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  • The Beauty of Everyday Things

    by Soetsu Yanagi ...
    Translated by Michael Brase ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with respect and even affection. They should be natural and simple, sturdy and safe - the aesthetic result of wholeheartedly fulfilling utilitarian needs. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun

    How I Survived Chinas Wartime Atrocity

    by Homare Endo ...
    Translated by Michael Brase ...
    An unforgettable memoir of the horrors suffered by a Japanese family trapped in Changchun, China, at the end of WW2.Over 150,000 innocents died of starvation in Changchun, northeastern China, after the end of WW2 when Mao's army laid siege during the Chinese Civil War. Japanese girl Homare Endo, then age seven, was trapped in Changchun with her family. After nomadic flight from city to city, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • 365 Tao

    Daily Meditations

    by Ming-Dao Deng ...

    $14.99 USD

  • Wabi Sabi

    The Wisdom in Imperfection

    by Nobuo Suzuki ...
    Translated by Russell Calvert ...
    Be the best imperfect person you can be!Wabi Sabi is the Japanese Zen philosophy that all things are imperfect, unfinished and impermanent. It is a fresh way of seeing and moving through the world when our lives, literally and figuratively, feel cluttered. This book shows us how to apply this concept in the context of daily life and offers ideas on how to see it, embrace it and incorporate it into ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • This is it

    by Alan Watts ...
    Six revolutionary essays from "the perfect guide for a course correction in life, away from materialism and its empty promise" (Deepak Chopra), exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life—and the need for them to coexist within each of us. ... Read more

    $1.65 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wabi Sabi

    The Japanese Art of Impermanence

    Developed out of the aesthetic philosophy of cha-no-yu (the tea ceremony) in fifteenth-century Japan, wabi sabi is an aesthetic that finds beauty in things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.Taken from the Japanese words wabi, which translates to less is more, and sabi, which means attentive melancholy, wabi sabi refers to an awareness of the transient nature of earthly things and a ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Lillian Too's Little Book Of Feng Shui

    by Lillian Too ...
    Everyone wants to know Lillian's feng shui tips, since she is by far the most well known feng shui author in the world. This little book contains her essential feng shui strategies, which all enthusiasts need to know. ... Read more

    $3.40 USD

  • This Is It

    and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience

    by Alan Watts ...
    Six revolutionary essays from "the perfect guide for a course correction in life, away from materialism and its empty promise" (Deepak Chopra), exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life—and the need for them to coexist within each of us.With essays on “cosmic consciousness” (including Alan Watts’ account of his own ventures into this inward realm); the paradoxes of ... Read more

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  • Theosophy

    A clear, concise explanation of human nature; the worlds of body, soul, and spirit; the laws of reincarnation; and the workings of karma. It is a key work for gaining a solid footing in spiritual reality as described by Rudolf Steiner. Organized into four parts. First, Steiner builds a comprehensive understanding of human nature: physical bodily nature; soul qualities; spirit being, or I-being; ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life Ahead

    On Learning and the Search for Meaning

    In Life Ahead, one of the greatest teachers of our time presents a practical philosophy of learning and understanding that moves far beyond traditional ideas of education. Collected from talks Krishnamurti gave to his students in India, Life Ahead offers short chapters based around life’s fundamental questions. It includes an introduction written by Krishnamurti especially for the book. ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Zen Culture

    by Thomas Hoover ...
    Anyone who examines the Zen arts is immediately struck by how modern they seem. The ceramics of 16th-century Zen artists could be interchanged with the rugged pots of our own contemporary crafts movement; ancient calligraphies suggest the monochromes of Franz Kline or Willem de Kooning; the apparent nonsense and illogic of Zen parables (and No theater and Haiku poetry) established the limitations ... Read more

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