, and direction for the future.  By collating...

Best renowned for his ground-breaking work as a British sinologist in classical Chinese thought, A. C. Graham (1919-1991) wrote a number of non-historical philosophical works. The Problem of Value (Quirin Press 2019), initially published in 1961, was his...

Originally published in Kyoto in 1966 by the First Zen Institute of America in Japan, and by Harcourt, Brace & World in New York in 1967, "Zen Dust: The History of the Koan and Koan Study in Rinzai (Linji) Zen" quickly established itself as the only...

Hablar de la espiritualidad de la montaña, hoy, no es demasiado fácil, sobre todo por la razón de que ello, ahora, muy frecuentemente asume los caracteres de un lugar común. En muy pocas épocas, como en la actual, se ha...

In The Way of Demons, Simon Bastian presents the Yin aspect of Taoist practice and theory, which can be called its Shadow side. Demons as a term or categorization are examined through the common if not exhaustive range of societal, psychological and...

How Buddhism Acquired a Soul on the Way to China tells the story of the spread of Buddhist religious thinking and practice from India to China and how, along the way, a religion was changed. While Indian Buddhists had constructed their ideas of self...

Do you command it?Or does it command you?The commanding self is the bundle of conditioned responses that we need to survive – but which holds most of us prisoner. Psychology and personal development are only just beginning to catch up with...

Nuair a bhí Ashtávakra i mbroinn a mháthar chuala sé a athair agus na Scrioptúir aige á n-aithris: an chéad rud eile, nár thosaigh sé ag tabhairt amach dó! Níl agat, arsa an...

2010 Reprint of 1935 American Edition. Illustrated Edition. Paul Brunton (1898 - 1981) was a British philosopher, mystic, traveler, and guru. He left a journalistic career to live among yogis, mystics, and holy men, and studied Eastern and Western...

El budismo actual es todavía poco conocido en Occidente. Sólo el budismo tibetano, que no es más que una rama entre otras, tiene el viento a su favor en Occidente, aunque tenga poco más que ver con el budismo que el nombre. La esencia del budismo, de su...

This genre-defying debut work by British author, and long-term resident of Japan, Chris Dixon, is at once part philosophy, part poetry, and part manual for living in harmony with nature, all wrapped up in the guise of an ancient manuscript recently...

Das Buch ""Betrachtungen �����ber Die Anzustrebende Einheit Deutschlands"" wurde im Jahr 1859 von G. C. Schuler verfasst. Es handelt sich um eine politische Schrift, die sich mit der Frage der Einheit Deutschlands auseinandersetzt. Der Autor beschreibt...

This book provides a detailed examination of the political philosophy of Mencius, one of China's most influential thinkers. Chomin Wei explores the principles of benevolence, humanity, justice, and wisdom, and their role in shaping political systems and...

Ce livre classique de philosophie chinoise explore le concept du juste milieu, qui est la clé de l'équilibre et de l'harmonie dans la pensée chinoise traditionnelle. L'auteur, Ji Kong, était un philosophe chinois du XVIIIe siècle et son travail a été...

A translation of the Mengzi, a key text of Confucianism that expounds on its central ideas of humanity, virtue, and social order. This edition features Julien's acclaimed translation from the Chinese, as well as detailed notes on the text and its...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

JT2 is the second book in the Jed Talks series by Jed McKenna, author of the Enlightenment Trilogy and the Dreamstate Trilogy.Jed McKenna is the author of The Enlightenment Trilogy (Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing, Spiritually Incorrect...

Yang Short Form: A beginners guide to Taiji Chuan is a comprehensive training guide for all students of Taiji who are serious about mastering the art of Taiji. It is unique in that it details each of the forty four postures that make up the complete...

Do you crave inner peace and contentment?Imagine if you could find a way to nurture yourself by learning how to smile from the inside out.Let Amanda show you ways of nurturing the self through tried-and-true ancient rituals and practices to activate your...

Philosophy of the Buddha is a philosophical introduction to the teaching of the Buddha. It carefully guides readers through the basic ideas and practices of the Buddha, including kamma (karma), rebirth, the not-self doctrine, the Four Noble Truths, the...

The Mahābhārata has been explored extensively as a work of mythology, epic poetry, and religious literature, but the text's philosophical dimensions have largely been under-appreciated by Western scholars. This book explores the philosophical...

Poetics of the Earth is a work of environmental philosophy, based on a synthesis of eastern and western thought on natural and human history. It draws on recent biological research to show how the processes of evolution and history both function...

Enlightenment is within reach -- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.If you're searching for revelation and contentment, look no further than a handshake, a cup of coffee -- even your laundry pile. The most mundane details of life contain zen's profound...

The rational, the mental, and the intellect have increasingly taken over our modern lives, leaving no room for the intuition, the sacred or the magical. We have lost the ability to observe the signs and messages of the world. This book invites us to...

"This is the deepest and most intimate truth of your real, your spiritual existence." Bhagavad Gita, also simply known as The Gita, is one of the most sacred Scriptures in the world. This philosophical poem focuses on a conversation between the...

When faced with an event that disrupts every aspect of our lives, how do we avoid succumbing to hopelessness, bitterness, and other destructive habits of the mind, and instead find ways to allow joy, kindness, and generosity to fill our hearts in the...

Que faire si on doit traverser une épreuve difficile ?Comment surmonter ses peurs et ses inquiétudes ?Comment trouver son but dans la vie ?Découvrez un guide pour apprendre la philosophie japonaise ancestrale et adapter ses principes à votre vie !Dans...

Did you hear? Charles Darwin has invited Siddhartha Gautama to hike the Appalachian Trail through the Great Smoky Mountains. What stories will they share? What advice might they offer for living in modern times? What might they say about solving global...

Drawing on myth, legend, Zen koans, and Buddhist folklore, as well on his own more than 50 years of formal Zen practice and over 10 years of Zen teaching, in this companion volume to A Zen Life of Buddha, (Sumeru 2022), award-wining author Roshi Rafe...

Thousands of years before the development of Western social sciences of psychology, philosophy, religious studies, etc., the yogis of India, especially the branch of Raja Yoga, which dealt with human mental faculty, pondered with the same questions that...

The Russian-born Peter D. Ouspensky (1878-1947) popularized interest in the occult in the early 20th century with his own ideas - as in Tertium Organum in 1912 - and the ideas of G. I. Gurdjieff in the posthumous 1949 book In Search of the Miraculous...

The memorable - and ongoing - life of Swami Shivanando, aka George Berci, a man who survived in Budapest's Jewish ghetto during World War II, fled to Canada in 1956, and discovered hope, peace and spiritual prosperity over the next decades.

• Discover what you truly want. If you establish your will firmly, all creations of the Universe wrap supporting energy around you. Therefore, you will gain power. If you don't gain power, that is because your goal is not clear. • Evolution basically...

Human society has experienced the primitive, slavery, feudalistic, and capitalist stages and has witnessed two world wars and numerous regional wars. Humankind currently faces various severe ecological and sociological problems. In On the Culture of...