Buddhism category: 3907 books
The Life of My Teacher
A Biography of Kyabjé Ling Rinpoché
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
**The Dalai Lama tells the life story of his remarkable teacher, Ling Rinpoché, who remained a powerful anchor for him from childhood and into his emergence as a global spiritual leader. **
The Sixth Ling Rinpoché (1903–83) was a towering figure in Tibetan Buddhism. Combining great learning...
The Life of Marpa the Translator
Seeing Accomplishes All
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Marpa the Translator, the eleventh-century farmer, scholar, and teacher, is one of the most renowned saints in Tibetan Buddhist history. In the West, Marpa is best known through his teacher, the Indian yogin Nâropa, and through his closest disciple, Milarepa. This lucid and moving translation of...
The Lawudo Lama
Stories of Reincarnation from the Mount Everest Region
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
The Lawudo Lama presents two life stories along with an extended introduction laying out their social and cultural context. It takes place in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, the home of the famous Sherpa guides, where the people practice Tibetan Buddhism and revere the local lamas and yogis. The...
A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan
Autobiographical Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
In this autobiographical narrative, Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche sets a magical scene as he describes his early years in "Snowland" (Tibet) as one of seven children of the renowned Nyingma master Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche. After touching on his youthful training and experiences, Rinpoche describes...
Thursday's Lotus
The Life and Work of Fuengsin Trafford
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2016
Fuengsin Trafford (née Sarayutpitag) is brought up in Thailand in a traditional and ambitious family of devout Buddhists. She shows aptitude as a child, but is desperate to escape the confines of home, making a resolution to leave and never return. It is only when a monk suggests that...
The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava
The Indian Consort of Padmasambhava
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
This lucid translation of a rare Tibetan text makes available for the first time to Western readers the remarkable life story of Princess Madarava. As the principal consort of the eighth century Indian master Padmasambhava before he introduced tantric Buddhism to Tibet, Mandarava is the Indian counterpart...
Great Disciples of the Buddha
Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
A perennial favorite, Great Disciples of the Buddha is now relaunched in our best-selling Teachings of the Buddha series.
Twenty-four of the Buddha's most distinguished disciples are brought to life in ten chapters of rich narration. Drawn from a wide range of authentic Pali sources, the material...
Gautama Buddha
In Life and Legend
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
A “reverential and revealing” biography of Siddhartha, the ancient Indian spiritual teacher upon whose teachings Buddhism was founded (Kirkus Reviews).
The legendary story of Gautama Buddha, told by Betty Kelen in this riveting book, captures the essence of both a man and a spirit. His...
Flower Does Not Talk
Zen Essays
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
These essays by a prominent Zen master are a classic introduction to Zen Buddhism, specifically written for Westerners.
The former abbot of Nanzenji Monastary in Kyoto, the Reverend Zenkei Shibayama, understood Western ways, and, in the early 1970s, prepared these introductory essays for English...
In the Buddha's Words
An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2005
This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings - in his own words. The American scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous translations have won widespread acclaim, here presents selected discourses of the Buddha from the Pali Canon, the earliest record of what...
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2005
This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pali Canon, the authorized scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. This collection--among the oldest records of the historical Buddha's original teachings--consists...
The Dhammapada
The Sayings of the Buddha
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Trembling and quivering is the mind,
Difficult to guard and hard to restrain.
The person of wisdom sets it straight,
As a fletcher does an arrow.
The Dhammapada introduced the actual utterances of the Buddha nearly twenty-five hundred years ago, when the master teacher emerged from his long...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The DHAMMAPADA is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the DHAMMAPADA is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa...
Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be
Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2004
The beloved American Lama, a spiritual leader whose inimitable light and
lively universal teaching style has awakened the spirituality of thousands, now shares an enlightened approach to change and loss, dealing with difficult emotions such as fear, grief, and anger, and the role of crisis in uncovering...