Philosophy & Religion Books

The Great Gate, A Guidebook to the Guru's Heart Practice, is a compilation of instructions on the preliminary practices by the great masters, Chokling Dewey Dorje, Dudjom Rinpoche, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche & Chkyi Nyima Rinpoche. Clear direct and...

"Dogen's famous text on Zen practice comes alive in the hands of a modern meditation master." -Carl Biefeldt, Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University and author of Dogen's Manuals of Zen MeditationThis is the definitive English translation of...

In this book, Buddhist temple priest, chef and trained dietician Koyu Iinuma shares the simple and delicious plant-based meals he prepares in the kitchens of Fukushoji temple in Yokohama, Japan.The 73 recipes showcased in Zen Vegan Food are incredibly...

Zen Buddhist priest Shunmyo Masuno understands that today's busy world leaves little time or space for self-reflection, but that a garden - even in the most urban of spaces - can provide some respite. In his words, "The garden is a special spiritual...

Although the consciousness of death is, in most cultures, very much a part of life, this is perhaps nowhere more true than in Japan, where the approach of death has given rise to a centuries-old tradition of writing jisei, or the "death poem." Such a...

Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a detailed and thoroughly researched journey through Japan's cultural history. Based on a conceptual framework known as the multilayered model, which was developed by cultural...

Dispelling the Darkness of Suffering is a clear and authoritative, line by line commentary upon "The Seven Points of Mind Training" a classic text of mind training practice, which contains the pith instructions that show the way in which to transform...

Cmo responde la enseanza de Buda a las preguntas ms profundas de nuestra existencia? Qu hace que su pensamiento sea nico entre otros sistemas de pensamiento? La respuesta se encuentra en sus enseanzas sobre el 'origen dependiente', las cuales contienen...

The memories, dreams and reflections of a modern lama born in the West who became heir to the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.River of Memory: Dharma Chronicles tells the remarkable story of the scholar and meditation master Lama Jampa Thaye one of the...

The Buddha Meets Socrates: A Philosopher's Journal is a first-person account of teaching and learning. In 2004, Harrison J. Pemberton embarked on a journey to teach Western philosophy to a group of young Buddhist monks in India. One scholar in particular...

Upon completing the path that led him to fully develop compassion and wisdom, Shakyamuni arrived at enlightenment, the state of Buddhahood that marks the end of suffering.Replying to the requests made of him, he transmitted three cycles of teachings to...

Meditation is often presented as the key Buddhist method. However, it is actually only one means of this path of liberation. Karmapa Thaye Dorje sketches out the essential points to enter on this path in a way that is both modern and accessible...

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,...

In Toward Awakening: The Bodhi Path Program, Knzig Shamar Rinpoche offers his vision of focused Dharma practice with the power to lead practitioners in today's world toward achieving the state of awakening. His emphasis lies in general on...

An engaging and lively exploration by Shamar Rinpoche of the frequently studied Buddhist subject called lojong, or mind training. Shamar Rinpoche bases his discussion on a classic text by the eminent sixteenth-century Buddhist teacher, the Fifth...

The masters of a Buddhist tradition are part of a succession of successions while prolonging it. Their thoughts and teachings echo those of their lineage, but each master presents them in a new light, according to the needs of the time.This is the case...

How does a secular, non-practising Jew who has lived most of her life outside the Jewish communitysuddenly find herself in the front rows of a Nazi war crimes tribunal?In 2015, the award-winning writer Judith Kalman was invited to Lneburg to testify at...

"I loved-and to a slightly uncomfortable degree related to-this book."Charles Bethea, staff writer at The New YorkerFunny, perceptive, and deeply personal, Mediocre Monk follows Grant Lindsley's rocky journey toward spiritual growth-one that ultimately...

There is a wonderfully weird but real world out there, and we are a part of it. It is time for physics to take life seriously.Can we ever truly comprehend the universe before we fully understand consciousness and the wonders, and limits, of the mind? Ulf...

Prophetic Kingdom is an ongoing photographic investigation exploring scenes of the everyday and overlooked. The images give an allegorical nod towards a prophesied postlapsarian world.

Revelation is one of the most misunderstood and misapplied books of the Bible. Because of the symbolism and the volume of information, many become baffled and dismiss it as irrelevant. Yet it is worth exploring given the infinite hope found within it and...

Discover how to be used of God and hear "well done".Want to grow in Christ?Want to be used by God as a "vessel for honor" (2 Timothy 2:21)?Want to hear "well done"? (Matthew 25:21)In our zeal to glorify God and be used by Him, we have a tendency to rely...

As panic and chaos mushroom globally, the nations clamor for a "New World Order" a global government to "save" us amid rising fear. The Bible clearly warns that the planet, having abandoned faith in the Creator God, will embrace a charismatic "savior"...

Spiritual Journey introduces the concept of spiritual formation and how to get started on the adventure of drawing near to God. Each chapter includes four parts of a subject, an obstacle a spiritual discipline and a practice to help the reader understand...

