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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General

unbecoming (Hardcover): Laura Muensterer unbecoming (Hardcover)
Laura Muensterer
R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Zen Mindset - Achieve Happiness, Focus and Peace in Your Everyday Life by Incorporating Principles and Practices of Zen... Zen Mindset - Achieve Happiness, Focus and Peace in Your Everyday Life by Incorporating Principles and Practices of Zen Buddhism (Paperback)
Matt McKinney
R270 Discovery Miles 2 700 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Shobogenzo - Volume II of III - The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teaching (Hardcover): Eihei Dogen Shobogenzo - Volume II of III - The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teaching (Hardcover)
Eihei Dogen; Translated by Hubert Nearman
R1,102 Discovery Miles 11 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Record of Traces and Dreams - The Heart Sutra (Hardcover): Kido Inoue Record of Traces and Dreams - The Heart Sutra (Hardcover)
Kido Inoue
R521 R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Save R36 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"The purpose of a reclusive monk such as myself audaciously presenting a volume like this is to transmit the True Dharma and the Great Compassion of Buddha. In doing this, I wish to highlight the fact that the "Heart Sutra" is an outstanding guidebook for the path to liberation and for the practice of the Buddha Way. This sutra describes the Ultimate Path in a most straightforward manner. I would like you to know that by exerting yourself daily in the way it describes the time will come without a doubt when the results of your effort will manifest."

-Master Kido Inoue

To fully understand the meaning of the "Heart Sutra," one cannot simply follow, or have faith in what it is says, without detailed analysis. "The Heart Sutra" cannot be fully grasped with pure intellect alone. Practicing the True Way requires you to throw away all things and to forget the ego.

When the words are approached with both the mind and the heart, its full understanding will naturally be revealed through practice. Because of this, the guidance of a real Dharma Master (or Roshi)-such as Master Kido Inoue-is required. Here, he shares his teachings in a straightforward and honest fashion.

Awaken - An Experiential Exploration of Enlightenment (Hardcover): Sundar Kadayam Awaken - An Experiential Exploration of Enlightenment (Hardcover)
Sundar Kadayam
R585 R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
History of Religion - Buddhism (Hardcover): Nevaeh Melancon History of Religion - Buddhism (Hardcover)
Nevaeh Melancon
R1,555 Discovery Miles 15 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Monks in Motion - Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea (Hardcover): Jack Meng-Tat Chia Monks in Motion - Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea (Hardcover)
Jack Meng-Tat Chia
R2,445 Discovery Miles 24 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Chinese Buddhists have never remained stationary. They have always been on the move. In Monks in Motion, Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores why Buddhist monks migrated from China to Southeast Asia, and how they participated in transregional Buddhist networks across the South China Sea. This book tells the story of three prominent monks Chuk Mor (1913-2002), Yen Pei (1917-1996), and Ashin Jinarakkhita (1923-2002) and examines the connected history of Buddhist communities in China and maritime Southeast Asia in the twentieth century. Monks in Motion is the first book to offer a history of what Chia terms "South China Sea Buddhism," referring to a Buddhism that emerged from a swirl of correspondence networks, forced exiles, voluntary visits, evangelizing missions, institution-building campaigns, and the organizational efforts of countless Chinese and Chinese diasporic Buddhist monks. Drawing on multilingual research conducted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Chia challenges the conventional categories of "Chinese Buddhism" and "Southeast Asian Buddhism" by focusing on the lesser-known-yet no less significant-Chinese Buddhist communities of maritime Southeast Asia. By crossing the artificial spatial frontier between China and Southeast Asia, Monks in Motion breaks new ground, bringing Southeast Asia into the study of Chinese Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism into the study of Southeast Asia.

New Horizons in Eastern Humanism - Buddhism, Confucianism and the Quest for Global Peace (Hardcover): Tu Weiming, Daisaku Ikeda New Horizons in Eastern Humanism - Buddhism, Confucianism and the Quest for Global Peace (Hardcover)
Tu Weiming, Daisaku Ikeda
R1,888 Discovery Miles 18 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

China now attracts global attention in direct proportion to its increasing economic and geopolitical power. But for millennia, the philosophy which has shaped the soul of China is not modern Communism, or even new forms of capitalism, but rather Confucianism. And one of the most striking phenomena relating to China's ascendancy on the world stage is a burgeoning interest, throughout Asia and beyond, in the humanistic culture and values that underlie Chinese politics and finance: particularly the thought of Confucius passed on in the Analects. In this stimulating conversation, two leading thinkers from the Confucian and Buddhist traditions discuss the timely relevance of a rejuvenated Confucian ethics to some of the most urgent issues in the modern world: Sino/Japanese/US relations; the transformation of society through education and dialogue; and the role of world religions in promoting human flourishing. Exploring correspondences between the Confucian and Buddhist world-views, the interlocutors commit themselves to a view of spirituality and religion that, without blurring cultural difference, is focused above all on the 'universal heart': on harmony between people and nature that leads to peace and to a hopeful future for all humanity.

Rewriting Buddhism (Hardcover): Alastair Gornall Rewriting Buddhism (Hardcover)
Alastair Gornall
R1,193 Discovery Miles 11 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Gospel Of Buddha (Hardcover): Paul Caurs The Gospel Of Buddha (Hardcover)
Paul Caurs
R796 Discovery Miles 7 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Encyclopedia of Famous and Historic Bells (Hardcover): Justin Corfield Encyclopedia of Famous and Historic Bells (Hardcover)
Justin Corfield
R1,172 Discovery Miles 11 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Emanated Buddhas in the Aureole of Buddhist Images from India, Central Asia, and China (Hardcover): Tianshu Zhu Emanated Buddhas in the Aureole of Buddhist Images from India, Central Asia, and China (Hardcover)
Tianshu Zhu
R3,114 Discovery Miles 31 140 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Buddhism under Capitalism (Hardcover): Richard K. Payne, Fabio Rambelli Buddhism under Capitalism (Hardcover)
Richard K. Payne, Fabio Rambelli
R2,542 Discovery Miles 25 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the relationship between global capitalism and Buddhism-both how this economic system has facilitated the spread of Buddhism, and how it impacts Buddhists and Buddhism today. Edited by two leading scholars in Buddhist studies, the book examines how capitalism and neo-liberalism have shaped global perceptions of Buddhism, as well as specific local practices and attitudes. It analyzes the institutional practices that sustained the spread of Buddhism for two-and-a half millennia, and the adaptation of Buddhist institutions in contemporary, global economic systems-particularly in Europe and the United States over the last century. Innovative chapters on the interfaces between Buddhism and capitalism will prompt readers to rethink the connection between Buddhism and secular society. Case studies include digital capitalism, tourism, and monasticism, and are drawn from the USA, Tibet, China, Japan, and Thailand.

A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics - Signs, Ontology, and Salvation in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism (Hardcover, New): Fabio Rambelli A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics - Signs, Ontology, and Salvation in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism (Hardcover, New)
Fabio Rambelli
R5,283 Discovery Miles 52 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the first attempts ever to present in a systematic way a non-western semiotic system. This book looks at Japanese esoteric Buddhism and is based around original texts, informed by explicit and rigorous semiotic categories. It is a unique introduction to important aspects of the thought and rituals of the Japanese Shingon tradition. Semiotic concerns are deeply ingrained in the Buddhist intellectual and religious discourse, beginning with the idea that the world is not what it appears to be, which calls for a more accurate understanding of the self and reality. This in turn results in sustained discussions on the status of language and representations, and on the possibility and methods to know reality beyond delusion; such peculiar knowledge is explicitly defined as enlightenment. Thus, for Buddhism, semiotics is directly relevant to salvation; this is a key point that is often ignored even by Buddhologists. This book discusses in depth the main elements of Buddhist semiotics as based primarily on original Japanese pre-modern sources. It is a crucial publication in the fields of semiotics and religious studies.

