Eastern Philosophy for Western Minds,
A Search for the Jewel in the Lotus

Craig Fletcher


Note to the Student

Table of Contents

Preface

Title Page

Ch 01 (Once Upon a Time)


Ch 02 (Nip Here, Tuck There)


Ch 03 (A Bigger Picture)


Ch 04 (Creation)

Ch 05 (The World is a Stage . . . )


Ch 06 (Sleeping Gods)

Ch 07 (The Emptiness That is Full)

Ch 08 (Yoga I)

Ch 09 (Yoga II)

Ch 10 (Death)

Ch 11 (How Very Peculiar)

Ch 12 (Remembrance)


Ch 13 (Darkness and Light)


Ch 14 (Gratitude, Pain, and Illusion)

Ch 15 (Nature)


Ch 16 (Karmic Knots)


Ch 17 (Sex)

Ch 18 (Meditation I)

Ch 19 (Meditation II)


Ch 20 (Meditation III)

Ch 21 (When Bad Things Happen . . . )


Ch 22 (Wonder)

Appendix I (Quotes)

Appendix II (Illusion)

Appendix III (Skepticism and Homeopathy)


Index


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     Eastern Philosophy for Western Minds, A Search for the Jewel in the Lotus was originally written for educational purposes and is not sold for profit (the cost of a hard bound copy covers the cost of reproduction and binding--that's it).  It was originally created for the students of Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California, but can be used by anyone interested in a rational framework from which the heart of the Eastern philosophies might be examined.  Although the book is written from an advocate's perspective, its intention is not to convince anyone that a particular philosophic view is better than another.  Its primary goal is to present ideas that will open the student to a broader view of the East and the East's philosophic and metaphysical beliefs.

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