With refreshing clarity, humor, and contemporary awareness, the foremost interpreter of Tibetan Buddhist thought explores the importance of transforming our attitudes toward death so that we may live to learn. Inspired by the wisdom of never-before-translated Tibetan texts, yet grounded in modern scientific research, Sogyal reveals the benefits of ...
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The gospels written by Thomas shed new light on the origins of Christianity and portray Jesus as a wisdom-loving sage. This collection of aphoristic sayings speaks of the kingdom of God as a present fact about the world, rather than a future promise or future threat. Included are facing-page commentaries that focus on the meaning of the sayings.
The splendor and enigmatic appeal of the Zohar, the major text of the Jewish mystical tradition, has never intrigued readers of all faiths more than it does today. But how can we truly understand it? Daniel C. Matt brings together in one place the most important teachings from the Zohar, the cornerstone of Kabbalah -- described as a mixture of ...
Andrew Harvey writes: 'I feel I have been waiting all my life to write this book, that it will represent the culmination and consummation of twenty-five years of seeking and inner experience and practice in many of the mystical systems of the world, and that there could not be a more important book for the contemporary seeker. As the times become ...
Contemporary translations of 13th-century poet Rumi's mystical poems have enjoyed tremendous popularity among modern readers. Oxford scholar Andrew Harvey's dramatic interpretation results from his own personal spiritual experience. He speaks with charisma of the relevance of Rumi's vision to Western life.
Jellaludin Rumi was a religious teacher in Anatolia until, at the age of 37, he fell under the spell of the wandering Dervish Shams Tabriz, and began to compose poems about his search for the lost Divine Beloved. This text presents Rumi's writings and teachings, in verse, letters, and prose.
Whether based on the Buddhist vision of the Bodhisattva or the Christian concept of service, the mystic's journey is one taken on behalf of all humanity, and this is the message that Andrew Harvey - one of the nation's most celebrated authorities on mysticism - has succeeded in communicating in The Essential Mystics, a brilliant introduction to ...
The purpose of One Heart is to illuminate the common sacred ground at the heart of seven faiths: Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism. Its method is to identify 65 essential principles, among them: Feel what other people feel; Don't harm others; Lead with virtue and concern for others; Be honest; Practice ...
This seminal work on the Christ of the early mystics and saints by the bestselling author of "Hidden Journey" offers a rare glimpse at centuries-old spiritual exercises that allow the reader to directly experience the mystical Christ.
Adapted from a series of lectures, inteviews and seminars given by Andrew Harvey on the theme of the "sacred feminine", this text introduces a radical manifesto. It makes a pleas for an end to the fascination with gurus and all other mediators, and demonstrates how a restored, direct relationship with the sacred feminine principle can empower us ...
Mystical scholar Andrew Harvey offers fresh interpretations of more than 250 selections from Rumi's major works. The works of Sufi mystic and poet Jalad-ud-Din Rumi have been revered in the East for centuries. Now, Western seekers and lovers of poetry are discovering Rumi in unprecedented numbers. Harvey uses these poems, quotations, and ...
High up on the remote Indian borders with Tibet, China and Pakistan, beyond the Kashmir Valley, lies Ladakh, one of the last places where a Tibetan Buddhist community survives. Andrew Harvey travelled there in 1981.
In the form of an anthology, this collection brings together translations, undertaken by a number of translators, of the poetry of the 12th century Persian mystic, Rumi
Divided into two parts--"The Path of the Bodhisattva" and "The Key of Madhyamika"--this seminal collection of writings by the Dalai Lama, presented here in its only available English translation, contains important spiritual teachings for readers from both the East and the West. Foreword by Andrew Harvey, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and ...
So begins the irresistible invitation of this exquisite volume - a call from one of the world's most beloved poets to join him in exploring love, both human and divine, with all its ecstasy, suffering, and beauty. Rumi - the Persian mystic who lived and wrote in 13th-century Turkey - has become America's most widely read poet, and these verses ...
The renowned spiritual scholar and coauthor of "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" presents his defining work: a powerful, impassioned prescription for communing directly with god, without gurus or other intermediaries.
The author chronicles his fallout with the guru who introduced him to mystical Christianity, the subsequent depression and disillusionment he endured, and his ultimate awakening to a new, more direct connection to the Divine.
In this dual biography, the son of the novelist John Steinbeck writes about life with his famous father in a sadly dysfunctional family racked by alcoholism. In addition, Nancy Steinbeck, who was married to John Steinbeck IV until his death in 1991, writes about their marriage, revealing that, although her husband perpetrated his father's abusive ...
In this guide book, Kaplan shows readers that when they dream they are connecting with the creative force of the universe, the collective "soul." Using excerpts from her own dream journal she describes various forms of dreams which take readers closer to the soul.
This text is an allegory of extreme measures for extreme times - the story of birds seeking a king represents the story of mankind seeking God. Direct and to the point, the authors intend the book to be suited to a time of intense spiritual seeking.
"Every age has its teachers, who keep the eternal truths alive for all of us," writes Marianne Williamson, the best-selling author of "The Age of Miracles. ""In the case of Andrew Harvey, the light he sheds is like a meteor burst across the inner sky." In "The Hope, "Andrew Harvey offers" "not only a guide to discovering your divine purpose but ...
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