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Constant self-blame for past mistakes, setbacks, or failures and
being unable to forgive others for the pain and hardship they have
caused us are inner pains which we may not easily be able to
overcome. But with the power of enlightenment, which author Ryuho
Okawa explains in a modern and easy-to-understand language, we can
learn to forgive ourselves as well as others, solve any problems in
life and courageously open up a brighter future. In this powerful
book, Okawa explains how to govern our own minds and regain our
true selves as spiritual beings. According to the author, our mind
can be attuned to the great universe and we can become one with the
Great Being through the practices of self reflection, meditation
and prayer. In this way we can enjoy a free and peaceful state of
mind in any given circumstance. This book also emphasizes the
importance of balancing the cultivation of spirituality and worldly
skills, so we can strengthen the power of our influence to bring
happiness to many. By reading this book, you will be able to find
positive and profound meaning in your life and play a proactive
role in creating a better world.
'An erudite and charming book . . . both a primer and a paean to
one of the central texts of Buddhism, known as the Heart Sutra. . .
Alex Kerr delves into the Japanese soul' Literary Review The
material world is itself emptiness. Emptiness is itself the
material world. Powerful, mystical and concise, the Heart Sutra is
believed to contain the condensed essence of all Buddhist wisdom.
This brief poem on emptiness has exerted immense influence
throughout Asia since the seventh century and is woven into the
fabric of daily life. Yet even though it rivals the teachings of
Laozi and Confucius in importance, this ancient Buddhist scripture
remains barely known in the West. During the many years he has
spent living in Japan, Alex Kerr has been on a quest after the
secrets of the Heart Sutra. Travelling from Japan, Korea, and
China, to India, Mongolia, Tibet and Vietnam, this book brings
together Buddhist teaching, talks with friends and mentors, and
acute cultural insights to probe the universe of thought contained
within this short but intense philosophical work. 'Marvellous ... a
life's work ... a brilliant literary form, weaving reflections of
the sutra with those on Alex's own magical mystery tour' Alexandra
Munroe, Asian Art scholar and curator
Outlines the basic physical exercises, mental disciplines, and
ethical commitments of raja yoga
Brimming with mythical imagination, poetic sallies, and often
ferociously witty remarks, the Zhuangzi is one of China’s
greatest literary and philosophical masterpieces. Yet the
complexities of this classical text can make it a challenging read.
This English translation leads you confidently through the comic
scenes and virtuoso writing style, introducing all the little
stories Zhuangzi invented and unpicking its philosophical insights
through close commentaries and helpful asides. Romain Graziani
opens up the text as never before, showing how Zhuangzi uses the
stories as an answer to Mencius’s conception of sacrifice and
self-cultivation, restoring the critical interplay with
Confucius’ Analects, and guiding you through the themes of the
animal world, sacrifice, political violence, meditation, illness,
and death. In Graziani’s translation, the co-founder of Taoism
emerges as a remarkable thinker: a dedicated disparager of moral
virtues who stubbornly resists any form of allegiance to social
norms and the only Warring States figure to improvise with the
darkest irony on the weaknesses of men and their docile
subservience to the unquestioned authority of language. For anyone
coming to Chinese philosophy or the Zhuangzi for the first time,
this introduction and translation is a must-read, one that reminds
us of the importance of thinking beyond our limited, everyday
perspectives.
Sikhism, one of the major spiritual-philosophical traditions of
India, is often missing from discussions of cross-cultural
philosophy. In this introduction, Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair, an
internationally acknowledged expert in Sikh studies, provides the
first rigorous engagement in the West with Sikh philosophy.
Sensitive both to the historical formation of Sikh thought, and to
the decolonial context in which he writes, Mandair examines some of
the key concepts of Sikh philosophy and how they inform its vision
of life. He asks what Sikh philosophical concepts tell us about the
nature of reality, the relationship between mind/self/ego, and
whether it is possible to discern broad contours of a Sikh logic,
epistemology and ontology. Additionally, the book looks at how
these concepts address broader themes such as the body, health and
well-being, creation and cosmology, death and rebirth, the nature
of action and intention, bioethics and, a theme that undergirds
every chapter, spirituality. Each chapter concludes with a set of
bullet points highlighting the key concepts discussed, a set of
questions for further discussion and teachings points to aid
discussion. Through this much-needed introduction we understand the
place of Sikh Philosophy within modern Sikh studies and why the
philosophical quest became marginalized in contemporary Sikh
studies. Most importantly, we recognize the importance of looking
beyond the well-trodden terrain of Hindu and Buddhist thinkers and
involving Sikh philosophical thought in the emergent field of world
philosophies.
