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By: N/A
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press: 1977
Seller ID: 2270173
Condition: Near Fine
Top edge of jacket front previously mended with tape, front jacket flap clipped, jacket spine very faintly toned. 1977 Hard Cover. 62 pp. Far-Eastern proverbs covering a range of topics including: advice, business, caution, children, contention, education, friendship, honor, house, inclination, justice, labor, learning, opportunity, riches and poverty, satisfaction, sin, speech and silence, strength and power, time, virtue and piety. View more info
By: Beyer, Stephan
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Dickenson Publishing Company, Inc.: 1974
Seller ID: 2289109
Condition: Good
Top corner of rear wrapper creased, ink stamp on half-title page, some pencil underlining. 1974 Trade Paperback. vii, 274 pp. The aim of this series of readings is to introduce the literature of a tradition, and provide sympathetic interpretations and descriptions of important activities which expose the dynamics and some of the concrete variety in a religious tradition. CONTENTS: Part One: Virtue - The Model - Personal Morality - Worship - Living Together; Part Two: Meditation - The Stages on the Path - The Vision and the Word - The Spontaneous Way; Part Three; Wisdom - The Search - The Exper... View more info
By: Blofeld, John
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Dutton: 1970
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2289287
ISBN: 0525472703
Condition: Very Good
First printing. Spine lightly toned. 1970 Mass Market Paperback. 257 pp. A highly practical form of mysticism, Mahayana Buddhism offers precise techniques for attaining wisdom by negating the ego and entering the bliss of divinity. This book gives the background, techniques, purpose, and underlying theory of the Tantric forms of meditation, which have often been successful for those who have failed to make progress with more familiar methods. View more info
By: Blyth, R.H.; Franck, Frederick
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Heian International, Inc.: 1978
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2286292
ISBN: 0893463531
Condition: Near Fine
Second printing. A very nice copy. 1978 Trade Paperback. xviii, 289 pp. Reginald Horace Blyth (1898-1964) ranks with D.T. Suzuki--whose close friend and collaborator he was--as one of the leading interpreters of Zen. Yet, until this volume, Blyth's writings have not been readily available outside of Japan. an Englishman, Blyth went to Japan in 1940 to continue his study of Zen. Interned as an enemy alien during World War II, he began writing in prison. After the war, he was appointed tutor to the Crown Prince. His great work, the five-volume Zen and Zen Classics, was published in the 1960s. Fr... View more info
![Image for The Laws of Manu (The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. XXV [Volume 25])](/assets/images/product/2287259.jpg)
By: Buhler, Georg
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.: 1969
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2287259
ISBN: 0486211592
Condition: Near Fine
A few very faint spots on top page ridge. 1969 Trade Paperback. cxxxviii, 620 pp. 1969 reissue of 1886 original. This book is the definitive translation of a metrical Sanskrit work compiled some time before the second century A.D. Based on many earlier dharma-sutras, it has been accepted by most branches of Indian thought as the most complete expression of Hindu sacred law. Traditionally the laws are ascribed to Manu, who was considered in Vedic mythology as the father of mankind and the founder of social and moral order. Since ancient times he has been proclaimed as India's first and greatest... View more info
By: Ch'en, Kenneth
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Princeton University Press: 1973
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2287346
ISBN: 0691000158
Condition: Very Good
2nd printing. Spine faded. 1973 Trade Paperback. xii, 560 pp. 8vo. Traces the development of Buddhism in China since the Han Dynasty and describes its impact on Chinese culture. View more info
By: Chan, Luke
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Benefactor Press: 1993
Seller ID: 2276227
ISBN: 0963734105
Condition: Good
Highlighting, newspaper clipping taped to front wrapper verso. 1993 Trade Paperback. 132 pp. This story of a student's spiritual journey as he studies with a Tai Chi Grandmaster weaves many anecdotes and lessons of Tao, Zen, Confucius, and I Ching into a cohesive whole. With kidness and love, this book leads readers to forgive themselves for past mistakes and shortcomings--to try again, instead of feeling guilty and giving up. This is a great therapeutic book for those who are haunted by yesterday's failures, worried about tomorrow, and overwhelmed by today's problems. View more info
Price: $8.00
