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  • Finding God through Yoga

    Paramahansa Yogananda and Modern American Religion in a Global Age

    by David J. Neumann ...
    Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952), a Hindu missionary to the United States, wrote one of the world’s most highly acclaimed spiritual classics, Autobiography of a Yogi, which was first published in 1946 and continues to be one of the best-selling spiritual philosophy titles of all time. In this critical biography, David Neumann tells the story of Yogananda’s fascinating life while interpreting his ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

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  • Yoga Body

    The Origins of Modern Posture Practice

    by Mark Singleton ...
    Yoga is so prevalent in the modern world--practiced by pop stars, taught in schools, and offered in yoga centers, health clubs, and even shopping malls--that we take its presence, and its meaning, for granted. But how did the current yoga boom happen? And is it really rooted in ancient Indian practices, as many of its adherents claim? In this groundbreaking book, Mark Singleton calls into question ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Buddhism

    A Concise Introduction

    by Huston Smith, Philip Novak ...
    A concise and up-to-date guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Buddhism by two luminaries in the field of world religions. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Hinduism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Kim Knott ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Hinduism is practised by nearly eighty per cent of India's population, and by some seventy million people outside India. In this Very Short Introduction, Kim Knott offers a succinct and authoritative overview of this major religion, and analyses the challenges facing it in the twenty-first century. She discusses key preoccupations of Hinduism such as the centrality of the Veda as religious texts, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • American Veda

    From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West

    by Philip Goldberg ...
    A fascinating look at India’s remarkable impact on Western culture, this eye-opening popular history shows how the ancient philosophy of Vedanta and the mind-body methods of Yoga have profoundly affected the worldview of millions of Americans and radically altered the religious landscape.What exploded in the 1960s, following the Beatles trip to India for an extended stay with their new guru, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Mind of Clover

    Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics

    by Robert Aitken ...
    A look at the Ten Grave Precepts of Zen Buddhism, the core of Zen ethics, and how they apply to modern Western society."As an American who has trained in Zen practice for many years Aitken Roshi has a special understanding of the problems and questions which plague Western students of Zen." —Yamada Koun RoshiIn Taking the Path of Zen, Robert Aitken provided a concise guide to zazen (Zen meditation ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Shin Buddhism

    Bits of Rubble Turn into Gold

    by Taitetsu Unno ...
    Interest in Buddhism continues to grow throughout North America, and more and more readers are moving beyond the familiar Zen and Tibetan traditions to examine other types of Buddhism. In Shin Buddhism, Taitetsu Unno explains the philosophy anc practices of "Pure Land" Buddhism, which dates back to the sixth century C.E., when Buddhism was first introduced in Japan.While Zen Buddhism flourished in ... Read more

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  • Japanese Culture

    The Religious and Philosophical Foundations

    by Roger J. Davies ...
    Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a thoroughly researched and extremely readable journey through Japan's cultural history.This much-anticipated sequel to Roger Davies's best-selling The Japanese Mind provides a comprehensive overview of the religion and philosophy of Japan. This cultural history of Japan explains the diverse cultural traditions that ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead

    A Biography

    by Donald S. Lopez ...
    Series series Lives of Great Religious
    How an eccentric spiritualist from Trenton, New Jersey, helped create the most famous text of Tibetan BuddhismThe Tibetan Book of the Dead is the most famous Buddhist text in the West, having sold more than a million copies since it was first published in English in 1927. Carl Jung wrote a commentary on it, Timothy Leary redesigned it as a guidebook for an acid trip, and the Beatles quoted Leary's ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Life of Yogananda

    The Story of the Yogi Who Became the First Modern Guru

    by Philip Goldberg ...
    He was called “the 20th century’s first superstar guru” (Los Angeles Times), and today, nearly a century after he arrived in the United States, he’s still the best known and most beloved of all the Indian spiritual teachers who have come to the West. Now, finally, Paramahansa Yogananda has the authoritative biography he deserves.Paramahansa Yogananda, considered by many to be the father of modern ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Subtle Body

    The Story of Yoga in America

    by Stefanie Syman ...
    In The Subtle Body, Stefanie Syman tells the surprising story of yoga's transformation from a centuries-old spiritual discipline to a multibillion-dollar American industry.Yoga's history in America is longer and richer than even its most devoted practitioners realize. It was present in Emerson's New England, and by the turn of the twentieth century it was fashionable among the leisure class. And ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Faces of Compassion

    Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression — An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism

    by Taigen Dan Leighton ...
    Faces of Compassion introduces us to enlightened beings, the bodhisattvas of Buddhist lore. They're not otherworldly gods with superhuman qualities but shining examples of our own highest potential. Archetypes of wisdom and compassion, the bodhisattvas of Buddhism are powerful and compelling images of awakening. Scholar and Zen teacher Taigen Dan Leighton engagingly explores the imagery and lore ... Read more

    $13.99 USD