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Takeuchi Yoshinori |
Buddhist Spirituality (Vol- II) |
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| Of all the great religions, it is Buddhism that has focused most intensively on that aspects of religion that we call spirituality. No religion has ste a higher value on states of spiritual insight and liberation, and none has set forth so methodologically and with such a wealth of reflection the various paths and with such a wealth of reflection the various paths and disciplines by which such states are reached. The aim of the volumes on Buddhism is to survey the entire tradition both... |
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Richard Gombrich |
Buddhist Studies |
$38.49 $28.87 |
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| The impressive growth of Buddhist Studies in recent years is the result of several factors. Important collections of manuscripts have been found, and monuments unearthed, in nearly all parts of Asia where Buddhism existed; political and social events bringing East and West together have increased interest in both scholarly research and Buddhist religious practices. The spread of Buddhism outside its birthplace, Madhyadesa, first in India and soon throughout Asia, prompted its... |
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Jonathan A. Silk |
Buddhist Studies: The Legacy of Gadjin M. Nagao |
$38.49 $28.87 |
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| The field of Buddhist studies is a truly international and interdisciplinary one. By its nature, the study of Buddhism must take into account phenomena that cross national and cultural boundaries, as well as the more artificial boundaries of modern academic fields. The volume presents eighteen studies, the subjects of which range over India, Tibet, China, and Japan, and deal with an even broader range of subjects. It includes many essays on Buddhist philosophy, a number of... |
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Ven. Gyomyo Nakamura |
Buddhist Tales in Modern Times Stories of the Soul |
$9.99 $7.49 |
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| Stories of the Soul are a collection of stories woven from the many accounts which exist of things the author did and experienced. Most of the stories have been inspired by the author's various trips to Latah, Nepal and many places in India. This book takes us to a fantasy world where there are animals, insects, birds, and trees that talk and behave like human beings. The stories are presented in an unusual but interesting style. As in Buddhists teachings, most of the characters mentioned... |
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Lalan Prasad Singh |
Buddhist Tantra: A Philosophical Reflection and Religious Investigation |
$57.99 $43.49 |
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| Lord Buddha, after the attainment of Nirvana under Bodhi Tree at Bodh Gaya through the practice of Tantra Sadhana reflected on the nature and significance of Nirvana which resulted into the birth of a new school of philosophy and a new religious order known as Buddhism. Buddhist Tantra is the sublime and profound form of spirituality. It is monotheistic. It presents the highest form of Monism. In Buddhist Tantra, Advaya means the eternal co-existence of Prajna and Upaya which constitute the... |
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Lama Doboom Tulku |
Buddhist Translations |
$16.95 $12.71 |
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| The history of translation of Buddhist texts from Sanskrit and Tibetan in
various phases had been marked by the imposition of Western conceptual scheme
upon Buddhist material. The result has been distortion to a greater or lesser
extent of the original genuine Buddhist message. Other factors too have been
responsible for incaccurate translations. The goal should however be to ensure
translations which will speak with genuine Buddhist voice in a language and
style comprehensible to... |
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George Grimm |
Buddhist Wisdom |
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| The author devotes a good part of his book to the elaboration of the anatta doctrine; he states that the Buddha sought for the atta in the indirect way, by taking away from the atta everything that is not the atta. The Buddha followed this way so radically and with so much success, that whatever is cognizable revealed itself to him as anatta. He says: "You teach the atta, but I teach what the atta is not. You speak about the atta, but I speak of anatta; in short, you have the... |
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Alex Wayman |
Calming the Mind and Discerning the Real |
$23.95 $17.96 |
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| In 1402 Tson-kha-pa, the founder of the Gelupa sect of
Tibetan Buddhism, completed ' Lam Rim Chenmo.'
