In this book the author surveys the vast and complex field of Buddhist doctrine, cultural forms and schools, and presents, with clarity and concision, the essential features of the Buddhist religion. In its short format, the book contains a vast amount of information. A useful and engaging introduction for the general reader and an accurate aide-memoire for the student, this work is essential reading for anyone wishign to explore the Buddhist world. It contains illustrations, an index, and a bibliography to guide further reading.

Outline of Hinduism

Stoddart, William

Religion & Spirituality

Foundation for Traditional

A compelling collection of essays by many of the leading voices in the field of traditional studies, this book examines the major aspects of religion and modern society. Contributors include Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Huston Smith, Martin Lings, Joseph Epes Brown, Gai Eaton, and Rama Coomaraswamy on such topics as modernism, science, liberation theology, Native American art, psychology and astrology. Much more than the usual academic anthology, this excellent collection is proof of the contemporary, therapeutic importance of the perennial wisdom and will greatly benefit those in quest of the rediscovery of the sacred in human life.

In Quest of the Sacred: The Modern World in the Light of Tradition

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein

This work contains a critical analysis from the traditional point of view of a number of currents and issues permeating the modern world and questions posed by modernism. The author sheds light, drawn from the perennial wisdom of the great traditions, upon such contentious and difficult problems as reincarnation and the true significance of astrology as well as provides an evaluation in the light of that wisdom of much that passes for mysticism and spirituality today but which deals in reality with the lower reaches of the psychic realm. The reader interested in traditional teachings and the perennial philosophy is presented here with a map with which he can navigate through the maze of confusion and distortion that constitutes so much of the mental, psychological and even religious landscape of the present day world.

Challenges to a Secular Society

Perry. Whitall N.

In this book the author surveys the vast and complex field of Buddhist doctrine, cultural forms and schools, and presents, with clarity and concision, the essential features of the Buddhist religion. In its short format, the book contains a vast amount of information. A useful and engaging introduction for the general reader and an accurate aide-memoire for the student, this work is essential reading for anyone wishign to explore the Buddhist world. It contains illustrations, an index, and a bibliography to guide further reading.

Outline of Buddhism

Introduction by Luce Lopez-Baralt. Calligraphy by contemporary Iranian calligrapher Leila Kokabi. In English and Persian. With this second volume of poetry, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, whose name the reader usually associates with the philosopher, the historian and the scientist, firmly establishes his role as a spiritual mentor of the highest rank. In The Pilgrimage of Life and the Wisdom of Rumi, as in his former Poems of the Way, the poet further explores the pilgrimage of life and invites us to realize what our true transcendent destination really is. This time, however, Nasr's poetical rendering of the Way uncovers increasingly deeper spiritual secrets: so much so that his allegorical pilgrimage turns into a veritable mystical path. In the section entitled "A Few Moments with Rumi," Nasr translates from the Persian some of the finest poems of the Mathnawi and the Diwan. Nasr sustains an ardent dialogue with this foremost Sufi master, his countryman and his very special companion of the Path. Both mystical poets identify with the reed that narrates the poignant tale of separation since both have had the heart-rending experience of feeling "cut from the reed-bed" of their true celestial origins.

The Pilgrimage of Life and the Wisdom of Rumi (English and Old Persian Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

With this volume of poetry, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, whose name the reader usually associates with the philosopher, the historian and the scientist, firmly establishes his role as a spiritual mentor of the highest rank. In Poems of the Way, the poet describes the spiritual path and invites us to realize what our true transcendent destination really is. Nasr's poetical rendering of the Way uncovers increasingly deeper spiritual secrets of the mystical path. In English and Persian.

Poems of the Way

In this issue of Sophia, the leading Islamic thinker in America, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, speaks out on the environmental crisis in a compellling interview, and the noted scientist and theologian, Wolfgang Smith, writes on cosmology and gnosis. Other highlights include an article on parallels between Shingon Buddhism and Islam, an indepth analysis of the cosmogonic significance of the Ark of Noah and the Ark of the Covenant, the story of a spiritual seeker's journey in Ladakh, and a thorough assessment of the mathematical implications of the metaphysics of Rene Guenon.

Sophia

Smith, Wolfgang

Coomaraswamy, Rama

Buddhism

Sophia, Volume 12, No. 1, features a special section on globalization with articles by leading French Catholic thinkers Jean Bies and Jean Hani, former Bosnian deputy prime minister Rusmir Mahmutcehajic ("Fundamentalism versus Traditional Intellectuality"), and noted Islamic economist Waleed El-Ansary ("The Traditionalist Critique of Industrial Capitalism"). Among the several additional articles are "The Universal Grammar of Religion" by the eminent philosopher Huston Smith, and a fascinating account by John Herlihy of his healing experience at a traditional Ayurvedic clinic in India.

Business & Money

Economics

This issue of Sophia addresses the environmental crisis from two points of view: the first in the acceptance speech by HRH The Prince of Wales given when he received the 10th annual Global Environmental Citizen Award, and the second in an article by internationally renowned author Seyyed Hossein Nasr on the contemporary Islamic world and the role it must play in the environmental crisis. Huston Smith, revered philosopher, lecturer, and author in the field of religion and mysticism, gives succinct answers to questions posed by Sophia on a wide range of topics including globalization, the environmental crisis, bioengineering, and the relation among religions. The roots of the Kabbalah are examined in two penetrating articles: "The Wisdom of Christian Kabbalah" by Wolfgang Smith and "The Question of Sufi Influence on Early Kabbalah" by Tom Block. Other articles include "Ananda Coomaraswamy Invites Shiva to Dance" by Dan Rudmann and "Muslim Intellectuals and the Perennial Philosophy" by Zachary Markwith in which he discusses the legacy of Frithjof Schuon and Rene Guenon in particular.

Smith, Huston

Charles, Prince

Islam

A major and substantial step toward better Christian/Muslim relations was taken in 2008. The initiative, called A Common Word Between Us and You, began with a desire to create a pathway to peace through focusing the attention of leaders of the Islamic and Christian faiths, faiths whose adherents comprise over half of the world's population, on their shared values and beliefs-especially the love of God and the neighbor, rather than on their differences. Because of its exceptional significance, Sophia has chosen to celebrate this dialogue by printing several documents that have become part of A Common Word initiative. Included are: His Holiness Benedict XVI's address to the Vatican Conference, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams' response to the Open Letter, HRH Ghazi bin Muhammad's essay on the theological motives and expectations behind the initiative, two articles by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Reza Shah-Kazemi's paper on "God as 'The Loving' in Islam," an overview of the Vatican Conference by Ibrahim Kalin, the Turkish theologian who was the Muslim spokesperson, and the Final Declaration of the Vatican Conference. In addition to the Common Word documents and articles, this issue includes articles by Osman Bakar on "Cultural Symbiosis" and Rusmir Mahmutćehajić on "The Virgin Mary in the Mihrabs of Bosnia," both of which resonate with the message of the call to "come to a common word" by addressing shared values and histories between Christianity and Islam and underscoring the urgent need for understanding between these great faiths.

Williams, Rowan

Benedict XVI, Pope

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Outline of Hinduism

In Quest of the Sacred: The Modern World in the Light of Tradition

Challenges to a Secular Society

Outline of Buddhism

The Pilgrimage of Life and the Wisdom of Rumi (English and Old Persian Edition)

Poems of the Way

Sophia

Sophia

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