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醫道同源：當老莊遇見黃帝內經

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心靜了，氣就順！氣順了，病不來！《正是時候讀莊子》、《穴道導引》蔡璧名老師首度為您揭開醫道經典**《黃帝內經》**的奧秘，教您運用道家與醫家的智慧，尋找人生追求與心神體況的解答！人的一生，有太多追求。感情路上――想成為理想的情人、朋友、兒女、父母。求學路上――希望步調從容，不受干擾，回首來時，已攀上群峰之巔。職場路上――期待覓得一份好工作，讓自己與家人的生活更加舒適。可是在追求的路途上，我們是否能感受到生命的意義？在日復一日的生活中，攬鏡自照，能否看到自己不斷精進的能力、越來越好的心情、容光煥發的氣色與身體？我們都想擁有一顆不知何謂煩惱的心，而這明明就是多數人剛來到這個世界最初的樣子。那麼，是否可以找... ... Read more

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心靜了，氣就順！氣順了，病不來！《正是時候讀莊子》、《穴道導引》蔡璧名老師首度為您揭開醫道經典**《黃帝內經》**的奧秘，教您運用道家與醫家的智慧，尋找人生追求與心神體況的解答！人的一生，有太多追求。感情路上――想成為理想的情人、朋友、兒女、父母。求學路上――希望步調從容，不受干擾，回首來時，已攀上群峰之巔。職場路上――期待覓得一份好工作，讓自己與家人的生活更加舒適。可是在追求的路途上，我們是否能感受到生命的意義？在日復一日的生活中，攬鏡自照，能否看到自己不斷精進的能力、越來越好的心情、容光煥發的氣色與身體？我們都想擁有一顆不知何謂煩惱的心，而這明明就是多數人剛來到這個世界最初的樣子。那麼，是否可以找...
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The I Ching

The Book of Changes

One of the most important books in the history of Oriental culture is the I Ching, or as it is usually called in English, the Book of Changes. Its basic text seems to have been prepared before 1,000 B.C., in the last days of the Shang Dynasty and the first part of the Chou Dynasty. It was one of the Five Classics edited by Confucius, who is reported to have wished he had fifty more years of life ... Read more

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One of the most important books in the history of Oriental culture is the I Ching, or as it is usually called in English, the Book of Changes. Its basic text seems to have been prepared before 1,000 B.C., in the last days of the Shang Dynasty and the first part of the Chou Dynasty. It was one of the Five Classics edited by Confucius, who is reported to have wished he had fifty more years of life
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Presence, Volume II

The Intimacy of All Experience

by Rupert Spira ...

All that is known is experiencing, and experiencing is not divided into one part (an inside self) that experiences and another part (an outside object, other, or world) that is experienced. Experiencing is seamless and intimate, made of “knowing” or awareness alone. This intimacy, in which there is no room for selves, objects, or others, is love itself. It lies at the heart of all experience, ... Read more

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All that is known is experiencing, and experiencing is not divided into one part (an inside self) that experiences and another part (an outside object, other, or world) that is experienced. Experiencing is seamless and intimate, made of “knowing” or awareness alone. This intimacy, in which there is no room for selves, objects, or others, is love itself. It lies at the heart of all experience,
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Presence, Volume I

The Art of Peace and Happiness

by Rupert Spira ...

Your self, aware presence, knows no resistance to any appearance and, as such, is happiness itself; like the empty space of a room, it cannot be disturbed and is, therefore, peace itself; like this page, it is intimately one with whatever appears on it and is thus love itself; and like water that is not affected by the shape of a wave, it is pure freedom. Causeless joy, imperturbable peace, love ... Read more

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Your self, aware presence, knows no resistance to any appearance and, as such, is happiness itself; like the empty space of a room, it cannot be disturbed and is, therefore, peace itself; like this page, it is intimately one with whatever appears on it and is thus love itself; and like water that is not affected by the shape of a wave, it is pure freedom. Causeless joy, imperturbable peace, love
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The Living Gita

The Complete Bhagavad Gita: a Commentary for Modern Readers

by Sri Swami Satchidananda ...

