Buddhism category: 3907 books
Sex Sin and Zen
A Buddhist Exploration of Sex from Celibacy to Polyamory and Everything in Between
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2010
With his one-of-a kind blend of autobiography pop culture and plainspoken Buddhism Brad Warner explores an A-to-Z of sexual topics from masturbation to dating gender identity to pornography. In addition to approaching sexuality from a Buddhist perspective he looks at Buddhism emptiness compassion...
by Jean Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
“Writing a ‘nuts and bolts’ guide that is genuinely wise, charmingly conversational, and a pleasure to read requires a particular talent, and Jean Smith has proved once again that she has it.”—Sylvia Boorstein, author of Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There
The third of Jean Smith’s...
by Lama Christie McNally
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Meditation helps us relax, sharpens our minds, and increases our creativity. In The Tibetan Book of Meditation, Lama Christie McNally demonstrates that meditation also provides a much greater gift. It awakens our innate potential to shape our reality, to make moments of joy last forever, and to bring...
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa: Volume 6
Glimpses of Space; Orderly Chaos; Secret Beyond Thought; The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Commentary; Transcending Madness; Selected Writings
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa brings together in eight volumes the writings of one of the first and most influential and inspirational Tibetan teachers to present Buddhism in the West. Organized by theme, the collection includes full-length books as well as articles, seminar transcripts,...
The Two Truths Debate
Tsongkhapa and Gorampa on the Middle Way
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
All lineages of Tibetan Buddhism today claim allegiance to the philosophy of the Middle Way, the exposition of emptiness propounded by the second-century Indian master Nagarjuna. But not everyone interprets it the same way. A major faultline runs through Tibetan Buddhism around the interpretation...
Food of Sinful Demons
Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Tibetan Buddhism teaches compassion toward all beings, a category that explicitly includes animals. Slaughtering animals is morally problematic at best and, at worst, completely incompatible with a religious lifestyle. Yet historically most Tibetans—both monastic and lay—have made meat a regular...
The Essence of Chan
A Practical Guide to Life and Practice according to the Teachings of Bodhidharma
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
Legend has it that more than a thousand years ago, an Indian Buddhist monk named Bodhidharma arrived in China. His approach to teaching was unlike that of any of the Buddhist practitioners who had come to China before him. Bodhidharma confounded and infuriated the emperor with cryptic dialogues before...
The Awakening Mind
The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Bodhichitta, often translated as "great compassion," is the gem at the heart of Buddhism. From this altruistic desire to serve others, all other Buddhist practices naturally flow, therefore, this state of mind is one Buddhists should understand and cultivate. In The Awakening Mind, Geshe Tashi Tsering...
A Beginner's Guide to Meditation
Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary Buddhist Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
As countless meditators have learned firsthand, meditation practice can positively transform the way we see and experience our lives. This practical, accessible guide to the fundamentals of Buddhist meditation introduces you to the practice, explains how it is approached in the main schools of Buddhism,...
by Max Muller, Jack Maguire
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
Ancient words of the Buddha ("awakened one") that can become a companion for your own spiritual journey.The Dhammapada ("Path of the Buddha's Teachings") is a daily inspiration for millions of Buddhists all over the world and for people of all spiritual traditions who have been impressed by its beauty...
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa: Volume 4
Journey without Goal; The Lion's Roar; The Dawn of Tantra; An Interview with Cho gyam Trungpa
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa brings together in eight volumes the writings of the first and most influential and inspirational Tibetan teacher to present Buddhism in the West. Organized by theme, the collection includes full-length books as well as articles, seminar transcripts, poems,...
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa: Volume 8
Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa brings together in eight volumes the writings of one of the first and most influential and inspirational Tibetan teachers to present Buddhism in the West. Organized by theme, the collection includes full-length books as well as articles, seminar transcripts,...
Sadness, Love, Openness
The Buddhist Path of Joy
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
A direct, pithy, and accessible guide to the entire path of Tibetan Buddhism by one of the most beloved and respected contemporary lamas.
Accessible, playful, and genuine, this concise guide shows how we can incorporate our own daily experiences into our spiritual path and awaken to how things...
Wholehearted Way
A Translation of Eihei Dagen's Bendowa, With Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
The Wholehearted Way is a translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa, one of the primary texts on Zen practice. Transcending any particular school of Buddhism or religious belief, Dogen's profound and poetic writings are respected as a pinnacle of world spiritual literature. Bendowa, or A Talk on the Wholehearted...