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The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy Counseling
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Hui-Neng · 346 pages
The Tibetan Book Of The Dead
Padmasambhava, Karma-glin-pa · 267 pages
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Yogi Swatmarama · 128 pages
This affordable, definitive edition of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika contains the original Sanskrit, a new English translation, and full-page photographs of all the asanas. The chakras, kundalini, mudras, shakti, nadis, bandhas, and many other topics are explained. This is the first edition of the classic manual on Hatha Yoga to meet high academic, literary, and production standards. It’s for people wh
New Seeds of Contemplation
Thomas Merton · 297 pages
One of the best-loved books by one of the great spiritual authors of our time, with a new introduction by best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd.New Seeds of ContemplationThe Cloud of Unknowing seeks to awaken the dormant inner depths of the spirit so long neglected by Western man, to nurture a deeply contemplative and mystical dimension in our lives. For Merton, "Every moment and every event of every
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
D.T. Suzuki · 136 pages
One of the world’s leading authorities on Zen Buddhism, D. T. Suzuki was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English, and was most instrumental in bringing the teachings of Zen Buddhism to the attention of the Western world. Written in a lively, accessible, and straightforward manner, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism is illuminating for the serious student
The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans
Wumen Huikai · 288 pages
Moon In a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen
Dogen · 356 pages
The Way of a Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues His Way
Anonymous, Olga Savin · 264 pages
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Swami Satchidananda, Patanjali · 252 pages
Tao te Ching
老子, Yang Peng, Jordi Fibla · 120 pages
How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali
Prabhavananda · 224 pages
My Utmost for His Highest
Oswald Chambers · 400 pages
The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Leo Tolstoy · 352 pages
The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind
Huang Po · 144 pages
Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters
C.S. Lewis · 449 pages
Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers
Andrew Louth · 208 pages
The writings in this volume shed a glimmer of light, in an otherwise dark period, on the emerging traditions and organizations of the infant Church. They are a selection from a group known as the Apostolic Fathers, so-called because several of the authors were most likely disciples of the Apostles themselves. Like much of the New Testament, their writings take the form of letters, and for the most
Camino de perfección [por] Santa Teresa de Jesús
Teresa of Avila, E. Allison Peers · 271 pages
Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
Dietrich Bonhoeffer · 122 pages
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 5A classic of Christian spirituality. In this theological interpretation of the Psalms, Bonhoeffer describes the moods of an individual's relationship with God and also the turns of love and heartbreak, of joy and sorrow that are themselves the Christian community's path to God. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, a sixteen volume series, offers a fresh, critical translati
The Varieties of Religious Experience
William James · 470 pages
This is one of the most remarkable books ever written about religious experience. James captures the reader’s attention with vivid instances of religious experience collected from diverse sources, including classical religious texts, newspaper articles, and clinical studies. In this collection of Gifford lectures given in Scotland in 1901, James analyzes religious experience, using wonderful examp
The Everlasting Man
G.K. Chesterton · 268 pages
The Everlasting Man is inspired by H. G. Wells’ The Outline of History, which explains the history of mankind and religion as solely a product of natural selection and other material causes. In contrast, G. K. Chesterton presents the case for Christianity throughout history, by illustrating firstly, the uniqueness of man amongst the animals, and secondly, the uniqueness of Christ and the Church am
Lectures to My Students
Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 290 pages