United States. Rimpoche, Lama Kunga and Brian Cutillo (translated), 1978. Black and white line illustrations, 181pp, glossary, small mark on lower cover, extremities a little rubbed, spine a little browned, good paperback copy. 23 x 17cm. "Milarepa's songs are a candid and eloquent record of the everyday activities and inner..... More

人民出版社.[Ren min chu ban she]. 1974. 1st edition, 1st Zhejiang printing. 92pp, covers little rubbed with occasional soiling, corners little creased, a prior owner's signature upper cover, generally good in paperback. Text in Chinese. 18.3 x 13cm. This book is designed to follow Mao initiated political campaign "Criticise Lin, Criticise..... More

Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1964. x + 311pp, bibliography, index, gilt lettering spine, 4.5cm tear cloth upper joint, name of previous owner and date front free endpaper, little light damp staining margins last leaves, stain lower cover, contents sound and clean, overall a good copy. "Based essentially on primary sources..... More

Lyon. Messershmitt Alger. 1953. Fascicule II only. Text in French. 93pp, light browning on extremities and spine, good paperback copy. 18.4 x 12cm. The most fundamental book in the doctrines of Sufism. No other author expounded this theory which is essential to mysticism. Translated by Titus Burckhardt who was himself..... More

Jerusalem. Typis PP. Franciscanorum. 1956. 116pp, Pontificium Athenaeum Antonianum, Facultas Philosphica - Theses ad Lauream N. 32, pages evenly browned throughout, wrappers unevenly browned, small stain upper cover, some tears and loss to spine, otherwise a good clean copy. Text in Latin. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More

London. Oneworld. 2020. Black & white illustrations, x + 306pp, notes, bibliography, index. Paperback. "From jewellery to meditation pillows to tourist retreats, religious traditions - especially those of the East - are being commodified as never before. Imitated and rebranded as 'New Age' or 'spiritual', they are marketed to secular..... More

USA: Columbia University Press. 1974. ix + 143pp, chronological chart, glossary, index, foxing to dustjacket, minor wear and marking, a good copy. "Following an historical discussion of Hinduism as a religious and philosophical system and as a popular cult, Professor Ashby surveys its remarkable diversification in the nineteenth and twentieth..... More

Chicago. The University of Chicago Press. 2016. Black and white illustrations, xii + 358pp, index, references, notes, good hardback copy in dustjacket. "Since its arrival in Japan in the sixth century, Buddhism has played a central role in Japanese culture. But the historical figure of the Buddha, the prince of..... More

London. Kegan Paul. 1987. bibliography, index, 155 pp. A good copy in paperback. "This is the first in-depth study of the religious thought of Mu'ammar al Qadhdhafi and its place in his political, social and economic theories. The work is based on sources inaccessible except in the original Arabic. While..... More

London. Heinemann. 1974. Black and white photographic illustrations, 256pp, glossary, references, elegant bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, a good copy in little worn and creased dustjacket. Discusses Hinduism, Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Taoism and Sufism. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154818). More

London. Collins. 1990. Maps, black and white photographic and line illustrations, ix + 309pp, index, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, good copy in dustjacket. Biography of the Japanese Zen monk Kawaguchi Ekai who in 1900 crossed from Nepal into Tibet. He was already the first Japanese person to visit..... More

Paris. Ecole pratique des hautes études, Ve Section, Centre d'études sur les religions et traditions populaire du Japon. 1981. Black and white illustrations, 377pp, bibliography, index, text in French, foxing upper edge, a good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 156873). More

Belmont. Wadsworth. Black & white illustrations, vii + 274pp. Paperback covers worn and little creased, a good copy. The Religious Life of Man Series. When referring to this item please quote stockid 174705. More