Buddhist life and practice

This book explores the cross- and trans-cultural dialectic between Tantra and intersecting 'magical' and 'shamanic' practices associated with vernacular religions across Monsoon Asia.

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.

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.

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.

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.

TAMING THE TIGER offers a simple approach to finding happiness for oneself that also brings happiness to others.

Taking a comparative approach, this fieldwork-based study explores the lives and thoughts of Buddhist nuns in present-day Taiwan and Sri Lanka.

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

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

This book offers a new interpretation of the relationship between 'insight practice' (satipatthana) and the attainment of the four jhanas (i.

'Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal, inner peace, and peace on earth.

From His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Mutt's cartoonist and award-winning author Patrick McDonnell comes a powerful and timely gem of a book on how to heal our relationship with the planet and each other.

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

This book describes and analyses the structure and performance of Tibetan Buddhist death rituals, and situates that performance within the wider context of Buddhist death practices generally.

*; Details the author's profound encounters with Thai magick during 4 separate pilgrimages to Thailand*; Explains the ritual process of the author's multiple Sak Yant tattoos as well as other powerful magickal rituals and initiations he experienced*; Shares how his initiatory experiences with Thai Buddhist magicians helped him destroy his destructive former selves and discover profound healing for his mind and soulSharing his profound encounters with Thai magick during four separate pilgrimages to Thailand, writer and musician Sheer Zed details the intense personal initiations and rituals he experienced with the sect of Thai Buddhist magicians known as Ajarns.

A comprehensive collection of essays exploring the interstices of Eastern and Western modes of thinking about the self, Crossroads in Psychoanalysis, Buddhism, and Mindfulness: The Word and the Breath documents just some of the challenges, conflicts, pitfalls, and "e;wow"e; moments that inhere in today's historical and cultural intersections of theory, practice, and experience.

This book examines the adaptation of Buddhism to the Australian sociocultural context.

Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death.

An Invincible Summer Within is a book of sessions of contemplation (meditation) practice.

This book examines ancient Buddhist traditions centered around water.

Let one of the leading spiritual teachers of our time offer you a radical, positive approach to living in today's world.

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

This book explores the cross- and trans-cultural dialectic between Tantra and intersecting 'magical' and 'shamanic' practices associated with vernacular religions across Monsoon Asia.

Religions of Beijing offers an intimate portrayal of lived religion in 17 different religious communities in greater Beijing.

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

This is the story of fifth century CE India, when the Yogacarin Buddhists tested the awareness of unawareness, and became aware of human unawareness to an extraordinary degree.

This Element offers a brief overview of Buddhist thought and modern scholarly approaches to its diverse forms of moral reflection.

'Thich Nhat Hanh does not merely teach peace; Thich Nhat Hanh is peace' Elizabeth GilbertWhen we're not held in the grip of fear, we can truly embrace the gifts of life.

This book examines the importance of the topic of 'feeling tone' (vedana) as it appears in early Buddhist texts and practice, and also within contemporary, secular, mindfulness-based interventions.

Translating Totality in Parts offers an annotated translation of two of preeminent Chinese Tang dynasty monk Chengguan's most revered masterpieces.

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

This book is the first comprehensive overview of Buddhist architecture in North America and provides an analysis of Buddhist architecture and communities.

In this fascinating collection of articles, Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, draws on his experience of twenty-five years of teaching in the West.

New interpretations of the central teachings of early Buddhism, mainly the relationship between identity and perception in early Buddhism.

How do we, as individuals, accommodate a pessimistic and misanthropic view of the world?

This book is the first comprehensive overview of Buddhist architecture in North America and provides an analysis of Buddhist architecture and communities.

This book is intended to encourage the use of comparative theology in contemporary Buddhist-Christian dialogue as a new approach that would truly respect each religious tradition's uniqueness and make dialogue beneficial for all participants interested in a real theological exchange.

This book provides an important case study of how local cultures, religions and spiritualities can enhance development activities, and provide helpful frameworks for contemporary societies facing the pressures of neo-liberalism.

Buddhism in the Global Eye focuses on the importance of a global context and transnational connections for understanding Buddhist modernizing movements.

With this guide, find, and keep, true happiness by discovering and practicing Buddhism's ten virtues.

In this book, Buddhist temple priest and chef Koyu Iinuma shares the simple and delicious plant-based meals he prepares in the kitchens of Fukushoji temple in Yokohama, Japan.

Unfortunate Destiny focuses on the roles played by nonhuman animals within the imaginative thought-world of Indian Buddhism, as reflected in pre-modern South Asian Buddhist literature.

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

Vastly different in belief and practice, two new Buddhist religious movements in Thailand, namely the Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke emerged in Thailand in the 1970s at a time of political uncertainty, social change and increasing dissatisfaction with the Thai Sangha and its leadership.