Chinese Religious

A kaleidoscopic American history of extraordinary religious transformations, told through the ordinary people who made them happen. Ever since conquistadores claimed Taino land in the name of their Catholic God and New England Puritans formed their strictly Protestant “city on a hill,”...

The Shaolin Monastery charts for the first time in any language the history of the Shaolin Temple and the evolution of its world-renowned martial arts. In this meticulously researched and eminently readable study Meir Shahar considers the economic political and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the 21st century have spread throughout the world.

An irreverant look at early Tang dynasty Chan Buddhism - how it should be!

For generations, Arthur Waley’s lyrical translations served as the primary gateway to Chinese poetry for the English-speaking world. Organized by dynasty, this edition transforms Waley's scattered masterpieces into a coherent historical journey through Chinese literature, from the ancient Zhou foundational texts to the twilight of the Tang. This structure reveals the evolving concerns of Chinese civilization, from ritual and statecraft to intimate personal reflection and profound philosophical inquiry, all through Waley’s singular poetic voice.

The Secret of the Golden Flower asks what it means to turn awareness back toward its source. Its language moves among mind, breath, light, body, and Daoist inner alchemy. Returning the light becomes a disciplined way of examining how attention, vitality, spirit, conduct, error, and verification relate. This edition gives readers two deliberate ways into the work. Part II presents the complete 1775 juan forty-nine source in direct modern English, with all 32 source units intact. Part IV then offers a bold modern practice manual for working with returning the light through breath, felt energy...

Surviving the Dragon is the remarkable life story of Arjia Rinpoche, who was ordained as a reincarnate lama at the age of two and fled Tibet 46 years later. In his gripping memoir, Rinpoche relates the story of having been abandoned in his monastery as a young boy after witnessing the torture and arrest of his monastery family. In the years to come, Rinpoche survived under harsh Chinese rule, as he was forced into hard labor and endured continual public humiliation as part of Mao’s Communist "reeducation".

Denny is a PhD student whose side hustle takes on a life of its own when his machine merges with a twenty-something waiter named Sean. Before long, all the wrong people start to notice: -A secret religious order, The Urialites, prophesy the dawning of the New Age of Nephilim. -A clandestine unit of Chinese commandos believe they’ve stumbled upon an invincible weapon. -Sean isn’t sure he wants any part of the new guest. -As for the machine… well, it has its own ideas.

Leah Ly a driven, exceptionally talented, Chinese-American actress, working her way through Hollywood’s system, determined to make it on her own, involved with an equally driven Jewish man, discovers she has a Chinese fiancé, arranged at her birth when the Hong Kong businessman comes to LA to meet her. Life collides with life and Leah finds herself unhappy, torn, and conflicted between the love of two men she loves dearly and her heart's greatest desire, as she learns that in all things, she's the key to her happiness or unhappiness.

More than 200 years ago, Robert Morrison had a dream to get the Bible into the most populated nation on earth, but that dream seemed unattainable. Early skeptics complained that the Chinese language was simply too complicated, foreign, and ancient for anyone to tackle. Added to that, 250 years ago, it was against the law for Chinese to teach their language to foreigners. Anyone caught printing or distributing a Bible in the Chinese language could be executed. But Robert Morrison dared to do it anyway. Facing insurmountable opposition, this book tells how Morrison published the first Chinese...

THEY KNEW NOTHING OF THE CURSE WHEN THEY FOUND THE JEWEL: A LARGE COLOMBIAN EMERALD EMBEDDED IN THE CENTRE OF A CATHOLIC BISHOP’S GOLD CROSS. The cross had been hidden within a secret compartment in an antique mahogany writing box they had purchased at the Dirt Market in Beijing, a compartment sealed for over a hundred years. And with the cross was an unfinished letter from a Captain of the 16th Bengal Lancers to his wife, telling of a brass chest containing church treasure and holy relics looted during the Boxer Rebellion, a chest supposedly buried somewhere in the city once known as ...

真正的大作家教寫作，真實的心靈智慧全分享 國家一級作家、著作等身的靈魂書寫者雪漠，首次公開寫作的根本奧秘。 本書分上中下三冊。上冊靈性寫作，告訴你寫作與靈性的關係，告訴你怎樣開啟自己的靈性智慧；中冊和下冊創意寫作，告訴你源源不斷的寫作創意和靈感從何處而來，你怎樣也能成為靈感和創意的源泉。

Simonetta Carr’s newest children’s biography introduces us to a father of the Chinese evangelical church, Pastor Wang Mingdao. Mingdao is remembered for standing firm for the true gospel, even though it cost him his earthly freedom. Even after a moment of weakness during persecution, Mingdao...

