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The Buddha's Apprentices
More Voices of Young Buddhists
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Sumi Loundon's Blue Jean Buddha was hailed by the New York Times Review of Books as "a bellwether anthology"--mapping the spiritual trails followed by a generation of American Buddhist youths. The Buddha's Apprentices examines that territory in fuller detail, telling twenty-six more stories of this...
by Subhadra Bhikkhu
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
The Message of Buddhism is an adaptation of the Buddhist Catechism of the late Subhadra Bhikkhu which was first published in 1888. The eighth and last edition of the Catechism was translated into English by C. T. Strauss, and was published by the Maha-Bodhi Society in 1908.
Thawan Duchanee
Modern Buddhist Artist
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Thai national artist Thawan Duchanee has spent his life creating art that deeply reflects Buddhist philosophy. He is internationally renowned, and his art is masterful both for its intricacy and for its subtle portrayal of Buddhism.
Thawan expresses Buddhist wisdom with incredible versatility....
Introducing Buddha
A Graphic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Meditation, Karma, Zen, Tantric and Nirvana are some of the many Buddhist ideas Westerners hear of frequently, even if their meaning has been lost in translation. This vast and complex non-theistic religion is woven into the fabric of Asian civilisations. from India to the Himalayan regions, China,...
Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America
Waking Up in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
A moving memoir of a journey of self-discovery through Zen Buddhism
In this autobiographical work, Natalie Goldberg takes us on a journey from her suburban childhood to her maturation as a writer. From the high-school classroom where she first listened to the rain, to her fifteen years as a...
Wake Up
A Life of the Buddha
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing from Mexico City Blues to The Dharma Bums. Published for the first time in book form, Wake Up is Kerouac’s...
by Arthur Braverman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
What motivated Sodo-san to spend the last twenty years of his life in a “temple under the sky”— a corner of a public park where he taught passersby what it means to be forever young through the funky tunes he played on his grass flute?
In The Grass Flute Zen Master: Sodo Yokoyama, we...
Work as a Spiritual Practice
A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the Job
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
A guide to developing and maintaining a spiritual life on the job, drawn from the teachings and practices of Buddhist tradition.
Most people associate Buddhism with developing calmness, kindness, and compassion through meditation. Lewis Richmond's Work as a Spiritual Practice shows us another...
The Lotus Sutra
A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
The Lotus Sutra is regarded as one of the world's great religious scriptures and most influential texts. It's a seminal work in the development of Buddhism throughout East Asia and, by extension, in the development of Mahayana Buddhism throughout the world. Taking place in a vast and fantastical cosmic...
Having Once Paused
Poems of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481)
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
The influence of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481) permeates the full field of medieval Japanese aesthetics. Though best known as a poet, he was central to the shaping and reshaping of practices in calligraphy, Noh theater, tea ceremony, and rock gardening, all of which now define Japan’s sense of its...
Trust in Mind
The Rebellion of Chinese Zen
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
"The Great Way is not difficult / for those who have no preferences. / When love and hate are both absent / everything becomes clear and undisguised. / Make the smallest distinction, however / and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart."
So begins "Trust in Mind," the...
Five Volumes of Spiritual Wisdom: The Wisdom of the Torah, The Wisdom of the Talmud, The Wisdom of the Koran, The Wisdom of Muhammad, and The Wisdom of Buddha
The Wisdom of the Torah, The Wisdom of the Talmud, The Wisdom of the Koran, The Wisdom of Muhammad, and The Wisdom of Buddha
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Words of ancient wisdom from some of the world’s most seminal texts
The Wisdom of the Torah is an instruction in the central beliefs of three world religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. But by observing the Torah, or the Hebrew Bible, as a collected work of multiple authors spanning...
by Daisaku Ikeda
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Through this novelized history of the Soka Gakkai-one of the most dynamic, diverse, and empowering Buddhist movements in the world today-readers will discover the organization's goals and achievements even as they find inspiring and practical Buddhist wisdom for living happily and compassionately...
Open Heart, Open Mind
Awakening the Power of Essence Love
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
In Open Heart, Open Mind, Tsoknyi Rinpoche—one of the most beloved of the contemporary generation of Tibetan Buddhist meditation masters—explains that a life free of fear, pain, insecurity, and doubt is not only possible, it’s our birthright. We long for peace, for the ability to love and be...