Eastern category: 10105 books
Inward Revolution
Bringing About Radical Change in the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2006
J. Krishnamurti was one of the most influential and widely known spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. Here, he inquires with the reader into how remembering and dwelling on past events, both pleasurable and painful, give us a false sense of continuity, causing us to suffer. His instruction...
Facing a World in Crisis
What Life Teaches Us in Challenging Times
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2005
J. Krishnamurti, one of the most beloved and renowned religious teachers of the twentieth century, often taught his students that they must look at the state of the world, with all its violence and conflict, if they are ever to understand themselves. To turn away from world events was for him not...
Living Wabi Sabi
The True Beauty of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Taro Gold inspires and enlightens with Living Wabi Sabi: The True Beauty of Your Life. A blend of Eastern wisdom, feng shui, and the movement toward simplicity, Wabi Sabi is a Japanese expression meaning "wisdom in natural simplicity." Wabi Sabi helps us to see the beauty in imperfection, to discover...
by Idries Shah
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Oriental Magic is recognized as a brilliant study of how, what and why people think, in territories extending from North Africa to Japan.Profusely illustrated, the book is the product of years of research and field-work in a dozen different cultural regions.Its scholarly accuracy and genuine contribution...
After Awareness
The End of the Path
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Written by leading non-duality author Greg Goode, After Awareness offers an insider’s look at the Direct Path—a set of liberating spiritual teachings inspired by Shri Atmananda (Krishna Menon). This book shares secrets of the Direct Path that are rarely revealed. It examines topics hardly ever mentioned...
Dao De Jing
A Philosophical Translation
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
In 1993, archaeologists unearthed a set of ancient bamboo scrolls that contained the earliest known version of the Dao de jing. Composed more than two thousand years ago, this life-changing document offers a regimen of self-cultivation to attain personal excellence and revitalize moral behavior. Now...
by Christopher Bollas
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Several thousand years ago Indo-European culture diverged into two ways of thinking; one went West, the other East. Tracing their differences, Christopher Bollas examines how these mentalities are now converging once again, notably in the practice of psychoanalysis.
Creating a freely...
by Arthur Sokoloff
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 1999
A practical guide to the wisdom of the East that shows how we can apply it to our pragmatic Western view of the world to achieve inner peace.
In Life Without Stress, Arthur Sokoloff demystifies Eastern teachings and shows how the basic tenets of the four major philosophies--Taoism, traditional...
Imposing, Maintaining, and Tearing Open the Iron Curtain
The Cold War and East-Central Europe, 1945–1989
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
The Cold War began in Europe in the mid-1940s and ended there in 1989. Notions of a “global Cold War” are useful in describing the wide impact and scope of the East-West divide after World War II, but first and foremost the Cold War was about the standoff in Europe. The Soviet Union established...
Six Causes
The Vedic Theory of Creation
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2014
In Vedic philosophy, creation is modeled as the creative activity of consciousness. Just as an artist creates a painting by first thinking about it and then embedding his ideas into matter, so the creator of the universe creates the world of objects by expressing meanings in His consciousness into...
Alone With Others
An Existential Approach to Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The author of Buddhism Without Beliefs bridges the gap between Western and Eastern philosophy with this humanist approach to Buddhism.
This uniquely contemporary guide to understanding the timeless message of Buddhism, and in particular its relevance in actual human relations, was inspired...
Essence Revisited
Slipping Past the Shadows of Illusion
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2011
Statements such as "there is no self," or "there is only God" are very simple descriptions of ordinary, everyday existence. All that's necessary for understanding them is a clear acknowledgement of your own life experience. Few people ever admit how life actually presents itself. This book points to...
Converging Paths
Lessons of Compassion, Tolerane, and Understanding from the East and West
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
In Converging Paths, author Susan Santucci gathers the world's greatest religious insights into one volume that is easy-to-read, thought-provoking, and inspirational.
Each short-entry focuses on a single aspect of the wisdom shared by major world religions. Quotations from mystics, philosophers,...
Mindfulness
A Beginner's Guide to Meditation & Intentional Living
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2015
**Have you ever wanted to meditate or considered starting a meditative practice but didn't know where to begin? **
Mindfulness: A Beginner's Guide to Meditation and Intentional Living provides clear, easy to follow instructions on starting meditative practice.
Using the meditation...