Buddhism category: 3907 books
Developments in Buddhist Thought
Canadian Contributions to Buddhist Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
Nine Canadian scholars of Buddhism consider philosophical and cultural issues in Buddhist thought. Part I, “On Being,” discusses the philosophical problem of Being in the school of the Middle Way, Mādhyamika Buddhism, and in the Tantric School of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Part II, “On the Indian...
Buddhism Observed
Travellers, Exiles and Tibetan Dharma in Kathmandu
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
How do contemporary Westerners and Tibetans understand not only what it means to be 'Buddhist', but what it means to be hailed as one from 'the West' or from 'Tibet'? This anthropological study examines the encounter between Western travellers and Tibetan exiles in Bodhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu,...
Against Harmony
Progressive and Radical Buddhism in Modern Japan
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Against Harmony traces the history of progressive and radical experiments in Japanese Buddhist thought and practice, from the mid-Meiji period through the early Showa. Perhaps the two best representations of progressive Buddhism during this time were the New Buddhist Fellowship (1899-1915) and the...
Reason and Experience in Tibetan Buddhism
Mabja Jangchub Tsöndrü and the Traditions of the Middle Way
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Based on newly discovered texts, this book explores the barely known but tremendously influential thought of the Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Mabja Jangchub Tsöndrü (d. 1185).This Tibetan Buddhist master exercised significant influence on the interpretation of Madhyamaka thinking in Tibet during the...
Women in Early Indian Buddhism
Comparative Textual Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
The path of practice as taught in ancient India by Gotama Buddha was open to both women and men. The texts of early Indian Buddhism show that women were lay followers of the Buddha and were also granted the right to ordain and become nuns. Certain women were known as influential teachers of men and...
by William Sturgis Bigelow
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
This is the annotated edition including * an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys Davids The view of the Immortality of Man is, broadly speaking, that of the Buddhist religion. But Buddhism, like many other great religions,...
Buddhism and Medicine
An Anthology of Premodern Sources
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
From its earliest days, Buddhism has been closely intertwined with medicine. Buddhism and Medicine is a singular collection showcasing the generative relationship and mutual influence between these fields across premodern Asia. The anthology combines dozens of English-language translations of premodern...
by Glenn Gustafson, OPB
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
Some of these meditations are from from dharma talks that I’ve delivered at the Central Ohio Center for Pragmatic Buddhism. Most are the result of questions I’ve received from members of the Center or from friends, so hopefully they’ll deal with topics that you’re interested in as well. You’ll...
British Buddhism
Teachings, Practice and Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
British Buddhism presents a useful insight into contemporary British Buddhist practice. It provides a survey of the seven largest Buddhist traditions in the United Kingdom, including the Forest Sangha (Theravada) and the Samatha Trust (Theravada), the Serene Reflection Meditation tradition (Soto Zen)...
The Sacred Writings of the East - 5 Books in One Edition
The Light of Asia, The Essence of Buddhism, Bhagavad-Gita, Hindu Literature & Indian Spiritual Poems (Buddhism & Hinduism Collection)
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
The Light of Asia, subtitled The Great Renunciation, is in a form of a narrative poem. The book endeavors to describe the life and time of Prince Gautama Siddhartha, who after attaining enlightenment became The Buddha, The Awakened One. The book presents his life, character, and philosophy, in a series...
by Sir Monier Williams
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
The first idea implied by Buddhism is intellectual enlightenment. But Buddhism has its own theory of enlightenment—its own idea of true knowledge, which it calls Bodhi, not Veda. By true knowledge it means knowledge acquired by man through his own intellectual faculties and through his own inner...
by James L. Ford
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2006
This is the first book-length study in any language of Jō kei (1155-1213), a prominent Buddhist cleric of the Hossō (Yog=ac=ara) school, whose life bridged the momentous transition from Heian (794-1185) to Kamakura (1185-1333) Japan. "Kamakura Buddhism" has drawn notable scholarly attention, largely...
Where the Heart Beats
John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
A “heroic” and “fascinating” biography of John Cage showing how his work, and that of countless American artists, was transformed by Zen Buddhism (The New York Times)
Where the Heart Beats is the story of the tremendous changes sweeping through American culture following the Second...
Awakening the Buddha Within
Eight Steps to Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the definitive book on Western Buddhism for the modern-day spiritual seeker.
The radical and compelling message of Buddhism tells us that each of us has the wisdom, awareness, love, and power of the Buddha...