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The Chapters on Insight into Truth is a fundamental text on the methodology, theory, and practice of Taoist “inner alchemy” (nei dan). “Inner alchemy,” often...

For the first time, the Russian reader is offered selected translations from the legacy of Muhya ad-Din Muhammad Ibn al-Arabi (1165-1240), an outstanding thi...

“Garland of Jatakas” (“Jatakamala”) is a collection of Buddhist stories (jatakas), created around the 4th century. famous ancient Indian poet Arya Shura. Jat...

This publication is a translation of the book “Prem Sagar” (“Ocean of Love”) by the Indian writer Lallu ji Lal (1763–1835), performed by the outstanding Sovi...

Touching Wisdom through a parable, legend, fairy tale, and sometimes an anecdote is the most democratic way of knowing the Truth. That is why this technique ...

The book provides a Russian translation of the fundamental sources of classical yoga - the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Vyasa-bhashya. The translation is pre...

“Mixed signs [of the three parts of the universe]” (Tzu Tzu) - a monument of the 12th century. from the famous Tangut collection of the St. Petersburg branch...

The great historical epic “The Three Kingdoms” tops the list of the “Four Classic Novels,” the most famous Chinese works of the 14th–18th centuries. In China...

The book publishes the first complete translation into Russian of the notes of the Chinese Buddhist Xuan-tsang, compiled after his trip to India, made in 629...

Atharvaveda, or the Veda of the fire priest Atharvan, is a collection of conspiracies and spells that developed mainly at the beginning of the 1st millennium...

Atharva Veda, or Veda of the fire priest Atharvan, is an ancient Indian collection of texts dating back to approximately the beginning of the 1st millennium ...