Religion - Buddhism - History

The astonishing adventure classic about life in Tibet just before the Chinese Communist takeover is now repackaged for a new generation of readers. In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first...

"As priceless as discovering a previously unknown time capsule."--Peter Coyote (Hosho Jishi), actor, director, authorThis is what happened at the famous Zen monastery south of San Francisco.From the best-selling author of the biography of Shunryu Suzuki (Crooked Cucumber), comes a memoir and oral history...

From one of the world's leading Buddhist scholars, a deeply researched and unprecedented portrait of the Buddha Like Jesus and Muhammad, the Buddha is one of the most significant figures in history. But is he a historical figure? In this revelatory book, Donald S....

The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form. It is one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. According to tradition, the Dhammapada's verses were spoken by the Buddha on various occasions. Each saying recorded in...

A new translation and analysis of one of the most controversial of the apocryphal gospels - Emphasizes an initiatic marriage between the male and female principles as the heart of the Christian mystery - Bears witness to the physical relationship shared by Jesus and...

The Story of Helena Blavatsky's Invention of Primeval ReligionHelena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891), the "grandmother of the New Age," not only inspired artists such as Kandinsky, Klee, Mondriaan, Scriabin, Mahler, Sibelius, T. S. Eliot and Kahlil Gibran but also founders of spiritual movements such as...

When the robe becomes a weapon, who can stop the violence? We think of Buddhism as a faith of peace--rooted in compassion, patience, and nonviolence. But across South and Southeast Asia today, the robe is being turned into a weapon as radical monks and...

The Soul of a PeopleIn most of the quotations from Burmese books containing the life of the Buddha I am indebted, if not for the exact words, yet for the sense, to Bishop Bigandet's translation. I do not think I am indebted to anyone...

How and when did the many schools of Buddhism emerge? How does the historical figure of Siddartha Guatama relate to the many teachings that are presented in his name? Did Buddhism modify the cultures to which it was introduced, or did they modify Buddhism?...

"The greatest measuring rod of love in the life of a Christian may be forgiveness, because God showed His love to us in terms of forgiveness." --John MacArthurDoes anyone really want to forgive? Or admit that we need forgiveness? Whether we're giving or receiving,...

"Becoming a Christian means being sick of your sin, longing for forgiveness and rescue from present evil and future hell, and affirming your commitment to the Lordship of Christ to the point where you are willing to forsake everything. I've said it before and...

The Zen Experience 1. Chang Chung-yuan, Tao: A New Way of Thinking (New York: Perennial Library, 1977), p. 4. 2. Ibid., p. 6. 3. Ibid., p. 50. 4. Ibid., p. 145. 5. Ibid., p. 153. 6. Quoted in Max Kaltenmark, Lao Tzu and Taoism...

It can become difficult to separate the teachings of Buddha from our own practice of them -- a struggle explored in Thich Nhat Hanh's "Thundering Silence." Ideology is valuable, but Nhat Hanh tells readers that practice must adapt to the world in which ideology...

This comprehensive, compact, lucid, and faithful account of the Buddha's teachings persistently enjoys great popularity in colleges, universities, and theological schools both here and abroad. "An exposition of Buddhism conceived in a resolutely modern spirit."--from the Foreword. "For years," says the Journal of the...

In this groundbreaking work, Sallie Tisdale traces women Buddhist masters and teachers across continents and centuries, drawing upon historical, cultural, and Buddhist records to bring to life these narratives of ancestral Buddhist women. Author: Sallie TisdalePublisher: HarperOnePublished: 03/13/2007Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 8.02h x...