Stephen A. Mitchell Books

Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line A Penguin Classic The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, renowned translator Robert Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, and to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Hailed as the greatest modern lyrical poet of Germany, Rainer Maria Rilke's genius lies in his passion for perfection, artistic integrity and willingness to remain a perpetual beginner'. The verse contained in this selection ranges from the objective, naturalistic descriptions of his earliest works to the increasingly effusive outpourings of half-religious ecstasy and anguish that characterize his later poems and culminates in the overwhelmingly personal vision of the famous Duino Elegies' and `The Sonnets to Orpheus', in which his most intense experiences of living and being find their noblest expression.

A magnificent compilation of sacred writings from all traditions and the perfect companion to Stephen Mitchell's poetry collection,  The Enlightened Heart , and the bestselling  Tao Te Ching A collection of prose--discourses, sermons, essays, and aphorisms--includes texts and authors such as the Hindu, Confucian, and Buddhist sciptures, Heraclitus and Plato, Chuang-tzu, Jesus, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Symeon the New Theologian, the Chinese Zen masters, and others.

An anthology of poetry chosen from the world's great religious and literary traditions--the perfect companion to the bestselling Tao Te Ching.• The Upanishads • The Book of Psalms • Lao-tzu • The Bhagavad Gita • Chuang-tzu • The Odes of Solomon • Seng-ts'an • Han-shan • Li Po • Tu Fu • Layman P'ang • Kukai • Tung-shan • Symeon the New Theologian • Izumi Shikibu • Su Tung-p'o • Hildegard of Bingen • Francis of Assisi • Wu-men • Dõgen • Rumi • Mechthild of Magdeburg • Dante • Kabir Mirabai • William Shakespeare • George Herbert • Bunan • Gensei • Angelus Silesius • Thomas Traherne • Basho • William Blake • Ryõkan • Issa • Ghalib • Bibi Hayati • Wait Whitman • Emily Dickinson • Gerard Manley Hopkins • Uvavnuk • Anonymous Navaho • W. B. Yeats • Antonio Machado • Rainer Maria Rilke • Wallace Stevens • D.H. Lawrence • Robinson Jeffers •

This collection uniquely blends Buddhist, Christian, and Taoist koans, offering a broader spiritual perspective. It features classic Buddhist koans from renowned texts alongside Christian insights from Angelus Silesius and Taoist wisdom from the Tao Te Ching. The probing questions challenge readers' understanding, while the insightful commentaries enhance the experience, revealing profound truths with humor and subtlety. This anthology promises to engage both the mind and spirit, making it a significant contribution to spiritual literature.

Exploring the foundations of Relational Psychoanalysis, this Classic Edition presents Mitchell's comprehensive vision of the theory. It offers an in-depth look at his concepts and their significance within the field. Accompanied by an introduction from Donnel Stern, the book reintroduces Mitchell's influential ideas to the psychoanalytic community, emphasizing their relevance and impact.

Though the emperor banishes the nightingale in preference of a jeweled mechanical imitation, the little bird remains faithful and returns years later when the emperor is near death and no one else can help him.

"In The way of forgiveness, the distinguished writer and translator Stephen Mitchell provides a stirring account of the power of forgiveness. Based on the biblical story of Joseph and his brothers--a brilliant, arrogant young man is sold into slavery and eventually rises to become viceroy of Egypt--The way of forgiveness is a riveting expansion, lush with vivid characters and captivating sense of place. What's new here is the lyrical, witty prose, informed by a wisdom that brings fresh insight to this foundational legend of betrayal and all-embracing forgiveness. This paperback edition of Joseph and the way of forgiveness will capture the hearts and minds of modern readers and show them that this ancient story can still challenge, delight, and astonish"--Back cover

Inspired by the Tao Te Ching, this is Byron Katie's inspiring and pragmatic approach to achieving an awakened mind and living more simply and profoundly. This questioning takes courage and, in this her third book, she gives readers profound encouragement by showing them the freedom and love that live on the other side of self-inquiry.

The best single treatment of psychoanalytic theories, classical and current.-Choice