Buddhism

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

A revolutionary approach to writing inspired by ancient Eastern wisdom, from the bestselling author of Wabi SabiJoin author and Japanologist Beth Kempton on a sacred journey to uncover the secrets of fearless writing which have lain buried in Eastern philosophy for two thousand years.

Let go of parenting expectations and fears to raise courageous, confident children.

An ancient Buddhist guide to confronting difficult circumstances and letting go of clinging to the ego.

Some twenty-five centuries after the Buddha started teaching, his message continues to inspire people across the globe, including those living in predominantly secular societies.

A raucous, irreverent look into the Buddhist and Martial Arts worlds Can we be martial arts practitioners and Buddhists at the same time?

'In a direct and lovely way, Stephen, a meditation teacher and a peacemaker in Israel and Palestine shows us how to steady our hearts, how to live and embody trust and wisdom in an uncertain world.

'Life-changing' - Sara Makin, Founder & CEO of Makin Wellness If you learn to let go,your life will take off.

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.

Shares a series of mindfulness techniques and improv exercises with masks to suppress the ego, calm the mind, and allow spontaneous playfulness and spaciousness to arise from your deepest nature Draws on Buddhist philosophy to describe how and why the exercises work Woven throughout with a lighthearted parable of an overweight and out-of-work Lone Ranger and Tonto who meet Buddha and experience spiritual awakeningSharing a series of mindfulness techniques and acting exercises that show how malleable the self can be, award-winning actor, narrator, and Zen Buddhist priest Peter Coyote reveals how to use masks, meditation, and improvisation to free yourself from fixed ideas of who you think you are and help you release your ego from constant defensive strategizing, calm the minds overactivity, and allow spontaneous playfulness to arise out of your deepest nature.

Examines myths of the chintamani from East and West, including from China, India, and South America; in legends of the Holy Grail and Atlantis; and in Nicholas Roerichs real-life quest for Shambhala Explains the chintamani matrix--the multidimensional field of light, energy, and consciousness that forms networks of gems on the etheric and physical levels Provides simple and advanced practices with crystal grids and meditation to help you access the chintamani matrix and realize your innermost hearts desires Space, time, intention, matter, and consciousness all entangle in crystals.

Restores the feminine essence of the Tao Te Ching as well as the simplicity and poetic undertones of the chapters Offers commentary for each of the 81 chapters and key Chinese characters to reveal their profound wisdom Translated from ancient silk and bamboo slip manuscripts, the oldest known copies of the Tao Te Ching Paper with French flaps In this book, Rosemarie Anderson shares her discoveries of the Divine Feminine Tao alongside her original translation of the Tao Te Ching.

How to tune in to our own biology in pursuit of spiritual awakening Provides a practical program, complete with enjoyable, even playful meditations, for realizing greater self-awareness, increased wisdom, and happiness Shows how recent discoveries in physics, evolutionary biology, and psychology express in scientific terms the same insights the Buddha discovered more than 2,500 years ago Reveals the origins of attachments, desires, emotions, and thoughts in our own bodiesTaking us on an evolutionary journey to find the origins of emotions, desires, and thoughts in our own bodies, Wes Scoop Nisker shows not only how cutting-edge science is proving the tenets of the Buddha but also how we can interpret the traditional practices of Buddhism through this scientific lens for more personal freedom and peace of mind.

A deep exploration of the direct experience of non-dual reality and its lessons for spiritual growth and development Examines the direct perception of non-dual reality and shows its implications for navigating ordinary reality in an open, compassionate, and ever-maturing way Shares the authors most significant awakening experiences and explores their psycho-emotional and psychospiritual foundations Offers practical teachings for spiritual understanding, emotional development, and the cultivation of compassionExploring the direct perception of non-dual, non-ordinary reality, Paul Weiss shares guidance for navigating ordinary reality in an open, compassionate, and ever-maturing way.

