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The Kama Sutra - Deluxe Slipcase Edition (Hardcover): Richard Burton The Kama Sutra - Deluxe Slipcase Edition (Hardcover)
Richard Burton; Vatsyayana
R620 R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Save R80 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Art of War - Deluxe Slipcase Edition (Hardcover): Sun Tzu The Art of War - Deluxe Slipcase Edition (Hardcover)
Sun Tzu; Translated by Lionel Giles
R628 R538 Discovery Miles 5 380 Save R90 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Confucian Reflections - Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times (Paperback, New): Philip J. Ivanhoe Confucian Reflections - Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times (Paperback, New)
Philip J. Ivanhoe
R1,220 Discovery Miles 12 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Confucian Reflections: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times is about the early Chinese Confucian classic the "Analects" Lunyu, attributed to the founder of the Confucian tradition, Kongzi (551-479 bce) and who is more commonly referred to as "Confucius" in the West. Philip J. Ivanhoe argues that the Analects is as relevant and important today as it has proven to be over the course of its more than 2000 year history, not only for the people who live in East Asian societies but for all human beings. The fact that this text has inspired so many talented people for so long, across a range of complex, creative, rich, and fascinating cultures offers a strong prima facie reason for thinking that the insights the Analects contains are not bound by either the particular time or cultural context in which the text took shape.

Understanding Yoga Therapy - Applied Philosophy and Science for Health and Well-Being (Hardcover): Laurie C. Hyland Robertson,... Understanding Yoga Therapy - Applied Philosophy and Science for Health and Well-Being (Hardcover)
Laurie C. Hyland Robertson, Marlysa B. Sullivan
R3,910 Discovery Miles 39 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Understanding Yoga Therapy offers a comprehensive and accessible perspective on yoga therapy as a complementary, integrative route to promoting whole-person well-being. Readers will come away from the book understanding how the philosophy, texts, and teachings of yoga benefit a wide range of health conditions. The book is split into three helpful sections: Part I discusses foundational texts and their interpretations; Part II outlines the biopsychosocial-spiritual and neurophysiological model of integrative health pertinent to yoga therapy; and Part III focuses on practical applications separate from the more familiar diagnosis-driven models. Experiential activities and case studies throughout the text illuminate how yogic practices can be incorporated for optimal health. Bridging the ancient and modern, philosophical and scientific, Understanding Yoga Therapy offers a clear explanatory framework for yoga therapists, physicians, allied and complementary healthcare providers, and their patients and students.

Classical Vaisesika in Indian Philosophy - On Knowing and What is to Be Known (Hardcover): Shashiprabha Kumar Classical Vaisesika in Indian Philosophy - On Knowing and What is to Be Known (Hardcover)
Shashiprabha Kumar
R4,203 Discovery Miles 42 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Vaisesika is one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy. It represents a pluralistic realism and is usually held to be an atomistic, metaphysical theory. This book explores the basic tenets of the Vaisesika classical school of Indian philosophy from a new perspective. It argues that it reveals an epistemological formulation of its own, which was diminished due to later developments in the history of Indian philosophical tradition.

Focusing on the principles of knowable objects and the processes of knowing as propounded by the Vaisesika school of Indian Philosophy, the book offers a fuller appreciation of the theories. Providing a balanced approach by examining earliest available material in the original sources of Vaisesika and concentrating on the epistemological pattern adopted therein, it presents an authentic and comprehensive understanding of Vaisesika concepts. This is the first introductory sourcebook in English for the authentic study of Vaisesika, and is of use to students and scholars of World Religion and Philosophy.

Chuang Tzu (Paperback): Herbert A. Giles Chuang Tzu (Paperback)
Herbert A. Giles
R1,370 Discovery Miles 13 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1889. This re-issues the second, revised edition of 1926. Chuang Tzu was to Lao Tzu, the author of Tao Te Ching, as Hui-neng, the sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, was to Bodhidharma, and in some respects St.Paul to Jesus; he expanded the original teaching into a system and was thus the founder of Tao-ism. Whereas Lao Tzu was a contemporary of Confucius in the sixth century B.C, Chuang Tzu lived over two hundred years later. He was one of the greatest minds produced by China; philosopher, metaphysician, moralist and poet. It is impossible to understand the spiritual depth of the Tao Te Ching without the aid of Chuang Tzu.

