A much-needed, comprehensive and up-to-date thematic and historical survey of Hinduism.

Zen Buddhism conveys its profound truths through epigrams, parable and brief enigmatic and often amusing stories of the masters. In addition to 101 Zen Stories , this volume contains The Gateless Gate , a collection of koans or puzzles and 10 Bulls , an illustrated account of a bull-hunt.

Although the role of the visual is essential to Indian tradition and culture, most attempts to understand its images are laden with misperceptions. Darsan, a Sanskrit word that means seeing, is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to help us read, think, and look at Hindu images with tolerance and imagination.

Drawing on the words actually spoken by the Buddha, Rahula gives a full account of his fundamental teachings, from the Buddhist attitude of mind and meditation to the Buddha's teaching in the contemporary world. The text also features a selection of texts from original Buddhist literature.

Deftly introduced and enriched by the remarkable ink paintings of Stephen Addiss, this new translation of Tao Te Ching captures the terse and enigmatic beauty of the ancient original while resisting the tendency toward interpretive paraphrase found in many other editions. Along with the translation of the complete work, Lombardo and Addiss provide the reader with a measure of interaction with the

Standing at the crossroads of psychology and religion, this work applies the scientific method to a field abounding in abstract theory. It believes that individual religious experiences, rather than the precepts of organized religions, are the backbone of the world's religious life.