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Cutting Through Fear by Tsultrim Allione Publisher Comments Within the ancient teachings of Tibetan Buddhism lies a meditation tradition for facing - and dissolving - our greatest fears and attachments in life. Now one of contemporary Tibetan Buddhism's most experienced and respected teachers, Tsultrim Allione... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Compact Disc
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Awakening Compassion: Meditation Practice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron Publisher Comments For more than 800 years, Tibetan Buddhists have used the principles of "lojong (literally, "mind training") to transform difficulties into insights, and conflict into genuine communication. "Awakening Compassion is the first audio retreat on the practice... (read more) Your price: $69.95 New - Compact Disc
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Plato's Republic (Books That Changed the World) by Simon Blackburn Publisher Comments Plato is perhaps the most significant philosopher who has ever lived, and The Republic, composed in Athens in about 375 BC, is widely regarded as his most famous dialogue. Its discussion of the perfect city-and the perfect mind-laid the foundations for... (read more) Your price: $49.99 New - Compact Disc
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Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World by Dalai Lama Xiv Publisher Comments Ten years ago, in his best selling Ethics for a New Millennium, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first proposed an approach to ethics based on universal rather than religious principles. Now, in Beyond Religion, the Dalai Lama, at his most compassionate and... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
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You're It!: On Hiding, Seeking, and Being Found (Alan Watts Archive) by Alan Watts Synopsis Life is the ultimate game of hide and seek . . . and the good news is that you're it With the combination of playful irreverence and penetrating insight that made him a legend in Western philosophy, Alan Watts investigates the surprisingly liberating... (read more) Your price: $99.95 New - Compact Disc
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Opening the Door of Your Heart: And Other Buddhist Tales of Happiness by Ajahn Brahm Publisher Comments Moments of insight, love and compassion flow through Ajahn Brahm's stories like rivers of hope. In nearly thirty years as a Buddhist monk, born and educated in the West but trained in the Thai forest tradition, Ajahn Brahm has gathered many poignant... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Compact Disc
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Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume Publisher Comments Published in 1748, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume's distillation of his mature philosophy. Addressing themes including the limits of human understanding, the compatibility of free will with... (read more) Your price: $34.99 New - Compact Disc
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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant Publisher Comments Immanuel Kant's Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals, first published in 1785, lays out Kant's essential philosophy and defines the concepts and arguments that would shape his later work. Central to Kant's doctrine is the categorical... (read more) Your price: $47.99 New - Compact Disc
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Nietzsche in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes) by Paul Strathern Publisher Comments Description In earlier centuries, philosophy was dangerous for philosophers; with Friedrich Nietzsche it became dangerous for everyone. Nietzsche ended up going mad, but his ideas presaged a collective madness that was to have horrific consequences in... (read more) Your price: $14.50 New - Compact Disc
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Direct Perception & Transforma by Jiddu Krishnamurti Publisher Comments We are going together to consider what is happening, not only in the outward world, but also what is happening within the world in which we live, the inside world, the world within our skin, the world of our thoughts, feelings, affections, likes and... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Compact Disc
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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley Publisher Comments First published in 1710, George Berkeley's A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge is a seminal contribution to Empiricist philosophy. Making the bold assertion that the physical world consists only of ideas and thus does not exist... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain De Botton Publisher Comments We spend most of our waking lives at work ? in occupations often chosen by our unthinking younger selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what our occupations mean to us. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is an exploration of the joys... (read more) Your price: $23.25 New - Compact Disc
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A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Text of Principles, Craft, Skill and Samurai Strategy That Changed the American Way of Doing Business by Miyamoto Musashi Publisher Comments This classic book of strategy is now available on cd Miyamoto Musashi was renowned in his own time as an invincible warrior, a master artisan, an author, and philosopher. Today, his philosophy is still revered by the Japanese and used as a guide for... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Compact Disc
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Marx in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes) by Paul Strathern Synopsis Karl Marx's devastating critique of capitalism, and his proposal of communism as the answer to the failings of the capitalist system, bore their greatest fruits in the twentieth century with the formation of the communist state in the Soviet Union. This... (read more) Your price: $15.25 New - Compact Disc
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The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology by Jack Kornfield Synopsis A celebrated author and psychologist shows listeners how specific Buddhist insights and practices can go beyond self-improvement efforts--and lead them to unconditional freedom and joy as discovered by the Buddha. Unabridged. 6 CDs.... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff Publisher Comments Winnie-the-Pooh has a certain Way about him, a way of doing things that has made him the world's most beloved bear. In The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff shows that Pooh's Way is amazingly consistent with the principles of living envisioned by the Chinese... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness by Simon Wiesenthal Publisher Comments While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to-and obtain absolution... (read more) Your price: $71.99 New - Compact Disc
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Ethics by Benedictus De Spinoza Publisher Comments Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics, first published in 1677, constitutes a major systematic critique of the traditional and religious foundations of philosophical thought. In it, Spinoza follows a logical step-by-step format consisting of definitions, axioms... (read more) Your price: $78.99 New - Compact Disc
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Beauty: The Invisible Embrace by John Odonohue Publisher Comments "When we awaken to the call of beauty, we become aware of new ways of being in the world," teaches John O'Donohue. The beautiful unites your feelings, your thoughts, and your dreams it brings together all the different dimensions of your life. On Beauty:... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Compact Disc
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Enlightenment to Go: The Classic Buddhist Path of Compassion and Transformation by David Michie Publisher Comments For the past thirty years the Dalai Lama has consistently recommended Shantideva's A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life as essential reading for those interested in applying Buddhist philosophy to daily life. In Enlightenment to Go, David Michie... (read more) Your price: $49.97 New - Compact Disc
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