Eastern category: 10105 books
The Wisdom of Compassion
Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
**This is the Dalai Lama at his most human, and most humane, offering rare insight and behind-the-scenes stories about his interactions with remarkable people from all walks of life. Don't miss the Dalai Lama's classic book, *The Art of Happiness, *or his newest, *The Book of Joy, *named one...
The Prisoner and the Kings
How One Man Changed the Course of History
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
The Prisoner and the Kings is a riveting historical account of a prisoner in a Turkish penal colony and the letters he sent to religious and secular leaders that changed the world. Between 1867 and 1873 a solitary prisoner in a Turkish penal colony wrote a series of letters to the kings and emperors...
by Tsangnyön Heruka
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
One of the most beloved stories of the Tibetan people and a great literary example of the contemplative life
The Life of Milarepa, a biography and a dramatic tale from a culture now in crisis, can be read on several levels. A personal and moving introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, it is also...
Opening the Dragon Gate
The Making of a Modern Taoist Wizard
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
This authorized biography of the contemporary Taoist expert Wang Liping (1949 -) tells the true story of his apprenticeship in Taoist wizardry, as well as Taoist principles and secrets of inner transformation.
The 18th-generation transmitter of Dragon Gate Taoism, Wang Liping is heir to a tradition...
The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds
The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds: The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug presents an engaging account of the life of Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug, a realized Tibetan tulku (reincarnated lama or teacher). The book's historical references provide a detailed portrait...
The Life of My Teacher
A Biography of Kyabjé Ling Rinpoché
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
**The Dalai Lama tells the life story of his remarkable teacher, Ling Rinpoché, who remained a powerful anchor for him from childhood and into his emergence as a global spiritual leader. **
The Sixth Ling Rinpoché (1903–83) was a towering figure in Tibetan Buddhism. Combining great learning...
The Faith to Doubt
Glimpses of Buddhist Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Kierkegaard said that faith without doubt is simply credulity, the will to believe too readily, especially without adequate evidence, and that in Doubt can Faith begin.” All people involved in spiritual practice, of whatever persuasion, must confront doubt at one time or another, and find a way...
The Life of Marpa the Translator
Seeing Accomplishes All
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Marpa the Translator, the eleventh-century farmer, scholar, and teacher, is one of the most renowned saints in Tibetan Buddhist history. In the West, Marpa is best known through his teacher, the Indian yogin Nâropa, and through his closest disciple, Milarepa. This lucid and moving translation of...
Dhan Dhan Mata Sahib Kaur Ji
Mother Of The Khalsa
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
This booklet accompanies the CD- “Dhan Dhan Mata Sahib Kaur Ji” available via www.akaalpublishers.com
The booklet details the life of the mother of the Khalsa- Mata Sahib Kaur Ji & Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. The booklet will build the knowledge base for one and all on these...
The Lawudo Lama
Stories of Reincarnation from the Mount Everest Region
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
The Lawudo Lama presents two life stories along with an extended introduction laying out their social and cultural context. It takes place in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, the home of the famous Sherpa guides, where the people practice Tibetan Buddhism and revere the local lamas and yogis. The...
Surviving the Dragon
A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years under Chinese Rule
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
On a peaceful summer day in 1952, ten monks on horseback arrived at a traditional nomad tent in northeastern Tibet where they offered the parents of a precocious toddler their white handloomed scarves and congratulations for having given birth to a holy child—and future spiritual leader.
Surviving...
Journey to Mindfulness
The Autobiography of Bhante G.
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
**The inspiring life-story of from the bestselling author of Mindfulness in Plain English—updated and expanded in honor of his 90th birthday.
Bhante Gunaratana—Bhante G., as he is affectionately called—has long been among the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West. Ordained at twelve,...
The Story of Bahaullah
Promised One of All Religions
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The Story of Bahaullah is an introduction to the Prophet and Founder of the Bahai Faith. Born to Persian nobility in the early nineteenth century, Bahaullah (1817-1892) seemed destined for a life of wealth and ease. Yet from an early age He showed little interest in courtly privileges, preferring to...
Champions of Oneness
Louis Gregory and his Shining Circle
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Champions of Oneness tells the story of outstanding Bahai teachers during the early years of the twentieth century (1898-1911). Nearly all of them had the fortune of meeting, at one time or another, Abdul-Baha--the son and appointed successor of Bahaullah, the Prophet and Founder of the Bahai Faith....