Buddhism Books

In this interdisciplinary inquiry, John Clifford Holt seeks to uncover how Buddhism was understood and expressed in Sri Lanka, Asia's oldest continuing Buddhist culture, during the advent of European colonialism. Holt focuses on King Kirti Sri Rajasinha,...

On a summer afternoon in 2023, on the Kandy plateau in Sri Lanka, renowned for its veneration of the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha, on the lush green grounds of the University of Peradeniya, Kandy, the Departments of Education and Buddhist Studies...

This is an outline of modern Buddhist thought, adding 21st Century knowledge to what we have gleaned from scriptural writings and science since the time of Buddha. Buddhism is one of the world's largest religions, yet the different groups range...

UNDERSTANDING BUDDHISM - Buddhism for Beginners, A guide that explores the Key Buddhist teachings and path to Zen, Kama and EnlightenmentBuddhism is a world religion that piques the interest, but how much do you really know about it? In an attempt to...

Der Himmel ist in dir, begib dich auf die Reise in deine Innenwelt, dann wirst du wirklich weise. InhaltEinführungLeib - Atem - Stimme - Sprache - ZEN-MeditationPersonale Leib-, Atem-, Stimmarbeit, Sprachgestaltung und ZEN-Meditation auf der Grundlage...

Richard Wagner war einer der ersten Europäer, der den Buddhismus schätzte und darf als der erste große Künstler des Westens gelten, der sich von dieser Religion inspirieren ließ.Im Jahre 1856, auf dem Gipfel seiner künstlerischen Kreativität, las der...

It is little known that Richard Wagner was among the very first Westerners to appreciate Buddhism and that he was the first major European artist to be inspired by this religion. In 1856, in the prime of his creativity, the 33-year-old artist read his...

★Meditation Grayscale Coloring Book★A wonderful coloring book about meditation and mindfulnessThe coloring book includes56 pp.A4white backs (no pushing through, ideal for framing)meditating women and mensurrounded with beautiful flowers and...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Asienkunde, Asienwissenschaften, Note: 1,0, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit wird auf die Frage eingegangen, welcher Techniken der...

Tháng 8/2014, thầy Nhất Hạnh cho lưu hành một “bản dịch mới” của Tâm kinh Bát-nhã, kèm theo là một lá thư của thầy gửi cho các đệ tử (nhưng lưu hành rộng khắp mạng Internet)...

1. Đạo mầu nhiệm huyền diệu chẳng thể nghĩ bàn, chỉ kẻ được ý quên lời mới có thể hiểu rõ ràng. Cho nên Thế Tôn phân hai chỗ ngồi ở trước tháp Đa Tử mà mời đức Ca-diếp ngồi...

Ở đây mỗi tháng chúng tôi có một ngày thực tập chung với nhau gọi là ngày quán niệm. Ngày ấy là một khóa tu một ngày được tổ chức trong một khung cảnh yên...

“Hạnh phúc là điều có thật.” Hẳn sẽ có những độc giả cho rằng đây là một điều khá ngây ngô để nói lên, vì mỗi người trong chúng ta, có ai lại...

Back To Nirvana: Dharma Diary Poems Volume III continues the healing journey of Joy’s earlier volumes through mindfulness and realisations into the beauty of Presence. Experiencing Nirvana in glimpses of life’s natural splendour, through...

Many years ago, as I knelt in front of my Master, I received the direct instruction to teach and offer what I had understood so that all beings could benefit. In 2010, to continue with this instruction I began sharing these teachings on Facebook. Here...

A Thousand Hands is an anthology of 50 articles by Buddhist chaplains, teachers, therapists, and social workers, presenting Buddhist approaches and resources designed to help community leaders respond to the many challenges brought to them by their...

Catholicism and Zen explores the history of Christian/Buddhist dialogue, and profiles fourteen modern Catholic clergy who have become authorized to teach Zen practice within their Christian faith. These real-life stories of men and women engaged in a...

The plain fact is that for most of us in the West when we hear the word Buddhism we have no clear markers to hang onto. It summons up above all perhaps the stereotype of a vast nebulous mystical philosophy with no clear boundaries. What this book seeks...

This book is intended to engender debate. Its subject, faith in a modern Buddhist context, almost always carries with it the widespread but erroneous assumption that it is completely unimportant to the Buddhist path. Without really knowing what it is and...

