Philosophical traditions and schools of thought

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.

LA EDICIÓN MÁS COMPLETA DEL TEXTO MÁS APASIONADO DE NIETZSCHE.

';A masterpiece.

What is tantra?

This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings - in his own words.

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.

The Lotus Sutra is regarded as one of the world's great religious scriptures and most influential texts.

This engaging and accessible little book is filled with both humor and profound teaching.

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

We all have a right to the pursuit of happiness - but could we actually be happier if we gave that whole thing up?

Whether you have no background in meditation or yoga or have been practicing for years, Mindfulness Yoga is for you.

Renowned for the beauty and simplicity of his teachings, Ajahn Chah was Thailand's best-known meditation teacher.

In this lucid classic, beloved teacher Ayya Khema introduces the reader to the essence of the Buddhist path.

Jeff Wilson started his walk on the Buddha's path as a Zen practitioner - taking up a tradition of vigorous self-effort, intensive meditation, and meticulous attention to rectitude in every action.

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.

This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pali Canon, the authorized scriptures of Theravada Buddhism.

This book offers a complete translation of the Digha Nikaya, the long discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pali Canon, the authorized scriptures of Theravada Buddhism.

Before he began training as a psychiatrist, Mark Epstein immersed himself in Buddhism through influential teachers such as Ram Dass, Joseph Goldstein, and Jack Kornfield.

The sound of silence is like a subtlety behind everything that you awaken to; you don't notice it if you're seeking the extremes.

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

This unique collection presents the verse, much of it translated for the first time, of fourteen eminent Chinese Buddhist poet monks.

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.

Shikantaza--or "e;just sitting"e;--is one of the simplest, most subtle forms of meditation, and one of the most easily misunderstood.

An excellent, practical introduction to Zen meditation.

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

Love, compassion, and peace - these words are at the heart of all spiritual endeavors.

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

"e;We cannot find ourselves, or be ourselves, alone.

The word "e;mu"e; is one ancient Zen teacher's response to the earnest question of whether even a dog has "e;buddha nature"e;.

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.

Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.

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.

The massive outpouring of consumer products available today might alone lead one to ask "e;How much is enough?

Both broad and deep, this eye-opening book is one of the best available overviews of the radical psychological teachings underlying the Buddhist approach to freedom and peace.

Timely and audacious, Buddha at the Apocalypse challenges us to look directly at the devastating assumptions underlying the very mechanisms of the modern world - and offers a clarion call to awaken from a pervasive culture of destruction into a natural, sustainable, and sane peace.

Madhyamaka, the "e;philosophy of the middle,"e; systematized the Buddha's fundamental teaching on no-self with its profound non-essentialist reading of reality.

Dogen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese Soto school of Zen, is renowned as one the world's most remarkable religious geniuses.

In fresh and inviting language and making frequent use of strikingly clear diagrams and illustrations, Unlearning the Basics challenges many of our common-sense understandings about ourselves and the world.

The great Buddhist scholars Santaraksita (725 - 88 CE.

In this dynamic and utterly novel presentation, David Loy explores the fascinating proposition that the stories we tell--about what is and is not possible, about ourselves, about right and wrong, life and death, about the world and everything in it--become the very building blocks of our experience and of reality itself.