这是一个美籍华人与命运抗争生生不息执着追过的传记故事 米雪是出生在美国的第一代华人从小饱尝“边缘人”的滋味此后生活颇为周折她的孩子罹患自闭症全家无所适从她的丈夫离开报酬丰厚的工作家庭失去经济来源她随丈夫在美国四处迁徙漂泊不定在人们纷纷移民美国的时候他们全家迁往香港她的事业蓬勃发展之时却突然重返美国……

The Analects or Selected Sayings is an ancient Chinese text comprising sayings and wisdom teachings attributed to Confucius and his contemporaries, as well as fragmentary dialogues between the philosopher and his students. The Analects has been one of the most influential books in China for the last two millennia, and continues to contribute to Chinese and East Asian culture and thought.

Explore imperial China's most sacred architectural marvel, where absolute rulers negotiated with the cosmos for survival. Perfect for a contemplative commute or immersive armchair travel, this sweeping historical journey reveals how a singular ritual complex shaped the destiny of a nation...

Time Peels All to Original White is the debut poetry collection of a new lightning voice thta shows the epiphanic power of simplicity, reinventing popular thinking about the breadth of spirituality, and boldly addresses questions of perennial human concern. BookLife lauds it as, “richly emotional poems of faith, connection, and eternity.” Foreword calls it, “Inventive, beautiful, and deep, the poems muse on subjects of perennial relevance in fresh, literary ways.” Kirkus states, “From the first page to the last, the poems are dramatic and deeply spiritual." Xueyan, the young poet ...

"天國與地獄"不僅在探討靈魂的歸宿, 也進入了史威登堡深邃的基督教神學與聖經詮釋. 他並非只是哲學家或秘宗學者, 而是一位以獨特方式解讀聖經的靈視者. 他的思想超越了傳統神學, 並以親身體驗和靈性洞察, 揭示天堂, 地獄, 以及靈魂的最終命運. 史威登堡在本書中提出了一個革命性的觀點, 天國與地獄並非上帝強制審判人送往的領域, 而是靈魂依其內在選擇自動進入的境界. 他強調聖經的象徵性認為其文字背後蘊藏著更深層的靈性意義. 例如, 聖經中提到的"新耶路撒冷", 在他的詮釋中並非一座地理上的城市, 而是一個象徵人類靈性提升的境界. 此外他認為天使並非上帝特別創造的靈物, 而是那些在世時選擇慈善行並愛神的靈魂之自然轉化. 這與基督教的傳統觀點形成鮮明對比. 史威登堡也探討了基督教的核心概念, 靈魂的重生, 他認為真正的信仰並不是口頭的信念或宗教的儀式, 而是人內在的轉變. 只有透過善行與愛, 靈魂才能與天堂的光輝相契合. 他的神學思想在某種程度上與儒家"格物致知"的理念產生共鳴. 人的道德選擇直接影響靈魂的昇華與終極歸宿. 他的神學也與道家"人法地, 地法天, 天法道, 道法自然" 的理念相呼應. 對於華人聽眾, 這本書不僅是基督教神學的啟示, 也是一場跨文化的靈性對話. 當你聆聽史威登堡的靈視世界, 你會發現天國與地獄並非遙遠的概念, 而是我們每一天的選擇所塑造的最終歸宿.

What do George Whitefield, Elisabeth Elliot, and J. Gresham Machen have in common? They were all Evangelical Heroes. In the Evangelical Heroes series, Joel Beeke and Douglas Bond present thirty biographical sketches of faithful evangelical leaders from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth...

Hello! This book is a comprehensive exploration into the expansive world of the Enneagram Type 9, the Peacemaker. Navigating spiritual systems, historical accounts, philosophical notions, mythological realms, and even unexpected connections to modern sports and science, the journey reveals the depth and diversity that this personality type embodies.

Haiku, and those poems inspired by them, attempt to realize the essence of a moment simply, directly, and creatively. Haiku represent a beautiful combination of presence and transcendence, of wonder and realization, through the crystallization of an instant in time. With two hundred sixty haiku and haiku-inspired poems, Swaying Branches, Rustling Leaves offers insightful observations of everyday and uncommon moments presented with humor, joy, and clarity. Ranging from the traditional to flexible verse, this book explores the simple marvel and delight present in the world in and around us if...