Buddhism Books

The Prince and the Potter is the tale of Prince Ananda's journey to awakening. The story begins with Ananda enjoying a life of luxury and follows him as he departs from the palace to become a Buddhist monk in a forest monastery. Here he is brought under...

Since the first century, when Buddhism entered China, the foreign religion has influenced and been influenced in turn by traditional Chinese culture, and eventually became an important part of it. That is one of the great historical themes not only for...

Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes: Mindfulness Interventions from Education to Health and Therapy offers the first comprehensive guide to all prominent, evidence-based mindfulness programmes available in the West. The rapid growth of mindfulness...

Das Buch ""Das Etruskische Durch Erklarung Von Inschriften Und Namen Als Semitische Sprache Erwiesen"" wurde im Jahr 1858 von Johann Gustav Stickel ver������ffentlicht. In diesem Werk versucht der Autor, die Etruskische Sprache durch die Analyse von...

Das Buch ""Das Alte Und Neue Morgenland V5"" wurde im Jahr 1820 von Friedrich Ernst verfasst. Es handelt sich um einen Reisebericht, in dem der Autor seine Erlebnisse und Eindr�����cke von seiner Reise durch den Nahen Osten schildert. Dabei beschreibt er...

Essai Sur Le Pali: Ou Langue Sacree De La Presqu�������Ile Au Dela Du Gange (1826) est un livre �����crit par Emile Burnouf. Ce livre est une �����tude approfondie de la langue Pali, consid�����r�����e comme la langue sacr�����e de la presqu'�����le...

""Die K������nige von Tibet"" ist ein Buch von Emil Schlagintweit, das im Jahr 1866 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt von den verschiedenen K������nigen, die in Tibet regierten, und ihrer Geschichte. Das Buch beschreibt auch die Kultur und die...

Kalyan'a Shatanku Or The Marriage Ceremonies Of The Hindus Of South India: Together With A Description Of Karumantharum (1868) is a book written by J. F. Kearns that provides a comprehensive description of the marriage ceremonies of the Hindus in South...

The Sacred Books of the Buddhists Compared with History and Modern Science is a book written by Robert Spence Hardy in 1863. The book is a detailed analysis of the Buddhist sacred texts and their relation to history and modern science. Hardy examines the...

The Majjhima-Nikaya V3 is a book written by Robert Chalmers in 1899. The book is a part of the Pali Canon, which is the sacred text of Theravada Buddhism. It is a collection of discourses given by the Buddha to his followers, and it is considered to be...

The Jataka V3 is a book that contains tales of the anterior births of Gotama Buddha, accompanied by its commentary. It was written by Viggo Fausboll and published in 1883. The book is a collection of stories that tell the tales of the previous lives of...

The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 11 is a collection of scholarly articles and research papers published by the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in the year 1879. This volume contains a wide range of topics related to the...

The Institutes of Gautama is a book written by Adolf Friedrich Stenzler in 1876. It is a translation of the ancient Hindu text of the same name, which is attributed to Gautama, a legendary sage and philosopher. The text is one of the earliest and most...

The Early Relation And Separation Of Baptists And Disciples (1904) by Errett Gates is a historical account of the relationship between Baptists and Disciples of Christ, two Christian denominations that have shared a common heritage since the early 19th...

Sakya-Muni: The Story Of Buddha is a book written by Sidney Arthur Alexander and published in 1887. The book is a detailed account of the life and teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, popularly known as Buddha. The author traces Buddha's journey from his...

Le livre ""Les Religieuses Bouddhistes Depuis Sakya-Mouni Jusqu'a Nos Jours"" a �����t����� �����crit par Mary Summer et publi����� en 1873. Cette �����uvre traite de l'histoire des religieuses bouddhistes depuis l'�����poque de Sakya-Mouni jusqu'������...

The book ""Lecture On The Religious Excavations Of Western India, Buddhist, Brahmanical, And Jaina: Including The Details Of Those Of Elephanta And Karla"" was written by John Wilson and published in 1875. The book is a comprehensive study of the...

