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Dr. Bimalendu Mohanty |
Glimpses of Buddhist Legacy |
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Dr. Bimalendu Mohanty, after completing his MA (History) from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, obtained the Degree of M.Ed from Missourie University (USA) and PH.D. Degree from Ranchi University. Joined as Lecturer in Stewarts Science Colleg, Cuttack, then served as Youth Welfare Officer, Utkal University, as whole - time N.C.C. Officer in Major's rank in the Ministry of Defence and then took up assignment of Dean, Students Welfare, Orissa University of Agriculture and... |
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Tandra Patnaik |
God as Shunya |
$36.49 $27.37 |
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| The philosophy of Mahima Dharma, a religious tradition of Odisha, is centred around the concept of God as Shunya-Brahman, and is remarkable for its stance towards religion, man and society. Mahima Dharma, though very much a part of the Indian religio-philosophical tradition, boldly defies idolatry, meaningless rites, religious pomposites and social discrimination, based on varna dharmajati. Bhima Bhoi, the chief protagonist of this dharma, presents a shunya-centric metaphysics and takes it to a... |
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Kenneth J. Saunders |
Gotama Buddha |
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| In this biography of Buddha, Gotama the man stands and breathes again. It is captivating in its combination of scholarly accuracy with undisguised admiration for the majestic character of Gotama.
Gotama Buddha`s influence after the lapse of 26 centuries is still a mighty
force in the world. The modern world, with its passionate belief in organization
and in wealth, may learn much from Gotama. According to the author, `Here was a
man who, without setting up an elaborate organization,... |
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Gotama the Buddha: His Life and His Teaching |
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| This compact volume succinctly encapsulates major landmarks in the life of Gotama the Buddha, the principal elements of his teaching, and the most significant historical junctures in the subsequent transmission of the Dhamma as originally taught by him. Contents: The Life of the Buddha The Teaching of the Buddha The Six Councils (Dhamma-Sangîtis) The Spread of the Dhamma Hostorical Places of The Buddha Vipassana Meditation The Teaching Today References List of... |
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S.N. Goenka |
Gracious Flow of Dharma |
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| In addition to his teaching work, Mr. S.N.Goenka has presented Vipassana to the general public through hundreds of public discourses around the world and throughout India. This book is taken from a series of public talks given in Hyderbad, India in 1994. Mr. Goenka explains the true meaning of the Sanskrit word "Dharma" and its universality.
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Kelsang Gyatso |
Great Treasury of Merit |
$29.95 $22.46 |
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| A Commentary to the Practice of Offering to the Spiritual Guide. About the Author: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is a fully accomplished meditation Master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. He is the author of a series of highly acclaimed books that transmit perfectly the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our modern world. He has also founded many Buddhist Centres throughout the world. |
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Johannes Bronkhorst |
Greater Magadha: Studies in the Cultures of Early India |
$50.99 $38.24 |
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| ‘Greater Magadha', roughly the eastern part of the Gangetic plain of northern India, has so far been looked upon as deeply indebted to Brahmanical culture. Religions such as Buddhism and Jainism are thought of as derived, in one way or another, from Vedic religion. This belief is defective in various respects. The book argues for the importance and independence of Greater Magadha as a cultural area until a date close to the beginning of the Common Era. In order to correct the incorrect... |
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Geshe Kelsang Gyatso |
Guide to Dakini Land |
$31.95 $23.96 |
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| Guide to Dakini Land is the first complete explanation in English to the
Tantric practice of Vajrayogini, the female Buddha of wisdom. The book provides
detailed instructions on the eleven yogas of generation stage, which are special
methods for transforming all our daily activities into the spiritual path. It
also explains with perfect clarity the essential completion stage practices of
Vajrayogini. It includes all the sadhanas of Vajrayogini and advice on how to do
a Tantric... |
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Dalai Lama |
Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective |
$15.49 $11.62 |
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| In this book the Dalai Lama shows how through the practice of patience and tolerance we can overcome the obstacles of anger and hatred. He bases his discussion on A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, the classic work on the activities of Bodhisattvas-those who aspire to attain full enlightenment in order to bengit all beings.
