Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds
Author | : Victor M. Parachin |
Publisher | : Orbis Books |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2015-02-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1608333396 |
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Author | : Victor M. Parachin |
Publisher | : Orbis Books |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2015-02-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1608333396 |
Author | : C. Alexander Simpkins |
Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1996-04-15 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 9780804830744 |
This simple, step-by-step guide to the art of meditation offers ways of using this timeless practice to relax, to focus and to clarify thoughts. It explores the roots of meditation in the Eastern tradition and explains how to apply its principles to everyday life.
Author | : Anodea Judith |
Publisher | : Celestial Arts |
Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 2011-03-16 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0307777936 |
A revised edition of the groundbreaking New Age book that seamlessly merges Western psychology and science with spirituality, creating a compelling interpretation of the Eastern chakra system and its relevance for Westerners today “A useful tool for contemplating our strengths, weaknesses, and appropriate approaches to growth.”—Yoga Journal In Eastern Body, Western Mind, chakra authority Anodea Judith brought a fresh approach to the yoga-based Eastern chakra system, adapting it to the Western framework of Jungian psychology, somatic therapy, childhood developmental theory, and metaphysics and applying the chakra system to important modern social realities and issues such as addiction, codependence, family dynamics, sexuality, and personal empowerment. Arranged schematically, the book uses the inherent structure of the chakra system as a map upon which to chart our Western understanding of individual development. Each chapter focuses on a single chakra, starting with a description of its characteristics and then exploring its particular childhood developmental patterns, traumas and abuses, and how to heal and maintain balance.
Author | : Jacquelynn Baas |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0520242084 |
"The relations between eastern and western cultures have long been a neglected topic, and this careful and intelligent look at a small but significant part of those relations is most welcome."--Thomas McEvilley, author of The Shape of Ancient Thought "How wonderful that Jacquelynn Baas has seen the light of the Buddha's smile shining from faraway Asia into the realm of the art of modern times in what we think of as the West! . . . Her work reveals how some of our most influential artists explored and expressed the sophisticated perceptions and joyful energy emanating from the realm of Buddhist Asia."--Robert A. F. Thurman "As a Buddhist scholar and artist I welcome this thoughtful and richly detailed study of how many aspects of Buddhism have stimulated, invigorated, and enriched Western arts over the past 150 years."--Stephen Addiss, author of The Art of Zen "A crucial contribution to modern art studies, this high-spirited text surveys Western artists awakened by the wisdom of the East, from Monet and Duchamp to O'Keeffe to Martin. It is a thoughtful book about thoughtful artists, their values and their visions, with a lot to offer general readers and specialists alike."--Charles Stuckey, Associate Professor of Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Author | : Alan Watts |
Publisher | : New World Library |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1577311809 |
Alan Watts introduced millions of Western readers to Zen and other Eastern philosophies. But he is also recognized as a brilliant commentator on Judeo-Christian traditions, as well as a celebrity philosopher who exemplified the ideas — and lifestyle — of the 1960s counterculture. In this compilation of controversial lectures that Watts delivered at American universities throughout the sixties, he challenges readers to reevaluate Western culture's most hallowed constructs. Watts treads the familiar ground of interpreting Eastern traditions, but he also covers new territory, exploring the counterculture's basis in the ancient tribal and shamanic cultures of Asia, Siberia, and the Americas. In the process, he addresses some of the era's most important questions: What is the nature of reality? How does an individual's relationship to society affect this reality? Filled with Watts's playful, provocative style, the talks show the remarkable scope of a philosopher at his prime, exploring and defining the sixties counterculture as only Alan Watts could.
Author | : Noah Rasheta |
Publisher | : Blurb |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2016-10-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781366922731 |
In this simple yet important book, Noah Rasheta takes profound Buddhist concepts and makes them easy to understand for anyone trying to become a better whatever-they-already-are.
Author | : White Star |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-11-19 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9788854415157 |
Enjoy peaceful thoughts every day of the year with these 365 inspirational images and quotes. Meditation, inner peace, a respect for nature, a detachment from worldly goods: all these concepts from Eastern philosophy have become key elements of Western spirituality. This volume, rich in splendid photographs and thought-provoking quotations from eminent exponents of Eastern wisdom, will provide inspiration all year and promote inner growth. In addition to ancient proverbs, the wise words come from such spiritual masters as Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Buddha.
Author | : Richard Tarnas |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2011-10-19 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0307804526 |
"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.
Author | : Harvey Aronson |
Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2004-08-10 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 0834823527 |
This is the first book to offer Buddhist meditators a comprehensive and sympathetic examination of the differences between Asian and Western cultural and spiritual values. Harvey B. Aronson presents a constructive and practical assessment of common conflicts experienced by Westerners who look to Eastern spiritual traditions for guidance and support—and find themselves confused or disappointed. Issues addressed include: • Our cultural belief that anger should not be suppressed versus the Buddhist teaching to counter anger and hatred • Our psychotherapists' advice that attachment is the basis for healthy personal development and supportive relationships versus the Buddhist condemnation of attachments as the source of suffering • Our culture's emphasis on individuality versus the Asian emphasis on interdependence and fulfillment of duties, and the Buddhist teachings on no-self, or egolessness
Author | : David P. Barash |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0199985561 |
Compares teachings of Buddhism with principles of modern biology, revealing many significant points of compatibility.