Buddhism category: 3907 books
by Thomas Cleary
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 1993
Throughout Zen history, stories and anecdotes of Zen masters and their students have been used as teaching devices to exemplify the enlightened spirit. Unlike many of the baffling dialogues between Zen masters preserved in the koan literature, the stories retold here are penetratingly simple but with...
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
"In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few."
So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line. In a single stroke, the simple...
12 Steps on Buddha's Path
Bill, Buddha, and We
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2006
12 Steps on Buddha's Path is an inspiring firsthand account of what happens when life seems hopeless and the miracle of finding out that it's anything but.
The author describes her own journey of recovery from alcoholism - an astonishing passage through strange and frightening territory - and...
Gleanings in Buddha-Fields (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
This 1897 collection focuses on Hearn's perceptions of his newly adopted country of Japan through the lens of Buddhism. His beautiful musings on the juxtaposition between a children’s playground and death vivify the Buddhist idea of dying. His reminiscence on a trip to Kyoto places the reader there, and his meditation on Nirvana is amazingly clear.
A Pilgrimage in Japan
The 33 Temples of Kannon
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, is the one who 'hears the cries of the world and vows to 'assist anyone in distress.' As the author embarks on the pilgrimage route that extends from the Japan Sea to the Pacific Ocean, through the ancient city of Kyoto and the modern city of Osaka, and to the...
The Book of Wisdom
The Heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Commentaries on Atisha's Seven Points of Mind Training
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
Osho is known around the world for his pioneering contribution to meditation - the science of inner transformation - with the unique approach of his "Osho Active Meditations" acknowledging the accelerated pace of the contemporary world and bringing meditation into modern life. Based on the...
by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
This book begins with a general talk by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on universal responsibility and compassion that is followed by four chapters detailing the Prasangika Madhyamaka view of emptiness, or ultimate reality, as taught in the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and how to meditate on it, according...
by Eknath Easwaran
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Easwaran’s best-selling translation of this classic Buddhist text The Dhammapada is reliable, readable, and profound.
Dhammapada means "the path of dharma," the path of harmony and righteousness that anyone can follow to reach the highest good. The Dhammapada is a collection of verses, gathered...
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1998
When Zen Flesh, Zen Bones was published in 1957 it became an instant sensation with an entire generation of readers who were just beginning to experiment with Zen. Over the years it has inspired leading American Zen teachers, students, and practitioners. Its popularity is as high today as ever.
Zen...
Buddhist Wisdom
The Path to Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Discover the ancient wisdom that has made Buddhism the most popular non-Biblical religion in Europe and North America.
Three-Hundred-Mile Tiger
The Record of Lin-Chi Translation and Commentary by Sokei-An
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Sokei-an translated the Record of Lin-chi (Lin-chi lu) from 1931 to 1933, in his first series of lectures. He felt that Americans needed original Chinese Zen source materials, translated and commented upon by a Zen master, and there were no such materials in those early days. Sokei-an was the first...
Lama Chopa
The Guru Puja
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Lama Chopa is a practice of guru devotion special to the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In Sanskrit, lama is guru, and chopa is offering, so Lama Chopa translates into English as “offering to the spiritual guide.” In the Gelugpa tradition, there are many guru yoga sadhanas, but Lama Chopa...
Always Present
The Luminous Wisdom of Jigme Phuntsok
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
What is true happiness? What is the cause of our suffering and dissatisfaction? And how can we live with the kindness and clarity of the Buddha in our own lives? This compact collection of teachings from Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche illuminates these most fundamental questions about the Buddhist path and...
by Sherab Chodzin Kohn
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2000
The story of the founder of Buddhism is one of the world's great archetypal tales of spiritual awakening. He was born Siddhartha Gautama in the sixth century BCE, the son of a prince who ruled a small kingdom in what is now Nepal. Siddhartha led a sheltered existence until the age of twenty-nine,...