An illustrated study which deals with the theme of happiness through two religions - Christianity and Buddhism, offering topics and questions for the mixed ability class. Designed for third year secondary school students, it is also suitable for fourth and fifth year students as part of their GCSE examination coursework. Robert Kirkwood is also author of "Looking for God".
A complete explanation of the Tantric practice of Vajrayogini, the female Buddha of blissful wisdom. This book provides comprehensive instructions on the 11 yogas of generation stage meditation, as well as the essential practices of completion stage meditation. Together, these provide special methods for transforming all our daily activities into a profound spiritual practice. A practical manual for those seeking a swift and blissful path to full enlightenment.
Simple and free of jargon, this practical Buddhist guide to meaning through awareness con ins a wealth of exercises and advice to help the read, find his or her way to enlightenment.
Amidaji: Emperor Antoku's Mortuary Temple and its Culture (Japanese Visual Culture, #21)
by Naoko Gunji
This book reconstructs the art, architecture, and rituals of a now-lost Buddhist temple, Amidaji in the Japanese city of Shimonoseki. By exploring artistic, literary, religious, political, and ideological contexts, it reveals a carefully crafted program of visual culture for the salvation of the victims of the tragic Genpei War (1180–1185), among whom the child-emperor Antoku.
The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 10)
by Max F. Muller
Essays on the Buddha's Teachings for All of Us
by Rodger R Ricketts Psy D
The Awakening of Faith (BDK English Tripitaka)
The Awakening of Faith is one of the basic texts of Mahayana Buddhism, used by most of its major schools. The popularity of the text in East Asian Buddhism is well attested by the numerous works written on it throughout the ages in China, Korea, and Japan. It is hoped that this translation of the work will prove of value to Western readers in increasing their understanding of the basic tenets and practices of Mahayana Buddhism. This book includes extensive commentary within the text to illuminat...
Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Sinhalese documents and interviews with monks, Sri Lankan anthropologist H.L. Seneviratne unravels the inner workings of this New Buddhism and the ideology on which it is based. Beginning with Anagarika Dharmapala's "rationalization" of Buddhism in the early-20th century, which called for monks to take on a more activist role in the community, Senevi...
A koan is a narrative or dialogue used to provoke the "great doubt" and test a student's progress in Zen practice. The Mu Koan consists of a brief conversation in which a monk asks master Zhaozhou Congshen whether or not a dog has Buddha-nature. The reply is Mu: literally, ''No.'' This case is widely considered to be the single best known and most widely circulated and transmitted koan record of the Zen school of Buddhism. The Mu Koan is especially well known for the intense personal experiences...
Indian Buddhist Philosophy (Ancient Philosophies)
by Amber Carpenter
Organised in broadly chronological terms, this book presents the philosophical arguments of the great Indian Buddhist philosophers of the fifth century BCE to the eighth century CE. Each chapter examines their core ethical, metaphysical and epistemological views as well as the distinctive area of Buddhist ethics that we call today moral psychology. Throughout, this book follows three key themes that both tie the tradition together and are the focus for most critical dialogue: the idea of anatman...
