East Asian and Indian philosophy

In 2003, Tibetan lama Phakyab Rinpoche was admitted to the emergency clinic of the Program for Survivors of Torture at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital.

This book presents a substantive yet accessible introduction to the modern thought of Jainism.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Among Buddhist leaders influential in the West, Thich Nhat Hanh ranks second only to the Dalai Lama.

Neither power nor morality but both.

In a public education world of vast, multiple, rapid, and often colliding educational reforms, Movements of Educational Reform provides the novice as well as the veteran educator and administrator a sort of map of educational changes and processes.

This book brings together the political thought of Gandhi and Tagore to examine the relationship between politics, truth and conscience.

From battling apartheid to saving the environment, fighting racism to urging tax justice, and Sunday preaching to visiting the sick, this book tells the story of nearly fifty years of active church ministry.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des Pantschatantra, einer der ältesten und einflussreichsten Sammlungen von Fabeln und Erzählungen der indischen Literatur.

The present series of 75 volumes is compiled, edited and arranged encounter wise alphabetical order dealing with various aspects of Buddha, Buddhists, and Buddhism viz.

Purana enjoins several rites of worship and acts of homage comprising a series, of physical and spiritual practices in accompaniment to the Tantra, Yantra and Mantra appliances.

Place and Dialectic presents two essays by Nishida Kitaro, translated into English for the first time by John W.

The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regarding witch beliefs and witch trials in Europe and colonial America between the early fifteenth and early eighteenth centuries.

The Real Warren Buffett unveils the secret of how Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway to staggering success.

Grassroots Zen envisions a socially engaged Buddhism where zazen is integrated each day with work, family, and social obligations.

This volume contains nine chapters of translation, by a range of leading scholars, focusing on core themes in the philosophy of Zhu Xi (1130-1200), one of the most influential Chinese thinkers of the later Confucian tradition.

Panaïoti explores the complex and interesting relations between Nietzsche''s philosophical thought and the Buddhist philosophy which he admired and opposed.

The Hindu Tantras were written after the Puranas, in the medieval period, and are usually set in the form of a dialogue between the God Shiva and his consort Parvati, in which he explains to her the philosophy and myths underlying the Tantric ritual.

By what narrow path is the ineffable silence of Zen cleft by the scratch of a pen?

Field education is an opportunity for students to develop ministry skills, practice ministerial reflection, discern their call, experience professional collegiality, and undergo personal transformation.

What a Confucian constitutional government might look like in China's political futureAs China continues to transform itself, many assume that the nation will eventually move beyond communism and adopt a Western-style democracy.

Mainline Protestant congregations face a profound adaptive challenge.

Winner of the Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies Prize (2013/2014) from the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.

Written in words so intimate, calm, kind, and immediate, this extraordinary book feels like a message from our very own heart.

The autobiography of Swami Rama with 24-page photo insert

In Finding Voice, Kincaid employs an often used but somewhat elusive metaphor, "e;voice,"e; as a way of speaking of pastoral identity and contends that a lively, imaginative pastoral voice emerges from a thorough grasp of context, theology, pastoral roles, personal journey, and systemic dynamics.

Originally published in 1980.

Nei Gong has been a well-kept secret within the Daoist sects of China for centuries.

The Hindu Tantras were written after the Puranas, in the medieval period, and are usually set in the form of a dialogue between the God Shiva and his consort Parvati, in which he explains to her the philosophy and myths underlying the Tantric ritual.

The chapters of this book, Kashmir ShaivismThe Secret Supreme, are based on the most essential teachings of Abhinvagupta's magnum opus Tantraloka.

Immerse yourself in the world of the Samurai with this classic text, translated and interpreted for the modern reader.

A neurologist and Zen practitioner clarifies the benefits of meditative training, drawing on classical Buddhist literature and modern brain research.

In today's harried, ultra-connected, technology-laden society, it's easy to become overwhelmed.

Geoffrey Lloyd engages in a wide-ranging exploration of what we can learn from the study of ancient civilisations that is relevant to fundamental problems, both intellectual and moral, that we still face today.

"e;Make it up, dammit!

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

The Veda is not only a religious text, but also a literature of the most ancient period, a primordial source of human, knowledge, "e;Knowledge par excellence"e;.

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

The most lucid and penetrating survey of classical Indian philosophy in the Tibetan language.

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

For several years Mouni Sadhu steeped himself in the teachings of the foremost Hindu ascetic, Sri Ramana Maharshi.

Questions regarding the orthodoxy of Dale Moody and Ralph Elliott propelled the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) toward a re-evaluation of its doctrinal statement, the Baptist Faith and Message (BFM).

For more than two thousand years, the writings of the Confucian philosopher Mengzi have been a source of guidance and inspiration for those set on doing something to improve the state of the world.