The Power of Hope - Thoughts on Peace and Human Rights in the Third Millennium (Paperback): Daisaku Ikeda, Adolfo Perez Esquivel The Power of Hope - Thoughts on Peace and Human Rights in the Third Millennium (Paperback)
Daisaku Ikeda, Adolfo Perez Esquivel
R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Human history has been marked by the great number of people born into conditions of war, violence, oppression and social exclusion. But at the same time, this history has been shaped by the long struggle for human rights and the people who have committed themselves to the practices of solidarity and nonviolence. The Power of Hope: Thoughts on Peace and Human Rights in the Third Millennium is a dialogue between two high-profile activists and thinkers who discuss the concrete ways we can shift to a world that prioritises justice and human dignity. Adolfo Perez Esquivel - Argentinian human rights activist and winner of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize - played a vital role in resisting military dictatorship and was arrested and tortured under the Argentine militarist government. Daisaku Ikeda is a peacebuilder, Buddhist philosopher, educator, author and poet as well as being the founding president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), the world's largest Buddhist lay organisation. Their dialogue intertwines their rich personal experiences in the struggle for human rights with wider reflections on how to make the Third Millennium the millennium of peace. The book combines rich accounts of Latin America under the brutality of the 1970s military regimes; insights from the Buddhist faith on the role of meditation for human rights activists; recognition of the crucial role of women in the practice of nonviolence; thoughts on international geopolitics and the legacies of Hiroshima; and discussion of the perilous role of globalisation in the loss of identities and ethical values.

The Dhammapada (Hardcover): Gautama Buddha The Dhammapada (Hardcover)
Gautama Buddha
R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Text, History, and Philosophy - Abhidharma across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions (Hardcover): Bart Dessein, Weijen Teng Text, History, and Philosophy - Abhidharma across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions (Hardcover)
Bart Dessein, Weijen Teng
R4,576 Discovery Miles 45 760 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Text, History, and Philosophy. Abhidharma Across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions discusses Abhidhamma / Abhidharma as a specific exegetical method. In the first part of the volume, the development of the Buddhist argumentative technique is discussed. The second part investigates the importance of the Buddhist rational tradition for the development of Buddhist philosophy. The third part focuses on some peculiar doctrinal issues that resulted from rational Abhidharmic reflections. In this way, an outline of the development of the Abhidharma genre and of Abhidharmic notions and concepts in India, Central Asia, China, and Tibet from the life time of the historical Buddha to the tenth century CE is given. Contributors are: Johannes Bronkhorst, Lance S. Cousins, Bart Dessein, Tamara Ditrich, Bhikkhu Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti, Dylan Esler, Eric Greene, Goran Kardas, Jowita Kramer, Chen-kuo Lin, Andrea Schlosser, Ingo Strauch, Weijen Teng and Yao-ming Tsai.

Encountering Buddhism in Twentieth-Century British and American Literature (Hardcover, New): Lawrence Normand, Alison Winch Encountering Buddhism in Twentieth-Century British and American Literature (Hardcover, New)
Lawrence Normand, Alison Winch
R4,635 Discovery Miles 46 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Encountering Buddhism in Twentieth-Century British and American Literature" explores the ways in which 20th-century literature has been influenced by Buddhism, and has been, in turn, a major factor in bringing about Buddhism's increasing spread and influence in the West. Focussing on Britain and the United States, Buddhism's influence on a range of key literary texts will be examined in the context of those societies' evolving modernity. Writers discussed include T. S. Eliot, Hermann Hesse, Virginia Woolf, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, J. D. Salinger, Iris Murdoch, Maxine Hong Kingston. This book brings together for the first time a series of context-rich interpretations that demonstrate the importance of literature in this ongoing cultural change in Britain and the United States.

