Confucius says, "Keep your chin up… but beware of dog shit."Sometimes profound, often hilarious, this collection of quotes by Robert Ma can lighten your day and enlighten your life.

Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, in a new edition with a preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.Working from existing translations, Thomas Merton composed a series of his own versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual of Chinese philosophers. Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries B.C., is the chief authentic historical spokesperson for Taoism and its founder Lao Tzu (a legendary character kno...

The delightful and often funny poetry of Zen’s quintessential free spirit, Master Ryokan—in a fresh translation by a beloved American Zen figureRyokan Taigu (1758-1831) was a monk in the Soto lineage of Japanese Zen who spent a good part of his life as a hermit, writing poetry, playing with children, and creating simple and exquisitely beautiful calligraphies—sometimes using twigs as his instrument when he couldn't afford a brush. He was never head of a monastery o...

Rabindranath Tagore (1861 1941) was a famous Bengali author. He is perhaps best known for Gitanjali , and was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1913). This collection includes Gitanjali and many others, including Fruit-Gathering, Stray Birds, The Crescent Moon, The Home and the World, The King of the Dark Chamber, The Post-Office, The Hungry Stones, and more. A table of contents is included for easier navigation through the novels, short stories, poems, and play...

The Samaveda is one of the four Vedas and is primarily associated with the musical and melodic aspect of Vedic rituals. It consists of hymns that are meant to be chanted in specific musical tones, and it is closely connected to the practice of singing during Vedic ceremonies. The Samaveda hymns are typically addressed to various deities and natural forces, praising and invoking their blessings.Ralph T. H. Griffith's translation of the "Hymns of the Samaveda" aimed to make this ancient Vedi...

Bouncing Pearls: Ancient Chinese Poetry is a new English translation of classical Chinese poems, dating from 600 BCE to the Eighteenth Century. It presents the writings of about 110 poets. Over 250 poems were selected from different sources, especially Poems of a Thousand Masters and Three Hundred Tang Poems. The former, aimed less at moralizing, may do more in revealing the intrinsic values of the ancient Chinese poets. This translation attempts to preserve the essence and identity of the or...

Haiku is an ancient type of Japanese poetry with a strict form. It is an unrhymed three-lined verse: the first with five beats or syllables, the second with seven and the third with five. Each poem describes a single brief episode that may be taking place as you read. Traditionally each verse should contain a reference to nature or a season, expressed either directly or by implication.

A collection of nineteen Haiku Poems, a form of Japanese Poetry. A haiku expresses a single feeling or impression and contains three unrhymed lines of , five, seven and five syllables .Fresh, exciting and powerful poems on Love, Hope, Vision ,Ties, relationships and God, they leap boundaries.

It is unclear the exact year of Sant Tukaram's birth although 1577 and 1597 have both been cited by scholars. It is clear that he was born in a small village called Dehu in Maharasthtra in India to Bolhoba and Kanakai, a lower Sudra class family and had two brothers. Despite this status the family were comfortable and respected within their community but when Tukaram was 13 his father became ill and shortly after both his parents died. Economic hardship followed and further tragedy occurre...

In the mood for love? Looking to spice up your boudoir? Kick your love life up a notch with 69 Sexy Haiku, written to entice, seduce and delight lovers at play.From sensual poetry that will massage your senses to truly explicit mini-fantasies, these 69 poems explore love, lust and intimate relations with a personal twist. Read them to your lover to get them hot and bothered before bed, or to inspire them with new ideas!For readers 18+ and open minded only.

T'ao Ch'ien, (365 - 427, C.E.), one of the most revered poets in classical Chinese literature, is presented in a lucid translation with an introduction. "David Hinton is one of the most impressive of the younger translators of classical Chinese poetry.... His renderings are varied and imaginative while remaining faithful to the spirit of the original."--Burton Watson

I welcome you all to bathe in the beauty of love and romance…In this offering of love; you will feel the aroma of love is embracing you in sacredness of romance….These are reflection of our soul….the longing…yearning that we feel for our beloved….and then finally uniting and feeling that joy….Ahhh!! Come take this journey with me… Let me take you to the paradise of Love and beauty…..~ Vibhu