Buddhism

Written by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism, this new and updated edition of How Buddhism Began, discusses various important doctrines and themes in early Buddhism. It takes 'early Buddhism' to be that reflected in the Pali...

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the relative calm world of Japanese Buddhist scholarship was thrown into chaos with the publication of several works by Buddhist scholars Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto Shiro, dedicated to the promotion of something...

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. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. Erudite,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559394857Author Atremus B. EngleFormat HardbackPage Count 736Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614291213Author Ben ConnellyFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint 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 9781614293231Author Geshe Lhundub SopaFormat HardbackPage Count 817Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Nirmala S. Salgado offers a groundbreaking study of the politics of representation of Buddhist nuns. Challenging assumptions about writing on gender and Buddhism, Salgado raises important theoretical questions about the applicability of liberal feminist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861713592Author Doris WolterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

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Rita M. Gross has long been acknowledged as a founder in the field of feminist theology. One of the earliest scholars in religious studies to discover how feminism affects that discipline, she is recognized as preeminent in Buddhist feminist theology...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438464664Author Tsering WangchukFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614290049Author Ga RabjampaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Marco Pallis (1895-1989) was a Renaissance man: a gifted musician, composer, mountaineer, translator of "perennialist" works and a widely respected author on Tibetan Buddhism. Pallis travelled extensively in the Himalayas, where at first he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767908740Author Lama Surya DasFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 209mm...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861710324Author Geshe Thupten WangyalFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Rising from Shanxi Province like a three-dimensional mandala, the soaring peaks of Wutai Shan ('Five-terrace Mountain') have inspired pilgrims and travellers for almost two millennia. A striking terrain of towering emerald forests, wraith-like mists and...

Despite the recent upsurge of interest in comparative political theory, there has been virtually no serious examination of Buddhism by political philosophers in the past five decades. In part, this is because Buddhism is not typically seen as a school of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780835608831Author Lama Willa MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Quest Books,U.S.Publisher Quest Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 1g

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The Kalacakratantra is the latest and most comprehensive Buddhist Tantra that is available in its original Sanskrit. This will be the first thorough academic work to be published on this Tantra. The Kalacakratantra's five chapters are classified into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614293859Author Robert AitkenFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint 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 9780861714933Author His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the Dalai LamaFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Investigation of the Percept is a short (eight verses and a three page autocommentary) work that focuses on issues of perception and epistemology. Its author, Dignaga, was one of the most influential figures in the Indian Buddhist epistemological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570624742Author Lenore FriedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614291954Author Peter Alan RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

For many Westerners, the most appealing teachings of the Buddhist tradition pertain to ethics. Buddhist ethical views have much in common with certain modern ethical theories, and contain many insights relevant to contemporary moral problems. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590302651Author Pema ChodronFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981061337Author The BuddhaFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint F Lepine PublishingPublisher F Lepine PublishingWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Jeffrey L. Broughton offers an annotated translation of the Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints (Changuan cejin), which he abbreviates to Chan Whip. This anthology, compiled by Yunqi Zhuhong (1535-1615), has served as a...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614292296Author Gerry StriblingFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

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