Ordinary Mind as the Way - The Hongzhou School and the Growth of Chan Buddhism (Hardcover, New): Mario Poceski Ordinary Mind as the Way - The Hongzhou School and the Growth of Chan Buddhism (Hardcover, New)
Mario Poceski
R2,845 Discovery Miles 28 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Under the leadership of Mazu Daoyi (709-788) and his numerous disciples, the Hongzhou School emerged as the dominant tradition of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China during the middle part of the Tang dynasty(618-907). Mario Poceski offers a systematic examination of the Hongzhou School's momentous growth and rise to preeminence as the bearer of Chan orthodoxy, and analyzes its doctrines against the backdrop of the intellectual and religious milieus of Tang China. Poceski demonstrates that the Hongzhou School represented the first emergence of an empire-wide Chan tradition that had strongholds throughout China and replaced the various fragmented Schools of early Chan with an inclusive orthodoxy.
Poceski's study is based on the earliest strata of permanent sources, rather than on the later apocryphal "encounter dialogue" stories regularly used to construe widely-accepted but historically unwarranted interpretations about the nature of Chan in the Tang dynasty. He challenges the traditional and popularly-accepted view of the Hongzhou School as a revolutionary movement that rejected mainstream mores and teachings, charting a new path for Chan's independent growth as a unique Buddhist tradition. This view, he argues, rests on a misreading of key elements of the Hongzhou School's history. Rather than acting as an unorthodox movement, the Hongzhou School's success was actually based largely on its ability to mediate tensions between traditionalist and iconoclastic tendencies. Going beyond conventional romanticized interpretations that highlight the radical character of the Hongzhou School, Poceski shows that there was much greater continuity between early and classical Chan-and between theHongzhou School and the rest of Tang Buddhism-than previously thought.

A Buddhist Bible (Hardcover): Dwight Goddard A Buddhist Bible (Hardcover)
Dwight Goddard
R808 Discovery Miles 8 080 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Buddhist Bible was first published in Vermont in 1932 by DWIGHT GODDARD (1861-1939), a pioneer in the American Zen Buddhist movement. It contains edited versions of foundational Buddhist texts designed to provide spiritual seekers with the heart of the Zen message. Writing at a time when Buddhism was greatly misunderstood in the West, Goddard hoped to bring a new and deep understanding to light. His mission was not only to explain Buddhism to his fellow Americans but to show how the ancient religion could be made relevant to modern problems. The Buddhist Bible made a huge impact when it was published and is known to have influenced the views of iconic Beat author Jack Kerouac.

The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra, Volume 3 (Hardcover): Naichen Chen The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra, Volume 3 (Hardcover)
Naichen Chen
R996 R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Save R131 (13%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Jesuit on the Roof of the World - Ippolito Desideri's Mission to Tibet (Hardcover): Trent Pomplun Jesuit on the Roof of the World - Ippolito Desideri's Mission to Tibet (Hardcover)
Trent Pomplun
R1,138 Discovery Miles 11 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Jesuit on the Roof of the World is the first full-length study in any language of Ippolito Desideri (1684-1733), a Jesuit explorer and missionary who traveled in Tibet from 1715 to 1721.
Based on close readings of a wide range of primary sources in Tibetan, Italian, and Latin, Jesuit on the Roof of the World follows Desideri's journey across the great Western deserts of Tibet, his entry into the court of the Mongol chieftain Lhazang Khan, and his flight across Eastern Tibet during the wars that shook Tibet during the early-eighteenth century. While telling of these harrowing events, Desideri relates the dramatic encounter between his Jesuit philosophy and the scholasticism of the Geluk monks; the personal conflict between his own Roman Catholic beliefs and his appreciation of Tibet religion and culture; and the travails of a variety of colorful characters whose political intrigues led to the invasion of Zunghar Mongols of 1717 and the establishment of the Chinese protectorate in 1720.
As the Tibetans fought among themselves, the missionary waged his own war against demons, sorcerers, and rival scholastic philosophers. Towering over all in the mind of the missionary was the "fabulous idol" Avalokitesvara and its embodiment in the Sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso. In describing his spiritual warfare against the Tibetan "pope," the missionary offers a unique glimpse into theological problem of the salvation of non-Christians in early modern theology; the curious-and highly controversial-appeal of Hermetic philosophy in the Asian missions; the political underbelly of the Chinese Rites Controversy; and the persistent European fascination with the land of snows."

