Eastern Spirituality

A rich and multilayered guide that offers readers accessible wisdom and practical methods to cultivate deeper satisfaction in everyday experiences. In contrast to stimulus-driven pleasure, contentment comes from living a life of meaning that aligns with one's values. The author identifies the common traps people fall into looking for happiness that actually create stress, worries, and fears, and offers authentic mindfulness-based solutions to counteract them.

" Understanding Buddhism is one of the most beautiful and least-known books on Buddhism in English, a series of fresh, often stunningly original, essays." (Huston Smith and Philip Novak, Buddhism: A Concise Introduction)

Las principales enseñanzas que el Maestro Confucio inculcó a sus discípulos para ser hombres virtuosos, se encuentran en La sabiduría de Confucio. A través de este relato, Confucio y sus seguidores dibujan un camino que nos adentra en los deberes del ser humano, la educación del mismo, y aquello que lo gobierna; en suma, las claves para ser un hombre superior, de la mano de la rectitud.

Zen self-cope and Zen self-love yourself mentally and physically. True love requires trust, and trust requires honesty. Never, ever, forget that you are important, too.

In the Book “From Crisis to Confidence: The Power of Conscious Intention and Choice”, Swami Bodhananda brings the practical wisdom of the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita to throw light on the present crisis of confidence and suggests ways and means to rebuild faith, virtue, and self-confidence, and draw on one’s inner resources to creatively face life’s challenges

Classic Spirituality for the Modern Man takes a radically new approach to the question of spirituality. Its purpose is to bring the spiritual classics alive so that they can once again serve their original and true purpose: to guide and inspire us as we make our way through life.

Beautifully presented by Jagannatha Dasa and the artists and devotees of the Vedic Preservation Society here is an audiobook which not only entertains, enlightens, and deeply informs but just might positively change your life forever, for the better.

Are you sick and tired of feeling lost and listless? Have you tried endless other solutions but nothing seems to work for more than a few weeks? Do you finally want to say goodbye to tired ineffective approaches, and discover something which works for you? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. You see, achieving health, balance, clarity, and inner strength doesn’t have to be difficult. Even if you’ve tried meditation, medication, or every diet under the sun. In fact, it’s easier than you think.

Shaku's eminently reasonable worldview and his skillful exposition of a truly universal definition of divinity and its inevitable necessity are both compelling and difficult to refute. In particular, this collection of discourses probes deeply and revealingly into the fundamental questions that occupy the minds of believers and unbelievers alike: why men cultivate religion in the first place and what the secret of its persistent vitality is.

The chief astrologer of Tibet had been summoned to proclaim the horoscope of six-year-old Lobsang, son of Lord and Lady Rampa. It was the "Hardest life he had ever encountered", the old man said. The boy was going to learn all the medical arts of Tibet and then journey to China to study medicine in the Western style. He would know immense suffering and dreadful hardship, travel in many countries, and be unjustly imprisoned. But above all, the boy's lonely destiny would be to carry out a great task of utmost importance to all humanity - and evil forces would work against him.

Essence Seekers is an allegorical spiritual journey that takes us through practical, emotional, and psychological steps from a beginning curiosity and longing to enlightenment. It inspires with hope, while it aids with deep introspection and authenticity. Rooted in Eastern wisdom adapted from ancient texts, the universal and non-sectarian themes speak to any and all seekers of the essence of life.

For the many people who are interested in learning more about Buddhism, here is a primer on Buddhism and Buddhist practice written in a deceptively simple manner, with an engaging, gentle humor and flavor. Adrienne Howley's purpose is to demystify Buddhism, stripping away the layers of ritual and iconography that have grown up around it over the centuries, and to present the original, basic tenets and practices.

Buddhism is more than a religion. It’s a way of life that will help you learn how to live a stress free life. Buddhism, is all about learning how to let go and find your place in the universe. But, with all the books out there, it’s very hard to learn where to start down the path of Buddhism. At least, it was until now. In this book, you will find the answers to everything you have always wanted to know about Buddhism from the perspective of an absolute beginner.

El propósito de este libro es presentar los secretos de la curación hindú a través de la práctica del Ayurveda. El Ayurveda se estableció por primera vez hace más de 5.000 años y es reconocido como un antiguo sistema médico, el más antiguo del mundo. La práctica de la medicina y el establecimiento de otros sistemas médicos derivados del Ayurveda se han transformado, pero la constancia y la práctica del Ayurveda han prevalecido al paso del tiempo.

There are many religions on Earth. Although the meaning of religion may vary from person to person, all religions generally profess sublime teaching. Great religions clearly acknowledge and understand the value of human life and guide humanity accordingly. In the 21st century, many desire a clear road map based on the tenets of logic and science for their transformation from suffering to happiness and freedom - the universal desire of human beings.

The quest for happiness can be fleeting. It feels like we are running on a hamster wheel or a treadmill - just never moving forward and finding the peace, calmness, and happiness we seek! We still feel empty after "having it all". Are you tired of chasing happiness without “catching up with it”? Is there a secret to happiness? Is there a way to go back to the drawing board to chart our journey to happiness and follow it until happiness, peace of mind, and more good stuff ooze from our being?

Wisdom in Exile provides a new insight into Buddhism's encounter with Western culture and the Western mind in the early 21st century. Jampa Thaye has trained for over 40 years with some of the foremost lamas of Tibetan Buddhism, yet is a Westerner, living in Britain, teaching Buddhism to students throughout Europe and North America. He draws on that knowledge and experience to explain the space that now exists for Buddhism in the West, and identifies critical conflicts and tensions that must be resolved for modern Westerners to grasp the essence of the Buddhist teachings.

It’s not easy to answer the question “What do Buddhists believe?” because Buddhism is actually a family of religions that have developed and evolved in different parts of the world, across different historical periods. Most of all, Buddhism is simply focused on living a meaningful life that is marked by kindness toward yourself and others. It’s about the process of figuring out what actually works in order to achieve these things.

Brilliant, mystical, pragmatic, and witty, Chuang Tsu has been called the world's first anarchist by some. Even 2,000 years after his death, his provocative Taoist text remains in the forefront of ancient Chinese philosophical study. An essential sourcebook in the Taoist canon, the sublime prose of this spiritual classic provides a profound and paradoxical commentary to the Tao Te Ching.

This little book was first given as an invited lecture in Agra, India, explaining how the differences between religion and science can be overcome by understanding that the nature of consciousness is similar to a Mobius strip....