Ritual is one of the most pervasive religious phenomena in the Tibetan cultural world. Despite its ubiquity and importance to Tibetan cultural life, however, only in recent years has Tibetan ritual been given the attention it deserves. This is the first scholarly collection to focus on this important subject. Unique in its historical, geographical and disciplinary breadth, this book brings together eleven essays by an international cast of scholars working on ritual texts, institutions and pract...
The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion
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 Japan. The essays in this impressive work refer to Esoteric Buddhism as the core of Japan's "culture of secrecy". Esoteric Buddhism developed in almost all Buddhist countries of Asia, but it was of particular importance in Japan where its impac...
Accessible and practical teachings on the life of Naropa, with verse-by-verse commentary on his two most important Mahamudra songs by a contemporary Karma Kagyu master. Naropa is one of the accomplished lineage holders of the Mahamudra tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In this book, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, a beloved Mahamudra teacher, first tells the extraordinary story of Naropa’s life and explains its profound lessons. He follows this with lucid and practical commentaries on two of Naropa’s s...
From the bestselling author of When Things Fall Apart, an open-hearted call for human connection, compassion, and learning to love the world just as it is during these most challenging times. In her first new book of spiritual teachings in over seven years, Pema Chödrön offers a combination of wisdom, heartfelt reflections, and the signature mix of humor and insight that have made her a beloved figure to turn to during times of change. In an increasingly polarized world, Pema shows us how to...
El Dalai Lama nos ofrece en estas páginas un brillante análisis de Las etapas de la meditación, uno de los libros más venerados en el Tíbet.Su Santidad el Dalai Lama nos ofrece en estas páginas un comentario brillante de uno de los libros de meditación más venerados en el Tíbet: Las etapas de la meditación, un manual escrito por el maestro Kamalashila a principios del siglo IX. El maestro nos ayudará a cultivar la calma mental hasta llegar al despertar definitivo de la conciencia,...
The noble eightfold path; Being the James Long Lectures on Buddhism for 1900-1902 A.D.
by William St Clair Tisdall
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Translations from the Asian Classics)
Dating back to the eighth century C.E., the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational text of Chan/Zen Buddhism that reveals much about the early evolution of Chinese Chan and the ideological origins of Japanese Zen and Korean Son. Purported to be the recorded words of the famed Huineng, who was understood to be the Sixth Patriarch of Chan and the father of all later Chan/Zen Buddhism, the Platform Sutra illuminates fundamental Chan Buddhist principles in an expressive sermon that...
Recovering Buddhism in Modern China (The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies)
Modern Chinese history told from a Buddhist perspective restores the vibrant, creative role of religion in postimperial China. It shows how urban Buddhist elites jockeyed for cultural dominance in the early Republican era, how Buddhist intellectuals reckoned with science, and how Buddhist media contributed to modern print cultures. It recognizes the political importance of sacred Buddhist relics and the complex processes through which Buddhists both participated in and experienced religious supp...
Tibetan Literature Studies in Genre
by Dalai Lama Professor of Religious Studies Jose Ignacio Cabezon
Tourism and Buddhist Monasteries of Ladakh Himalayas
by Prem Singh Jinha
The Four Profound Thoughts Which Turn the Mind Towards Amida Dharma
by Jōshō Adrian Cirlea