YOGA EL CORAZON DEL YOGA"No puedo pensar en ningun libro mejor para
reomendar a un amigo que empieza a entusiamarse con el yoga, pero
que esta desconcertado por la abundancia de diferentes escuelas y
sus ensenanzas, contradictorias a veces. Ademas, me veria en apuros
para pensar en u libro que pudiera recomendar mas ampliamente a
cualquier estudiante de yoga, que busca profundizar mas en esta
practica. . . . El gran regalo de El corazon del yoga no radica
simplemente en la profundidad del aprendizaje de Desikachar, sino
en la compasion, la gentileza, el sentido practico y el espiritu
realista que impregna este libro."Yoga Journal"Lea este libro de
principio a fin y empezara a entender de que se trata el yoga."The
Sunday Times"Quienes estan interesados en entender lo que es el
yoga, aquellos que buscan un contexto mas extenso y se enfocan en
su practica hatha, aquellos que buscan el Yoga Sutra como un guia y
todos aquellos directa o indierectamente, han amado y recibido
algun beneficio de Krishnamacharya o Desikachar, desearan tener
este libro."Yoga International"Una valiosa fuente de informacion
sobre la teoria y practica del yoga. Indispensable para estudiantes
y maestros por igual."Indra Devi, autora de Yoga for YouSri
Tirmalai Krishnamacharya, quien vivio mas de 100 anos, fue uno de
los mas grandes yoguis de la era moderna. Los elementos de su
ensenanza se han difundido por todo el mundo, gracias a los
trabajos de B.K.S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois e Indra Devi, en sus
primeros anos, fueron alumnos de Krishnamacharya. Su hijo T.K.V.
Desikachar vivio y estudio con el toda su vida y ahora ensena la
gama total del yoga de Krishnamacharya y tiene como base las
ensenanzas fundamentales de supadre, donde se sostiene que las
practicas se deben adaptar continuamente a las necesidades
cambiantes del individuo, para lograr el maximo valor
terapeutico.En El corazon del yoga Desikachar ofrece una sintesis
del sistema de su padre y su propio acercamiento practico, que
describe como "un programa para la espina, a cualquier nivel,
fisico, mental y espiritual." Este es el primer texto sobre yoga,
que da una idea general de la seuencia, paso a paso, para
desarrollar una practica completa de acuerdo a los antiguos
principios del yoga. Desikachar discute todos los elementos del
yoga-posturas y contraposturas, respiracion consciente, meditacion
y filosofia-y muestra al estudiante de yoga como debe desarrollar
una practica que se ajuste a su estado actual de salud, su edad
ocupacion y estilo de vida. Krishnamacharya daba al Yoga Sutra de
Patanjali un valor muy alto. En este libro se incluy en su
totalidad, con la traduccion y comentarios de Desikachar. A la
segunda edicion de El corazon del Yoga se agrego el Yoganjalisaram,
treinta y dos poemas compuestos por Krishnamacharya que capturan la
esencia de sus ensenanzas y aun mas, hacen de El corazon del yoga
un hito en la transmision del yoga, de los antiguos maestros al
mundo moderno. Un ingeniero estructural teorico, T.K.V. Desikachar
vivio y estudio con su padre hasta la muerte de este en 1989. Ha
dedicado su vida a la ensenanza del yoga a personas de todas
condiciones y niveles de habilidad, y en la actualidad ensena en la
escuela fundada en memoria de su padre en Madras, asi como en
Europa, los Estados Unidos, Australia y Nueva Zelandia.
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The world's most famous military treatise, in an acclaimed
translation The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's
Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by
some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is
beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that
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who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our
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tactics and discipline to outwit your opponent, this bestselling
2000-year-old military manual is still worshipped by soldiers on
the battlefield and managers in the boardroom as the ultimate guide
to winning.
Translated, edited, and introduced by Edward Y. J. Chung, The Great
Synthesis of Wang Yangming Neo-Confucianism in Korea: The Chonon
(Testament) by Chong Chedu (Hagok), is the first study in a Western
language of Chong Chedu (Hagok, 1649-1736) and Korean Wang Yangming
Neo-Confucianism. Hagok was an eminent philosopher who established
the unorthodox Yangming school (Yangmyonghak) in Korea. This book
includes an annotated scholarly translation of the Chonon
(Testament), Hagok's most important and interesting work on
Confucian self-cultivation. Chung also provides a comprehensive
introduction to Hagok's life, scholarship, and thought, especially
his great synthesis of Wang's philosophy of mind cultivation and
moral practice in relation to the classical teaching of Confucius
and Mencius and his critical analysis of Zhu Xi Neo-Confucianism
and its Songnihak tradition. Chung concludes that Hagok was an
original scholar in the Songnihak school, a great transmitter and
interpreter of Yangming Neo-Confucianism in Korea, and a creative
thinker whose integration of these two traditions inaugurated a
distinctively Korean system of ethics and spirituality. This book
sheds new light on the breadth and depth of Korean Neo-Confucianism
and serves as a primary source for philosophy and East Asian
studies in general and Confucian studies and Korean religion and
philosophy in particular.
