What follows is an excerpt from Entry into the Inconceivable: An Introduction to Hua-Yen Buddhism, the basis of which is the Avatamsaka or Flower Ornament Sutra. This is entire work is included in Classics of Buddhism and Zen, Volume Five To appreciate fully the comprehensive scope and detail of the Hua­yen teaching, it is necessary [...]

An Excerpt from  Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse's Guru Drinks Bourbon  How to Generate Devotion Most of us think that because we have studied the Dharma for a while we have understood a few things. We may have understood a little, and we may have even had some fleeting experience. If we are aware that this knowledge [...]

Who Weeps for God? People shed a whole jug of tears for wife and children. They swim in tears for money. But who weeps for God? Cry to Him with a real cry. Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God. God [...]

Lana Wachowski Interviews Ken Wilber Learn More An exploration of Integral Theory Lana Wachowski: Let’s see . . . always awkward getting started with this kind of thing because there is so much context, so many backstories and memories tucked into various corners of the integral cupboard that would not only help readers understand why [...]

Creator of the universe, How infinite and astonishing Are your worlds. Thank you For your sacred art And sustaining presence Divine Imagination, Forgive my blindness, Open all my eyes. Reveal the light of truth. Let original beauty Guide my every stroke. Universal Creativity, Flow through me, From my heart Through my mind to my hand, [...]

With the introduction of firearms, the art of bow shooting was in danger of disappearing. However, this art was one of the principal disciplines of bushido, the Way of the Samurai. As a means of keeping this tradition alive, the annual Toshiya archery contest was instituted. The site of the contest was a temple in [...]

The Bhagavad Gita$19.95 - PaperbackBy: Ravi Ravindra Add to Cart From the introduction of Ravi Ravindra's Bhagavad Gita. Bhagavad means "blessed"; Gita means "song." The Bhagavad Gita is The Song of the Blessed One, although the title is often rendered as The Song of the Blessed Lord, referring to Krishna, an incarnation of the Highest [...]

The Reality of Being$27.95 - PaperbackBy: Jeanne de Salzmann Add to Cart George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1866–1949) regarded knowl­edge of reality—what he called true "knowledge of being"—as a stream flowing from remote antiquity, passed on from age to age, from people to people, from race to race. He viewed this knowledge as the indis­pensable means to [...]

The Diamond Approach$19.95 - PaperbackBy: John Davis Add to Cart A.H. Almaas' foreword from John Davis' The Diamond Approach: An Introduction to the Teachings of A. H. Almaas I never intended to create the Diamond Approach. It emerged and developed under its own intelligence and dy­namics. It is true I am the primary person responsible [...]

Mastering the Art of War$24.95 - PaperbackBy: Thomas Cleary & Liu Ji & Zhuge Liang Add to Cart Knowing People An excerpt from Mastering the Art of War.  Composed by two prominent statesmen-generals of classical China, this book develops the strategies of Sun Tzu's classic, The Art of War, into a complete handbook of organization and [...]