Buddhism category: 3907 books
The Path of Individual Liberation
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume One
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma represents meditation master Chögyam Trungpa’s greatest contribution to Western Buddhism. This three-volume collection presents in lively, relevant language the comprehensive teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist path of the hinayana, mahayana, and vajrayana....
New Horizons in Eastern Humanism
Buddhism, Confucianism and the Quest for Global Peace
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
China now attracts global attention and headlines that are directly proportionate to its increasing economic and geopolitical power. But for several millennia the philosophy that has guided and shaped the soul of China is not modern Communism, or even new forms of capitalism, but rather Confucianism....
The Dhammapada
A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
The Dhammapada is the most widely read Buddhist scripture in existence, enjoyed by both Buddhists and non-Buddhists. This classic text of teaching verses from the earliest period of Buddhism in India conveys the philosophical and practical foundations of the Buddhist tradition. The text presents two...
The Third Turning of the Wheel
Wisdom of the Samdhinirmocana Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
In his previous book, Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts, Reb Anderson Roshi described how we must become thoroughly grounded in conventional truth through the practice of compassion before we can receive the teachings of the ultimate truth. In The Third Turning of the Wheel,...
The Teachings of Master Wuzhu
Zen and Religion of No-Religion
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
The Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Generations (Lidai fabao ji) is a little-known Chan/Zen Buddhist text of the eighth century, rediscovered in 1900 at the Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang. The only remaining artifact of the Bao Tang Chan school of Sichuan, the text provides a fascinating sectarian...
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume 10
Work, Sex, Money - Mindfulness in Action - Devotion and Crazy Wisdom - Selected Writings
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa brings together in ten 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,...
by Dale S. Wright
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
What kind of person should I strive to be? What ideals should I pursue in my life? These basic human questions and others like them are components of the overall question that guides this book: What is enlightenment? As Dale Wright argues, any serious practitioner of human life, religious or not,...
Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains
Dharma Talks on Zen Meditation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
A collection of dharma talks, Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains explores the life of passionate commitment that lies at the heart of the formal practice of Zen meditation. Reb Anderson draws on over thirty years of experience as a Zen priest, exploring Buddhist yoga and psychology and the relationship...
by Dennis Genpo Merzel
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 1991
The radical challenge of Zen Buddhism is to drop all assumptions and prejudices and experience the truth directly. American Zen teacher Dennis Genpo Merzel brings new life to this ancient wisdom through his commentaries on a classic Chinese Zen scripture, "Verses on Faith-Mind," by the Third...
Rational Zen
The Mind of Dogen Zenji
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
Zen has often been portrayed as being illogical and mystifying, even aimed at the destruction of the rational intellect. These new translations of the thirteenth-century Zen master Dogen—one of most original and important Zen writers—illustrate the rational side of Zen, which has been obscured...
The Book of Kadam
The Core Texts
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The Kadam school of Tibetan Buddhism emerged in the eleventh century from the teachings of the Indian master Atisa and his principal Tibetan student, Dromtonpa. Although it no longer exists as an independent school, Kadam's teachings were incorporated into the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism...
The Supreme Siddhi of Mahamudra
Teachings, Poems, and Songs of the Drukpa Kagyu Lineage
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
The first major collection of core texts from masters of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Drukpa Kagyu lineage is renowned among the traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism for producing some of the greatest yogis from across the Himalayas. After spending many years in mountain retreats,...
The Great Path of Awakening
The Classic Guide to Lojong (Mahayana Mind Training)
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
At the core of spiritual development in Mahayana Buddhism is the arousal of bodhicitta, “awakened heart.” Bodhicitta is the unconditional intention to help all sentient beings to become free from suffering. It is the complete abandonment of any sort of personal territory, both in our relationship...
The Infinite Mirror
Commentaries on Two Chan Classics
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Here is the inimitable Master Sheng Yen at his best, illuminating the ancient texts of the Chinese Zen tradition to show how wonderfully practical they really are, even for us today. The texts, written by two of the founders of the Ts’ao-tung sect of Chan Buddhism, are poems entitled Inquiry into...