"In the ancient art tradition of China and Japan, calligraphy and painting were methods for integrating body and mind. They were performed as a way to unite yin and yang—Earth and Heaven—within one's very being.”...

The recent tide of books comparing Christianity and Buddhism has centered mostly on similarities. The Dalai Lama, for example, provided his opinions on Christianity in a popular book, The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus...

Philosophy is, in its essence, the quest of reality. In the attempt to determine what is real, one has to choose, in the first instance, between the percipient self and the things that it perceives. This choice may seem to be purely metaphysical, but...

Buddhism is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha, meaning "the awakened one".

The Tang Dynasty is one of the most prosperous periods in ancient Chinese history. This prosperity in culture and economy has a lot to do with the spread of Buddhism in the country. This book is a brief history of this great dynasty, but more than that,...

The holy Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara has only 262 Chinese Characters but it tells all about Buddhism, a faith of the mind. Every single character contains very meaningful ideas and only a Buddhist Master can fully comprehend their argumentations through...

Śākyamuni was a sage from the ancient Shakya republic in India on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. His life is a story of how a normal human being can become an "awakened one" by sacrificing himself for the benefit of all. As a Buddhist, what we can...

Dao De Jing is simply referred to as the Laozi, an ancient Chinese Classic known across the world. There could be different interpretations of its passages that are quite ambiguous without in depth Taoist practice. This book presents a Buddhist Master's...

Old Path White Clouds presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. Drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, and retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in his inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha's life slowly and gently...

Old Path White Clouds presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. Drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, and retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in his inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha's life slowly and gently...

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on...

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on...

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on...

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on...

Based on detailed ethnographic research, this book explores the varied experiences of women who have converted to Buddhism in contemporary Britain and analyses the implications of their experiences for understanding the translation and transference of...

This classic work by Alexander Cunningham is a groundbreaking study of the Buddhist monuments of Central India. Through meticulous observation and analysis, Cunningham sheds light on the history, art, and culture of this rich tradition. The book is a...

Una raccolta di discorsi attribuiti al Buddha originale, noto come Gotama. Questo testo, curato dall'orientalista tedesco Karl Eugen Neumann, rappresenta uno dei pilastri del buddhismo theravada, la corrente più antica e tradizionale del buddhismo.This...

This is a rare and fascinating book on the Buddhist paritta, or protective chants, that are widely used in religious rites in Thailand (formerly Siam). The book includes the text of various parittas, along with their English translations and notes on...

Une traduction française du célèbre poème sanskrit de Cantideva sur l'enseignement bouddhiste de la Bodhicitta, la nature de l'esprit éveillé. Ce poème, considéré comme l'un des joyaux de la littérature bouddhiste, est accompagné de notes et...

Écrit à l'origine en chinois, ce livre raconte l'histoire de la vie de Hiouen-Thsang, un moine bouddhiste du VIIe siècle. Le livre fournit un aperçu unique de l'histoire, de la religion et de la culture de cette époque. Destiné aux étudiants et aux...

An edited version of the Puggala-Paññatti, a seminal Buddhist text, with annotations and explanations by Richard Morris.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it...

Based on Connee's extraordinary journey.Connee is courageous and fiercely independent. In her thirties, despite its apparent trappings of success, she knows that her life is empty and aimless. But as long as she can live on her own terms, she's...

Radiant Aspiration offers a clear introduction to the Tibetan Buddhist understanding of the nature of existence, exploring how to free ourselves from all that limits us. It provides a translation of a beautiful prayer which employs the symbolism of the...

‚Funken‘ ist das achte Buch dieses bekannten Autors. Es ist eine verständliche Sammlung kurzer Texte und Gedichte, die durch seine langjährige Erfahrung mit den Lehren und der Praxis des Buddhismus entstanden sind. In schöner...

The Perfection of Wisdom Sutras, The Prajnaparamita, is a collection of about forty texts. They were composed in India between approximately 100 BC and AD 600. Those contained within this volume are among the shorter ones; they are also some of the most...

Renowned for its terse declaration of the perfection of wisdom, the Heart Sutra is the most famous of Buddhist scriptures. The author draws on previously unexamined commentaries, preserved only in Tibetan, to investigate the meanings derived from and...

In Tibetan Buddhism, Mahamudra represents a perfected level of meditative realization: it is the inseparable union of wisdom and compassion, of emptiness and skillful means. These eighty-four masters, some historical, some archetypal, accomplished this...