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

Confucian Analects (Hardcover): Confucius Confucian Analects (Hardcover)
Confucius
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Socio-biological Implications of Confucianism (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Guangdan Pan Socio-biological Implications of Confucianism (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Guangdan Pan
R3,545 Discovery Miles 35 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a collection of English articles by Pan Guangdan, one of China's most distinguished sociologists and eugenicists and also a renowned expert in education. Pan is a prolific scholar, whose collected works number some fourteen volumes. Pan's daughters Pan Naigu, Pan Naimu and Pan Naihe-all scholars of anthropology and sociology-began editing their father's published works and surviving manuscripts around 1978. The collected articles, written between 1923 and 1945, are representative of Pan's insights on sociobiology, ethnology and eugenics, covering topics such as Christianity, opium, domestic war and China-Japan relations. The title of the book is taken from the fascinating two-part article "Socio-biological Implications in Confucianism", which essentially reworks Confucius as a kind of "forefather" of socio-biological and eugenic thinking, showing Pan's promotion of "traditional" values. These articles, mostly published in Chinese Students' Monthly and The China Critic, offer an excellent point of entry into Pan's ideas on population and eugenics, his polemics on family and marriage, and his intellectual positioning and self-fashioning. This collection is of great reference value, allowing readers to gain an overall and in-depth understanding of the development of Pan's academic thought, and to explore the spiritual world of the scholars brought together by The China Critic who were dedicated to rebuilding the Chinese culture and bridging the West and the East.

Tao Teh King (Hardcover): A. L. Kitselman, Lao Tzu Tao Teh King (Hardcover)
A. L. Kitselman, Lao Tzu
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since the 1970s, the influence of oriental philosophy, in particular the Buddhist tradition, in the field of psychotherapy has been quite profound. Taoism has not had the same impact on modern psychotherapeutic models. Yet, as early as 1936, Alva LaSalle Kitselman who was, at that time, studying oriental languages at Stanford University, with a particular emphasis on Sanskrit, created his own version of the classic text of the Taoist tradition - the book of Lao Tzu entitled the Tao Teh King. His version of this classic was, as he said, a restatement rather than being a new translation from the ancient Chinese. After its publication, and through a chance encounter with one of the librarians at Stanford, he began to realise that Taoism and Taoist philosophy could be used as a form of therapy, specifically in the form he called 'non-directiveness' or 'non-directive therapy.' In the 1950s Kitsleman published an audio lecture on his early experiences using the Tao Teh King entitled 'An Ancient Therapy'. In the lecture he compared and contrasted his application of Taoist philosophy in psychotherapy with the 'client centred therapy' approach of Carl R. Rogers. This new publication of Kitselman's version of the Tao Teh King and the story of his discovery will hopefully ignite a real interest in combining the wisdom of this classic Taoist text with modern psychotherapeutic methodologies. A. L. 'Beau' Kitselman was a remarkable man, a genius whose interests ranged from mathematics, science and computer programming to exploring the potential of the human mind.

I Ching of a Thousand Doors - The I Ching: How to use it, what it meant, and what it means (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): James R Olsen I Ching of a Thousand Doors - The I Ching: How to use it, what it meant, and what it means (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
James R Olsen; Illustrated by James R Olsen
R857 Discovery Miles 8 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Dragon, Image, and Demon - The Three Religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism--Giving an Account of the... The Dragon, Image, and Demon - The Three Religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism--Giving an Account of the Mythology, Idolatry, and Demonolatry of the Chinese (Hardcover)
Hampden C. Dubose; Introduction by Loren Coleman
R1,120 Discovery Miles 11 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Multiple Secularities Beyond the West - Religion and Modernity in the Global Age (Hardcover): Marian Burchardt, Monika... Multiple Secularities Beyond the West - Religion and Modernity in the Global Age (Hardcover)
Marian Burchardt, Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, Matthias Middell
R4,227 Discovery Miles 42 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Questions of secularity and modernity have become globalized, but most studies still focus on the West. This volume breaks new ground by comparatively exploring developments in five areas of the world, some of which were hitherto situated at the margins of international scholarly discussions: Africa, the Arab World, East Asia, South Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe. In theoretical terms, the book examines three key dimensions of modern secularity: historical pathways, cultural meanings, and global entanglements of secular formations. The contributions show how differences in these dimensions are linked to specific histories of religious and ethnic diversity, processes of state-formation and nation-building. They also reveal how secularities are critically shaped through civilizational encounters, processes of globalization, colonial conquest, and missionary movements, and how entanglements between different territorially grounded notions of secularity or between local cultures and transnational secular arenas unfold over time.

