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If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him
Written by Sheldon Kopp
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ISBN: 9780804150965
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If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him
The Pilgrimage Of Psychotherapy Patients
Written by Sheldon Kopp


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2013
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Therapists do not and cannot give answers. Explore the true nature of the therapeutic relationship, and realize that the guru is no Buddha. He is just another human struggling. Understanding the shape of your own personal ills will lead you on your journey to recovery. Sheldon Kopp has a realistic approach... Read more >
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The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts
The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts
Written by Hiroshi Moriya, Translated by William Scott Wilson
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ISBN: 9781590309926
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The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts
The Classic Chinese Guide for Success in War, Business, and Life
Written by Hiroshi Moriya
Translated by William Scott Wilson


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $18.95

Here is a collection of ancient Chinese maxims on strategy, battlefield tactics, and deception—in the spirit of such classics as The Art of War and The Book of Five Rings—made fresh and relevant with contemporary examples and explanation. The origin of The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts is unknown; however... Read more >
The Spirit of Noh
The Spirit of Noh
Written by Zeami, Translated by William Scott Wilson
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ISBN: 9781590309940
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The Spirit of Noh
A New Translation of the Classic Noh Treatise the Fushikaden
Written by Zeami
Translated by William Scott Wilson


Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
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The Japanese dramatic art of Noh has a rich six-hundred-year history and has had a huge influence on Japanese culture and such Western artists as Ezra Pound and William Butler Yeats. The actor and playwright Zeami (1363–1443) is the most celebrated figure in the history of Noh, with his numerous outstanding... Read more >
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781590309353
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Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo
Edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi


Format: Hardcover, 1280 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $100.00

This monumental work is considered to be one of the most profound expressions of Zen wisdom ever put on paper, and also the outstanding literary and philosophical work of Japan. It is a collection of essays by Eihei Dogen (1200–1253), founder of Zen’s Soto school.

Kazuaki Tanahashi and a team of... Read more >
The Shambhala Principle
The Shambhala Principle
Written by Sakyong Mipham
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ISBN: 9780770437435
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The Shambhala Principle
Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure
Written by Sakyong Mipham


Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $22.00

One of Tibet's highest and most respected lamas elucidates for us the principles of Shambhala, or the path to happiness, set down by his legendary father, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

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We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future... Read more >
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The Shambhala Principle
The Shambhala Principle
Written by Sakyong Mipham
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The Shambhala Principle
Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure
Written by Sakyong Mipham


Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $11.99

One of Tibet's highest and most respected lamas elucidates for us the principles of Shambhala, or the path to happiness, set down by his legendary father, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

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We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future... Read more >
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Cultivating Ch'i
Cultivating Ch'i
Written by Kaibara Ekiken, Translated by William Scott Wilson
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ISBN: 9781590309889
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Cultivating Ch'i
A Samurai Physician's Teachings on the Way of Health
Written by Kaibara Ekiken
Translated by William Scott Wilson


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.95

Samurai are best known for taking life—but here is a samurai doctor’s prescription for how to preserve life, and to make yours a long and healthy one. Unlike other samurai of his time, the samurai Kaibara Ekiken (1630–1714) was concerned less with swordsmanship than with how to maintain and nurture the... Read more >
The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
Written by Sean Michael Wilson and Issai Chozanshi, Illustrated by Michiru Morikawa, Translated by William Scott Wilson
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ISBN: 9781611800210
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The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
A Graphic Novel
Written by Sean Michael Wilson and Issai Chozanshi
Illustrated by Michiru Morikawa
Translated by William Scott Wilson


Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $14.95

A graphic novel version of this classic collection of martial arts parables, written by Issai Chozanshi, an 18-century samurai, brings these tales alive in a captivating and immediately accessible way.  The stories, which feature demons, insects, birds, cats, and numerous other creatures, may seem whimsical, but they contain essential teachings that... Read more >
The Lone Samurai
The Lone Samurai
Written by William Scott Wilson
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ISBN: 9781590309872
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The Lone Samurai
The Life of Miyamoto Musashi
Written by William Scott Wilson


