This book explores the profound influence of Zen Buddhist-linked terrorism in modern Japan. Brian Victoria follows a band of Zen Buddhist-trained adherents who ardently believed in their mission to carry out political assassinations in the 1930s, facilitating Japan's transformation into a totalitarian state and setting the stage for Pearl Harbor.
A new history of Buddhism that highlights the insights and experiences of women from diverse communities and traditions around the world Buddhist traditions have extended over a period of twenty-five centuries, and recent decades have seen an unprecedented spread of Buddhism globally.
Explaining the process and energetics of Daoist internal alchemy, the author describes in detail the practice of Nei Dan, the alchemical firing practice of Daoism that has until very recently been a closely guarded secret.Drawing together a huge amount of esoteric material on the hidden aspects of Daoist practice, he presents theory and practice ......
Ways of Work is a history of the Nyingma organizations' practical experience with the Skillful Means approach to work and spiritual practice. This volume is a way of offering the fruits of nearly twenty years of experience to individuals and organizations likely to benefit from them. This short compilation touches upon some of our more important ......
This illuminating work celebrates the power of independent inquiry and the pervasive presence of knowledge. Free from doctrine and dogma, it combines speculation, imagination, logic, and aethestic appreciation into a new kind of discipline - a martial arts for the mind.
The book is a thematic study of Tagore's conceptual project of harmonizing the one and its many across several fields such as spirituality, aesthetics, social existence, and others.
One of India's greatest epics, the Ramayana pervades the country's moral and cultural consciousness. With her magnificent translation and superb introduction, Arshia Sattar has successfully bridged both time and space to bring this ancient classic to modern English readers.
One of India's greatest epics, the Ramayana pervades the country's moral and cultural consciousness. With her magnificent translation and superb introduction, Arshia Sattar has successfully bridged both time and space to bring this ancient classic to modern English readers.
