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From Confucius to Gandhi, we offer timeless works by some of the most legendary names in Eastern philosophy and religion.
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Recommendations... The Book of Tea
by Kakuzo Okakura
Minor classic of the Orient. Perhaps the most entertaining, most charming explanation and interpretation of traditional Japanese culture in terms of the tea ceremony. Introduction, notes by E. F. Bleiler.
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by Madame Alexandra David-Neel
A practicing Buddhist and Oriental linguist recounts supernatural events she witnessed in Tibet during the 1920s. Intelligent and witty, she describes the fantastic effects of meditation and shamanic magic — levitation, telepathy, more. 32 photographs.
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 Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
by Confucius, James Legge
Entire text of the Analects of Confucius in large, readable characters, and beneath this Legge's full translation, which has been accepted and the definitive, standard English version. Full chinese text, English translation on same page.
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| |  The I Ching: The Book of Changes
by James Legge
One of the most important books in the history of Oriental culture, the I Ching proposes that all things happening at a specific time have certain characteristic features which can be isolated.
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 The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
by Patańjali, James Haughton Woods
Acclaimed translation of one of yoga's most important and influential works covers eight-step path of Raja Yoga. This volume incorporates compete sutras, plus a valuable commentary by Veda-Vyasa and explanations by Vachaspati-Miçra.
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| |  The Living Thoughts of Gotama the Buddha
by Ananda Coomaraswamy, I. B. Horner
Scholarly, highly readable volume offers concise introduction to tenets of Buddhism. After a brief biography and an overview of Buddha's doctrine, a series of Pali texts focuses on the founder and his prophesies.
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Products in Eastern Philosophy and Religion | | |  | The Analects
by Confucius
Rich distillation of the timeless precepts of extremely influential Chinese philosopher and social theorist. Includes "Concerning Fundamental Principles," "Concerning Government," "The Eight Dancers: Concerning Manners and Morals," and much more. Footnotes.
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by Sir Edwin Arnold
Part of the great Indian epic the Mahabharata, the Bhagavadgita probes Hindu concepts of the nature of God and what man should do to reach him. Translation by Sir Edwin Arnold. Explanatory footnotes.
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| | The Book of Tea
by Kakuzo Okakura
Minor classic of the Orient. Perhaps the most entertaining, most charming explanation and interpretation of traditional Japanese culture in terms of the tea ceremony. Introduction, notes by E. F. Bleiler.
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by Kakuzo Okakura, Everett Bleiler
Hardcover gift edition of the bestselling book that introduced Western audiences to the tea ceremony. It traces the custom from its roots in Taoism to its role as a Zen meditative discipline.
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|  | Buddhism: Its Essence and Development
by Edward Conze
Classic guide introduces Buddhism as both religion and philosophy, discusses its common ground with other faiths throughout the world, contrasts monastic and popular Buddhism, and defines old and new schools of thoughts.
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by E. B. Cowell, Francis A. Davis
Excellent translations of basic works in later Buddhism feature the Buddha-Karita of Asvaghosha, Larger and Smaller Sukhavati-vyuha, the Vagrakkhedika, the Larger and Smaller Pragna, and the Meditation Sutra of Amida Buddhism.
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by Edward Conze
Introduction explains meaning and purpose of meditation; exercises include instructions on maintaining mental and physical awareness during meditation, advice on postures, breathing, repudiation of the sensory world, remembrance of mortality, more.
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|  | A Buddhist Reader: Selections from the Sacred Books
by Henry Clarke Warren
This much-cited scholarly anthology of key Theravada Buddhist documents offers an excellent, accessible presentation of the vast range of Pâli Buddhist literature. Among the first English translations of Buddha's words.
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by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Nine of the most famous essays by the preeminent philosopher and art historian, exploring such subjects as the true function of aesthetics in art and the importance of symbolism.
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| | Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
by Confucius, James Legge
Entire text of the Analects of Confucius in large, readable characters, and beneath this Legge's full translation, which has been accepted and the definitive, standard English version. Full chinese text, English translation on same page.
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|  | The Dalai Lama Paper Doll
by Tom Tierney
Complete with 22 faithfully re-created costumes, this collection features 7 costumed dolls of the revered Buddhist leader and his parents at various periods of their lives.
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|  | The Dance of Siva: Essays on Indian Art and Culture
by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
In a series of 14 stimulating essays, a renowned historian unfolds India's vast cultural and philosophical traditions: its art, conception of the universe, social organization, and attitudes toward family, romantic love, and marriage.
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|  | Gandhi: Selected Writings
by Mohandas Gandhi, Alastair Duncan
This anthology of Gandhi's writings offers a revealing look at his life and philosophy, focusing on subjects of enduring interest — rather than day-to-day political matters.
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| | | The I Ching: The Book of Changes
by James Legge
One of the most important books in the history of Oriental culture, the I Ching proposes that all things happening at a specific time have certain characteristic features which can be isolated.
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|  | Ideals of the East: The Spirit of Japanese Art
by Kakuzo Okakura, Sister Nivedita
This extremely influential book offers a brief but concise introduction to Asian art, providing the earliest lucid English-language account of Zen Buddhism and its relation to the arts.
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|  | Initiations and Initiates in Tibet
by Alexandra David-Neel
Noted authority discusses mystic rites and doctrines, methods of psychic training, various kinds of initiations and their aims, spiritual exercises, "gymnastics" of respiration, many other topics. Invaluable insights into Tibetan Buddhism. 27 black-and-white illustrations.
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| | The Living Thoughts of Gotama the Buddha
by Ananda Coomaraswamy, I. B. Horner
Scholarly, highly readable volume offers concise introduction to tenets of Buddhism. After a brief biography and an overview of Buddha's doctrine, a series of Pali texts focuses on the founder and his prophesies.
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