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Circling the Elephant - A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity (Hardcover): John J. Thatamanil Circling the Elephant - A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity (Hardcover)
John J. Thatamanil
R3,011 R2,516 Discovery Miles 25 160 Save R495 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Christian theologians have for some decades affirmed that they have no monopoly on encounters with God or ultimate reality and that other religions also have access to religious truth and transformation. If that is the case, the time has come for Christians not only to learn about but also from their religious neighbors. Circling the Elephant affirms that the best way to be truly open to the mystery of the infinite is to move away from defensive postures of religious isolationism and self-sufficiency and to move, in vulnerability and openness, toward the mystery of the neighbor. Employing the ancient Indian allegory of the elephant and blind(folded) men, John J. Thatamanil argues for the integration of three often-separated theological projects: theologies of religious diversity (the work of accounting for why there are so many different understandings of the elephant), comparative theology (the venture of walking over to a different side of the elephant), and constructive theology (the endeavor of re-describing the elephant in light of the other two tasks). Circling the Elephant also offers an analysis of why we have fallen short in the past. Interreligious learning has been obstructed by problematic ideas about "religion" and "religions," Thatamanil argues, while also pointing out the troubling resonances between reified notions of "religion" and "race." He contests these notions and offers a new theory of the religious that makes interreligious learning both possible and desirable. Christians have much to learn from their religious neighbors, even about such central features of Christian theology as Christ and the Trinity. This book envisions religious diversity as a promise, not a problem, and proposes a new theology of religious diversity that opens the door to robust interreligious learning and Christian transformation through encountering the other.

The Dynamics of Masters Literature - Early Chinese Thought from Confucius to Han Feizi (Hardcover): Wiebke Denecke The Dynamics of Masters Literature - Early Chinese Thought from Confucius to Han Feizi (Hardcover)
Wiebke Denecke
R975 R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Save R90 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The importance of the rich corpus of "Masters Literature" that developed in early China since the fifth century BCE has long been recognized. But just what are these texts? Scholars have often approached them as philosophy, but these writings have also been studied as literature, history, and anthropological, religious, and paleographic records. How should we translate these texts for our times? This book explores these questions through close readings of seven examples of Masters Literature and asks what proponents of a "Chinese philosophy" gained by creating a Chinese equivalent of philosophy and what we might gain by approaching these texts through other disciplines, questions, and concerns. What happens when we remove the accrued disciplinary and conceptual baggage from the Masters Texts? What neglected problems, concepts, and strategies come to light? And can those concepts and strategies help us see the history of philosophy in a different light and engender new approaches to philosophical and intellectual inquiry? By historicizing the notion of Chinese philosophy, we can, the author contends, answer not only the question of whether there is a Chinese philosophy but also the more interesting question of the future of philosophical thought around the world.

Hafez - Teachings of the Philosopher of Love (Paperback, New Paperback Ed): Haleh Pourafzal, Roger Montgomery Hafez - Teachings of the Philosopher of Love (Paperback, New Paperback Ed)
Haleh Pourafzal, Roger Montgomery
R472 R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Save R73 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

SPIRITUALITY / POETRY"Hafez has no peer." Goethe "Hafez fears nothing. He sees too far; he sees throughout; such is the only man I wish to see or be." Ralph Waldo Emerson "The unity of spirit and mind is the legacy of Hafez." Nietzsche For six hundred years the Persian poet Hafez has been read, recited, quoted, and loved by millions of people in his homeland and throughout the world. In Hafez: Teachings of the Philosopher of Love new contemporary translations by one of the leading scholars of Hafez connect this traditional spiritual and philosophical wisdom to a modern vision of the world. The book includes over thirty complete poems by Hafez, accompanied by commentary from the authors on the meanings and contexts of the poetry and philosophies of this spiritual teacher. Authors Haleh Pourafzal and Roger Montgomery show how the visionary poet Hafez--whose work inspired Goethe, Nietzsche, and Ralph Waldo Emerson--can serve as an ideal source of inner renewal in our often troubled world, as well as a bridge between the West and Middle East, two cultures in desperate need of mutual empathy. HALEH POURAFZAL (1956-2002) was the daughter of Abdol-Hossein Pourafzal, a lifelong student of Persian linguistics and direct descendant of the creator of the contemporary Farsi prose form. Haleh grew up tuned to the spirit of the great poet during her childhood in Tehran, where her father would perform daily recitations of Hafez's poetry. She drew upon her father's expertise in developing her own interpretations of the poet's verse. From the moment Haleh introduced her husband, ROGER MONTGOMERY, to the poetry of Hafez, they shared a deep love and respect for his work. It was in the spirit of gaining agreater understanding of this great poet, sage, and philosopher that this book was born. Montgomery is also the author of Twenty Count: Secret Mathematical System of the Aztec/Maya and lives in Berkeley, California.

