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Inviting new translations of classical Buddhist texts about why the self is an illusion-and why giving it up can free us from sufferingFrom self-realization and self-promotion to self-help and the selfie, the modern world encourages us to be...

Exploring Karma & Rebirth is a vigorous and thought-provoking inquiry into two important but often misunderstood Buddhist doctrines. This challenging book: clarifies and critically appraises these traditional Buddhist doctrines, examines them in relation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877739401Author Thomas ClearyFormat HardbackPage Count 1656Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614293279Author Dalai Lama XIVFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614295204Author His Holiness the Dalai LamaFormat HardbackPage Count 366Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559391764Author Tenzin WangyalFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611805581Author Dzigar KongtrulFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861710720Author Bhikkhu BodhiFormat HardbackPage Count 1424Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

In Buddhism in Five Minutes, academic specialists offer answers to 75 questions about Buddhism that people curious about Buddhism might ask. The questions cover the Buddha, what the Buddha taught, Buddhist monasticism and the role of lay people, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958972182Author Chan Master Guo JunFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing Company

Easwaran's best-selling translation of this classic Buddhist text The Dhammapada is reliable, readable, and profound.Dhammapada means "the path of dharma," the path of harmony and righteousness that anyone can follow to reach the highest good. The...

A Zen monk strides empty-handed into a tiger's cage. An Indian master empties a bag of gold dust into the air. A young woman lays down the burden of her dead child and asks the Buddha to accept her as his disciple. These are some of the scenes evoked in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611801040Author Choegyam TrungpaFormat PaperbackPage Count 680Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946764683Author Thich Nhat HanhFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Parallax PressPublisher Parallax Press

Tiantai Buddhism emerged from an idiosyncratic and innovative interpretation of the Lotus Sutra to become one of the most complete, systematic, and influential schools of philosophical thought developed in East Asia. Brook A. Ziporyn puts Tiantai into...

This is a call to mindfulness, dedicated to easing suffering.The story of Shakyamuni Buddha's epic journey to enlightenment is perhaps the most important narrative in the Buddhist tradition. Tenzin Choegyel's The Life of the Buddha, composed in the...

A richly complex study of the Yogacara tradition of Buddhism, divided into five parts: the first on Buddhism and phenomenology, the second on the four basic models of Indian Buddhist thought, the third on karma, meditation and epistemology, the fourth on...

Rediscover the Promise of Enlightenment As Western culture has embraced practices like meditation and yoga, has something been lost in translation? "What we see in America today in both the yoga boom and mindfulness fad," writes Dr. Miles Neale, "is...

With over 520 million followers, Buddhism is now the world's fourth largest religion. Over the last seventy years or so there has been a growing interest in Buddhism, and it continues to capture the imagination of many in the West, who see it as either...

First published in 1991, this book has become established as a comprehensive guide to the theory and methods of Buddhist meditation, providing a complete introduction for beginners as well as detailed advice for experienced meditators seeking to deepen...

In this comprehensive book, Lama Surya Das provides a bridge between East and West, past, present and future, making sacred and profound Tibetan teachings clear and easily accessible for anyone who wants to lead a more enlightened and sane life.Utilizing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619029132Author Arthur BravermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645472179Author Peter SingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989515344Author Ken McLeodFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Unfettered MindPublisher Unfettered MindWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

In Buddhism As Philosophy, Mark Siderits makes the Buddhist philosophical tradition accessible to a Western audience. Offering generous selections from the canonical Buddhist texts and providing an engaging, analytical introduction to the fundamental...

Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri present a lively introduction to one of the world's richest intellectual traditions: the philosophy of classical India. They begin with the earliest extant literature, the Vedas, and the explanatory works that these...

Many of us, even on our happiest days, struggle to quiet the constant buzz of anxiety in the background of our minds. All kinds of worries--worries about losing people and things, worries about how we seem to others--keep us from peace of mind...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861711031Author Maurice O'C. WalsheFormat HardbackPage Count 656Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780824803926Author David J. KalupahanaFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i PressWeight(grams)...

This work features tools which are teachings, exercises and reflections which can be applied to everyday life. The tools draw on the Buddhist tradition to guide us along a progressive path of ethics, meditation and wisdom in the context of our day-to-day...

A renowned philosopher of the mind, also known for his groundbreaking work on Buddhism and cognitive science, Evan Thompson combines the latest neuroscience research on sleep, dreaming, and meditation with Indian and Western philosophy of mind, casting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614297987Author Bhikkhu BodhiFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Our ego, and its accompanying sense of self-doubt, is one affliction we all share. And while our ego claims to have our best interests at heart, in its never-ending pursuit of attention and power, it sabotages the very goals it sets to achieve. In Advice...

As mindfulness is increasingly being embraced in the contemporary world as a practice that brings peace and self-awareness, Bhikkhu Analayo casts fresh light on its earliest sources in the Buddhist tradition.About the AuthorAt present Analayo is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611805918Author Michael StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Sangharashita has established a successful Buddhist movement, pioneering a living Buddhism that seems well suited to our times. In this book, one of his closest disciples offers an account of Sangharashita's evolution as a thinker and teacher.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789627341352Author Tulku Urgyen RinpocheFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Rangjung Yeshe Publications,NepalPublisher Rangjung Yeshe...

This wide-ranging and powerful book argues that Theravada Buddhism provides ways of thinking about the self that can reinvigorate the humanities and offer broader insights into how to learn and how to act. Steven Collins argues that Buddhist philosophy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611801057Author Chogyam TrungpaFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Qigong Grand Circulation is an ancient path toward spiritual enlightenment. Spiritual enlightenment is a uniquely human endeavor; a universal and timeless quest to understand the mysteries of our lives. Perhaps it began when humans looked at the stars...