Zen Buddhism category: 725 books
by Aloka David Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012
this book specially written for the dharmamind group covers five vital principles that need to be addressed by those dharma practitioners interested in practicing the immanent model - often referred to as the "practice of no practice" - of chan or zen of mahayana buddhism. the principles are: familiarity...
by Aloka David Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
‘the rare and inspiring example of a life consistently and uncompromisingly dedicated to the practice of the dharma.’ - urgyen sangharakshita.the remarkable fruit of more than twenty years’ immersion in buddhist practice: a practice that has been both deep and far-reaching.in this book david...
Your True Home
The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh: 365 days of practical, powerful teaching s from the beloved Zen teacher
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Bringing the energy of true presence into our lives really does change things for the better—and all it takes is a little training. This treasury of 365 gems of daily wisdom from one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers of our age is a help and support for anyone who wants to train to meet every...
Minding Mind
A Course in Basic Meditation
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
Some types of meditation are aimed at promoting a sense of confidence and well-being in everyday life, while other types focus on producing altered states of consciousness, transcending the world, or developing skills for serving other people. The instructions in this book focus on the highest type...
by Alan Watts
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Philosopher, author, and lecturer Alan Watts (1915–1973) popularized Zen Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies for the counterculture of the 1960s. Today, new generations are finding his writings and lectures online, while faithful followers worldwide continue to be enlightened by his teachings....
The Poetry of Enlightenment
Poems by Ancient Chan Masters
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
For the masters of the Chan tradition, poetry was a form of creative expression, but even more than that, it was a primary vehicle for teaching. Here a modern master presents ten teaching poems from the ancient masters, with illuminating commentary. "These poems flow directly from the minds of...
Peaceful Action, Open Heart
Lessons from the Lotus Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2005
Peaceful Action, Open Heartshines 60 years of study and practice upon one of the crowning scriptures of the path of the Buddha, and is destined to be known as one of the most significant writings by Thich Nhat Hanh.
The Lotus Sutra is one of the most revered of Mahayana sacred texts and is...
Touching the Earth
The Power of Our Inner Light to Transform the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
<em><b>The power of our inner light to transform the world</b></em><br />
In this new collection of Dharma talks, Seon Master Daehaeng shows us everything as a part of ourselves – nothing is separate.<br />
"You are connected with everything in...
Opening the Heart of the Cosmos
Insights on the Lotus Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2003
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh uses the Lotus Sutra, one of Mahayana Buddhism’s most revered texts, to illustrate the Buddha nature inherent in everyone. With great passion and clarity, he demonstrates how each human being has the capacity to transform their own individual suffering, develop compassion,...
by Dainin Katagiri
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
For twenty-five hundred years Buddhism has taught that everyone is Buddha—already enlightened, lacking nothing. But still there is the question of how we can experience that truth in our lives. In this book, Dainin Katagiri points to the manifestation of enlightenment right here, right now, in our...
by Andrea Scarsi
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Seeds of Enlightenment is a practical enlightenment training that walks backward the path of mysticism and transmits the twelve essential qualities and attitudes that each enlightened person possesses, radiates, and shares.
It is structured in a comfortable and accessible way and suggests a pure work...
The Way of Tenderness
Awakening through Race, Sexuality, and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
“What does liberation mean when I have incarnated in a particular body, with a particular shape, color, and sex?”
In The Way of Tenderness, Zen priest Zenju Earthlyn Manuel brings Buddhist philosophies of emptiness and appearance to bear on race, sexuality, and gender, using wisdom forged...
The Golden Rules of Buddhism
and The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2019
*** Premium Ebook with beautiful layout ***
Orientalists and other impartial persons admit that no religion in the world contains a more sublime system of moral rules than Buddhism, but if we wish this to become known to Buddhist children, we adult Buddhists must take the task upon ourselves....
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp
Volume 6 (Books 22-26) Heirs of Tiantai Deshao, Congzhan, Yunmen et al.
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019
This compilation of Buddhist biographies, teaching and transmission stories of Indian and Chinese Chan (Japanese 'Zen') masters from antiquity up to about the year 1008 CE is the first mature fruit of an already thousand year-long spiritual marriage between two great world cultures with quite different...