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ShambhalaShambhala
Best Price: $5.25
In this practical guide to enlightened living, Chögyam Trungpa offers an inspiring vision...
Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret MongoliaBones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia
Best Price: $7.49
What you are looking at is a travelogue masked as a desire by the author to legitimize the only...
The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist PsychologyThe Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
Best Price: $14.73
The Abhidhamma Pitaka, the third, newest and longest of the three divisions of the Pali Canon,...
Açvaghosha's Discourse on the Awakening of Faith in the MahâyânaAçvaghosha's Discourse on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahâyâna
Best Price: $21.75
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and GraceBeing Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace
Best Price: $3.02
Being an over 40 African American male dipping and dabbing in Zen for several years I read with...


Stages of MeditationStages of MeditationBeing PeaceBeing Peace
Best Price: $40.97
In this classic collection of lectures, Buddhist monk, scholar, poet and peace activist Thich...
MeditationMeditation
Meditation is an adapted selection from renowned Tibetan spiritual master Sogyal Rinpoche's...
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday LifePeace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Best Price: $8.68
Christians who claim superiority by quoting Jesus' "I am the Truth, The LIfe and...
Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism (Buddhism and Modernity)Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism (Buddhism and Modernity)
Best Price: $23.05
Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the...


The Awakening of Faith, Faith Attributed to AsvaghoshaThe Awakening of Faith, Faith Attributed to Asvaghosha
Best Price: $299.99
The Weaving of MantraThe Weaving of Mantra
Best Price: $28.00
This book is not intended as an introduction to Shingon Buddhism, but rather, provides an...
The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-ChiThe Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi
Best Price: $278.95
The translator of this should be Burton Watson; it looks to be a new editions of the Shambala...
Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric MovementIndian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement
Best Price: $30.08
Ronald M. Davidson's book on "Indian Esoteric Buddhism" is not for those...
Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge (Columbia Series in Science and Religion)Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge (Columbia Series in Science and Religion)
Best Price: $17.24
B. Alan Wallace seems to be an ideal candidate to write books on the theme of...

The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism NaturalizedThe Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized
Best Price: $14.55
If we are material beings living in a material world--and all the scientific...
On the Margins of Tibet: Cultural Survival on the Sino-Tibetan Frontier (Studies on Ethnic Groups in China)On the Margins of Tibet: Cultural Survival on the Sino-Tibetan Frontier (Studies on Ethnic Groups in China)
Best Price: $18.60
The authors have gathered an astounding array of data to quantify Tibetan cultural activities -...
Toward a True Kinship of Faiths: How the World's Religions Can Come TogetherToward a True Kinship of Faiths: How the World's Religions Can Come Together
Best Price: $16.00
No person today is untouched by what happens in the rest of the world. With this historic...
The Teachings of BuddhaThe Teachings of Buddha
Best Price: $17.95
I have recently read a number of books on Buddhism, and returned to this philosophy (not faith)...
Healing Lazarus: A Buddhist's Journey from Near Death to New LifeHealing Lazarus: A Buddhist's Journey from Near Death to New Life
Best Price: $2.99
This new work by Lewis Richmond is moving, touching beyond measure as the chronicle of his...

Dalai Lama, My SonDalai Lama, My Son
Best Price: $87.68
This is the story of the mother of the 14th Dalai Lama, a woman whose conventional life was...
BuddhasBuddhas
Best Price: $21.28
Buddhas by Nancy Tingley The quality of the workmanship that produced this book is...
Wheel of the LawWheel of the Law
Best Price: $21.82
One of the absolutely best books I have ever read on the history of Buddhism. I highly...
Truth and Tradition in Chinese Buddhism Or a Study of Chinese Mahayana BuddhismTruth and Tradition in Chinese Buddhism Or a Study of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism
Best Price: $24.59
In this book, the reader has the work of neither the partisan adversary nor the partisan...
Work as a Spiritual Practice: A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the JobWork as a Spiritual Practice: A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the Job
Best Price: $6.72
Over the years, I've gotten in the habit of taking this book out if any work environment I...

