Wisdom Publications: 444 books
Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture
An Investigation of the Nine Best-Known Groups of Symbols
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
In this fascinating study, Dagyab Rinpoche not only explains the nine best-known groups of Tibetan Buddhist symbols but also shows how they serve as bridges between our inner and outer worlds. As such, they can be used to point the way to ultimate reality and to transmit a reservoir of deep knowledge formed over thousands of years.
Engaging Dogen's Zen
The Philosophy of Practice as Awakening
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
How are the teachings of a thirteenth-century master relevant today? Twenty contemporary writers unpack Dogen's words and show how we can still find meaning in his teachings.
Zen Master Dogen, the thirteenth-century founder of Japanese Soto Zen Buddhism, is widely regarded as one of the world’s...
The Great Heart Way
How To Heal Your Life and Find Self-Fulfillment
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
Self-compassion. Positive social relations. An enduring sense of freedom and peace.
They're essential parts of our everyday lives, or should be. But each of us struggles with difficult emotions and mental blockages: we might lash out when we should know better, or regress in negatively familiar...
Dialogues in a Dream
The Life and Zen Teaching of Muso Soseki
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Drawing on his encyclopaedic knowledge, one of the most famous masters in the history of Zen leads us on a grand tour of Buddhist theology in all its timeless relevance.
Muso Soseki, the renowned fourteenth century Zen master, is today most known for developing the art of traditional Japanese...
Sex and the Spiritual Teacher
Why It Happens, When It's a Problem, and What We All Can Do
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Sex and the Spiritual Teacher looks at the complex of forces that tempt otherwise insightful, compassionate, and well-intentioned teachers to lose their way--and that tempt some of their students to lose their way as well. It analyzes why most of our current efforts to keep spiritual teachers from...
Zen Odyssey
The Story of Sokei-an, Ruth Fuller Sasaki, and the Birth of Zen in
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Explore two lives—and a relationship—that profoundly shaped American Zen.
Ruth Fuller Sasaki and Sokei-an Shigetsu Sasaki: two pioneers of Zen in the West. Ruth was an American with a privileged life, even during the height of the Great Depression, before she went to Japan and met D. T....
by Andree Salom
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Use this playful, read-along story to teach that anger as a natural and manageable part of life.
"The Anger Ogre visits everybody's lives, just remember to be patient whenever it arrives." When the Anger Ogre Visits gives children symbolic and concrete guidance about how to deal with anger...
I Wanna Be Well
How a Punk Found Peace and You Can Too
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
A punk rocker’s guide to grow, learn, and appreciate the present moment—in short, to live a life that doesn’t totally suck.
All Miguel Chen ever wanted was to be happy. Just like everyone else.
But—also like everyone else—he’s suffered. A lot. Running from difficult personal...
A Classical Tibetan Reader
Selections from Renowned Works with Custom
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
A Classical Tibetan Reader answers a long-standing need for well chosen readings to accompany courses in classical Tibetan language. Professor Bentor has built her Tibetan reader out of time-tested selections from texts that she has worked with while teaching classical Tibetan over the past twenty...
Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara
An Introduction with Selected Translations
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Discover the fascinating history of a long-hidden Buddhist culture at a historic crossroads.
In the years following Alexander the Great’s conquest of the East, a series of empires rose up along the Silk Road. In what is now northern Pakistan, the civilizations in the region called Gandhara...
Pure and Simple
The Extraordinary Teachings of a Thai Buddhist Laywoman
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
Upasika Kee was a uniquely powerful spiritual teacher. Evocative of the great Ajahn Chah, her teachings are earthy, refreshingly direct, and hard-hitting. In the twentieth century, she grew to become one of the most famous teachers in Thailand--male or female--all the more remarkable because, rarer...
What's Wrong with Mindfulness (And What Isn't)
Zen Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Mindfulness seems to be everywhere—but are we sure that's a good thing? Teachers Sallie Jiko Tisdale, Gil Fronsdal, Norman Fischer, and more explain how removing mindfulness from Buddhism may set a dangerous precedent.
Mindfulness is in fashion. Oprah loves it, Google teaches it to employees—it...
Living and Dying with Confidence
A Day-by-Day Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
A daily companion for embracing life, preparing for death, and awakening to reality.
Anyen Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist master and teacher, and his longtime student and translator Allison Choying Zangmo present ancient and rich teachings on death in a contemporary, accessible manner. Learn how...
Sit With Less Pain
Gentle Yoga for Meditators and Everyone Else
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Relieve and release the stiffness that comes from prolonged sitting—at a desk, behind the wheel, or on a meditation cushion—with these easy-to-follow exercises.
All meditators know the discomfort of cramping joints and aching backs. Free yourself from pain with this beautifully illustrated...