0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
Price
  • R0 - R50 (5)
  • R50 - R100 (14)
  • R100 - R250 (1,246)
  • R250 - R500 (3,911)
  • R500+ (8,053)
  • -
Status
Format
Author / Contributor
Publisher

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

Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons (Hardcover, 2008 ed.): Rita Sherma, Arvind Sharma Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
Rita Sherma, Arvind Sharma
R3,022 Discovery Miles 30 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The advent of Hindu Studies coincides with the emergence of modern hermeneutics. Despite this co-emergence and rich possibilities inherent in dialectical encounters between theories of modern and post-modern hermeneutics, and those of Hindu hermeneutical traditions, such an enterprise has not been widely endeavored. The aim of this volume is to initiate such an interface. Essays in this volume reflect one or more of the following categories: (1) Examination of challenges and possibilities inherent in applying Western hermeneutics to Hindu traditions. (2) Critiques of certain heuristics used, historically, to "understand" Hindu traditions. (3) Elicitation of new hermeneutical paradigms from Hindu thought, to develop cross-cultural or dialogical hermeneutics. Applications of interpretive methodologies conditioned by Western culture to classify Indian thought have had important impacts. Essays by Sharma, Bilimoria, Sugirtharajah, and Tilak examine these impacts, offering alternate interpretive models for understanding Hindu concepts in particular and the Indian religious context in general. Several essays offer original insights regarding potential applications of traditional Hindu philosophical principles to cross-cultural hermeneutics (Long, Bilimoria, Klostermaier, Adarkar, and Taneja). Others engage Hindu texts philosophically to elicit deeper interpretations (Phillips, and Rukmani). In presenting essays that are both critical and constructive, we seek to uncover intellectual space for creative dialectical engagement that, we hope, will catalyze a reciprocal hermeneutics.

Nirvana Express - Journal of a Very Brief Monkhood (Hardcover): S.P. Somtow Nirvana Express - Journal of a Very Brief Monkhood (Hardcover)
S.P. Somtow
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Rammohun Roy and the Making of Victorian Britain (Hardcover): L. Zastoupil Rammohun Roy and the Making of Victorian Britain (Hardcover)
L. Zastoupil
R2,893 Discovery Miles 28 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book investigates Rammohun Roy as a transnational celebrity. It examines the role of religious heterodoxy--particularly Christian Unitarianism--in transforming a colonial outsider into an imagined member of the emerging Victorian social order It uses his fame to shed fresh light on nineteenth-century British reformers, including advocates of liberty of the press, early feminists, free trade imperialists, and constitutional reformers such as Jeremy Bentham. Rammohun Roy's intellectual agendas are also interrogated, particularly how he employed Unitarianism and the British satiric tradition to undermine colonial rule in Bengal and provincialize England as a laggard nation in the progress towards rational religion and political liberty.

The Real Facts of Life - Practical Reflections on the Three Marks of Existence (Paperback): Sumano Tong The Real Facts of Life - Practical Reflections on the Three Marks of Existence (Paperback)
Sumano Tong
R127 Discovery Miles 1 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Zazen - The Way to Awakening (Hardcover): Kido Inoue Zazen - The Way to Awakening (Hardcover)
Kido Inoue
R673 R606 Discovery Miles 6 060 Save R67 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The human mind is inherently free. It neither affirms nor denies. It is not constrained by the conflict of the opposites, like right and wrong or self and others. An awakened mind knows that the dynamic unity between self and others forms part of an integrated whole. Having direct knowledge of this mind brings profound peace. The teachings of the Buddha point the way to acquire this knowledge through direct personal experience.

In this intriguing and enlightening collection of stories, three Zen students reflect on their personal journeys and share how their lives subsequently transformed because of the practice. Under the direction of Zen Master Kido Inoue, they share their doubts, their difficulties, their amazement, and the transformations that they experienced in their lives. The ultimate aim of Zen is to break out of the constraints of ego and have direct personal experience of the absolute infinity of our being. It is to awaken to the truth of our nature beyond the ego. In a nutshell, Zen focuses on the essence of mind.

