Japanese Spirituality

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Ikigai by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles, read by Noako Mori. Bring meaning and joy to your every day with the internationally best-selling guide to ikigai. The people of Japan believe that everyone has an ikigai - a reason for being; the thing that gets you out of bed each morning. And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa - the world's longest-living people - finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life.

Japanese folklore is abundant with tales of ghostly creatures and the supernatural. In Haunted Japan, author Catrien Ross reveals the legends that have been passed down for generations and continue to terrify us today.

Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie, from the best-selling authors of Ikigai. Every moment in our life happens only once, and if we let it slip away, we lose it forever - an idea captured by the Japanese phrase ichigo ichie. Often spoken in Japan when greeting someone or saying goodbye, to convey that the encounter is unique and special, it is a tenet of Zen Buddhism and is attributed to a 16th-century master of the Japanese tea ceremony.

We are living in a time when behavioral change is necessary for our health and survival. Yet we find it exceedingly difficult to transform our own habits, let alone those of other people. Enter Naohiro Matsumura, whose powerful new design method is as astonishingly simple in its logic as it is sophisticated in its psychology. It allows any of us to address challenges in our homes, our public spaces, and our social interactions.

The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of injustice; it is a moving story of faith. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryuken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation's history, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American.

神道とは何かを明らかにすることは、日本人の世界観や人生観を考えることにつながる！

日本古来の神・九柱のサポートを受けるための特別ワーク＆音声ガイド収録！日本にはなぜ、こんなにも多くの神が暮らしているのでしょうか

マヤ暦を味方にして、あなたの財運を爆上げしようマヤ暦──、それは古代マヤ人が使っていた、１年が２６０日（１３日×２０週）の不思議な暦。

聖書は多くの人の手によって書かれた、神と人間との歴史における出会いの物語です。今から3000年ほど前の紀元前10世紀頃にその最も古い部分が書かれ、紀元後2世紀に最後の書が書かれました。

心理学者にしてノーベル経済学賞受賞者の著者が、直感的「速い思考」と理性的な「遅い思考」という二つのシステムを前提に、人間が判断を行うメカニズムといかに錯覚に基づき行動するかを解き明かす。

「パラレルワールド」とは、今私たちが生きている現実と並行して存在する、もう一つの現実のことを指します。そこでは、異なる選択や決断をした場合の複数の現実が同時に存在していると考えられます。これらの選択は、自分の意思だけでなく、偶然の出来事によってもたらされることがあり、人間の理解を超える多様な可能性を秘めています。

We are accompanied on this planet by the most splendid ‘mega-beings’. Some have called them angels, others guardians, and now BEINGS of LIGHT. Most have forgotten them, others totally disbelieve and very few receive. The Beings of Light are here to work with us to create greatness on earth. To enjoy the greatness of embodiment and flourish with life and nature. Diving into this book will be an energetic experience like no other.

Who knew the path to enlightenment could start with a cup of tea? Learn the hidden significance behind the deceptively simple Zen tea ceremony - one which can lead directly to Buddhahood and its absolute truth. D.T. Suzuki, once Japan's leading authority on Zen Buddhism, describes the tearoom and the tea ceremony and explains the guiding principles of harmony, reverence, purity, and tranquility.

現代日本の思想が当面する問題は何か。その日本的特質はどこにあり、何に由来するものなのか。

やさしく、やわらかく、面白く日本経済に警鐘を鳴らす本。ザイム真理教はいかにして生まれ、どう国民生活を破壊してきたのか？

「大拙さんは大地、言葉はそこに根付いて咲く花。」――谷川俊太郎禅を世界に広めた哲学者・鈴木大拙がどうしても伝えたかった「禅の本質」を厳選された言葉から読み解いていく、今までにない「大拙入門」です。

キャメレオン竹田、待望のエッセイ！＼笑えて、泣けて、なぜか元気になる！／そんな唯一無二の読後感で、楽しみながら「何事もスイスイうまくいく人」になるコツを学べちゃいます。

かつて、こんな神様本があっただろうか!?知っているようで知らなかった、知るほどにどんどん運が良くなる、総勢105柱！日本の神様本の、シン決定版!!　アマテラス、オオクニヌシ、スサノオ、クニノトコタチ、コノハナノサクヤヒメ……

Japanese by birth but transplanted to Europe in adulthood, Miki Sakamoto has spent a lifetime tending her garden and reflecting on its mysteries. Why do primulas bloom in snow? Do the trees really ‘talk’ to one another? What are the blackbirds saying today? And is there a mindful way to deal with an aphid infestation? From rising early to walk barefoot on the grass each morning, to afternoons and evenings spent sipping tea in her gazebo or watching fireflies as she recalls her childhood in Japan, Sakamoto shares observations from a life spent in contemplation – and cultivation – of nature.

In Murder in Manchuria, Scott D. Seligman explores an unsolved murder set amid the chaos that reigned in China in the run-up to World War II. The story unfolds against the backdrop of a three-country struggle for control of Manchuria—an area some called China's "Wild East"—and an explosive mixture of nationalities, religions, and ideologies. Semyon Kaspe, a young Jewish musician, is kidnapped, tortured, and ultimately murdered by disaffected, antisemitic White Russians, secretly acting on the orders of Japanese military overlords who covet his father's wealth.