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Far-Eastern Proverbs

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Mount Vernon, Peter Pauper Press: 1977

Seller ID: 2270173

Binding: Hard Cover

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.
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Buddha (Penguin Lives)

By: Armstrong, Karen

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Viking: 2001

Seller ID: 2305569

ISBN: 0670891932

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Ninth printing. Jacket spine head and bottom corner of rear jacket panel bumped. 2001 Hard Cover. xxix, 205 pp. Karen Armstrong's portrait of the Buddha explores both the archetypal religious icon and Buddha the man. Armstrong follows the Buddha - born Siddhama Gotama - as he leaves his wife, his young child, and his comfortable life and eminent social status for an arduous quest for spiritual enlightenment.
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The Story of Oriental Philosophy

By: Beck, L. Adams (Barrington, E.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Cosmopolitan Book Corporation: 1928

Seller ID: 2303911

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket toned, jacket edges reinforced with clear tape, mostly on verso. 1928 Hard Cover. viii, 429 pp. 8vo. Frontispiece and four plates. In writing this book upon the thought and thinkers of Asia my aim has been to convey what I have to tell in as clear and simple a manner as possible to readers unaccustomed to oriental modes of expression. This has meant more than translation from original languages, for beyond that lies the necessity for familiar English terms, which sometimes do not express the full implication of the original. I can hope only that I have not been wholly unsuccessful and t...
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The Buddhist Experience: Sources and Interpretations (The Religious Life of Man)

By: Beyer, Stephan

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Belmont, California, Dickenson Publishing Company, Inc.: 1974

Seller ID: 2289109

Binding: Trade Paperback

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...
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Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey

By: Ch'en, Kenneth

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Princeton, Princeton University Press: 1973

Seller ID: 2287346

ISBN: 0691000158

Binding: Trade Paperback

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.
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The Indian Testimony (A Pendle Hill Pamphlet, June 1953, Number 72)

By: Chakravarty, Amiya; Huxley, Aldous

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Wallingford, Pennsylvania, Pendle Hill: 1953

Seller ID: 2304567

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Signed by author with inscription, With greetings Nov. '53. Wrappers lightly toned. 1953 Stapled Binding. 40 pp. Foreword by Aldous Huxley. In a very interesting essay Amiya Chakravarty discusses the Indian philosophy of peace. The great merit of this philosophy consists in the fact that it goes back to first principles. Peace, it insists, is more than a mere matter of political and economic arrangements. Because man stands on the borderline between the animal and the divine, the temporal and the eternal, peace on earth possesses a cosmic significance. Every violent extinction of a human life ...
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Secrets of the Tai Chi Circle: Journey to Enlightenment

By: Chan, Luke

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio, Benefactor Press: 1993

Seller ID: 2276227

ISBN: 0963734105

Binding: Trade Paperback

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.
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Fifty Eastern Thinkers (Routledge Key Guides)

By: Collinson, Diane

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Routledge: 2000

Seller ID: 2281753

ISBN: 0415202841

Binding: Trade Paperback

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...
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The Ethics of Confucius: The Sayings of the Master and His Disciples upon the Conduct of 'The Superior Man' Arranged According to the Plan of Confucius with Running Commentary

By: Confucius; Dawson, Miles Menander; Fang, Wu Ting

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press: 1915

Seller ID: 2303922

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Owner bookplate on front endpaper, minimal loss of gilt from spine and front board titles. 1915 Hard Cover. xxi, 323 pp. Black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Confucius. One of the early American missionaries to China tells us that when he had finally convinced a Chinese scholar that there were schools in America the immediate assumption was: 'Then the people of your honorable nation are also acquainted with the books of Confucius.' It was a false assumption, and yet it is a great pity that more Americans are not familiar with the teachings which have moulded the lives of cou...
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The Analects of Confucius

By: Confucius; Giles, Lionel

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, The Limited Editions Club / Plantin Press: 1970

Seller ID: 2304381

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Includes publisher's box, with monthly letter and prospectus sheet laid in. Onion skin jacket included. #753 of 1500, signed by illustrator Tseng Yu-Ho on limitation page. Laid in is a bookseller's slip, owner bookplate of Walter Norwood Thompson on front paste-down endpaper, seams of box corners along spine split but box still sturdy and square. 1970 Hard Cover. xxvii, [5], 131 pp. Decorative cloth boards, paper spine label mirrored on box. Illustrated with twelve double-spread paintings by Tseng Yu-Ho. A distillation of Confucius's thought, presented in a series of aphorisms, translated with...
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Buddhist Texts Through the Ages

