Explores the milieu of Taiwan’s Buddhist nuns, who have the greatest numbers in the Buddhist world and a prominent place in their own country.

Provides an overview of some of the great texts of Asian philosophy and religion along with an exploration of the contexts in which they arose.

An overview of Korean Buddhism and its major figures in the modern period.

A wide-ranging, readable account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.

Looks at how a spiritual tradition can be appropriated by those involved in ethno-nationalist conflict.

Materially grounded analysis of contemporary film, literature, and music in Hong Kong that resists the superficial stereotypes of the “global city. ”

Explores Xunzi's thought in relation to the early Chinese philosophical context that relied on the natural world.

A look at the voluntary sector in Japan, which has emerged strongly only in recent years.

Explores the development of the Chinese martial arts novel.

An engagement between Confucianism and the philosophy of Richard Rorty.

Celebrates and instructs in the healing power of breath.

Translations of two works from Sri Lanka on Yasodharā, the wife of the Buddha—an allusive and intriguing figure in Buddhist lore and literature.

Explores the relationship between material prosperity and spirituality in contemporary Thai Buddhism.

Essays from the singular experience of Buddhist social critic and philosopher David R. Loy on classic and contemporary concerns.

A study and translation of a tantric contemplative manual and the commentary on it.

Explores the significance of Dewey’s thought on democracy for the contemporary world.

Looks at the connections between Thoreau’s Walden and the work that influenced it, the Bhagavad-Gita.

Brings Chinese Daoist and Confucian thought into conversation with Western process, pragmatic, and naturalist philosophy and theology.

Brings Confucianism and Daoism into conversation with contemporary philosophy and the contemporary world situation.

Explores the importance of Buddhism as it developed in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra (modern-day Andhra Pradesh) and its influence.

A comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhist thinker Mipam’s work on emptiness and Buddha-nature.

Examines the images, hopes, and fears that were evoked during China’s century-long subservience to external powers.

An interlinear edition of the spiritual classic that provides devanagari, transliterated Sanskrit, and English versions of the Gītā.

The oldest surviving anthology of lyric poems from India, the Sattasai presents the many aspects of love and provides a realistic counterpart to the Kāmasūtra.

Insights into the experience and philosophy of Buddhism from a Korean perspective.