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  • Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith

    by John Jorgensen, Dan Lusthaus, John Makeham, Mark Strange ...
    Series series Oxford Chinese Thought
    Dasheng qixin lun, or Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith , has been one of the most important texts of East Asian Buddhism since it first appeared in sixth-century China. It outlines the initial steps a Mahāyāna Buddhist needs to take to reach enlightenment, beginning with the conviction that the Mahāyāna path is correct and worth pursuing. The Treatise addresses many of the doctrines central to ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Foresight of Dark Knowing

    Chŏng Kam nok and Insurrectionary Prognostication in Pre-Modern Korea

    by John Jorgensen, Robert E. Buswell, Jr. ...
    Series series Korean Classics Library: Philosophy and Religion
    Korea has long had an underground insurrectionary literature. The best-known example of the genre is the Chŏng Kam nok, a collection of premodern texts predicting the overthrow of the Yi Dynasty (1392–1910) that in recent times has been invoked by a wide range of groups to support various causes and agendas: from leaders of Korea’s new religious movements formed during and after the Japanese ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • History of the Development of Chinese Chan Thought

    by Tianxiang Ma ...
    Translated by John Alexander Jorgensen ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The book aims to describe the history of Chan (Japanese Zen) School thought from the standpoint of social history. Chan, a school of East Asian Buddhism, was influential on all levels of societies in the region because of its intellectual and aesthetic appeal. In China, Chan infiltrated all levels of society, mainly because it engaged with society and formed the mainstream of Buddhism from the ... Read more

    $153.69 CAD

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  • The Analects

    by Confucius, Annping Chin ...
    Translated by Annping Chin ...
    Confucius is one of the most humane, rational, and lucid of moral teachers, concerned not with arcane metaphysics but with practical issues of life and conduct. What is virtue? What sort of life is most conducive to happiness? How should the state be ruled? What is the proper relationship between human beings and their environment?In this classic translation of The Analects by Arthur Waley, the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Daoism

    A Beginner's Guide

    by James Miller ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    From T’ai Chi to the Ming Dynasty, this is an engrossing guide to the elusive Chinese tradition of Daoism.Spanning the centuries and crossing the globe, this engaging introduction covers everything Daoist, from the religion of the ancients to 21st century T’ai Chi and meditation. Complete with a timeline of Daoist history and a full glossary, Daoism: A Beginner's Guide will prove invaluable not ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Way of Korean Zen

    by Kusan Sunim ...
    Translated by Martine Batchelor ...
    The power and simplicity of the Korean Zen tradition shine in this collection of teachings by a renowned modern master, translated by Martine Batchelor. Kusan Sunim provides a wealth of practical advice for students, particularly with regard to the uniquely Korean practice of hwadu, or sitting with questioning. An extensive introduction by Stephen Batchelor, author of Buddhism without Beliefs, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Zen's Chinese Heritage

    The Masters and Their Teachings

    by Andy Ferguson ...
    Zen's Chinese Heritage traces twenty-five generations of inlightened Buddhist teachers, supplementing their core teachings with history, biography, and poetry. The result is an intimate and profound human portrait of the enlightened Zen ancients, and an unprecedented look into the depths of the rich cultural heritage.In this new edition with even more valuable material, Ferguson surveys ... Read more

    $32.00 CAD

  • Basic Buddhism

    Exploring Buddhism and Zen

    by Nan Huai-Chin ...
    From a Chinese religious scholar, the history of Buddhism from its beginnings in sixth-century India to twentieth-century global practices.Nan Huai Chin, a learned representative of the Chinese Buddhist tradition, explores the many different schools of Buddhism and the many stories surrounding the life of Buddha. He explains various philosophical trends in Buddhism and the aspects it has taken on ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • T'ai Chi According to the I Ching

    Embodying the Principles of the Book of Changes

    by Stuart Alve Olson ...
    • Reveals the close relationship between the eight basic postures of T'ai Chi and the hexagrams of the I Ching.• As handed down in the teachings of the Yellow Emperor and Chang San-Feng.• Explains the physical and spiritual benefits that result from the practice of the Before Heaven T'ai Chi form.• An essential reference book for any serious student of T'ai Chi and the I Ching.T'ai Chi is a ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Birth of Insight

    Meditation, Modern Buddhism & the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw

    by Erik Braun ...
    Insight meditation, which claims to offer practitioners a chance to escape all suffering by perceiving the true nature of reality, is one of the most popular forms of meditation today. The Theravada Buddhist cultures of South and Southeast Asia often see it as the Buddha's most important gift to humanity. In the first book to examine how this practice came to play such a dominant—and relatively ... Read more

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  • The Kuan Yin Chronicles

    The Myths and Prophecies of the Chinese Goddess of Compassion

    by Jay Ramsay, Man-Ho Kwok, Martin Palmer ...
    Kuan Yin is the most important, best-loved deity in the Chinese world. She is the living expression of compassion and the center of devotion in most Chinese homes and workplaces. Yet she is barely known in the West. The authors of The Kuan Yin Chronicles introduce Kuan Yin to Western readers, and reveal that Kuan Yin is the mystery and power of the divine feminine, who transcends all doctrines, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Daughters of Emptiness

    Poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns

    by Beata Grant ...
    Women played major roles in the history of Buddhist China, but given the paucity of the remaining records, their voices have all but faded. In Daughters of Emptiness, Beata Grant renders a great service by recovering and translating the enchanting verse - by turns assertive, observant, devout—of forty-eight nuns from sixteen centuries of imperial China. This selection of poems, along with the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD