Buddhism category: 3907 books
by Luna Sidana
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2018
- A Beginner’s Guide To Understanding & Practicing Buddhism -
Buddhism is one of the world’s oldest spiritual traditions — having existed for more than 2500 years. It’s currently practiced by more than 480 million people all across the globe.
While countless religions have...
Buddhism 101
From Karma to the Four Noble Truths, Your Guide to Understanding the Principles of Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Learn everything you need to know about Buddhism in this clear and straightforward new guide.
Buddhism was founded thousands of years ago, and has inspired millions of people with its peaceful teachings. Buddhism 101 highlights and explains the central concepts of Buddhism to the modern reader,...
Call Of The Infinite
The Way of Shin Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Buddhism is much more diverse and multifaceted than many people think. Shin ('Pure Land') Buddhism manages to be, simultaneously, one of the most widely practiced forms of this tradition (the largest Buddhist school in Japan) and the least understood in the West. From the beginning, Shin was a highly...
by Alexander Yamashita
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2016
Buddhism For Beginners: Prepare to Be Enlightened By This Ancient and Beautiful Religion!
Open Now Your Doors to Buddhism and Embrace It Into Your Daily Life!
Buddhism is still a mystery to most of us. Most of us know only this religion found in Asia that professes a form of Buddhist...
Buddhism and Violence
Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
It is generally accepted in the West that Buddhism is a ‘peaceful’ religion. The Western public tends to assume that the doctrinal rejection of violence in Buddhism would make Buddhist pacifists, and often expects Buddhist societies or individual Asian Buddhists to conform to the modern Western...
by Nam Nguyen
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Awakening into Buddhahood is an invaluable eBook for all walks of life. It tells us that each of us has the wisdom, awareness, virtue, kindness, compassion, love, power of the Buddha within and will help guide us to our True Self, ceaselessly pointing us back to what we are, and what we have always...
South Asian Buddhism
A Survey
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
South Asian Buddhism presents a comprehensive historical survey of the full range of Buddhist traditions throughout South Asia from the beginnings of the religion up to the present. Starting with narratives on the Buddha’s life and foundational teachings from ancient India, the book proceeds to...
by Matthew J. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Despite the recent upsurge of interest in comparative political theory, there has been virtually no serious examination of Buddhism by political philosophers in the past five decades. In part, this is because Buddhism is not typically seen as a school of political thought. However, as Matthew Moore...
The Cultural Practices of Modern Chinese Buddhism
Attuning the Dharma
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2005
Buddhism in China during the late Qing and Republican period remained a powerful cultural and religious force. Francesca Tarocco is a rising star in this field and offers an innovative high-quality piece of work that presents a new perspective on the influence of Buddhism on Chinese culture. Drawing...
The Everything Essential Buddhism Book
A Guide to the Fundamental Beliefs and Traditions of Buddhism, Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
Your concise guide to Buddhism, mindfulness, and meditation!
The Everything Essential Buddhism Book is your beginner's guide to the Buddhist principles of nonviolence, mindfulness, and self-awareness. Learn about the deceptively simple truths of this enigmatic religion, including:
The...
The New Buddhism
The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2002
In our multicultural society, faiths formerly seen as exotic have become attractive alternatives for many people seeking more satisfying spiritual lives. This is especially true of Buddhism, which is the focus of constant media attention--thanks at least in part to celebrity converts, major motion...
by Lewis Hodus
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Buddhism is a religion which must be viewed from many angles. Its original form, as preached by Gautama in India and developed in the early years succeeding, and as embodied in the sacred literature of early Buddhism, is not representative of the actual Buddhism of any land today. The faithful student...
Silver Screen Buddha
Buddhism in Asian and Western Film
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
How do contemporary films depict Buddhists and Buddhism? What aspects of the Buddhist tradition are these films keeping from our view? By repeatedly romanticizing the meditating monk, what kinds of Buddhisms and Buddhists are missing in these films and why?
Silver Screen Buddha is the first...
by Lars Fogelin
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism is a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism from its origins in the 6th century BCE, through its ascendance in the 1st millennium CE, and its eventual decline in mainland South Asia by the mid-2nd millennium CE. Weaving together studies of archaeological...