Publisher: The Citadel Press: 1974
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2288089
ISBN: 0806504609
Condition: Near Fine
First printing. Light general wear. 1974 Trade Paperback. 128 pp. This book is an extremely concentrated introduction to the mental, physical, and spiritual exercises of Tibetan Buddhism. Emphasizing the practice of Yoga exercises, the key to its understanding is the learning of Dumo--the generating of internal heat in one's body. View more info
By: Collinson, Diane
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Routledge: 2000
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2281753
ISBN: 0415202841
Condition: Very Good
1st printing. Tiny smudge to page ridge. 2000 Trade Paperback. Close analysis of the work of fifty major thinkers in the field of Eastern philosophy make this an excellent introduction to a fascinating area of study. The authors have drawn together thinkers from all the major Eastern philosophical traditions from the earliest times to the present day. The philosophers covered range from founder figures such as Zoroaster and Confucius to modern thinkers such as Fung Youlan and the present Dalai Lama. Introductions to major traditions and a glossary of key philosophical terms make this a compreh... View more info
By: Confucius; Mencius; Tzu, Hsun
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Bantam: 1965
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2277174
Condition: Good
1st printing. Pages toned, lightly rubbed. 1965 Mass Market Paperback. Contains selections from The Analects, the complete works of Mencius; Hsun Tzu, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Classic of Filial Piety, The Book of Rites, and writings of Tung Chung-Shu View more info
By: Conze, Edward; Horner, I.B.; Snellgrove, David; Waley, Arthur
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Harper Torchbooks: 1964
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2289062
ISBN: 0061301132
Condition: Very Good
First printing. Ink stamp on half-title page. 1964 Trade Paperback. 322, 11 pp. Covering the development of Buddhism through the ages, this collection ofxcerpts from all the important Buddhist scriptures is designed to servecholars and students, as well as readers who wish to explore for themselveshe original sources of one of the world's great religions. Translated into argon-free English from Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese, the texts are accompanied by a glossary of English and foreign terms. View more info
By: Das, Lama Surya
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Broadway Books: 1998
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2291524
ISBN: 0767901576
Condition: Very Good
First printing. Top corner of front wrapper lightly creased, pages faintly toned. 1998 Trade Paperback. xiv, 414 pp. Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the definitive book on Western Buddhism for the modern-day spiritual seeker. The radical and compelling message of Buddhism tells us that each of us has the wisdom, awareness, love, and power of the Buddha within; yet most of us are too often like sleeping Buddhas. In Awakening the Buddha Within, Surya Das shows how we can awaken to who we really are in order to lead a more compassionate, en... View more info
By: Dasgupta, Shashi Bhushan; Guenther, Herbert V.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Shambala: 1974
Seller ID: 2289073
ISBN: 0394730283
Condition: Very Good
Spine lightly toned. 1974 Trade Paperback. 211 pp. Foreword by Herbert V. Guenther. Throughout history Tantra has been shrouded in mystery, misunderstanding, and criticism. This book, first published in India, bases its account of Tantric Buddhism on considerable study of a number of important texts, man of them unpublished manuscripts in old Nepalese script. The author contends that the principal object of the Tantra literature is to indicate and explain the practical method for realizing truth. In its exposition of the various schools of Tantric Buddhism--both the philosophical bases of the ... View more info
By: David-Neel, Alexandra; Rothwell, Fred (Translator)
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Shambala: 1971
Seller ID: 2289107
Condition: Very Good
Spine creased. 1971 Trade Paperback. 224 pp. Nestled amid the high peaks and eternal snows of the Himalayas and other mountain ranges, Tibet is home to a centuries-old Buddhist tradition, rich in mystic rites and rituals aimed at helping adherents achieve spiritual bliss. In this fascinating volume, a noted authority delves into the nature and sources of Tibetan mysticism, providing readers with a wealth of information regarding Lamaic rites of initiation and the teachings given to initiates, both during and after the initiation ceremonies. The author first defines Tibetan mysticism and examin... View more info
By: David-Neel, Alexandra; Yongden, Lama; Watts, Alan; Hardy, H.N.M.
