Buddhism Books

The Japanese Middle Ages were a period when forms of secrecy dominated religious practice. This fascinating collection traces out the secret characteristics and practices in Japanese religion, as well as analyzing the decline of religious esotericism in...

Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka...

In Buddhist thought and practice, death has always been a central concept. This book provides a careful and thorough analysis of the rituals and social customs surrounding death in the Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka. Rita Langer describes the rituals...

Having identified early material that goes back to the Buddha himself, the author argues that the two teachers of the Buddha were historical figures. Based on the early Brahminic literature, namely the early Upanishads and Moksadharma, the author asserts...

The core teachings and practices of Buddhism are systematically directed toward developing keen and caring insight into the relational or interdependent nature of all things. Hershock applies Buddhist thought to reflect on the challenges to public good,...

Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book explores the dilemmas that Buddhism faces in relation to the continuing ethnic conflict and violence in modern Sri Lanka. Prominent scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, Buddhist studies and...

Chủ trương: TUỆ SỸThực hiện: Thư quán Hương Tích và nhóm cộng tácMục LụcTuệ Sỹ: THIỀN PHẬT GIÁO VÀ THIÊN CHÚA GIÁO_Thích Đức Thắng: TỨ ĐẾ_Đinh Quang Mỹ: THIỀN TRÚC LÂM VÀ TÍN NGƯỠNG TÔN GIÁO_Thích Phước An: THIỀN SƯ CHÂN NGUYÊN VỚI...

Baptisms, Marriages, Burials And List Of Members Taken From The Church Records Of Ammi Ruhamah Robbins, First Minister Of Norfolk, Connecticut (1910) is a historical book written by Ammi Ruhamah Robbins. It provides a comprehensive record of the...

Specimens of Old Indian Poetry is a book published in 1852 by Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, an English scholar of Sanskrit language and literature. The book is a collection of translations of ancient Indian poems, hymns, and verses from various...

""The Jataka V2"" is a book that contains a collection of stories about the previous lives of the Buddha, also known as Gotama Buddha. The book is written in English and was published in 1879. It is accompanied by a commentary that provides further...

Leo Taxils Palladismus-Roman V1-2 (1897) ist ein Buch von Gerber und Hildebrand, das sich mit dem Thema des Palladismus befasst. Der Palladismus ist eine okkulte Bewegung, die im 19. Jahrhundert in Frankreich entstand und eng mit dem Freimaurertum...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This volume resolves the ontology from the two previous volumes concerning the concept of a 'subtle self'. First a commentary of the Tantra Great Gates of Diamond Liberation, that presents detailed information concerning the nature of some important...

In a memoir of saints, sages, and swollen ankles, Helen walks across the Catholic heartland of Northern Spain. Her chosen route is the picturesque Camino Way, a Christian pilgrimage revered since medieval times. Ancient towns and villages, each with a...

Stories, parables, and examples have been a favoured way of conveying spiritual insights and truths since time immemorial, and Trevor Leggett was a master at it. He had the knack of pointing out the spiritual implications of practical events which...

This is the first book in any language offering a comprehensive study that places Daoxuan (596-667), one of the most important scholarly monks, in the context of medieval Chinese Buddhist history. In presenting a fresh image of medieval monastic life of...

Prajapati, the Creator, had three kinds of offspring: gods, men, and demons. They lived with Prajapati as brahmacharins (celibate students) practicing austerities. At the end of their term, the gods requested him saying: "Please instruct us, Sir."...

The Way Of The Zen Cowboy: Fireside Stories From A Globetrotting Rhythmatist is a new collection of 35 short stories from Grammy-winning percussionist, composer, and storyteller Barrett Martin. These stories are based on personal experiences around the...

This book traces the archaeological trajectory of the expansion of Buddhism and its regional variations in South Asia. Focusing on the multireligious context of the subcontinent in the first millennium BCE, the volume breaks from conventional studies...

This book examines culture, religion and polity in the context of Buddhism. Gananath Obeyesekere, one of the foremost analytical voices from South Asia develops Freud's notion of 'dream work', the 'work of culture' and ideas of no-self (anatta) to...

This book explores trans-cultural and cross-border transmission and transformation of Esoteric Buddhism in East Asia, focusing on its manuscript culture and the transborder transmission of Esoteric Buddhist texts. The chapters focus on two major aspects...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

My physical limitations make it impossible for me to go off and promote this book, so I feel that I can't ask HPP to bear the costs of publication of a book that can't be promoted by the full capacity of the press. Rather than participate in the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

IT WAS THE EARLY 1960s. The place, a far-off corner of the Himalayas long fabled in Tibetan tradition to be hiding a valley of immortality among its peaks and glaciers-a real-life Shangri-La. They waited generations for the prophesied lama to come, the...

We look in every place for happiness. Some of us search for it in physical pleasure, some in power and some in religion. Yet it has always been within reach, for it is mind itself ‘the king of all creators’ which is the source of true joy,...

A comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of Buddhism, how it specifically evolved in Tibet and the Himalaya, and how it is practised today in Tibet, India, Nepal and Bhutan.This is a good introduction for the general public, and travellers to the...

The Confucian healing system presented by Liu Yousheng offers a profound example of the relevance of ancient medical theories. Confucius himself once emphasized, "He who by reanimating the Old can gain knowledge of the New is fit to be a teacher...

This anthology is a classic of Chan (Zen) Buddhism that has served as a Chan handbook in both China and Japan since its publication in 1600. It is a compendium of extracts, over 80% of which are drawn from an enormous Chan corpus dating from the late...

Il Vaticano Languente, Part 3 is a historical book written by Gregorio Leti in 1677. The book is written in Italian and focuses on the decline of the Vatican during the 17th century. Part 3 of the book specifically discusses the reign of Pope Innocent X...

Ummagga Jataka: The Story Of The Tunnel is a book written by T. B. Yatawara and published in 1898. The book tells the story of a young prince named Ummagga who is imprisoned in a tower by his wicked stepmother. With the help of a wise old man, Ummagga...

Tableau Historique De L�������Inde: Contenant Un Abrege De La Mithologie Et Des Moeurs Indiennes (1771) est un livre �����crit par Pierre Poivre. Il s'agit d'un livre historique qui fournit une vue d'ensemble de la mythologie et des coutumes indiennes...

The Paribhashendusekhara of Nagojibhatta is a book that has been translated and annotated by F. Kielhorn. This is the second part of the book and it was originally published in 1874. The book is written in the English language and it provides a complete...

The chapters in this book explore the transcultural, multi-ethnic, and cross-regional contexts and connections between the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, Mount Wutai and the veneration of Mañjuśrī that contributed to the establishment and successive...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

All Buddhist practice is for the purpose of working to become free of the basic problem of suffering, and it's all based on the possibility of an inner transformation, the transformation of our perception, our view.If we can let go of the state of mind...

The Buddha's Teaching of DEPENDENT ORIGINATION is a fast-track method for experiencing Nibbana with your eyes open. It is a practical psychological explanation of how suffering arises and the psychological steps to be taken in the here and now to...

“There are some who are born to be the Christ and there are some who are born to be the Buddha. . .”One born to be the Buddha was Siddhartha Gautama who lived six centuries before Jesus Christ when Ezekiel was prophesying to Judah and Israel...

BERNARD DE GIVE, for many years a member of the Society ofJesus, was for eight years a seminary professor, first in SriLanka then in India, before pursuing oriental studies at Oxford,where he formed friendships with Tibetan monks.Since becoming a...