Jesus gave his disciples authority to preach the good news of the kingdom of God and to cast out demons, heal the sick, save the lost and set the captives free.Everywhere Jesus went, the kingdom came with power. There was no proclamation of the gospel...

Inspirational Wisdom for Every Day in a Classic Daybook-"An excellent gift . . . A fine inspirational" (Midwest Book Review)During the last years of his life, Leo Tolstoy kept one book invariably on his desk, read and reread it to his family, and...

An eye-opening look at the source of the current wave of Saudi Arabian-sponsored terrorism, how it spread, and why the West did nothing. Here is the truth about ISIS, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, and more. Lifting the mask of international terrorism, Terence...

Award-winning author Lama Tsomo provides insights and practices to enrich our relationships, be mindfully and joyfully present in the world, and deepen our understanding of ourselves. The tide of modern life is sweeping us even further into...

"We were invisible. We had to be. We took an oath of absolute secrecy. We never even told our immediate families who we were. We went about our lives in New York City. Just like you. We were your accountants, money managers, lawyers, executive...

Age range 12+ As the story continues, friends of the missing archaeologist and his son discover the mythical kingdom hidden deep in the Kimberley ranges.After many skirmishes, they are finally convinced by the oracle to help Chaldee - the ruler of the...

Although set in the remote Kimberley ranges of northern Australia, this story centers on an ancient kingdom, slightly offset from Earth's frequency, struggling to deal with a prophecy that predicts the coming of a young earthling whose mission is to...

Dancing with Angels in Heaven is the fifth book in the pentalogy of the author's encounters with his spirit guide that began when he was confronted on the street by a homeless man named Albert, who turned out to be a wise spirit in disguise.The author's...

In The Witch's Book of Numbers, author Rebecca Scolnick reveals how you too can apply the incredible power of numerology to amplify your magic using only pen, paper, and a simple calculator (no complex mathematics required)! In these pages, you will...

Finding one's purpose is the central challenge in life. We all have many dreams and desires, but how do we know which one is our true purpose? And it often seems that no matter what path we choose, reality has a tendency to confound our expectations so...

A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners.No religion or spiritual movement is more known for its association with meditation than Buddhism. Yet, in the Western world there has been very little comprehensive instruction available on this integral practice in...

Have you ever wondered, "Can I survive this marriage? Will we ever be happy?"This book provides instant relief for "healthy" spouses who suffer from their partner's irrational, unstable, depressed, or abusive behaviors by helping them feel understood,...

For anyone drawn to spiritual love and devotion, and how to joyfully align one's life to a soulful calling, All Roads Lead to Ram is a captivating and empowering true tale.For anyone drawn to spiritual love and devotion, and how to joyfully align one's...

A compelling appraisal of the state of our present-day world, and a bold, visionary, Spirit-filled blueprint for its transformation and evolution through radical loving and audacious holiness.For many of us, it feels as if our world is breaking apart...

Enlightened Contemporaries is the first book to compare the lives and teachings of three of the world's most admired spiritual masters: Francis of Assisi, the Christian saint; Dogen, the great Zen Buddhist teacher; and Rumi, the Islamic Sufi...

'Wounds into Wisdom is for anyone who has suffered trauma, either directly or in a family whose generational trauma is buried. It helps readers uncover suffering and use it to help others-the final stage of healing...' - Gloria SteinemA...

A touching and thought-provoking account of how a woman explored a spectrum of religions--ancient and new--and ended up, unexpectedly, becoming a bona fide witch--plus a celebration of modern Wicca and witchcraft, spell books, broomsticks, holiday...

In this account of the history between Indigenous Peoples and the United States government, readers will learn the role of the bible played in the perpetration of genocide, massive land theft, and the religious suppression and criminalization of Native...

In Underfoot, Holmberg asks what prevents an industrialized nation-state from achieving its desire to extract maximum resources.His answers are people and their connection with land.Writing in Northern Smi, he creates a world of symbols to enact the...

The Uncommon Speech of Paradise showcases the work of 120 modern and contemporary poets from seventeen countries-Seamus Heaney, Czeslaw Milosz, Pablo Neruda, and Anna Akhmatova-as well as works by such premier American poets as John Ashbery, Rita Dove,...

Abro's work has been described by The Outline as "an existential funhouse of familiar thoughts" that "publicly grapples with pillars of its own existence within the influencer economy." Alongside The Outline, her work has been featured in publications...

Utopia poses a question. Not simply in the sense of a problem to be resolved and at the same time eliminated . . . but in the sense that, within the economy of the human condition, utopia, the aim of social alterity of all social otherness is ceaselessly...

"One of the most provocative new books of the year, and, for me, mindblowing." -Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind"Kripal makes many sympathetic points about the present spiritual state of America. . . . [He]...

The manifesto that launched the Situationist International (SI) into the public eye and sparked an uprising is back-with the story of its creation and the histories of its publication told like never before.When the Situationist International was a...