Relevant not only to Buddhists but to everyone seeking self-improvement, this outstanding teaching by the world's foremost Buddhist, based on the "Patience" chapter... |
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Pamela Bloom |
Healing Power of Compassion : The Essence of Buddhist Acts |
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| Compassion arises through ceaseless manifestations, as the stories collected in this book demonstrate. Through their lucid and memorable insights, these stories lead us to one fundamental truth: Compassion is the essence of all authentic spirituality and transcends any definitions and differences of religions.
The Wonderful stories that Pamela Bloom has collected give us a precious glimpse into the heart of service the Buddha discovered more than 2,600 years ago. Poignant and... |
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Geshe Kelsang Gyatso |
Heart Jewel: Commentary to the Essential Practice of the New Kadampa Tradition of Mahayana Buddhism |
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| Kadampa Buddhism is becoming increasingly popular as a clear and practical spiritual path for the contemporary practitioner.
Originating with the special presentation of Mahayana Buddhism by the great Buddhist masters Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa, Kadampa Buddhism makes the path to enlightenment accessible to the modern world and explains clearly how to transform our lives into the spiritual path.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, a meditation master of this living tradition, explains two essential... |
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Celina Luzanne |
Heritage of Buddha - The Story of Siddhartha Gautama |
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| Since the appearance of the epoch-making works of Rhys Davis, Kern, and
Oldenberg, the sources for the history of Buddha and Buddhism, have been greatly
increased. The accessions to our knowledge of the Pali texts are indeed chiefly
due to Rhys Davids, but this new data has never been incorporated into previous
results. This present
work sets forth information that is known from records which had not, till
the publication of this book, been presented in a Western forum. It is... |
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Sherry B. Ortner |
High Religion: A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism |
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| An eminent anthropologist examines the foundlings of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early twentieth century a religious development that was a major departure from “folk” or “popular” Buddhism. Sherry Ortner is the first to integrate social scientific and historical modes of analysis in a study of the Sherpa monasteries and one of the very few to attempt such an account for Buddhist monasteries anywhere. Combining ethnographic and oral... |
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Sir Charles Eliot |
Hinduism and Buddhism |
$100.49 $75.37 |
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| First published in 1921, when the author was the British Ambassador in Tokyo, Hinduism and Buddhism provides a vivid historical sketch of the Hindu and Buddhist religions, an immense subject.
In his introduction Sir Charles Eliot points to the real foundation of Indian thought: ‘Here more than in any other country the national mind finds its favourite occupation and full expression in religion. This quality is geographical rather than racial, for it is possessed by Dravidians as much as by... |
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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy |
Hinduism and Buddhism |
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| In this work, the author sets forth his ideas with his usual depth and insight to discard the wrong notions about the divergence in the basic philosophies of these two major religions that have been propounded by European scholars and by Indians trained in our modern skeptical and evolutionary modes of thought.
In this book, the author has tried to show that the essentials of these religions are the same and form what may be called as the Philosophic Perini’s or the Eternal Philosophy. His... |
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Pandurang Vaman Kane |
History of Dharmasastra (5 Vols. in 8 parts) |
$641.49 $481.12 |
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| On November 17, 1962 the publication of the fifth and last volume of Professor P.V. Kane's History of Dharmasastra was formally announced by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, and a significant landmark in the history of Indological research in this country may be said to have been thereby established. The History of Dharmasastra is a literary work which is truly magnificent both in conception and execution. Its five Volumes which together extend over nearly 6,500 pages, seek to present the most... |
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Swami Sivananda |
How to Cultivate Virtues and Eradicate Vices |
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| This volume would rank foremost among the works of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj. In this he has presented to the men and women of the present-day world a theme that is dearest to his heart and that would transform men into gods and nations into paradise on earth. The keynote of Sri Swamiji's teachings is righteousness in thought, word and deed, the cultivation of a sterling character, and the practice of the Religion of the Heart. In this respect, he is like Lord Buddha, But, like Lord... |
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Sheng-Yen |
Illuminating Silence |
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| A thought provoking introduction to Chan (Chinese Zen) through the teachings of the influential Master Shen Yen. This is a rare opportunity to gain an insight into the practice of a Chinese Zen retreat and the ideas behind it.
