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Through a study of the way of the samurai, Nitobe identifies the seven virtues most widely recognized by the Japanese: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, veracity, honor, and loyalty. In sharing these moral guidelines, handed down over generations, Nitobe gives the world unique insight into a previously unexplored code of honor.

In 81 brief chapters, Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit, and teaches us how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao—the basic principle of the...

The murder of a young Tibetan nun at the hands of Chinese border guards at the rooftop of the world offers a unique parable for the tale of modern Tibet. Chinese police are instructed to take any measures necessary to protect the border of Tibet. When a group of climbers witness the murder of a young Tibetan nun who is fleeing to India, two men have a choice: turn a blind eye and preserve their climbing careers or alert the world to the grand scale of human injustice played out daily in Tibet.

For fans of Hygge and Lagom comes this inspiring guide that introduces the Japanese wisdom of chowa—the search for balance—to help us find harmony and peace in every area of our lives. The Japanese wisdom of chowa offers a fresh approach to being, showing us how to create space and symmetry...

L'Autore descrive in versi liberi la storia di come Buddha, il Principe Siddharta, dopo la grande rinuncia, ottenne l'illuminazione. Il poema, che, pubblicato nel 1879, ebbe un immediato successo soprattutto in Inghilterra e America, e fu tradotto in trenta lingue, compreso in Hindi, è un libero adattamento del Lalitavistara Sutra, che racconta la storia di Gautama Buddha fino al suo primo sermone nel Parco dei Cervi vicino a Varanasi.

As an orphan in the slums of Tsu City, Japan, Kodo Sawaki had to fight his way to adulthood, and became one of the most respected Zen masters of the twentieth century. Though he remained poor by choice, he was rich in spirit. A student of Kosho Uchiyama, Arthur Braverman has compiled an anthology of Sawaki's writings and a garland of sayings gathered from throughout his lifetime. One of a few collections of Sawaki's teachings published in English, his life and work bracket the most intriguing and influential period of modern Zen practice in Japan and America.

Im kommenden Jahr wird der Dalai Lama 90 Jahre alt. Was bedeutet das nahende Lebensende des aktuellen Dalai Lamas für den Fortbestand der tibetischen Kultur? Werden die Chancen für mehr Freiheit weiter schrumpfen, die bereits seit der Eingliederung des Landes in die VR China in den fünfziger Jahren immer weiter beschnitten wurde? Und warum ist die Strategie des Dalai Lama gegenüber Peking gescheitert?

This book details the history, rituals, and beliefs of the major traditional religions of China: universal animism, polydemonism, specters, ancestral worship, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. He thought that one spiritual essence could be detected beneath a great variety of religious, philosophical, and even political expressions in China, and his lifework was the discovery and exposition of that essence.