Reveals a structured mind-body system for cultivating effortless action and intelligent spontaneity for peak performance Details 4 fundamental habits and routines that are essential for developing peak performance and explains how to incorporate them into daily life Explains the cognitive science behind the development of expert skills and how the teachings of ancient Eastern sages align with these scientific findings Offers practices for cultivating physical and mental intelligence, fasting the mind, and harnessing creativity to achieve your desires Integrating the wisdom of the ancient sages with modern science, Jason Gregory explains how world-class artists and athletes reach peak performance--and how you, too, can harness this lifestyle technology to make your actions effortless, enjoy intelligent spontaneity, and reach optimal performance at a peak level.

7 simple yet powerful guidelines provide a compass for navigating life harmoniously, cultivating a peaceful mind, and spreading kindness Offers 7 guidelines for living a life of harmony and peace based on existing guidance from Buddhism, Yoga, and other great teachings, integrated and updated for the modern world Explains how to implement the guidelines in daily life on a practical basis, supported by real-life examples and practices Illustrates in-depth how and why each of these guidelines hold value and how they provide a set of tools to help us deal with lifes ups and downs more skillfully, mindfully, and compassionately In our very busy world its easy to get lost in the details and demands of everyday living.

Explains how to use your Taoist astrology birth chart as a personal nutritional guide for health, longevity, and organ energy balance Explores how to help balance your birth chi through your eating habits as well as explaining how foods address your five-element energetic profile Provides detailed food lists based on ancient Taoist wisdom that reveal their effect on the Yin, Yang, and five-element energies Shows how your five-element energies outline your life and influence success in relationships and at work We are each born with a unique combination of heavenly and earthly energies defined by the five elements and dictated by the universe at the moment you take your first breath.

A guide for achieving an enlightened mind through the art of non-doing Details meditation practices, focused on stillness of the mind, along with Patanjalis yoga methods to maintain a consciousness referred to as being in the zone Builds on Taoist, Confucian, and Hindu principles along with scientific findings to support wu-wei--the art of non-doing, non-forcing--as a way of life Explains how wu-wei practitioners cultivate intelligent spontaneity and effortless action to allow the natural harmony of the cosmos to prevail The practice of non-doing, non-forcing is an essential aspect of Taoism known as wu-wei.

An exploration of the use of cannabis as a sacrament in spiritual practice Provides instructions for using marijuana for the spiritual practices of spontaneous movement, ecstatic dance, sitting meditation, and gazing meditation, allowing you to open the bodys energies more fully and get closer to the Divine or your higher self Includes a new translation of the Five Moral Precepts of Buddhism, adapted to include energetic practices and the judicious use of entheogenic substances as a legitimate support for spiritual growth Includes access to 9 audio meditations With the end of marijuana prohibition on the horizon, people are now openly seeking a spiritual path that embraces the benefits of cannabis.

A comprehensive guide to the core practices of the Universal Healing Tao System and the advanced esoteric practices of Inner Alchemy Explains each of the nine levels of Inner Alchemy and their more than 240 formulas Explores the Four Healing Arts for transformation of the emotional body, physical body, energy body, and spiritual body Provides simplified versions of core Universal Healing Tao practices to more easily integrate the system into your daily life Shows how these exercises were designed to increase longevity and ensure the survival of consciousness beyond death Explaining the evolution and core of the Universal Healing Tao system, Master Mantak Chia and William U.

A detailed guide to restoring the eight foundational areas of health Explains how each of legendary Taoist masters known as the Eight Immortals has a specific area of health as the focus of his or her teachings Offers practices, techniques and guidelines for each of the Eight Immortal Healer teachings, including the important roles of oxygen and water in the body, nutrition, detoxification, exercise, energy work, emotional pollution, and spiritual hygieneThe Eight Immortals are a group of legendary ancient Taoist masters, each associated with a specific area of health or a powerful healing technique.

Exercises to deactivate emotional triggers, transform negative emotions into positive ones, and heal from PTSD, depression, anxiety, and addiction Provides illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to combine the eye movements of EMDR therapy with the energetic practices of the Universal Healing Tao Reveals how negative emotions are stored in the organs, where they also have effects on physical, mental, and spiritual health Explains how to release stored negative emotions, transform them into positive energy, and harmonize the energies of your organs Through the energy psychology practices from the 5000-year-old Taoist Chi Kung system, you can recycle negative emotional states into positive energy for your spiritual, emotional, and physical benefit.

