Series: Shambhala Library

Written by the legendary master swordsman and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi in 1643, The Book of Five Rings is an enduring piece of literature that delves deeply into the complex art of strategy and confrontation. At its core, the book outlines Musashi's timeless theories on the intricacies of warfare, personal development, and the pursuit of mastery. Composed during his later...

This timeless text of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism has been widely studied and respected for more than a thousand years in all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It is considered one of the great teaching texts of Mahayana Buddhism as well. The Way of the Bodhisattva is an exposition of the path of a bodhisattva, a being who puts others before himself....