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Tannisho: A Shin Buddhist Classic

By: N/A

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Buddhist Study Center Pr: June 1996

Seller ID: 456903

ISBN: 0938474189

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Tannisho sets out to refute deviations from the True Pure Land school teachings. Rennyo Shonin Ofumi is a collection of eighty pastoral letters written to True Pure Land school followers. This work presents two titles in one volume.
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Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die: Death Stories Of Tibetan, Hindu And Zen Masters

By: N/A

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Weatherhill: May 1997

Seller ID: 471844

ISBN: 0834803917

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This collection of 108 stories recounts the ways in which Hindu, Tibetan and Zen Buddhist masters, both ancient and modern, have confronted their own deaths. It is intended to show people how to leave the world gracefully and place death in its proper perspective.
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A Buddhist Bible (Beacon paperback 357--Religion)

By: N/A

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Beacon Press: January 1970

Seller ID: 484426

ISBN: 080705951X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Chuang Tsu / Inner Chapters (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Vintage: March 1974

Seller ID: 485951

ISBN: 0394719905

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia (Tradition; 17; Garland Reference)

By: N/A

Price: $6.00

Publisher: State University of New York Press: March 1996

Seller ID: 451674

ISBN: 0791428443

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This is the first comprehensive study of socially and politically engaged Buddhism in the lands of its origin. Nine accounts of contemporary movements in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan are framed by interpretive essays. The historical development and institutional forms of engaged Buddhism are considered in the light of traditional Buddhist conceptions of morality, interdependence, and liberation; and Western ideas of freedom, human rights, and democracy.

Since the fiery self-immolation of the Vietnamese monk Thich Quang Duc on a Saigon street in 1963, "engag...
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The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Counterpoint: February 2013

Seller ID: 476766

ISBN: 1619020998

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Having translated The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra, and following with The Platform Sutra, Red Pine now turns his attention to perhaps the greatest Sutra of all. The Lankavatara Sutra is the holy grail of Zen. Zen's first patriarch, Bodhidharma, gave a copy of this text to his successor, Hui-k'o, and told him everything he needed to know was in this book. Passed down from teacher to student ever since, this is the only Zen sutra ever spoken by the Buddha. Although it covers all the major teachings of Mahayana Buddhism, it contains but two teachings: that everyt...
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The Essential Dogen: Writings of the Great Zen Master

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Shambhala: April 2013

Seller ID: 482310

ISBN: 1611800412

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), founder of the Soto School of Zen Buddhism, is one of the greatest religious, philosophical, and literary geniuses of Japan. His writings have been studied by Zen students for centuries, particularly his masterwork, Shobo Genzo or Treasury of the True Dharma Eye. This is the first book to offer the great master's incisive wisdom in short selections taken from the whole range of his voluminous works. The pithy and powerful readings, arranged according to theme, provide a perfect introduction to Dogen--and inspire spiritual practice in people of all traditi...
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Hsun Tzu: Basic Writings

By: N/A

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Columbia University Press: April 1996

Seller ID: 482312

ISBN: 0231106890

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Hs n Tzu set forth the most complete well-ordered philosophical system of his day. Although basically Confucian, he differed with Mencius, his famous predecessor in the Confucian school, by asserting that the original nature of man is evil. To counteract this evil, he advocated self-improvement, the pursuit of learning, the avoidance of obsession, and constant attention to ritual in all areas of life. With a translation by the noted scholar Burton Watson, includes an introduction to the philosopher in relation to Chinese history and thought. Readers familiar with Hs n Tzu's work will find that...
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A Lifetime of Wisdom: Essential Writings By and About the Dalai Lama

By: N/A

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Da Capo Press: June 2002

Seller ID: 484125

ISBN: 1569245738

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Readers who want to appreciate and understand the scope and depth of the Dalai Lamas wisdom must currently select from a variety of books. Now, A Lifetime of Wisdom brings together those writings that, taken together, constitute an essential account of the Dalai Lamas teaching legacy. A thoughtful, inspirational, and beautifully designed and packaged collection of the most essential writings by the Dalai Lama, A Lifetime of Wisdom includes accounts of the Dalai Lamas early days as a child plucked from obscurity to rule over Tibet, his struggles with the Chinese who invaded his country, and his...
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Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook (Shambhala Classics)