Price: $7.00
Publisher: City Lights Books: 1974
Edition: 7th Printing
Seller ID: 2289106
ISBN: 0872860124
Condition: Near Fine
Seventh printing. An nice copy. 1974 Trade Paperback. 128 pp. This is an account of the Madhyamika (Middle Way) school of Buddhism, a method of mediation and enlightenment that was developed by the great Indian teacher Nagarjuna. In a collaboration between the Frenchwoman Alexandra David-Neel and her friend, the Tibetan lama Aphur Yongden, these teaching are presented clearly and elegantly, intended for the layman who seeks a way to practice and experience the realization of oneness with all existence. View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Vintage Books: 1972
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2288080
ISBN: 0394716965
Condition: Very Good
First printing. Pages lightly toned. 1972 Mass Market Paperback. xxii, 418 pp. This book, compiled from basic Buddhist writings, presents a survey of Buddhist thought in India, China, and Japan, covering the central doctrines and practices that has profoundly influenced human life in Asia. Developments in practical ethics, social attitudes, philosophical speculation, and religious and aesthetic contemplation are represented by selected excerpts from basic writings with succinct introductions and commentary. From these one may observe not only the remarkable vitality of Buddhism in its spread t... View more info
By: DRBA
Price: $2.00
Publisher: DRBA: 1978
Seller ID: 1641150
Condition: Very Good
Lightly rubbed. 1978 Stapled Binding. Filled with parables, poems, and other stories all pertaining to the way of Buddhism. View more info
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Beacon Press: 1971
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2289060
ISBN: 0807059773
Condition: Very Good
Second printing. Spine creased and lightly toned, ink stamp on half-title page. 1971 Trade Paperback. viii, 335 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; The Mystical Element in Early Buddhism and Hinayana; Mysticism Within Mahayana; The Mahayana Sutras and Zen; The Anticipation of Zen in Chinese Buddhism; Zen Patriarchs of the Early Period; The High Period of Chinese Zen; Peculiarities of the Five Houses; Spread and Methodological Development During the Sung Period; The Transplanting of Zen to Japan; The Zen Master Dogen; The Cultural Influence of Zen in the Muromachi Period; The First Encounter Between Zen an... View more info
By: Evans-Wentz, W.Y. - compiled & edited
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1968
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2289072
Condition: Very Good
Second printing. Wrappers lightly rubbed. 1968 Trade Paperback. lxxxiv, 249 pp. The Bardo Thodol (Tibetan: ??????????????, Wylie: bar do thos grol, Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State) is a text from a larger corpus of teachings, the Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones,[1][note 1] revealed by Karma Lingpa (1326–1386). It is the best-known work of Nyingma literature,[3] and is known in the West as the Tibetan Book of the Dead. The Tibetan text describes, and is intended to guide one through, the experiences that the c... View more info
By: Evans-Wentz, W.Y.; Jung, C.G.
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1968
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2289067
ISBN: 0195002938
Condition: Very Good
Second printing. Rear wrapper and pages lightly toned. 1968 Trade Paperback. lxiv, 261 pp. This volume, the fourth of Dr. Evans-Wentz's noted Tibetan series, contains teachings of paramount importance from illustrious gurus of Tibet and India. Unknown to the Western world until its first publication in 1954, The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation expounds the quintessence of the Supreme Path, the Mahayana, and reveals the yogic method of attaining Enlightenment by means of knowing the One Mind, the cosmic All-Consciousness, without recourse to the postures, breathings, and other techniques c... View more info
Price: $6.00
Publisher: A Meridian Book: 1984
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 2289045
ISBN: 0452007100
Condition: Very Good
Spine very faintly toned, ink name on front wrapper verso, pages very faintly toned. 1984 Trade Paperback. xiii, 239 pp. Includes synopsis, analysis, and philosophies of the defining books of Eastern civilizations, both old and new. Includes treatments of the Upanishads, the Bhagavadgita, the I Ching, Buddhism, Confucianism, Zen, Shinto, Chinese communism, and much, much more. An indispensable reference for the student of Oriental philosophy. View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Samuel Weiser, Inc.: 1973
Edition: 5th Printing
Seller ID: 2288091
ISBN: 0877280649
Condition: Very Good
Fifth printing. Spine lightly toned. 1973 Trade Paperback. 311 pp. A complete explanation of the esoteric principles of Mantra that also clarifies the differences between Hindu and Tibetan yoga. Translated into many languages, this is an important text for any student of Buddhism. With bibliography, index, and illustrations. View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Hampton Press: 2005
Seller ID: 1795027
ISBN: 1572736178
Condition: Very Good