Jodos interpretations of the stories and koans of Zen master Ejo Takata Offers more than 60 Zen teaching tales, initiatory stories, koans, and haikus for self-realization and spiritual awakening Each story or koan is accompanied by the authors lucid and penetrating commentary, blending the same burlesque slapstick and sublime insight that characterize his films Explains how one must see beyond the words of the story to grasp the spiritual insights they contain Before he became the film maker and graphic novel author known throughout the world today, Alejandro Jodorowsky studied with Zen master Ejo Takata in Mexico City.

A guide to the mental disciplines and visualizations that Masters have used for ages in their quest for illumination.

A profound reflection on how complementary themes in Buddhism and Christianity could serve as the basis for a truly ecumenical faith Compares Zen meditation with the Greek Orthodox practice of Hesychasm (prayer of the heart) Shows how Buddha and Jesus represent the distinct yet complementary values of meditation and compassion In Asian spiritual traditions the mountain traditionally symbolizes meditation while the ocean signifies compassion.

The eighth volume in the Dalai Lama's definitive and bestselling Library of Wisdom and Compassion series, and the second of three focusing on emptiness.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama explores emptiness, one of the most central teachings in Buddhism, in the newest volume of the bestselling series The Library of Wisdom and Compassion.

Deepen your understanding of meaning and truth with the third volume of the Dalai Lama's esteemed series Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics.

Learn how to overcome distraction in meditation practice and develop clarity in your relationships, work, and activities with this new guide from a beloved meditation teacher.

A Buddhist scholar reflects on life, death, and the ways we blind ourselves to the inevitable as he confronts his own mortality.

The latest offering from a renowned translator in the Buddhist world of one of the most important texts in the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

Classical stories and depictions of hungry ghosts not only tell us a great deal about Buddhism in the ancient worldthey also speak to the modern human condition.

New translations of teachings on meditative practice from four lesser-known but highly influential Tibetan Buddhist traditions.

The Dalai Lama's translator and author of the definitive biography of Tsongkhapa here presents the first translation of one of that master's seminal and best-known works.

The second volume in an historic and noteworthy 6-volume series containing many of the first English translations of the classic mahamudra literature compiled by the Seventh Karmapa as well as extensive commentary that brilliantly unravels enigmas and clarifies cryptic verses.

A renowned Tibetan lama's guidance for supporting your loved ones through death and for dying without fear yourself.

Lions Roar says, This book is a treasure of subtle revelation.

The Six Healing Sounds that keep the vital organs in optimal condition Presents vocalizations and accompanying postures that dissolve the tensions at the root of unhealthy chi flow and organ malfunction Shows how to release excess heat trapped around the organs and redistribute it to cooler regions of the body to bring balance, health, and calmness to the entire system Thousands of years ago Taoist masters discovered that a healthy organ vibrates at a particular frequency.

An illustrated guide to releasing emotional and physical blockages in the pelvic area through massage Presents step-by-step instructions for sexual organ massages for women and men Explains techniques to release knots, unravel nerve and lymphatic tangles, dissolve toxins and sediments, and increase blood flow Effective for impotency, frequent and difficult urination, painful menstruation, ovarian cysts, menopause symptoms, painful intercourse, and low libido as well as back pain, sciatica, and hormone imbalance Our sexual organs play a major role in our physical and emotional health.

The shamanic roots of Taoist practice Explains the principles of the Taoist Medicine Wheel, including the Five Elements, the animals of the Chinese zodiac, and the trigrams of the I Ching Includes exercises from the Wheel of Love to access the Tao of Ecstasy Contains illustrated teaching stories about the Eight Immortals Thousands of years ago the immortals known as the Shining Ones shipwrecked on the Chinese coast.

A guide to nourishing the body through bone marrow rejuvenation exercises Presents exercises to regrow bone marrow, revive the internal organs, and prevent osteoporosis Explains the use of bone breathing and bone compression, hitting to detoxify the body, and sexual energy massage and chi weight lifting to enhance the life force within Most Westerners believe that a daily physical exercise program helps slow the aging process.

