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The complete idiot's guide to Eastern philosophy / by Jay Stevenson.
LIBRA B121 .S76 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevenson, Jay.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Asian.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 401 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Idiot's guide to Eastern philosophy
- Eastern philosophy
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis, IN : Alpha Books, [2000]
- Summary:
- Includes material on Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita, Code of Manu, Carvaka, Jaina, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa, Vedanta, Yoga, Sankhya, theosophy, Hare Krishna, transcendental meditation, Siddhartha Gotama, Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Pure Land and Tien Tai Buddhism, Zen, Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, I Ching or Book of Changes, Confucius, Mo Tzu, Mencius, Hsun Tzu, Legalism, Neo-Confucianism.
- Includes material on philosophy and Asian cooking, sex, martial arts, medicine, and art.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Orient-ation. Four ways to wisdom
- Turning East
- East meets West
- Part 2. Do you Hindu? Beyond the gods
- Life goes on
- Going to extemes
- Building on tradition
- Yogi bearings
- Culture clash
- Go West, young Brahmin
- Part 3. Shake your Buddha. News from Nirvana
- Flesh on the bones
- The diamond path
- Other worlds
- Now and Zen
- Part 4. "Way" cool. Old masters
- Tao or never
- Tao and later
- Tao and forever
- Opposites in flux
- Part 5. Sages in service. Confucius says
- It is written
- The three sages
- Official business
- The way revisited
- Part 6. Living wisdom. Food for thought
- Bedroom wise
- Kung Fu fighting
- Rx East
- The art of wisdom.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-380) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0028638204
- 9780028638201
- OCLC:
- 44163742
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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