Lama Tson-kha-pa's famous Lam Rim Chenmo is perhaps the most elaborate and elegant presentation of the Buddhist path and is one of the most renowned Tibetan Buddhist classics. The work falls into the Lam-rim genre which stemmed from the Kadampa school of Tibetan Buddhism. Its main structure is based on the division of three levels of spiritual beings, which Atisha puts forth in The Lamp for... |
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Nalini Devdas |
Cetana and the Dynamics of Volition in Theravada Buddhism |
$57.49 $43.12 |
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| What do the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism have to say about the most basic psychological processes through which alternatives are assessed, purposes are developed, and goal-oriented acts are initiated? How can Theravada make volitional endeavor central to Buddhist practice, while denying the existence of a self who wills? How can the texts emphasize ethical striving, and yet uphold the principle that all physical and mental acts arise through causes and conditions?
This book adds another... |
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Beni Madhab Barua |
Ceylon Lectures |
$19.49 $14.62 |
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| Collects lectures detailed by the author in 2 series - The History series and religion series. Contains a clear statement of relations that have existed between India and Sri Lanka and as the position of Buddhism for a comparative point of view - Buddhism as an institutional religion. |
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Mishi Saran |
Chasing the Monk's Shadow |
$27.95 $20.96 |
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| In the seventh century AD, the Chinese
monk Xuanzang set off on an epic journey to India
to study Buddhist philosophy from the Indian masters. Traveling along the Silk Road,
braving brigands and blizzards, Xuanzang finally reached India, where his spiritual quest took
him to Buddhist holy places and monasteries throughout the subcontinent.
Fourteen hundred years later, Mishi Saran follows in Xuanzang's footsteps to
the fabled oasis cities of China and Central Asia, and the Buddhist... |
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Donald H. Bishop (Ed.) |
Chinese Thought |
$31.95 $23.96 |
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| As China comes on the world stage again, people are increasingly becoming interested in the philosophies and philosophers of that ancient land. The Chinese philosophical tradition is a long and venerable one. It consists of several streams--Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism and post Neo-Confucianism. Their flow has been sustained by numerous personages--Confucius, Lao Tzu, Mo Tzu, Mencius, Hsun Tzu, Han Fei, Chou Tun-i, Chu Hsi, Wang Yang-ming and K'ang Yu-wei, to... |
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Elizabeth Anne Benard |
Chinnamasta: The Aweful Buddhist and Hindu Tantric Goddess |
$21.99 $16.49 |
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| This is the first monograph which examines the rare Buddhist and Hindu Tantric goddess, Chinnamasta, her rituals, her names and forms (namarupa) and their symbolism by comparing and contrasting her sadhanas (spiritual practices) in Hinduism and Buddhism. The entire Hindu "Chinnamastatantra" section from the Sakta Pramoda, the Buddhist "Chinnamunda Vajravarahisadhana" and the "Chinnamunda Vajravarahisadhana" and the "Trikayavajrayoginistuti" are translated... |
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S.N. Goenka |
Come People of the World |
$4.95 $3.71 |
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| This book presents a collection of Hindi couplets (dohas) chanted by Sri S.N. Goenka in his ten-day Vipassana courses. These have been a source of great inspiration to his students for many years. They have now been transcribed in Roman script and translated in english for the benefit of English-speaking students all over the world.
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The Mother |
Commentaries on the Dhammapada |
$4.95 $3.71 |
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| These commentaries on the classic Buddhist text the Dhammapada were given in 1957-58 during the Mother's classes at the Ashram Playground. The classes consisted of students, teachers and Ashram members.
"After reading a chapter of the text, the Mother spoke about the points which interested her and then asked the class to meditate on them. She did not systematically discuss all the Dhammapada verses, but she did cover most of the central ideas in the text."
When the Mother introduced the... |
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Dr. Narendra Kumar Dash |
Concept of Suffering in Buddhism |
$22.18 $16.64 |
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| This is the fourth and final volume in the Indo-Tibetan Studies series edited by Dr. N.K. Dash. It contains seventeen research papers by noted scholars which investigate and probe into the profound concept of suffering in Buddhism. As the subject suffering touches the whole mankind, these eminent scholars view the concept from various angles as it was understood, expounded and practised by the Buddha himself, his early and later disciples and various commentators.
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Daniel Perdue (Tr.) |
Debate in Tibetan Buddhist Education |
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| It is intended as introduction for those interested in Tibetan debate and, more generally, in Buddhist logic and epistemology. |
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James H. Austin |
Developments in Meditation and States of Consciousness: Zen-Brain Relections |
$89.49 $67.12 |
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| The sequel to the widely read Zen and the Brain continues James Austin's explorations into the key inter-relationships between Zen Buddhism and brain research. In Zen-Brain Reflections, Austin, a clinical neurologist, researcher, and Zen practioner, examines the evolving psycho-logical processes and brain changes associated with the path of long-range meditative training. Austin draws not only on the latest neuroscience research and new neuroimaging studies but also on Zen literature... |
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Dharma - Its True Nature |
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| A collection of eighteen papers given at a seminar at Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri, India addressing the theme of how Vipassana meditation helps with the problem of addiction.aA report on the proceedings of an international conference held at Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri, India in May, 1995. The papers and discussion focus on the meaning of the word 'Dharma' which in India is synonymous with 'religion'. Papers are interspersed with lively discussion extracts about the definition of the term Dharma and focus... |
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Acri, Andrea |
Dharma Patanjala a Saiva Scripture from Ancient Java, Studied in the Light of Related Old Javanese and Sanskrit Texts |
$187.99 $140.99 |
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| The book presents a thoroughly revised edition, English translation, and study of the Dharma Patanjala, an Old Javanese-Sanskrit Saiva scripture transmitted through a single palm-leaf codex of West Javanese origin dating back to the 15th century AD. The cultural and doctrinal background of the text, as well as its codicological and philological aspects, are introduced in Part I. Part II presents an annotated diplomatic edition of the text with facsimile reproductions of the codex on... |
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Rajendra Prasad |
Dharmakirti's Theory of Inference: Revaluation and Reconstruction |
$34.99 $26.24 |
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| Dharmakirti was a Buddhist logician of 640CE.
In this book, Rajendra Prasad uses the method of contemporary logic to clarify Dharmakirti's system of inference. Despite not being organized along the lines of formal logic, Dharmakirti's inference emerges as a theory of deductive inference with an economy of formulation. |
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T.W. Rhys Davids |
Dialogues of the Buddha (3 Pts.) |
$93.49 $70.12 |
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| The Digha Nikaya or "the collection of long doctrinary lectures" of the Buddha is one of the five Nikayas or collections belonging to the Suttapitaka or "the basket of (Buddha`s) discourses" which is one of the three majorr collections of Pali Buddhist texts, the other two being Vinayapitaka and Abhidhammapitaka.
It consists of 34 long suttas of which each individual one treats intensively some particular point or points of the doctrine. The Buddha, like other Indian teachers of his time,... |
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Soka Gakkai |
Dictionary of Buddhism |
$63.99 $47.99 |
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| Anyone reading English translations of Buddhist texts will encounter a host of names, terms, and phrases who meanings are not clear even though they appear in English. Buddhism is famous for its specialized terminology and translation alone many not communicate its full meaning. East Asian Buddhist diction is layered with several languages - Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, and Japanese - and the only way to make one's way through this linguistic maze without getting lost is with the aid of a... |
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V.V.S. Saibaba |
Discourses in Buddhist Classics |
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| Discourses in Buddhist Classics is primarily designed with twofold objective viz.,
(a) to serve as the tool for post-graduate teaching of the Course in "Philosophy of the Buddha", and (b) to sustain the interest of the enterprising student by providing comprehensive understanding of Theravada and Mahayana schools of Buddhism.
This work serves as a useful companion for the scholars and researchers who are seriously interested in the history of Buddhist literature; who wish to probe... |
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S.N. Goenka |
Discourses on Satipatthana Sutta |
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| Discourses on Satipatthana Sutta, a condensed version of S.N. Goenka's discourses from an eight-day course on the Mahasatipatthana Sutta. Goenkaji reads and interprets the sutta in his discourses, giving life and inspiring relevance to the primary text given by the Buddha about Vipassana meditation practice. Mahasatipatthana Sutta - This annotated translation of the Mahasatipatthana Sutta, the primary discourse in which the Buddha describes the practice of meditation in detail, is intended for... |
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