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In this calming and heart-warming book Jung-mok, a Buddhist nun from Korea, teaches us to free ourselves from the ambient stress of our modern lives. A specialist in meditation, Jung-mok shares simple gestures and daily practices rooted in Buddhist philosophy to help us live a lifestyle conducive to happiness. This collection of thoughts and short stories imbued with wisdom invites us to open our eyes to the world around us and appreciate the small things which bring us joy. It is a poetic and soothing reminder to grasp and appreciate the beauty of the present moment.
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Traditional Japanese food is a way of eating that embodies seasonality and simplicity; encourages health and longevity; and delights in the meditative peace to be found in preparing the same meal time and again – a simple bowl of rice, miso soup containing seasonal vegetables, and salty pickles. Yoshi Doi, Japan’s best-known chef, urges readers to adopt this traditional Japanese diet to make life and cooking easier – creating a routine, a modest way of eating that is in sympathy with the body, that nurtures and soothes the mind and which makes home a place of reassurance and comfort.
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A practical introduction to the ancient Chinese philosophy of yin yang, helping you find balance and equilibrium.
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Bestselling historian William Dalrymple reinstates India as the great superpower of Ancient Asia.
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“Destroy a nation, but its mountains and rivers remain.” ?Japanese ProverbThis is a collection of 200 Japanese proverbs with illustrations and explanations for each saying.Japanese Proverbs: 200 Gems of Traditional Wit and Wisdom is a delightfully illustrated compilation of traditional Japanese sayings and maxims. Some of the classic Japanese quotes and quotations, like “Fall down seven times, get up eight,” capture the dogged perseverance of the Japanese heart. Others, such as “A red lacquer dish needs no decoration” illuminate both a universal truth and Japan’s unique, aesthetic traditions. Japanese Proverbs has proverbs of great cultural significance as well as proverbs on matters of daily life and customs.Pleasing to expert and new comer alike, the 200 traditional proverbs in this unique collection are presented in Japanese calligraphy form, along with direct English translations. Similar proverbs are given from English, and
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There are many things that seem to prevent us from being happy in our lives. Usually, things don’t turn out the way we want them to. It could be unfulfilled goals, bad habits, a society that’s built to benefit only those at the very top, or the loops of self-deprecation that many of us find ourselves falling into. But we can take control of our happiness, whatever life throws at us. We all have the right, and the ability, to be happy regardless of our situation. With his simple yet profound teachings, Buddhist monk Pomnyun Sunim shows us how to combat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement.
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In the face of burnout, lack of passion and endless to-do lists, what if to achieve more you need to do less? In this accessible guide, Lee Holden shares ‘The Slow Method’, principles of slow mind, body and relationships drawn from the philosophical wisdom of Eastern meditation, martial arts and philosophies, and merged with Western science. The resulting practices offer a comprehensive understanding of how to slow down and increasingly embrace life’s rhythms. Whether you’re practising primal shaking or gratitude meditation for the mind; vagal breathing or optimal digestion acupressure, you’ll learn to access the magical benefits of slowing down to create lasting change in your life and the lives of those you love.
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For a millennium and a half, from about 250 BC to 1200 AD, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilisation, creating around it a vast empire of ideas, an ‘Indosphere’ where its influence was predominant. During this period, the rest of Asia was the willing recipient of a mass-transfer of Indian soft power. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific, connecting different places and ideas to one another. Like ancient Greece, ancient India came up with a set of profound answers to the big questions about what the world is, how it operates, why we are here and how we should live our lives.
Faith, hope and carnage 
