The She-rab Dong-bu (Tree of Wisdom) is a metrical translation in Tibetan of a Sanscrit ethical work entitled Prajnya Danda, written by Nagarjuna who flourished in the fourth century of the Buddhist era (about 100 B.
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.
Die legendäre Zen-Lehrerin und Bestseller-Autorin über die Kunst, alles im Leben anzunehmen Charlotte Joko Beck war eine der einflussreichsten Zen-Lehrerinnen im Westen.
"Dieses Buch zeigt lebhaft, dass selbst angesichts der größten Widrigkeiten, Mitgefühl und warmherzige Sorge um andere Frieden und innere Stärke bringen.
Wie kaum ein anderer Europäer ist Eugen Herrigel nicht nur intellektuell, sondern auch durch eigene Erfahrung in den Geist und die Praxis des Zen eingedrungen.
Der praktische Lebensratgeber von dem international bekannten Gartenbau-Architekten und Zen-Mönch Shunmyo Masuno zeigt, wie man aus den alltäglichen Pflichten ein sinnvolles, freudiges Tun macht.
In seiner Lehre vom Einen Geist hat Huang-po die "Leerheit", den Kernbegriff des Mahayana-Buddhismus, auf eine einmalig klare und lebensnahe Weise erklärt.
This study is based on a manuscript which was carried by a Chinese monk through the monasteries of the Hexi corridor, as part of his pilgrimage from Wutaishan to India.
Siddhartha is an allegorical novel by Hermann Hesse which deals with the spiritual journey of an Indian boy called Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha.
This translation and commentary on an ancient Tibetan Buddhist text helps readers grasp the essence of healing and teaches healthcare practitioners how to develop limitless compassion, a quality that is essentialas our current healthcare situation makes starkly clear.
This is the second volume of the annotated translation of Tsong Khapa's Illumination of the Hidden Meaning (sbas don kun gsal), a magnificent commentary on the Cakrasamvara Tantra.
A masterful translation of classic scholar Buddhapalita's breakthrough elucidation of Nagarjuna's famous Middle Way text, which has profoundly influenced generations of Buddhist philosophers.
A Buddhist teacher shares insights into the prisoner's mindset, something with implications for us all, whether or not we are in a conventional jailAs a prison chaplain, Cuong Lu discovered that when the men inside allowed themselves to feel their pain including remorse for committing crimes knowing and feeling the truth became a source of strength for them.
Winner of the 2023 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Prize for MemoirThis luminous memoir combines the hardscrabble setting of Appalachia with the spiritual wisdom of Shunryu Suzukis classicZen Mind, Beginners Mind.
A Temporary Affairis a collection of talks given at Sunday morning sittings at the Ithaca Zen Center by Yoshin David Radin, abbot and founder of the Ithaca Zen Center for the past 40 years.
International Book AwardsReligion: Eastern | Top AwardAmericanBookFest's Best Book Awards Winner | Religion: EasternNautilus Award | GoldBenjamin Franklin Award | SilverIndependent Book Publisher's Award | BronzeNamed One of the Best Books of 2021 Spirituality and Practice MagazineAn intriguing, challenging crash course in Zen Buddhism.
Enlightened Contemporaries is the first book to compare the lives and teachings of three of the world's most admired spiritual masters: Francis of Assisi, the Christian saint; Dogen, the great Zen Buddhist teacher; and Rumi, the Islamic Sufi master.
"e;These two extraordinary Zen Teachers offer a cutting-edge immersion into the koans of our actual lives, issue by issue, urging us to plunge in, and be intimate with what actually is, in this very moment.
Said to contain the words of the Buddha on the nature of ultimate wisdom, the Lankavatara was influential in the general doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism, in particular Zen.
