Great care has been taken by the translators to render the precise meaning of the text in English while still reflecting the vigor and insight of the original Tibetan.

Together with Geoffrey Durham's enlightening and sympathetic introductions to the texts, the extracts from these writers form an engaging, often moving guide to this accessible and open-hearted religious faith.

In "The Spirit of the Quakers," Geoffrey Durham, himself a Friend, explains Quakerism through quotations from writings that cover 350 years, from the beginnings of the movement to the present day.Peace and equality are major themes in the ...

Now back in print with a new introduction, this book will be of interest to many Quakers, plus many social and religious historians.

The first full English translation gives the odd, outrageous, and illuminating replies of this founding Zen (Ch'an) master from North China to the questions of 8th and 9th century Buddhist monks.

Meera, they said, was mad.

This new edition, based on painstaking comparisons of original texts, also includes translations of earlier commentaries.

This central text of Jewish mysticism was written in thirtenth-century Spain, where Kabbalah flourished.

The vision of Guru Nanak, the fifteenth-century founder of the Sikh faith, celebrated the oneness of the divine that both dwells within and transcends the endless diversity of life.

The fourteenth to sixteenth centuries were the most vibrant period in the intellectual history of the Yemeni Jews.