Buddha (Mini Datebooks)Buddha (Mini Datebooks)Encyclopedia of Reincarnation and KarmaEncyclopedia of Reincarnation and Karma
Best Price: $55.00
Featuring over 1,200 topical entries arranged alphabetically, this encyclopedia provides diverse...
Zen Style: Balance and Simplicity for Your HomeZen Style: Balance and Simplicity for Your Home
Best Price: $12.50
This is a great introductory book to the art of Zen living. Although it seems that the word...
The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment: Korean Buddhism's Guide to Meditation (S U N Y Series in Korean Studies)The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment: Korean Buddhism's Guide to Meditation (S U N Y Series in Korean Studies)
Best Price: $64.98
The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, used in monastic education for more than a millennium, is a...
Zen Buddhism: A History, Vol. 1: India and China (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture)Zen Buddhism: A History, Vol. 1: India and China (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture)

Tantric Practice in Nying-MaTantric Practice in Nying-Ma
...an all-encompassing presentation of Vajrayana philosophy and practice. There is much here...
Zen in the Art of the Tea Ceremony (Arkana)Zen in the Art of the Tea Ceremony (Arkana)
Best Price: $42.20
Written by a Westerner, this book looks at the practice and symbolism of the Japanese tea ceremony.
The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet: A Practical Guide to the Theory, Purpose, and Techniques ofTantric MeditationThe Tantric Mysticism of Tibet: A Practical Guide to the Theory, Purpose, and Techniques ofTantric Meditation
Best Price: $154.24
I love this book! I happen to have the Causeway Edition that was issued in 1974. It's worthy...
Buddhist Scriptures (Penguin Classics)Buddhist Scriptures (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.44
I had been looking for a book that would give me a good overview on the Buddhist sutras, and...
The Essential Dalai Lama: His Important TeachingsThe Essential Dalai Lama: His Important Teachings
Best Price: $2.42
The Essential Dalai Lama His Important Teachings, is a wonderful written and well thought out...

Worlds of Difference: Teachers'Worlds of Difference: Teachers'Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and OrientationsBuddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations
Best Price: $223.22
The issue of saints is a difficult and complicated problem in Buddhology. In this magisterial...
The Religious World of K=irti 'Sr=i: Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri LankaThe Religious World of K=irti 'Sr=i: Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka
Best Price: $39.39
As the second in a line of four regents of the South India derived Nayakkar dynasty that...
The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen BuddhismThe Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism
Best Price: $33.19
Touted - in places, as the most definitive study of the Zen Koan to date - in Western sources, I...
Girls Seek Bliss: Zen and the Art of Modern Life Maintenance (6 Copy Counter Pack)Girls Seek Bliss: Zen and the Art of Modern Life Maintenance (6 Copy Counter Pack)

Buddhist Mahayana Texts (Sacred Books of the East)Buddhist Mahayana Texts (Sacred Books of the East)
Best Price: $10.00
This inexpensive volume contains several important Buddhist scriptures. Included is the Buddha...
Tibetan Religious ArtTibetan Religious Art
Best Price: $2.37
This first American interpretation of the Tibetan art appeared in 1952 and is here reprinted for...
Jokhang: Tibet's Most Sacred Buddhist TempleJokhang: Tibet's Most Sacred Buddhist Temple
Best Price: $39.39
A definitive and beautifully illustrated book on this sacred Tibetan site. Lying at the center...
The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen (Philip E. Lilienthal Book)The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen (Philip E. Lilienthal Book)
Thorough and enlightening. Brilliant insights! Where has Prof. Broughton been all of these years?
Text as Father: Paternal Seductions in Early Mahayana Buddhist Literature (Buddhisms)Text as Father: Paternal Seductions in Early Mahayana Buddhist Literature (Buddhisms)
Best Price: $50.94
This book presents in one handy place, a veritable shopping list of the doubts that have slowly...

Kingship and Conversion in Sixteenth-Century Sri Lanka: Portuguese Imperialism in a Buddhist Land (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications)Kingship and Conversion in Sixteenth-Century Sri Lanka: Portuguese Imperialism in a Buddhist Land (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications)
Best Price: $54.50
A splendid book, superbly researched. A must read for all interested in cultural, political and...
The Experience of Buddhism: Sources and Interpretations (Religious Life in History Series)The Experience of Buddhism: Sources and Interpretations (Religious Life in History Series)
Best Price: $60.00
John Strong's "The Experience of Buddhism" obviously borrows heavily in idea and...
Buddhist Ethics and Modern Society: An International Symposium (Contributions to the Study of Religion)Buddhist Ethics and Modern Society: An International Symposium (Contributions to the Study of Religion)
The outgrowth of an historic international conference on Buddhist ethics in the modern world,...
Buddhist Epistemology: (Contributions in Philosophy)Buddhist Epistemology: (Contributions in Philosophy)
Best Price: $110.95
I am a philosophy fiend, and when I went to my library to pick up works by Husserl and...
Essential Buddhism: A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and PracticeEssential Buddhism: A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and Practice
Best Price: $44.95
Buddhism is one of the world's great faiths. Here in the United States there are an...

