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    Essence of the Upanishads

    The Katha Upanishad embraces the key ideas of Indian mysticism in a mythic story we can all relate to the quest of a young hero, Nachiketa, who ventures into the land of death in search of immortality. But the insights of the Katha are scattered, hard...
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    The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Volume 3

    A comprehensive manual for living a spiritual life, based on a verse-by-verse commentary on India's timeless scripture - from the author of its best-selling translation.(The ebook The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living 9781586381455 includes all three...
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  • Zen of Climbing
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    Zen of Climbing

    "Outstandingly good ... It may be the singlemost insightfulbook about climbing ever written." Paul Sagar, Climber, writer, thinkerWhat do Zen masters, sixteenth-century Samurai, and the world's elite climbers have incommon?They have perfected the of...
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  • Simple Taoism
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    Simple Taoism

    Simple Taoism is designed to help the reader understand what Taoism is about and to help apply its best aspects to everyday living. Divided into three parts, the book outlines:A clear explanation of Taoism and how to apply its best aspects to your daily...
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    Light of Wisdom, Volume I

    The Light of Wisdom Vol. I contains the root terma ---hidden treasure text --- of Padmasambhava, The Gradual Path of the Wisdom Essence and its commentary The Light of Wisdom by Jamgon Kongtrul the Great. Annotations on the commentary Entering the Path...
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    Rainbow Painting

    Rainbow Painting is saturated with direct, pithy instruction, the very quintessence of the Buddhist Spiritual approach. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche speaks from experience, expressing what he himself has undergone, instructing us in the way we should train in a...
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  • Master Dogen's Zazen Meditation Handbook
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    Master Dogen's Zazen Meditation Handbook

    "Dogen's famous text on Zen practice comes alive in the hands of a modern meditation master." -Carl Biefeldt, Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University and author of Dogen's Manuals of Zen MeditationThis is the definitive English translation of...
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    Zen Garden Design
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    Zen Garden Design

    Zen Buddhist priest Shunmyo Masuno understands that today's busy world leaves little time or space for self-reflection, but that a garden - even in the most urban of spaces - can provide some respite. In his words, "The garden is a special spiritual...
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  • Japanese Culture
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    Japanese Culture

    Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a detailed and thoroughly researched journey through Japan's cultural history. Based on a conceptual framework known as the multilayered model, which was developed by cultural...
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  • Dispelling the Darkness of Suffering
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    Dispelling the Darkness of Suffering

    Dispelling the Darkness of Suffering is a clear and authoritative, line by line commentary upon "The Seven Points of Mind Training" a classic text of mind training practice, which contains the pith instructions that show the way in which to transform...
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  • Patrones en la vacuidad
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    Patrones en la vacuidad

    Cmo responde la enseanza de Buda a las preguntas ms profundas de nuestra existencia? Qu hace que su pensamiento sea nico entre otros sistemas de pensamiento? La respuesta se encuentra en sus enseanzas sobre el 'origen dependiente', las cuales contienen...
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  • The Four Seals of the Dharma
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    The Four Seals of the Dharma

    Upon completing the path that led him to fully develop compassion and wisdom, Shakyamuni arrived at enlightenment, the state of Buddhahood that marks the end of suffering.Replying to the requests made of him, he transmitted three cycles of teachings to...
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  • Wisdom in Exile
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    Wisdom in Exile

    Wisdom in Exile provides a new insight into Buddhism's encounter with Western culture and the Western mind in the early 21st century. Jampa Thaye has trained for over 40 years with some of the foremost lamas of Tibetan Buddhism, yet is a Westerner,...
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    Audacity and Tradition
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    Audacity and Tradition

    The masters of a Buddhist tradition are part of a succession of successions while prolonging it. Their thoughts and teachings echo those of their lineage, but each master presents them in a new light, according to the needs of the time.This is the case...
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  • Deepening Wisdom, Deepening Connection
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    Deepening Wisdom, Deepening Connection

    Award-winning author Lama Tsomo provides insights and practices to enrich our relationships, be mindfully and joyfully present in the world, and deepen our understanding of ourselves. The tide of modern life is sweeping us even further into...
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  • How to Meditate Like a Buddhist
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    How to Meditate Like a Buddhist