The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean (Hardcover): Confucius The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean (Hardcover)
Confucius; Translated by James Legge
R1,152 Discovery Miles 11 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Notable not only for its comprehensiveness but also for its inclusion of the Chinese pictograms, this complete text of the *Analects* of the greatest philosopher of Chinese history is a must-own volume for any student of Confucius (551Bi479 Be. From the disposition of a land's rulers to the value of prayer, the thoughts of Confucius have powerfully shaped the moral life and political structures of Asian nations, and influenced the direction of the Western world as well. Here, Legge offers an enlightening introduction to the *Analects,* copious notes that place the sayings in cultural context, and much more assistance for the lay reader in understanding the depth of Confucius' wisdom. This three-in-one volume, originally published in this form in 1893, also includes *The Great Learning,* the Confucian illustration of illustrious virtue, and *The Doctrine of the Mean,* the thinker's explication of the path of duty. Scottish scholar JAMES LEGGE (1815-1897) was the first professor of Chinese language and literature at Oxford University, serving from 1876 to 1897. Among his many books are The Life and Teaching of Confucius (1867), The Religions of China (1880), and the 50-volume Sacred Books of the East (1879-1891).

The Fox and the Jewel - Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship (Hardcover, illustrated edition):... The Fox and the Jewel - Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Karen A. Smyers
R2,130 Discovery Miles 21 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An exploration of the rich complexity of the worship of the deity Inari in contemporary Japan. The work covers institutional and popular power in religion, the personal meaningfulness of religious figures and the communicative styles that preserve homogeneity in the face of factionalism.

Canadian-Daoist Poetics, Ethics, and Aesthetics - An Interdisciplinary and Cross-cultural Study (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): John... Canadian-Daoist Poetics, Ethics, and Aesthetics - An Interdisciplinary and Cross-cultural Study (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
John Z. Ming Chen, Yuhua Ji
R3,531 Discovery Miles 35 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This monograph takes an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach to 20th and 21st -century Canadian Daoist poetry, fiction and criticism in comparative, innovative and engaging ways. Of particular interest are the authors' refreshing insights into such holistic and topical issues as the globalization of concepts of the Dao, the Yin/Yang, the Heaven-Earth-Humanity triad, the Four Greats, Five Phases, Non-action and so on, as expressed in Canadian literature and criticism - which produces Canadian-constructed Daoist poetics, ethics and aesthetics. Readers will come to understand and appreciate the social and ecological significance of, formal innovations, moral sensitivity, aesthetic principles and ideological complexity in Canadian-Daoist works.

Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors - An Interreligious Encounter in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam (Hardcover): Anh Q Tran Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors - An Interreligious Encounter in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam (Hardcover)
Anh Q Tran
R3,489 Discovery Miles 34 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Though a minority religion in Vietnam, Christianity has been a significant presence in the country since its arrival in the sixteenth-century. Anh Q. Tran offers the first English translation of the recently discovered 1752 manuscript Tam Giao Ch(u V.ong (The Errors of the Three Religions). Structured as a dialogue between a Christian priest and a Confucian scholar, this anonymously authored manuscript paints a rich picture of the three traditional Vietnamese religions: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. The work explains and evaluates several religious beliefs, customs, and rituals of eighteenth-century Vietnam, many of which are still in practice today. In addition, it contains a trove of information on the challenges and struggles that Vietnamese Christian converts had to face in following the new faith. Besides its great historical value for studies in Vietnamese religion, language, and culture, Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors raises complex issues concerning the encounter between Christianity and other religions: Christian missions, religious pluralism, and interreligious dialogue.

Tao: The Watercourse Way (Paperback, Main): Alan Watts Tao: The Watercourse Way (Paperback, Main)
Alan Watts; Contributions by Al Chungliang Huang 1
R300 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R32 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Following Alan Watts' acclaimed book on Zen Buddhism The Way of Zen, he tackles the Chinese philosophy of Tao. The Tao is the way of man's cooperation with the natural course of the natural world. Alan Watts takes the reader through the history of Tao and its interpretations by key thinkers such as Lao-Tzu, author of the Tao Te Ching. Watts goes on to demonstrate how the ancient and timeless Chinese wisdom of Tao promotes the idea of following a life lived according to the natural world and goes against our goal-oriented ideas by allowing time to quiet our minds and observe the world rather than imposing ourselves on it. By taking in some of the lessons of Tao, we can change our attitude to the way we live. Drawing on ancient and modern sources, Watts treats the Chinese philosophy of Tao in much the same way as he did Zen Buddhism in his classic The Way of Zen. Including an introduction to the Chinese culture that is the foundation of the Tao, this is one of Alan Watts' best-loved works.

