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The Book of Chuang Tzu (Paperback): Zhuang zi The Book of Chuang Tzu (Paperback)
Zhuang zi; Translated by Herbert A. Giles
R432 Discovery Miles 4 320 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Final Truth - A Guide to Ultimate Understanding (Paperback): Ramesh S. Balsekar Final Truth - A Guide to Ultimate Understanding (Paperback)
Ramesh S. Balsekar; Edited by Wayne Liquorman
R432 R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Save R70 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Laws of Great Enlightenment - Always Walk with Buddha (Paperback): Ryuho Okawa The Laws of Great Enlightenment - Always Walk with Buddha (Paperback)
Ryuho Okawa
R427 Discovery Miles 4 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Finding the Heart Sutra - Guided by a Magician, an Art Collector and Buddhist Sages from Tibet to Japan (Paperback): Alex Kerr Finding the Heart Sutra - Guided by a Magician, an Art Collector and Buddhist Sages from Tibet to Japan (Paperback)
Alex Kerr
R334 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R63 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'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

The Royal Path - Practical Lessons on Yoga (Formerly Entitled  Lectures on Yoga) (Paperback, Revised ed.): Swami Rama The Royal Path - Practical Lessons on Yoga (Formerly Entitled Lectures on Yoga) (Paperback, Revised ed.)
Swami Rama
R390 R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Save R67 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Outlines the basic physical exercises, mental disciplines, and ethical commitments of raja yoga

Poder de la Bondad, El (English, Spanish, Paperback): Dalai Lama Poder de la Bondad, El (English, Spanish, Paperback)
Dalai Lama
R274 Discovery Miles 2 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Journey To The Life After Death - A Strange Experience Of A Boy On The Death Of His Grandfather: Books About Death Nonfiction... A Journey To The Life After Death - A Strange Experience Of A Boy On The Death Of His Grandfather: Books About Death Nonfiction (Paperback)
Angel Torralba
R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fiction and Philosophy in the Zhuangzi - An Introduction to Early Chinese Taoist Thought (Hardcover): Romain Graziani Fiction and Philosophy in the Zhuangzi - An Introduction to Early Chinese Taoist Thought (Hardcover)
Romain Graziani
R2,247 Discovery Miles 22 470 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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.

The Serpent Power (Paperback): Arthur Avalon, John George Woodroffe The Serpent Power (Paperback)
Arthur Avalon, John George Woodroffe
R436 Discovery Miles 4 360 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Sikh Philosophy - Exploring gurmat Concepts in a Decolonizing World (Paperback): Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair Sikh Philosophy - Exploring gurmat Concepts in a Decolonizing World (Paperback)
Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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.

The Theory Of Mind As Pure Act (Paperback): Giovanni Gentile The Theory Of Mind As Pure Act (Paperback)
Giovanni Gentile
R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ancient Yoga Scriptures - Reincarnation And The Law Of Karma: Essence Of Yogas (Paperback): Shiela Maggiore Ancient Yoga Scriptures - Reincarnation And The Law Of Karma: Essence Of Yogas (Paperback)
Shiela Maggiore
R237 Discovery Miles 2 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
El Corazon del Yoga - Desarrollando Una Practica Personal (Spanish, Paperback, Revised ed.): T.K.V. Desikachar El Corazon del Yoga - Desarrollando Una Practica Personal (Spanish, Paperback, Revised ed.)
T.K.V. Desikachar
R574 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R254 (44%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

The Art of War (Paperback): Sun Tzu The Art of War (Paperback)
Sun Tzu; Translated by John Minford
R315 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R61 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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 highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world. Offering ancient wisdom on how to use skill, cunning, 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.

The Great Synthesis of Wang Yangming Neo-Confucianism in Korea - The Chonon (Testament) by Chong Chedu (Hagok) (Hardcover,... The Great Synthesis of Wang Yangming Neo-Confucianism in Korea - The Chonon (Testament) by Chong Chedu (Hagok) (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Edward Y.J. Chung; Commentary by Edward Y.J. Chung
R3,982 Discovery Miles 39 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

Himmel-Erde-Mensch - Einfuhrung in Die Alchemie Des Qigong (German, Paperback): Gerhard Milbrat Himmel-Erde-Mensch - Einfuhrung in Die Alchemie Des Qigong (German, Paperback)
Gerhard Milbrat
R616 R542 Discovery Miles 5 420 Save R74 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Eternamente Joven (English, Spanish, Paperback): Chao-Hsiu Chen Eternamente Joven (English, Spanish, Paperback)
Chao-Hsiu Chen
R340 Discovery Miles 3 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Morality Of War - Defending Moral Inertia Principle: Legal Ethics (Paperback): Alexander Loske The Morality Of War - Defending Moral Inertia Principle: Legal Ethics (Paperback)
Alexander Loske
R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Propensity of Things - Toward a History of Efficacy in China (Paperback, New Ed): Francois Jullien The Propensity of Things - Toward a History of Efficacy in China (Paperback, New Ed)
Francois Jullien
R614 R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Save R33 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

The Virtue of Harmony (Paperback): Chenyang Li, Dascha During The Virtue of Harmony (Paperback)
Chenyang Li, Dascha During
R1,148 Discovery Miles 11 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

Lessons from Four Ancient Chinese Sages of Daoism and Confucianism - Three Score Stories (Paperback): Thomas Hayes, Li Sijin Lessons from Four Ancient Chinese Sages of Daoism and Confucianism - Three Score Stories (Paperback)
Thomas Hayes, Li Sijin
R673 Discovery Miles 6 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Handbook of Logical Thought in India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Sundar. Sarukkai, Mihir Kumar Chakraborty Handbook of Logical Thought in India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Sundar. Sarukkai, Mihir Kumar Chakraborty
R15,547 Discovery Miles 155 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

Fundamentals of Chinese Culture (Hardcover): Liang  Shu Ming Fundamentals of Chinese Culture (Hardcover)
Liang Shu Ming; Translated by Li Ming
R4,663 Discovery Miles 46 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

El Arte de la Guerra (English, Spanish, Paperback): Sun Tzu El Arte de la Guerra (English, Spanish, Paperback)
Sun Tzu; Contributions by Thomas F Cleary
R255 Discovery Miles 2 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The World and God Are Not-Two - A Hindu-Christian Conversation (Hardcover): Daniel Soars The World and God Are Not-Two - A Hindu-Christian Conversation (Hardcover)
Daniel Soars
R3,082 Discovery Miles 30 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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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