Wisdom Publications: 444 books
Nonduality
In Buddhism and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
One of Western Buddhism’s most sophisticated thinkers on one of Buddhism’s most central topics.
The concept of nonduality lies at the very heart of Mahayana Buddhism. In the West, it’s usually associated with various kinds of absolute idealism in the West, or mystical traditions in the...
Lack & Transcendence
The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Loy draws from giants of psychotherapy and existentialism, from Nietzsche to Kierkegaard to Sartre, to explore the fundamental issues of life, death, and what motivates us.
Whatever the differences in their methods and goals, psychotherapy, existentialism, and Buddhism are all concerned with...
Spiritual Friends
Meditations by Monks and Nuns of the International Mahayana Institute
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
A collection of the favorite guided meditations of senior monks and nuns of the International Mahayana Institute of the FPMT.
A collection of the favorite guided meditations of senior monks and nuns of the International Mahayana Institute of the FPMT. These meditations center on different Buddhist...
Abhidhamma Studies
Buddhist Explorations of Consciousness and Time
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
The Abhidhamma, the third great division of early Buddhist teaching, expounds a revolutionary system of philosophical psychology rooted in the twin Buddhist insights of selflessness and dependent origination. In keeping with the liberative thrust of early Buddhism, this system organizes the entire...
Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness
A Guide for Anyone Who Teaches Anything
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2009
Author Deborah Schoeberlein pioneers the practical application of mindfulness in education. By showing teachers how to tune into what's happening, inside and around them, she offers fresh, straightforward approaches to training attention and generating caring both in and outside of the classroom....
How Much is Enough?
Buddhism, Consumerism, and the Human Environment
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
The massive outpouring of consumer products available today might alone lead one to ask "How much is enough?" But at the same time, if we allow ourselves to see the social, political, economic and environmental consequences of the system that produces such a mass of "goods," then the question is not...
Medicine and Compassion
A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
It is estimated that some 54 million people in the U.S. act as informal caregivers for ill or disabled loved ones. We can add to these countless workers in the fields of health and human service, and yet there is still not enough help to go around: as many as three fourths of our informal caregivers...
Gesture of Awareness
A Radical Approach to Time, Space, and Movement
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
From a major mind of Buddhism today comes this unique philosophical work, which hearkens back to the classical verse-form, but in a modern voice that speaks directly to the twenty-first century reader and practitioner.
Gesture of Awareness involves a fascinating philosophical exploration of...
Zen Echoes
Classic Koans with Verse Commentaries by Three Female Chan Masters
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
The voices of three female Zen masters reverberate in this much-needed collection.
Too often the history of Zen seems to be written as an unbroken masculine line: male teacher to male student. In this timely volume, Beata Grant shows us that women masters do exist—and have always existed.
Zen...
Know Where You're Going
A Complete Buddhist Guide to Meditation, Faith, and Everyday Transcendence
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Experience a complete meditation course with one of the West’s most renowned Buddhist teachers.
Know Where You're Going provides a full course of instruction in Buddhist meditation and reflection, and contains a wealth of exercises and advice to help the reader grow. As we put these teachings...
Himalayan Passages
Tibetan and Newar Studies in Honor of Hubert Decleer
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Explore new research on the religious and cultural traditions of the Himalayan Buddhist world.
Over decades, hundreds of American undergraduates spending a semester abroad have been introduced to Tibetan culture in India, Nepal, and China by Hubert Decleer. A number went on to become prominent...
Blue Jean Buddha
Voices of Young Buddhists
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
In an age when the Dalai Lama's image has been used to sell computers, rock stars have used tantra to enhance their image, and for many, Nirvana calls to mind a a favorite band, what does Buddhism mean to twenty-somethings?
Blue Jean Buddha offers real stories about young Buddhists in their...
The Fine Arts of Relaxation, Concentration, and Meditation
Ancient Skills for Modern Minds
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2005
Joel and Michelle Levey have taught thousands of people around the globe to live in greater harmony and balance. Field-tested and refined over many years, the Leveys' unique approach to stress-mastery and personal development offers step-by-step guidance for developing personal strengths, enhancing...
by Jeffrey Hopkins
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
In this major work, Jeffrey Hopkins, on e of the world's foremost scholar-practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism, offers a clear exposition of the Prasangika-Madhyamaka view of emptiness as presented in the Ge-luk-ba tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In bringing this remarkable and complex philosophy to life,...