Buddhism category: 3907 books
The Heart of Meditation
Discovering Innermost Awareness
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The heart of meditation—the thing that brings it alive—is compassion. Without that essential foundation, other practices are pointless. Fortunately, the mind can be trained in compassion, and the mind thus trained with the qualities of love, empathy, kindness, and respect for others is ready for...
The Sayings of Layman P'ang
A Zen Classic of China
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
These wise and funny stories have been an inspiration to spiritual practice for more than twelve centuries, particularly for all those who follow the Buddhist path as laypeople. Layman P’ang (740–808) was a merchant and family man who one day put all his money and possessions in a boat and sunk...
Daring Steps
Traversing the Path of the Buddha
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012
Daring Steps stands out among the multitude of books on Tibetan Buddhism as being a uniquely accessible overview of the Buddhist path that encompasses all three yanas, or traditional Buddhist spiritual paths. Ringu Tulku—renowned for both his insight and approachable style—consistently brings...
by Venerable Adrian Feldmann
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
When Adrian Feldmann, an Australian doctor, discovered Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal in the 1970s, he began a journey that culminated in him becoming a Buddhist monk (Thubten Gyatso) - the one thing he was sure he didn't want to be at the outset.
In these short, profound articles, Venerable Gyatso...
Finding Our True Home
Living in the Pure Land Here and Now
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2001
Finding Our True Home presents a new definitive translation of the Amitabha Sutra along with Thich Nhat Hanh’s first commentary on one of the most practiced forms of Buddhism in the world, the Pure Land school.
Introduced in the Buddha’s own lifetime, Pure Land practice puts us in touch...
Hakuin on Kensho
The Four Ways of Knowing
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Kensho is the Zen experience of waking up to one’s own true nature—of understanding oneself to be not different from the Buddha-nature that pervades all existence. The Japanese Zen Master Hakuin (1689–1769) considered the experience to be essential. In his autobiography he says: "Anyone...
by Glenn Wallis, Buddha
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
In Basic Teachings of the Buddha, Glenn Wallis selects sixteen essential dialogues drawn from more than five thousand Pali-dialect suttas of the Buddhist canon. The result is a vibrant introductory guide to studying Buddhist thought, applying its principles to everyday life, and gaining a deeper understanding...
The Tantric Distinction
A Buddhist's Reflections on Compassion and Emptiness
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
"The ideas, concepts, and methods of various religions must be tried on for size, must be lifted above museum displays, must be confronted and allowed to resonate with one's own character. It is in this spirit that I present here a personalized account of central Buddhist practices."--from the author's...
by Sangharakshita
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Mahayana Buddhism emphasizes the ideal of the Bodhisattva, one who seeks to become Enlightened out of a compassionate desire to help all living beings. In the Vimalakirti-Nirdesa we meet the Bodhisattva Vimalakirti, a worker of wonders, a formidable debator and skilful teacher. Sangharakshita's commentary...
How to Raise an Ox
Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
The writings of Zen master Dogen are among the highest achievements not only of Japanese literature but of world literature. Dogen's writings are a near-perfect expression of truth, beautifully expressing the best of which the human race is capable. In this volume, Francis Cook presents ten selections...
by Thinley Norbu
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Like a spontaneous cascade of wisdom nectar, the open and natural words of Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, uncomplicated by scholarly elaboration, flow here in the tradition of the direct transmissions of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the past. Through commentary on the Preliminary Practices (Ngöndrö) prayer...
Magic Dance
The Display of the Self-Nature of the Five Wisdom Dakinis
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 1999
This is a unique and powerful presentation of the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism on the five elements: earth, water, air, fire, and space. In their gross and subtle forms, these elements combine to make up the infinite illusory display of phenomenal existence. Through teachings, stories, and his distinctive...
When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty
The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2007
In the fifteenth century, the princess Chokyi Dronma was told by the leading spiritual masters of her time that she was the embodiment of the ancient Indian tantric deity Vajravarahi, known in Tibetan as Dorje Phagmo, the Thunderbolt Female Pig. After suffering a great personal tragedy, Chokyi Dronma...
Lovingkindness
The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2002
Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and find a greater sense of connection with others. Our fear of intimacy—both with others and with ourselves—creates feelings of pain and longing. But these feelings can also awaken in us the desire for freedom and the willingness to take...