What Is Buddhism?

Reducere. DescriptionThis book helps Christians to understand the Buddhist mind-set and world view, and to see where there are useful points of comparison an...

Reducere. Pastor and best-selling author Adam Hamilton returns to one of his most popular topics, Christianity and world religions. This new, fully updated b...

Create beautiful macramé projects that invoke the sacred elements of Earth, Air, Water, Fire and Spirit. The idea of classical 'elements' is common...

Reducere. What is this? Ancient questions for modern minds presents talks given by Martine and Stephen Batchelor during a Sŏn (Chan/Zen) retreat in England ...

Reducere. Is there a mystical consciousness particularly natural to women? And if so, what role is it playing in the spiritual evolution of our world? To ans...

Reducere. Leading African American Buddhist teachers offer lessons on racism, resilience, spiritual freedom, and the possibility of a truly representative Am...

Reducere. Women are the majority in almost every cultural or social group. However, their roles vary in various cultures, religions, and traditions. In some ...

Your hands-on guide to this widely practiced and ancient religion Buddhism, one of the world's most widely practiced religions, is a fascinating ye...

The fourteenth Dalai Lama, a living embodiment of the bodhisattva ideal, presents here detailed practical guidance based on sections of The Way of ...

Is there gender equality in Buddhist traditions? What do Buddhist texts say about women? This book offers a new introduction to women in Buddhism, ...

Reducere. DescriptionAmbedkar has shown the harsh reality and true faces of the Congress leaders (and Gandhi in particular) of his era who acted no less than...

DescriptionFallout is the memoir of one woman's journey from ignorance of the reports of physical, emotional and sexual abuse by Sogyal Rinpoche, s...

Reducere. How to Love Yourself (and Sometimes Other People) is a smart, hip guide for spiritual seekers who want to experience more love and stability in all...

The Rough Guide to Nepal is the most passionate and knowledgeable guidebook to this inspiring country. It offers an insider's guide to Kathmandu, f...

Reducere. A major figure in the transmission of Zen to the West, Zen Master Seung Sahn was known for his powerful teaching style, which was direct, surprisin...

Reducere. In what he calls a "200 percent potent" teaching, Ch gyam Trungpa reveals how the spiritual path is a raw and rugged "unlearning" process that draw...

Reducere. Nagarjuna stands second only to the Buddha in his importance in Buddhist thought. The concept of "emptiness (shunyata)" became the central ontologi...

DescriptionNowadays people use the word Zen indiscriminately for everything from the Zen of making an instant fortune overnight to the Zen of cooki...

David R. Loy draws from giants of psychotherapy and existentialism, from Nietzsche to Kierkegaard to Sartre, to explore the fundamental issues of l...

Classical stories and depictions of hungry ghosts not only tell us a great deal about Buddhism in the ancient world--they also speak to the modern ...

Reducere. As human beings, we have one thing in common: we search all our lives for lasting happiness. YOUR WERE BORN FOR A REASON tells us that happiness ca...

Thinley Norbu addresses questions of interest to Western and Eastern students of Tibetan Buddhism, ranging from matters of everyday practice to eso...

DescriptionExploring the esoteric subject of Dzogchen, His Holiness offers insights into one of Buddhism's most profound systems of meditation. He ...

Reducere. The shadow is made up of all that we hide from others: our shame, our fears and our wounds, but also our divine light, our blinding beauty and our ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhy am I here? What should I be doing? What happens when we pass away? Have you ever felt an invisible presence around you? These are so...

Reducere. Take a rollercoaster ride through the past with this fact-packed and visually stunning children's history encyclopedia. Discover what the major tur...

A bold and provocative work from the late preeminent feminist scholar, which challenges men and women alike to free themselves from attachment to g...

Reducere. Buddha Can Improve Your Sports Performance and Life"No other person has had more influence on my thirty-six years of coaching than Jerry Lynch."--M...

Reducere. Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche IX skillfully illustrates how to incorporate the whole human experience onto the Buddhist path. With mastery of Western con...

Reducere. This is the first volume of the collection of the books, lectures, letters, poetry of Swami Vivekananda. This Special Master Edition has been craft...

Reducere. Kuji-Kiri means "Nine symbolic cuts." It is a technique that belongs to the Japanese esoteric Buddhist tradition. From the outside, it seems to con...

The first-ever biography with selected writings of one of the greatest Indian Buddhist masters in history. Few figures in the history of Buddhism i...

A timely essay collection on the development and influence of secular expressions of Buddhism in the West and beyond. How do secular values impact ...

Reducere. DescriptionJust what does the Third Precept mean for the gay Buddhist? Is being gay a consequence for something we did in a "previous life?" What i...

Reducere. RISING MAGNIFICENTLY in the wilderness of Western Tibet, Mount Kailash is one of three sacred mountains in Tibet. Its shape is unmistakable: a symm...