Talks, Volume 2 (Revised Edition) (Paperback): Swami Paramatmananda Puri Talks, Volume 2 (Revised Edition) (Paperback)
Swami Paramatmananda Puri; Contributions by Amma, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
R368 Discovery Miles 3 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Secret of the Golden Flower; A Chinese Book of Life (Paperback): Richard Wilhelm The Secret of the Golden Flower; A Chinese Book of Life (Paperback)
Richard Wilhelm; Commentary by C. G. Jung; Translated by Cary F. Baynes
R309 Discovery Miles 3 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Deciphering Sun Tzu - How to Read the Art of War (Hardcover): Derek M. C. Yuen Deciphering Sun Tzu - How to Read the Art of War (Hardcover)
Derek M. C. Yuen
R872 R812 Discovery Miles 8 120 Save R60 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As the People's Republic's seemingly inexorable rise to economic and military power continues, never has the need for a better grasp of Chinese strategic thought by the West been more acute. In Deciphering Sun Tzu, Derek Yuen seeks to reclaim for the reader the hidden contours and lost Chinese and Taoist contexts of Sun Tzu's renowned treatise The Art of War, a literary classic and arguably one of the most influential books ever written. He also explains its historical, philosophical, strategic, and cross-cultural significance.
His comprehensive analysis of Sun Tzu, based on a close reading of the Chinese sources, also reconstructs the philosophy, Taoist methodology and worldview that effectively form the cornerstones of Chinese strategic thinking, which are arguably as relevant today as at any moment in history.
Yuen's innovative reading and analysis of Sun Tzu within and from a Chinese context is a new way of approaching the strategic master's main concepts, which he compares with those of Clausewitz, Liddell-Hart and other Western strategists.
Deciphering Sun Tzu offers illuminating analysis and contextualization of The Art of War in a manner that has long been sought by Western readers and opens new means of getting to grips with Chinese strategic thought.

Waking, Dreaming, Being - Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy (Paperback): Evan Thompson Waking, Dreaming, Being - Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy (Paperback)
Evan Thompson; Foreword by Stephen Batchelor
R645 R522 Discovery Miles 5 220 Save R123 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A renowned philosopher of the mind, also known for his groundbreaking work on Buddhism and cognitive science, Evan Thompson combines the latest neuroscience research on sleep, dreaming, and meditation with Indian and Western philosophy of mind, casting new light on the self and its relation to the brain. Thompson shows how the self is a changing process, not a static thing. When we are awake we identify with our body, but if we let our mind wander or daydream, we project a mentally imagined self into the remembered past or anticipated future. As we fall asleep, the impression of being a bounded self distinct from the world dissolves, but the self reappears in the dream state. If we have a lucid dream, we no longer identify only with the self within the dream. Our sense of self now includes our dreaming self, the "I" as dreamer. Finally, as we meditate-either in the waking state or in a lucid dream-we can observe whatever images or thoughts arise and how we tend to identify with them as "me." We can also experience sheer awareness itself, distinct from the changing contents that make up our image of the self. Contemplative traditions say that we can learn to let go of the self, so that when we die we can witness its dissolution with equanimity. Thompson weaves together neuroscience, philosophy, and personal narrative to depict these transformations, adding uncommon depth to life's profound questions. Contemplative experience comes to illuminate scientific findings, and scientific evidence enriches the vast knowledge acquired by contemplatives.

The Immortal - True Accounts of the 250-Year-Old Man, Li Qingyun (Paperback): Stuart Alve Olson The Immortal - True Accounts of the 250-Year-Old Man, Li Qingyun (Paperback)
Stuart Alve Olson; Yang Sen
R998 Discovery Miles 9 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cult of Emptiness. the Western Discovery of Buddhist Thought and the Invention of Oriental Philosophy (Paperback): Urs App The Cult of Emptiness. the Western Discovery of Buddhist Thought and the Invention of Oriental Philosophy (Paperback)
Urs App
R912 Discovery Miles 9 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Philo of Alexandria (Paperback): Jean Danielou Philo of Alexandria (Paperback)
Jean Danielou; Translated by James G. Colbert
R636 R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Save R128 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Symposium (Hardcover): Plato Symposium (Hardcover)
Plato; Translated by Benjamin Jowett
R679 Discovery Miles 6 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Symposium (Paperback): Plato Symposium (Paperback)
Plato; Translated by Benjamin Jowett
R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback): Swami Swarupananda The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
Swami Swarupananda
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Anthologies - Nasrudin (Paperback): Tahir Shah The Anthologies - Nasrudin (Paperback)
Tahir Shah
R585 Discovery Miles 5 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Lost Writings of Wu Hsin - Pointers to Non-Duality in Five Volumes (Paperback): Roy Melvyn The Lost Writings of Wu Hsin - Pointers to Non-Duality in Five Volumes (Paperback)
Roy Melvyn; Wu Hsin
R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Behind the Mind (Paperback): Roy Melvyn Behind the Mind (Paperback)
Roy Melvyn; Wu Hsin
R467 Discovery Miles 4 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Analects of Confucius (Paperback): Confucius The Analects of Confucius (Paperback)
Confucius
R161 Discovery Miles 1 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Analects, or "Selected Sayings"), also known as the Analects of Confucius, is the collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been written by Confucius' followers. It is believed to have been written during the Warring States period (475 BC-221 BC), and it achieved its final form during the mid-Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). Confucius believed that the welfare of a country depended on the moral cultivation of its people, beginning from the nation's leadership. He believed that individuals could begin to cultivate an all-encompassing sense of virtue through ren, and that the most basic step to cultivating ren was devotion to one's parents and older siblings.

