Buddhism category: 3907 books
BUDDHA'S FAVOURITE WORDS
Daily Contemplations To Unlock The Essence
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
BUDDHA’S FAVOURITE WORDS is a unique collection of all the Buddha’s main teachings in one volume offered with insight, clarity and occasional humour. It is presented in an A-to-Z format as if the Buddha were alive today and these were his favourite keywords for unlocking the essence of the entire...
Cyber Zen
Imagining Authentic Buddhist Identity, Community, and Practices in the Virtual World of Second Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Cyber Zen ethnographically explores Buddhist practices in the online virtual world of Second Life. Does typing at a keyboard and moving avatars around the screen, however, count as real Buddhism? If authentic practices must mimic the actual world, then Second Life Buddhism does not. In fact, a critical...
Women in Pāli Buddhism
Walking the Spiritual Paths in Mutual Dependence
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
The Pāli tradition presents a diverse and often contradictory picture of women. This book examines women’s roles as they are described in the Pāli canon and its commentaries. Taking into consideration the wider socio-religious context and drawing from early brahmanical literature and epigraphical...
Women and Buddhist Philosophy
Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryŏp
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Why and how do women engage with Buddhism and philosophy? The present volume aims to answer these questions by examining the life and philosophy of a Korean Zen Buddhist nun, Kim Iryŏp (1896–1971). The daughter of a pastor, Iryŏp began questioning Christian doctrine as a teenager. In a few years,...
by William E. Deal, Brian Ruppert
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism offers a comprehensive, nuanced, and chronological account of the evolution of Buddhist religion in Japan from the sixth century to the present day.
Traces each period of Japanese history to reveal the complex and often controversial histories of Japanese...
Haunting the Buddha
Indian Popular Religions and the Formation of Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2004
Early European histories of India frequently reflected colonialist agendas. The idea that Indian society had declined from an earlier Golden Age helped justify the colonial presence. It was said, for example, that modern Buddhism had fallen away from its original identity as a purely rational philosophy...
by Lewis Hodus
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
Buddhism and Buddhists in China
by Lewis Hodus
Buddhism in China undoubtedly includes among its adherents many high-minded, devout, and earnest souls who live an idealistic life. Christianity ought to make a strong appeal to such minds, taking from them none of the joy or assurance or devotion...
by Dr. Ruth Carr
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
The Dalai LamaUnderstanding the Origin and Teachings of the Dalai LamaBy Dr. Ruth CarrThe world has changed a great deal in the past century. People have the ability to instantly communicate with each other all over the world. It is possible to travel around the world in less...
Tracking Bodhidharma
A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
A fresh take on the life and legacy of the “founding father” of Zen.
The life of Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, has, with the passing of time, been magnified to the scale of myth, turning history into the stuff of legend. Known as the First Patriarch, Bodhidharma brought Zen...
The Leader's Way
The Art of Making the Right Decisions in Our Careers, Our Companies, and the World at Large
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Born out of a decade of discussion between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and international management consultant Laurens van den Muyzenberg, The Leader’s Way is the unique meeting of two worlds: the global business landscape and Buddhism. At first sight, these seem to be an unlikely pairing. After...
by Gray Tuttle
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Over the past century and with varying degrees of success, China has tried to integrate Tibet into the modern Chinese nation-state. In this groundbreaking work, Gray Tuttle reveals the surprising role Buddhism and Buddhist leaders played in the development of the modern Chinese state and in fostering...
by Emma Slade
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
‘The man with the gun pushed me down onto the carpet. I tried to cower to make my body curl smaller, instinctively covering my head.
‘Oh God, please don’t kill me.’ My words clung to my teeth and now my whole body was so cold. All I had left were these words.
‘Please. Please...
Crossroads in Psychoanalysis, Buddhism, and Mindfulness
The Word and the Breath
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
A comprehensive collection of essays exploring the interstices of Eastern and Western modes of thinking about the self, Crossroads in Psychoanalysis, Buddhism, and Mindfulness: The Word and the Breath documents just some of the challenges, conflicts, pitfalls, and “wow” moments that inhere in...
Self and Society
Essays on Pali Literature and Social Theory 1988–2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
This selection of essays, originally published between 1988 and 2010, demonstrates that in the study of Buddhism a concern with detailed accuracy in philological and textual specifics can be combined with an attempt to deal with wider (and difficult) philosophical and sociological issues. The first...