Buddhism category: 3907 books
Enough!
A Buddhist Approach to Finding Release from Addictive Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
All of us are caught up in addictions—big or small. Enough! presents a practical path that releases us from the grip of negative habits and addictions that block a full and meaningful life. We can learn how to undo our habits and addictions, but to do this we have to first find their triggers. With...
The Nature of Mind
The Dzogchen Instructions of Aro Yeshe Jungne
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Patrul Rinpoche, the beloved nineteenth-century master best known for Words of My Perfect Teacher, collected the teachings of the tenth-century adept Aro Yeshe Jungne and synthesized them into the short text translated here as Clear Elucidation of True Nature. How to put these essential teachings...
Stars at Dawn
Forgotten Stories of Women in the Buddha's Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
In this retelling of the ancient legends of the women in the Buddha’s intimate circle, lesser-known stories from Sanskrit and Pali sources are for the first time woven into an illuminating, coherent narrative. Interspersed with original insights, fresh interpretations, and bold challenges to the...
Eye To Form Is Only Love
A Journal of 100 Days
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
For 100 days, Traktung Yeshe Dorje, an American born lama in the Nyingma lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism kept a journal of short reflections. Some mornings, the heartbreaking poetry of devotion, or essays in celebration of dawn, light, trees; on others, razor-like distinctions about the nature of the...
by Joey Lott
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Are you seeking for spiritual enlightenment and inner peace?Do you long for the mystical secret that will unlock permanent peace in your life? In Peace Feels Like This, Joey Lott can help you reach your goal, but not in the way you might expect. In fact, you’re going to need to throw away your...
by Ray Grigg
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
The premise of The Tao of Zen is that Zen is really Taoism in the disguise of Buddhism-an assumption being made by more and more Zen scholars.
This is the first Zen book that links the long-noted philosophical similarities of Taoism and Zen. The author traces the evolution of *Ch'an
The The...
Shingon Refractions
Myoe and the Mantra of Light
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Shingon Buddhism arose in the eighth century and remains one of Japan's most important sects, at present numbering some 12 million adherents. As such it is long overdue appropriate coverage. Here, the well-respected Mark Unno illuminates the tantric practice of the Mantra of Light, the most central...
Daisaku Ikeda's Philosophy of Peace
Dialogue, Transformation and Global Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Who is Daisaku Ikeda? At one level, he is the leader of a religious movement - Soka Gakkai - which began in Japan, where it still has its headquarters, but which now claims 12 million adherents around the world. At another level, he is a globetrotting figure whose formal conversations with diverse...
Adventures of the Mad Monk Ji Gong
The Drunken Wisdom of China's Most Famous Chan Buddhist Monk
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Follow the brilliant and hilarious adventures of a mad Zen Buddhist monk who rose from humble beginnings to become one of China's greatest folk heroes!
Ji Gong studied at the great Ling Yin monastery, an immense temple that still ranges up the steep hills above Hangzhou, near Shanghai. The...
Zen Bow, Zen Arrow
The Life and Teachings of Awa Kenzo, the Archery Master from Zen in the Art of A rchery
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2007
Here are the inspirational life and teachings of Awa Kenzo (1880–1939), the Zen and kyudo (archery) master who gained worldwide renown after the publication of Eugen Herrigel's cult classic Zen in the Art of Archery in 1953. Kenzo lived and taught at a pivotal time in Japan's history, when martial...
Fighting Buddha
Martial Arts, Buddhism, Kicking Ass and Saving It
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
A raucous, irreverent look into the Buddhist and Martial Arts worlds Can we be martial arts practitioners and Buddhists at the same time? Can these practices actually complement each other, in mindfulness? How do we reconcile Buddhist concepts like non-violence with a fighting practice like judo,...
Training in Tenderness
Buddhist Teachings on Tsewa, the Radical Openness of Heart That Can Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
**Best Spirituality Books of 2018 - Spirituality & Practice
A little guide to cultivating tsewa: the loving warmth of heart from which the awakened mind arises--from the popular Buddhist teacher and author of The Intelligent Heart.**
This is a call to a revolution of heart. In Tibetan...
The Road Home
A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
A lively exploration of contemporary Buddhism from one of its most admired teachers
Do you feel at home right now? Or do you sense a hovering anxiety or uncertainty, an underlying unease that makes you feel just a bit uncomfortable, a bit distracted and disconnected from those around you?
In...
Time Surfing
The Zen Approach to Keeping Time on Your Side
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Zen monk and coach Paul Loomans is the creator of Time Surfing, a 7-step approach to help anyone create more time in their life.
“This book is for anyone who feels trapped by over-full, over-scheduled days. It explains how to escape the raging storms of busyness and find your way back to...