    A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners.No religion or spiritual movement is more known for its association with meditation than Buddhism. Yet, in the Western world there has been very little comprehensive instruction available on this integral practice in...
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    Buddha For Beginners
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    Buddha For Beginners

    Despite the widespread popularity of Buddhist practices (like meditation), there is little understanding of the complex philosophy behind Buddhism. The historical Buddha, Gautama, was a real person--a radical--who challenged the religious leaders of his...
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    How to Communicate Like a Buddhist
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    How to Communicate Like a Buddhist

    An Instruction Manual for Clear CommunicationThe most well-known Buddhist teachers on the planet all have something in common: they are excellent communicators. This is not a coincidence, as the Buddha taught what are called the four elements of right...
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    Wisdom's Way

    Stories from an age when losing your wits could mean losing your head.Wisdom's Way is a collection of true stories from ancient China. Filled with palace intrigue, ambitious warlords, greedy swindlers, and justice-seeking wise men, each story evokes the...
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    Story of Yoga
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    Story of Yoga

    How did a venerable Indian spiritual discipline turn into a 20 billion-a-year mainstay of the wellness industry? What happened along yoga's winding path from the caves and forests of the sages to the gyms, hospitals and village halls of the modern...
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  • Zen Wisdom for the Anxious
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    Zen Wisdom for the Anxious

    'A gentle introduction to Zen wisdom that feels like a breath of fresh air in a bamboo forest.' - Hector Garcia, author of lkigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy LifeBy dipping into this little book of simple Zen Buddhist...
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    Gateway to Knowledge, Volume IV

    The Gateway to Knowledge is a condensation of the Tripitaka and its accompanying commentaries. Consolidating the intent of Buddha Shakyamuni's teachings into a unified body of textbooks, it is the philosophical backbone of the living tradition of Tibetan...
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    Zen Flesh Zen Bones
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    Zen Flesh Zen Bones

    Zen Flesh, Zen Bones offers a remarkable collection of primary sources which enable readers to experience the meaning of Zen directly for themselves. It includes:101 Zen Stories, a collection of tales recounting the experiences of Chinese and Japanese...
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    Inside Your Japanese Garden
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    Inside Your Japanese Garden

    Learn how to create a tranquil outdoor space at home with this practical and inspiring guide!With instructive drawings and step-by-step techniques, Inside Your Japanese Garden walks you through designing and creating your very own Japanese garden. From...
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    Bubishi
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    Bubishi

    Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts.Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun...
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    Hagakure
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    Hagakure

    The principal pillars of Bushido--the Samurai warrior's code--are loyalty, filial piety, bravery and mercy. Tsunetomo Yamamoto, the author of the Hagakure, lived his life based on these principles and was willing to sacrifice his own life for...
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    In the Present Moment
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    In the Present Moment

    An engaging and sumptuously designed examination of the influence andimpact of Buddhism on art in North America from the post-war period to the present.In Buddhist teaching, the concept of being in the present moment refers to a practice of living...
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    TydBits Vol 1 Or: Tiny Thoughts, Big Life.
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    TydBits Vol 1 Or: Tiny Thoughts, Big Life.

    TydBits Or: Tiny Thoughts, Big Life is a collection of Tiny Thoughts and very Large images that will help you to experience very BIG Things -IF you are inclined to believe in the power of Thinking Up, not Down the steep ladders of Life.The bite-sized...
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  • The Buddha's Teachings As Philosophy
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    The Buddha's Teachings As Philosophy

    A shorter and less technical treatment of its subject than the author's acclaimed Buddhism As Philosophy (second edition, Hackett, 2021), Mark Siderits's The Buddha's Teachings As Philosophy explores three different systems of thought that arose...
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  • Classical Chinese for Everyone
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    Classical Chinese for Everyone

    In just thirteen brief, accessible chapters, this engaging little book takes 'absolute beginners' from the most basic questions about the language (e.g., what does a classical Chinese character look like?) to reading and understanding selections from...
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  • Naikan
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    Naikan