An Introduction to Tantric Philosophy - The Paramarthasara of Abhinavagupta with the Commentary of Yogaraja (Paperback): Lyne... An Introduction to Tantric Philosophy - The Paramarthasara of Abhinavagupta with the Commentary of Yogaraja (Paperback)
Lyne Bansat-Boudon, Kamaleshadatta Tripathi
R1,244 Discovery Miles 12 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Paramarthasara, or 'Essence of Ultimate Reality', is a work of the Kashmirian polymath Abhinavagupta (tenth-eleventh centuries). It is a brief treatise in which the author outlines the doctrine of which he is a notable exponent, namely nondualistic Saivism, which he designates in his works as the Trika, or 'Triad' of three principles: Siva, Sakti and the embodied soul (nara). The main interest of the Paramarthasara is not only that it serves as an introduction to the established doctrine of a tradition, but also advances the notion of jiv anmukti, 'liberation in this life', as its core theme. Further, it does not confine itself to an exposition of the doctrine as such but at times hints at a second sense lying beneath the evident sense, namely esoteric techniques and practices that are at the heart of the philosophical discourse. Its commentator, Yogaraja (eleventh century), excels in detecting and clarifying those various levels of meaning. An Introduction to Tantric Philosophy presents, along with a critically revised Sanskrit text, the first annotated English translation of both Abhinavagupta's Paramarthasara and Yogaraja's commentary. This book will be of interest to Indologists, as well as to specialists and students of Religion, Tantric studies and Philosophy.

A Hindu Critique of Buddhist Epistemology - Kumarila on Perception: The 'Determination of Perception' Chapter of... A Hindu Critique of Buddhist Epistemology - Kumarila on Perception: The 'Determination of Perception' Chapter of Kumarila Bhatta's Slokavarttika - Translation and Commentary (Paperback)
John Taber; Foreword by Francis X. Clooney
R1,627 Discovery Miles 16 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a translation of the chapter on perception of Kumarilabhatta's magnum opus, the Slokavarttika, one of the central texts of the Hindu response to the criticism of the logical-epistemological school of Buddhist thought. In an extensive commentary, the author explains the course of the argument from verse to verse and alludes to other theories of classical Indian philosophy and other technical matters. Notes to the translation and commentary go further into the historical and philosophical background of Kumarila's ideas. The book provides an introduction to the history and the development of Indian epistemology, a synopsis of Kumarila's work and an analysis of its argument.

The Bodhisattva Path - Commentary on the Vimalakirti and Ugrapariprccha Sutras (Paperback): Thich Nhat Hanh The Bodhisattva Path - Commentary on the Vimalakirti and Ugrapariprccha Sutras (Paperback)
Thich Nhat Hanh
R571 R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Save R138 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
German Nationalism and Indian Political Thought - The Influence of Ancient Indian Philosophy on the German Romantics... German Nationalism and Indian Political Thought - The Influence of Ancient Indian Philosophy on the German Romantics (Hardcover)
Alexei Pimenov
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the influence of Indian socio-political thought, ideas, and culture on German Romantic nationalism. It suggests that, contrary to the traditional view that the concepts of nationalism have moved exclusively from the West to the rest of the world, in the crucial case of German nationalism, the essential intellectual underpinnings of the nationalist discourse came to the West, not from the West. The book demonstrates how the German Romantic fascination with India resulted in the adoption of Indian models of identity and otherness and ultimately shaped German Romantic nationalism. The author illustrates how Indian influence renovated the scholarly design of German nationalism and, at the same time, became central to pre-modern and pre-nationalist models of identity, which later shaped the Aryan myth. Focusing on the scholarship of Friedrich Schlegel, Otmar Frank, Joseph Goerres, and Arthur Schopenhauer, the book shows how, in explaining the fact of the diversity of languages, peoples, and cultures, the German Romantics reproduced the Indian narrative of the degradation of some Indo-Aryan clans, which led to their separation from the Aryan civilization. An important resource for the nexus between Indology and Orientalism, German Indian Studies and studies of nationalism, this book will be of interest to researchers working in the fields of history, European and South Asian area studies, philosophy, political science, and IR theory.

Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue - Self and No-Self (Hardcover, New Ed): Irina Kuznetsova, Jonardon Ganeri, Chakravarthi... Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue - Self and No-Self (Hardcover, New Ed)
Irina Kuznetsova, Jonardon Ganeri, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
R4,363 Discovery Miles 43 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The debates between various Buddhist and Hindu philosophical systems about the existence, definition and nature of self, occupy a central place in the history of Indian philosophy and religion. These debates concern various issues: what 'self' means, whether the self can be said to exist at all, arguments that can substantiate any position on this question, how the ordinary reality of individual persons can be explained, and the consequences of each position. At a time when comparable issues are at the forefront of contemporary Western philosophy, in both analytic and continental traditions (as well as in their interaction), these classical and medieval Indian debates widen and globalise such discussions. This book brings to a wider audience the sophisticated range of positions held by various systems of thought in classical India.

Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers (Paperback): Diane Collinson, Robert Wilkinson Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers (Paperback)
Diane Collinson, Robert Wilkinson
R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

These are questions to which oriental thinkers have given a wide range of philosophical answers that are intellectually and imaginatively stimulating. Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers is a succinctly informative introduction to the thought of thirty-five important figures in the Chinese, Indian, Arab, Japanese and Tibetan philosophical traditions. Thinkers covered include founders such as Zoroaster, Confucius, Buddha and Muhammed, as well as influential modern figures such as Gandhi, Mao Tse-Tung, Suzuki and Nishida. The book is divided into sections, in which an introduction to the tradition it covers precedes the essays on its individual philosophers. Notes, further reading lists, and cross-references provide the student with a clear route to further study. There is a glossary of key terms at the end of the book.

Epistemology in Classical India - The Knowledge Sources of the Nyaya School (Hardcover): Stephen H. Phillips Epistemology in Classical India - The Knowledge Sources of the Nyaya School (Hardcover)
Stephen H. Phillips
R4,354 Discovery Miles 43 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this book, Phillips gives an overview of the contribution of Nyaya--the classical Indian school that defends an externalist position about knowledge as well as an internalist position about justification. Nyaya literature extends almost two thousand years and comprises hundreds of texts, and in this book, Phillips presents a useful overview of the under-studied system of thought. For the philosopher rather than the scholar of Sanskrit, the book makes a whole range of Nyaya positions and arguments accessible to students of epistemology who are unfamiliar with classical Indian systems.

Gandhi's Moral Politics (Paperback): Naren Nanda Gandhi's Moral Politics (Paperback)
Naren Nanda
R1,227 Discovery Miles 12 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume explores the scope and limits of Mahatma Gandhi's moral politics and its implications for Indian and other freedom movements. It presents a set of enlightening essays based on lectures delivered in memory of the eminent historian B. R. Nanda along with a new introductory essay. With contributions by leading historians and Gandhi scholars, the book provides new perspectives on the limits of Gandhi's moral reasoning, his role in the choice of destination by Indian Muslim refugees, his waning influence over political events, and his predicament amid the violence and turmoil in the years immediately preceding partition. The work brings together wide-ranging insights on Gandhi and revisits his religious views, which were the foundation of his morality in politics; his experience of civil disobedience and its nature, deployment and limits; Satyagraha and non-violence; and his struggle for civil rights. The volume also examines how Gandhi's South African phase contributed to his later ideas on private property and self-sacrifice. This book will be of immense interest to researchers and scholars of modern Indian history, Gandhi studies, political science, peace and conflict studies, South Asian studies; to researchers and scholars of media and journalism; and to the informed general reader.

Moral Exemplars in the Analects - The Good Person is That (Hardcover): Amy Olberding Moral Exemplars in the Analects - The Good Person is That (Hardcover)
Amy Olberding
R4,359 Discovery Miles 43 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this study, Olberding proposes a new theoretical model for reading the Analects. Her thesis is that the moral sensibility of the text derives from an effort to conceptually capture and articulate the features seen in exemplars, exemplars that are identified and admired pre-theoretically and thus prior to any conceptual criteria for virtue. Put simply, Olberding proposes an "origins myth" in which Confucius, already and prior to his philosophizing knows whom he judges to be virtuous. The work we see him and the Analects' authors pursuing is their effort to explain in an organized, generalized, and abstract way why pre-theoretically identified exemplars are virtuous. Moral reasoning here begins with people and with inchoate experiences of admiration for them. The conceptual work of the text reflects the attempt to analyze such people and parse such experiences in order to distill abstract qualities that account for virtue and can guide emulation.