Part One of the book provides a full introductory account with extensive teachings, based on the worlds of the ancients.
Part Two delves deeply into the little known practice of 'Silent Illumination' which lies at the heart of Chinese Buddhism.
The author explains... |
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Bhupender Heera |
Impact of Buddhism on Socio-Religious Life of the Asian People |
$35.49 $26.62 |
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| Buddhism is an ancient religion that spread across Asia in a matter of centuries and had a rare kind of influence on the social and religious life of the Asian peoples. The volume stresses on the social and cultural transformation brought about by Buddhism when the royalty in these countries adopted the religion and propagated it.
It deals with Sri Lanka's evolution into a stronghold of Theravada Buddhism and China and Tibet's contribution to the Mahayana and Tantrayana Buddhist traditions.... |
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D R Parihar |
Impact of Vipassana in Government |
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| The primary aim of this professionally conducted multi-method research study was the asessment and analysis of the impact of Vipassana (a scientific, non-sectarian meditation technique) in government in India, where the uptake of Vipassana is so widespread as to make such a study particularly meaningful.
The secondary objective was to obtain the opinions of government officials about the introduction of Vipassana meditation in government administration.
The main focus of the study was on... |
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Importance of Vedana and Sampajañña |
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| The Seminar on Vedana and Sampajañña, held in 1990 at Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri, India, was an important milestone in the acknowledgment of Vipassana meditation as the quintessence of the Buddha's teaching. The papers presented at the seminar gave detailed insight into these two very important terms from the Pali canon. They are inspiring to meditators and intriguing to scholars interested in the Buddha's teaching.
In this second edition S.N. Goenka has contributed a new article that once again... |
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A.K. Warder |
Indian Buddhism |
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| This book describes the Buddhism of India on the basis of the comparison f all the available original sources in various languages. It falls into three approximately equal parts. The first is a reconstruction of the original Buddhism presupposed by the traditions of the different schools known to us. it uses primarily the established methods of textual criticism, drawing out of the oldest extant texts of the different schools their common kernel. The kernel of doctrine is presumbly common... |
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Hajime nakmura |
Indian Buddhism |
$49.99 $37.49 |
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| This work presents a survey of Indian Buddhism with detailed bibliographical notes. Basing itself on recent studies, it is intended to introduce studies in various aspects of Indian Buddhism carried on by Japanese scholars as well as Western and Asian, especially Indian, scholars. The main text constitutes a gengeral survey of the development of Indian Buddhism, and studies by scholars past and present are mentioned in full detail in copious footnotes with due evaluations.
This work can be... |
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H.H. Dalai Lama |
Introduction of Buddhism and Tantric Meditation |
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| Tantric Buddhism is in general concerned with particular types of meditation and ritual that are seen as especially powerful and efficacious. The goals of these practices may be both worldly - alleviation of sickness, control of the weather - and soteriological. Tantric techniques are generally centered on the ritual evocation and worship of deities who are usually conceived of as awakened, enlightened. The key to this process is the use of mantras and methods of visualization; successful... |
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Geshe Kelsang Gyatso |
Introduction to Buddhism |
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| These and many other themes are illuminated in this compelling introduction to the life and teachings of Buddha. Beginning with the main events of Buddha's life story, Geshe Kelsang introduces the central principles behind the Buddhist way of life and what it means to be a Buddhist. Meditation is explained clearly and simply, while more complex subjects such as the paths to liberation and enlightenment are presented in an accessible and inspiring way. The book speaks about: Who was... |
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