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Into the Heart of Life
Allen & Unwin 2011; US$ 22.72One of the most inspiring teachers of Tibetan Buddhism shares important teachings on compassion and enlightenment from this ancient wisdom tradition. more...
How to Be Compassionate
Atria Books 2011; US$ 14.00Each one of us is responsible for all of humankind, and for the environment in which we live. . . . We must seek to lessen the suffering of others. Rather than working solely to acquire wealth, we need to do something meaningful, something seriously directed toward the welfare of humanity as a whole. To do this, you need to recognize that the whole... more...
Buddha, The Word
The Floating Press 1927; US$ 6.99Buddha, The Word discusses the teachings of Guatama Buddha. The Four Noble Truths teach that suffering is inherent in life, but that through acknowledging the origins of suffering and following the Eightfold Path, suffering can be ceased. The Eightfold path teaches how understanding, thought, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness and concentration... more...
Rolle und Bedeutung des "Nicht-Selbst" im frühen Buddhismus
Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 14.01Obwohl bereits in der Antike erste Informationen über den Buddhismus in die westliche Welt vordrangen, begann eine ernsthafte philosophische Auseinandersetzung mit diesem im Westen erst in der Neuzeit. Das vom Indologen Hermann Oldenberg im Jahre 1881 herausgegebene Buch "Buddha. Sein Leben, Seine Lehre, Seine Gemeinde" war es gewesen, das die moderne... more...
The Beginner's Guide to Walking the Buddha's Eightfold Path
Crown Publishing Group 2007; US$ 16.00?Writing a ?nuts and bolts? guide that is genuinely wise, charmingly conversational, and a pleasure to read requires a particular talent, and Jean Smith has proved once again that she has it.??Sylvia Boorstein, author of Don?t Just Do Something, Sit There The third of Jean Smith?s Beginner?s Guides focuses on the Buddha?s Eightfold Path?the concepts... more...
Emptiness
Wisdom Publications 2009; US$ 14.95Emptiness tackles an oft-misunderstood topic in the Buddhist religion. Here, emptiness does not imply a nihilistic worldview but rather the idea that a permanent entity doesn?t exist in any single phenomenon or being. Everything exists in dependence on an immeasurable quantity of causes and conditions. An understanding of emptiness allows us to... more...
Selfless Persons
Cambridge University Press 1982; US$ 46.00This book explains anatta through cultural, historical and Theravada Buddhist tradition and context. more...
Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 79.00Examines the meaning of 'nirvana' and discusses Buddhist utopias, textuality and world history. more...
"The Tibetan Book of the Dead"
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 19.95The Tibetan Book of the Dead is the most famous Buddhist text in the West, having sold more than a million copies since it was first published in English in 1927. Carl Jung wrote a commentary on it, Timothy Leary redesigned it as a guidebook for an acid trip, and the Beatles quoted Leary's version in their song "Tomorrow Never Knows." More recently,... more...
Open Secret
Hong Kong University Press 1970; US$ 21.00An essential work by the mysterious Wei Wu Wei. more...