Sitting with Lao-Tzu - Discovering the Power of the Timeless, the Silent, and the Invisible in a Clamorous Modern World... Sitting with Lao-Tzu - Discovering the Power of the Timeless, the Silent, and the Invisible in a Clamorous Modern World (Hardcover)
Beaulac Andrew
R622 Discovery Miles 6 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Heidegger and Asian Thought (Hardcover): Graham Parkes Heidegger and Asian Thought (Hardcover)
Graham Parkes
R2,189 Discovery Miles 21 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"In 12 excellent essays by scholars East and West, this collection explores the many dimensions of Heidegger's relation to Eastern thinking.... Because of the quality of the contributions, the eminence of the many contributors... this volume must be considered an indispensable reference on the subject. Highly recommended." --Choice.

Contemporary Confucianism in Thought and Action (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Guy Alitto Contemporary Confucianism in Thought and Action (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Guy Alitto
R2,729 R1,909 Discovery Miles 19 090 Save R820 (30%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume focuses on contemporary Confucianism, and collects essays by famous sinologists such as Guy Alitto, John Makeham, Tse-ki Hon and others. The content is divided into three sections - addressing the "theory" and "practice" of contemporary Confucianism, as well as how the two relate to each other - to provide readers a more meaningful understanding of contemporary Confucianism and Chinese culture. In 1921, at the height of the New Culture Movement's iconoclastic attack on Confucius, Liang Shuming ( ) fatefully predicted that in fact the future world culture would be Confucian. Over the nine decades that followed, Liang's reputation and the fortunes of Confucianism in China rose and fell together. So, readers may be interested in the question whether it is possible that a reconstituted "Confucianism" might yet become China's spiritual mainstream and a major constituent of world culture.

The I Ching (Book of Changes) - A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text (Hardcover): Geoffrey Redmond The I Ching (Book of Changes) - A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text (Hardcover)
Geoffrey Redmond
R3,222 Discovery Miles 32 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The I Ching has influenced thinkers and artists throughout the history of Chinese philosophy. This new, accessible translation of the entire early text brings to life the hidden meanings and importance of China's oldest classical texts. Complemented throughout by insightful commentaries, the I Ching: A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text simplifies the unique system of hexagrams lying at the centre of the text and introduces the cultural significance of key themes including yin and yang, gender and ethics. As well as depicting all possible ethical situations, this new translation shows how the hexagram figures can represent social relationships and how the order of lines can be seen as a natural metaphor for higher or lower social rank. Introduced by Hon Tze-Ki, an esteemed scholar of the text, this up-to-date translation uncovers and explains both the philosophical and political interpretations of the text. For a better understanding of the philosophical and cosmological underpinning the history of Chinese philosophy, the I Ching is an invaluable starting point.

Tao Te Ching (Hardcover): Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching (Hardcover)
Lao Tzu
R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Tai Chen on Mencius - Explorations in Words and Meanings (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Tai Chen Tai Chen on Mencius - Explorations in Words and Meanings (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Tai Chen
R1,480 Discovery Miles 14 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Ch'ing scholar-thinker Tai Chen (1724-1777) was a passionate explorer. He loved words, and his most important philosophical treatise, the Meng Tzu tzu-I shu-cheng (An evidential study of the meaning of terms in the Mencius), is an exhaustive search for the meaning of the words first uttered by Mencius in the fourth century B.C. This book by Ann-ping Chin and Mansfield Freeman is the first complete and annotated English translation of that treatise. Drawing on scholarship from the eighteenth century to the present, it also includes two essays that reconstruct Tai Chen's life and time and reinterpret his thought. Unlike most of the evidential scholars of his day, Tai Chen was not satisfied merely with providing reason and proof for his reading. He was interested in the life of words as their meaning changes with the vicissitudes of time. Tai Chen felt that the terms in the Mencius, garbled by the Sung and Ming thinkers who had come under the influence of Buddhism and Taoism, would no longer have made sense to Mencius himself. Key Confucian concepts, such as "principle" and "nature," had become "blood-less" moral constructs. Tai Chen preferred their primeval meaning. Intellectual historians of this century have hailed him as a progressive thinker and a social critic, but he saw himself in a simpler role: as a reader striving to understand every word in his text.

The Secret of the Golden Flower - Large Print Edition (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Wang Chongyang The Secret of the Golden Flower - Large Print Edition (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Wang Chongyang
R533 Discovery Miles 5 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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.

