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Art of Peace - Pocket Edition by Morihei Ueshiba
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: Shambhala Pocket Classics
New York Times BestsellerThese inspirational teachings show that the real way of the warrior is based on compassion, wisdom, fearlessness, and love of nature. Drawn from the talks and writings of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of the popular Japanese martial art known as Aikido, The Art of Peace, presented he ...Show more
Dhammapada : The Sayings of the Buddha by Buddha (a rendering by Thomas Byrom; foreword by Ram Dass)
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: Shambhala Pocket Classics
The "Dhammapada" is one of the most popular and accessible books in all of Buddhist literature. In it are the words of the Buddha, teaching that all suffering stems from desire and that the way to attain freedom is to purify the heart and follow the way of truth. Thomas Byrom's verse rendering of the "D ...Show more
Flatland - A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott
Category: No Category | Series: Shambhala Pocket Classics Ser.
With this satirical novella, English schoolmaster Edwin A. Abbott provides both a mathematical fantasy and pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. The narrator, A. Square, resides in the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland. When he is visited by a sphere, he is suddenl ...Show more
Lovingkindness by Sharon Salzberg
Category: Religion | Series: Shambhala classics
This perennially popular guide to cultivating compassion and equanimity through meditation is from the frequent contributor to O magazine, Sharon Salzberg. She shows us how the Buddhist practice of lovingkindness (known as metta) can help us discover the radiant, joyful heart within each of us. Salzberg ...Show more
Meditations by J. Krishnamurti
Category: No Category | Series: Shambhala Pocket Classics Ser.
Krishnamurti (1895-1986) went from his origins in a small south Indian village to become one of the great spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. He taught that the only way to peace on earth is the transformation of the human psyche--and that there is no path to this transformation, no method for ...Show more
Narrow Road to the Interior : And Other Writings by Sam (TRN) Matsuo; Hamill Basho
Category: Gift | Series: Shambhala Classics
Pocket Rumi by Kabir Helminski
Category: Classics | Series: Shambhala Pocket Classics
Rumi has never been more popular among western readers. Here is a pocket-sized collection of his inspiring poetry, small enough to take anywhere. Pocket Rumi contains selections from four previously published books, as well as translations of Rumi's short lyric poems by Kabir and Camille Helminski, amon ...Show more
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Category: Classics | Series: Shambhala Classics S.
Blends elements of psychoanalysis and Asian religions to probe an Indian aristocrat's efforts to renounce sensual and material pleasures and discover spiritual truths.
Spirit of Tao by Cleary
Category: No Category | Series: Shambhala Pocket Classics Ser.
Taoist teachings have arisen in many forms: abstract aphorisms, philosophical discussions, legends, fables--even jokes. All are represented here, culled from the most popular Taoist classics: the Tao-te Ching, Chuang-tzu, Huai-nan-tzu, and Wen-tzu, stories from the "Tales of Inner Meaning," and teaching ...Show more
Teachings of the Buddha by Jack Kornfield
Category: No Category | Series: Shambhala Pocket Classics Ser.
This treasury of essential Buddhist writings draws from the most popular Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese sources. Among the selections are some of the earliest recorded sayings of the Buddha on the practice of freedom, passages from later Indian scriptures on the perfection of wisdom, verses from ...Show more
The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Sun-tzu
Category: Military | Series: Shambhala Pocket Classics
Compiled more than 2000 years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, this is a book of strategy. Studied by modern politicians and executives and military leaders since ancient times, this is a study of competition and conflict on every level, from the interpersonal to the international. Cleary's tran ...Show more
The Art of War by Sun Zi
Category: Classics | Series: Shambhala classics
Previous translations of The ART OF WAR have presented this classic text 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. Here, S ...Show more