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Russel Williams is one of the most remarkable enlightened spiritual teachers of our time. After an early life of extreme hardship-leaving school at the age of 11, and becoming an orphan shortly afterwards-he underwent a spiritual awakening at the age of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559393737Author Alexander BerzinFormat PaperbackPage Count 199Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Wherever he goes, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard is asked to explain what meditation is, how it is done, and what it can achieve. In this elegant, authoritative, and entirely accessible book, he sets out to answer these questions. Although meditation is a...

Sangharakshita was a Buddhist monk, a writer, a poet, and the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community - a pioneering worldwide Buddhist movement. He was also an audacious reformer, and for some a deeply controversial figure. In an absorbing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789552400193Author Nyanatiloka A. TheraFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Buddhist Publication Society,Sri LankaPublisher Buddhist Publication...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877280668Format PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

Provides traditional practices for the readers to learn how to exchange stress and anxiety for calm and clarity of mind, and transform anger and fear into kindness and self confidence. The author guides on meditation with anecdotes and tips, from his...

What are angels? Where were they first encountered? Can we distinguish angels from gods, fairies, ghosts, and aliens? And why do they remain so popular? This Very Short Introduction outlines some of the more prominent stories and speculations about...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780964948402Author S. N. GoenkaFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Vipassana DhuraPublisher Vipassana Dhura

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 9780892815531Author Julius EvolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and...

A comprehensive guide to the understanding and practicing Buddhist meditation The very idea that the teachings can be mastered will arouse controversy within Buddhist circles. Even so, Ingram insists that enlightenment is an attainable goal, once our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614291671Author Ajahn BrahmFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

The now-classic exploration of the role of women and the feminine in Buddhist TantraThe crowning cultural achievement of medieval India, Tantric Buddhism is known in the West primarily for the sexual practices of its adherents, who strive to transform...

A translation and detailed textual study of the Satipatthana Sutta, the foundational Buddhist discourse on meditation, drawing on traditional Buddhist texts, modern works, and the teachings of present-day meditation masters to make the rich implications...

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 9789354990267Author Hermann HesseFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint General PressPublisher General PressWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590308141Author Michael StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

In this volume are collected two works that complement each other very well, each being in its own way at the heart of Sangharakshita's writings. A Survey of Buddhism was first published in 1957, and Lama Anagarika Govinda wrote of that first edition,...

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

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.

'Karen Armstrong has been one of the most persistent and powerful voices in the eminently respectable task of popularising religious scholarship in the anglophone world' GUARDIAN'Her work has a broad sweep and that is extremely important' TLSBuddhism is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623170981Author Rev. angel Kyodo WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

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.

A once-secret method to generate bliss used only by the great Tibetan masters, the "wish-fulfilling jewel tree" has the power to enlighten all who absorb its teachings. And the image of a gorgeous giant evergreen Christmas-like tree with perennial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861713813Author Hellmuth HeckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 612g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614290506Author Mark SideritsFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint 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 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 9781570624926Author Ayya KhemaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

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. The book became the most successful treatise on Buddhism in English, selling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611809541Author David RichoFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559390613Author SantidevaFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...

The aim of Mind Whispering is to transform us into more fully integrated human beings - mentally, emotionally and interpersonally. By using the practical techniques within it, our minds can be more free, our perceptions more true, our responses more...

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 9780861715152Author Ajahn SumedhoFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

'The Dalai Lama is the most influential person in the world' TimeIn his characteristic mix of humour, wisdom and compassion the Dalai Lama shares his basic steps to enlightenment from how to meditate to how to practise wisdom. Combining spiritual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645470564Author Matty WeingastFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc