East Asian and Indian philosophy

Beyond Duality and Polarization explores an experience-based learning model, the Phenomenal Patterning approach for personal transformation.

Marietta Stepaniants' introductory text allows a distinctively Eastern way of thinking to come forth.

Human history has been marked by the great number of people born into conditions of war, violence, oppression and social exclusion.

Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe.

Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe.

In this comprehensive textbook, renowned philosopher J.

Buddhisms and Deconstructions considers the connection between Buddhism and Derridean deconstruction, focusing on the work of Robert Magliola.

Tibetan Buddhism derives from the confluence of Buddhism and yoga which started to arrive in Tibet from India briefly around the late eighth century and then more steadily from the thirteenth century onwards.

Historical Dictionary of Confucianismis devoted exclusively to Confucianism, the great Chinese tradition that has gathered around the teachings of Confucius (Kongzi) for more than 2,500 years.

In Meditation Now or Never Steve Hagen, a Zen priest and bestselling author of Buddhism Plain and Simple, provides an accessible and thorough manual on meditation, for both newcomers and experienced practitioners.

A trenchant defense of hierarchy in different spheres of our lives, from the personal to the politicalAll complex and large-scale societies are organized along certain hierarchies, but the concept of hierarchy has become almost taboo in the modern world.

This third volume of Princeton Readings in Religions demonstrates that the "e;three religions"e; of China--Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism (with a fourth, folk religion, sometimes added)--are not mutually exclusive: they overlap and interact with each other in a rich variety of ways.

The surprising story of how Greek classics are being pressed into use in contemporary China to support the regime's political agendaAs improbable as it may sound, an illuminating way to understand today's China and how it views the West is to look at the astonishing ways Chinese intellectuals are interpreting-or is it misinterpreting?

The definitive English translation of the classic Sanskrit epic poem-now available in a one-volume paperbackThe Ramayana of Valmiki, the monumental Sanskrit epic of the life of Rama, ideal man and incarnation of the great god Visnu, has profoundly affected the literature, art, religions, and cultures of South and Southeast Asia from antiquity to the present.

Largely unstudied until now, the religious festivals that attracted Chinese people from all walks of life provide the most instructive examples of the interaction between Chinese forms of social life and the Indian tradition of Buddhism.

A Princeton Classics edition of an essential work of twentieth-century scholarship on India Since its first publication, Philosophies of India has been considered a monumental exploration of the foundations of Indian philosophy.

Este ebook presenta "Utopía", con un índice dinámico y detallado.

I was in the recognition that I was here for many more reasons than I could possibly comprehend; the superficial, the psychological, the emotional, spiritual and the anything else ending with an "e;al"e; that could be squeezed into this being.

This companion volume focuses on the application and practical ramifications of Indian ethics.

Christianity and Confucianism: Culture, Faith and Politics, sets comparative textual analysis against the backcloth of 2000 years of cultural, political, and religious interaction between China and the West.

Christianity and Confucianism: Culture, Faith and Politics, sets comparative textual analysis against the backcloth of 2000 years of cultural, political, and religious interaction between China and the West.

This innovative work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife is the result of Stephen Bokenkamp's groundbreaking study of Chinese scripture and the incorporation of Indic concepts into the Chinese worldview.

This first Western-language translation of one of the great books of the Daoist religious tradition, the Taiping jing, or "e;Scripture on Great Peace,"e; documents early Chinese medieval thought and lays the groundwork for a more complete understanding of Daoism's origins.

In late classical and early medieval China, ascetics strove to become transcendents--deathless beings with supernormal powers.

Dao De Jing is one of the richest, most suggestive, and most popular works of philosophy and literature.

A richly diverse collection of classical Indian terms for expressing the many moods and subtleties of emotional experienceWords for the Heart is a captivating treasury of emotion terms drawn from some of India's earliest classical languages.

This book shows how Chinese intellectuals engaged according to their different cultural and political persuasions in the early twentieth century.

This book shows how Chinese intellectuals engaged according to their different cultural and political persuasions in the early twentieth century.

An analysis of the complex and varied nature of leadership styles in modern Chinese business.

This clearly written undergraduate textbook explains the origin and development of Buddhist ideas and concepts.

This book examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism as a version of consequentialism.

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A comparative study of the Confucian and Western view of the self.

This book presents a selection of texts by the most celebrated philosophers of the classical period of Islam.

Introduces the many strands of Confucianism in a style accessible to students and general readers.

As prayer is to the Christian life, so meditation is the very heart of Buddhist life.

"e;He has opened the stately grounds of scholarship to the public so that nothing of value and interest shall be missed.

The first book in English to provide a full and clear introduction to the imagery and verse related to one of the most significant of Indian gods.

Comprehensive and coherent, this guide to a complex system of Buddhism is so authoritative that it has been employed in the instruction of Buddhist priests.

It is every Muslim's duty to read the Koran and try to understand it, which can be a problematic task for those unacquainted with Arabic.

This much-cited scholarly anthology of key Theravada Buddhist documents originally appeared in 1896 as part of the renowned Harvard Oriental Series.

The remarkable benefits of yoga, which include improved flexibility, balance, muscle tone, endurance, and vitality, only hint at the extraordinary power of this deeply spiritual practice.

Contemporary Chinese Philosophy features discussion of sixteen major twentieth-century Chinese philosophers.

The Sanskrit narrative text Devi Mahatmya, "e;The Greatness of The Goddess,"e; extols the triumphs of an all-powerful Goddess, Durga, over universe-imperiling demons.