Buddhism category: 3907 books
by Marc Brookhuis
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Zen Buddhism is well known for its stories and anecdotes. It is more likely that the reader remembers the contents than if it were presented as dry theory. Many stories in this book are educational, have a moral or provide an insight. Most of the stories derive from Zen Buddhism but the author will...
Liberating Insight
Introduction to Buddhist Psychology and Insight Meditation
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2004
This book introduces the reader to the psychology of Theravada Buddhism, the cradle of all later Buddhist schools and traditions. In simple and clear language Frits Koster describes the fundamental teachings of Buddhism, including the Four Noble Truths, karma and rebirth. He also introduces various...
The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Books 15 to 17
The Essential Tantras of Mahayoga
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
In 1838, Choying Tobden Dorje, a yogin and scholar of northeastern Tibet, completed a multivolume masterwork that traces the entire path of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism from beginning to end. Written by a mantra practitioner for the benefit of mantra practitioners living among the lay...
Infinite Circle
Teachings in Zen
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2003
In Infinite Circle, one of America's most distinctive Zen teachers takes a back-to-basics approach to Zen. Glassman illuminates three key teachings of Zen Buddhism, offering line-by-line commentary in clear, direct language:
1. The Heart Sutra: the Buddha's essential discourse on emptiness,...
New Buddhist Movements in Thailand
Towards an Understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Vastly different in belief and practice, two new Buddhist religious movements in Thailand, namely the Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke emerged in Thailand in the 1970s at a time of political uncertainty, social change and increasing dissatisfaction with the Thai Sangha and its leadership.
Examining...
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa: Volume 2
The Path Is the Goal; Training the Mind; Glimpses of Abhidharma; Glimpses of Shu nyata; Glimpses of Mahayana; Selected Writings
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 teachers to present Buddhism in the West. Organized by theme, the collection includes full-length books as well as articles, seminar transcripts, poems,...
Religions of India
A User Friendly and Brief Introduction to Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and the Jains
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2002
A concise and plain spoken introduction to Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and the religion of the Jains. This book is for students and anyone else desiring to learn the basics of religion in India in a quick yet comprehensive way.
Visions of Awakening Space and Time
Dōgen and the Lotus Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2007
As a religion concerned with universal liberation, Zen grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Indeed, says Taigen Dan Leighton, Zen cannot be fully understood outside of a worldview that sees reality itself as a vital, dynamic agent of...
Four Testaments
Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita: Sacred Scriptures of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
Four Testaments brings together four foundational texts from world religions—the Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Analects of Confucius, and Bhagavad Gita—inviting readers to experience them in full, to explore possible points of connection and divergence, and to better understand people who practice...
by Sutra Translation Committee
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2013
Essentials of Pure Land1. Birth and Deatha) Liberation from Sufferingb) Pure Land and the Issue of Birth and Deathc) Pure Land, a Buddhist Approach for Today2. The Bodhi Minda) Essay on the Bodhi Mindb) Key Conditions with respect to the Bodhi Mindc) The Practices of the Bodhi Mind3. Faitha) Explanation...
by Dr Peter Jaeger
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
John Cage was among the first wave of post-war American artists and intellectuals to be influenced by Zen Buddhism and it was an influence that led him to become profoundly engaged with our current ecological crisis. In John Cage and Buddhist Ecopoetics, Peter Jaeger asks: what did Buddhism mean to...
The Joy of Living
Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
A New York Times Bestseller!
For millennia, Buddhists have enjoyed the limitless benefits of meditation. But how does it work? And why? The principles behind this ancient practice have long eluded some of the best minds in modern science. Until now.
In this groundbreaking work,...
by Dr. Meath Conlan
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
A new book by author Meath Conlan, PhD takes select teachings of a modern-day Buddhist Master and reveals how common ground of inter-spiritual wisdom can be found between his aphorisms, or sayings, and teachings of the Desert Elders from the early Christian centuries (250 AD to Late Roman Antiquity)....
The Heart Sutra
A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
The Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra is among the best known of all the Buddhist scriptures. Chanted daily by many Zen students, it is also studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition, and it has been regarded with interest more recently in the West in various fields of study—from philosophy to quantum...