Visions of Awakening Space and Time - Dogen and the Lotus Sutra (Hardcover, New): Taigen Dan Leighton Visions of Awakening Space and Time - Dogen and the Lotus Sutra (Hardcover, New)
Taigen Dan Leighton
R2,837 Discovery Miles 28 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As a religion concerned with universal liberation, Zen grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Indeed, says Taigen Dan Leighton, Zen cannot be fully understood outside of a worldview that sees reality itself as a vital, dynamic agent of awareness and healing. In this book, Leighton explicates that worldview through the writings of the Zen master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), considered the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen tradition, which currently enjoys increasing popularity in the West.
The Lotus Sutra, arguably the most important Buddhist scripture in East Asia, contains a famous story about bodhisattvas (enlightening beings) who emerge from under the earth to preserve and expound the Lotus teaching in the distant future. The story reveals that the Buddha only appears to pass away, but actually has been practicing, and will continue to do so, over an inconceivably long life span.
Leighton traces commentaries on the Lotus Sutra from a range of key East Asian Buddhist thinkers, including Daosheng, Zhiyi, Zhanran, Saigyo, Myoe, Nichiren, Hakuin, and Ryokan. But his main focus is Eihei Dogen, the 13th century Japanese Soto Zen founder who imported Zen from China, and whose profuse, provocative, and poetic writings are important to the modern expansion of Buddhism to the West.
Dogen's use of this sutra expresses the critical role of Mahayana vision and imagination as the context of Zen teaching, and his interpretations of this story furthermore reveal his dynamic worldview of the earth, space, and time themselves as vital agents of spiritual awakening.
Leighton argues that Dogen uses the images and metaphors in thisstory to express his own religious worldview, in which earth, space, and time are lively agents in the bodhisattva project. Broader awareness of Dogen's worldview and its implications, says Leighton, can illuminate the possibilities for contemporary approaches to primary Mahayana concepts and practices.

Tibetan Sound Healing - Seven Guided Practices for Clearing Obstacles, Accessing Positive Qualities, and Uncovering Your... Tibetan Sound Healing - Seven Guided Practices for Clearing Obstacles, Accessing Positive Qualities, and Uncovering Your Inherent Wisdom (Paperback)
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
R366 R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Save R49 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It is my sincere desire that this simple and elegant practice of the Five Warrior Syllables, which is based on the highest teachings of the Tibetan Boen Buddhist tradition of which I am a lineage holder, will benefit many beings in the West. Please receive it with my blessing, and bring it into your life. Let it support you to become kind and strong and clear and awake.--Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche One of the world's oldest unbroken spiritual traditions is the Boen Buddhist tradition of Tibet. This wisdom path has survived, thanks to the efforts of a handful of dedicated lamas such as Boen lineage holder Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. Now, with Tibetan Sound Healing, you can connect to the ancient sacred sounds of the Boen practice--and through them, activate the healing potential of your natural mind. The Boen healing tradition invokes the Five Warrior Syllables--seed sounds that bring us to the essential nature of mind and release the boundless creativity and positive qualities that are fundamental to it. Through the medicine of sound, you can clear obstacles in your body, your energy and emotions, and the subtle sacred dimensions of your being. In this integrated program, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche gives you the tools to access wisdom and compassion and use the vibration of sacred sound to cultivate the healing power within your body's subtle channels. The spiritual heritage of the Boen is rich with methods to guide all beings on the path to liberation. With Tibetan Sound Healing, you are invited to learn from a master of this ancient lineage--and discover the power of sacred sound to purify your body, connect with your inherent perfection and completeness, and awaken spiritual virtue.

Buddhism in China - Collected Papers of Erik Zurcher (Paperback): Erik Zurcher Buddhism in China - Collected Papers of Erik Zurcher (Paperback)
Erik Zurcher; Edited by Jonathan A. Silk
R2,517 Discovery Miles 25 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Buddhism in China gathers together for the first time the most central and influential papers of the great scholar of Chinese Buddhism, Erik Zurcher, presenting the results of his career-long profound studies following on the 1959 publication of his landmark The Buddhist Conquest of China. The translation and language of Buddhist scriptures in China, Buddhist interactions with Daoist traditions, the activities of Buddhists below elite social levels, continued interactions with Central Asia and lands to the west, and typological comparisons with Christianity are only some of the themes explored here. Presenting some of the most important studies on Buddhism in China, especially in the earlier periods, ever published, it will thus be of interest to a wide variety of readers.

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