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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions

Sun Tzu's Original Art of War - Sun Zi Bing Fa Recovered from the Latest Archaelogical Discoveries (Special Bilingual... Sun Tzu's Original Art of War - Sun Zi Bing Fa Recovered from the Latest Archaelogical Discoveries (Special Bilingual Edition) (Hardcover)
Sun Tzu, Sunzi; Translated by Andrew W Zieger
R646 Discovery Miles 6 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sun Tzu's Original Art of War is a remastering of the Chinese classic: using the latest archeological discoveries and modern translation techniques, this brand new translation -- prominently adorned with the latest reconstruction of the original Chinese -- updates the unnecessary wordiness and stodginess of traditional academic translations to bring the modern English reader as close as possible to experiencing Sun Tzu as his readers first did some 2500 years ago.

Eschewing the needlessly complex and inaccurately abstract phrasings that mar previous renditions, translator Andrew W. Zieger uses the latest academic research, analysis and methodology to to bring it all back to the simple military text Sun Tzu intended. Vivid, clear, somewhat poetic and at times spiritual: that is the voice of Sun Tzu.

Whether it's for the boardroom, the battlefield or cultural study, Sun Tzu's Original Art of War makes the brilliance of Sun Tzu plain for all to see.

Tao of Surfing - Finding Depth at Low Tide (Hardcover): Michael A. Allen Tao of Surfing - Finding Depth at Low Tide (Hardcover)
Michael A. Allen
R564 R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Save R45 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A New Way of Healing

""Tao of Surfing" is an inspired book and a unique reflection that will have a lasting effect on anyone who reads it."
-Bob Walch, "The Monterey County Herald"

The roads I travel and the waves I search for and ride exemplify the flowing movement and continuous change of life itself. - From the book

"Author Allen.in fine, thoughtful fashion.writes well, informally, and there is haiku in his observations.A delightful book, effortlessly wise."
-The Book Reader

"From the first pages of this remarkable book I was captivated by the gently profound philosophy of riding through life with graceful balance."
-Greg Ambrose, author of "Surfer's Guide to Hawaii" and co-author of "Memories of Duke, the Legend Comes to Life"

Internationally acclaimed and Pulitzer Prize nominated author Michael A. Allen, takes you on a journey into the recesses of your soul and explores the ontological question, "What is our underlying essence?" Mr. Allen uses the metaphor of the sea, and its ebb and flow, to describe the Tao of life's cycle. And he discovers within this unique reflection a new way to comfort and heal the Self from the trauma of death.

His long time interest in film brought him to write the screenplay adaptation with his brother in law Alex Carig in order to make "Tao of Surfing" into a full-length feature motion picture. Mr. Allen was initially inspired to write "Tao of Surfing" after his brother-his surfing partner-died from the complication of AIDS.

The Sayings of Lao Tzu - Illustrated edition (Hardcover, Ancient Wisdom ed.): Lao Tzu, Lionel Giles The Sayings of Lao Tzu - Illustrated edition (Hardcover, Ancient Wisdom ed.)
Lao Tzu, Lionel Giles
R448 Discovery Miles 4 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Dimensions that Establish and Sustain Religious Identity (Hardcover): Daniel H. Y. Low The Dimensions that Establish and Sustain Religious Identity (Hardcover)
Daniel H. Y. Low; Foreword by Chung Kwang Tung
R1,088 R916 Discovery Miles 9 160 Save R172 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Confucianism and the Chinese Self - Re-examining Max Weber's China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Jack Barbalet Confucianism and the Chinese Self - Re-examining Max Weber's China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Jack Barbalet
R3,483 Discovery Miles 34 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Setting the context for the upheavals and transformations of contemporary China, this text provides a re-assessment of Max Weber's celebrated sociology of China. Returning to the sources drawn on by Weber in The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism, it offers an informed account of the Chinese institutions discussed and a concise discussion of Weber's writings on 'the rise of modern capitalism'. Notably it subjects Weber's argument to critical scrutiny, arguing that he drew upon sources which infused the central European imagination of the time, constructing a sense of China in Europe, whilst European writers were constructing a particular image of imperial China and its Confucian framework. Re-examining Weber's discussion of the role of the individual in Confucian thought and the subordination, in China, of the interests of the individual to those of the political community and the ancestral clan, this book offers a cutting edge contribution to the continuing debate on Weber's RoC in East Asia today, against the background of the rise of modern capitalism in the "little dragons" of Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea, and the "big dragons" of Japan and the People's Republic of China.

