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1	The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels more books like this by Thomas Cahill add to wishlist A narrative history of the Jewish people, written by the best-selling author of "How the Irish Saved Civilization". Cahill understands the real significance of the Jews in world history to be not merely as the originators of monotheism, but as the first people to understand the notion of history itself--the first to view time as a linear narrative ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Tao Te Ching more books like this by Professor Lao Tzu add to wishlist Long interested in Taoist teaching, Le Guin retells a classic story, including her own notes on her interpretations of the events in the story. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life more books like this by Dalai Lama, Nicholas Vreeland (Read by), Richard Gere (Afterword by) add to wishlist Based on the Dalai Lama's 1999 lectures in New York City's Central Park, these insights focus on achieving the mental discipline that can help open one's mind and heart. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	How Can I Help? more books like this by Paul Gorman, Ram, Ram Dass add to wishlist Provides support and inspiration for us in our efforts as members of the helping professions. We learn to find strength, clarity, and wisdom for those times when we are called on to care for one another. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.09! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Bhagavad-Gita As It Is more books like this by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Preface by) add to wishlist The Bhagavad-gita is the main source-book on yoga and a concise summary of India's Vedic wisdom. Yet remarkably, the setting for this classic of spiritual literature is an ancient Indian battlefield. At the last moment, the great warrior Arjuna begins to wonder about the real meaning of his life. In the Bhagavadgita, Lord Krsna brings His disciple ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Way of Chuang Tzu more books like this by Thomas Merton add to wishlist Chuang Tzu considered, along with Lao Tzu, one of the great figures of early Taoist thought used parables and anecdotes, allegory, and paradox to illustrate that real happiness and freedom are found only in understanding the Tao or Way of nature, and dwelling in its unity. Thomas Mertons collection of poetic renderings taken from the Chinese ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.16! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Way of a Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues His Way more books like this by Reginald M. French (Translator) add to wishlist Charmingly written, filled with scenes of Russian peasant life, The Way of a Pilgrim and its sequel, The Pilgrim Continues His Way, portray the traditions and interior life of Eastern Orthodox spirituality, bringing to the West the soul of Eastern Christianity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| SVS
8	We're All Doing Time: A Guide for Getting Free more books like this by Bo Lozoff add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.63! \| first editions
9	I & Thou more books like this by Martin Buber add to wishlist Originally written in 1923, I AND THOU is Martin Buber's classic text on theology that offers an existential analysis of man's relationship with himself and with God. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.47! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Autobiography of a Yogi more books like this by Paramahansa Yogananda add to wishlist A classic text, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI describes the life and teachings of the Hindu monk Paramahansa Yogananda. From his childhood in India that inspired his search for a spiritual teacher, to the time that he spent in the West as a teacher himself, this book gives not only the facts of his life but also the spiritual tenets by which that life ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.55! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Think on These Things more books like this by J. Krishnamurti add to wishlist Krisnamurti examines culture, education, religion, politics, and tradition as well as the ambition, greed, envy, and lust for power that he believes are deteriorating factos in human society. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Analects of Confucius more books like this by Arthur Waley, Confucius add to wishlist This series of short sayings, proverbs, and observations on ethics and methods for living originated around 400 B.C. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.47! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali more books like this by Swami Prabhavananda add to wishlist Pantanjali's seminal teachings on yoga and meditation, and profound insight into the human condition is presented here through the eyes of translator Swami Prabhavanda (a monk who also translated THE BHAGAVAD GITA: THE SONG OF GOD) and renowned writer Christopher Isherwood. An oft-cited resource for spiritual seekers and yogis, this text explains ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $8.59! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Orthodox Church: Second Edition more books like this by Timothy Ware, Kallistos Ware, Bishop, Kallistos add to wishlist Since its first publication thirty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established throughout the English-speaking world as the standard introduction to the Orthodox Church. Orthodoxy continues to be a subject of enormous interest among Western Christians, and the author believes that an understanding of its standpoint is necessary before ... see all copies from $7.15! new only from $8.50! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Philokalia, Volume 4: The Complete Text; Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain & St. Markarios of Corinth more books like this by Kallistos Ware, Bishop (Editor), Philip Sherrard (Editor), G E Palmer (Editor) add to wishlist Written between the 4th and 15th centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition, the texts published in Greek in 1782 as "The Philokalia" were later translated into Slavonic and then Russian. This is the fourth of five volumes of a translation from the original Greek, and contains some of the most important writings in the ... see all copies from $7.35! new only from $7.35! \| SVS
16 view cover	Tao: The Watercourse Way more books like this by Alan Watts add to wishlist Drawing on ancient and modern sources, Watts treats the Chinese philosophy of TAO in much the same way as he did Zen Buddhism in his classic The Way of Zen. Critics agree that this last work stands as a perfect monument to the life and literature of Alan Watts.Written with the collaboration of Al Chung-liang Huang. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.73! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Analects more books like this by Confucius add to wishlist This series of short sayings, proverbs, and observations on ethics and methods for living originated around 400 B.C. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Divine Romance more books like this by Paramahansa Yogananda add to wishlist A collection of more than 50 talks on the vast range of inspiring and universal truths that have captivated millions in Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi. Readers will find these talks alive with the unique blend of all-embracing wisdom, encouragement, and love for humanity that have made the author one of our era's most revered and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.72! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	World Religions: Eastern Traditions more books like this by Willard Oxtoby (Editor) add to wishlist A team of scholarly authorities on religion has assembled this introduction to the religious traditions of South Asian and East Asian origin, under the editorship of Willard G. Oxtoby. Also included in this volume is a chapter on the Aboriginal traditions of Asia and the Pacific. Each chapter features the historical development of a religious ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $64.73! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary more books like this by Edwin F Bryant add to wishlist Written almost two millennia ago, Patanjali's work focuses on how to attain the direct experience and realization of the purusa: the innermost individual self, or soul. As the classical treatise on the Hindu understanding of mind and consciousness and on the technique of meditation, it has exerted immense influence over the religious practices of ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $19.97! \| SVS
21 view cover	Guide for the Perplexed more books like this by Moses Maimonides add to wishlist The great medieval sage Moses Maimonides draws on the revelations in Jewish scripture and the rationality of Aristotle's writings as he addresses one of his former students, whose initial forays into philosophy had left him "perplexed" and who needs further guidance. Originally written in Arabic in three books, this treatise consists of a large ... see all copies from $3.88! new only from $7.02! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life more books like this by Richard Wilhelm (Translator) add to wishlist The point of view established in this volume is that the spirit must lean on science as its guide in the world of reality, and that science must turn to the spirit for the meaning of life. This book lends us a new approach to the East, and it also strengthens the point of view evolving in the West with respect to the psyche. Wilhelm provides the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	God's Smuggler more books like this by Brother Andrew add to wishlist "Brother Andrew is living evidence that even in a world composed more and more of sophisticated softies there is still room fo revangelical derring do"..........The Austin Statesman see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.83! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior more books like this by Chogyam Trungpa add to wishlist This work presents the principles and practices of the sacred warrior's path for Western readers. As in ancient times, the sacred warrior's task is to master life's challenges not through violence but through courage and self-knowledge. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Tortured for Christ more books like this by Richard Wurmbrand add to wishlist The Rev Richard Wurmbrand is an evangelical minister who endured 14 years of Communist imprisonment and torture in his homeland, Romania. In 1945, when the Communists seized the country and attempted to control the churches for their purposes, Wurmbrand began an "underground" ministry to his enslaved people and the invading Soviet soldiers. He was ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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