Eastern Religions category: 6161 books
Awakening of the Heart
Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentaries
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
Awakening of the Heart is a comprehensive, single volume collection of the Buddha’s key sutras, translated with contemporary commentary by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. It is an essential complement to Happiness, the bestselling collection of meditation and mindful practices released in 2009. Awakening...
Secular Buddhism
Imagining the Dharma in an Uncertain World
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
An essential collection of Stephen Batchelor’s most probing and important work on secular Buddhism As the practice of mindfulness permeates mainstream Western culture, more and more people are engaging in a traditional form of Buddhist meditation. However, many of these people have little interest...
The Truth of This Life
Zen Teachings on Loving the World as It Is
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Accessible and elegant teachings from a well-loved and revered woman Zen teacher.
“The truth and joy of this life is that we cannot change things as they are.” The import of those words can be found beautifully expressed in the work of the woman who spoke them, Katherine Thanas (1927–2012)—in...
by Christina Feldman
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Moments of peace and stillness give us a glimpse of how extraordinary our lives can be, but it is easy to lose sight of this in the hectic pace of modern living. In this inspirational book, internationally renowned Buddhist teacher Christina Feldman shows you how to find harmony and balance by applying...
by FPMT
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
This Sanghata Sutra is a Mahayana sutra containing stories illustrating the power of invoking the bodhisattva wish when interacting with others; and the power of past and present actions to produce expansive results. Imbued with the blessings of the power of prayer invoked by Shakyamuni Buddha himself,...
A Buddhist Journal
Guided Practices for Writers and Meditators
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
A guided journal that uniquely combines personal writing and meditation—two of the most beneficial self-help processes available
In this book, Beth Jacobs—who has taught and written extensively on both Buddhist psychology and therapeutic writing—provides a variety of writing techniques...
by Mencius
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2004
Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he defended and expanded. The Mencius, in which he recounts his dialogues with kings, dukes and military men, as well as other philosophers, is one of the Four Books that make up the...
The Mirror of Zen
The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice by Zen Master So Sahn
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2006
The sacred radiance of our original nature never darkens.
It has shined forth since beginningless time.
Do you wish to enter the gate that leads to this?
Simply do not give rise to conceptual thinking.
Zen Master So Sahn (1520–1604) is a towering figure in the history of Korean Zen. In this...
The Path to Nibbana
How Mindfulness of Loving-Kindness Progresses Through the Tranquil Aware Jh
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
What is Nibbana? Is Awakening possible? This new book says definitely yes but, only if you add back in the step that is left out of other methods. And only if you follow the method laid out by the Buddha in his earliest teachings. Nibbana can and does occur and in this book you will be shown the step...
Facebuddha
Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
We are who happens to us, and what we make of the happening. Who do we become when we relate online?
Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks is a rich modern memoir of relationship online and off, an exploration of psychological research about social media, and an engaging introduction...
American Dharma
Buddhism Beyond Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
The past couple of decades have witnessed Buddhist communities both continuing the modernization of Buddhism and questioning some of its limitations. In this fascinating portrait of a rapidly changing religious landscape, Ann Gleig illuminates the aspirations and struggles of younger North American...
The Star Spangled Buddhist
Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism and the Quest for Enlightenment in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
“Ourvan offers a succinct but illuminating overview of Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism."—Publishers Weekly
Approximately four million Americans claim to be Buddhist. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Americans of various faiths read about Buddhism, are interested in its philosophical...
by Daisaku Ikeda
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Through this novelized history of the Soka Gakkai-one of the most dynamic, diverse, and empowering Buddhist movements in the world today-readers will discover the organization's goals and achievements even as they find inspiring and practical Buddhist wisdom for living happily and compassionately...
by Jed McKenna
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Guns and bombs are children’s toys.
A true war wages, and you’re invited.
IT’S AN INVITATION you may not be able to accept if you want to, or decline if you don’t. It’s an invitation to fight in a war like no other; a war where loss is counted as gain, surrender as victory, and where...