The Meaning of Happiness: The Quest f...
Alan WattsDeep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. Here, in Alan Watts's groundbreaking third book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embr...
Dao De Jing: A Philosophical Translat...
LaoziExcavated in 1993 in central China, this version of the Dao De Jing is over 125 years older than the previously oldest known version. Esteemed scholars Roger Ames and David Hall offer a vibrant new English translation of "the boo...
Philosophy in the Islamic World: A Ve...
Peter AdamsonIn the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introducti...
First published in 1918, "The Serpent Power" is an important and influential text for the modern practice of Kundalini yoga in the West. Written by Sir John George Woodroffe, under his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, it is a schola...
Wise-Love: Bhakti and the Search for ...
Pranada Comtois2018 Winner in Spirituality from the National Indie Excellence Awards. 2018 Finalist in Spirituality from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.We all long for boundless love as we long for home. But how can we find our home our meani...
The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy...
Jason T. EberlDoes it take faith to be a Jedi? Are droids capable of thought? Should Jar Jar Binks be held responsible for the rise of the Empire? Presenting entirely new essays, no aspect of the myth and magic of George Lucas s creation is left ph...
Kama Sutra: (Classics Deluxe Edition)...
Malika FavreA gorgeous deluxe edition of the world's most celebrated guide to life, love, relationships and pleasure. Little is known about Vatsyayana, who is reputed to have composed the Kama Sutra "while observing a celibate's life in f...
The mystery of existence and our place in that mystery--as expressed in a single Chinese landscape painting: a new work of meditative philosophy by the renowned translator of the Chinese classics and author of Hunger Mountain.Join Da...
Inspired by Daoism, this collection of playful poems depicts the peace of going with the flow and the pain of going against it. In deceptively simple, spare language, these poems guide us on the road of recovery. With impish paradox ...
The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy...
William IrwinReunites the editors of Star Trek and Philosophy with Starfleet's finest experts for 31 new, highly logical essays Features a complete examination of the Star Trek universe, from the original series to the most recent films directed b...
POWERLESSNESS = STRENGTHWe suffer from the most insidious kind of addiction - one we don't even realize we have. It is the addiction to power itself.Both the Twelve Steps of recovery and the ancient teaching of Advaita reveal that po...
Essence of Instruction (Upadesa Saram...
Ramana MaharshiThe great Tamil poet Muruganar approached the South Indian sage, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, and requested elucidation on the instruction which had been given by Lord Siva to the Rishis of Darukavanam (the Pine Forest). The Rishis ...
The Life-Giving Sword: Secret Teachin...
Yagyu MunenoriThe legendary seventeenth-century swordsman Yagyu Munenori was the sword instructor and military and political adviser to two shoguns—and was a rival to the great Miyamoto Musashi. Despite his martial ability and his political power...
The Book of Five Rings (Shambhala Poc...
Miyamoto MusashiOne of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture, The Book of Five Rings analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human inter...
The Path: What Chinese Philosophers C...
Michael PuettFor the first time, an award-winning Harvard professor shares his wildly popular course on classical Chinese philosophy, showing you how ancient ideas—like the fallacy of the authentic self—can guide you on the path to a good life...
Knowing How To Knowcontains the concentrated essence of Idries Shah's Sufi thought. First published two years after his death, in 1996, it includes study papers and materials presented to his students over the course of his life, now...
Trying Not to Try: Ancient China, Mod...
Edward G. SlingerlandA deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity—an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understand—and why it is so essential to our well-being Why is it always hard to fall asleep ...
The Way of Judo: A Portrait of Jigoro...
John StevensKodokan judo, one of the most well-known martial arts in the world today, was originated by Jigoro Kano (1860–1938). Kano was a martial artist and career educator who developed the art after studying several types of jujutsu, sumo, ...
Body Thrive: Uplevel Your Body and Yo...
Cate StillmanDiscover an innovative new curriculum for smarter, naturally rejuvenating daily habits through Ayurveda and yoga"This is the next frontier of Ayurveda." ―Mark Hyman, MD, medical director at Cleveland Clinic's Center for Fu...
Vishoka Meditation: The Yoga of Inner...
Rajmani TigunaitImagine a life free from pain, sorrow, and negativity and infused with joy and tranquility. The ancient yogis called this state vishoka and insisted that we all can achieve it. The key is a precise set of meditative techniques designe...
El Arte de la Guerra (Spanish Languag...
Sun Tzu[MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.] [Read by Gary Dikeos][*This is the SPANISH Edition of The Art of War]El Arte de la Guerra es el mejor libro de estrategia de todos los tiempos. Inspiró a Napoleón, Maquiavelo, Mao Tse Tung...
Yoga, Power & Spirit: Patanjali the S...
Alberto VilloldoThe Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is the classic Hindu text on the spiritual practice of yoga. Written more than 2,000 years ago, these teachings provide a rich, contemplative understanding of yoga and philosophy. Derived from an ancient o...
Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interde...
Alan WattsIn order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go out of your mind. Perhaps more than any other teacher in the West, this celebrated author, former Anglican priest, and self-described spiritual entertain...
Before he became a counterculture hero, Alan Watts was known as an incisive scholar of Eastern and Western psychology and philosophy. In this 1961 classic, Watts demonstrates his deep understanding of both Western psychotherapy and th...
The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in t...
Alan WattsThe Joyous Cosmology is Alan Watts's exploration of the insight that the consciousness-changing drugs LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin can facilitate "when accompanied with sustained philosophical reflection by a person who is in ...
Does It Matter?: Essays on Man's Rela...
Alan W. WattsThis is a series of essays representing philosopher Alan Watts's most recent thinking on the astonishing problems of man's relations to his material environment. The basic theme is that civilized man confuses symbol with reality, his ...
The Book of Five Rings: A Graphic Nov...
Sean Michael WilsonThis graphic novel version of The Book of Five Rings, the iconic book of confrontation and victory by the famed seventeenth-century duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, illuminates this brilliant manifesto, which has long ...
The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Art...
Sean Michael WilsonA graphic novel version of this classic collection of martial arts parables, written by Issai Chozanshi, an 18-century samurai, brings these tales alive in a captivating and immediately accessible way. The stories, which feature dem...
The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy...
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The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy...
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