The Journal of the Pali Text Society, 1884-1885 is a book edited by T. W. Rhys Davids. It is a collection of essays and articles on the study of Pali language and literature, which is the language used in the Buddhist scriptures. The book covers a wide...

Immersion, Proved To Be Not A Scriptural Mode Of Baptism But A Romish Invention is a book written by William Alexander McKay in 1884. The book examines the practice of baptism by immersion, arguing that it is not a scriptural mode of baptism but rather a...

The book ""Evolution Of Life And Form: Four Lectures Delivered At The Twenty-Third Anniversary Meeting Of The Theosophical Society (1900)"" by Annie Besant is a collection of lectures given by the author at the 23rd anniversary meeting of the...

Rahula : धम्म पथ पर/ Dhamm Path Par by Subodh PoddarRahula : धम्म पथ पर/ Dhamm Path Par by Subodh PoddarRahula : धम्म पथ पर/ Dhamm Path Par by Subodh Poddar

Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The book, Hesse’s ninth novel, was written in German, in a simple, lyrical style. It was...

Borghild Bø: psychologist, spiritual acolyte and eternal optimist. Follow her journey into the heart of one of the world's most sacred places; travel with her as the landscape of the Himalayas plays its magic with her inner turmoil and leads her to a...

Štěstí je často vnímáno jako prchavé nebo nedosažitelné. Velká část našeho utrpení pramení z toho, že se straníme okolního světa, žijeme pouze v minulosti nebo budoucnosti a nedokážeme vidět a přijímat realitu tak, jak se odehrává v přítomném okamžiku...

As duas obras reunidas neste livro, com tradução, adaptação, prefácio e notas do dr. Georges da Silva, ex-presidente da Sociedade Budista do Brasil, trazem alguns dos mais antigos e sábios textos que a humanidade já produziu, fazendo parte dos cânones -...

Hast Du schon einmal die Stimme eines Berges in Deinem Kopf gehört, der Dich ruft? So laut und eindringlich und das über ein Jahr lang?! Genau das ist mir passiert. Der heilige Berg Kailash in Tibet, er verlangte nach mir. Ich lade Dich ein, mit zu...

Thoughts, illusions and aberrations on the path to spiritual awakening for Yogis and Buddhists.

Buddha gilt als Stifter einer der fünf Weltreligionen. Das ist umso erstaunlicher, als er niemals von sich behauptet hat, ein Prophet zu sein. Im Unterschied zu Mohammed, Moses oder Jesus verspricht er den Menschen kein Weiterleben im Paradies. Auch...

In dem Buch ICH BIN die Violette Tara - Göttin der Vergebung und Freiheit, hatte Peter Mt. Shasta auf Geheiß des Meisters Saint Germain die alten tantrischen Lehren Tibets in moderner Form für spirituell Praktizierende vermittelt und verfügbar gemacht...

Die Autorin behandelt die neuere politische Geschichte Sri Lankas seit der Kandyan Convention 1815, der Unabhängigkeit im Jahr 1948 und ihrer Verwicklung mit dem Buddhismus und Herrschaftskonzeptionen der Chronik Mahāvaṃsa. Es geht um Religion und...

Die Autorin illustriert die Verknüpfungen von Religions- und Minderheitenpolitik in Indonesien am Anpassungsprozess des Buddhismus an den Rahmen einer theistisch ausgerichteten Verfassung. Sie liefert mit ihren Forschungsergebnissen somit einen Beitrag...

The Support Verses: Earliest Sayings of the Buddha is Christopher Carter Sanderson's uniquely poetic and practical translation of The Dhammapada. Sanderson, working from Pali and Sanskrit sources, aims to artistically transmit the essence of...

The Diamond Sutra is one of the most influential Mahayana sutras in East Asia, and it is particularly prominent within the Chan (or Zen) tradition, along with the Heart Sutra...

An Ultimate Guide to Understanding Buddhism and Yoga with a New Part on Anxiety and Relaxation Techniques.Finally published the new edition with the addition of the chapters concerning anxiety and relaxation techniques through Yoga following the Buddhist...

Discovering Buddhism introduces Buddhism as a culture and civilization, a system of thought and a religion. This fascinating book presents the views and practices of all the main Buddhist traditions without bias and addresses the history of...

Knowing God, Knowing Emptiness examines the viability of the epistemology proposed by Bernard Lonergan in his seminal work Insight, particularly with regard to its possible application in the field of interreligious dialogue. This book scrutinises...

This volume explores the interaction between text and image in Indian Buddhist contexts, including not only the complex relationship between verbal stories and visual representations at Indian sites, but also the ways in which visual imagery is used...

This volume, the 9th project of the English Translation Committee of the Nichiren Shu Overseas Propagation Promotion Association (NOPPA), constitutes all 23 writings of Buddhist reformer Nichiren Shōnin (1222-1282) included in the Nichiren Shōnin Zenshu,...

《梅花易数》乃千年秘传的占卜奇书，是中华易学宝库中一颗璀璨的明珠，相传系北宋哲学家、易学家邵雍（邵康节）所著。该书前三卷乃梅花数占法的开山宝典，后两卷亦为相字术的早期经典。该书由于长期在民间秘传手抄，故而存在不少错讹缺漏及混乱不通之处。由于过分强调秘不外传，故而宋代以降流传极少，迨至近代近乎失传。学者郭南山先生（网络昵称东郭先生gns），以深厚的易学和语言功底，严谨的治学态度，对《梅花易数》做了认真校订和适当注释、解释。（全书都有注释，但只有前三卷梅花数部分各章有解释。校订以民国时期上海广益书局出版的《校...

作者运用现代科学原理对三学进行继承性诠释，并在此基础上重新思考我们所处宇宙的变化原理和存在本质。在先贤认识基础上，作者依据现有科学发现发展出以下认识：1. 在道学章节，作者证实人类有限的感知能力不足以直接、全面观察到我们现存宇宙规律（即老子所说："有生于无"），逻辑思维是认识发展的必要途径。2. 在儒学章节，作者认识到，道学和儒学是相辅相成的系统学问，只有站在系统学问的高度，才是个人和社会发展的有效归依。二者没有有效地结合在一起是因为人脑工作原理的局限所致。3...

Lobsang Rampa is the pen name of an author who wrote books with paranormal and occult themes. His best known work is The Third Eye, published in Britain in 1956.Following the publication of the book, newspapers reported that Rampa was Cyril Henry Hoskin...

The book is divided into three partsThe Mind in Every Day Living, The Mind and the Dream World, and The Mind after Death. Due to the immateriality of mind or consciousness and the unknown mechanism thereof, the terms such as consciousness, mind, thought,...

U. C. Fate has only one little thing to do before he dies. That is, to kill God. The novel opens on the very day Fate has scheduled for this public execution. We are in Sri Lanka, at the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth during Esala Perahera (the sacred...

""A Descriptive Catalogue Of Sanskrit, Pali, And Sinhalese V1: Literary Works Of Ceylon (1870)"" is a book written by William D'Alwis. The book is a comprehensive catalogue of literary works in three languages - Sanskrit, Pali, and Sinhalese - from the...

Religions-Philosophische Probleme Auf Dem Forschungsfelde Buddhistischer Psychologie Und Der Vergleichenden Mythologie (1884) is a German language book written by Adolf Bastian. The book explores the philosophical problems related to religions,...

Men, Women, and Gods and Other Lectures is a collection of lectures delivered by Helen Hamilton Gardener in 1885. The book explores the role of men and women in society, and the impact of religion and mythology on their lives. Gardener argues for women's...

Notes on the Amaravati Stupa is a book written by James Burgess in 1882. The book is a detailed account of the famous Buddhist stupa located in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India. The stupa is known for its intricate carvings and sculptures, which depict...