Author: Eva Wong
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: shambhala, guides, guide, taoism
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 1996-12-17
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1570621691
ISBN-13: 9781570621697
This guide to the spiritual landscape of Taoism not only introduces the important events in the history of Taoism, the sages who wrote the Taoist texts, and the various schools of Taoist thinking, but also gives the reader a feel for what it means to practice Taoism today. The book is divided into three parts: 1. "The History of Taoism" traces the development of the tradition from the shamans of prehistoric China through the classical period (including the teachings of the famous sage Lao-tzu), the beginnings of Taoism as a religion, the rise of mystical and alchemical Taoism, and t
Author: Sun Tzu
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: classics, shambhala, war, art
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2002-11-13
List price: $4.95
ISBN-10: 0486425576
ISBN-13: 9780486425573
Widely regarded as "The Oldest Military Treatise in the World," this compact little book, written more than 2,500 years ago, today retains much of its original authoritative merit. American officers during World War II read it closely. The Japanese army studied the work for decades, and many twentieth-century Chinese officers are said to have known the book by heart. Maintaining that "all warfare is based on deception" and that "in war . . . let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns," the author adds: "That general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend
Author: Lao Tzu
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: editions, dragon, shambhala, tzu, wen
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1992-09-29
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0877738629
ISBN-13: 9780877738626
The further teachings of the author of Tao Teh Ching have been translated into English for the first time by the renowned translator of such famous Asian texts as Sun Tzu’s Art of War and Zen Lessons: The Art of Leadership as well as classic texts of I Ching studies.
Author: Shantideva
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: library, shambhala, bodhisattva, way
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2008-10-14
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1590306147
ISBN-13: 9781590306147
Treasured by Buddhists of all traditions, The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara) is a guide to cultivating the mind of enlightenment and to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. This text has been studied, practiced, and expounded upon in an unbroken tradition for centuries. Presented in the form of a personal meditation in verse, it outlines the path of the Bodhisattvas—those who renounce the peace of individual enlightenment and vow to work for the liberation of all beings and to attain buddhahood for their sake. This version is translated from th
Author: Sun Tzu
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: shambhala, classics, translation, denma, war, art
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2002-03-19
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1570629048
ISBN-13: 9781570629044
Previous translations of The Art of War have presented Sun Tzu’s classic from the point of view of military strategy, Chinese history, or Taoist philosophy. This translation—accompanied by the translators’ in-depth essays and illuminating line-by-line commentary—offers a fresh perspective on this ancient Chinese text. Here, Sun Tzu’s strategic principles of warfare (based as they were on the fundamental insights of the Chinese spiritual and philosophical tradition) are seen as universally relevant—the foundation for personal transformation and the creation of an enlig
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Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: library, shambhala, gita, bhagavad
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2004-12-28
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1590301900
ISBN-13: 9781590301906
The Bhagavad Gita ("Song of the Lord") is considered the most influential of all the Hindu scriptures and is one of the greatest spiritual classics of the world. Comprised of eighteen chapters taken from the great Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, the Gita presents a conversation that takes place on a battlefield just as two groups of relatives are about to wage war against one another. Facing the forces of greed, anger, and hatred, the warrior-prince Arjuna loses heart and refuses to fight his own kin. His friend and charioteer, Lord Krishna, who represents the Divine within, tells him: "Your very n
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Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: library, shambhala, thomas, gospel
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2004-12-28
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1590301862
ISBN-13: 9781590301869
In 1945, a Coptic document containing sayings attributed to Jesus was discovered deep within an ancient Egyptian cave. This "lost gospel," the Gospel of Thomas, was written at the same time as the canonical Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and is now considered one of the greatest religious discoveries of the twentieth century. It contains 150 sayings, approximately half of which are found in the New Testament—the other half of which are found only here. These new sayings offer an original perspective on Jesus’ message. Most notably, they emphasize that the Kingdom of Heaven e
