"e;Becoming a Christian means being sick of your sin, longing for forgiveness and rescue from present evil and future hell, and affirming your commitment to the Lordship of Christ to the point where you are willing to forsake everything.
For believers and skeptics alike, A Doubter's Guide to World Religions introduces the five major world religions so that you can explore their similarities and differences in a fair and engaging way.
In the second half of the twentieth century, the failure of Enlightenment rationalism and the spiritual bankruptcy of Western materialism have opened the door for Eastern religions, especially the nontheistic religions that promise enlightenment and peace of mind.
This book examines the use of Buddhist ideas, particularly mindfulness, to manage a broad spectrum of emotions and to address social and economic issues impacting the world, such as climate change.
Dieses aufschlussreiche und inspirierende Buch zeigt sowohl erfahrenen als auch angehenden Führungskräften, wie sie sich buddhistische Philosophien zunutze machen können, um eine effektivere und nachhaltigere Führung zu praktizieren.
Did Chinese mysticism vanish after its first appearance in ancient Taoist philosophy, to surface only after a thousand years had passed, when the Chinese had adapted Buddhism to their own culture?
Through a highly sensitive exploration of key concepts and metaphors, Bernard Faure guides Western readers in appreciating some of the more elusive aspects of the Chinese tradition of Chan Buddhism and its outgrowth, Japanese Zen.
The crowning cultural achievement of medieval India, Tantric Buddhism is known in the West primarily for the sexual practices of its adherents, who strive to transform erotic passion into spiritual ecstasy.
How the I Ching became one of the most widely read and influential books in the worldThe I Ching originated in China as a divination manual more than three thousand years ago.
Chanakya was both a destructive and creative thinker able to annihilate an established empire and erect and establish another larger, richer and greater on the debris, without money, material and man.
How an eccentric spiritualist from Trenton, New Jersey, helped create the most famous text of Tibetan BuddhismThe Tibetan Book of the Dead is the most famous Buddhist text in the West, having sold more than a million copies since it was first published in English in 1927.
This is the paperback edition of the first full study, translation, and critical annotation of the Essence of True Eloquence by Jey Tsong Khapa (1357-1419), universally acknowledged as the greatest Tibetan philosopher.
A revealing look at the Jewish American encounter with BuddhismToday, many Jewish Americans are embracing a dual religious identity, practicing Buddhism while also staying connected to their Jewish roots.
The early Buddhist schools are those schools into which, according to most scholars, the Buddhist monastic Sangha initially split, due originally to differences in vinaya, and later also due to doctrinal differences and geographical separation of groups of monks.
Drawing on South and East Asian philosophies and medicines, this book illustrates how our bodies and minds are influenced by our actions, habits, aging, trauma and thought patterns.
Immersing the mind with the concepts of the Daoist path of health and immortality, Clouds over Qingcheng Mountain invokes the sacred birthplace of one of China's mystical mountains that has stimulated both mind and body for generations.
Mary Weeks Burnett's "e;The Principles of Occult Healing: A Working Hypothesis Which Includes All Cures"e; is a comprehensive and enlightening exploration into the esoteric world of healing.
Tagore's Sadhana is a spiritual classic, delivering strong and penetrating insight into the human connection with the universe, the many fallacies of science and much more, all in beatiful English prose.
Loin des poncifs et autres lieux communs qui circulent sur la méditation, cet ouvrage ouvre les portes de cette pratique millénaire et nous fournit les clés de ce que les bouddhistes appellent la culture de l'esprit-coeur.
Ceux qui s'intéressent au bouddhisme découvriront l'utilisation très surprenante et originale par Nietzsche de notion bouddhistes telles que le nirvâna, pour inventer un étrange "bouddhisme européen".
