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6 Books on Taoist Philosophy and Practice
6 Books on Taoist Philosophy and Practice Indigenous to China, Taoism emphasizes inner and outer forms of philosophy and practice including meditation, internal alchemy, feng shui, and qigong. While there are a range of philosophical schools and practices, the common goal of Taoist practice is cultivating a deep and harmonious connection with the Tao, often -
Implications of Esotericism: An Excerpt from Gurdjieff and the Fourth Way
Implications of Esotericism An Excerpt from Gurdjieff and the Fourth Way An Esoteric Legacy By Stephen A. Grant About This Title A profound new look at Gurdjieff’s life, teachings, and role as a spiritual leader through the lens of esotericism. Gurdjieff warned against taking anything literally or on faith and advised accepting only experience that could -
An Excerpt from The Essential Buddhadhamma
Advancing on the Path of Freedom and Happiness An Excerpt from The Essential Buddhadhamma The Teachings and Practice of Theravada Buddhism By Bhikkhu P. A. Payutto Translated by Bruce Evans About This Title An abridged translation of one of the most important books on Theravada Buddhism in recent history—authored by the esteemed Thai monk P. A. Payutto. -
The Birth of a Post-Truth Culture: An Excerpt from Ken Wilber's A Post-Truth World
The Birth of a Post-Truth Culture An Excerpt from A Post-Truth World By Ken Wilber About This Title A piercing examination of our current social and political situation through the lens of Integral Theory—by the framework’s founder, cutting-edge philosopher Ken Wilber. Our overwhelmingly divisive socio-political climate is among the greatest challenges of our time. Not -
Freedom & Self-Knowledge
Our picture of ourselves is formed by what we experience. Each of us comes into the world unsoiled, like a clean sheet of paper. Then people and circumstances around us begin vying with each other to sully this sheet, to cover it with writing. Education, the formation of morals, information called “knowledge”—all feelings of duty, honor, conscience and so on—enter here. And all these people claim that the methods adopted for grafting these shoots known as man’s “personality” to the trunk are immutable and infallible.
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The Future of Religion: A Reader's Guide
In the world of religion, some things stay the same, while many are constantly adapting to meet our new world of the internet and cell phones, scientific discovery, increasing awareness of gender and race dynamics, multiculturalism, the numbers of people identifying their religion as “none” or “spiritual but not religious,” and so much more. We -
Awe and Love in the New Year
by David Jaffe The Jewish calendar, like all religious systems, has particular ways of marking spiritual time. A weekly sabbath beckons us to stop, prayers for the new lunar month remind us of the constant opportunity for renewal, and the High Holy Days bring us face-to-face with our own mortality. These days are spiritual opportunities -
Book Club Discussion | Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chögyam Trungpa
by Kate White Kate, our Production Coordinator/Designer, sums up our August meeting of the new Shambhala Publications Book Club! August’s book selection was Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. We invite you to take part by sharing your comments below. There are a lot of different kinds of people who work at Shambhala -
Jalaluddin Rumi : Persia's Greatest Mystic Poet
An excerpt from Tales of the Land of the Sufis by Mohammad Ali Jamnia andMojdeh Bayat Everyone who is familiar with Eastern mysticism, particularly with Sufism, has heard of Jalaluddin Rumi, for he is one of the most celebrated and most widely translated Sufi teachers of all times. By the same token; students of poetry, especially