Buddhist life and practice

Angels take many shapes and forms - some familiar, some otherworldly, and some that we don't even recognize as angels.

This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory.

The Routledge History of Witchcraft is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary study of the belief in witches from antiquity to the present day, providing both an introduction to the subject of witchcraft and an overview of the on-going debates.

Shulman traces the development of the four noble truths, which in fact originated as observations to be cultivated during meditation.

This is the third book in the "e;Sharing Jesus in the Buddhist World"e; series, written by evangelical mission "e;reflective practitioners"e; who are committed to developing more effective ways to win the Buddhist peoples to the Lord Jesus Christ.

The number of Buddhists in Australia has grown dramatically in recent years.

This lively introduction to Buddhist meditation offers students and practitioners alike a deeper understanding of what meditation is and its purpose and place in the context of different Buddhist schools.

';A straightforward and pragmatic guide to deepening levels of concentration and insight.

The power of capital is the power to target our attention, mould market-ready identities, and reduce the public realm to an endless series of choices.

The last century witnessed a gradual but profound transformation of the West's religious landscape.

In Sacred High City, Sacred Low City, Steven Heine argues that lived religion in Japan functions as an integral part of daily life; any apparent lack of interest masks a fundamental commitment to participating regularly in diverse, though diffused, religious practices.

Meditation for Psychotherapists provides students and practitioners of psychotherapy with specific meditation techniques.

Based on detailed ethnographic research, this book explores the varied experiences of women who have converted to Buddhism in contemporary Britain and analyses the implications of their experiences for understanding the translation and transference of Buddhist practices temporally and geographically.

Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side.

What kind of person should I strive to be?

This volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law.

THE BIG PANDA AND TINY DRAGON AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR JAMES NORBURY TELLS THE STORY OF THE CAT WHO LEARNED HOW TO BE MORE ZEN .

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Buddhism in Asia was transformed by the impact of colonial modernity and new technologies and began to spread in earnest to the West.

Western society has never been more interested in interiority.

Die japanische Teezeremonie oder der Teeweg wird aus einer jahrzehntelangen Erfahrung auf dem Weg aus den alten Dokumenten und eigenen Erfahrungen dargestellt.

This book explores the emergence and growth of Zen as a non-monastic spiritual practice in modern Japan.

Buddhism, the Internet and Digital Media: The Pixel in the Lotus explores Buddhist practice and teachings in an increasingly networked and digital era.

This book examines the worship of devas and demons in Sri Lanka, illustrating how diverse influences interacted to create the Sinhala Buddhist cosmology.

Mindfulness-Based Teaching and Learning is the first comprehensive survey text exploring the history, research, theory, and best practices of secular-scientific mindfulness.

This volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law.

Providing an overall interpretation of the Buddhist monument Borobudur in Indonesia, this book looks at Mahayana Buddhist religious ideas and practices that could have informed Borobudur, including both the narrative reliefs and the Buddha images.

By exploring lived ecological experiences across seven Buddhist worlds from ancient India to the contemporary West, Roaming Free Like a Deer provides a comprehensive, critical, and innovative examination of the theories, practices, and real-world results of Buddhist environmental ethics.

Buddhism, in its diverse forms and throughout its long history, has had a profound influence on Asian cultures and the lives of countless individuals.

In-depth anthropological studies of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China.

To the surprise of many, the Dalai Lama recently declared that, 'I am a socialist'.

Effortless Mindfulness promotes genuine mental health through the direct experience of awakened presence-an effortlessly embodied, fearless understanding of and interaction with the way things truly are.

Ritual is one of the most pervasive religious phenomena in the Tibetan cultural world.

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

This lively introduction to Buddhist meditation offers students and practitioners alike a deeper understanding of what meditation is and its purpose and place in the context of different Buddhist schools.

The imperialist ambitions of China - which invaded Tibet in the late 1940s - have sparked the spectacular spread of Tibetan Buddhism worldwide, and especially in western countries.

This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory.

A spiritual quest typically begins with a critical shock or loss, one that casts us back upon ourselves to question the meaning of life.

Although raised Roman Catholic, Susan Stabile was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun and devoted 20 years of her life to practicing Buddhism before returning to Catholicism in 2001.

An introduction to Buddhist mantras and mudras, used by meditators to open doors within.

This volume examines several theoretical concerns of embodiment in the context of Asian religious practice.

What kind of person should I strive to be?

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the state of the field of the philosophy of meditation and engages primarily in the philosophical assessment of the merits of meditation practices.

Contextualising the seemingly esoteric and exotic aspects of Tibetan Buddhist culture within the everyday, embodied and sensual sphere of religious praxis, this book centres on the social and religious lives of deceased Tibetan Buddhist lamas.

A succinct, uncompromising study of what it means to help other people, this book, first published in 1978, examines the helping process in the light of the principles of Zen Buddhism.

In what ways do Buddhists recognize, define, and sort waste from non-waste?

An indispensable collection of Buddhist devotional poems and songsLonging to Awaken features twenty-five translations of Buddhist devotional poems and songs composed by revered Tibetan masters from diverse traditions and time periods.