Decoding The Tao Te Ching???????? (Paperback): Pooh Ho Sim Decoding The Tao Te Ching???????? (Paperback)
Pooh Ho Sim; Edited by Tekson Teck Soon Teo
R1,095 Discovery Miles 10 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book interprets the Tao Te Ching from the perspective of personal cultivation. The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu is regarded as one of the greatest books of wisdom ever written in history, but few can grasp what it says in entirety. Embedded in each of its 5,000 Chinese characters are highly profound messages. Master Sim Pooh Ho is a Tai Chi Master and the leader of a Tai Chi lineage that traces back centuries. In his book Decoding the Tao Te Ching, he combines the ancestral teachings of Tai Chi with his practice and provides readers with unique insights into Lao Tzu's ancient book.The Tao Te Ching is difficult to comprehend because many of the concepts it introduces are elusive. What is Tao and Te, being and non-being or yin and yang? The concepts, however, are discernible in Tai Chi because they are what make the practice work. Decoding the Tao Te Ching is written in a simple manner by a Tai Chi master, and translated in an accessible way by his senior disciple Tekson TEO, thus making it an enlightening read to all English readers interested in this topic.

Confucius Chinese Teacher and Philosopher First Chinese Reader Biography for 5th Graders Children's Biographies... Confucius Chinese Teacher and Philosopher First Chinese Reader Biography for 5th Graders Children's Biographies (Hardcover)
Dissected Lives
R748 R659 Discovery Miles 6 590 Save R89 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Japanese Understanding of Salvation - Soteriology in the Context of Japanese Animism (Hardcover): Martin Heisswolf Japanese Understanding of Salvation - Soteriology in the Context of Japanese Animism (Hardcover)
Martin Heisswolf
R1,388 Discovery Miles 13 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Religion of the Samurai - A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan (Hardcover): Kaiten Nukariya The Religion of the Samurai - A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan (Hardcover)
Kaiten Nukariya
R849 Discovery Miles 8 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Now the question arises, If all human beings are endowed with Buddha-nature, why have they not come naturally to be Enlightened? To answer this question, the Indian Mahayanists told the parable of the drunkard who forgets the precious gems put in his own pocket by one of his friends. The man is drunk with the poisonous liquor of selfishness, led astray by the alluring sight of the sensual objects, and goes mad with anger, lust, and folly. Thus he is in a state of moral poverty, entirely forgetting the precious gem of Buddha-nature within him. -from "The Nature of Man" There are, unknown to many Western minds, two schools of Buddhist thought: the Theravada, the one Westerners are generally more familiar with, and the Mahayanistic, or Zen, philosophy, which is still a great mystery even to occidental explorers of world religions. This 1913 book, one of the first works on Zen written in the English language, examines the Zen mode of meditation, which is virtually unchanged from the practices of the pre-Buddhistic recluses of India, and discusses the intensely personal aspects of this branch of Buddhism, which stresses the passing of wisdom through teachers rather than Scripture. Ardently spiritual and beautifully reflective, this splendid book will be treasured by all seekers of the divine. KAITEN NUKARIYA was a professor at Kei-o-gi-jiku University and So-to-shu Buddhist College, Tokyo.

Order in Early Chinese Excavated Texts - Natural, Supernatural, and Legal Approaches (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Misha Tadd Order in Early Chinese Excavated Texts - Natural, Supernatural, and Legal Approaches (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Misha Tadd; Zhongjiang Wang
R3,146 Discovery Miles 31 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Recently discovered ancient silk and bamboo manuscripts have transformed our understanding of classical Chinese thought. In this book, Wang Zhongjiang closely examines these texts and, by parsing the complex divergence between ancient and modern Chinese records, reveals early Chinese philosophy to be much richer and more complex than we ever imagined. As numerous and varied cosmologies sprang up in this cradle of civilization, beliefs in the predictable movements of nature merged with faith in gods and their divine punishments. Slowly, powerful spirits and gods were stripped of their potency as nature's constant order awakened people to the possibility of universal laws, and those laws finally gave birth to an ideally conceived community, objectively managed and rationally ordered.