By: Conze, Edward; Horner, I.B.; Snellgrove, David; Waley, Arthur

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Harper Torchbooks: 1964

Seller ID: 2289062

ISBN: 0061301132

Binding: Trade Paperback

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.
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The Buddhist Tradition in India, China and Japan

By: De Bary, William Theodore

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Vintage Books: 1972

Seller ID: 2288080

ISBN: 0394716965

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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...
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A History of Zen Buddhism

By: Dumoulin, Heinrich

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Boston, Beacon Press: 1971

Seller ID: 2289060

ISBN: 0807059773

Binding: Trade Paperback

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 and...
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Zen Enlightenment: Origins and Meaning

By: Dumoulin, Heinrich; Maraldo, John C. (Translator)

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Weatherhill: 1983

Seller ID: 2269644

ISBN: 0834801418

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Reprint. Faint edge wear. 1983 Trade Paperback. xii, 175 pp. Traces the development of Zen enlightenment from India through China to Japan.
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Understanding Oriental Philosophy: A Popular Account for the Western World

By: Feibleman, James K.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, A Meridian Book: 1984

Seller ID: 2289045

ISBN: 0452007100

Binding: Trade Paperback

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.
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The Journey of the Self: A Sufi Guide to Personality

By: Haeri, Shaykh Fadhlalia

Price: $5.00

Publisher: San Francisco, California, HarperSanFrancisco: 1991

Seller ID: 2269096

ISBN: 0062503766

Binding: Trade Paperback

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.
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The Bhagavadgita [Bhagavad-Gita]: An English Translation with Commentary (Second Edition)

By: Hill, W. Douglas (Translator)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Madras, Oxford University Press: 1966

Seller ID: 2287044

Binding: Hard Cover

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...
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Confucius Said It First

By: Hsieh, Tehyi

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Warren Press: 1939

Seller ID: 2260181

Binding: Hard Cover

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.
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Zen in the Martial Arts

By: Hyams, Joe

Price: $4.00

Publisher: New York, Bantam Books: 1982

Seller ID: 2306399

ISBN: 0553275593

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Reprint. Pages toned, tiny tear on edge of front wrapper. 1982 Mass Market Paperback. [viii], 133, [3] pp. Black-and-white photographs by Kenneth McGowan and Doug Coder. Under the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams vividly recounts his more than 25 years of experience in the martial arts. In his illuminating story, Hyams reveals to you how the daily application of Zen principles not only developed his physical expertise but gave him the mental discipline to control his personal problems-self-image, work pressure, competition. Indeed, masterin...
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Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment

By: Kapleau, Philip; Smith, Huston; Kraft, Kenneth

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Anchor Books / Doubleday: 1989

Seller ID: 2307509

ISBN: 0385260938

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

25th anniversary edition. 1989 Trade Paperback. xxv, 400 pp. Foreword by Huston Smith, preface by Kenneth Kraft. World-renowned Buddhist teacher Roshi Kapleau brings a new introduction to his twenty-five-year-old classic. Useful to both initiates and long-term disciples alike, the comprehensive guide is an overview of the profundities of Buddha.
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Zen: Dawn in the West

By: Kapleau, Rosh Philip

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Anchor Press / Doubleday: 1979

Seller ID: 2303138

ISBN: 0385142730

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Jacket edges rubbed. 1979 Hard Cover. xx, 311 pp. Believing that Buddhist teachings and traditional ceremonies should be adapted to twentieth-century life styles, Kapleau presents an introduction to the philosophy and practice of Zen written especially for American readers.
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A First Zen Reader

By: Leggett, Trevor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Rutland, Charles E. Tuttle Company: 1960

Seller ID: 2303924

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Lacks jacket. Ink name on front flyleaf. 1960 Hard Cover. 236 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs and illustrations. When Zen Buddhism crossed from China to Japan in the twelfth century, it entered a phase of development that was not only to inspire a magni?cent range of artistic achievement but also to exert a tremendous in?uence upon Japanese life itself and, eventually, to bring to the attention of the West a religious philosophy both unique and challenging in its power. The purpose of this anthology is to suggest an approach to answering the perennial question What is Z...
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Living the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think

By: Morgan, Forrest E., Maj USAF

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Fort Lee, Barricade Books: 1992

