Essential Tao: an Initiation

Thomas Cleary

HarperCollins Publishers,Inc.

Essential Koran

Kazi Publications

Learning the path of Zen study has no special mysterious gateway or essential road: it requires individuals to awaken on their own.

Teachings of Zen

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Barnes&Noble Books

Learn the ways of the Japanese Bushido Code with this very readable, modern translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu. Code of the Samurai is a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese Way of the Warrior. Bushido has played a significant role in shaping the behavior of modern Japanese government, corporations, society, and individuals, as well as in developing modern Japanese martial arts within Japan and internationally. The Japanese original of this book, Bushido Shoshinshu, (Bushido for Beginners), has been one of the primary sources on the tenets of Bushido, a way of thought that remains fascinating and relevant to the modern world, East and West. This handbook, written after five hundred years of military rule in Japan, was composed to provide practical and moral instruction for warriors, correcting wayward tendencies and outlining the personal, social, and professional standards of conduct characteristic of Bushido, the Japanese chivalric tradition. With a bright, conversational narrative by Thomas Clear,y and powerfully evocative line drawings by master illustrator Oscar Ratti, this book is indispensable to corporate executives, students of Asian Culture, martial artists, or anyone sincerely interested in Japan and its people.

Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke

Ratti, Oscar

Religion & Spirituality

Tuttle+publishing

Immortal Sisters: Secret Teachings of Taoist Women

Shambhala

The Blue Cliff Record is a translation of the Pi Yen Lu, a collection of one hundred Zen koans accompanied by commentaries and appreciatory verses from the teachings of the Chinese Zen masters. Compiled in the twelfth century, it is considered to be one of the greatest treasures of Zen literature and an essential study manual for students of Zen.

The Blue Cliff Record

J.C. Cleary

Taizan Maezumi Roshi

Buddhism

The Blue Cliff Record  is a translation of the Pi Yen Lu,  a collection of one hundred Zen koans accompanied by commentaries and appreciatory verses from the teachings of the Chinese Zen masters. Compiled in the twelfth century, it is considered to be one of the greatest treasures of Zen literature and an essential study manual for students of Zen.

Yuanwu Keqin

Prajñā Press

The Japanese Art of War – Thomas Cleary. 
Military rule and the Samurai martial tradition have dominated Japanese culture for centuries, influencing political, business, and personal life even today. Here, Cleary examines works on Zen and the martial arts to provide insight into these hidden forces. Read by David Warrilow and Michael O’Keefe.

The Japanese Art of War: Understanding the Culture of Strategy

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Through the ages, the samurai have been associated with honor, fearlessness, calm, decisive action, strategic thinking, and martial prowess. Their ethos is known as bushido, the Way of the Warrior-Knight. Here, premier translator Thomas Cleary presents a rich collection of writings on bushido by warriors, scholars, political advisors, and educators from the fifteenth century through the nineteenth century that provide a comprehensive, historically rich view of samurai life and philosophy. Training the Samurai Mind gives an insider's view of the samurai world: the moral and psychological development of the warrior, the ethical standards they were meant to uphold, their training in both martial arts and strategy, and the enormous role that the traditions of Shintoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism had in influencing samurai ideals. The writings deal with a broad range of subjects-from military strategy and political science, to personal discipline and character development. Cleary introduces each piece, putting it into historical context, and presents biographical information about the authors. This is essential listening for anyone interested in military history and samurai history, and for martial artists who want to understand strategy.

Training the Samurai Mind

New Age & Spirituality

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

Book of Serenity is a translation of Shoyo Roku, a collection of one hundred Zen koans with commentaries that stands as a companion work to the other great Chinese koan collection, The Blue Cliff Record (Pi Yen Lu). Both works are classics of Chan (Chinese Zen) Buddhism—and both have now been rendered into English by the renowned translator Thomas Cleary. Compiled in China in the twelfth century, the Book of Serenity is, in the words of Tenshin Reb Anderson, "an auspicious peak in the mountain range of Zen literature, a subtle flowing stream in the deep valleys of our teaching, a treasure house of inspiration and guidance in studying the ocean of Buddhist teachings." Each of the hundred chapters begins with an introduction, followed by the main case, or koan, taken from Zen lore or Buddhist scripture. Then follows commentary on the main case, verses inspired by it, and, finally, further commentary on all. The book contains a glossary of Zen/Chan terms and metaphors.

Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues

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