Buddhism

A COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED SCIENTISTS AND ECONOMISTS IN DIALOGUE WITH HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA, ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR A MORE ALTRUISTIC ECONOMYCan the hyperambitious, bottom-line-driven practices of the global economy incorporate compassion into the pursuit of wealth?

Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations, Third Edition is the ideal textbook for those coming to the study of religion for the first time, as well as for those who wish to keep up-to-date with the latest perspectives in the field.

Zen's Chinese Heritage traces twenty-five generations of inlightened Buddhist teachers, supplementing their core teachings with history, biography, and poetry.

Ecotherapy in Practice reflects the growing interest and research in this field.

Eine Geschichte voller Hoffnung über die einzigartige Beziehung zwischen Mensch und ErdeDer Dalai Lama bekommt Besuch von einem Pandabären, der viele Meilen gewandert ist, um ihn zu sehen.

The Heart Sutra is the essential synthesis of all the Prajnaparamita Sutras, and has been a catalyst for the awakening of many people in the past.

Imagine yourself sitting on the cool damp earth, surrounded by deep night sky and fields full of fireflies, anticipating the ritual of initiation that you are about to undergo.

Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book explores the dilemmas that Buddhism faces in relation to the continuing ethnic conflict and violence in modern Sri Lanka.

Healing the Heart and Mind with Mindfulness is a practical book that provides strategies using mindfulness to manage stress, anxiety and depression, as well as ways to cultivate psychological wellbeing.

Among the generation of elder Tibetan lamas who brought Tibetan Buddhism west in the latter half of the twentieth century, perhaps none has had a greater impact on the academic study of Buddhism than Geshe Lhundub Sopa.

This book examines culture, religion and polity in the context of Buddhism.

Tibet is a place of mystic Buddhism, conserved into its own cult, with its generic Bodpa inhabitants in one unity of manners and language.

Originally published in 1966, the full Georgian text of the oldest version of this Christian version of this matchless classic of Oriental wisdom literature is made accessible to a wider readership in an English translation.

Mindfulness-based approaches to medicine, psychology, neuroscience, healthcare, education, business leadership, and other major societal institutions have become increasingly common.

A great deal has been written about the history of witchcraft, but much of what has been written is unreliable, exaggerated, or inaccurate.

Buddhism in the Modern World explores the challenges faced by Buddhism today, the distinctive forms that it has taken and the individuals and movements that have shaped it.

An interpretation of the history of Indic religions up to around 1200 CE.

This book sheds an interdisciplinary light on 'transforming bodies': bodies that have been subjected to, contributed to, or have resisted social transformations within religious or secular contexts in contemporary Europe.

In 2008, Dr Eben Alexander's brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he lapsed into a weeklong coma.

One of the three great gods of Hinduism, Siva is a living god.

The Odiyan Mandala stands at the West of the West, embodiment of the human love of beauty.

Mindfulness in Positive Psychology brings together the latest thinking in these two important disciplines.

Addresses key and contested questions regarding early Buddhism, revealing the path of meditative practice most likely followed by the Buddha.

This is a major anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet.

"e;A moving description of a life in practice which goes far beyond text-based ideas of prayer, devotion, guru-connection, or meditation, and most especially of tantric practice.

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

Although translations and interpretations of the Tao te Ching abound and new editions are released yearly, few accomplish the hard work of linking and bridging the Tao's profound message to the needs of modern readers.

This book examines the potential of conducting studies in comparative hagiology, through parallel literary and historical analyses of spiritual life writings pertaining to distinct religious contexts.

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

One of the world's leading scholars of Buddhism presents the story of its dramatic journey across the globe, from 2,500 years ago to the present day Over the course of twenty-five centuries, Buddhism spread from its place of origin in northern India to become a global tradition of remarkable breadth, depth, and richness.

Tauchen Sie ein in die farbenfrohe Welt einer der beeindruckendsten kulturellen Traditionen Sri Lankas – der Perahera.

This book discusses the profound philosophy and practical psychology behind yoga, beyond its popular body-culture aspect.

For much of the twentieth century, Confucianism was condemned by Westerners and East Asians alike as antithetical to modernity.

Senior scholars and former students celebrate the life and work of Janet Gyatso, professor of Buddhist studies at Harvard Divinity School.

This book focuses on the theme of magic in Tibetan contexts, encompassing both pre-modern and modern text-cultures as well as contemporary practices.

This is the first scholarly treatment of the emergence of American Buddhist Studies as a significant research field.

The Zen gardens of Japan are places in which to meditate.

Tales of enlightenment that stem from the centuries-old oral Tibetan tradition, collected by one of the foremost American Buddhist teachers and scholars.

Zen Koan as a Means of Attaining Enlightenment Presents the history and application of the koan exercisethe means for realizing enlightenmentwith depth and clarity.

The ambit of Buddhist studies reflects not only the spiritual and philosophical domain of Buddhism but also a symbiotic relationship between the monastic establishment and protectors of cultural tradition-a trend that one sees in the context of Buddhist revivalist projects in Mongolia and Buryatia.

First published in 1974 Beyond the Gods argues that true mystics transcend religious boundaries, and that Eastern mysticism has increasing relevance for the troubled minds and spirits of the West.

Against the backdrop of the ongoing Rohingya crisis, this book takes a close and detailed look at the rise of militant Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand, and especially at the issues of 'why' and 'how' around it.

All schools of Buddhism agree that becoming a Buddha is the highest possible accomplishment for any being.