Wisdom Publications: 444 books
Dogen's Extensive Record
A Translation of the Eihei Koroku
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Eihei Dogen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese Soto School of Zen, is renowned as one of the world's most remarkable religious thinkers. As Shakespeare does with English, Dogen utterly transforms the language of Zen, using it in novel and extraordinarily beautiful ways to...
Being Nobody, Going Nowhere
Meditations on the Buddhist Path
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2005
In this lucid classic, beloved teacher Ayya Khema introduces the reader to the essence of the Buddhist path. She addresses the how and why of meditation, providing a clear framework for understanding the nature of karma and rebirth and the entirety of the eightfold path. With specific, practical advice...
Who Is My Self?
A Guide to Buddhist Meditation
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 1997
Self-transformation is an essential element in all forms of Buddhist meditation--from Tantra to Zen. Ayya Khema, author of the best-selling Being Nobody, Going Nowhere, uses one of the earliest Buddhist suttas to guide us along the path of the oldest Buddhist meditative practice for understanding...
The Book of Mu
Essential Writings on Zen's Most Important Koan
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
The word "mu" is one ancient Zen teacher's response to the earnest question of whether even a dog has "buddha nature". Discovering for ourselves the meaning of the master's response is the urgent work of each of us who yearns to be free and at peace. "Practicing Mu" is synonymous with practicing Zen,...
Be an Island
The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1999
From the best-selling author of Being Nobody, Going Nowhere, Ayya Khema's Be an Island guides us along the path of Buddhist meditation with direct and practical advice, giving us contemplative tools to develop a healthy sense of personal being. Be an Island is at once an introduction to the teachings of Buddhism and a rich continuation of Ayya Khema's personal vision of Buddhist practice.
The Awakening Mind
The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Bodhichitta, often translated as "great compassion," is the gem at the heart of Buddhism. From this altruistic desire to serve others, all other Buddhist practices naturally flow, therefore, this state of mind is one Buddhists should understand and cultivate. In The Awakening Mind, Geshe Tashi Tsering...
Zen
The Authentic Gate
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Whether a beginner or at the highest level of practice, learn Zen from one of the greatest masters of the twentieth century.
Why practice Zen? What sets Zen apart from religion? What are its different practices?
These questions, and more, are examined and answered by Zen Master Koun Yamada,...
Moon by the Window
The Calligraphy and Zen Insights of Shodo Harada
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Shodo Harada is internationally recognized both as a Zen teacher and as a world-class master of the fine art of Zen calligraphy. Harada regularly exhibits and gives calligraphy demonstrations in museums and universities in the U.S. and abroad. Accomplished Zen teachers from across the globe come to...
Emptiness
A Practical Guide for Meditators
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
If everything is empty, then what ceases in Nirvana and is born in rebirth? How can you live in the world without feeling trapped by it? Guy Armstrong tackles these questions and more in this richly informed, practical guide to emptiness for the meditator.
It may seem odd for emptiness to serve...
The Suttanipata
An Ancient Collection of the Buddha's Discourses Together with Its Commentaries
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
This landmark volume in the Teachings of the Buddha series translates the Suttanipata, a text that matches the Dhammapada in its concise power and its centrality to the Buddhist tradition. Celebrated translator Bhikkhu Bodhi illuminates this text and its classical commentaries with elegant renderings...
by Dhongthog Rinpoche
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Explore a complete history of one of Tibet’s four main Buddhist schools, from its origins to the present day.
Since its 1976 publication in Tibetan, Dhongthog Rinpoche’s history of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism has been a key reference for specialists in Tibetan studies. Now English...
The Clouds Should Know Me By Now
Buddhist Poet Monks of China
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2005
This unique collection presents the verse, much of it translated for the first time, of fourteen eminent Chinese Buddhist poet monks. Featuring the original Chinese as well as english translations and historical introductions by Burton Watson, J.P. Seaton, Paul Hansen, James Sanford, and the editors,...
Zen Women
Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens, and Macho Masters
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
This landmark presentation at last makes heard the centuries of Zen's female voices. Through exploring the teachings and history of Zen's female ancestors, from the time of the Buddha to ancient and modern female masters in China, Korea, and Japan, Grace Schireson offers us a view of a more balanced...
Entangling Vines
A Classic Collection of Zen Koans
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Entangling Vines is a translation of the Shumon Kattoshu, the only major koan text to have been compiled in Japan rather than China. Most of the central koans of the contemporary Rinzai koan curriculum are contained in this work. Indeed, Kajitani Sonin (1914–1995)—former chief abbot of Shokoku-ji...