East Asian religions Books

Techniques and practices for skin renewal and ageless vitality• Explores ancient Taoist wisdom and Chi Kung methods to restore the skin’s ability to renew itself by regenerating your skin’s chi, or vital energy• Presents easy step-by-step instructions...

A guide for achieving an enlightened mind through the art of non-doing • Details meditation practices, focused on stillness of the mind, along with Patanjali’s yoga methods to maintain a consciousness referred to as “being in the zone” • Builds on...

The shamanic roots of Taoist practice • Explains the principles of the Taoist Medicine Wheel, including the Five Elements, the animals of the Chinese zodiac, and the trigrams of the I Ching • Includes exercises from the “Wheel of Love” to access the Tao...

The guide to engaging and directing the three primordial forces of Earth, Heaven, and Higher Self to achieve enlightenment and immortality • Explains how to circulate the life force, or chi, by balancing yang (male) and yin (female) currents of bioenergy...

A guide to the practice of Inner Alchemy, which allows you to control the energies of your inner universe to better connect with energies of the outer universe • Teaches the essential first-level meditations in Taoist practice, also known as Fusion of...

Explains the phenomenon of shaktipat, the spiritual transmission of power from a teacher to a devotee• Shows how technology has eroded personal power and how insight and awareness can play a higher role in our lives• Reveals how insight is the vehicle...

In the face of the current environmental crisis—which clearly has moral and spiritual dimensions—members of all the world’s faiths have come to recognize the critical importance of religion’s relationship to ecology. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to...

Adventures with the Buddha yields an understanding of Buddhism-not by its metaphysics or rituals but through real characters and true stories as dramatic as those in the most imaginative novel. Through vivid travel writing and gripping human tales, we...

This comprehensive introduction explores the life and teachings of Confucius, and development of Confucian thought, from ancient times to the present today. Demonstrates the wisdom and enduring relevance of Confucius?s teachings ? drawing parallels...

An ideal resource for courses on Hinduism or world religions, this accessible volume spans the entire field of Hindu studies. It provides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make their views and research available to a wider audience. ...

This cool, clear-sighted comparative study has no theological axe to grind. It offers a trusty thematic guide to the figureheads of three of the largest religions in the world. The comparative approach is descriptive and even-handed, highlighting both...

Hero Myths: A Reader provides a selection of 25 stories about heroes from around the world.

This comprehensive, user-friendly text introduces students to the principal world faiths. This text is cross-referenced to and can be used in conjunction with Markham's World Religions Reader, Second Edition as a complete teaching package for comparative...

This dictionary is a thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the book published in 1984 as the Penguin Dictionary of Religions. It has undergone substantial change and considerable expansion, doubling the number of contributors from all parts of the...

This comprehensive volume brings together a distinguished editorial team, including some of the field?s pioneers, to explore the aims, practice, and historical context of interfaith collaboration.  Explores in full the background, history,...

The definitive guide to understanding Taoism?no matter your background or faith Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is the second most translated book in the world, and the practice of religious Taoism is on the rise in China, where adherents currently number in the...

Explore the Amazing Bond Between Humans and Animals #1 New Release in Biology of Reptiles & Amphibians and Taoism Turtle lover and Daoist Monk Yun Roushares a beautiful depiction of the wonders of the world-and a powerful plea for preserving our...

Inspirational Llamas and AlpacasReaders ofStart with Why,You Are HereandWhatever You Are, Be A Good Onewill love the quotes and teachings ofZen Llamas (and Alpacas)Advice from Zen Leaders:Join some cuddly llamas for encouragement from Buddhist teachers...

Today's readers are outraged by world events, often frustrated by their own personal battles, and disenfranchised from government and leadership. Born of moral indignation, informed by decades of study, and seasoned by a life of devoted self-cultivation,...

Find Spiritual Inspirations Through Daily PrayersIn a world that feels increasingly fragile and, at times, fractured, people need specific prayers for struggling.Gain wisdom and inspiration with daily prayers., best-selling author Becca Anderson offers...

Learn to Love YourselfFrom Stress to Happiness.Many of us know intellectually that we need to be good to ourselves if we want to be happy. But it feels so hard. We are simultaneously the harsh judge and the lost, scared child who wants to stop feeling...

Powerful Transformation elucidates the alchemical principles of development and completion stage practices applied in a sublime manner. What prevents the meditation experiences and realization from arising, are mainly our misdeeds, obscurations and...

Interviews with leading spiritual teachers and their students probe the promise and perils of the teacher-student relationship.The term "spiritual transmission" refers to the passing of the state of enlightenment from teacher to student, which takes...

Explore the life of a great spiritual leader-and walk the peaceful path toward God-realization. Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born during a period of political and religious turmoil in India in the fifteenth century. Tension between Hindus and...

The New Hermetics is a powerful spiritual technology of the mind. It is a course of study and practice that teaches the science of illumination and the ability to alter reality. The ancient Egyptian form of Hermetic philosophy was that the mind shapes...

This translation presents Daoism's basic text in highly readable contemporary English. Incorporating the latest scholarship in the field (including the most recent discoveries of ancient manuscripts in the 1970s and '90s), the book explains Daodejing's...

'Many of you know that I am a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, and, by daily actualizing my potentiality through soulful discoveries and daily exercising, I hope to become also an artist of life.' - Bruce Lee'I venture that 95%...

Japanese Shinto is the simple belief that the divine dwells in all things around us!Shinto: The Japanese World of Kami Spirits is a concise guide to the fundamental elements of the Shinto religion - its rich mythology and symbols, intricate rituals,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

For anyone drawn to spiritual love and devotion, and how to joyfully align one's life to a soulful calling, All Roads Lead to Ram is a captivating and empowering true tale.For anyone drawn to spiritual love and devotion, and how to joyfully align one's...

Enlightened Contemporaries is the first book to compare the lives and teachings of three of the world's most admired spiritual masters: Francis of Assisi, the Christian saint; Dogen, the great Zen Buddhist teacher; and Rumi, the Islamic Sufi...

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...

This book will help you to appreciate the significance of Japan's own religion in everyday life to recognize the key traditions and festivals (matsuri) of the Shinto year to understand what you will see at Shinto shrines and in Shinto ritual to gain...

The World of Wu Zhao is an annotated translation of Zhang Zhuo's collection of miscellany, Court and Country, that offers a lively, folksy and novel perspective of the empire of Wu Zhao, China's first and only female emperor, that will amuse and shock...

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...

The best and most comprehensive book on the most important and best-loved Chinese goddess.Walk down the streets of Chinatown in any American or western European city and look around. She is there. Walk through the downtown streets, look in a shop window...

Age range 6 to 9 When a farmer's horse runs away, his neighbours call it the worst of news. 'Maybe,' says the wise farmer, in what will become the book's refrain as more unexpected events come his way.This delightful...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...