In Search of God's Power in Broken Bodies - A Theology of Maum (Hardcover): H. Chong In Search of God's Power in Broken Bodies - A Theology of Maum (Hardcover)
H. Chong
R1,508 Discovery Miles 15 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'The body of Christ, broken for you.' These are the words almost always shared whenever the communion bread is given. But what do these words mean for women whose bodies have been broken by injustice and violence? This book interweaves feminist theological ideas, Asian spiritual traditions, and the witnesses of comfort women - sex-slaves during World War II - to offer a new approach to a theology of body. It examines the multi-layered meaning of the broken body of Christ from Christological, sacramental, and ecclesiological perspectives, and explores the centrality of body in theological discourse.

Giulio Aleni, Kouduo richao, and Christian-Confucian Dialogism in Late Ming Fujian (Hardcover): Song Gang Giulio Aleni, Kouduo richao, and Christian-Confucian Dialogism in Late Ming Fujian (Hardcover)
Song Gang
R6,721 Discovery Miles 67 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Christian dialogic writings flourished in the Catholic missions in late Ming China. This study focuses on the mission work of the Italian Jesuit Giulio Aleni (Ai Rulue , 1582-1649) in Fujian and the unique text Kouduo richao (Diary of Oral Admonitions, 1630-1640) that records the religious and intellectual conversations among the Jesuits and local converts. By examining the mechanisms of dialogue in Kouduo richao and other Christian works distinguished by a certain dialogue form, the author of the present work aims to reveal the formation of a hybrid Christian-Confucian identity in late Ming Chinese religious experience. By offering the new approach of dialogic hybridization, the book not only treats dialogue as an important yet underestimated genre in late Ming Christian literature, but it also uncovers a self-other identity complex in the dialogic exchanges of the Jesuits and Chinese scholars. Giulio Aleni, Kouduo richao, and Christian-Confucian Dialogism in Late Ming Fujian is a multi-faceted investigation of the religious, philosophical, ethical, scientific, and artistic topics discussed among the Jesuits and late Ming scholars. This comprehensive research echoes what the distinguished Sinologist Erik Zurcher (1928-2008) said about the richness and diversity of Chinese Christian texts produced in the 17th and 18th centuries. Following Zurcher's careful study and annotated full translation of Kouduo richao (Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, LVI/1-2), the present work features a set of new findings beyond the endeavours of Zurcher and other scholars. With the key concept of Christian-Confucian dialogism, it tells the intriguing story of Aleni's mission work and the thriving Christian communities in late Ming Fujian.

Tao Te Ching (Paperback): Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
Lao Tzu; Translated by Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo; Introduction by Burton Watson
R411 Discovery Miles 4 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This translation captures the terse and enigmatic beauty of the ancient original and resists the tendency toward interpretive paraphrase found in many other editions. Along with the complete translation, Lombardo and Addiss provide one or more key lines from the original Chinese for each of the eighty-one sections, together with a transliteration of the Chinese characters and a glossary commenting on the pronunciation and meaning of each Chinese character displayed. This greatly enhances the reader's appreciation of how the Chinese text works and feels and the different ways it can be translated into English.

Religion in Contemporary China (Hardcover): Xinzhong Yao Religion in Contemporary China (Hardcover)
Xinzhong Yao
R34,642 Discovery Miles 346 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This new 4 volume collection is an authoritative anthology containing the best scholarship on aspects of religion in contemporary China. The articles will focus on religious beliefs, practices and organisations as well as on the interactive relations between religion and other dimensions of communal, social, political and economic life in Mainland China and overseas Chinese communities.

Tao Te Ching (Hardcover Library Edition) (Hardcover): Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching (Hardcover Library Edition) (Hardcover)
Lao Tzu
R544 Discovery Miles 5 440 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Be Water, My Friend - The True Teachings of Bruce Lee (Hardcover): Shannon Lee Be Water, My Friend - The True Teachings of Bruce Lee (Hardcover)
Shannon Lee 1
R380 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Save R29 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Bruce Lee's daughter illuminates her father's most powerful life philosophies, and how we can apply his teachings to our daily lives 'Empty your mind; be formless, shapeless like water' Bruce Lee is a cultural icon, world renowned for his martial arts and film legacy. But Lee was also a deeply philosophical thinker, believing that martial arts are more than just an exercise in physical discipline - they are a perfect metaphor for personal growth. In Be Water, My Friend, Shannon Lee shares previously untold stories from her father's life along with the concepts at the core of his teachings. Each chapter reveals a lesson from Bruce Lee, expanding on the foundation of his iconic 'be water' philosophy to reveal a path to an enlightened way of being. This is an inspirational call to action to consider our lives with new eyes and a testament to Lee's unique power to ignite our imaginations and transform our lives.

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