In this book, his first to appear in English, French sinologist
Francois Jullien uses the Chinese concept of shi-meaning
disposition or circumstance, power or potential-as a touchstone to
explore Chinese culture and to uncover the intricate structure
underlying Chinese modes of thinking. In this strikingly original
contribution to our understanding of Chinese philosophy, Francois
Julien, a French sinologist whose work has not yet appeared in
English, uses the Chinese concept of shi-meaning disposition or
circumstance, power or potential-as a touchstone to explore Chinese
culture and to uncover the intricate and coherent structure
underlying Chinese modes of thinking. A Hegelian prejudice still
haunts studies of ancient Chinese civilization: Chinese thought,
never able to evolve beyond a cosmological point of view, with an
indifference to any notion of telos, sought to interpret reality
solely on the basis of itself. In this groundbreaking study,
prejudices toward the simplicity and "naivete" of Chinese thought,
Hegelian and otherwise, are dismantled one by one to reveal the
intricate and coherent structure underlying Chinese modes of
thinking and representing reality. Jullien begins with a single
Chinese term, shi, whose very ambivalence and disconcerting
polysemy, on the one hand, and simple efficacy, on the other, defy
the order of a concept. Yet shi insinuates itself into the ordering
and conditioning of reality in all its manifold and complex
representations. Because shi neither gave rise to any coherent,
general analysis nor figured as one of the major concepts among
Chinese thinkers, Jullien follows its appearance from one field to
another: from military strategy to politics; from the aesthetics of
calligraphy and painting to the theory of literature; and from
reflection on history to "first philosophy." At the point where
these various domains intersect, a fundamental intuition assumed
self-evident for centuries emerges, namely, that reality - every
kind of reality - may be perceived as a particular deployment or
arrangement of things to be relied upon and worked to one's
advantage. Art or wisdom, as conceived by the Chinese, lies in
strategically exploiting the propensity that emanates from this
particular configuration of reality.
Harmony, the bringing together of dissimilar elements in a manner
that coordinates these as parts of an organic whole, is central to
different aspects of human existence. In many cultures, harmony is
considered an important virtue. As a personal, social, or
environmental accomplishment, harmony has a place in everyday
conversation, political discourse, as well as academic scholarship.
In most Western societies, however, it has no such presence. This
volume introduces the virtue of harmony as a central aspect of the
good life into global ethics discourse, and shapes the trajectory
of ethics research in a manner that draws upon the resources of a
broad variety of cultural traditions. The volume comprises thirteen
essays that examine harmony against different cultural and
disciplinary backgrounds. A broad variety of cultural traditions
are represented, including the Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist,
Judaist, Greek, Christian, Islamic, African, and Native American
traditions. The volume's essays also represent different
disciplinary approaches, such as philosophy, religious studies,
linguistics, psychology, and political theory. Each contribution
focuses on some aspect of what harmony as a personal trait, social
disposition, or environmental outlook entails and describes how the
virtue may be cultivated-either by examining the way in which it
has been discussed in specific traditions of ethical, religious, or
political thought, or by developing a cross-cultural analysis of
the theory and practice of the virtue of harmony.
This collection of articles is unique in the way it approaches
established material on the various logical traditions in India.
Instead of classifying these traditions within Schools as is the
usual approach, the material here is classified into sections based
on themes ranging from Fundamentals of ancient logical traditions
to logic in contemporary mathematics and computer science. This
collection offers not only an introduction to the key themes in
different logical traditions such as Nyaya, Buddhist and Jaina, it
also highlights certain unique characteristics of these traditions
as well as contribute new material in the relationship of logic to
aesthetics, linguistics, Kashmir Saivism as well as the forgotten
Tamil contribution to logic.
Chinese culture, to readers of English, is somewhat veiled in
mystery. Fundamentals of Chinese Culture, a classic of great
insight and profundity by noted Chinese thinker, educator and
social reformist Liang Shuming, takes readers on an intellectual
journey into the five-thousand-year-old culture of China, the
world's oldest continuous civilization. With a set of
"Chinese-style" cultural theories, the book well serves as a
platform for Westerners' better understanding of the distinctive
worldview of the Chinese people, who value family life and social
stability, and for further mutual understanding and greater mutual
consolidation among humanities scholars in different contexts,
dismantling common misconceptions about China and bridging the gap
between Chinese culture and Western culture. As a translation of
Liang Shuming's original text, this book pulls back the curtain to
reveal to Westerners a highly complex and nuanced picture of a
fascinating people.
The World and God Are Not-Two is a book about how the God in whom
Christians believe ought to be understood. The key conceptual
argument that runs throughout is that the distinctive relation
between the world and God in Christian theology is best understood
as a non-dualistic one. The "two"-"God" and "World" cannot be added
up as separate, enumerable realities or contrasted with each other
against some common background because God does not belong in any
category and creatures are ontologically constituted by their
relation to the Creator. In exploring the unique character of this
distinctive relation, Soars turns to Sara Grant's work on the Hindu
tradition of Advaita Vedanta and the metaphysics of creation found
in Thomas Aquinas. He develops Grant's work and that of the earlier
Calcutta School by drawing explicit attention to the Neoplatonic
themes in Aquinas that provide some of the most fruitful areas for
comparative engagement with Vedanta. To the Christian, the fact
that the world exists only as dependent on God means that "world"
and "God" must be ontologically distinct because God's existence
does not depend on the world. To the Advaitin, this simultaneously
means that "World" and "God" cannot be ontologically separate
either. The language of non-duality allows us to see that both
positions can be held coherently together without entailing any
contradiction or disagreement at the level of fundamental ontology.
What it means to be "world" does not and cannot exclude what it
means to be "God."
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