The Essentials of Governance (Paperback): Wu Jing The Essentials of Governance (Paperback)
Wu Jing; Edited by Hilde De Weerdt, Glen Dudbridge, Gabe van Beijeren
R830 R785 Discovery Miles 7 850 Save R45 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the eighth century, Wu Jing selected exchanges between Emperor Taizong and his ministers that he deemed key to good governance. This collection of dialogues has been used for the education of emperors, political elites and general readers ever since, and is a standard reference work in East Asian political thought. Consisting of ten volumes, subdivided into forty topics, The Essentials of Governance addresses core themes of Chinese thinking about the politics of power, from the body politic, presenting and receiving criticism, recruitment, the education of the imperial clan, political virtues and vices, to cultural policy, agriculture, law, taxation, border policy, and how to avoid disaster and dynastic fall. Presented with introductory commentary that offers insights into its historical context and global reception, this accessible and reliable translation brings together ten scholars of Chinese intellectual history to offer a nuanced edition that preserves the organisation, tone and flow of the original.

Tao Te Ching (Hardcover): Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching (Hardcover)
Lao Tzu; Translated by David Hinton
R256 Discovery Miles 2 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is the source of Zen Buddhism, and is probably the most broadly influential spiritual text in human history. Complete & Unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated and introduced by David Hinton. Fluent in ancient Chinese and an acclaimed poet, he skilfully reveals how remarkably current and even innovative this text is after 2500 years. According to legend, Lao Tzu left China at the age of eighty, saddened that men would not follow the path to natural goodness. At the border with Tibet, a guard asked him to record his teachings and the Tao Te Ching is what he wrote down before leaving. Lao Tzu's spirituality describes the Cosmos as a harmonious and generative organism, and it shows how the human is an integral part of that cosmos.

Gandhi - An Impossible Possibility (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Sudhir Chandra Gandhi - An Impossible Possibility (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Sudhir Chandra; Translated by Chitra Padmanabhan
R3,901 Discovery Miles 39 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Gandhi was perhaps the most influential yet misunderstood figure of the twentieth century. Drawing close attention to his last years, this book explores the marked change in his understanding of the acceptance of non-violence by Indians. It points to a startling discovery Gandhi made in the years preceding India's Independence and Partition: the struggle for freedom which he had all along believed to be non-violent was in fact not so. He realised that there was a causal relationship between the path of illusory ahimsa, which had held sway during the freedom struggle, and the violence that erupted thereafter during Partition. In the second edition of this much-acclaimed volume, Chandra revisits Gandhi's philosophy to explain how and why the phenomenon of the Mahatma has been understood and misunderstood through the years. Calling for a rethink of the very nature and foundation of modern India, this book throws new light on Gandhian philosophy and its far-reaching implications for the world today. It will interest not only scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, politics and philosophy, but also lay readers.

The Analects of Confucius (Paperback): The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley The Analects of Confucius (Paperback)
The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley
R1,354 Discovery Miles 13 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1938. Previous translations of the Analects of Confucius are based upon a medieval interpretation which reflects the philosophy of the 12th century A.D rather than of the 5th century B.C., when Confucius lived. This book detaches the Analects from the Scholastic interpretation and lets these famous sayings speak for themselves.

The Way and Its Power - A Study of the Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought (Paperback): The Arthur Waley Estate,... The Way and Its Power - A Study of the Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought (Paperback)
The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley
R1,617 Discovery Miles 16 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1934.
Unlike previous translations, this translation of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is based not on the medieval commentaries but on a close study of the whole of early Chinese literature.

Early Buddhist Metaphysics - The Making of a Philosophical Tradition (Paperback): Noa Ronkin Early Buddhist Metaphysics - The Making of a Philosophical Tradition (Paperback)
Noa Ronkin
R1,626 Discovery Miles 16 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Early Buddhist Metaphysics provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India: the transition from the earliest stratum of Buddhist thought to the systematic and allegedly scholastic philosophy of the Pali Abhidhamma movement. Entwining comparative philosophy and Buddhology, the author probes the Abhidhamma's metaphysical transition in terms of the Aristotelian tradition and vis- -vis modern philosophy, exploits Western philosophical literature from Plato to contemporary texts in the fields of philosophy of mind and cultural criticism.