2005 Trade Paperback. 194 pp. The reason for writing this book was to pinpoint that theory-building based on Western philosophy and epistemology has produced non comprehensive social theories that are not universally applicable. World philosophy has two opposite components--the Western strand that emphasizes individual rights and freedom; and the Eastern strand that emphasizes individual responsibilities and interdependence. Philosophical strands of various shades lie between these two, which we can call yin and yang. To develop comprehensive social theories, it is necessary to combine science... View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco: 1991
Seller ID: 2269096
ISBN: 0062503766
Condition: Good
Ink underlining and highlighting. 1991 Trade Paperback. xi, 191 pp. A guide to spiritual psychology offers an Islamic concept of personality and outlines the emergence and development of the self as individuals grow toward their highest spiritual potential. View more info
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Shambala: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2278690
ISBN: 157062853X
Condition: Near Fine
First edition - a paperback original. Front wrapper lightly toned. 2001 Trade Paperback. xx, 106 pp. The Persian Sufi poet Hafiz (1326–1390) is a towering figure in Islamic literature—and in spiritual attainment as well. Known for his profound mystical wisdom combined with a sublime sensuousness, Hafiz was the supreme master of a poetic form known as the ghazal (pronounced guzzle), an ode or song consisting of rhymed couplets celebrating divine love. In this selection of his poems, wine and the intoxication it brings are the image that expresses this love in all its joyful abandon, painful... View more info
By: Hanh, Thich Nhat; Kapleau, Philip - introduction
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Anchor Books / Doubleday: 1974
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2289290
ISBN: 0385080662
Condition: Near Fine
First printing. Spine creased, ink stamp on half-title page. 1974 Mass Market Paperback. 198 pp. Thich Nhat Hanh brings his warmth and clarity to this unique explication of Zen Buddhism. Beginning with a discussion of daily life in a Zen monastery, Nhat Hanh illustrates the character of Zen as practiced in Vietnam, and gives the reader clear explanations of the central elements of Zen practice and philosophy. Thorough attention is given to concepts such as Awareness and Impermanence, and to contemporary issues such as the conflicts between modern technology and spirituality. The final section ... View more info
By: Herrigel, Eugen; Tausend, Hermann (Editor); Hull, R.C.F. (Translator)
Price: $4.00
Publisher: Vintage Books: 1974
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2277167
ISBN: 0394712447
Condition: Good
1st printing. Pages toned. 1974 Mass Market Paperback. 125 pp. A precise description of the techniques used in Zen training. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Eugen Herrigel (20 March 1884 in Lichtenau, Baden-Württemberg - 18 April 1955 in Partenkirchen, Bavaria) was a German philosopher who taught philosophy at Tohoku Imperial University in Sendai, Japan, from 1924-1929 and introduced Zen to large parts of Europe through his writings. While living in Japan from 1924 to 1929, he studied kyudo, traditional Japanese archery, under Awa Kenzô (1880-1939), a prominent master of the art, in the hope of furthering... View more info
![Image for The Bhagavadgita [Bhagavad-Gita]: An English Translation with Commentary (Second Edition)](/assets/images/product/2287044.jpg)
By: Hill, W. Douglas (Translator)
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1966
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 2287044
Condition: Very Good
Second edition. Jacket toned, ink name stamp on front endpaper. 1966 Hard Cover. 234 pp. 8vo. Translated into English with commentary by W. Douglas Hill. CONTENTS: Abbreviations; Introduction: The Cult of Krisna Vasudeva, The Bhagavadgita, The doctrine of the Bhagavadgita; The Bhagavadgita translated Into English, and Notes; Subject Index. The Bhagavad Gita (Song of God), also more simply known as Gita, is a sacred Hindu scripture, considered among the most important texts in the history of literature and philosophy. The Bhagavad Gita comprises roughly 700 verses, and is a part of the Mahabhar... View more info
By: Hsieh, Tehyi
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Warren Press: 1939
Edition: 2nd Printing
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2260181
Condition: Very Good
2nd printing. Signed by author. Jacket torn along length of spine, splitting front and rear of jacket in two; half-inch by one-inch chip to top edge of jacket rear. Pencil note on front endpaper, minor pencil marginalia. 1939 Hard Cover. 92 pp. An insightful look into how Confucius was the first to state many things attributed to later philosophers. View more info
Price: $6.00
Publisher: The Macmillan Compay: 1970
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 2289069
Condition: Very Good
Third printing. Minor general wear. 1970 Trade Paperback. 175 pp. A lively introduction to its origins, influences, techniques, and modern affinities. What is Zen? If you asked a true Zen master he might tweak your nose, scowl fiercely, or roar with laughter, whichever he thought would stir your spirit awake—for that is the object of Zen. Humphreys, however, who has practiced both Zen & the law with equal success for more than thirty years, is kinder. He does give the reader an idea—a very good idea—of what it is all about. He describes, with some of the endlessly amusing stories that ce... View more info