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $16.95

Miyamoto Musashi (1584‒1645) was the legendary samurai known throughout the world as a master swordsman, spiritual seeker, and author of the classic book on strategy, the Book of Five Rings. Over 350 years after his death, Musashi and his legacy still fascinate us and continue to inspire artists, authors, and filmmakers... Read more >
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Written by Padmasambhava and Karma Lingpa, Translated by Elio Guarisco and Nancy Simmons, Introduction by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
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ISBN: 9781583945551
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Awakening Upon Dying
Written by Padmasambhava and Karma Lingpa
Translated by Elio Guarisco and Nancy Simmons
Introduction by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $17.95

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying, with introductory commentary by Dzogchen Buddhist master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, is a new translation of the ancient text also known as The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediate State. Both a practical guide and intriguing historical, cultural, and spiritual document, this new version incorporates... Read more >
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Awakening Upon Dying
Written by Padmasambhava and Karma Lingpa
Translated by Elio Guarisco and Nancy Simmons
Introduction by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $14.95

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying, with introductory commentary by Dzogchen Buddhist master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, is a new translation of the ancient text also known as The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediate State. Both a practical guide and intriguing historical, cultural, and spiritual document, this new version incorporates... Read more >
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Dark Pool of Light 3 Volume Set
Reality and Consciousness
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Jeffrey J. Kripal, Nick Herbert, John Friedlander and Zia Inayat Khan


Format: eBook, 912 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $25.95

In books like Embyogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In Dark Pool of Light, his latest creation, Grossinger weaves neuroscience-based... Read more >
Dark Pool of Light, Volume Three
Dark Pool of Light, Volume Three
Written by Richard Grossinger, Foreword by Zia Inayat Khan and Curtis McCosco
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ISBN: 9781583944851
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume Three
The Crisis and Future of Consciousness
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Zia Inayat Khan and Curtis McCosco


Format: Trade Paperback, 584 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $16.95

In books like Embyogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In Dark Pool of Light, his three-volume series of books discussing... Read more >
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume Three
The Crisis and Future of Consciousness
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Zia Inayat Khan and Curtis McCosco


Format: eBook, 584 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95

In books like Embyogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In Dark Pool of Light, his three-volume series of books discussing... Read more >
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The Life-Giving Sword
The Life-Giving Sword
Written by Yagyu Munenori, Translated by William Scott Wilson
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ISBN: 9781590309902
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The Life-Giving Sword
Secret Teachings from the House of the Shogun
Written by Yagyu Munenori
Translated by William Scott Wilson


Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2012
Price: $17.95

The legendary seventeenth-century swordsman Yagyu Munenori was the sword instructor and military and political adviser to two shoguns—and was a rival to the great Miyamoto Musashi. Despite his martial ability and his political power, Munenori spent his life immersed in Zen teachings and practice. These teachings formed the framework for his... Read more >
Wellsprings of the Great Perfection
Wellsprings of the Great Perfection
Illustrated by Ngawang Zangpo, Compiled by Erik Pema Kunsang, Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang
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ISBN: 9789627341819
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Wellsprings of the Great Perfection
The Lives and Insights of the Early Masters
Illustrated by Ngawang Zangpo
Compiled by Erik Pema Kunsang
Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang


Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 27, 2012
Price: $29.95

For centuries, Dzogchen, often translated as the "Great Perfection," was a secretly transmitted teaching, unknown outside Tibetan culture. Wellsprings of the Great Perfection explains how the Dzogchen teachings came into the world, who received them, and through whom they passed.

This impressive collection of translations, many of which have never before... Read more >
The Book of Five Rings
The Book of Five Rings
Written by Sean Michael Wilson and Miyamoto Musashi, Illustrated by Chie Kutsuwada, Translated by William Scott Wilson
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ISBN: 9781611800128
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The Book of Five Rings
A Graphic Novel
Written by Sean Michael Wilson and Miyamoto Musashi
Illustrated by Chie Kutsuwada
Translated by William Scott Wilson


Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $14.95

This graphic novel version of The Book of Five Rings, the iconic book of confrontation and victory by the famed seventeenth-century duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, illuminates this brilliant manifesto, which has long inspired martial artists and anyone interested in cultivating a strategic mind. With evocative drawings and a distilled... Read more >
The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
Written by William Scott Wilson and Issai Chozanshi
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781590309896
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The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
And Other Tales
Written by William Scott Wilson and Issai Chozanshi