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet (Hardcover): Thich Nhat Hanh Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet (Hardcover)
Thich Nhat Hanh
R756 R548 Discovery Miles 5 480 Save R208 (28%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Poder del Aqui Y Ahora, El (English, Spanish, Paperback): Dalai Lama Poder del Aqui Y Ahora, El (English, Spanish, Paperback)
Dalai Lama; As told to Noriyuki Ueda
R291 Discovery Miles 2 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
An Introduction to Daoist Philosophies (Paperback): Steve Coutinho An Introduction to Daoist Philosophies (Paperback)
Steve Coutinho
R659 R567 Discovery Miles 5 670 Save R92 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Steve Coutinho explores in detail the fundamental concepts of Daoist thought as represented in three early texts: the Laozi, the Zhuangzi, and the Liezi. Readers interested in philosophy yet unfamiliar with Daoism will gain a comprehensive understanding of these works from this analysis, and readers fascinated by ancient China who also wish to grasp its philosophical foundations will appreciate the clarity and depth of Coutinho's explanations. Coutinho writes a volume for all readers, whether or not they have a background in philosophy or Chinese studies. A work of comparative philosophy, this volume also integrates the concepts and methods of contemporary philosophical discourse into a discussion of early Chinese thought. The resulting dialogue relates ancient Chinese thought to contemporary philosophical issues and uses modern Western ideas and approaches to throw new interpretive light on classical texts. Rather than function as historical curiosities, these works act as living philosophies in conversation with contemporary thought and experience. Coutinho respects the multiplicity of Daoist philosophies while also revealing a distinctive philosophical sensibility, and he provides clear explanations of these complex texts without resorting to oversimplification.

Book of Tea - Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic (Paperback): Okakura Kakuzo, Andrew Juniper Book of Tea - Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic (Paperback)
Okakura Kakuzo, Andrew Juniper
R243 R202 Discovery Miles 2 020 Save R41 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonization, this classic written by Okakura Kakuzo helped preserve the masterpieces of Japanese art and culture by illuminating the spirit of the Japanese Tea Masters. The Book of Tea doesn't focus on the Tea Ceremony itself, but the Zen Buddhist thought behind it known as the Way of Tea or Chado. Kakuzo teaches us to listen to the language of flowers as well as the language of art. His considerable charm is as apparent today as it was one hundred years ago as he introduces us to the aesthetic and culture of Japan. This edition has a new foreword by Andrew Juniper who runs the Wabi-Sabi Art Gallery in West Sussex, England and an introduction by Liza Dalby, the first American woman to be fully trained as a geisha in the 70's.

The Book of Five Rings (Paperback): Musashi, Miyamoto The Book of Five Rings (Paperback)
Musashi, Miyamoto
R183 Discovery Miles 1 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Even if a man has no natural ability he can be a warrior by sticking assiduously to both divisions of the Way. Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. Although not only warriors but priests, women, peasants and lowlier folk have been known to die readily in the cause of duty or out of shame, this is a different thing. The warrior is different in that studying the Way of Strategy is based on overcoming men. By victory gained in crossing swords with individuals, or enjoining battle with large numbers, we can attain power and fame for ourselves or our lord. This is the virtue of strategy." - Miyamoto

Tao Te Ching (English, Spanish, Paperback): Lao Tse Tao Te Ching (English, Spanish, Paperback)
Lao Tse
R272 R228 Discovery Miles 2 280 Save R44 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
On Having No Head (Hardcover): Douglas Edison Harding On Having No Head (Hardcover)
Douglas Edison Harding
R613 Discovery Miles 6 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Great Clod - Notes and Memoirs on Nature and History in East Asia (Paperback): Gary Snyder The Great Clod - Notes and Memoirs on Nature and History in East Asia (Paperback)
Gary Snyder
R474 R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Save R92 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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