Buddhism category: 3907 books
Entangling Vines
A Classic Collection of Zen Koans
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Entangling Vines is a translation of the Shumon Kattoshu, the only major koan text to have been compiled in Japan rather than China. Most of the central koans of the contemporary Rinzai koan curriculum are contained in this work. Indeed, Kajitani Sonin (1914–1995)—former chief abbot of Shokoku-ji...
Swampland Flowers
The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
The writings of the twelfth-century Chinese Zen master Ta Hui are as immediately accessible as those of any contemporary teacher, and this book, which introduced them to the English-speaking world in the 1970s, has become a modern classic—a regular feature of recommended reading lists for Zen centers...
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...
Kuan-yin
The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2001
By far one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist traditions, the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is regarded as the embodiment of compassion. He has been widely revered throughout the Buddhist countries of Asia since the early centuries of the Common Era. While he was closely identified...
The Zen of Living and Dying
A Practical and Spiritual Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 1998
To live life fully and die serenely—surely we all share these goals, so inextricably entwined. Yet a spiritual dimension is too often lacking in the attitudes, circumstances, and rites of death in modern society. Kapleau explores the subject of death and dying on a deeply personal level, interweaving...
How the Swans Came to the Lake
A Narrative History of Buddhism in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 1992
This new updated edition of How the Swans Came to the Lake includes much new information about recent events in Buddhist groups in America and discusses such issues as spiritual authority, the role of women, and social action.
The Art of Disappearing
Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Whether mere bumps in the road or genuine crises, we live in a world of unwanted events that no willpower can prevent. In The Art of Disappearing, Ajahn Brahm helps us learn to abandon the headwind of false expectations and follow instead the Buddha's path of understanding. Releasing our attachment...
The Essential Dogen
Writings of the Great Zen Master
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Eihei Dogen (1200–1253), founder of the Soto School of Zen Buddhism, is one of the greatest religious, philosophical, and literary geniuses of Japan. His writings have been studied by Zen students for centuries, particularly his masterwork, Shobo Genzo or Treasury of the True Dharma Eye. This is...
An Open Heart
Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2008
An introduction to the core of Buddhism by its greatest teacher, "An Open Heart" is the successor to the bestselling "The Art of Happiness", the Dalai Lama's clear and simple guide to finding compassion and happiness. 25 photos. (World Religions)
Only Don't Know
Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 1999
Here is the inimitable Zen Master Seung Sahn up close and personal—in selections from the correspondence that was one of his primary modes of teaching. Seung Sahn received hundreds of letters per month, each of which he answered personally, and some of the best of which are included here. His frank...
Zen Chants
Thirty-Five Essential Texts with Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
A Zen chant is like a compass that sets us in the direction of the awakened life; it is the dynamic, audible counterpart to the silent practice of zazen, or sitting meditation; and it is a powerful expression of the fact that practice happens in community. Here is a concise guide to Zen chants for...
by Lama Yeshe
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
This book contains the last teachings Lama Yeshe gave in the West. Poignantly, the topic was death and rebirth; six months later, Lama Yeshe passed away. It also includes an introductory discourse by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and concludes with a teaching on transference of consciousness given by Lama Yeshe...
by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
About one thousand years ago, the great Indian pandit and yogi, Dipamkara Shrijnana (Atisha), was invited to Tibet to re-establish the Buddhadharma, which had been suppressed and corrupted for almost two centuries. One of Atisha's main accomplishments in Tibet was his writing of the seminal text,...
by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
The key to happiness is the mind. With the mind, we can switch our life to suffering or we can switch it to happiness, just as we change television channels, choosing to watch programs about fighting and war, or peaceful things, like the nature programs people seem to enjoy. Experiencing happiness...