Yoga - The Indian Tradition (Paperback, New): David Carpenter, Ian Whicher Yoga - The Indian Tradition (Paperback, New)
David Carpenter, Ian Whicher
R1,616 Discovery Miles 16 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The popular perception of yoga in the West remains for the most part that of a physical fitness program, largely divorced from its historical and spiritual roots. The essays collected here provide a sense of the historical emergence of the classical system presented by Patanjali, a careful examination of the key elements, overall character and contemporary relevance of that system (as found in the Yoga Sutra) and a glimpse of some of the tradition's many important ramifications in later Indian religious history.

Moral Theory in Santideva's Siksasamuccaya - Cultivating the Fruits of Virtue (Paperback): Barbra R. Clayton Moral Theory in Santideva's Siksasamuccaya - Cultivating the Fruits of Virtue (Paperback)
Barbra R. Clayton
R1,610 Discovery Miles 16 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This important text analyzes the moral theory of the seventh century Indian Mahayana master, Santideva, author of the well-known religious poem, the Bodhicaryavatara (Entering the Path of Enlightenment) as well as the significant, but relatively overlooked, Siksasamuccaya (Compendium of Teachings). With particular focus on the Siksasamuccaya, this book uses original translations and critical analysis in order to answer the question: How would Santideva's ethics be understood in terms of Western moral theory? Santideva's ethical presuppositions and moral reasoning are illuminated by analyzing his key moral terms and comparing them to other Buddhist principles. By focusing on a neglected Buddhist Sanskrit text by a major Mahayana figure, Barbra R. Clayton helps to redress a significant imbalance in the scholarship on Buddhist ethics, which has - up to now - focused primarily on the ethics of the Pali literature as interpreted in the Theravada tradition.

Buddhist Studies from India to America - Essays in Honor of Charles S. Prebish (Paperback): Damien Keown Buddhist Studies from India to America - Essays in Honor of Charles S. Prebish (Paperback)
Damien Keown
R1,364 Discovery Miles 13 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Buddhist Studies from India to America covers four important areas of Buddhist Studies: Vinaya Studies and Ethics, the history of Buddhist schools, Western Buddhism, and Inter-religious dialogue. These are the main areas which Charles S. Prebish has either inaugurated or helped to define; and his academic career as a leading, international scholar, and his significant professional achievements are celebrated within this volume. The geographical and historical scope of the essays in this collection range from ancient India to modern America, and includes contributions by well-known international scholars. The contributors discuss a variety of academic disciplines including philosophy, psychology, history, feminism, and sociology. It will appeal to scholars whose interests embrace either ancient or modern aspects of the Buddhist tradition.

An Introduction to Tantric Philosophy - The Paramarthasara of Abhinavagupta with the Commentary of Yogaraja (Hardcover): Lyne... An Introduction to Tantric Philosophy - The Paramarthasara of Abhinavagupta with the Commentary of Yogaraja (Hardcover)
Lyne Bansat-Boudon, Kamaleshadatta Tripathi
R4,393 Discovery Miles 43 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Paramarthasara, or 'Essence of Ultimate Reality', is a work of the Kashmirian polymath Abhinavagupta (tenth-eleventh centuries). It is a brief treatise in which the author outlines the doctrine of which he is a notable exponent, namely nondualistic Saivism, which he designates in his works as the Trika, or 'Triad' of three principles: Siva, Sakti and the embodied soul (nara). The main interest of the Paramarthasara is not only that it serves as an introduction to the established doctrine of a tradition, but also advances the notion of jiv anmukti, 'liberation in this life', as its core theme. Further, it does not confine itself to an exposition of the doctrine as such but at times hints at a second sense lying beneath the evident sense, namely esoteric techniques and practices that are at the heart of the philosophical discourse. Its commentator, Yogaraja (eleventh century), excels in detecting and clarifying those various levels of meaning. An Introduction to Tantric Philosophy presents, along with a critically revised Sanskrit text, the first annotated English translation of both Abhinavagupta's Paramarthasara and Yogaraja's commentary. This book will be of interest to Indologists, as well as to specialists and students of Religion, Tantric studies and Philosophy.

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