Buddhism

Der praktische Lebensratgeber von dem international bekannten Gartenbau-Architekten und Zen-Mönch Shunmyo Masuno zeigt, wie man aus den alltäglichen Pflichten ein sinnvolles, freudiges Tun macht.

This book examines the interface between Buddhism and the caste system in India.

The Shikoku pilgrimage, a 1400 kilometre, eighty-eight temple circuit around Japan's fourth largest island, takes around forty days by foot, or one week by car.

Originally published in 2002 Culture, Ritual and Revolution in Vietnam is a study of the history and consequences of the revolutionary campaign to transform culture and ritual in northern Vietnam.

Originally published in 1997, Religions of Tibet in Practice is a landmark work--the first major anthology on the topic ever produced.

The authoritative cultural history of Virginia's most famous accused witch In 1706, Grace Sherwood was ';ducked' after her neighbors in Princess Anne County accused her of witchcraft.

One of the last criminal trials using the 1735 Witchcraft Act was, improbably, in London in 1944.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead is one of the texts that, according to legend, Padma-Sambhava was compelled to hide during his visit to Tibet in the late 8th century.

The history of Buddhism has been characterized by an ongoing tension between attempts to preserve traditional ideals and modes of practice and the need to adapt to changing cultural conditions.

A revealing look at the Jewish American encounter with BuddhismToday, many Jewish Americans are embracing a dual religious identity, practicing Buddhism while also staying connected to their Jewish roots.

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

The Tao Te Ching, the classic work of ancient Chinese wisdom, has inspired and guided millions of people over more than a hundred generations.

Millions of Americans today practice the asanas, or postures, of yoga, but many are unaware of the profound spiritual teachings at the heart of yoga's ancient source scriptures.

What would a Buddhist theory of texts look like through the lens of the 5th-century thinker Buddhaghosa?

This book explores how to utilize Buddhism in psychotherapy and how Buddhism itself acts as a form of psychotherapy, using Buddhism practices as a lens for universal truth and wisdom rather than as aspects of a religion.

That which is never lost cannot be found, and to search for it is absurd.

In Drifting Through Samsara, Masoumeh Rahmani provides a fieldwork-based study of Goenka's Vipassana meditation movement in New Zealand.

First published in 1932.

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.

This book presents a rethink on the significance of Thai Buddhism in an increasingly complex and changing post-modern urban context, especially following the financial crisis of 1997.

Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought provides the reader with a thorough and valuable overview of the historical development of the major Eastern religious and philosophical traditions, primarily in India, China, and Japan.

Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition.

Combines the voices of scholars and practitioners in analysing Buddhist women's history.

An eminent anthropologist examines the foundings of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early twentieth century--a religious development that was a major departure from "e;folk"e; or "e;popular"e; Buddhism.

Two issues central to the transition from the Koryo to the Choson dynasty in fourteenth-century Korea were social differences in ruling elites and the decline of Buddhism, which had been the state religion.

This book is the first major study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial which took place in 1612, when ten witches were arraigned and hung in the village of Pendle in Lancashire.

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

Describing one of the most important practices of hathayoga (khecarimudra), the Khecarividya of Adinatha is presented here to an English-speaking readership for the first time.

Ratified by the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1993 and expanded in 2018, "e;Towards a Global Ethic (An Initial Declaration),"e; or the Global Ethic, expresses the minimal set of principles shared by people-religious or not.

Quest for Confirmation, the second volume of the series Come Along: We Are Truth-Bound, is a cross-examination of the concepts derived in Volume One, A Dialogue and Dialectic: Bridging the Great Epistemic Divides.

Based on newly discovered texts, this book explores the barely known but tremendously influential thought of the Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Mabja Jangchub Tsondru (d.

Viele Menschen beschäftigen sich heute mit Buddhismus, Meditation und Achtsamkeit, doch nur sehr wenige Westeuropäer haben den Buddhismus je an seiner Quelle studiert.

In Integrative Spirituality, Patrick J.

A major contribution to the literature on Buddhist practice according to the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism from its foremost interpreter.

This study presents details about the life and philosophy of the founder of Buddhism, Prince Gautama of India or the Buddha, in the form of a poem as told from an imaginary Buddhist character.

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.

A welcome new translation of Gampopas classic overview of the Buddhas teachings.

Millions of Americans today practice the asanas, or postures, of yoga, but many are unaware of the profound spiritual teachings at the heart of yoga's ancient source scriptures.

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.

Ein Zen-Memoir von Henry ShukmanDer erfolgreiche Romancier und Poet Henry Shukman legt in ­diesem ergreifend geschriebenen Memoir Rechenschaft ab über seinen persönlichen Heilungsweg.

Witchcraft has proven an important, if difficult, historical subject to investigate and interpret over the last four decades or so.

The ancient Chinese martial art of Xingyi Quan is known for its explosive internal power.

Associated with the promotion of world peace, the Kalachakra - or Wheel of Time - tantra is one of the most detailed and encompassing systems of theory and practice within Tibetan Buddhism.

This book provides a comprehensive account on the doctrines of the Andhakas, an early Buddhist sect.

"e;My religion is very simple.