The Bhagavad Gita tells the story of how Arjuna, the great warrior, is seated in his chariot about to engage in battle, when he sees his own kinsmen and his revered teacher arrayed in battle against him, and feels that he cannot fight. It is then that Krishna, the Cosmic Lord, comes to counsel him. Arjuna represents the human soul seated in the chariot of the body and Krishna is the inner Spirit, ... Read more

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The Bhagavad Gita tells the story of how Arjuna, the great warrior, is seated in his chariot about to engage in battle, when he sees his own kinsmen and his revered teacher arrayed in battle against him, and feels that he cannot fight. It is then that Krishna, the Cosmic Lord, comes to counsel him. Arjuna represents the human soul seated in the chariot of the body and Krishna is the inner Spirit,
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Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching

A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way

by Ursula K. Le Guin ...

A rich, poetic, and socially relevant version of the great spiritual-philosophical classic of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching**—from a legendary literary icon**Most people know Ursula K. Le Guin for her extraordinary science fiction and fantasy. Fewer know just how pervasive Taoist themes are to so much of her work. And in Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, we are treated to Le Guin’s unique take on Taoist ... Read more

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A rich, poetic, and socially relevant version of the great spiritual-philosophical classic of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching**—from a legendary literary icon**Most people know Ursula K. Le Guin for her extraordinary science fiction and fantasy. Fewer know just how pervasive Taoist themes are to so much of her work. And in Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, we are treated to Le Guin’s unique take on Taoist
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I Ching

The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Oracle and Book of Wisdom

by John Minford ...

Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
The award-winning new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom, by the acclaimed translator of the Tao Te Ching and The Art of WarPose a question, then toss three coins (or cast your yarrow stalks) to access the time-honored wisdom of the I Ching.The I Ching, or Book of Change, has been consulted through the ages, in both China and the West, for answers to fundamental question. ... Read more

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The award-winning new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom, by the acclaimed translator of the Tao Te Ching and The Art of WarPose a question, then toss three coins (or cast your yarrow stalks) to access the time-honored wisdom of the I Ching.The I Ching, or Book of Change, has been consulted through the ages, in both China and the West, for answers to fundamental question.
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

An Inquiry Into Values

by Robert M. Pirsig ...

A man and his young son embark on a summer motorcycle road trip across America’s Northwest, seeking to reconnect and explore the open country.But this is no ordinary vacation. As the miles unspool, the journey transforms into a profound philosophical inquiry, a rolling Chautauqua that seeks to answer one of life’s most essential questions: What is best?On a vintage motorcycle, the narrator ... Read more

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A man and his young son embark on a summer motorcycle road trip across America’s Northwest, seeking to reconnect and explore the open country.But this is no ordinary vacation. As the miles unspool, the journey transforms into a profound philosophical inquiry, a rolling Chautauqua that seeks to answer one of life’s most essential questions: What is best?On a vintage motorcycle, the narrator
... Read more
The Complete Book of Five Rings

by Miyamoto Musashi ...

Translated by Kenji Tokitsu ...

The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi’s classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi. These include "The Mirror of the ... Read more

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The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi’s classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi. These include "The Mirror of the
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From Separateness to True Self-Realization: A Transitional Guide Designed to Stimulate a Spiritual Revolution

by The Great White Brotherhood ...

This is an announcement that The Great White Brotherhood's course of study, From Separateness to True Self-Realization: A Transitional Guide Designed to Stimulate a Spiritual Revolution, is available for free at this site. A "Table of Contents" is followed by four informative sections, "About The Authors, About the Guide, Preface: The Tree of Life and Chapter 0: The Fool's Journey." After these ... Read more

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This is an announcement that The Great White Brotherhood's course of study, From Separateness to True Self-Realization: A Transitional Guide Designed to Stimulate a Spiritual Revolution, is available for free at this site. A "Table of Contents" is followed by four informative sections, "About The Authors, About the Guide, Preface: The Tree of Life and Chapter 0: The Fool's Journey." After these
... Read more
Trying Not to Try

Ancient China, Modern Science, and the Power of Spontaneity

by Edward Slingerland ...

A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity—an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understand—and why it is so essential to our well-beingWhy is it always hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Or be charming and relaxed on a first date? What is it about a politician who seems wooden or a comedian whose jokes fall flat or an ... Read more

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A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity—an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understand—and why it is so essential to our well-beingWhy is it always hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Or be charming and relaxed on a first date? What is it about a politician who seems wooden or a comedian whose jokes fall flat or an
... Read more
Laozi's Dao De Jing

A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time

by Laozi, Ken Liu ...