Religious Philosophy of Vladimir Solovyo (Library of Philosophy and Religion)Religious Philosophy of Vladimir Solovyo (Library of Philosophy and Religion)
The philosopher and poet Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900) is largely unknown to English readers,...
Surfing the Himalayas: Conversations and Travels with Master FwapSurfing the Himalayas: Conversations and Travels with Master FwapSurfing the HimalayasSurfing the HimalayasTeach Yourself 101 Key Ideas in BuddhismTeach Yourself 101 Key Ideas in Buddhism
This title exmines Buddhism and its radical look at how we can find happiness in a world where...
AN OPEN HEART: Practicing Compassion in Everyday LifeAN OPEN HEART: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
This book is a general introduction to Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism. It covers a whole range of...

Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: The Buddhist Path of KindnessPay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: The Buddhist Path of Kindness
Best Price: $8.99
If you know nothing about Buddhism or Mindfulness practice, this might not be the best place to...
The Essence of WisdomThe Essence of WisdomWheel of Life and Death: A Practical and Spiritual GuideWheel of Life and Death: A Practical and Spiritual Guide
Best Price: $77.50
Drawing on the teachings of Eastern and Western religions, with insights gleaned from his own...
A Gradual AwakeningA Gradual Awakening
Best Price: $6.48
I find it difficult to convey the unmitigated, overwhelming profundity that this book offers. ...
The Tibetan Book of MeditationThe Tibetan Book of Meditation
Best Price: $8.51
I found the visualization meditations to be very helpful. A recommended reading list would have...

Zen CultureZen Culture
Best Price: $30.00
I am italian and I have an italian edition of this book. It is really interesting because it...
Zen CultureZen Culture
Best Price: $103.90
Zen History, Zen, Haiku, Ceramics, Archery, Landscape Garden, Stone Garden, Ink Landscape...
Budda's Golden PathBudda's Golden Path
Best Price: $27.00
The Zen Impulse and the Psychoanalytic EncounterThe Zen Impulse and the Psychoanalytic Encounter
Best Price: $76.00
Although psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism derive from theoretical and philosophical assumptions...
The Wild Within: Adventures in Nature and Animal TeachingsThe Wild Within: Adventures in Nature and Animal Teachings
Best Price: $2.89
Everything Paul Rezendes shows his students is right in front of them and requires no...

The Zen Experience (A Plume book)The Zen Experience (A Plume book)
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(New American Library,1980) ?The best history of Zen ever written.? Library Journal Beginning...
Zen And the art of FatherhoodZen And the art of Fatherhood
Best Price: $1.00
Mr. Lewis has an uncanny ability to mix humor and poignancy in describing life's lessons and...
The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and MemoryThe Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory
Best Price: $34.59
Two-thirds of the book (Part II, III) are composed of earlier publications the erudite...
Unbounded Wholeness: Dzogchen, Bon, and the Logic of the NonconceptualUnbounded Wholeness: Dzogchen, Bon, and the Logic of the Nonconceptual
Best Price: $26.02
This is a translation/commentary of "Authenticity of Open Awareness"--a Bon 8th c....
Buddhism: The Illustrated GuideBuddhism: The Illustrated Guide
Best Price: $37.13
Enlightenment depends on seeing, on waking up, on the visual insight. This practice uses...

Did Dogen Go to China?: What He Wrote and When He Wrote ItDid Dogen Go to China?: What He Wrote and When He Wrote It
Best Price: $38.53
Zen master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253)has been widely acclaimed as Japan's finest religious...
The Six Perfections: Buddhism and the Cultivation of CharacterThe Six Perfections: Buddhism and the Cultivation of Character
Best Price: $14.25
Here is a lucid, accessible, and inspiring guide to the six perfections--Buddhist teachings...
The Mouths of People, the Voice of God: Buddhists and Muslims in a Frontier Community of LadakhThe Mouths of People, the Voice of God: Buddhists and Muslims in a Frontier Community of Ladakh
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This book is a study of possession among the Buddhists of Ladakh. The author demonstrates that...
Ajanta (Monumental Legacy)Ajanta (Monumental Legacy)
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Situated about 106 kilometers from Aurangabad in Maharashtra, Ajanta rock cut caves are...
The Interpretation of Music: Philosophical EssaysThe Interpretation of Music: Philosophical Essays
Best Price: $32.88
This volume looks at the symbiotic relationship between the philosophical inquiry into the...

