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Far-Eastern Proverbs

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: 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: 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 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: 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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How to Free Your Mind: Tara the Liberator

By: Chodron, Thubten

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Snow Lion Publications: 2005

Seller ID: 2294557

ISBN: 1559392266

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Spine head very lightly bumped. 2005 Trade Paperback. 224 pp. Tara, the feminine embodiment of enlightened activity, is a Buddhist deity whose Tibetan name means liberator, signaling her ability to liberate beings from the delusion and ignorance that keep them trapped in ever-recurring patterns of negativity. She embodies a challenge—to transform our minds and become like her, whose tranquility, compassion, and wisdom make her so beautiful—but one that is profoundly nurturing. In the author's words, We can relax in her presence and look at ourselves honestly, knowing that Tara will not jud...
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Fifty Eastern Thinkers (Routledge Key Guides)

By: Collinson, Diane

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 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: 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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By: Hill, W. Douglas (Translator)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: 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: 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: Dawn in the West

By: Kapleau, Rosh Philip

Price: $60.00

Publisher: 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 i...
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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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A Guide to Oriental Classics

By: Oriental Studies Program Columbia College; de Bary, Wm. Theodore [William]; Embree, Ainslie T.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Columbia University Press: 1975

Seller ID: 2289064

ISBN: 0231038925

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Second edition. Spine and edge of front wrapper faintly toned, ink stamp and ink name on front flyleaf. 1975 Trade Paperback. xi, 257 pp. This useful guide to the classics of four Asian traditions has been significantly revised. Major cultural works from the Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese traditions, ranging from history, philosophy, and religion to poetry, drama, and fiction, are included in this biographic guide. Added to this edition are new translations and studies published since the appearance of the first edition. The sections dealing with major texts of Indian, Chinese, and Jap...
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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: 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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The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction (The Religious Life of Man)

By: Robinson, Richard H.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: 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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Masrudin: The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla

By: Shah, Idries

Price: $5.00

Publisher: 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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The Way of the Sufi

By: Shah, Idries

Price: $4.00

Publisher: A Dutton Paperback: 1970

Seller ID: 2269084

ISBN: 0525472614

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Ink note on half-title page, light general wear. 1970 Mass Market Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 287 pp. Intended to illustrate something of the richness and range of Sufi ideas, this remarkable book contains extracts, verses, anecdotes, epigrams, lectures, contemplation-themes and teaching stories culled from such classical authors as Rumi, El-Ghazali and Omar Khayyam as well as sources best known to Sufis themselves. The Way of the Sufi offers the reader an introductory course of study, beginning with a review of special problems facing the Western student. Not leas...
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Zen for Americans: Including The Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters (An Unabridged Reprint of the 1913 Edition Entitled Sermons of a Buddhist)

By: Shaku, Soyen; Suzuki, D.T. [Daisetz Teitaro]

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Dorset Press: 1987

Seller ID: 2303921

ISBN: 0880292067

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Reissue. Jacket faintly toned. 1987 Hard Cover. vi, 220 pp. This little work is a collection of some of the lectures delivered by the Right Reverend Soyen Shaku during his sojourn in Japan. He lectured on the Sutra of Forty-two Chapters, and naturally chose the texts for his sermons from this most popular among the canonical books. Partial Contents: Sutra of forty-two chapters; God conception; assertions and denials; immortality; Buddhist faith and ethics; What is Buddhism? middle way; wheel of the good law; reply to a Christian critic; ignorance and enlightenment; practice of Dhyana; Buddhism...
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Zen, Rocks & Waters

By: Spiegelberg, Frederic; Read, Herbert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books: 1961

Seller ID: 2303909

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket price clipped, jacket spine toned, top corner lightly bumped. 1961 Hard Cover. 63 pp. This book of woodcuts based on brush drawings, with an illuminating introduction and commentaries on each print by Frederic Speigelberg, is a rare and beautiful expression of the Zen style in the visual arts. The author traces the Zen spirit from its beginnings in the commingling of Buddhism and Taoism in China between twelve hundred and fourteen hundred years ago and uses it as a key to the understanding of pictures which not only represent nature but point to the Tao.
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