East Asian religions

Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures have been the meeting place for myth and experience.

The Daoist canon is the definitive fifteenth century compilation of texts concerning ritual, alchemical and meditation practices within Daoist religion.

Frank Flanagan explores the significance for western liberal/democratic educational systems of the philosophy of Confucius.

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

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.

Traditional Chinese philosophy, if engaged at all, is often regarded as an object of antiquated curiosity and dismissed as unimportant in the current age of globalization.

Ratified by the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1993 and expanded in 2018, "e;Towards a Global Ethic (An Initial Declaration),"e; or the Global Ethic, expresses the minimal set of principles shared by people-religious or not.

Das Mahabharata, eines der bedeutendsten Epen der Weltliteratur, fasziniert seit Jahrhunderten durch seine komplexen Erzählstränge und tiefgehenden philosophischen Einsichten.

This book explores the emergence and growth of Zen as a non-monastic spiritual practice in modern Japan.

Could it be that the familiar and beloved figure of Confucius was invented by Jesuit priests?

Recognized as one of the greatest philosophers in classical China, Chu Hsi (1130-1200) is known in the West primarily through translations of one of his many works, the Chin-ssu Lu.

Japanese Religions on the Internet draws attention to how religion is being presented, represented and discussed on the Japanese Internet.

This study, written from the perspective of political sociology, represents the first comparative examination of Central Asian communal and political organisation before and after the tsarist conquest of the region.

In this volume, Michael Pye uses a chronological approach to present the multifaceted religious landscape of the Japanese archipelago.

You're no idiot, of course.

Functioning as both a dense manual, a detailed roadmap, and an edifying tale of spiritual maturity, this third installment in Wang Yun's best-selling series brings you rare and authentic Daoism, straight from the culture that gave birth to it.

While indeterminacy is a recurrent theme in philosophy, less progress has been made in clarifying its significance for various philosophical and interdisciplinary contexts.

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Vital Breath of the Dao is a fully illustrated guide to the historical background, practical application, underlying principles and techniques of Qigong, a way of physical and spiritual cultivation, and a way of life.

This volume offers a critical analysis of one the most ambitious editorial projects of late Victorian Britain: the edition of the fifty substantial volumes of the Sacred Books of the East (1879-1910).

This volume investigates and present the salient features of Shinto through a long history of development from its remote past up to the present.

Recent interest in Confucianism has a tendency to suffer from essentialism and idealism, manifested in a variety of ways.

Hall's work takes the measure of Christian belief and doctrine explicitly in light of North American cultural and historical experience.

This is the first English-language book on the philosophy of Ji Kang.

This book delves into a broad range of hitherto unresolved issues related to Zhuangzi's ethics, which include, but are not limited to, the fundamental question of whether Zhuangzi should be regarded as a moralist in the ordinary sense and what Zhuangzi's views on topics such as equality, moral relativism, good life, intersubjective relations, and social harmony really are.

World acclaimed scientist Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resourcePacked with fascinating facts and insight, this book will fuel dinner party debate, and provide readers with the science and politics behind the world's most controversial resource.

Much has been written on how temples are constructed or reconstructed for reviving local religious and communal life or for recycling tradition after the market reforms in China.

A guide to the advanced practice of Inner Alchemy, which brings the physical body into balance with the energy body *; Presents the second level of Inner Alchemy practices that use the eight forces of the pakua (bagwa) to collect, gather, and condense chi in the body *; Explains how to balance negative emotional energy with positive energy to detoxify, nourish, and integrate the physical and the energy body with the forces of nature *; Shows how to collect and channel the greater energies of the stars and planets to create unity between what is above and below Cosmic Fusion is an advanced level of Inner Alchemy that teaches how to bring the physical body into balance with the energy body--a necessary prerequisite for the formation of the universal body, the pearl of compassion that is one with Original Creation and the Universal Tao.

Talks on the Stories of Chuang Tzu.

This book delves into a broad range of hitherto unresolved issues related to Zhuangzi's ethics, which include, but are not limited to, the fundamental question of whether Zhuangzi should be regarded as a moralist in the ordinary sense and what Zhuangzi's views on topics such as equality, moral relativism, good life, intersubjective relations, and social harmony really are.

This accessible history of Confucianism, or the 'Way of the Ru', emphasizes the religious dimensions of the tradition.

*; Includes practices for cleansing the blood of toxins, relieving pain, using sexual energy for healing, and other tools for the treatment and prevention of disease*; Explains the unique healing potential of chi kung color therapy and how to harness universal and earthly elemental energies in healing*; By Mantak Chia, coauthor of The Multi-Orgasmic ManTaoists believe in an underlying unity that permeates the universe and intimately binds all things.

The Daode jing ("e;Book of the Dao and Its Virtue"e;) is an essential work in both traditional Chinese culture and world philosophy.

With extensive research and creative interpretations, Dasan's Noneo gogeum ju (Old and New Commentaries of the Analects) has been evaluated in the academia of Korean Studies as a crystallization of his studies on the Confucian classics.

Over the past few decades, Daoism has become a recognizable part of Western "e;alternative"e; spiritual life.

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.

A spiritual quest typically begins with a critical shock or loss, one that casts us back upon ourselves to question the meaning of life.

Fourteen years ago, a corpus of bamboo-strip texts was found in a late-fourth-century-BCE tomb at Jingmen, Hubei province in central China.

Before the westernisation of Japan, mythological events were treated as national history.

This book explores the long history in China of Chinese Muslims, known as the Hui people, and regarded as a minority, though in fact they are distinguished by religion rather than ethnicity.

The influential scholar of religion Mircea Eliade envisioned a spiritually destitute modern culture coming into renewed meaning through the recovery of archetypal myths and symbols.

One of the first comparative reflections of its kind, this book examines the challenges that young men face when trying to grow up in societies where violence is the norm.