Buddhist life and practice

British Buddhism presents a useful insight into contemporary British Buddhist practice.

This innovative volume brings together the views of leading scholars on a range of controversial subjects including human rights, animal rights, ecology, abortion, euthanasia, and contemporary business practice.

Ergänzt durch eine Vielzahl praktischer Übungen, zeigt uns dieser frische und zugängliche Wegbegleiter, dass der Weg des Bodhisattva jedem und jeder von uns offensteht.

Battling the Buddha of Love is a work of advocacy anthropology that explores the controversial plans and practices of the Maitreya Project, a transnational Buddhist organization, as it sought to build the "e;world's tallest statue"e; as a multi-million-dollar "e;gift"e; to India.

In this accessible and important follow up to The Art of Happiness His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaches us how to live a happier and more spiritual life by fostering compassion and wisdom.

You're no idiot, of course.

Achtsamkeit und Mitgefühl als säkulare Techniken und Haltungen scheinen Räume für die Beantwortung von Bedürfnissen zu eröffnen, die wir alle haben: Wir sehnen uns nach Entschleunigung, Rückbesinnung, Akzeptanz, Wohlwollen und universellen menschlichen Werten.

Tarot is a fascinating practice, full of wonder and mystery, but if you have never picked up a deck before, all of that mysticism can seem overwhelming.

A HISTORY OF FOOD This classic work is an exploration and celebration of man s relationship with food from earliest times to the present day.

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.

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

This book on Christian missions to the Buddhist world not only provides understanding of many Buddhist cultures, but provides culturally relevant ideas on sharing Jesus with Buddhists around the world.

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

This book explores local cultural discourses and practices relating to manifestations and experiences of the demonic, the spectral and the uncanny, probing into their effects on people's domestic and intimate spheres of life.

Discover the art of spell casting to add some magick to your daily life.

Whether mere bumps in the road or genuine crises, we live in a world of unwanted events that no willpower can prevent.

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

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.

Awaken your life with the God and Goddess and discover the magick of the Wiccan wayGet ready to take a journey to a mystical place where anything can happen--an adventure into the realm of witchcraft, magick, and empowerment.

The whole world has fallen in love with this international bestseller - hundreds of thousands of copies have been sold across 25 countries.

Bringing the body-mind insights of Rinzai Zen from the mountains of Japan to the Western world, Zen master Julian Daizan Skinner and Sarah Bladen present simple meditation techniques to help achieve health, wellbeing and success.

The Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary resource, which frames and contextualises the rapidly expanding fields that explore yoga and meditative techniques.

Among Buddhist leaders influential in the West, Thich Nhat Hanh ranks second only to the Dalai Lama.

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

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

Written in words so intimate, calm, kind, and immediate, this extraordinary book feels like a message from our very own heart.

Buddhism: The Basics provides a thorough and accessible introduction to a fascinating religion.

This textbook introduces and explores the ideas, practices and philosophy of engaged Buddhism.

The idea that there is a truth within the person linked to the discovery of a deeper, more fundamental, more authentic self, has been a common theme in many religions throughout history and an idea that is still with us today.

Go beyond mere mindfulnessand deepen your connection to your self, the people in your life, and the world around you.

"e;Master storyteller Joshua Greene reveals the true, thrilling adventure story of Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada, a modern-day spiritual giant.

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

This book, first published in 1994, is a compendium of new translations of certain works regarded as fundamental texts in the Serene Reflection Buddhist Tradition (Soto Zen).

How an eccentric spiritualist from Trenton, New Jersey, helped create the most famous text of Tibetan BuddhismThe Tibetan Book of the Dead is the most famous Buddhist text in the West, having sold more than a million copies since it was first published in English in 1927.

Buddhism is widely known to advocate a stance of total pacifism towards all sentient beings, and because of this, it is often thought that Buddhist doctrine would stipulate that non-violent food practices, such as vegetarianism, be mandatory.

With a beautiful blend of stories, research, and her own field experience, Julia Cassaniti unlocks the secrets of creating calmness and the power of letting go.

Renew your life force with the chakras' seven energy centersChakras--seven power sources corresponding to your nervous system--are capable of revitalizing your body and restoring your spirit--and they're all natural, so no need for any caffeine or sugar!

Die großen buddhistischen Weisheitstexte über die Liebe alltagsnah erklärt vom weltweit bekannten Zen-LehrerWie können wir unsere Beziehungen liebevoller und ehrlicher gestalten und mit Konflikten konstruktiver umgehen?

The beautifully illustrated new adventure from cherished friends and Sunday Times bestsellers BIG PANDA AND TINY DRAGON 'James has a way to speak to your soul.

Erstmals veröffentlicht: die persönlichen Lebensweisheiten von Kampfkunst-Legende Bruce Lee.

This book, first published as Selling Water by the River in 1972, is a practical and inspirational manual for all who wish to practice Zen.

'What if the suffering that we call depression contains experiences and lessons without which we cannot be fully alive?

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

Western society has never been more interested in interiority.

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.