A fresh, graceful translation of one of the most important and timeless classics—the foundational work of Daoism—by award-winning novelist Ken Liu, who contextualizes and demystifies this famously enigmatic text.Laozi’s Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized ... Read more

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A fresh, graceful translation of one of the most important and timeless classics—the foundational work of Daoism—by award-winning novelist Ken Liu, who contextualizes and demystifies this famously enigmatic text.Laozi’s Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized
... Read more
The Way of Zen

by Alan W. Watts ...

Series series Vintage Spiritual Classics
The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up to the development of Zen Buddhism, which drew deeply from both traditions. It then goes on to paint a broad but insightful picture of Zen as it was and is practiced, both as a religion and as an element of diverse East Asian arts and disciplines. Watts's narrative clears away the mystery while ... Read more

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The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up to the development of Zen Buddhism, which drew deeply from both traditions. It then goes on to paint a broad but insightful picture of Zen as it was and is practiced, both as a religion and as an element of diverse East Asian arts and disciplines. Watts's narrative clears away the mystery while
... Read more
The Bhagavad-Gita

Krishna's Counsel in Time of War

by Barbara Stoler Miller ...

The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot; most recently, it formed the core of Peter Brook's celebrated production of the Mahabharata. ... Read more

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The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot; most recently, it formed the core of Peter Brook's celebrated production of the Mahabharata.
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Enlightenment May or May Not Happen

by Madhukar Thompson ...

"How can I tell if I'm making progress in my spiritual search?" "Can I speed it up at all, and if so -- how?" Answers to these and other crucial recurrent questions can be found in this book. But be warned: these answers are uncompromising and may shatter your misconceptions. Ramesh S. Balsekar -- life-long devotee of Ramana Maharshi, and disciple of Nisargadatta Maharaj-has been sharing his ... Read more

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"How can I tell if I'm making progress in my spiritual search?" "Can I speed it up at all, and if so -- how?" Answers to these and other crucial recurrent questions can be found in this book. But be warned: these answers are uncompromising and may shatter your misconceptions. Ramesh S. Balsekar -- life-long devotee of Ramana Maharshi, and disciple of Nisargadatta Maharaj-has been sharing his
... Read more
Philosophy in the Islamic World

A Very Short Introduction

by Peter Adamson ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson explores the history of philosophy among Muslims, Jews, and Christians living in Islamic lands, from its historical background to thinkers in the ... Read more

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In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson explores the history of philosophy among Muslims, Jews, and Christians living in Islamic lands, from its historical background to thinkers in the
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Mencius

by David Hinton ...

This ancient text records the teachings of Mencius (4th c. B.C.E.), the second originary sage in the Confucian tradition which has shaped Chinese civilization for over two thousand years.In a culture that makes no distinction between those realms we call the heart and the mind, Mencius was the great thinker of the heart, and it was he who added the profound inner dimensions to the Confucian vision ... Read more

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This ancient text records the teachings of Mencius (4th c. B.C.E.), the second originary sage in the Confucian tradition which has shaped Chinese civilization for over two thousand years.In a culture that makes no distinction between those realms we call the heart and the mind, Mencius was the great thinker of the heart, and it was he who added the profound inner dimensions to the Confucian vision
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Tao Teh King

Interpreted as Nature and Intelligence

by Lao Tzu, Archie J. Bahm ...

Widely recognized as one of the world's great literary classics, Tao Teh King is one of the simplest yet most profound interpretations of man and nature. As a religion, it provides one of the sanest and most enduring of the major religions of mankind. Interpreted here by one of the foremost Western scholars of Eastern philosophies. ... Read more

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Widely recognized as one of the world's great literary classics, Tao Teh King is one of the simplest yet most profound interpretations of man and nature. As a religion, it provides one of the sanest and most enduring of the major religions of mankind. Interpreted here by one of the foremost Western scholars of Eastern philosophies.
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Merleau-Ponty and Buddhism

by Gereon Kopf, Michael P. Berman, David Brubaker, Jay Goulding, Hyong-hyo Kim, Shigenori Nagatomo, Carl Olson, Bernard Stevens, Funaki Toru0, Brook Ziporyn1, Gerald Cipriani2, Glen A. Mazis3 ...

