Buddhism: branches and groups

A beloved teacher's explanation of the path to enlightenment in its first-ever English translation.

The Dispeller of Obstacles is the heart essence of the accomplished master Padmasambhava who perceives the three times in the entirity.

In 1654 Zen Master Yinyuan traveled from China to Japan.

Sayings, prayers and stories drawn from the life and teachings of one of the world's greatest spiritual teachers are here brought together - for the first time - as reflections for each day of the year.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an extraordinary story of redemption in the darkest of places.

WILD MEDICINE FOR APOCALYPTIC TIMES This Witchs devotional is a collection of nature-inspired prayers, mythic incantations, stories, and pagan poetry that can be enjoyed slowly or all at once.

Bedeutende Zen-Geschichten über Schüler berühmter Zen-Meister sind der Aufhänger für eine Reflexion über Meditation und das Leben an sich; mit all seiner Heiterkeit, die es auch für uns bereit hält.

For centuries, Dzogchen - a special meditative practice to achieve spontaneous enlightenment - has been misinterpreted by both critics and malinformed meditators as being purely mystical and anti-rational.

A deep exploration of the direct experience of non-dual reality and its lessons for spiritual growth and development*; Examines the direct perception of non-dual reality and shows its implications for navigating ordinary reality in an open, compassionate, and ever-maturing way*; Shares the author's most significant awakening experiences and explores their psycho-emotional and psychospiritual foundations*; Offers practical teachings for spiritual understanding, emotional development, and the cultivation of compassionExploring the direct perception of non-dual, ';non-ordinary' reality, Paul Weiss shares guidance for navigating ordinary reality in an open, compassionate, and ever-maturing way.

Jose Cabezon offers a study of the life and most important extant work of Rog Bande Sherab, also known as Rogben (1166-1244).

Samurai Zen brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition.

Over the past three decades, the academic study of modern Paganism has gone from strength to strength.

In 2003, Brad Warner blew the top off the Buddhist book world with his irreverent autobiography/manifesto, Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, and the Truth about Reality.

Der erste Teil von "Kunst des Lebens – Kunst des Sterbens" verdeutlicht, Kulturen und Religionen übergreifend, die allen Weisheitslehren gemeinsamen Grundlagen eines von Empathie getragenen heilsamen, ethischen und nachhaltigen Verhaltens und zeigt überzeugend die guten Gründe auf, warum wir auf das Gesetz der Resonanz und in die todlose Natur unseres Geistes vertrauen können.

"e;One of the world's greatest spiritual leaders reflects on his commitments as a human being, a Buddhist monk, and the fourteenth Dalai Lama.

This groundbreaking study focuses on a village called Te in a "e;Tibetanized"e; region of northern Nepal.

Mind Over Mind explores the phenomenon of spirit possession from both anthropological and psychological perspectives.

Tsongkhapa's seminal contributions to Buddhist thought and practice, and to the course of history, are illuminated and celebrated by some of his foremost modern interpreters.

The definitive history of Sera Monastery, one of the great monastic universities of Tibet, from its founding to the present.

The Buddha Party tells the story of how the People's Republic of China employs propaganda to define Tibetan Buddhist belief and sway opinion within the country and abroad.

A novel that tells a four-hundred-year-old tale of witchcraft and intrigue, reimagining the life of a servant girl who accuses her neighbors of being witches.

If the Western world knows anything about Zen Buddhism, it is down to the efforts of one remarkable man, D.

The author of Writing Down the Bones shares her story of self-discovery through Zen Buddhism, in “beautiful and simple prose” (Library Journal).

This book, first published as two volumes in 1977 and 1978, was published purely for the purpose of showing how Buddhist training was done by the Reverend Jiyu-Kennett in the Far East.

Twenty-six centuries ago, the Buddha fleshed out the universal law of the spiritual realm: karma, which holds that our actions, our words, and even our thoughts inevitably produce effects that return to us in some form in this lifetime or a future one.

Explore new research on the religious and cultural traditions of the Himalayan Buddhist world.

Increasing numbers of professionals in the fields of psychology and therapy are seeking to incorporate elements of spirituality into their therapeutic oeuvre, addressing not only mental and emotional issues, but also the soul.

Bringing the body-mind insights of Rinzai Zen from the mountains of Japan to the Western world, Zen master Julian Daizan Skinner and Sarah Bladen present simple meditation techniques to help achieve health, wellbeing and success.

This book explores the Buddhist role in the formation of Tibetan religious thought and identity.

Forget the Age of Aquarius and hang on tight!

Dgen (1200-1253), the founder of the St Zen sect in Japan, is especially known for introducing to Japanese Buddhism many of the texts and practices that he discovered in China.

This classic of Japanese cultural studies explains the famous Japanese tea ceremony or cha-no-yu with great scholarship and clarity.

Constant self-blame for past mistakes, setbacks, or failures, and being unable to forgive others for the pain and hardship that they have caused us, are inner pains that we may not easily overcome.