The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha (Oxford World's Classics)The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $5.42
Just wanted to put in another five-star vote for this respected, scholarly, and versatile...
Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed (Buddhism and Modernity)Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed (Buddhism and Modernity)
Best Price: $25.00
This book illustrates how Buddhism has religious elements that are IRRECONCILABLE with science....
Healing Lazarus: A Buddhist's Journey from Near Death to New LifeHealing Lazarus: A Buddhist's Journey from Near Death to New Life
Best Price: $2.99
This new work by Lewis Richmond is moving, touching beyond measure as the chronicle of his...
Dalai Lama, My SonDalai Lama, My Son
Best Price: $87.68
This is the story of the mother of the 14th Dalai Lama, a woman whose conventional life was...
BuddhasBuddhas
Best Price: $21.28
Buddhas by Nancy Tingley The quality of the workmanship that produced this book is...

Wheel of the LawWheel of the Law
Best Price: $21.82
One of the absolutely best books I have ever read on the history of Buddhism. I highly...
Truth and Tradition in Chinese Buddhism Or a Study of Chinese Mahayana BuddhismTruth and Tradition in Chinese Buddhism Or a Study of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism
Best Price: $24.59
In this book, the reader has the work of neither the partisan adversary nor the partisan...
Work as a Spiritual Practice: A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the JobWork as a Spiritual Practice: A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the Job
Best Price: $6.72
Over the years, I've gotten in the habit of taking this book out if any work environment I...
Buddha (Mini Datebooks)Buddha (Mini Datebooks)Encyclopedia of Reincarnation and KarmaEncyclopedia of Reincarnation and Karma
Best Price: $55.00
Featuring over 1,200 topical entries arranged alphabetically, this encyclopedia provides diverse...

Zen Style: Balance and Simplicity for Your HomeZen Style: Balance and Simplicity for Your Home
Best Price: $12.50
This is a great introductory book to the art of Zen living. Although it seems that the word...
The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment: Korean Buddhism's Guide to Meditation (S U N Y Series in Korean Studies)The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment: Korean Buddhism's Guide to Meditation (S U N Y Series in Korean Studies)
Best Price: $64.98
The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, used in monastic education for more than a millennium, is a...
The DhammapadaThe Dhammapada
Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. With a...
The World of the Dalai Lama - an Inside Look at His Life, His People and His VisionThe World of the Dalai Lama - an Inside Look at His Life, His People and His VisionPrinciples of Zen: The Only Introduction You'll Ever Need (Thorsons Principles Series)Principles of Zen: The Only Introduction You'll Ever Need (Thorsons Principles Series)
Best Price: $59.95
Coming out of an insight meditation practice, I've been skeptical but curious about Zen for...

Karmic Palmistry: Explore Past Lives, Soul Mates, & KarmaKarmic Palmistry: Explore Past Lives, Soul Mates, & Karma
Best Price: $13.50
I picked this book after a friend of mine was talking about wanting to know about her past lives...
Right Development: The Santi Asoke Buddhist Reform Movement of ThailandRight Development: The Santi Asoke Buddhist Reform Movement of Thailand
Best Price: $80.96
This is a very worthwhile book. Rather specialized, I suppose. However, people interested in...
Buddhism and Postmodernity: Zen, Huayan, and the Possibility of Buddhist Postmodern EthicsBuddhism and Postmodernity: Zen, Huayan, and the Possibility of Buddhist Postmodern Ethics
Best Price: $26.86
Buddhism and Postmodernity is a response to some of the questions that have emerged in the...
Labrang Monastery: A Tibetan Buddhist Community on the Inner Asian Borderlands, 1709-1958 (Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture)Labrang Monastery: A Tibetan Buddhist Community on the Inner Asian Borderlands, 1709-1958 (Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture)
Best Price: $64.13
The Labrang Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Amdo and its extended support community are one of the...
Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and SpiritualityUniverse in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
Gallileo, Copernicus, Newton, Niels Bohr, Einstein. Their insights shook our perception of who...

A Gift of AwakeningA Gift of Awakening
Best Price: $4.98
A Gift of Awakening and A Gift of Happiness are two books in a new inspirational series (see...
Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: An Anthology of Suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya (Sacred Literature Series)Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: An Anthology of Suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya (Sacred Literature Series)
Drawn from the Anguttara Nikaya, Numerical Discourses of the Buddha brings together teachings of...
   
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