Buddhism category: 3907 books
by Cyndi Lee
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2004
A complete manual for physical and spiritual well-being from the founder of the OM yoga center.
In Yoga Body, Buddha Mind, the first book to give readers the best of both inextricably linked practices, Cyndi Lee -- author of the bestselling series OM Yoga in a Box -- shares her twenty years...
Judging Jesus
World Religions’ Answers to “Who Do People Say That I Am?”
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Few persons have had greater impact on history than Jesus of Nazareth. That he existed is generally conceded. Who he was remains a major issue. Since great religions claim to possess basic and unique truths about the human venture, the Christian message about Jesus challenges other great religions....
Buddhist Learning in South Asia
Education, Religion, and Culture at the Ancient Sri Nalanda Mahavihara
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
This interdisciplinary study is the first book to provide a complete survey of Śrī Nālandā Mahāvihāra from the perspective of its educational curricula as well as its religious influence. It provides detailed descriptions of the origin, growth, management, and academic and cultural life of Nālandā,...
What's Wrong with Mindfulness (And What Isn't)
Zen Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Mindfulness seems to be everywhere—but are we sure that's a good thing? Teachers Sallie Jiko Tisdale, Gil Fronsdal, Norman Fischer, and more explain how removing mindfulness from Buddhism may set a dangerous precedent.
Mindfulness is in fashion. Oprah loves it, Google teaches it to employees—it...
The Less Dust the More Trust
Participating In The Shamatha Project, Meditation And Science
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
The Less Dust, the More Trust presents the story of the author’s participation in the Shamatha Project, addressing Buddhism, shamatha mindfulness practices (concentration-calm), and meditation-research. With diary excerpts, dream log, and audio transcripts she gives the reader a feel for her personal...
by T.W. Rhys Davids, Herman Oldenberg
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Vinaya Texts (Part I)
Translated from the Pâli by T.W. Rhys Davids and Herman Oldenberg.
The Pâtimokkha and The Mahâvagga, I-IV.
The Sacred Books of the East Part Thirteen
Translated from the Pali by T.W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising...
Luminous Clarity
A Commentary on Karma Chagme's Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
This book grows out of an oral teaching that Khenchen Thrangu gave in Crestone, Colorado, on Karma Chagme’s text Meaningful to Behold: The Essential Instructions of the Compassionate One on the Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. Thrangu Rinpoche explains in lucid detail the advanced meditation practices...
The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer
A Guide to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
The only book in English on a popular Tibetan Buddhist lineage prayer that explains how it can be used as a guide to practice.
One of the most beloved and oft-recited prayers in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer combines a supplication to the Mahamudra lineage...
Ornament of Reason
The Great Commentary To Nagarjuna's Root Of The Middle Way
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
In the Root of the Middle Way, Nagarjuna presents a magical method of reasoning, inviting everyone who encounters these lucid and fearless contemplations to follow him on a journey to the heart of transcendent insight. Inspired by the Buddha's teachings on profound emptiness in the Prajnaparamita...
The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One
Myriad Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2003
In Tibetan religious literature, Jamgön Kongtrül's Treasury of Knowledge in ten books stands out as a unique, encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were preserved in Tibet. In his monumental Treasury of Knowledge, Jamgön Kongtrül presents a complete...
by Jamgon Kongtrul
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
It is crucial for students of Vajrayana Buddhism to find an authentic wisdom teacher and know how to properly rely upon that teacher in order to awaken to their buddha nature and thereby attain full enlightenment. Fortunately, the topic has been thoroughly explored by Jamgon Kongtrul in the tenth...
by Sangharakshita
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
To walk in the footsteps of the Buddha we need a clear and thorough guide to the essential principles of Buddhism. Whether we have just begun our journey or are a practitioner with more experience, What is the Dharma? is an indispensable exploration of the Buddha's teachings as found in the main Buddhist traditions.
by Analayo
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2015
Analayo investigates the meditative practices of compassion and emptiness by examining and interpreting material from the early Buddhist discourses. Similar to his previous study of satipaa'-a'-hana, he brings a new dimension to our understanding by comparing Pali texts with versions that have survived...
Food of Bodhisattvas
Buddhist Teachings on Abstaining from Meat
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2004
Based on the teachings of the Buddha, this book offers the most compelling and impassioned indictment of meat-eating to be found in Tibetan literature and is pertinent to anyone interested in vegetarianism as a moral or spiritual issue. The Buddha's teachings show how destructive habits can be examined...