Merleau-Ponty and Buddhism explores a new mode of philosophizing through a comparative study of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology and philosophies of major Buddhist thinkers such as Nagarjuna, Chinul, Dogen, Shinran, and Nishida Kitaro. Challenging the dualistic paradigm of existing philosophical traditions, Merleau-Ponty proposes a philosophy in which the traditional opposites are encountered ... Read more

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Merleau-Ponty and Buddhism explores a new mode of philosophizing through a comparative study of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology and philosophies of major Buddhist thinkers such as Nagarjuna, Chinul, Dogen, Shinran, and Nishida Kitaro. Challenging the dualistic paradigm of existing philosophical traditions, Merleau-Ponty proposes a philosophy in which the traditional opposites are encountered
... Read more
Cracking the Walnut

Understanding the Dialectics of Nagarjuna

by Thich Nhat Hanh ...

Translated by Sister Annabel Laity ...

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Middle Way, one of the most famous Buddhist texts in existenceNagarjuna is a giant in the Buddhist canon, thought to be the greatest Buddhist philosopher after the Buddha. He lived in southern India in the 2nd century CE.Cracking the Walnut contains the text of Nagarjuna’s Treatise on the Middle Way (Mulamadhyamakakarika), ... Read more

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Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Middle Way, one of the most famous Buddhist texts in existenceNagarjuna is a giant in the Buddhist canon, thought to be the greatest Buddhist philosopher after the Buddha. He lived in southern India in the 2nd century CE.Cracking the Walnut contains the text of Nagarjuna’s Treatise on the Middle Way (Mulamadhyamakakarika),
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Passage Meditation - A Complete Spiritual Practice

Train Your Mind and Find a Life that Fulfills

by Eknath Easwaran ...

Series Book 1 - Essential Easwaran Library
Easwaran’s classic manual on meditation and spiritual living is a unique source of practical spiritual support for new and experienced meditators.Easwaran taught passage meditation for over forty years, and his class at the University of California, Berkeley was the first accredited course on meditation at any Western university. He is the author of the best-selling translation in English of the ... Read more

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Easwaran’s classic manual on meditation and spiritual living is a unique source of practical spiritual support for new and experienced meditators.Easwaran taught passage meditation for over forty years, and his class at the University of California, Berkeley was the first accredited course on meditation at any Western university. He is the author of the best-selling translation in English of the
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Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do

by Shoshin Nagamine ...

The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do presents the teachings of legendary martial arts master Shoshin Nagamine, founder of the Matsubayashi school of Shorin-ryu karate-do.Used for generations as a practical and pictorial guide, it contains over 1,000 photographs to document eighteen classic karate kata (preset forms) and seven yakusoku kumite (prearranged partner exercises), as well as basic ... Read more

$13.69 USD

The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do presents the teachings of legendary martial arts master Shoshin Nagamine, founder of the Matsubayashi school of Shorin-ryu karate-do.Used for generations as a practical and pictorial guide, it contains over 1,000 photographs to document eighteen classic karate kata (preset forms) and seven yakusoku kumite (prearranged partner exercises), as well as basic
... Read more
Yoshuku

The Japanese Art of Manifesting

by Azumi Uchitani ...

A beautifully illustrated guide to the ancient Japanese art of manifesting and pre-celebration, providing practical advice on how to slow down, tune into the rhythms of the universe, and achieve your goals.During a particularly tough season of life, a Buddhist monk told Azumi Uchitani that the most beautiful sakura cherry blossoms emerge in the spring following the fiercest typhoons; it’s only ... Read more

$13.99 USD

A beautifully illustrated guide to the ancient Japanese art of manifesting and pre-celebration, providing practical advice on how to slow down, tune into the rhythms of the universe, and achieve your goals.During a particularly tough season of life, a Buddhist monk told Azumi Uchitani that the most beautiful sakura cherry blossoms emerge in the spring following the fiercest typhoons; it’s only
... Read more
Mind and Body in Early China

Beyond Orientalism and the Myth of Holism

by Edward Slingerland ...

Mind and Body in Early China critiques Orientalist accounts of early China as the radical, "holistic" other. The idea that the early Chinese held the "strong" holist view, seeing no qualitative difference between mind and body, has long been contradicted by traditional archeological and qualitative textual evidence. New digital humanities methods, along with basic knowledge about human cognition, ... Read more

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Mind and Body in Early China critiques Orientalist accounts of early China as the radical, "holistic" other. The idea that the early Chinese held the "strong" holist view, seeing no qualitative difference between mind and body, has long been contradicted by traditional archeological and qualitative textual evidence. New digital humanities methods, along with basic knowledge about human cognition,
... Read more

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