Buddhism category: 3907 books
Passing Through the Gateless Barrier
Koan Practice for Real Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Gateways to awakening surround us at every moment of our lives. The whole purpose of kōan (gong’an, in Chinese) practice is to keep us from missing these myriad opportunities by leading us to certain gates that have traditionally been effective for people to access that marvelous awakening. The...
Endless Path
Awakening Within the Buddhist Imagination: Jataka Tales, Zen Practice, and Daily Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
***WINNER, 2011 Storytelling World Resource Award – Best Storytelling Collection
The jataka tales—stories of the Buddha’s past lives (in both human and animal form)—were first said to have been told by the Buddha himself 2,500 years ago. Five hundred and fifty jataka tales comprise...
Zen Beyond All Words
A Western Zen Master's Instructions
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Zen Beyond All Words contains a selection of talks given by Zen Master Wolfgang Kopp.
In the spirit of the ancient Chinese Zen Cha'an masters, Wolfgang Kopp teaches a direct and powerful Zen Buddhism. He conveys neither a theoretical system nor a one-sided dogmatism of sitting. Rather, Master...
Zen Poems of China and Japan
The Crane's Bill
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“Excellent . . . A fine introduction to Chinese and Japanese Zen poetry for all readers” from the editors of Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter (Choice).
Capturing in verse the ageless spirit of Zen, these 150 poems reflect the insight of famed masters from the ninth century to the...
The Diamond Sutra
Transforming the Way We Perceive the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
In this brilliant new translation and commentary on The Diamond Sutra--one of the sublime wisdom teachings of Mahayana Buddhism--Mu Soeng integrates this ancient wisdom teaching with current scientific and psychological thought. His clear and readable commentary traces the connections between these...
No-Gate Gateway
The Original Wu-Men Kuan
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
A new translation of one of the great koan collections--by the premier translator of the Chinese classics--that reveals it to be a literary and philosophical masterwork beyond its association with Chan/Zen.
A monk asked: “A dog too has Buddha-nature, no?” And with the master’s enigmatic...
Expect Nothing
A Zen Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2004
Expect Nothing is a lighthearted and insightful guide to Zen buddhism and mindfulness.
Using down-to-earth, conversational autobiographical anecdotes, witness pieces, and inspirational quotes, Clarice Bryan pays tribute to the myriad teachers who have graced her days. These teachers range from...
Zen Light
Unconventional Commentaries on the Denkoroku
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
The Denkoroku, or "Record of Transmitting the Light," contains the enlightenment stories of the earliest Zen ancestors. In Zen Ught, the author comments on this Buddhist classic, which he studied as part of his own advanced Zen training.
Sensei Barragato brings the varied experiences...
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by Nancy Fullwood
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
“Like many another mariner shipwrecked on this shoal of time, I have always been on the lookout for rescuing sails on the metaphysical horizon—that is, for some resolving and revelatory teaching which should make possible the practical realization of one’s spiritual life, the sense of which...
by Andrea Scarsi
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Seeds of Enlightenment is a practical enlightenment training that walks backward the path of mysticism and transmits the twelve essential qualities and attitudes that each enlightened person possesses, radiates, and shares.
It is structured in a comfortable and accessible way and suggests a pure work...
Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth
The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2008
Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth is a clear and remarkably practical presentation of a core Buddhist teaching on the nature of reality. Geshe Tashi Tsering provides readers with an excellent opportunity to enhance not only thier knowledge of Buddhism, but also a powerful means to profoundly enhance...
Natural Perfection
Longchenpa's Radical Dzogchen
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Dzogchen, or the "Great Perfection," is considered by many to be the apex of Tibetan Buddhism, and Longchen Rabjam is the most celebrated of all the saints of this remarkable tradition. Natural Perfection presents the radical precepts of Dzogchen, pointing the way to absolute liberation from conceptual...
From Here to Enlightenment
An Introduction to Tsong-kha-pa's Classic Text The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
When the Dalai Lama was forced to go into exile in 1959, he could take only a few items with him. Among these cherished belongings was his copy of Tsong-kha-pa’s classic text The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. This text distills all of the essential points of Tibetan...
The Flower Ornament Scripture
A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 1993
Known in Chinese as Hua-yen and in Japanese as Kegon-kyo, the Avatamsaka Sutra, or Flower Ornament Scripture, is held in the highest regard and studied by Buddhists of all traditions. Through its structure and symbolism, as well as through its concisely stated principles, it conveys a vast range...