A guide to the advanced practice of Inner Alchemy, which brings the physical body into balance with the energy body Presents the second level of Inner Alchemy practices that use the eight forces of the pakua (bagwa) to collect, gather, and condense chi in the body Explains how to balance negative emotional energy with positive energy to detoxify, nourish, and integrate the physical and the energy body with the forces of nature Shows how to collect and channel the greater energies of the stars and planets to create unity between what is above and below Cosmic Fusion is an advanced level of Inner Alchemy that teaches how to bring the physical body into balance with the energy body--a necessary prerequisite for the formation of the universal body, the pearl of compassion that is one with Original Creation and the Universal Tao.

An introduction to the ancient Taoist exercise system of Tao Yin Includes 45 fully illustrated exercises that promote flexibility, strength, and balance in ones physical, mental, and spiritual energy Addresses the health needs of the musculoskeletal system and the unique physical stresses of a modern urban lifestyleIn the Western world, exercise focuses mainly on physical fitness and developing muscular strength.

Advanced Inner Alchemy exercises that promote the free flow of energy throughout the body in preparation for the Practice of the Immortal Tao Explains how to open the Great Bridge Channel and the Great Regulator Channel Includes exercises to strengthen and wrap the spinal cord with energy Reveals how to create a thicker aura to protect the body and receive the higher frequencies of the Universal ForceThe Fusion of the Eight Psychic Channels practice builds upon the Fusion of the Five Elements and Cosmic Fusion practices and is the final step in preparation for the Practice of the Immortal Tao.

A guide to the practice of Inner Alchemy, which allows you to control the energies of your inner universe to better connect with energies of the outer universe Teaches the essential first-level meditations in Taoist practice, also known as Fusion of the Five Forces, for self-healing and emotional and spiritual development Shows step-by-step how to remove negative emotions from the organs in which they are lodged by neutralizing and transforming the negativity back into positive energy Includes basic and advanced-level meditations Fusion of the Five Elements is the necessary first step in the Taoist practice of Inner Alchemy, in which one learns to control the generation and flow of emotional, mental, and physical energies within the body.

A guide to the foundational practice of smiling to the organs to promote deep relaxation and internal health Presents exercises that dissolve the physical and mental tensions that can cause energy blockages and unhealthy chi flow Shows how to recognize illness at its inception on the organ level and how to balance the emotions to heal it The Inner Smile is a practice that focuses gratitude and joy on the internal organs to resolve the physical and mental tensions that can lead to illness.

Explores the deep, internal work necessary for the effective practice of tai chi Reveals the Taoist principles that gave birth to the Yang-style tai chi forms Shows how tai chi can circulate powerful healing energies through the bodyTaoist adepts developed tai chi as both a martial art and a way to cultivate their physical body, energy body, and spirit body.

A fundamental Taoist practice for enhancing and utilizing chi Includes breathing and movement exercises to promote vitality and healing through the cultivation of chi in the tan tien and perineum areas Presents the foundational exercises that are essential for more advanced practices such as Iron Shirt Chi Kung and Cosmic HealingTan Tien Chi Kung is the art of cultivating and condensing chi in the lower abdomen--the tan tien--the fundamental power storehouse of the body.

A guide to the practice of the Lesser Kan and Li that gives birth to the soul body and the immortal spirit body Shows how to awaken higher consciousness through practices in total darkness that stimulate the release of DMT by the pineal gland Shows how to transform sexual energy into life-force energy to feed the soul body The Lesser Enlightenment of Kan and Li practice combines the compassion of the heart energies (yang/fire) with sexual energies originating in the kidneys (yin/water) to form and feed the soul or energy body.

Taoist meditation practices for increasing and maintaining mental awareness, memory, and clarity Details techniques to increase the level of chi energy in the brain Explains how to synchronize the left and right brain by activating the bodys energetic potentials Shows that by emptying the mind there is more energy to heal the body Wisdom Chi Kung teaches practitioners how to revitalize the brain: to repair function, increase memory, and expand capacity.