Buddhism

The study of religions is essential for understanding other cultures, building a sense of belonging in a multicultural world and fostering a global intercultural dialogue.

Dalits, formerly called 'untouchables', remain the most oppressed community in India, and indeed in South Asia and have, until recently, been denied human and civic rights.

Joseph Walser provides the first examination of Nagarjuna's life and writings in the context of the religious and monastic debates of the second century CE.

Incorporating a new expanded introduction.

A Study in Creative History (1932) aims to present the main movements of thought as they emerge clearly into history.

To the surprise of many, the Dalai Lama recently declared that, 'I am a socialist'.

The reason many Dzogchen teachings are connected to a sadhana involving the peaceful and wrathful deities is that the displays include these deities.

In this thoughtful, affectionate collection of interviews and letters spanning three decades, beloved poet Gary Snyder talks with South African writer and scholar Julia Martin.

Tantric Revisionings presents stimulating new perspectives on Hindu and Buddhist religion, particularly their Tantric versions, in India, Tibet or in modern Western societies.

This book is the first comprehensive overview of Buddhist architecture in North America and provides an analysis of Buddhist architecture and communities.

This book analyses the social, political and religious life of the Hyolmo people of Nepal.

The present series of 75 volumes is compiled, edited and arranged encounter wise alphabetical order dealing with various aspects of Buddha, Buddhists, and Buddhism viz.

UNMASKING BUDDHISM Can we talk of Buddhism as a unified religion or are there many Buddhisms?

This book describes and analyses the structure and performance of Tibetan Buddhist death rituals, and situates that performance within the wider context of Buddhist death practices generally.

Discover ancient Tibetan breath practices for calming your mind and improving your health in this plain-English guide.

It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950's.

This book offers an overview of the emergence of Bodh Gaya as a sacred site within Gaya Dharmaksetra.

This volume of essays offers direct comparisons of historic Western and Buddhist perspectives on ethics and metaphysics, tracing parallels and contrasts all the way from Plato to the Stoics, Spinoza to Hume, and Schopenhauer through to contemporary ethicists such as Arne Naess, Charles Taylor and Derek Parfit.

This book examines the importance of the topic of 'feeling tone' (vedana) as it appears in early Buddhist texts and practice, and also within contemporary, secular, mindfulness-based interventions.

Fresh out of college, Gesshin Claire Greenwood found her way to a Buddhist monastery in Japan and was ordained as a Buddhist nun.

The newest volume in the bestselling series from the Dalai Lama.

Anagarika Dharmapala is one of the most galvanizing figures in Sri Lanka's recent turbulent history.

In the early 21st century, Buddhism has become ubiquitous in America and other western nations, moving beyond the original bodhi tree in India to become a major global religion.

Whilst accounting for the present-day popularity and relevance of Alan Watts' contributions to psychology, religion, arts, and humanities, this interdisciplinary collection grapples with the ongoing criticisms which surround Watts' life and work.

The Letters of Chan Master Dahui Pujue offers a complete annotated translation, the first into English, of a Chan Buddhist classic, the collected letters of the Southern Song Linji Chan teacher Dahui Zonggao (1089-1163).

This book, first published in 1964, concerns the practice of Zen Buddhism.

Exploring the interactions of the Buddhist world with the dominant cultures of Iran in pre- and post-Islamic times, Vaziri demonstrates that the traces and cross-influences of Buddhism have brought the material and spiritual culture of Iran to its present state even after the term was eradicated from the literary and popular language of the region.

This book is about contemporary senses of life after death in the United States, Japan, and China.

For believers and skeptics alike, A Doubter's Guide to World Religions introduces the five major world religions so that you can explore their similarities and differences in a fair and engaging way.

This commentary on Guhyasamaja tantra is the seminal guide to deity yoga and tantric visualization for the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism.

The Buddhist World joins a series of books on the world's great religions and cultures, offering a lively and up-to-date survey of Buddhist studies for students and scholars alike.

Remembering the Lotus-Born sheds light on the work of Nyangrel Nyima ser (112492), one of the most influential yet least known figures in the history of Tibetan Buddhism.

'Sometimes you just have to do something, don't you?

Introduction to Zen Training is a translation of the Sanzen Nyumon, a foundational text for beginning meditation students by Omori Sogenone of the foremost Zen teachers of the twentieth century.

A clear and straightforward introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, this book presents the basic teachings of Buddha in a way that people can readily comprehend and put into practice in their daily lives.

Extensively revised and updated, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Buddhism in Asia and the West.

Spirituality is, too often, subsumed under the heading of religion and treated as much the same kind of thing.

Exploring identity as a contemporary concern in everyday life and in the social sciences, this book focuses on how ideas about identity can be applied to organization and management studies.

The talks presented in this volume, first published in 1977, were originally delivered during a retreat in New York, in which speakers from a variety of spiritual traditions were represented.

In his Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Hegel treats the religions of the world under the rubric "e;the determinate religion.

Wang Chin-yun, a Buddhist nun born in Taiwan in 1937 and now known as the Venerable Master Cheng Yen, is one of the world's most inspiring yet largely unrecognized women.

The phenomenon of 'sacred text' has undergone radical deconstruction in recent times, reflecting how religion has broken out of its traditional definitions and practices, and how current literary theories have influenced texts inside the religious domain and beyond.