Buddhism: sacred texts and revered writings

This book is a first.

The Pali tradition presents a diverse and often contradictory picture of women.

A translation of a foundational scripture in beautiful, lyrical translation, perfect for recitation.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Bonsai-Kunst und entdecken Sie die Weisheit, die in den kleinen, perfekt geformten Bäumen verborgen liegt.

The First Panchen Lama's Easy Path (de lam), written nearly four hundred years ago, is like a chest of jewels that has, until now, been locked to English speakers.

Cyber Zen ethnographically explores Buddhist practices in the online virtual world of Second Life.

Like its successful predecessor, Daily Wisdom, More Daily Wisdom draws on the richness of Buddhist writings to offer a spiritual cornucopia that will illuminate and inspire day after day, year after year.

Schritt für Schritt führt Harry Mishō Teske, Zen-Meister in Kiel, in die Meditation des Zen-Buddhismus ein.

By dipping into this little book of simple Zen Buddhist sayings, you can calm your anxiety and return serenity to your soul.

Extending their successful series of collections on Zen Buddhism, Heine and Wright present a fifth volume, on what may be the most important topic of all - Zen Masters.

Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.

You know there's more to life than physical existenceLife is a journey and physical birth and death are its points of transition.

Insightful commentary on a beloved ancient philosopher of Zen by a beloved contemporary master of Zen.

Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonization, this classic written by Okakura Kakuzo helped preserve the masterpieces of Japanese art and culture by illuminating the spirit of the Japanese Tea Masters.

This book serves as an accessible and reliable survey for students wishing to gain familiarity with the basic ideas of Buddhist philosophical and religious thought, and with some of the recent research in the field.

Very few masters of Zen have been writers; very few writers about Zen have been masters.

Embark on a poignant and sometimes comic journey through Zen, poetry, and the transformative, personal practice of writing.

Beautiful, clear translations of every text necessary for one of the most important Buddhist tantric practices.

This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084-1161) - the student of the famous teacher Milarepa - using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how the image of both Milarepa and Rechungpa underwent fundamental transformations over a period of over three centuries.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Katalog chinesischer buddhistischer Textfragmente, Band 1" verfügbar.

Buddhism, Digital Technology and New Media in Korea introduces Uisang (625-702), a seminal figure in East Asian religion who founded the Korean Hwaom school of Buddhism, from various angles by placing his thought in the interdisciplinary and intercultural context of the twenty-first century.

A concise and accessible introduction to the classic Buddhist textThe Lotus Sutra is arguably the most famous of all Buddhist scriptures.

Central to Buddhism is knowing our own minds.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Tibetisch-sanskritischer Index zum Bodhicaryāvatāra, II" verfügbar.

A comprehensive guide to Shaolin Lohan Kung Fu from both ancient and contemporary masters.

How do you govern 130,000 people from exile?

Empowering Bernard Lonergan's Legacy offers an interdisciplinary approach to Lonergan's work.

China.

The Pitfalls of Piety for Married Women shows how problematic the practice of Buddhist piety could be in late imperial China.

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.

What is Tantra?

Shiga Naoya was a giant of Japanese literature but he is barely known outside Japan.

The sword has played an important role in the Japanese consciousness since ancient times.

Thousands of readers--from prisoners to priests--have embraced Jerry Braza's insights in this book, adopting and integrating the mindful practices and habits it presents.

When Buddhism came to the West in the 1960s, many were eager to adapt it straightaway to the prevailing social and intellectual currents of its new home.