In Differentiating the Pearl from the Fish-Eye, Eyal Aviv offers an account of Ouyang Jingwu, a revolutionary Buddhist thinker and educator. The book surveys the life and career of Ouyang and his influence on modern Chinese intellectual history.

Great Doubt--known as one of the three pillars of Zen--contains words of doubt that bring us faith. Wonder of all wonders, it turns out to be a Zen book about God that constantly brings us back to the big questions, i.e., is there any difference between God and the awakening we so fervently clamor after in Zen? Great Doubt does nothing less than carve out a new niche in Western Dharma. In short, simple chapters packed with the wisdom of a teacher who cut his eye teeth at San Francisco Zen Center in the glory days, this manual manages to combine East with West, psychotherapy with Zen, and your mother's wisdom with the Buddha's. These lessons will stand the test of time. Hawkins' mix of Eastern Zen and Western psychology gives the reader a unique view into both the human psyche and the heart. If we take this book to heart, it is not easy reading. And yet it is effortless. Great Doubt is a book of intense little Dharma talks: we don't take notes; we simply let the Dharma wash over us. Not to be missed if you believe your inner wisdom can guide you. The author challenges old perceptions and entreats us to stop thinking and start knowing. Advanced praise for the book by a respected Zen teacher and editors--Lou Mitsunen Nordstrom and Parabola Magazine.

The Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, there is much more to the epic than the dispute between Kouravas and Pandavas that led to the battle in Kurukshetra. It has innumerable sub-plots that accommodate fascinating meanderings and digressions, and it has rarely been translated in full, given its formidable length of 80,000 shlokas or couplets. This magnificent 10-volume unabridged translation of the epic is based on the Critical Edition compiled at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. * The final volume ends the instructions of the Anushasana Parva. The horse sacrifice is held, and Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Kunti, Vidura and Sanjaya leave for the forest. Krishna and Balarama die as the Yadavas fight among themselves. The Pandavas leave on the great journey with the famous companion—Dharma disguised as a dog. Refusing to abandon the dog, Yudhishthira goes to heaven in his physical body and sees all the Kurus and the Pandavas are already there. * Every conceivable human emotion figures in the Mahabharata, the reason why the epic continues to hold sway over our imagination. In this lucid, nuanced and confident translation, Bibek Debroy makes the Mahabharata marvellously accessible to contemporary readers.