Written by the master swordsman and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi in 1643, the "Book of Five Rings" has become a classic on strategy and confrontation. Written not only for martial artists but for leaders in all professions, the book analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction. ...
A 400-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese way of the warrior. Bushido has played a major role in shaping modern Japanese society and the modern martial arts in Japan and internationally.
Draws on ancient Confucian commentary, which emphasizes applying practical wisdom in everyday affairs. The "I Ching" is the oldest and most profound of the Chinese classics, used as an oracle of fortune, a guide to success and a dispensary of wisdom.
This text presents a biograpy of Wang Liping, the 18th generation transmitter of Dragon Gate Taoism, heir to a tradition of esoteric knowledge and practice accumulated and refined over 11 centuries.
This work, skilfully translated by Thomas Cleary, presents the only Taoist interpretation of the I Ching, the oldest and most highly regarded of the Chinese religious classics. For centuries the I Ching has been used to map the development of human consciousness. Containing the underlying principles of many world religions, it is highly prized by ...
For too long the West has viewed the Koran as shrouded in an alien time and culture. In this book, translator Thomas Cleary has distilled the essence of Islam to include all the key spiritual passages. Each section is presented with explanatory notes in a historical and logical order to reveal the depths of Islamic spirituality.
Compiled more than 2000 years ago by a mysterious warrior- philosopher. This illustrated edition includes some of the finest works of art from China, Japan, and Korea.
This is a collection of the author's translations of "Tao Te Ching" and his presentation of "The Inner Teachings of Chuang Tzu". The introduction explains how these texts expose the reader to the heart of Taoism.
The Blue Cliff Record is a translation of the Pi Yen Lu, a collection of one hundred Zen koans - the paradoxical teaching stories used by Zen teachers to go beneath rational thought - accompanied by commentaries and appreciatory verses from the teachings of the Chinese Zen masters. Compiled in the twelfth century, by the great Zen master and poet ...
Widely read, The Bhagavad Gita is a classic of world spirituality while The essential companion to The Bhagavad Gita, The Uddhava Gita has remained overlooked. This new accessible and only English translation in print of The Uddhava Gita offers a previously unexplored path to understanding Hinduism and Krishna's wisdom. Written centuries apart, ...
Goddess worship is among the original forms of human religious experience. Thomas Cleary and Sartaz Aziz show how the Divine Feminine has never really disappeared from religion - in spite of its suppression by patriarchal culture. This book is a guided tour of the feminine principles, symbols, and imagery found in Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, and ...
A collection of accessible texts on the Taoist art of inner alchemy * Taoist inner alchemy: a theory and method for transforming and refining the mind through practices such as meditation, breath control, and calisthenics * Includes a classic of Chinese alchemy: as Four Hundred Words on the Golden Elixir Written by the founder of the Complete ...
Known in Chinese as "Hua-yen" and in Japanese as "Kegon-kyo," the "Avatamsaka Sutra, " or "Flower Ornament Scripture, " is held in the highest regard and studied by Buddhists of all traditions. Through its structure and symbolism, as well as through its concisely stated principles, it conveys a vast range of Buddhist teachings. This one-volume ...
Composed by two prominent statesmen-generals of classical China, this book develops the strategies of Sun Tzu's classic, The Art of War, into a complete handbook of organisation and leadership. The great leaders of ancient China who were trained in Sun Tzu's principles understood how war is waged successfully, and how victory and defeat follow ...
Of all the Buddhist writings, the Dhammapada--known for its accessibility--is perhaps the best primer of teachings on the dhamma, or moral path of life. Cleary provides an enlightening introduction that puts the work into historical, cultural, and religious perspective, offering helpful and insightful commentary in each section. Two-color design ...
This volume contains a collection of some of the most popular classics of ancient Taoism, including the Tao te Ching, Chuang-tzu, Huai-nan-tzu and Wen-tzu.
This guide to enlightened conduct for people of authority--now in a miniature edition--is taken from long-lost documents of the Song Dynasty and serves as a study of the personal qualities and conduct necessary for the mastery of any position of power and authority.
The BOOK OF FIVE RINGS is a legendary Japanese text written in the 17th century by an undefeated samurai, Miyamoto Musashi. Like THE ART OF WAR, it contains a timeless philosophy that has been interpreted over many centuries and applied to many contexts (violent or not) that require strength, fortitude, and focus. This particular translation by ...
The I Ching, "The Book of Change," is the most ancient and perhaps the best known of the great Chinese classics. It is very often considered to be a fortune-telling device - and it has indeed been used that way for millennia - but it is much more. It is guidebook to the interaction of yin and yang, the twin forces that make up the universe, and it ...
Compiled by a seventh-generation master of the Northern Branch of the Complete Reality School of Taoism known as the Preserver of Truth, this extraordinary collection of teachings and commentaries illuminates the many profound mysteries of inner alchemy in the Taoist tradition.
A 6th-century manual written on the the important dimensions of Buddhist meditation. This work covers the principles and methods of a wide variety of Buddhist meditation practices, exploring the foundations of insight meditation, Zen meditation, and Pure Land meditation, as well as the basis of symbolic Esoteric meditation rites and rituals.
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