Nietzsche and Buddhism - A Study in Nihilism and Ironic Affinities (Hardcover): Robert G. Morrison Nietzsche and Buddhism - A Study in Nihilism and Ironic Affinities (Hardcover)
Robert G. Morrison
R3,890 Discovery Miles 38 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Robert Morrison offers an illuminating comparative study of two linked and interactive traditions that have had great influence in twentieth-century thought:Buddhism and the philosophy of Nietzsche. Nietzsche saw a direct historical parallel between the cultural situation of his own time and of the India of the Buddha's age: the emergence of nihilism as a consequence of loss of traditional belief. Nietzche's fear, still resonant today, was that Europe was about to enter a nihilistic era, in which people, no longer able to believe in the old religious and moral values, would feel themselves adrift in a meaningless cosmos where life seems to have no particular purpose or end. Though he admired Buddhism as a noble and humane response to this situation, Nietzsche came to think that it was wrong in not seeking to overcome nihilism, and constituted a threat to the future of Europe. It was in reaction against nihilism that he forged his own affirmative philosophy, aiming at the transvaluation of all values. Nietzsche's view of Buddhism has been very influential in the West; Dr Morrison gives a careful critical examination of this view, argues that in fact Buddhism is far from being a nihilistic religion, and offers a counterbalancing Buddhist view of the Nietzschean enterprise. He draws out the affinities and conceptual similarities between the two, and concludes that, ironically, Nietzsche's aim of self-overcoming is akin to the Buddhist notion of citta-bhavana (mind-cultivation). Had Nietzsche lived in an age where Buddhism was better understood, Morrison suggests, he might even have found in the Buddha a model of his hypothetical Ubermensch.

Buddhist Revivalist Movements - Comparing Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Alan Robert Lopez Buddhist Revivalist Movements - Comparing Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Alan Robert Lopez
R2,382 Discovery Miles 23 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This text provides a comparative investigation of the affinities and differences of two of the most dynamic currents in World Buddhism: Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement. Defying differences in denomination, culture, and historical epochs, these schools revived an unfettered quest for enlightenment and proceeded to independently forge like practices and doctrines. The author examines the teaching gambits and tactics, the methods of practice, the place and story line of teacher biography, and the nature and role of the awakening experience, revealing similar forms deriving from an uncompromising pursuit of awaking, the insistence on self-cultivation, and the preeminent role of the charismatic master. Offering a pertinent review of their encounters with modernism, the book provides a new coherence to these seemingly disparate movements, opening up new avenues for scholars and possibilities for practitioners.

Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism - Alagiyavanna and the Portuguese in Sri Lanka (Hardcover): Stephen C. Berkwitz Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism - Alagiyavanna and the Portuguese in Sri Lanka (Hardcover)
Stephen C. Berkwitz
R2,038 Discovery Miles 20 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Stephen C. Berkwitz's Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism examines five works by a single poet to demonstrate how Buddhism in Sri Lanka was shaped and transformed by encounters with Portuguese colonizers and missionaries in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. By following the written works of Alagiyavanna Mukaveti (1552-1625?) from the court of a powerful Sinhala king through the cultural upheavals of warfare and Christian missions and finally to his eventual conversion to Catholicism and employment under the Portuguese Crown, this book uses the poetry of a single author to reflect upon how Sinhala verse fashioned new visions of power and religious identity when many of the traditional Buddhist institutions were in retreat. Berkwitz traces the development of Alagiyavanna's poetry as a medium for celebrating the fame of rulers, devotion to the Buddha and his Dharma, morality and truth in the Buddha's religion, and the glories of Portuguese rule in Sri Lanka. Employing an interdisciplinary approach that combines Buddhist Studies, History, Literary Criticism, and Postcolonial Studies, the author constructs a picture of the effects of colonialism on Buddhist literature and culture at an early juncture in the history of the encounter between Asia and Europe.

The Mahabharata (Hardcover): Meera Uberoi The Mahabharata (Hardcover)
Meera Uberoi
R883 Discovery Miles 8 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sweet simplicity - Mahamudra doha songs (Hardcover): James Low Sweet simplicity - Mahamudra doha songs (Hardcover)
James Low
R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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
The Quest for Self - Zen in Business and Life (Hardcover, New): Takeshi Iizuka The Quest for Self - Zen in Business and Life (Hardcover, New)
Takeshi Iizuka
R3,059 Discovery Miles 30 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The principles of Zen philosophy have been applied to professions as varied as motorcycle maintenance and baseball. In "The Quest for Self" author Takeshi Iizuka shows how he has himself applied Zen principles in business. Iizuka starts from the realization that life is but a single existence, and this leads to his reflections about how best we should live our lives. Iizuka teaches a management style that does not stand in conflict with the fulfilled and meaningful life that is based on Zen principles. Drawing on both eastern and western philosophies, "The Quest for Self" strives to help others find meaning and purpose in life and business.

Buddhism - How to Find Fulfilment and Still Your Mind Through the Teachings of Buddha (Hardcover): Elias Axmar Buddhism - How to Find Fulfilment and Still Your Mind Through the Teachings of Buddha (Hardcover)
Elias Axmar
R480 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy - Accelerating Personal and Social Transformation (Paperback, 2nd edition): Joseph... Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy - Accelerating Personal and Social Transformation (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Joseph Loizzo, Fiona Brandon, Emily J. Wolf, Miles Neale
R1,072 Discovery Miles 10 720 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy offers mental health professionals of all disciplines and orientations the most comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the art of integrating contemplative psychology, ethics, and practices, including mindfulness, compassion, and embodiment techniques. It brings together clinicians, scholars, and thought leaders of unprecedented caliber, featuring some of the most eminent pioneers in the rapidly growing field of contemplative psychotherapy. The new edition offers an expanded array of effective contemplative interventions, contemplative psychotherapies, and contemplative approaches to clinical practice. New chapters discuss how contemplative work can effect positive psychosocial change at personal, interpersonal, and collective levels to address racial, gender, and other forms of systemic oppression. The new edition also explores the cross-cultural nuances in the integration of Buddhist psychology and healing practices by Western researchers and clinicians and includes the voices of leading Tibetan doctors. Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy offers a profound and synoptic overview of one of psychotherapy's most intriguing and promising fields.

Buddhism Across Asia - Networks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange, Volume 1 (Hardcover): Tansen Sen Buddhism Across Asia - Networks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Tansen Sen
R2,000 R1,622 Discovery Miles 16 220 Save R378 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Buddhism across Asia is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and spread of Buddhism in Asia. It comprises a rich collection of articles written by leading experts in their fields. Together, the contributions provide an in-depth analysis of Buddhist history and transmission in Asia over a period of more than 2000 years. Aspects examined include material culture, politics, economy, languages and texts, religious institutions, practices and rituals, conceptualisations, and philosophy, while the geographic scope of the studies extends from India to Southeast Asia and East Asia. Readers' knowledge of Buddhism is constantly challenged by the studies presented, incorporating new materials and interpretations. Rejecting the concept of a reified monolithic and timeless 'Buddhism', this publication reflects the entangled 'dynamic and multi-dimensional' history of Buddhism in Asia over extended periods of 'integration,' 'development of multiple centres,' and 'European expansion,' which shaped the religion's regional and trans-regional identities." - Max Deeg, Cardiff University, UK. "Buddhism Across Asia presents new research on Buddhism in comprehensive spatial and temporal terms. From studies on transmission networks to exegesis on doctrinal matters, linguistics, rituals and practices, institutions, Buddhist libraries, and the religion's interactions with political and cultural spheres as well as the society at large, the volume presents an assemblage of essays of breathtaking breadth and depth. The goal is to demonstrate how the transmission of Buddhist ideas serves as a cultural force, a lynchpin that had connected the societies of Asia from past to present. The volume manifests the vitality and maturity of the field of Buddhist studies, and for that we thank the editor and the erudite authors. " - Dorothy C. Wong, University of Virginia, USA. Co-publication: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies / Manohar Publishers & Distributors.

The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 9 - Epistles - Fifth Series, Lectures and Discourses, Notes of Lectures and... The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 9 - Epistles - Fifth Series, Lectures and Discourses, Notes of Lectures and Classes, Writings: Prose and Poems, Conversations and Interviews, Excerpts from Sister Nivedita's Book, Sayings and Utterances (Hardcover)
Swami Vivekananda
R902 Discovery Miles 9 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Meridian - A Raw Thoughts Book (Hardcover): John Casey Meridian - A Raw Thoughts Book (Hardcover)
John Casey; Photographs by Scott Hussey
R732 Discovery Miles 7 320 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.

The Awakening of the West - The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture (Hardcover): Stephen Batchelor The Awakening of the West - The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture (Hardcover)
Stephen Batchelor
R959 Discovery Miles 9 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Inner Teachings of the Philosophies and Religions of India (Hardcover): Yogi Ramacharaka The Inner Teachings of the Philosophies and Religions of India (Hardcover)
Yogi Ramacharaka
R1,009 Discovery Miles 10 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Followers of the early "New Age" movement known as New Thought, which was wildly popular at the turn of the 20th century, were intensely interested in gleaning the fruit of all of humanity's spiritual wisdom. In this 1908 work, one of the most influential New Thought writers and editors shares with Western readers the "root-ideas" of Indian language, symbology, and philosophy that have given birth to much of the knowledge of all of humanity, casting the mysteries of the East in an easily comprehensive light. He discusses: . the Sankhya system . the Vedanta system . Patanjali's yoga system . Buddhism . Sufiism . the Vedas . and more. American writer WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON (1862-1932) was editor of the popular magazine New Thought from 1901 to 1905, and editor of the journal Advanced Thought from 1916 to 1919. He authored dozens of New Thought books under numerous pseudonyms, some of which are likely still unknown today, including "Yogi Ramacharaka" and "Theron Q. Dumont."

Woman and Goddess in Hinduism - Reinterpretations and Re-envisionings (Hardcover): T. Pintchman, R. Sherma Woman and Goddess in Hinduism - Reinterpretations and Re-envisionings (Hardcover)
T. Pintchman, R. Sherma
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Offering multilayered explorations of Hindu understandings of the Feminine, both human and divine, this book emphasizes theological and activist methods and aims over historical, anthropological, and literary ones.

A Critical Study Of The Life And Teachings Of Sri Guru Nanak Dev - The Founder Of Sikhism (Hardcover): Sewaram Singh Thapar A Critical Study Of The Life And Teachings Of Sri Guru Nanak Dev - The Founder Of Sikhism (Hardcover)
Sewaram Singh Thapar
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Spirit of the Upanishads (Hardcover): Yogi Ramacharaka The Spirit of the Upanishads (Hardcover)
Yogi Ramacharaka
R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Here in one compact volume is the "cream of Hindu philosophical thought," a collection of aphorisms, sayings, and proverbs culled from the Upanishads, the sacred writings of India, and assembled by one of the most influential writers and editors of the New Thought movement of the early 20th century, the adherents of which were profoundly interested in the collective spiritual wisdom of all humanity. This 1907 volume features the fruit of Hindu thinking on: . The Real Self . The Way . The Student . The Teacher . The Law of Karma . Spiritual Knowing . and more. American writer WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON (1862-1932) was editor of the popular magazine New Thought from 1901 to 1905, and editor of the journal Advanced Thought from 1916 to 1919. He authored dozens of New Thought books under numerous pseudonyms, some of which are likely still unknown today, including "Yogi Ramacharaka" and "Theron Q. Dumont."

Could It Be Possible? (Hardcover): Trevor Anton Could It Be Possible? (Hardcover)
Trevor Anton
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

COULD IT BE POSSIBLE?

Could it be possible that there is a way to experience the Creator, the Source of the Universe?

Have you ever wondered just why you are here? What is the purpose of life?

Trevor asked himself the same questions many years ago and this book is the result of gaining some answers to this age-old quest for inner knowledge.

It takes the reader on a journey from conception to enlightenment describing the spiritual experiences of two sixteenth century Christian saints, St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross and two twentieth century Hindu saints - Yogananda and Muktananda.

The author then turns to the Bible, examining the four gospels, with particular emphasis on the deeper and hidden message of Jesus.

Trevor also relates his own spiritual journey and how this has shaped his life.

The book concludes with the possible future for mankind.

Buddhism, Education and Politics in Burma and Thailand - From the Seventeenth Century to the Present (Hardcover): Khammai... Buddhism, Education and Politics in Burma and Thailand - From the Seventeenth Century to the Present (Hardcover)
Khammai Dhammasami
R4,243 Discovery Miles 42 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Drawing on primary sources in Pali, Burmese and Thai, practising monk Venerable Khammai Dhammasami guides the reader through the complex history of monastic education in two neighbouring countries with very different Buddhist societies: Burma and Thailand. This book provides a clear account of the ways in which royal leaders and monastic institutions worked to develop monastic education in the face of changing political and economic conditions, including colonialism and the political instability of the 19th and 20th centuries. It studies influences from both British colonists and Siamese/Thai reformers, and engages with primary material, including documents from Burmese monasteries, royal orders, royal chronicles, and official government records. As the first book to examine monastic education in Burma and Thailand, this is a welcome contribution to the social, monastic and religious history of Southeast Asia, and the growing field of Burmese Buddhist Studies.

Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
Daily Glimmers - The art of finding tiny…
Bridget McNulty Hardcover R320 R269 Discovery Miles 2 690
When a Goddess Dies - Worshipping Ma…
Orianne Aymard Hardcover R4,086 Discovery Miles 40 860
Dogen and Soto Zen
Steven Heine Hardcover R3,802 Discovery Miles 38 020
Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture…
Vesna A Wallace Hardcover R3,804 Discovery Miles 38 040
Pluralism and Democracy in India…
Wendy Doniger, Martha C. Nussbaum Hardcover R4,091 Discovery Miles 40 910
The Book Of Joy - Lasting Happiness In A…
Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu Hardcover  (11)
R479 R441 Discovery Miles 4 410
When Things Don’t Go Your Way
Haemin Sunim Paperback R295 R263 Discovery Miles 2 630
Voice for the Voiceless - Over Seven…
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Paperback R408 Discovery Miles 4 080
Bodies of Song - Kabir Oral Traditions…
Linda Hess Hardcover R3,810 Discovery Miles 38 100
An Unholy Brew - Alcohol in Indian…
James McHugh Hardcover R2,991 Discovery Miles 29 910

 

Partners