Books by Wide Ocean (1953-2022), author of books on East Asian metaphysics and philosophy:
Invitation from the Wine Shop
Invitation from the Wine Shop explores the Sufi mystic path of beauty and love that emerged during the eleventh and twelfth centuries in Central Asia through the verses of the poet Omar Khayyam.
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Sahaja Tantra
Wide Ocean presents the teachings of the playfully subversive Tantric adept (“Siddha”) Saraha, who discusses “Sahaja”, the natural way of life for a human being.
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In A Village Where There’s Not Any Thing At All
This volume by Wide Ocean explores the ideas and teachings of the fourth century BCE Chinese Daoist mystic and philosopher Chuang-tzu through selections from the Chuang-tzu.
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Carte da Trionfi
The Tarot originated in Italy during the Renaissance. At that time, it was known as Tarocchi. “Carte da Trionfi” explores the archetypal meanings of the cards through Greek mythology, classical philosophy, Neoplatonism and the humanist ideas of Renaissance thinkers such as Marsilio Ficino and Giordano Bruno.
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Vairocana’s Banquet
An exploration of the “no-mind” teachings of early Zen Buddhism as they evolved in China during the 8th and 9th centuries in the context of the Buddha-nature teachings, the emptiness teachings of the Prajnaparamita and the Madhyamaka and the Yogacara of Vasubandhu, followed by an examination of the Hua-yen teachings of interpenetration and the totality.
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Snow on a Hot Stove
An anthology of poems and writings from the Korean Zen tradition with photographs.
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