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Your hands-on guide to this widely practiced and ancient religion Buddhism, one of the world's most widely practiced religions, is a fascinating yet complex eastern religion that is rapidly spreading throughout western civilization. What does it mean to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645471646Author Andy KarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

A renowned Buddhist teacher's magnum opus, based on his fresh reading of the tradition's earliest texts Some twenty-five centuries after the Buddha started teaching, his message continues to inspire people across the globe, including those living in...

One of the best-known and best-loved works of Buddhist literature, the Dhammapada forms part of the oldest surviving body of Buddhist writings, and is traditionally regarded as the authentic teachings of the Buddha himself, spoken by him in his lifetime,...

Never before published in Kerouac's lifetime, Jack Kerouac's Wake Up is a clear and powerful study of the life and works of Siddartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, from the author of On the Road. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645473190Author Khenpo SodargyeFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

The Dhammapada is a collection of aphorisms that illustrate the moral teachings of Buddha - the spiritual path to the supreme Truth. Probably compiled in the third century BCE, the verses are arranged according to theme, covering ideas such as...

A compelling history of the contradictory, often militaristic, role of Zen Buddhism, this book meticulously documents the close and previously unknown support of a supposedly peaceful religion for Japanese militarism throughout World War II. Drawing on...

Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the workings of Buddhism in daily life. Damien Keown looks at the distinctive features of Buddhism, examining who the Buddha was and what his teachings were...

This book presents the major teachings of Mahayana Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form. For two millennia this sutra, called the "jewel of the Mahayana Sutras," has enjoyed immense popularity among Mahayana Buddhists in India, central...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641520478Author Noah RashetaFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Althea PressPublisher Althea PressWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 13mm

Winner, 2023 Toshihide Numata Book Award, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California, BerkeleySince the early days of Buddhism in China, monastics and laity alike have expressed a profound concern with the past. In voluminous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999238257Author William Q JudgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Theosophy Trust BooksPublisher Theosophy Trust BooksWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm)...

Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism encourages the belief that, through its faith and practices, spiritual and material blessings and benefits can be available to everyone in this life. Needs can be met, and success achieved, not merely for oneself but for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645472353Author Bhikkhu P. A. PayuttFormat HardbackPage Count 800Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Over the course of its 2,500-year history, Buddhism has found expression in countless architectural forms, from the great monastic complexes of ancient India to the fortified dzongs of Bhutan, the rock-carved temple grottoes of China, the wooden shrines...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877738602Author Jack KornfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Over the course of the last millennium in Tibet, some tantric yogins have taken on norm-overturning modes of behavior, including provoking others to violence, publicly consuming filth, having sex, and dressing in human remains. While these individuals...

Secret Drugs of Buddhism is the first book to explore the historical evidence for the use of entheogenic plants within the Buddhist tradition. Drawing on scriptural sources, botany, pharmacology, and religious iconography, this book calls attention to...

The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang tells the saga of the seventh-century Chinese monk Xuanzang, one of China's great heroes, who completed an epic sixteen-year-long journey to discover the heart of Buddhism at its source in India. Eight centuries...

'The Buddha was the source. Venerable Svasti and the young buffalo boys were rivers that flowed from the source. Wherever the rivers flowed, the Buddha would be there.'In Old Path White Clouds, the world's revered master of mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh,...

Despite the turbulent times in which he lived, the Buddhist priest Kenko met the world with a measured eye. As Emperor Go-Daigo fended off a challenge from the usurping Hojo family, and Japan stood at the brink of a dark political era, Kenko held fast to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585094523Author NyanatilokaFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Book TreePublisher Book TreeWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 13mm

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...

'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)...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645472841Author Jack KornfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559394673Author Charles MansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385527071Author Stephen BatchelorFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm)...

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 9781614294412Author His Holiness the Dalai LamaFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint 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 9781559394482Author Tsangnyoen HerukaFormat PaperbackPage Count 840Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Love Letters from Golok chronicles the courtship between two Buddhist tantric masters, Tare Lhamo (1938-2002) and Namtrul Rinpoche (1944-2011), and their passion for reinvigorating Buddhism in eastern Tibet during the post-Mao era. In fifty-six letters...

Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations were pervasive features of Buddhist practice in late medieval China (600-1000 C.E.). Material...

A bold translation of Nobel Prize-winner Herman Hesse's most inspirational and beloved work, which was nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American ReadA Penguin Classic Hesse's famous and influential novel, Siddartha, is...

Today there are many Buddhists in the West, but for 2000 years the Buddha's teachings were unknown outside Asia. It was not until the late 18th century, when Sir William Oriental Jones, a British judge in India, broke through the Brahmin's prohibition on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932234596Author Osamu TezukaFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Vertical ComicsPublisher Vertical ComicsWeight(grams) 448gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 152mm...

A remarkable cross-cultural history that rescues the swastika, an ancient Buddhist symbol, from its deployment by the forces of hate. The swastika has been used for over three thousand years by billions of people in many cultures and...