Living Zen - A Practical Guide to a Balanced Existence (Paperback): Seth Zuih? Segall Living Zen - A Practical Guide to a Balanced Existence (Paperback)
Seth Zuihō Segall
R368 R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Save R25 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Spiritual Geography of Early Chinese Thought - Gods, Ancestors, and Afterlife (Hardcover): Kelly James Clark, Justin Winslett A Spiritual Geography of Early Chinese Thought - Gods, Ancestors, and Afterlife (Hardcover)
Kelly James Clark, Justin Winslett
R3,027 Discovery Miles 30 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

It is widely claimed that notions of gods and religious beliefs are irrelevant or inconsequential to early Chinese ("Confucian") moral and political thought. Rejecting the claim that religious practice plays a minimal philosophical role, Kelly James Clark and Justin Winslett offer a textual study that maps the religious terrain of early Chinese texts. They analyze the pantheon of extrahumans, from high gods to ancestor spirits, discussing their various representations, as well as examining conceptions of the afterlife and religious ritual. Demonstrating that religious beliefs in early China are both textually endorsed and ritually embodied, this book goes on to show how gods, ancestors and afterlife are philosophically salient. The summative chapter on the role of religious ritual in moral formation shows how religion forms a complex philosophical system capable of informing moral, social, and political conditions.

Focusing the Familiar - A Translation and Philosophical Interpretation of the "Zhongyong" (Hardcover, annotated edition): Roger... Focusing the Familiar - A Translation and Philosophical Interpretation of the "Zhongyong" (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Roger T. Ames, David L. Hall; Translated by Roger T. Ames, David L. Hall
R1,713 Discovery Miles 17 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The "Zhongyong" - translated here as "Focusing the Familiar" has been regarded as a document of enormous wisdom for more than two millennia and is one of Confucianism's most sacred and seminal texts. It achieved truly canonical preeminence when it became one of the Four Books compiled and annotated by the Southern Song dynasty philosopher Zhu Xi (1130-1200). Within the compass of world literature, the influence of these books (Analects of Confucius, Great Learning, Zhongyong, and Mencius) on the Sinitic world of East Asia has been no less than the Bible and the Qu'ran on Western civilization. With this translation David Hall and Roger Ames seek to provide a distinctly philosophical interpretation of the Zhongyong, remaining attentive to the semantic and conceptual nuances of the text to account for its central place within classical Chinese literature. They present the text in such a way as to provide Western philosophers and other intellectuals access to a set of interpretations and arguments that offer insights into issues and concerns common to both Chinese and Western thinkers.

An Existential Reading of the Confucian Analects (Hardcover, New): Andrew Zhonghu Yan An Existential Reading of the Confucian Analects (Hardcover, New)
Andrew Zhonghu Yan
R2,470 Discovery Miles 24 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The single most influential work in Chinese history is Lunyu, the Confucian Analects. Its influence on the Chinese people is comparable to that of the bible on the Western world. It is neither a tract of prosaic moralism contained in the fortune cookies in Chinese restaurants nor a manual of political administration that prescribes do's and don't's for new initiates. A book claiming a readership of billions of people throughout the history in China and East Asia and now even in the Western world must be one that has struck a chord in the readers, one which appears to arise from the existential concerns that Confucius shared: How can one overcome the egoistic tendency that plagues life? How does one see the value of communal existence? What should be one's ultimate concern in life?These questions call for a line of inquiry on the Analects that is explicitly existential. An existential reading of the Analects differs from other lines of inquiry in that it not only attempts to reveal how the text spoke to the original audience but also to us today. It is not only a pure academic exercise that appeals to the scholarly minded but also an engagement with all who feel poignantly about existential predicaments.In this existential reading of the Analects, the author takes Paul Tillich as an omnipresent dialogical partner because his existential theology was at one time very influential in the West and currently very popular in Chinese academia. His analysis of ontological structure of man can be applied to the Analects. This conceptual analysis reveals that that this foundational text has three organically connected levels of thought, proceeding from personal cultivation through the mediation of the community to the metaphysical level of Ultimate Reality. Few scholarly attempts like this one have been made to reveal systematically the interconnectedness of these three levels of thought and to the prominence to their theological underpinnings.This existential reading of the Analects carries with it a theological implication. If one follows the traditional division of a systematic theology, one will find that the Analects has anthropological, ethical, and theological dimensions, which correspond to the three levels of thoughts mentioned. If one understands soteriology more broadly, one will find the Analects also has a soteriological dimension. The Analects points to the goal of complete harmony in which a harmony within oneself, with the society and cosmos are ensured.If one is to construct a theology of the Analects, the existential reading enables the drawing of certain contrasts with Paul Tillich's existential theology. The Confucian idea of straying from the Way differs from the symbol of fall. The Confucian reality of social entanglement differs from the reality of estrangement. The Confucian paradoxical nature of Heaven differs from trinitarian construction of God. The most important contribution of this study is that it reveals the religious or theological dimension of the Confucian Analects.This is an important book for those engaged in the study of the Confucian Analects, including those in Chinese studies as well as comparative theology and religion.

The Book of Thou Does - The Virtuous Way as human in a worldly life (Hardcover): Xiaozi The Book of Thou Does - The Virtuous Way as human in a worldly life (Hardcover)
Xiaozi
R658 R596 Discovery Miles 5 960 Save R62 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book "Tao Te Ching" is available almost everywhere, it had been translated into more than 140 languages and the publication of it was just next to "The Bible" during the past 2,700 years, thousands of current publications could be found in the major book stores, with explanation written by different famous authors.

However, there are readers that complained; "Who really knows what is Tao and can please tell us? We have studied the books for years and are sorely perplexed." These are the people who have the right scent in study.

"Tao Te Ching" is in fact the first and greatest puzzle that was created by St. Laozi more than 2,700 years ago in Chinese words.

It is the time for St. Laozi to tell people in the world about "Tao" by himself with the complete contents which consist of Yang (visible) and Yin (hidden and invisible) parts in "The Book of Thou Does."

Shintoism - The Indigenous Religion Of Japan (Hardcover): A.C. Underwood Shintoism - The Indigenous Religion Of Japan (Hardcover)
A.C. Underwood
R886 Discovery Miles 8 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1934. Contents Include - Sources and General Characteristics - Mythology and Cosmogony - Pantheon - Wordhip, Priesthood and Ritual - Ethics - Magic, Divination, &c - The Revival of Shinto - Sectarian Shinto - Present Position and Future Prospects

Tao of Leadership (Hardcover, 2nd Ed.): John Heider Tao of Leadership (Hardcover, 2nd Ed.)
John Heider
R1,047 Discovery Miles 10 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Intellectual History of Key Concepts (Hardcover): Gregory Adam Scott, Stefania Travagnin Intellectual History of Key Concepts (Hardcover)
Gregory Adam Scott, Stefania Travagnin
R3,753 Discovery Miles 37 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The three-volume project 'Concepts and Methods for the Study of Chinese Religions' is a timely review of the history of the study of Chinese religions, reconsiders the present state of analytical and methodological theories, and initiates a new chapter in the methodology of the field itself. The three volumes raise interdisciplinary and cross-tradition debates, and engage methodologies for the study of East Asian religions with Western voices in an active and constructive manner. Within the overall project, this volume addresses the intellectual history and formation of critical concepts that are foundational to the Chinese religious landscape. These concepts include lineage, scripture, education, discipline, religion, science and scientism, sustainability, law and rites, and the religious sphere. With these topics and approaches, this volume serves as a reference for graduate students and scholars interested in Chinese religions, the modern cultural and intellectual history of China (including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Chinese communities overseas), intellectual and material history, and the global academic discourse of critical concepts in the study of religions.

Emerson and Neo-Confucianism - Crossing Paths over the Pacific (Hardcover, New): Lawrence Buell Emerson and Neo-Confucianism - Crossing Paths over the Pacific (Hardcover, New)
Lawrence Buell; Y. Takanashi
R1,907 Discovery Miles 19 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in Nature, "The moral law lies at the centre of nature and radiates to the circumference." The great Chinese synthesizer of Neo-Confucian philosophy Zhu Xi expressed a similar idea in the twelfth century: "In the realm of Heaven and Earth it is this moral principle alone that flows everywhere." Though living in different ages and cultures, these two thinkers have uncanny overlap in their work. A comparative investigation of Emerson's Transcendental thought and Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism, this book shows how both thinkers traced the human morality to the same source in the ultimately moral nature of the universe and developed theories of the interrelation of universal law and the human mind.