By: N/A

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Shambhala: March 2009

Seller ID: 484456

ISBN: 1590306880

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The "three treasures" of human life--vitality, energy, and spirit--are envisioned in Taoist thought as the source of creativity, capability, and intelligence. This comprehensive anthology traces the teachings on these three treasures through the long history of Taoism, highlighting the quintessential works on their practical application for mental and physical well-being. Along with brief selections from the classic sources of Taoism by Lao Tzu and Chang-tzu, the book presents a rich selection of tales and sayings from Taoist literature, as well as a broad range of writings from the Complete R...
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Tantric Buddhism in East Asia

By: N/A

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Wisdom Publications: November 2005

Seller ID: 484769

ISBN: 0861714873

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

While the tantric Buddhism found in the Indian and Tibetan traditions is increasingly recognized, in East Asia tantric Buddhism remains largely unknown. This collection brings together twelve key essays on tantric Buddhism in East Asia, drawn from sources that are not commonly available. The collection is organized into four sections: China and Korea, Japan, Deities and Practices, and Influences on Japanese Religion.

Payne's work, which brings together in one place a "critical mass" of scholarship, will create a sea change in the understanding of the history of East Asian Buddhism and Tant...
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Chant and Be Happy: The Power of Mantra Meditation (Contemporary Vedic Library Series)

By: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prab

Price: $3.00

Seller ID: 355823

ISBN: 0892131187

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Good

Zen and Western Thought

By: Abe, Masao

Price: $6.50

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press: February 1989

Seller ID: 453166

ISBN: 082481214X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering

By: Adyashanti

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 453172

ISBN: 1604079371

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"Falling Into Grace is a dazzling, clear, profound book--a cool drink of water for thirsty hearts everywhere."
--Geneen Roth, author of Women, Food, God

"The path to enlightenment today is cluttered with concepts: Adyashanti cuts through them with a sword so merciless and tender that only space remains."
--Meg Lundstrom, author of What to Do When You Can't Decide

"Adyashanti's teachings point us toward what we most yearn for: realizing and embodying the love and awareness that is our natural state. Falling Into Grace is wonderf...
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The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment

By: Adyashanti,

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Sounds True: June 2010

Seller ID: 431545

ISBN: 1591797799

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

More and more people are "waking up" spiritually. And for most of them, the question becomes: now what? "Information about life after awakening is usually not made public," explains Adyashanti. "It's most often shared only between teachers and their students." The End of Your World is his response to a growing need for direction on the spiritual path. Consider the book you hold in your hands Adyashanti's personal welcome to "a new world, a state of oneness."

Adyashanti begins by describing the "I got it/I lost it" phenomenon that perplexes so many of his students--the fluctu...
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Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion and Culture (Latitude 20 Books (Paperback))

By: Andreasen, Esben

Price: $5.00

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press: May 1998

Seller ID: 458103

ISBN: 0824820282

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Emptiness: A Practical Guide for Meditators

By: Armstrong, Guy

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Wisdom Publications: August 2018

Seller ID: 431632

ISBN: 1614295263

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A richly informed, practical guide to Buddhism's most subtle teaching.

Guy Armstrong has been a leading figure and beloved teacher of insight meditation for decades. In this book, he makes difficult Buddhist topics easy to understand, weaving together Theravada and Mahayana teachings on emptiness to show how we can liberate our minds and manifest compassion in our lives.

Book of Certitude

By: Baha'u'llah

Price: $9.50

Seller ID: 381044

ISBN: 1931847088

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Kitab-i-iqan, The Book of Certitude, is one of the an important scriptural works in the Baha'i Faith. In it, Baha'u'llah gives a sweeping overview of religious truth, explaining the underlying unity of the world's religions, describing the universality of the revelations humankind has revceived from the Prophets of God, illuminating their fundamental teachings, and elucidating allegorical passages from the New Testament and the Qur'an that have given rise to misunderstanding among religious leaders, practitioners, and the public.
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Tibetan Book of the Dead

By: Bardo/ Fremantle, Francesca

Price: $4.00

Publisher: September 2016

Seller ID: 471851

ISBN: 039473064X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Sound of Water (Shambhala Centaur Editions)

By: Basho

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 398975

ISBN: 1570625484

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Good

Here are over two hundred of the best haiku of Japanese literature translated by one of America's premier poet-translators. The haiku is one of the most popular and widely recognized poetic forms in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. This illustrated collection includes haiku by the great masters from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century.
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