Philosophy and Religion

Zen teacher Halifax emphasizes that the process of dying is a rite of passage, and can be viewed as natural and not something to be denied.

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Fear and guilt are two of the greatest challenges we face on the spiritual path--but there is a way to transform these painful feelings ...

The timeless wisdom of "The Art of War" is as effective in the modern boardroom as it was on the ancient battlefield.

This anthology of Buddhist teachings offers an antidote to the unprecedented level of anxiety and uncertainly that grips the modern world.

In the forty years since its original publication, "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" has become one of the great modern Zen classics, much beloved, much reread, and much recommended as the best first book ...

This classic teaching by a Tibetan master continues to inspire both beginners and long-time practitioners of Buddhist meditation.

For the first time, the great depth and diversity of Taoist spirituality is introduced in a single, accessible manual.

The Sufis are as diverse as the countries in which they've flourished--from Morocco to India to China--and as varied as their distinctive forms of art, music, poetry, and dance.

The people we've come to call gnostics were passionate advocates of the view that salvation comes through knowledge and personal experience, and their passion shines through in the remarkable body of ...

Inspiring, joyful, and deeply insightful, this book offers daily contemplations and words of wisdom from one of today's most important spiritual teachers.

Based on notebooks kept by G.I. Gurdjieff's closest follower, this book offers new insight on his spiritual teachings--a way of "gnosis "or "knowledge of being" passed on from remote antiquity.

Hanh offers a Buddhist view of love along with techniques for manifesting it in readers' daily lives.

In this searching study, Fr. O Madagain describes the life and thoughts of Fr. Thomas Keating, the Trappist monk who was one of the founders of the centering prayer movement. Centering prayer aims to reclaim the Christian contemplative and mystical traditions after centuries of neglect and to make it available for modern spiritual seekers. Fr.