Buddhism category: 3907 books
by Dalai Lama, Alexander Berzin
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Mahamudra, the great sealing nature, refers to systems of meditation on both the conventional and ultimate natures of the mind. These have been transmitted through the Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Within the Gelug, Mahamudra teachings occur in a combined Gelug/Kagyu tradition...
Evolving Dharma
Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Evolving Dharma is the definitive guide to the meditation revolution. Fearless, unorthodox, and irreverent scholar and activist Jay Michaelson shows how meditation and mindfulness have moved from ashrams and self-help groups to classrooms and hospitals, and offers unusually straight talk about the...
The Healing Power of Meditation
Leading Experts on Buddhism, Psychology, and Medicine Explore the Health Benefit s of Contemplative Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Regular meditation practice has a powerful impact on the mind and body, rewiring the brain and bringing us all kinds of benefits: contentment and well-being, resilience and focus, better mental and physical health, and greater empathy and compassion. This wide-ranging anthology brings together pioneering...
The Courage to Be Present
Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Awakening of Natural Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
The quality of presence a psychotherapist or counselor brings to the therapeutic relationship makes all the difference in effective treatment. With this application of Buddhist practice to psychotherapy, Karen Kissel Wegela offers mental health professionals a new perspective on bringing compassion,...
Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka
A Philosophical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2009
The Indian philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna (c. 150-250 CE) was the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism and arguably the most influential Buddhist thinker after Buddha himself. Indeed, in the Tibetan and East Asian traditions, Nagarjuna is often referred to as the "second...
The Monk and the Philosopher
A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Jean Francois-Revel, a pillar of French intellectual life in our time, became world famous for his challenges to both Communism and Christianity. Twenty-seven years ago, his son, Matthieu Ricard, gave up a promising career as a scientist to study Tibetan Buddhism -- not as a detached observer but...
Beyond the Robe
Science for Monks and All It Reveals about Tibetan Monks and Nuns
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Twelve years ago, the Sager Family Foundation, the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, and the Dalai Lama's private office began a groundbreaking program called Science for Monks to teach Western science to Tibetan monks and nuns. Recently, Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama announced...
The Tibetan Yoga of Breath
Breathing Practices for Healing the Body and Cultivating Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Modern science and classic spiritual traditions agree: regulating the breath leads to radiance and wellness of body, mind, and spirit. With the simple teachings and cutting-edge research offered in The Tibetan Yoga of Breath, you can start thriving just by integrating breathwork into your daily practice.
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Natural Liberation
Padmasambhava's Teachings on the Six Bardos
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
A perfect companion to the well-known Tibetan Book of the Dead.
In life and in death, in meditation and in sleep, every transitional stage of consciousness, or bardo, provides an opportunity to overcome limitations, frustrations, and fears. The profound teachings in this book provide the under-...
by Timothy Richard
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
Dr. Timothy Richard finds in the Mahayana School of Buddhism, as represented especially in " The Awakening of Faith " of Ashvagosha, simply an Asiatic form of the Gospel, not to be feared as a foe, but to be greeted as a friend. Contents: Opening Hymn 1. Reasons For Writing The Book 2: The...
The Buddha Party
How the People's Republic of China Works to Define and Control Tibetan Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The Buddha Party tells the story of how the People's Republic of China employs propaganda to define Tibetan Buddhist belief and sway opinion within the country and abroad. The narrative they create is at odds with historical facts and deliberately misleading but, John Powers argues, it is widely believed...
The Most Important Point
Zen Teachings of Edward Espe Brown
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
From master baker, cook, and Zen priest Edward Espe Brown comes a collection of timeless essays on Zen, food, and life itself. Brown was among the Westerners ordained as priest by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi before his passing in 1971. Suzuki hoped that Zen might be transformed into a vibrant new form in...
The Origins of Yoga and Tantra
Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008
Yoga, tantra and other forms of Asian meditation are practised in modernized forms throughout the world today, but most introductions to Hinduism or Buddhism tell only part of the story of how they developed. This book is an interpretation of the history of Indic religions up to around 1200 CE, with...
Action Dharma
New Studies in Engaged Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2003
Action Dharma charts the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West. Fourteen new essays treat the historical origins, global range, teachings and practices, and leaders and organizations that make up the latest turning of the Dharma. Environmentalism and peace wa