Other Eastern Religions

The process of mantra initiation and how the use of mantra can bring about peace and the unfolding of our spiritual selves.The process of mantra initiation and how the use of mantra can bring about peace and the unfolding of our spiritual selves.... More

Exploring the fundamental concepts of the caste system, Alain Danielou addresses issues of race, individual rights, sexual mores, marital practices, and spiritual attainments. In this light, the author explains how Hindu society has served as a model for the realization of human potential, and expos... More

An Essential Guide to what its like to spend a week inside a Zen Buddhist Monastery.If you’re interested in experiencing Zen life firsthand- or are simply curious about what Zen is –this book is the ideal introduction. Through its detailed description of atypical week at Zen Mountain Monastery ... More

Swami Rama's translation and commentary on one of the world's most sacred and inspiring scriptures.... More

An authoritative and critically acclaimed book, in which the author traces the path of enlightenment as it is found in 37 pieces of Buddhist literature, known as the bodhi-pakkhiya dhamma. The result is a thorough and engrossing piece of work, which provides a unique insight into the nature not only... More

Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Ph.D., is the Spiritual Director of the Himalayan Institute. He received his doctorate in Sanskrit from the University of Allahabad in India, and a doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. A disciple of Sri Swami Rama and lifelong practitioner of yoga and... More

Patwant Singh tells the stirring story of how a movement of peace transformed itself, of necessity, into a community which placed military values alongside spiritual, the Sikh soldier becoming the envy of every nation's army. How in 1699 the tenth and last Guru, Gobind Singh, founded the fellowship ... More

The Upanishads are a group of texts in Hindu sacred literature that are considered to reveal the ultimate truth and whose knowledge is considered to lead to spiritual emancipation. In the Upanishads, we find the finest flowering of the Indian metaphysical and speculative thought. They are utterances... More

Vedic India is often quoted as being a landmark in the history of womanhood. Though a patriarchal, male-dominated society, in matters of pleasure the sexes were treated as equals. The needs of men and women were equally addressed in the belief that without mutual pleasure and satisfaction, sex was l... More

This timely new edition of a Buddhist classic reminds us that true happiness is not to be found in material comfort and earthly satisfaction but in the pursuit of a higher ideal. Demonstrating throughout his heartfelt response to the fundamental wisdom of the Buddha, Edward Conze presents a readable... More

Offers practical tools for self-transformation through contemplation and spiritual practice.Offers practical tools for self-transformation through contemplation and spiritual practice.... More

Against the backdrop of seventeenth-century China, this unique new introduction follows a Confucian couple, together with their family, friends, and staff, through a typical day. The result offers a fascinating insight into the intellectual, scholarly, and practical aspects of Confucianism.... More