    Naikan is a Japanese word that means 'inside looking' or 'introspection'. A more poetic translation is "seeing oneself with the mind's eye."Drawing on Eastern spiritual and psychological traditions,...
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    Japan from Anime to Zen
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    Japan from Anime to Zen

    An accessible compendium of the most important aspects of Japanese arts, culture and history, for quick reference or a longer, in-depth read, for actual and armchair travellers alike..This friendly guide offers concise but detailed demystifications of...
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    My Heart Sutra

    The Heart Sutra is the most widely read, chanted, and copied text in East Asian Buddhism. Here Frederik L. Schodt explores his lifelong fascination with the sutra: its mesmerizing mantra, its ancient history, the "emptiness theory, and the way it is used...
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    Qigong Grand Circulation For Spiritual Enlightenment
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    Qigong Grand Circulation For Spiritual Enlightenment

    The 21st Century is the spiritual awakening century. Many people are searching for a meaning to life, a spiritual quest.Qigong grand circulation is a method of first unifying the body's energy with nature, and second using that unified condition to...
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    The Dao in Action
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    The Dao in Action

    In this collection of fables, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming shares the stories that have influenced him most as a martial artist and lifelong student of the Dao. They bring the Dao to life for readers of all generations. Whoever we are, wherever we're going,...
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    The Dao De Jing
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    The Dao De Jing

    This book examines one of the world's most enduring and influential literary works, the Dao De Jing, through the timeless art of qigong. In his words, Lao Tzu (or Laozi), author of the Dao De Jing, embodies qigong principles, advocating the cultivation...
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  • Essence of the Bhagavad Gita
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    Essence of the Bhagavad Gita

    In this companion to his best-selling translation of the Bhagavad Gita, Easwaran explores the essential themes of this much-loved Indian scripture. Placing the Gita in a modern context, Easwaran shows how this classic text sheds light on the nature of...
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  • The Dhammapada
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    The Dhammapada

    Easwaran's best-selling translation of this classic Buddhist text The Dhammapada is reliable, readable, and profound. Dhammapada means "the path of dharma," the path of harmony and righteousness that anyone can follow to reach the highest good. The...
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  • The Bhagavad Gita
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    The Bhagavad Gita

    The Bhagavad Gita is the best known of all the Indian scriptures, and Eknath Easwaran's best-selling translation is reliable, readable, and profound. Easwaran's 55-page introduction places the Bhagavad Gita in its historical setting, and brings out the...
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  • Songs of Kabir
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    Songs of Kabir

    The poet Kabir, one of the most intriguing and celebrated personalities in the history of Indian mysticism, lived in the fifteenth century. He was a great religious reformer and left behind an exquisite body of poetry of enlightenment that weaves...
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    Each Journey Begins With a Single Step
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    Each Journey Begins With a Single Step

    This is a book of guidance for life's journey rooted in the wisdom of ancient China. Best-selling author Deng Ming-Dao provides key poetic lines that distill the essence of Taoism, organizing them in the form of a journey. The material here is drawn from...
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    The End of Suffering
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    The End of Suffering

    The hopeful teaching of this book is that while everybody suffers, most of this suffering is unnecessary--it can be overcome. The legacy of Aristotle is that we think that things must be either true or untrue. Thus we tend to think in terms of...
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  • Scripture Unbound
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    Scripture Unbound

    In this insightful guide minister Jonalu Johnstone invites readers into an adventure of encountering firsthand the words and stories that have inspired billions throughout the centuries. Exploring the wisdom of the ages, she argues, helps equip us to...
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  • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
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    Lao-tzu's Taoteching

    One of the best-selling English-language translations of the Taoteching."A refreshing new translation. . . . Highly recommended."-Library Journal"With its clarity and scholarly range, this version of the Taoteching works as both a readable text and a...
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  • The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
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    The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain

    A Zen-Taoist poetry classic, in a handsome Chinese-English formatThis definitive translation of Han Shan's poetry appears in a bilingual Chinese-English format. Included are extensive notes, a preface by renowned translator Red Pine, a findings list, and...
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East Asian and Indian philosophy