Philosophy : Buddhist

Spiritual bypassing—the use of spiritual beliefs to avoid dealing with painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs—is so pervasi......

In this clearly written undergraduate textbook, Stephen Laumakis explains the origin and development of Buddhist ideas and concepts, focusing on the philosop......

Though it has been in the West for over one hundred years, Pure Land and Shin Buddhism has been little known or understood among Western peoples. This book b......

This introduction to Nichiren Buddhism explores the philosophical intricacies of life and reveals the wonder inherent in the phases of birth, aging, and deat......

BEING PEACE is a timeless and eloquent introduction to Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his most important teachings. First published in 1987 and translated i......

Buddhism passed into Japan from China and Korea about 1320 years ago, in or about the year A.D. 552. It adapted itself with perfect comprehension to the idea......

The Path of Light is Barnett's 1909 translation of an important text to Mahayana Buddhism. It is the treatise of the Bodhicharyavatara of Santideva--part of ......

Selecting his cut and uncut jewels from very various Buddhistic sources, Mr. Bowden has here supplied those who buy and use the book with rubies and sapphire......

This book gives an accurate account of the life of the Buddha. "The aim of this book", said the author, "is to set forth as simply as possible the...

An outline of the teaching of Buddha. While it may well serve as a first introduction for the beginner, its cheif aim is to give the reader who is...

The word Dhamma means 'the Teaching' and the portmanteau word dhamma is translated as 'things'. Another key word is 'dukkha'. It is generally translated as '......

This study focuses on the development of the concept of unconscious mind within Indian Buddhist thought, presents issues of conception of mind and examines t......

Mission to Tibet recounts the fascinating eighteenth-century journey of the Jesuit priest Ippolito Desideri (1684-1733) to the Tibetan plateau. The Italian m......

Dhammapada (The Path of the Eternal Truth) is one of the best known scriptures from the "Theravada canon", ascribed in origin to Siddhartha Gautama, the most......

In this unique and utterly novel presentation, David Loy explores the fascinating proposition that the stories we tell — about what is and is not possib......

Merleau-Ponty and Buddhism explores a new mode of philosophizing through a comparative study of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology and philosophies of maj......

Veggiyana brings the vitality of the world’s kitchens to your ownwith timeless wisdom and recipes to nourish, delight, and inspire.The kitchen is the m......

As human beings, we strive to make life go smoothly for ourselves and others, but that is expecting from the world something it cannot give. Ajahn Brahm, the......

Across more than a millenium, the lamas, meditators, and scholars of Tibet created a vast literature dedicated to revealing the profound truths about who we ......

This new wisdom book is stuffed with wit, wisdom, and energetic teachings from Lama Yeshe. Author of Introduction to Tantra and many other books, Yeshe has l......