Buddhism

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.

Autumn Light: My Fifty Years in Zen is one woman's witness to the half-century when Zen Buddhism took root in the West.

Ornament of Dakpo Kagyu Thought presents a sparkling translation of The Mahamudra Aspiration Prayer by Rangjung Dorje and commentary by Mendong Tsampa.

Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas.

Visions of the Buddha offers a ground-breaking approach to the nature of the early discourses of the Buddha, the most foundational scriptures of Buddhist religion.

This book aims to be the first comprehensive exposition of "e;mindful journalism"e;-drawn from core Buddhist ethical principles-as a fresh approach to journalism ethics.

L’expression « être zen » est aujourd’hui synonyme de « garder son calme », voire d’« être cool ».

The Lawudo Lama presents two life stories along with an extended introduction laying out their social and cultural context.

This book analyzes the variety of ways through which Japanese religions (Buddhism, Shinto, and new religious movements) contribute to the dynamics of accelerated globalization in recent decades.

This book traces the genealogy and historical memory of the twelfth-century ruler Prithviraj Chauhan, remembered as the ''last Hindu Emperor of India''.

Buddhism in America provides the most comprehensive and up to date survey of the diverse landscape of US Buddhist traditions, their history and development, and current methodological trends in the study of Buddhism in the West, located within the translocal flow of global Buddhist culture.

This book suggests that previous critiques of the rules of Buddhist monks (Vinaya) may now be reconsidered in order to deal with some of the assumptions concerning the legal nature of these rules and to provide a focus on how Vinaya texts may have actually operated in practice.

Koans are dialogues that stand at the center of Zen Buddhist literature and are often used to provoke the "e;great doubt"e; in testing a trainee's progress.

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

As the first systematic attempt to probe the linguistic strategies of Daoist Zhuangzi and Chan Buddhism, this book investigates three areas: deconstructive strategy, liminology of language, and indirect communication.

Gendun Chopel is considered the most important Tibetan intellectual of the twentieth century.

In The Healthy Mind, Dr.

First published in 1914, this is a fascinating investigation of the origins of Buddhism, drawing on a wealth of evidence relating to the life and teachings of the Buddha.

This book identifies what is meant by sati (smrti), usually translated as 'mindfulness', in early Buddhism, and examines its soteriological functions and its central role in the early Buddhist practice and philosophy.

The Moon Points Back comprises essays by both established scholars in Buddhist and Western philosophy and young scholars contributing to cross-cultural philosophy.

Hans Penner takes a new look at the classic stories of the life of the Buddha.

The idea that there is a truth within the person linked to the discovery of a deeper, more fundamental, more authentic self, has been a common theme in many religions throughout history and an idea that is still with us today.

One of the most acclaimed and perceptive observers of globalism and Buddhism now gives us the first serious consideration - for Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike - of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher.

A key Dzogchen textavailable together with its Tibetan commentaries, including from the fifteenth Karmapafrom a preeminent translator.

The number of Buddhists in Australia has grown dramatically in recent years.

Die Autobiografie des Zen-Meisters Thich Nhat Hanh über die Anfänge eines beispiellosen spirituellen LebenswegsWie wurde Thich Nhat Hanh zu einem spirituellen Meister?

With a foreword by Prof.

Incorporating the novels, pamphlets and letters of Henry Miller, Killing the Buddha argues for Miller's written work to be considered as a whole in relation to the theme of Zen Buddhism, specifically the concept of Satori (awakening).

Both a demonstration of and critical self-reflection on method, this book explores how methodologies shape our understanding of the diversity of Buddhist traditions in the past and the present.

"e;The real history of man is the history of religion.

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.

Originally published in 1971.

Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism examines how the third Karmapa hierarch, Rangjung Dorj (1284-1339) transformed reincarnation from a belief into a lasting Tibetan institution.

This book explores the resonances between Deleuze's philosophy and a range of philosophical concepts in Buddhism.

Renowned scholar-monk and bestselling translator Bhikkhu Bodhi's definitive, practical guide on how to read ancient Buddhist texts in the original language.

To many Westerners, the most appealing teachings of the Buddhist tradition pertain to ethics.

Both a demonstration of and critical self-reflection on method, this book explores how methodologies shape our understanding of the diversity of Buddhist traditions in the past and the present.

The Lotus Sutra--one of the most popular Buddhist classics--is here accessibly introduced by one of its most eminent scholars.