The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture, Paperback - Stephen Batchelor

Reducere. "The Awakening of the West" is an insightful and elegantly written history chronicling the developing relationship between Buddhism and Western cul...

A national bestseller and acclaimed guide to Buddhism for beginners and practitioners alike In this simple but important volume, Stephen Batchelor ...

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A practical approach to the concepts of Buddhism.

In a time of social distancing and isolation, a meditation on the beauty of solitudePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Stephen BatchelorIll...

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A popular telling of the story of the revival of European intellectual life after the collapse of civilisation that followed the fall of the Roman ...

Publisher: Shambhala Publications IncAuthor(s): Karen Kissel WegelaNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 212 x 139 x 14Cover type: ...

Reducere. This uniquely contemporary guide to understanding the timeless message of Buddhism, and in particular its relevance in actual human relations, was ...

Evaluates the East-West encounter portrayed in Maghrebi literature from colonial times to the post-9/11 period.

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Written by the Buddhist meditation master and popular international speaker Soygal Rinpoche, this highly acclaimed book clarifies the majestic visi...

Ratnaguna presents a commentary on the three Pure Land Sutras. Looking at them as a practising Buddhist inspired by the Sutras, he shows how they d...

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Reducere. "After years of walking around with a heavy heart and a longing for something sacred, Amber, a woman in her twenties, living in a big city, gets in...

How 12 Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Succeed in Merging East and West - including Pema Ch dr n, Joan Halifax, and Thubten Chodron, among others Persona...

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Reducere. A selection of recent articles about Western paganism and hermeticism, indebted as those articles are to David Myatt's translations of texts from t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Amy M. WallThere are many mistaken ideas about spiritual awakening. One is that you must embrace eastern philosophies in or...

Reducere. DescriptionMany practitioners of Buddhism find that Stoic philosophy, the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy as a way of life, is similar to their own ...

Reducere. At a young age, Sara knew she wanted to be free from slavery. She attempted many times to run away. On one of these attempts, she was caught by ano...

Reducere. Who Made the West looks at the 30 most influential people in Western history. Some are familiar names-Washington, Einstein, Aristotle. Others may h...

DescriptionIn this edited collection, Gioia Woods and her contributors bring together histories, biographies, close readings, and theories about th...

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Reducere. There's a reason why the Wild West is called as such. History will give you some pretty good (but lengthy) explanations. The purpose of this educat...

Publisher: Stenlake PublishingAuthor(s): Stephen JohnsonIllustration(s): chiefly IllustrationsNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2008Dimensions: ...

How technological change in the West has been driven by the pursuit of improvement: a history of technology, from plows and printing presses to pen...

Stunning previously unpublished photographs of steam in the area. Offers a richly rewarding and nostalgic tribute to the final years of steam.