Thomas Cleary: 20 books
Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare
From the School of Certain Victory
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2012
This samurai strategy books is the first widely available English translation of Yamamoto Kansuke's classic treatise on strategy and tactics.
Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare is Thomas Cleary's translation of the seminal writings attributed to Yamamoto Kansuke on Japanese martial arts...
Soul of the Samurai
Modern Translations of Three Classic Works of Zen & Bushido
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Soul of the Samurai contains modern translations of three classic works of Zen & Bushido.
In Soul of the Samurai, bestselling author and respected translator Thomas Cleary reveals the true essence of the Bushido code or Zen warrior teachings according to 17th-century Japanese samurai master...
The Japanese Art of War
Understanding the Culture of Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2005
Military rule and the martial tradition of the samurai dominated Japanese culture for more than eight hundred years. According to Thomas Cleary—translator of more than thirty-five classics of Asian philosophy—the Japanese people have been so steeped in the way of the warrior that some of the manners...
Training the Samurai Mind
A Bushido Sourcebook
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Through the ages, the samurai have been associated with honor, fearlessness, calm, decisive action, strategic thinking, and martial prowess. Their ethos is known as bushido, the Way of the Warrior-Knight.
Here, premier translator Thomas Cleary presents a rich collection of writings on bushido...
The Flower Ornament Scripture
A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 1993
Known in Chinese as Hua-yen and in Japanese as Kegon-kyo, the Avatamsaka Sutra, or Flower Ornament Scripture, is held in the highest regard and studied by Buddhists of all traditions. Through its structure and symbolism, as well as through its concisely stated principles, it conveys a vast range...
Code of the Samurai
A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Learn the ways of the Japanese Bushido Code with this very readable, modern translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu.
Code of the Samurai is a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese Way of the Warrior. Bushido has played a major role in...
by Thomas Cleary
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 1999
The Prajnaparamita ("perfection of wisdom") sutras are one of the great legacies of Mahayana Buddhism, giving eloquent expression to some of that school's central concerns: the perception of shunyata, the essential emptiness of all phenomena; and the ideal of the bodhisattva, one who postpones...
The Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict
Annotated & Explained
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Discover the spiritually incisive strategies for peacefully resolving conflict
in this masterpiece of military strategy.
Written 2,500 years ago by Chinese general Sun Tzu, The Art of War is a poetic and potent treatise on military strategy still in use in war colleges around the world. Yet...
Samurai Wisdom
Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture - Five Classic Texts on Bushido
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
The ancient warrior culture of Japan produced a sophisticated martial philosophy that we know today as Bushido—the Way of the Warrior. In Samurai Wisdom, author Thomas Clearly provides five important new translations of major Japanese works on Bushido.
The writings of the scholar Yamaga Soko...
by Thomas Cleary
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 1993
Throughout Zen history, stories and anecdotes of Zen masters and their students have been used as teaching devices to exemplify the enlightened spirit. Unlike many of the baffling dialogues between Zen masters preserved in the koan literature, the stories retold here are penetratingly simple but with...
The Sutra of Hui-neng, Grand Master of Zen
With Hui-neng's Commentary on the Diamond Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 1998
Hui-neng (638–713) is perhaps the most beloved and respected figure in Zen Buddhism. An illiterate woodcutter who attained enlightenment in a flash, he became the Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Zen, and is regarded as the founder of the "Sudden Enlightenment" school. He is the supreme exemplar...
Taoist Meditation
Methods for Cultivating a Healthy Mind and Body
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2000
The ancient meditation techniques of Taoism encompass a wide range of practices—with an aim toward cultivating a healthy body as well as an enlightened mind. These selections from classic texts of Taoist meditation represent the entire range of techniques—from sitting meditation practices to internal...
The Pocket I Ching
The Book of Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2006
The I Ching (Book of Change) is considered the oldest of the Chinese classics, and has throughout Chinese history commanded unsurpassed prestige and popularity. Containing several layers of text and given numerous levels of interpretation, the I Ching has been venerated for more than three thousand...
Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record
Zen Comments by Hakuin and Tenkei
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2002
The Blue Cliff Record is a classic text of Zen Buddhism, designed to assist in the activation of dormant human potential. The core of this extraordinary work is a collection of one hundred traditional citations and stories, selected for their ability to bring about insight and enlightenment. These...
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