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The Book of the Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
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Composed in 1643 by the famed duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture.
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Journey of Awakening, by Ram Dass
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A Meditator's Guidebook. Ram Dass is an American psychologist and spiritual teacher who has
studied and practiced meditation for many years. Here he shares his
understanding and explores the many paths of meditation.
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Freedom, Love, and Action by Jiddu Krishnamurti
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In Freedom, Love, and Action, Krishnamurti points to a state of total awareness beyond mental processes.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe edited by Mirabai Starr
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Mirabai has been an adjunct professor of Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos since 1993. Her emphasis is on making connections between the perennial teachings found at the heart of all the worlds spiritual paths.
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Minding Mind, A Course in Basic Meditation by Thomas Cleary
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Some types of meditation are aimed at promoting a sense of confidence and well-being in everyday life, while other types focus on producing altered states of consciousness, transcending the world, or developing skills for serving other people.
The instructions in this book focus on the highest type of all, pure, clear meditation: a state of true objectivity that enables the practitioner to use all the other types of meditation freely and consciously, without becoming fixated or obsessed. Minding Mind is based on traditional texts by renowned teachers from various Buddhist schools of China, Japan, and Korea.
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Taoism Reader by Thomas Cleary
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The Taoism Reader translated by Thomas Cleary
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Saying the World, Poetry by Peter Pereira
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Saying the World reflects Peter Pereira's experience as a physician to the urban poor—including refugees, immigrants, and the elderly—at High Point Community Clinic in Seattle. The poems also explore his complex background, including a sister's death, family relationships, and life as a childless gay man.
In honoring Peter Pereira with the Hayden Carruth Award, Gregory Orr and Sam Hamill wrote: "Pereira has a magic touch like that of William Carlos Williams: the ability to be a doctor and poet
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Teachings of Rumi, by Andrew Harvey
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This collection of versions of Rumi by Andrew Harvey contains some of the master's most luminous verse, along with selections from his lesser-read prose works, with the aim of presenting a balanced view of his teaching that includes both the high-flying love of God and the rigorous path of discipline essential for those who seek it.
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Our Lady of the Forest, by David Guterson
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From David Guterson—bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars—comes
this emotionally charged, provocative novel about what happens when a
fifteen-year-old girl becomes an instrument of divine grace.
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Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow by Elizabeth Lesser
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In the more than twenty-five years since she co-founded Omega Institute - now the world's largest center for spiritual retreat and personal growth -Elizabeth Lesser has been an intimate witness to the ways in which people weather change and transition.
In a beautifully crafted blend of moving stories, humorous insights, practical guidance, and personal memoir, she offers tools to help us make the choice we all face in times of challenge: Will we be broken down and defeated, or broken open and transformed? Lesser shares tales of ordinary people who have risen from the ashes of illness, divorce, loss of a job or a loved one - stronger, wiser, and more in touch with their purpose and passion. And she draws on the world's great spiritual and psychological traditions to support us as we too learn to break open and blossom into who we were meant to be.
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