World Religions and Spiritual Wisdom

Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics: Lifestyles for Self Discovery

Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics: Lifestyles for Self Discovery

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."
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Perennial Philosophy

Perennial Philosophy

Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains how they are united by a common human yearning to experience the Divine.

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Perfectability of Human Nature in Eastern and Western Thought, The

Perfectability of Human Nature in Eastern and Western Thought, The

The author has found the most useful question to ask in order to enhance the reader's understanding of the clear difference between the Eastern and Western philosophies and religions, especially the notion of "perfectibility."

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Policy of Kindness, A: An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama

Policy of Kindness, A: An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama

This book offers a comprehensive view of the Dalai Lama, both his personal life and his thoughts on issues of global concern.

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Principal Symbols of World Religions

Principal Symbols of World Religions

A study of the symbols, emblems, and imagery that characterize the major religions.

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Science and Spirituality: A Quantum Integration

Science and Spirituality: A Quantum Integration

Here the authors have demonstrated not only the long suspected metaphysical unity of science and spirituality but also their cosmological and methodological unity.

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Seat of the Soul, The

Seat of the Soul, The

The values of the soul - harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for life are discussed.  The book posits authentic power  as the alignment of the personality with the soul.

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Silence, Simplicity & Solitude

Silence, Simplicity & Solitude

David A. Cooper traces the paths of the mystics and the practice of spiritual retreat in all the major religious traditions, sharing the common techniques and practices for beginners and advanced meditators alike.

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Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way

Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way

Representatives of Buddhism and Christianity explore the value of prayer and contemplation, attitudes toward God and emptiness, and practical topics such as silence, virtue, compassion, sin, suffering, the self and the ego.

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Spiritual Advice for Buddhists and Christians

Spiritual Advice for Buddhists and Christians

Four talks which express clearly and compassionately the basic principles of Tibetan Buddhism, and shows how they are applicable to daily practice for all spiritual seekers, regardless of their spiritual affiliation.

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