Buddhism

The Indian philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna (c.

Here is the first full-length study of Ippolito Desideri, a Jesuit explorer and missionary who traveled in Tibet from 1715 to 1721.

This volume collects essays by philosophers and scholars working at the interface of Western philosophy and Buddhist Studies.

This book provides an in-depth textual and literary analysis of the Blue Cliff Record (Chinese Biyanlu, Japanese Hekiganroku), a seminal Chan/Zen Buddhist collection of commentaries on one hundred gongan/koan cases, considered in light of historical, cultural, and intellectual trends from the Song dynasty (960-1279).

The path of practice as taught in ancient India by Gotama Buddha was open to both women and men.

In 1654 Zen Master Yinyuan traveled from China to Japan.

The Training Anthology--or Siksa-samuccaya--is a collection of quotations from Buddhist sutras with illuminating and insightful commentary by the eighth-century North Indian master Santideva.

The Training Anthology--or Siksa-samuccaya--is a collection of quotations from Buddhist sutras with illuminating and insightful commentary by the eighth-century North Indian master Santideva.

Throughout the past millennium, certain Tibetan Buddhist yogins have taken on profoundly norm-overturning modes of dress and behavior, including draping themselves in human remains, consuming filth, provoking others to violence, and even performing sacrilege.

Thirty years ago, "e;mindfulness"e; was a Buddhist principle mostly obscure to the west.

The first comprehensive book on alcohol in pre-modern India, An Unholy Brew: Alcohol in Indian History and Religions uses a wide range of sources from the Vedas to the Kamasutra to explore drinks and styles of drinking, as well as rationales for abstinence from the earliest Sanskrit written records through the second millennium CE.

In religious studies, theory and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized debate over scientific versus theological perspectives.

In religious studies, theory and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized debate over scientific versus theological perspectives.

Buddhist studies is a rapidly changing field of research, constantly transforming and adapting to new scholarship.

By the early twenty-first century, a phenomenon that once was inconceivable had become nearly commonplace in American society: the public spiritual teacher who neither belongs to, nor is authorized by a major religious tradition.

As an incredibly diverse religious system, Buddhism is constantly changing.

Envisioning a Tibetan Luminary examines the religious biography of Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen (1859-1934), the most significant modern figure representing the Tibetan Bon religion-a vital minority tradition that is underrepresented in Tibetan studies.

In this wide-ranging exploration of the creation and use of Buddhist art in Andhra Pradesh, India, Catherine Becker examines how material remains and visual experiences shape and reveal essential human concerns.

The Buddha Party tells the story of how the People's Republic of China employs propaganda to define Tibetan Buddhist belief and sway opinion within the country and abroad.

The Buddha Party tells the story of how the People's Republic of China employs propaganda to define Tibetan Buddhist belief and sway opinion within the country and abroad.

Yogacara is one of the most influential philosophical systems of Indian Buddhism.

Found in many different religious cultures, the practice of making votive offerings into fire dates back to the earliest periods of human history.

Buddhist violence is not a well-known concept.

Winner of the Association of Asian Studies's Southeast Conference Book Prize (2014)Does imagery help or hinder the enlightenment experience?

Scholars have long been intrigued by the Buddha's defining action (karma) as intention.

The path of practice as taught in ancient India by Gotama Buddha was open to both women and men.

This book provides a detailed history of Hindu goddess traditions with a special focus on the local goddesses of Andhra Pradesh, past and present.

Dogen and Soto Zen builds upon and further refines a continuing wave of enthusiastic popular interest and scholarly developments in Western appropriations of Zen.

Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in America explores the challenges that Asian immigrants face when their religion--and consequently culture--is "e;remade in the U.

The Linji lu, or Record of Linji, ranks among the most famous and influential texts of the Chan and Zen traditions.

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Geschichte und spirituelle Tiefe einer der ältesten religiösen Traditionen der Welt: die Bön-Religion.

The paradigmatic Buddhist is the monk.

Since Zen Buddhism first captivated the attention of Western seekers the dominant discourse about this sect has been romantic, idealistic, and utopian.

Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Soto Zen sect in Japan, is especially known for introducing to Japanese Buddhism many of the texts and practices that he discovered in China.

Virtuous Bodies breaks new ground in the field of Buddhist ethics by investigating the diverse roles bodies play in ethical development.

When books about Zen Buddhism began appearing in Western languages just over a half-century ago, there was no interest whatsoever in the role of ritual in Zen.

Buddhist chronicles have long been had a central place in the study of Buddhism.

Early European histories of India frequently reflected colonialist agendas.

In this book, Anne Carolyn Klein, an American scholar and teacher of Buddhism, and Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, a rigorously trained Tibetan Lama who was among the first to bring Bon Dzogchen teachings to the West, provide a study and translation of the Authenticity of Open Awareness, a foundational text of the Bon Dzogchen tradition.

This is a companion volume to The Koan and The Zen Canon, by the same editors.

Despite Chinese efforts to stop foreign countries from granting him visas, the Dalai Lama has become one of the most recognizable and best loved people on the planet, drawing enormous crowds wherever he goes.

This book takes a bold new look at ways of exploring the nature, origins, and potentials of consciousness within the context of science and religion.

Prince Shotoku (573?

Roger Jackson provides accurate, accessible translations of three classics of medieval Indian Buddhist mysticism: the "e;couplet-treasuries"e; of the great tantric masters Saraha, Kanha, and Tilopa.

It is said that in traditional Japan the samurai embraced Zen because it helped them to be fearless in adversity, to act quickly and decisively, and to keep focused on their ultimate goal.

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

While Tamil-speaking South India is celebrated for its preservation of Hindu tradition, other religious communities have played a significant role in shaping the region's religious history.

Bodhidharma, its first patriarch, reputedly said that Zen Buddhism represents "e;a special transmission outside the teaching/Without reliance on words and letters.

This book provides the first English translation of Candrakirti's commentary (ca.