Seller ID: 2306396

ISBN: 0942637763

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

6th printing. Top edge lightly foxed. 1992 Trade Paperback. viii, 312 pp. A step-by-step approach to applying the Japanese warrior's mind set to martial training and daily life.
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The Book of Tea

By: Okakura, Kakuzo; Grilli, Elise

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Rutland, Vermont / Tokyo, Japan, Charles E. Tuttle Company: 1974

Seller ID: 2303698

ISBN: 0804800693

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

1974 24th printing. Includes publisher's slipcase and belly band jacket. Light stain to spine base and base of slipcase, ink name and address on front endpaper. 96 pp. Black-and-white illustrations head chapters, foreword and biographical sketch by Elise Grilli. The tea ceremony affects nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. This is a hardcover gift edition of the bestselling book that introduced Western audiences to the ancient tradition. First published in 1906, it traces the custom from its roots in Taoism to its role as a Zen meditative discipline.
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Dakini Teachings: Padmasambhava's Oral Instructions to Lady Tsogyal

By: Padmasambhava; Tsogyal, Lady; Tsogyal, Yeshe; Oser, Nyang Ral Nyima; Lingpa, Sangye; Kungsang, Erik Pema

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Boston, Shambala: 1990

Seller ID: 2294534

ISBN: 0877735468

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Second printing. Wrappers rubbed, light stains on page ridges. 1990 Trade Paperback. xxix, 189 pp. Padmasambhava, the Indian mystic and tantric Buddhist master, is second only to Buddha Shakyamuni as the most famous personage in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. In the ninth century, he made the journey across the Himalayan Mountains to establish Buddhism for the people in that country. Now, more than 1,000 years later, we are able to hear and be touched by his voice as contained within this collection of oral advice. Sometimes with humor, sometimes with biting sarcasm, Dakini Teachings cover...
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Secrets of the Samurai: A Survey of the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan

By: Ratti, Oscar; Westbrook, Adele

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Rutland, Charles E. Tuttle Company: 1992

Seller ID: 2306395

ISBN: 0804816840

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Cover reinforced with clear tape, top edge lightly foxed. 1992 Trade Paperback. 483 pp. A well illustrated account of weapons, techniques, strategies, and principles of combat in the samurai tradition of bujutsu. At once a thorough survey of an influential fighting style and philosophy, and a useful reference guide for collectors of Japanese weaponry and armor.
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The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction (The Religious Life of Man)

By: Robinson, Richard H.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Belmont, California, Dickenson Publishing Company, Inc.: 1970

Seller ID: 2289108

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Top corner of front wrapper very lightly creased, ink stamp on half-title page. 1970 Trade Paperback. vi, 136 pp. Comprehensive introduction to Buddhism that examines present-day Buddhism in the context of its historical development. CONTENTS: Foreword; The Scene Today; Life and Teachings of Gautama the Buddha; Development of Indian Buddhism; Developments Outside India; Past, Present, and Future; Selected Readings; An Overview of the Buddhist Scriptures.
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One Robe, One Bowl: The Zen Poetry of Ryokan

By: Ryokan; Stevens, John

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Weatherhill: 1977

Seller ID: 2303923

ISBN: 0834801256

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket spine and edges slightly faded, ink name on front endpaper. 1977 Hard Cover. 85, [1] pp. The poems of the revered eighteenth-century Zen master reflect the simplicity, gentleness, generosity, and love that characterized his life.
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Thinkers of the East

By: Shah, Idries

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Penguin: 1972

Seller ID: 2268409

ISBN: 0140034102

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages toned, a few ink marks. 1972 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. A collection of entertaining anecdotes and parables in action illustrating the eminently practical and lucid approach of Eastern dervish teachers. Distilled from the teachings of more than one hundred sages in three continents, it offers an extraordinary variety of underlying themes, from the inner significance of outward service to real and imagined desire.
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Masrudin: The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla

By: Shah, Idries

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Dutton Paperback: 1972

Seller ID: 2268949

ISBN: 0525473394

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

First printing. Ink letters on spine, ink note on front wrapper verso. 1972 Mass Market Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 158 pp. Mulla Nasrudin, the wise fool of Eastern folklore and Eastern Philosophy, holds a special place in Sufi studies. The Sufis, who believe that deep intuition is the only real guide to knowledge, use the humorous stories of Nasrudin's adventures almost like exercises in Sufi Thought. The Sufis ask people to choose a few which especially appeal to them, and turn them over in their mind, making them their own. Sufi teaching masters say that in this...
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