Tolle expands on the freedom and joy of a life lived "in the now" to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world.

An accessible way to understand the beginnings of nonviolent practices within Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism and its impact on East Asian cultures.  These traditional practices can be applied and extended to meet contemporary problems in the West, is the author's premise, and hold promise for solving some of our most immediate ecological concerns of the time.

A pilgrimage in the Himalayas offering close personal glimpses of the swami and also of his training of this great Western disciple and servant of India, Margaret Noble.

A story of provoking spiritual odyssey and also a story of the meeting between East and West in America, and the ways in which the encounter has transformed how all of us understand God and ourselves.

Illustrated with beautiful photographs, Mary Pope Osborne, captures the essence of the major world religions and writes about them with reverence and simplicity.  Both youngsters and adults can get an understanding of the culture and practices of each religion including; Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Traditional Chinese.

The two-part volume lays out the method of centering prayer, and the spiritual, historical and theological reflections which give a broader context for the method. The second part emphasizes contemplative prayer, a process of interior transformation.

An absorbing exploration into the minds and hearts of monks learning about themselves. Candid, powerful and intimate.

Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics outlines "wholesome, spiritual rebellion."  It explores key motifs of positive protest as "ordinary" self-actualizing adults describe what values motivate their quiet, responsible creation of the life they love.  In this book, the author emphasizes "that the self-actualizing men and women interviewed:

• know, or at least sense, who they are at their most noble, essential core;
• know, or at least sense, what they value in the highest, most elegant terms."