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Bushido Japanese Samurai Code

Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 12:47 am  
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Bushido, the Soul of Japan: Inazo NatobeJapanese samurai had a code of honour called Bushido that is the code of moral principles which samurai knights were required or instructed to observe. It was not a written code; at best it consists of a few maxims handed down from mouth to mouth or coming from the pen of some well-known warrior or savant. More frequently it is a code unuttered and unwritten, possessing all the more the powerful sanction of veritable deed, and of a law written on the fleshly tablets of the heart. Inazo Natobe book on Bushido explains[Read More]
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John Ralston Saul: On Equilibrium

Saturday, August 21st, 2010 at 4:32 pm  
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On Equilibrium: Six Qualities of the New Humanism
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John Ralston Saul:On Equilibrium: Six Qualities of the New HumanismIs it moral to sacrifice one’s life for a higher goal? Why do many in the U.S. think it admirable to join the army but despicable for Palestinians to sign up with Hamas? How can we actually determine “evil” and “good” in the daily world? These practical questions cut to the heart of what it means to be human. John Ralston Saul, in his matter-of-fact discussion of six basic human qualities – ethics, common sense, intuition, imagination, memory, and reason – confronts basic concepts in a manner not done since Thomas[Read More]
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Tertium Organum: Time is A Dimension

Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 3:01 pm  
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Tertium Organum: Or, The Third Canon of Thought and a Key to the Enigmas of the World
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Tertium Organum: Or, The Third Canon of Thought and a Key to the Enigmas of the World: PD Ouspenski In Tertium Organum: PD Ouspenski shows Einstein’s quantity of “time” to be motion through higher physical dimensions. If you can stretch your mind to these concepts it will change the way you perceive the world. Time is a dimension. The fourth dimension. Not an easy read, but totally fascinating. Translated from Russian. Introduction by Claude Bragdon. Partial Contents: The Mystery of Time and Space; Shadows and Reality; Occultism and Love; Animated Nature; Voices of the Stones; Mathematics of the Infinite; The[Read More]
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Plato’s Wisdom for Today’s World

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 3:58 pm  
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New Skins for Old Wine: Plato's Wisdom for Today's World
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New Skins for Old Wine: Plato’s Wisdom for Today’s World by Stephen C Lovatt This introduction to philosophy should encourage lively debate in any classroom, New Skins for Old Wine by Stephen Lovatt discusses Plato to Voldemort. Most books of spirituality are far removed from intellectual rigor, and most books of philosophy are as dry as old bones. This volume seeks to bridge the gap. The author invites his readers to view the modern world through philosophical eyes as he relates Plato’s words to issues such as friendship, human rights, education, sexuality,[Read More]
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Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

Monday, August 9th, 2010 at 9:26 am  
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Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom offers an exploration of the secret universe we all carry inside us, the connections we forge with the worlds of our friends and loved ones, and the products of our worlds reflected in the things we create outside of ourselves. John O’Donohue: Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic WisdomAnam Cara, Gaelic for “soul friend,” is an ancient journey down a nearly forgotten path of wisdom into what it means to be human. Drawing on this age-old perspective, John O’Donohue helps us to see ourselves as the[Read More]
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Crooked Cucumber: Zen of Shunryu Suzuki

Sunday, August 8th, 2010 at 3:18 am  
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Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki
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Crooked Cucumber: Zen of Shunryu Suzuki”He’s big Suzuki, I’m little Suzuki.” In the literary world, Shunryu Suzuki has always played second fiddle to D.T. Suzuki. With David Chadwick’s biography of this extraordinary man, Shunryu Suzuki will take his rightful place as one of the progenitors of American Buddhism. Chadwick, a long-time student of Suzuki’s, takes us back to Suzuki’s childhood, his entry into monastic life at age 13, subsequent trials with his ornery master and in the notoriously strict Eiheiji Monastery, as well as life as a houseboy[Read More]
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