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The Dalai Lama's message in this book is as renowned as he is himself: that compassion is essential for individuals and for the world. This is very much his subject for, when we think of His Holiness, we immediately think of the compassion he embodies,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645471424Author Jetsunma Tenzin PalmoFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Buddhism or Buddhisms? By the time they move on to Buddhism in Japan, many students who have studied its origins in India ask whether this is in fact the same religion, so different can they appear. In Buddhisms: An Introduction, Professor John S. Strong...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789627341611Author Chokgyur LingpaFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 269g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400080793Author Matthieu RicardFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504372060Author Matt JardineFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Balboa PressPublisher Balboa PressWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679723004Author Alan WattsFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Random House USA PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 164gDimensions(mm)...

The Dhammapada, the Pali version of one of the most popular texts of the Buddhist canon, ranks among the classics of the world's great religious literature. Like all religious texts in Pali, the Dhammapada belongs to the Therevada school of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929459028Author Sunyata SaraswatiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ipsalu PublishingPublisher Ipsalu PublishingWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

This is the story of an international Buddhist movement, from its inception in London to its growth worldwide. It is the story of mistakes made, lessons learnt and how a Buddhist community was built. Extract: This is the story of a circle of friends...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789392510885Author Brian RuheFormat PaperbackPage Count 239Imprint Motilal Banarsidass,Publisher Motilal Banarsidass,

From his many births to his deathbed deeds, this authoritative biography unites the Buddha of history with the Buddha of legend in a bid to reveal the lasting spiritual relevance at the heart of the Buddhist tradition. Acclaimed scholar John...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559392501Author Mi-Pam-Gya-TsoFormat 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 9780824816971Author Thomas ClearyFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i PressWeight(grams) 274g

The Hindu pantheon is rich in images of the divine feminine - deities representing a wide range of symbolic, social, and meditative meanings. David Kinsley's new book documents a highly unusual group of ten Hindu tantric goddesses, the Mahavidyas, many...

As a religion concerned with eternal salvation, Zen is based on and grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Indeed, says Taigen Dan Leighton, Zen cannot be fully understood outside of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559390927Author GampopaFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 709gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681723402Author John IrelandFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint BPS Pariyatti EditionsPublisher BPS Pariyatti EditionsWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806229Author Carmen Acevedo ButcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

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In Living Buddhism, Julia Cassaniti explores Buddhist ideas of impermanence, nonattachment, and intention as they are translated into everyday practice in contemporary Thailand. Although most lay people find these philosophical concepts difficult to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553069082Author Chuck NorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Sangharakshita's arrival in India in 1944 marked the beginning of a period of prodigious literary and intellectual output. This was the base from which he would begin his life's work for the future of Buddhism. The essays gathered here, first published...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971078642Author Wei Wu WeiFormat PaperbackPage Count 203Imprint Sentient PublicationsPublisher Sentient PublicationsWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623369019Author Pedram ShojaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Rodale BooksPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908203175Author Russ CrowleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Russ CrowleyPublisher Russ CrowleyWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

Chinul (1158-1210) was the founder of the Korean tradition of Zen. He provides one of the most lucid and accessible accounts of Zen practice and meditation to be found anywhere in East Asian literature. Tracing Back the Radiance, an abridgment of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937006792Author Thich Nhat HanhFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Parallax PressPublisher Parallax PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 184mm * 200mm...

This is the only translation of the work of this important haiku poet in English. Buson (1716-1783), along with Basho and Issa, is recognised as one of the three Japanese masters of the haiku. In addition to a large selection of haiku, the book also...

Buddhist meditator and scholar Bhikkhu Analayo introduces the Buddhist backgrounds to mindfulness, ranging from mindful eating to its formal cultivation as satipatthana (the foundations of mindfulness). He also offers a historical survey of the...

An essential companion to a timeless spiritual classicThe Lotus Sutra is among the most venerated scriptures of Buddhism. Composed in India some two millennia ago, it asserts the potential for all beings to attain supreme enlightenment. Donald Lopez and...

Growing the seed to happiness Kindness is one of the most basic qualities we can possess, and one of the most powerful. In Buddhism it is called metta - an opening of the heart to all that we meet. Any friendly feeling contains the kernel of metta. It is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913494445Author Nigel WellingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Confer BooksPublisher Karnac BooksWeight(grams) 298gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 129mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635579970Author Roshi Robert KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 356g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611808094Author Chogyam TrungpaFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc