Biography: religious and spiritual

Born in 1499, Katharina started her education at first the convent at Brehna, then continued it in Kloster Nimbschen where she took vows as a nun at the age of sixteen and expected to live the whole of her life in seclusion.

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Thoughts and Transmission brings together essays that originally appeared as introductions to works produced by Dharma Publishing.

"Once you invite the blessings of the Dharma into your heart, you may not have much need of teachers or traditions.

This text communicates the sense of Buddhism as a comprehensive whole, as it is a non-sectarian guide to the Buddha''s essential teachings.

What is tantra?

The Dalai Lama opens The Middle Way with an elegant argument for the power of compassion in cultivating a happy life.

This is not your typical Zen book.

For more than two thousand years, the Heart Sutra has been part of the daily life of millions of Buddhists.

In the classic bestseller, Introduction to Tantra, Lama Yeshe offered a profound and wonderfully clear glimpse into the sophisticated practices of Tibetan Buddhist tantra.

With characteristic humility, His Holiness the Dalai Lama begins this landmark survey of the entire Buddhist path by saying, "e;I think an overview of Tibetan Buddhism for the purpose of providing a comprehensive framework of the path may prove helpful in deepening your understanding and practice.

Meditation can seem a mystery.

In Emptiness, the fifth volume in The Foundation of Buddhist Thought series, Geshe Tashi Tsering provides readers with an incredibly welcoming presentation of the central philosophical teaching of Mahayana Buddhism.

The four noble truths are well known as the Buddha's first and most essential explanation of his enlightened realizations.

This new volume from the Foundation of Buddhist Thought series, provides a stand-alone and systematic - but accessible - entry into how Buddhism understands the mind.

Many books have been published in recent years on the topic of mahamudra, or meditation on the fundamentally clear nature of the mind.

"e;After my death I will come back and haunt over you, checking on your practice.

Using the traditional Buddhist allegorical image of the Wheel of Life and the teaching of the twelve links of dependent origination, the Dalai Lama deftly illustrates how our existence, though fleeting and often full of woes, brims with the potential for peace and happiness.

Mahamudra meditation is simultaneously the most profound of meditative disciplines and the most accessible for modern practitioners.

Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth is a clear and remarkably practical presentation of a core Buddhist teaching on the nature of reality.

Pabongka Rinpoche was one the twentieth century's most charismatic and revered Tibetan lamas, and in Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand we can see why.

"e;We all have the same human mind - each and every one of us has the same potential.

Zen's Chinese Heritage traces twenty-five generations of inlightened Buddhist teachers, supplementing their core teachings with history, biography, and poetry.

With the right perspective, our anxiety around sickness, old age, and death can be a "e;wholesome fear"e;--a fear with a positive quality that ultimately enriches and nourishes our lives.

The Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism began in the eleventh century with such renowned figures as Marpa and Milarepa, and its seminal meditative traditions are Mahamudra and the six Dharmas of Naropa.

In How to Be Happy, Lama Zopa Rinpoche helps us find our good heart, the heart that rejoices in the happiness of others.

Anyen Rinpoche's wise and reassuring voice guides readers through the Tibetan Buddhist teachings on death and dying, while providing practical tools for end-of-life and estate planning.

Maitreya's Ratnagotravibhaga, also known as the Uttaratantra, is the main Indian treatise on buddha nature, a concept that is heavily debated in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy.

Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, is the highest meditative practice of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism.