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

True Life Through Zen - Spiritual self-realisation in daily life (Paperback): Zensho W. Kopp True Life Through Zen - Spiritual self-realisation in daily life (Paperback)
Zensho W. Kopp
R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mindfulness As Medicine (Paperback): Dang Nghiem Mindfulness As Medicine (Paperback)
Dang Nghiem
R407 Discovery Miles 4 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Art of Buddhism - An Introduction to Its History and Meaning (Paperback): Denise Patry Leidy The Art of Buddhism - An Introduction to Its History and Meaning (Paperback)
Denise Patry Leidy
R1,133 R902 Discovery Miles 9 020 Save R231 (20%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

As its teachings spread from the Indian subcontinent in all directions across Asia, Buddhism influenced every culture it touched--from Afghanistan to Korea, from Mongolia to Java. Buddhist art is a radiant reflection of the encounter of the Buddha's teachings with the diverse civilizations that came under their sway. It is also an intriguing visual record of the evolution of Buddhist practice and philosophy over a period of more than two millennia.
More than two hundred photographs provide the visual context for this tour of the world of Buddhist art. Included in the rich variety of forms are architecture and monumental art, statuary, paintings, calligraphy, fresco, brushwork, and textile arts. Denise Leidy's guide is the perfect introductory text for all those intrigued by this splendid aesthetic tradition. It also an essential resource for all who seek to understand Buddhist art as teaching.

Black and Buddhist - What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom (Paperback): Cheryl A.... Black and Buddhist - What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom (Paperback)
Cheryl A. Giles, Pamela Ayo Yetunde; Contributions by Gyozan Royce Andrew Johnson, Ruth King, Kamilah Majied
R557 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Save R104 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The First Western Book on Buddhism and Buddha - Ozeray's Recherches sur Buddou of 1817 (Paperback): Urs App The First Western Book on Buddhism and Buddha - Ozeray's Recherches sur Buddou of 1817 (Paperback)
Urs App; Originally written by Michel-Jean-Francois Ozeray
R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shambhala (Hardcover): Nicholas Roerich Shambhala (Hardcover)
Nicholas Roerich
R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Garden Wisdom - 365 Days (Paperback): Cheryl Wilfong Garden Wisdom - 365 Days (Paperback)
Cheryl Wilfong
R660 Discovery Miles 6 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Meaningful to Behold - Becoming a Friend of the World (Paperback, 6th Revised edition): Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Meaningful to Behold - Becoming a Friend of the World (Paperback, 6th Revised edition)
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
R512 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Many people have the compassionate wish to benefit others, but few understand how to accomplish this effectively in daily life. Bodhisattvas are friends of the world who have such strong compassion they are able to transform all their daily activities into methods to benefit others. The path of the Bodhisattva was exquisitely explained in the universally loved poem Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life by the 8th century master Shantideva. With this commentary by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, the effectiveness and profundity of this way of life are clearly revealed and made practical for our modern world.

Prayers for Healing - 365 Blessings, Poems, & Meditations from Around the World (Meditations for Healing, Sacred Writings)... Prayers for Healing - 365 Blessings, Poems, & Meditations from Around the World (Meditations for Healing, Sacred Writings) (Paperback)
Maggie Oman Shannon; Foreword by Larry Dossey; Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
R509 R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Save R87 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Daily Meditations and Prayers from Around the World "...I hope that people of all faiths as well as those who do not believe in a religion will find inspiration and understanding here that in some way contributes to their own inner peace." -The Dalai Lama #1 New Release in Buddhism, Sacred Writings Discover the power to heal through many meditation and prayer voices. This interfaith book provides insight from various religious and cultural texts that touches on our pain and inspires the healer within all of us to be reminded of hope and faith so that we may live a deeper, more meaningful, and fully self-expressed life. Create a tapestry of comfort and inspiration. Maggie Oman creates a healing space for readers in her deeply spiritual book Prayers for Healing: 365 Blessings, Poems, & Meditations from Around the World. During moments that are filled with despair, illnesses, depression, or spiritual longing, Prayers for Healing draws on the power of wise and healing devotionals for reflection and deep mediation. Embrace physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation. Prayers for Healing demonstrates the transformative nature woven through the power of prayer and wisdom. It draws from a select collection of influential spiritual leaders, philosophers and thinkers of our time that include: The Tao Te Ching, The Koran, The Torah, Native American texts, The Bible, Thich Nhat Hanh, Wendell Berry, ack Kornfield, Rumi, Rainer Maria Rilke, Marian Wright Edelman, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Marianne Williamson. If you have found that works such as Prayers That Bring Healing, Earth Prayers, Prayers of Hope for Caregivers, Prayers for Hard Times, or Prayers for Hope and Healing have brought inspiration into your life, then this book is an invitation to strengthen your inner healer.