Reducere. God is mystery, writes Norvene Vest in the Introduction to Tending the Holy, and every form of religion is an effort to respond faithfully to the m...

Reducere. The Pure Land Dharma Door is the most popular form of Buddhism in Asia, though it is largely unknown in the West. In this book, we introduce the Pu...

Reducere. IT'S NOT JUST SEX. IT'S NOT JUST LOVE. IT'S SOMETHING MORE.... But what could be better than sex? How about lovemaking that sweeps people into new ...

Reducere. If you want to look at the world in a way that most people can't even imagine then continue reading... This book goes into detail supplying you wit...

Reducere. A Clear Mirror is the autobiographical account of a saint, a genius, a virtuoso who has granted readers what is most rare in personal accounts: ful...

DescriptionOne of Western Buddhism's most sophisticated thinkers on one of Buddhism's most central topics. The concept of nonduality lies at the ve...

Reducere. OCCUPY THIS BODY: A Buddhist Memoir is the story of Religious Studies Professor Sharon A. Suh's struggle to overcome a childhood of forced-feeding,...

Reducere. Several years ago, Wendell Berry recommended we read Marco Pallis' Peaks and Lamas. He had obtained a copy of this out of print and elusive title, ...

Reducere. Zen experience defies all thinking and linguistic description and simply affirms what is evidently real. "The ordinary way -- that precisely is the...

If you want to look at the world in a way that most people can't even imagine then continue reading... This book goes into detail supplying you wit...

Reducere. The Wheel of Life is the spiritual autobiography of John Blofeld (1913-1987), a world-renowned British scholar and writer who devoted his life to t...

Reducere. Drawing on over three decades of study and practice, Chuan Zhi, an ordained monk in the Chinese Linji tradition, takes us on a fascinating journey ...

Reducere. Ajahn Sumedho urges us to trust in awareness and find out for ourselves what it is to experience genuine liberation from mental anguish and sufferi...

Reducere. Through a series of imaginative approaches to movement and performance, choreographer Deborah Hay presents a profound reflection on the ephemeral n...

This exploration of the radical, yet ancient, idea that everything and everyone is God will transform how you understand your life and the nature o...

Reducere. What is the highest state of consciousness? St. Paul called it "the peace that passeth understanding" and R. M. Bucke named it "cosmic consciousnes...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mamta NainyIllustrator: Siddhartha TripathiTashi is worried about his friend, the Moon. He seems thinner than usual. Maybe ...

Reducere. Compelled to seek something more than what modern society has to offer, Robert Sibley turned to an ancient setting for help in recovering what has ...

Reducere. Emotion is not the enemy. We just need to decipher them and learn tools for regulation and resilience. We all get knocked down and face hardships, ...

Reducere. It is not events that disturb us, but what we believe about them.In ancient Greece, a group of philosophers developed highly effective techniques t...

Reducere. The "spiritual but not religious" are the fastest-growing denomination on America today. Yet what are the roadmaps? What does the spiritual search ...

Reducere. Throughout history, throughout most of the world, psychopaths have gotten a bad rap. That is quite understandable since almost all of the world's r...

Over the past twenty-five years A. H. Almaas--widely recognized as a leader in integrating spirituality and psychology--has been developing and tea...

Reducere. Award NameIndieFab awardsAward categoryReligionExplore the common ground underlying the diverse expressions of the Buddha's teachings with two of T...

Drawing on over three decades of study and practice, Chuan Zhi, an ordained monk in the Chinese Linji tradition, takes us on a fascinating journey ...

Reducere. Whether we know it or not, each of us is on a quest to discover our true self. And the road we travel to accomplish this goal is unique for each of...

Reducere. The book is journey through 5000 years of evolution of Hinduism, and is outcome of seven years of study to understand the roots of Hinduism. Tracin...

Reducere. A pioneer in queer theory and literary studies, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick brings together for the first time in Touching Feeling her most powerful expl...

Reducere. This sutra is the study of what can be called "Nirvana Sutra Buddhism" or "Tathagatagarbha Buddhism". It is a very positive, balanced, faith-promot...

Many people describe themselves as secular rather than religious, but they often qualify this statement by claiming an interest in spirituality. Bu...

Reducere. What are the foundational scriptures and major schools for Chinese Buddhists? What divinities do they worship? What festivals do they celebrate? Th...

Reducere. Can literature reveal reality? Is philosophical truth a literary artifice? How does the way we think affect what we can know? Buddhism has been gra...

Reducere. Here is a lucid, accessible, and inspiring guide to the six perfections--Buddhist teachings about six dimensions of human character that require "p...

Reducere. In What the Buddha Thought, Richard Gombrich argues that the Buddha was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of all time. Intended to se...

Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. This t...