East Asian and Indian philosophy

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This encyclopaedia is about many great thinkers of Buddhism who have significantly contributed towards the development and spreading of Buddhism around the world.

Is it only through vision that we can perceive a landscape?

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Among Chinese religious sites, Mount Putuo, the "e;Island of Guanyin,"e; stands out as a fascinating embodiment of China's vibrant Buddhist tradition.

How was the post-modernist project contested, subverted and assimilated in India?

Originally published in 1972, this anthology examines death through the eyes of great Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu and Western masters.

This is a translation of the chapter on perception of Kumarilabhatta's magnum opus, the Slokavarttika, one of the central texts of the Hindu response to the criticism of the logical-epistemological school of Buddhist thought.

An exploration of the creativity of the human mind in art, poetry, film and television, and in prose theological writing.

Theories of Truth in Chinese Philosophy deals with debates surrounding the concept of truth in early Chinese thought, from the earliest periods through to the Han dynasty.

This nine-volume set reprints valuable early works introducing the philosophy and practices of Yoga to a Western audience, and provides key analysis by some of its leading practitioners.

The author of Self-Compassion follows up her groundbreaking book with new ideas that expand our notion of self-kindness and its capacity to transform our lives, showing women how to balance tender self-acceptance with fierce action to claim their power and change the world.

The eleventh volume in the Notebooks of Paul Brunton is a timely, informed evaluation of mysticism, paranormal experience, sects and cults.

The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths.

This book, the first English translation of what many consider to be the most original work of Chinese philosophy produced in the twentieth century, draws from Buddhist and Confucian philosophy to develop a critical inquiry into the relation between the ontological and the phenomenal.

Ideas about education have consequences.

The intellectual legacy of Confucianism has loomed large in efforts to understand China's past, present, and future.

Proposes an epistemological strategy to resolve controversial issues in the indigenous psychology (IP) movement.

The Oxford Handbook of Indian Philosophy tells the story of philosophy in India through a series of exceptional individual acts of philosophical virtuosity.

This work explores a perennial question that Christians who are called to teach must consider: So what makes our teaching Christian?

Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), a Ming loyalist, was forced to find solutions for both cultural and political crises of his time.

This encyclopaedia is about many great thinkers of Buddhism who have significantly contributed towards the development and spreading of Buddhism around the world.

Here's a guide for English grammar that reads as easily as a story.

Growing up in a world shaped by science and technology, young people may easily lose sight of God.

Imagine yourself sitting on the cool damp earth, surrounded by deep night sky and fields full of fireflies, anticipating the ritual of initiation that you are about to undergo.

This book offers a philosophical analysis of the environmental crisis in the Indian Sundarbans, drawing upon phenomenological narratives.

An ideal resource for teens and young adults interested in incorporating a yoga practice into their lives, this book answers readers' questions about the origins, benefits, and potential risks of yoga and offers practical advice for getting started.

Tibet is a place of mystic Buddhism, conserved into its own cult, with its generic Bodpa inhabitants in one unity of manners and language.

An often surprising and always sure-footed survey of the magic of yoga and Calcutta's role in bringing it to the world' JOHN ZUBRZYCKI'Interweaving historical facts with Armstrong's own experiences .

This book examines at a static level how Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776) was introduced into China at the turn of the twentieth century.

This encyclopaedia is about many great thinkers of Buddhism who have significantly contributed towards the development and spreading of Buddhism around the world.

A great deal has been written about the history of witchcraft, but much of what has been written is unreliable, exaggerated, or inaccurate.

This book explores the single Chinese concept and practice of "e;shaping the mind through education"e;-jiaohua-from multi-disciplinary perspectives, with a view to furthering the understanding of jiaohua, and of China more broadly.

In 2008, Dr Eben Alexander's brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he lapsed into a weeklong coma.

Famous for his successful leadership of non-violent Nationalist resistance to British Imperial rule in India, Mohandas K.

This book is the first scholarly study of the famous Jesuit Chinese children's primer, the Four Character Classic, written by Giulio Aleni (1582-1649) while living in Fujian, China.

Drawing on a rich variety of premodern Indian texts across multiple traditions, genres, and languages, this collection explores how emotional experience is framed, evoked, and theorized in order to offer compelling insights into human subjectivity.

Although translations and interpretations of the Tao te Ching abound and new editions are released yearly, few accomplish the hard work of linking and bridging the Tao's profound message to the needs of modern readers.

Yogananda was one of the most significant spiritual teachers of the 20th century.

For much of the twentieth century, Confucianism was condemned by Westerners and East Asians alike as antithetical to modernity.

Each essay in this volume provides a cultural perspective on shame.

Bone of My Bones fictionalizes a Biblical equality and mutuality.