A Search in Secret India (Hardcover): Paul Brunton A Search in Secret India (Hardcover)
Paul Brunton
R811 Discovery Miles 8 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An unabridged edition to include: Wherein I Bow to the Reader - A Prelude to the Quest - A Magician Out of Egypt - I Meet A Messiah - The Anchorite of the Adyar River - The Yoga Which Conquers Death - The Sage Who Never Speaks - With The Spiritual Head of South India - The Hill of the Holy Beacon - Among The Magicians And Holy Men - The Wonder-Worker of Benares - Written in the Stars - The Garden of the Lord - At the Parsee Messiah's Headquarters - A Strange Encounter - In a Jungle Hermitage - Tablets of Forgotten Truth

The Great Triad (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Rene Guenon The Great Triad (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Rene Guenon; Translated by Henry Fohr
R796 Discovery Miles 7 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The classical Triad of the Chinese tradition is Heaven-Man-Earth. Rene Guenon places this ternary in the context of universal metaphysics by identifying Heaven with Essence and Earth with Substance, the mediator between them being Man, whose cosmic function is to embody spirit (Heaven) while simultaneously spiritualizing matter (Earth). Exploring Chinese cosmology further, Guenon sheds light on such archetypal polarities as Heaven and Earth, Yin and Yang, Solve et Coagula, Celestial and Terrestrial Numbers, the Square and the Compass, the Double Spiral, and the Being and the Environment, while pointing to their synthetic unity in terms of ternaries, such as the Three Worlds, Triple Time, Spiritus, Anima, and Corpus, Sulfur, Mercury and Salt, and God, Man, and Nature. Perhaps more completely than in any other work, Guenon demonstrates in The Great Triad how any integral tradition is both a mirror reflecting universal themes found in all other intact traditions and an entire conceptual cosmos unto itself, unique and incomparable.

Confucianism and Modernisation - Industrialization and Democratization in East Asia (Hardcover): W. Zhang Confucianism and Modernisation - Industrialization and Democratization in East Asia (Hardcover)
W. Zhang
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This text offers a guide to the philosophy of Confucianism and its impact in the Confucian regions, covering mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam and Singapore. All, except Singapore, employed Confucianism as the state ideology before the west came to East Asia. The differences and similarities between the variety of Confucian schools are examined. The author concludes that the philosophical and ethical principles of Confucianism will assist in the industrialization and democratization of the region.

Cultural Blending In Korean Death Rites - New Interpretive Approaches (Hardcover): Chang-Won Park Cultural Blending In Korean Death Rites - New Interpretive Approaches (Hardcover)
Chang-Won Park
R4,923 Discovery Miles 49 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites" examines the cultural encounter of Confucianism and Christianity with particular reference to death rites in Korea. As its overarching interpretive framework, this book employs the idea of the 'total social phenomenon', a concept first introduced by the French anthropologist Marcel Mauss (1872-1950).
From the perspective of the total social phenomenon, this book utilizes a combination of theological, historical, sociological and anthropological approaches, and explores Korean death rites by classifying them into three categories: ritual "before" death (Bible copying), ritual "at" death (funerary rites), and ritual "after" death (ancestral ritual). It focuses on Christian practices as they epitomize the complex interplay of Confucianism and Christianity. By drawing on a total social phenomenon approach to the empirical case of Korean death rites, Chang-Won Park contributes to the advancement of theory and method in religious studies.

The Secret of the Golden Flower (Hardcover): Dongbin Leu The Secret of the Golden Flower (Hardcover)
Dongbin Leu; Translated by Richard Wilhelm; Commentary by C. G. Jung
R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Purification (Hardcover, New): Gerhard Marcel   Martin, Katja Triplett Purification (Hardcover, New)
Gerhard Marcel Martin, Katja Triplett
R4,575 Discovery Miles 45 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the religions of the world, there is strongemphasis on the practice of "purification" for the religious transformation ofmind and body in connection with achieving such ultimate objectives asenlightenment and salvation. The contributors discuss the great diversity offorms and meanings with respect to religious transformation in their respectivefields of research. While invoking earlier debates within the study ofreligions and theology on the topic of "purification" the studies in thisvolume penetrate further into the meaning and structure of religioustransformation of mind and body in the religions of the world and opencomparative perspectives on this topic.

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