Buddhism: branches and groups

This book is a collection of some of the published papers of the author, published mostly abroad, and unravels some significant yet hitherto neglected aspects of history, culture and religion of Bihar and Bengal: two areas that were connected through an intricate network of rivers.

This book is a collection of some of the published papers of the author, published mostly abroad, and unravels some significant yet hitherto neglected aspects of history, culture and religion of Bihar and Bengal: two areas that were connected through an intricate network of rivers.

What is Tantra?

Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking explores a radical new conception of business and management.

Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking explores a radical new conception of business and management.

The Sinhalese exorcism rituals are perhaps the most complex and the most magnificent in performance still extant.

The Sinhalese exorcism rituals are perhaps the most complex and the most magnificent in performance still extant.

The 1959 Chinese military takeover of Tibet brought an end to a unique way of life in which Buddhism provided legitimacy to political and social authority in Tibet and served as value system, cultural bond, philosophy of life, and framework for a complex political and social order.

First published in 1970, The Way of Power is an exploration of the school of Mahayana Buddhism prevalent in Tibet and Mongolia, known as the Vajrayana.

First published in 1970, The Way of Power is an exploration of the school of Mahayana Buddhism prevalent in Tibet and Mongolia, known as the Vajrayana.

The 1959 Chinese military takeover of Tibet brought an end to a unique way of life in which Buddhism provided legitimacy to political and social authority in Tibet and served as value system, cultural bond, philosophy of life, and framework for a complex political and social order.

This book outlines the life of spiritual diplomacy of the 14th Dalai Lama and his emergence as a global peace icon.

This book outlines the life of spiritual diplomacy of the 14th Dalai Lama and his emergence as a global peace icon.

This book examines the interface between Buddhism and the caste system in India.

This book examines the interface between Buddhism and the caste system in India.

A stimulating account of the wide range of approaches towards conceptualising emotions in classical Indian philosophical-religious traditions, such as those of the Upanishads, Vaishnava Tantrism, Bhakti movement, Jainism, Buddhism, Yoga, Shaivism, and aesthetics, this volume analyses the definition and validity of emotions in the construction of

A stimulating account of the wide range of approaches towards conceptualising emotions in classical Indian philosophical-religious traditions, such as those of the Upanishads, Vaishnava Tantrism, Bhakti movement, Jainism, Buddhism, Yoga, Shaivism, and aesthetics, this volume analyses the definition and validity of emotions in the construction of

This book offers a systematic and radical introduction to the Buddhist roots of Patanjala-yoga, or the Yoga system of Patanjali.

This book offers a systematic and radical introduction to the Buddhist roots of Patanjala-yoga, or the Yoga system of Patanjali.

What happens when a Tibetan Buddhist lama and a Christian clergyman sit down to talk?

Even though hundreds of thousands of people have attended a Kalachakra empowerment, very few actually know how to put the Kalachakra teachings into practice.

The Kalachakra Path offers a profound method for actualising your greatest potential and contributing to greater peace and harmony within this world.

In a time of particularly strong violence and conflict, whole regions of the globe are engaged in ideological struggles, rooted in widespread ignorance and fear.

The reason many Dzogchen teachings are connected to a sadhana involving the peaceful and wrathful deities is that the displays include these deities.

How often do you hear the story of a man who was immaculately born from within a lotus flower with a thousand petals, in the middle of a lake, having been sent as a meteor from the heart of the Boudha of Boundless light?

Blazing Splendor paints an intimate portrait of the lost culture of Old Tibet and of a remarkable man who inspired thousands.

Taras tenacity is immense and Buddha Shakyamuni, when teaching on Tara, said among all the other buddhas, Tara has exceedingly great resolve.

Nearly 10 percent of pastors have adulterous affairs and 15 percent are addicted to Internet pornography.

This new collection of essays shares insights drawn from more than fifty years of traveling.

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.

Osho is known around the world for his pioneering contribution to meditation the science of inner transformation with the unique approach of his "e;Osho Active Meditations"e; acknowledging the accelerated pace of the contemporary world and bringing meditation into modern life.

Understanding our minds and consciousness are topics high on everybody's list of important issues.

Using eleven Zen stories as a starting point and diving deep into their mysterious world, he then weaves his magical clarity on many diverse contemporary topics.

Nirvana has become an idealized word associated with the juxtaposition of a cult rock celebrity who died before his time and a vague new age version of Eastern religion.

Eleven classic anecdotes provide starting points to demonstrate the relevance of Zen to every aspect of 21st-century life.

Today, humanity is caught up in the mad complexity of the mind, and as never before, there is an urgent need to rediscover simplicity and innocence.

The feeling that it is five minutes to midnight is known to many by now, and is often referred to as the "e;Doomsday Clock.

Fed up with teenage life in the suburbs, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard.

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.

For over thirty years, Opening the Hand of Thought has offered an introduction to Zen Buddhism and meditation unmatched in clarity and power.

In The Gateless Gate, one of modern Zen Buddhism's uniquely influential masters offers classic commentaries on the Mumonkan, one of Zen's greatest collections of teaching stories.