Buddhism

A stunning modern translation of a Buddhist classic that is also one of the oldest literary texts in world written by women.

Li Sen's Drifting Skandhas is a poetic testimony to an ancient practice essential to our life and times.

This companion volume focuses on the application and practical ramifications of Indian ethics.

This work proposes a theological investigation of the community of the Church as outlined by liberation theology and a possible conversation with liberation from suffering in Tibetan Buddhism.

This work proposes a theological investigation of the community of the Church as outlined by liberation theology and a possible conversation with liberation from suffering in Tibetan Buddhism.

This book examines the role of Buddhism in India-Japan relations through three approaches.

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a key figure in the introduction of Buddhism to the non-Asian world.

Philip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s.

The truth of Chan Buddhismbetter known as ';Zen'is regularly said to be beyond language, and yet Chan authorsmedieval and modernproduced an enormous quantity of literature over the centuries.

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a key figure in the introduction of Buddhism to the non-Asian world.

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a key figure in the introduction of Buddhism to the non-Asian world.

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

The Dalai Lama has represented Buddhism as a religion of non-violence, compassion, and world peace, but this does not reflect how monks learn their vocation.

Miracles of Book and Body is the first book to explore the intersection of two key genres of sacred literature in medieval Japan: sutras, or sacred Buddhist texts, and setsuwa, or "e;explanatory tales,"e; used in sermons and collected in written compilations.

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The tradition of Chan Buddhism-more popularly known as Zen-has been romanticized throughout its history.

Robert Desjarlais's graceful ethnography explores the life histories of two Yolmo elders, focusing on how particular sensory orientations and modalities have contributed to the making and the telling of their lives.

The first authoritative volume on the totality of Buddhism in the West, Westward Dharma establishes a comparative and theoretical perspective for considering the amazing variety of Buddhist traditions, schools, centers, and teachers that have developed outside of Asia.

With Imagining Karma, Gananath Obeyesekere embarks on the very first comparison of rebirth concepts across a wide range of cultures.

When Shunryu Suzuki Roshi's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind was published in 1972, it was enthusiastically embraced by Westerners eager for spiritual insight and knowledge of Zen.

In this rich and deeply personal account of life in the highlands of Nepal, Geoff Childs chronicles the daily existence of a range of people, from venerated lamas to humble householders.

This beautifully written work sheds new light on the origins and nature of Mahayana Buddhism with close readings of four well-known texts-the Lotus Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Tathagatagarbha Sutra, and Vimalakirtinirdesa.

In late classical and early medieval China, ascetics strove to become transcendents--deathless beings with supernormal powers.

Dao De Jing is one of the richest, most suggestive, and most popular works of philosophy and literature.

Zen Buddhism is perhaps best known for its emphasis on meditation, and probably no figure in the history of Zen is more closely associated with meditation practice than the thirteenth-century Japanese master Dogen, founder of the Soto school.

A richly diverse collection of classical Indian terms for expressing the many moods and subtleties of emotional experienceWords for the Heart is a captivating treasury of emotion terms drawn from some of India's earliest classical languages.

This ethnographic account of a Northern Thai monastery examines meditation in detail and analyzes the motivation and experience of renouncers.

This ethnographic account of a Northern Thai monastery examines meditation in detail and analyzes the motivation and experience of renouncers.

This introduction to Hindu law and jurisprudence questions the traditional perception of law, and reveals law''s close linkage with religion.

An introduction to the Buddhist concept of nirvana, offering its own interpretations of key texts and translations for non-specialist readers.

This introduction to Hindu law and jurisprudence questions the traditional perception of law, and reveals law''s close linkage with religion.

How do we, as individuals, accommodate a pessimistic and misanthropic view of the world?

This book examines the origins and practices of Chinese Feng Shui as well as its recent Western interpretations.

This clearly written undergraduate textbook explains the origin and development of Buddhist ideas and concepts.

Angelika Malinar analyses the doctrines of the Bhagavadgita and its historical and cultural contexts.

A systematic introduction to Buddhist ethics aimed at anyone interested in Buddhism.

An analysis of early Buddhism in social and economic contexts.

This book deals with issues at the intersection of philosophy, theology, religious studies and Buddhist studies.

"e;This wonderful book brings East and West--and ancient and modern worlds--together and provides profound wisdom and guidance for anyone struggling with stress, anxiety, anger, fear, or loneliness.

Bring compassion, self-awareness, radical acceptance, practitioner presence, and caring to the relationships you have with you patients by utilizing the advice in The Zen of Helping: Spiritual Principles for Mindful and Open-Hearted Practice.

Bring compassion, self-awareness, radical acceptance, practitioner presence, and caring to the relationships you have with you patients by utilizing the advice in The Zen of Helping: Spiritual Principles for Mindful and Open-Hearted Practice.

This book analyses the power that religion wields upon the minds of individuals and communities and explores the predominance of language in the actual practice of religion.

This book analyses the power that religion wields upon the minds of individuals and communities and explores the predominance of language in the actual practice of religion.

In Integrative Spirituality, Patrick J.