Finding the Heart Sutra: Guided by a Magician, an Art Collector and Buddhist Sages from Tibet to Japan by Alex Kerr
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Category: Philosophy and Religion
An illuminating - and deeply personal - exploration of the essence of Buddhist thought, from the author of Lost JapanPowerful, mystical and concise, the Heart Sutra is believed to contain the condensed essence of all Buddhist wisdom. This brief poem on emptiness has exerted immense influence throughout ...Show more
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
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Category: Philosophy and Religion
Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments," A Grief Observed is C. S. Lewis' honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: "Nothing will shake a m ...Show more
Maybe: A Mindfulness Tale by traditional folk tale adaptation
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Category: Philosophy and Religion
When a farmer's horse runs away, his neighbours call it the worst of news. 'Maybe,' says the wise farmer, in what will become the book's refrain as more unexpected events come his way. This delightful tale teaches that what seems bad might be good; what seems good might be bad; and in the end, all are ...Show more
Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
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Category: Philosophy and Religion
What is karma? Most people understand karma as a balance sheet of good and bad deeds, virtues and sins-the mechanism that decrees that we cannot evade the consequences of our own actions. In reality, karma has nothing to do with reward and punishment. Karma simply means action- your action, your respons ...Show more
Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Meaning of Everyday Words
In Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for truth.Beginning with 'Alon ...Show more
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Vintage International Ser.
Influenced by Don Juanand the novels of Kafka, The Myth of Sisyphuspresents a meditation on suicide; the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyrical eloquence, Albert Camus, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaf ...Show more
Nietzsche (The Great Philosophers) by Ronald Hayman
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Great Philosophers Ser.
'God is dead', announced Nietzsche - before going on to abolish himself.Envious contemporaries of Nietzsche ridiculed him as a mad man - and yet they came closer than they knew in characterising a philosopher in whose thought ambivalence approximated to disintegration of the self.While the nineteenth ce ...Show more
Marx (The Great Philosophers) by Terry Eagleton
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Great Philosophers Ser.
'We are free when, like artists, we produce without the goad of physical necessity' Karl MarxFor Marx, freedom entailed release from commercial labour. In this highly engaging account, Eagleton outlines the relationship between production, labour and ownership which lie at the core of Marx's thinking. M ...Show more
Kant (The Great Philosophers) by Ralph Walker
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: The\Great Philosophers Ser.
'Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.' KantIn today's increasingly fractured world of oppression and uncertainty, Kant's moral philosophy is more important than ever before. And never has the need for moral absolutes been more pressing than in this age of doubt, disillusion and cynic ...Show more
The Miracle Of Mindfulness: The Classic Guide to Meditation by the World's Most Revered Master by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Rider Classics Ser.
'The monk who taught the world mindfulness' TimeThis is the definitive book on mindfulness from the beloved Zen master and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh. With his signature clarity and warmth, he shares practical exercises and anecdotes to help us arrive at greater self-understanding and pea ...Show more
God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. and We Have Killed Him (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'We have left dry land and put out to sea! We have burned the bridge behind us - what is more, we have burned the land behind us!' Nietzsche's devastating demolition of religion would have seismic consequences for future generations. With God dead, he envisages a brilliant future for humanity: one in wh ...Show more
The Decay of Lying (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Oscar Wilde
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life' The two works brought together here, 'The Decay of Lying' and 'The Critic as Artist', are Oscar Wilde's wittiest and most profound writings on aesthetics, in which he proposes that criticism is the highest form of creation and that lying, the telling o ...Show more