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1	Remembering the Kanji, Volume 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters more books like this by James W Heisig add to wishlist The aim of this book is to provide the student of Japanese with a simple method for correlating the writing and the meaning of Japanese characters in such a way as to make them both easy to remember. It is intended not only for the beginner, but also for the more advanced student looking for some relief from the constant frustration of how to ... see all copies from $34.00! new only from $34.00! \| SVS
2	Remembering the Kanji Vol. 2: A Systematic Guide to Reading Japanese Characters more books like this by James W Heisig add to wishlist Following the first volume of "Remembering the Kanji", the present work takes up the pronunciation of characters and provides students with helpful tools for memorizing them. Behind the notorious inconsistencies in the way the Japanese language has come to pronounce the characters it received from China lie several coherent patterns. Identifying ... see all copies from $20.34! new only from $20.34!
3	Remembering the Katakana more books like this by Helmut Morsbach, James W Heisig, Kazue Kurebayashi add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.00!
4	Remembering the Kanji I: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing Of... more books like this by James W Heisig, James W Heising add to wishlist From absolute beginners dreading the thought of acquiring literacy in Japanese to more advanced students looking for some relief to the constant frustration of forgetting how to remember the kanji, once you have cracked the covers of these books you will never be able to look at the kanji with the same eyes again. see all copies from $18.00!
5	Buddhist Spirituality Vol. 1: Indian, Southeast Asian, Tibetan, Early Chinese more books like this by Takeu Yoshinori, Yoshinori Takeuchi (Editor), James W Heisig (Editor) add to wishlist Of all the great religions, Buddhism has focused most intensively on that aspect of religion we call spirituality. "In Buddhism, Spirituality is not merely interior reality or a mere escape from ordinary existence. Rather, it aims at cleansing the mind of impurities and disturbances . . . and cultivating such qualities as concentration, awareness, ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $45.54! \| first editions
6	Dialogues at One Inch Above the Ground: Reclamations of Belief in an Interreligious Age more books like this by James W Heisig add to wishlist James Heisig writes with humor and clarity about Buddhism as seen from Buddhist and Christian eyes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| SVS
7	Remembering the Hiragana more books like this by James W. Heisig, James W. Heising (Introduction by) add to wishlist At last a method to help you break through the apparently impenetrable barrier of learning to write the Japanese characters!Taking you step by step, piece by piece, through more than 2,000 kanji, the method will teach you how to see them in an entirely new light--and how not to forget what you see. see all copies from $2.85! new only from $26.15!
8	Zen Buddhism, Volume 2: A History more books like this by Heinrich Dumoulin, James W Heisig (Translator), Paul F Knitter (Translator) add to wishlist In this second volume of his classic history, one of the world's foremost Zen scholars turns his attention to the development of Zen in Japan. see all copies from $14.82! new only from $14.82! \| SVS
9	Heisig: Rude Awakenings Paper more books like this by James W Heisig (Editor), John C Maraldo (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $13.10! new only from $59.41! \| first editions
10	Heart of Buddhism: In Search of the Timeless Spirit of Primitive Buddhism more books like this by Takeuchi Yoshinori, James W Heisig (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $7.95! new only from $16.83! \| first editions
11 view cover	Remembering Traditional Hanzi, Book 1: How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Chinese Characters more books like this by James W Heisig, Timothy W Richardson add to wishlist At long last the approach that has helped thousands of learners memorize Japanese kanji has been adapted to help students with Chinese characters. Book 1 of "Remembering Simplified Hanzi" and "Remembering Traditional Hanzi" covers the writing and meaning of the 1,000 most commonly used characters in the Chinese writing system, plus another 500 ... see all copies from $20.28! new only from $27.65!
12 view cover	Kanji Study Cards by James W. Heisig add to wishlist A boxed set of 2,042 flash cards contains full information on kanji including Chinese and Japanese readings, English equivalents, and hints for vocabulary building. see all copies from $67.73! new only from $80.62!
13 view cover	Remembering Simplified Hanzi, Book 1: How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Chinese Characters more books like this by James W Heisig, Timothy W Richardson add to wishlist At long last the approach that has helped thousands of learners memorize Japanese kanji has been adapted to help students with Chinese characters. "Book 1 of Remembering Simplified Hanzi" covers the writing and meaning of the 1,000 most commonly used characters in the simplified Chinese writing system, plus another 500 that are best learned at an ... see all copies from $25.93! new only from $25.93!
14 view cover	Buddhist Spirituality: Indian, Southeast Asian, Tibetian, Early Chinese more books like this by Takeuchi Yoshinori (Editor), Yoshinori Takeuchi (Editor), James W Heisig (Editor) add to wishlist One of the world's leading figures of the Kyoto School of philosophy leads an eminent group of spiritual studies scholars in this first volume in Crossroad's series of books on world spirituality. "Explores the twin cores of Buddhist spirituality--meditation and emptiness".--ALA Booklist. see all copies from $11.59! new only from $21.90!
15 view cover	Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture more books like this by Keiji Nishitani, James W Heisig (Translator), Yamamoto Seisaku (Translator) add to wishlist In recent years several books by major figures in Japan's modern philosophical tradition have appeared in English, exciting readers by their explorations of the borderlands between philosophy and religion. What has been wanting, however, is a book in a Western language to elucidate the life and thought of Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945), Japan's first ... see all copies from $37.50! new only from $51.32! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Remembering the Kanji II: A Systematic Guide to Reading Japanese Characters more books like this by James W Heisig add to wishlist From absolute beginners dreading the thought of acquiring literacy in Japanese to more advanced students looking for some relief to the constant frustration of forgetting how to remember the kanji, once you have cracked the covers of these books you will never be able to look at the kanji with the same eyes again. see all copies from $7.48! new only from $197.28! \| first editions
17 view cover	Remembering the Kana: A Guide to Reading and Writing the Japanese Syllabaries in 3 Hours Each more books like this by James W Heisig, Kazue Kurebayashi, Helmut Morsbach add to wishlist Following on the phenomenal success of "Remembering the Kanji", the author has prepared a companion volume for learning the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries of modern Japanese. In six short lessons of about twenty minutes, each of the two systems of "kana" writing are introduced in such a way that the absolute beginner can acquire fluency in ... see all copies from $13.71! new only from $17.00! \| SVS
18 view cover	Remembering the Kanji III: Writing and Reading Japanese Characters for Upper-Level Proficiency more books like this by James W Heisig, Tanya Sienko add to wishlist see all copies from $24.99!
19 view cover	Remembering the Kanji 3: Writing and Reading Japanese Characters for Upper-Level Proficiency more books like this by James W Heisig, Tanya Sienko add to wishlist Students who have learned to read and write the basic 2,000 characters run into the same difficulty that university students in Japan face. The government-approved list of basic educational kanji is not sufficient for advanced reading and writing. Although each academic specialization requires supplementary kanji of its own, a large number of ... see all copies from $21.36! new only from $33.24! \| SVS
20 view cover	India and China more books like this by Heinrich Dumoulin, James W Heisig (Translator), Paul F Knitter (Translator) add to wishlist Unparalleled in scope and detail, this classic history of Zen covers all important ideas and developments in the tradition from its beginnings in India through the Sung period in China. see all copies from $4.98! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
21 view cover	Heisig: Philosophers of Nothing Pa more books like this by James W Heisig add to wishlist In this study, the ideas of Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, and Nishitani Keiji are presented both as a consistent school of thought in its own right and as a challenge to the Western philosophical tradition to open itself to the original contribution of Japan. see all copies from $26.95! new only from $26.95!
22 view cover	New Mahayana: Buddhism for a Post Modern World more books like this by Ryomin Akizuki, James W. Heisig (Translator), Paul L. Swanson (Translator) add to wishlist In 1959 Newsweek reported that a young Zen monk and scholar threatened to shake Japanese Buddhism by publishing the "secret answers" to the koan. Though he never took that step, Akizuki Ryomin did make good on his promise to devote himself to "breaking the formalism that constricts Zen and exposing the fake masters." Here, he brings his ideas on ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $80.00!
23 view cover	Monasticism, Buddhist and Christian: The Korean Experience more books like this by James W Heisig (Editor), Sunghae Kim (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $28.56! new only from $28.56! \| SVS
24	Juvik: Atlas of Hawaii, 3rd Cloth more books like this by James W Heisig, Sonia P Juvik (Editor), James O Juvik (Editor) add to wishlist This atlas is divided into six section. The first section contains detailed reference maps with place names for towns, mountains, bays, harbours and other features. This is followed by four sections on the physical, biotic, cultural and social aspects of the Hawaii environment. Geology, climate, the ocean, water, soils and astronomy are among the ... see all copies from $88.98! new only from $99.00!
25 view cover	Remembering the Kanji I more books like this by James W Heisig add to wishlist Part one of a complete course on how not to forget the meaning and writing of Japanese characters. These self-teaching methods help you remember and write by harnessing the power of the imagination. see all copies from $20.00! first editions

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