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $17.95

This collection of parables written by an eighteenth-century samurai is a classic of martial arts literature. The tales are concerned with themes such as perception of conflict, self-transformation, the cultivation of chi (life energy), and understanding yin and yang. Some of the parables seem light and fanciful, but they offer the... Read more >
Hunger Mountain
Hunger Mountain
Written by David Hinton
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ISBN: 9781611800166
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Hunger Mountain
A Field Guide to Mind and Landscape
Written by David Hinton


Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $14.00

Come along with David Hinton on a series of walks through the wild beauty of Hunger Mountain, near his home in Vermont—excursions informed by the worldview he’s imbibed from his many years translating the classics of Chinese poetry and philosophy. His broad-ranging discussion offers insight on everything from the mountain landscape... Read more >
Restoring Your Life Energy
Restoring Your Life Energy
Written by Waysun Liao
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ISBN: 9781590309964
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Restoring Your Life Energy
Simple Chi Gung Practices to Reduce Stress and Enhance Well-Being
Written by Waysun Liao


Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $16.95

Poor diet, pollution, and the stresses of daily life all have a negative impact on our health and well-being; this program of simple movements and meditations taught by Master Waysun Liao, a renowned teacher of the Chinese movement arts of t’ai chi and chi gung, will restore both your body and... Read more >
Perfect Clarity
Perfect Clarity
Written by Erik Pema Kunsang, Contribution by Marcia Schmidt and Michael Tweed
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9789627341697
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Perfect Clarity
A Tibetan Buddhist Anthology of Mahamudra and Dzogchen
Written by Erik Pema Kunsang
Contribution by Marcia Schmidt and Michael Tweed


Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $18.95

Perfect Clarity is an anthology of essential writings on Mahamudra and Dzogchen for the student of Tibetan Buddhism. Mahamudra, a meditation practice focusing on the nature of mind, and Dzogchen, a body of teachings aimed at realizing the "great perfection" or natural, primordial state, are central to Vajrayana practitioners today.

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Perfect Clarity
A Tibetan Buddhist Anthology of Mahamudra and Dzogchen
Written by Erik Pema Kunsang
Contribution by Marcia Schmidt and Michael Tweed


Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $18.95

Perfect Clarity is an anthology of essential writings on Mahamudra and Dzogchen for the student of Tibetan Buddhism. Mahamudra, a meditation practice focusing on the nature of mind, and Dzogchen, a body of teachings aimed at realizing the "great perfection" or natural, primordial state, are central to Vajrayana practitioners today.

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A Profound Mind
A Profound Mind
Written by H. H. the Dalai Lama, Afterword by Richard Gere, Edited by Nicholas Vreeland
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385514682
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A Profound Mind
Cultivating Wisdom in Everyday Life
Written by H. H. the Dalai Lama
Afterword by Richard Gere
Edited by Nicholas Vreeland


Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2012
Price: $13.00

For the first time for general readers, the Dalai Lama presents a comprehensive overview of the most important teaching of Buddhism.
 
Perhaps the main difference between Buddhism and other religions is its understanding of our core identity.  The existence of the soul or self, which is central in different ways to Hinduism... Read more >
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Gateway to Knowledge, Volume 4
Gateway to Knowledge, Volume 4
Written by Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Translated by James Gentry and Erik Pema Kunsang
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9789627341680
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Gateway to Knowledge, Volume 4
The Treatise Entitled The Gate for Entering the Way of a Pandita
Written by Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche
Translated by James Gentry and Erik Pema Kunsang


Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $17.95

The Gateway to Knowledge is a condensation of the Tripitaka (the traditional term used to describe Buddhist canons of scriptures) and its accompanying commentaries by the Tibetan Buddhist master Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche.

Consolidating the intent of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni's teachings into a unified body of textbooks, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche elucidates the... Read more >
El arte de la guerra (The Art of War)
El arte de la guerra (The Art of War)
Written by Sun Tzu, Translated by Thomas Cleary
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781611800227
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El arte de la guerra (The Art of War)

Written by Sun Tzu
Translated by Thomas Cleary


Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $14.95

Recopilado más de dos mil años atrás por un misterioso guerrero filósofo, El arte de la guerra sigue siendo, quizás, hoy en día, el libro de estrategia más prestigioso e influyente del mundo, estudiado en Asia por políticos modernos y ejecutivos con el mismo entusiasmo con el que fuera consultado en... Read more >
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