Unlearning the Basics - A New Way of Understanding Yourself and the World (Paperback): Rishi Sativihari Unlearning the Basics - A New Way of Understanding Yourself and the World (Paperback)
Rishi Sativihari
R122 Discovery Miles 1 220 Out of stock

In fresh and inviting language and making frequent use of strikingly clear diagrams and illustrations, "Unlearning the Basics" challenges many of our common-sense understandings about ourselves and the world. The author lays out a new way of seeing that enables us to live more serenely, more compassionately, and more free from the slings and arrows of our busy lives.
Along the way, Rishi Sativihari looks at love and grasping, at "the great unfixables," and at how vulnerability and pain feed the "evolution of character"-all in the service of helping us return to our true home and find new ways to flourish. Grounded in the Buddhist tradition yet completely free from the formulas of traditional, tired presentations, "Unlearning the Basics" has an informal, straightforward style that will immediately captivate the reader.

A Concise History of Buddhism (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Andrew Skilton A Concise History of Buddhism (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Andrew Skilton
R386 R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Save R68 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The phenomenon known as "Buddhism" embraces an uninterrupted process of communication through which the Buddha's followers have been guided and inspired for 25 centuries. Communication is a living, evolving thing, and for all its continuity the Buddhist tradition presents the modern student - and practitioner - with a bewildering array of cultural, philosophical and practical forms. This work describes and correlates these diverse manifestations - in Buddhism's homeland of India, and in its spread across Asia, from Mongolia to Sri Lanka and from Japan to the Middle East. Drawing on recent historical and literary research, the author explains the basic concepts of Buddhism from all periods of its development, and places them in an historical framework.

A None's Story - Searching for Meaning Inside Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam (Paperback): Corinna Nicolaou A None's Story - Searching for Meaning Inside Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam (Paperback)
Corinna Nicolaou
R853 Discovery Miles 8 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The rising population known as "nones" for its members' lack of religious affiliation is changing American society, politics, and culture. Many nones believe in God and even visit places of worship, but they do not identify with a specific faith or belong to a spiritual community. Corinna Nicolaou is a none, and in this layered narrative, she describes what it is like for her and thousands of others to live without religion or to be spiritual without committing to a specific faith. Nicolaou tours America's major traditional religions to see what, if anything, one might lack without God. She moves through Christianity's denominations, learning their tenets and worshiping alongside their followers. She travels to Los Angeles to immerse herself in Judaism, Berkeley to educate herself about Buddhism, and Dallas and Washington, D.C., to familiarize herself with Islam. She explores what light they can shed on the fears and failings of her past, and these encounters prove the significant role religion still plays in modern life. They also exemplify the vibrant relationship between religion and American culture and the enduring value it provides to immigrants and outsiders. Though she remains a devout none, Nicolaou's experiences reveal points of contact between the religious and the unaffiliated, suggesting that nones may be radically revising the practice of faith in contemporary times.

A Thousand Hands - A Guidebook to Caring for Your Buddhist Community (Paperback): Nathan Jishin Michon, Daniel Clarkson Fisher A Thousand Hands - A Guidebook to Caring for Your Buddhist Community (Paperback)
Nathan Jishin Michon, Daniel Clarkson Fisher
R985 R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Save R131 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Buddhism - Beginner's Guide to Understanding & Practicing Buddhism to Become Stress and Anxiety Free (Paperback): Michael... Buddhism - Beginner's Guide to Understanding & Practicing Buddhism to Become Stress and Anxiety Free (Paperback)
Michael Williams
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma (Hardcover, revised edition): Leon Hurvitz Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma (Hardcover, revised edition)
Leon Hurvitz
R3,593 Discovery Miles 35 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Originally published in 1976, Leon Hurvitz's monumental translation of the "Lotus Sutra" is the work scholars have preferred for decades. Hailed by critics as an "extraordinary" and "magnificent" achievement, Hurvitz's translation is based on the best known Chinese version of the text and includes passages of the original Sanskrit that were omitted from the Chinese.

Beloved for its mythology and literary artistry, the "Lotus Sutra" is one of the most popular and influential texts of Mahayana Buddhism, asserting that there is only one path to enlightenment, the bodhisattva path, and that all followers without exception can achieve supreme awakening. The text argues that the Buddha cannot be delimited by time and space and that a common intent underlies the diversity of Buddhist teachings. Through parables of the burning house, the wayward son, and other tales that have come to be known throughout East Asia, the sutra skillfully concretizes abstract religious concepts and clarifies bold claims about the Buddhist tradition. Urging devotees to revivify doctrine through recitation and interpretation, the sutra powered an organic process of remaking that not only kept its content alive in the poetry and art of premodern Asia but also introduced new forms of practice and scriptural study into contemporary Buddhism. Stephen F. Teiser's foreword addresses this vital quality of the sutra, discusses its background, and reflects on the enduring relevance of Hurvitz's critical work.

Opening the Pandora's Box of Religion - The Wisdom of Kleoth (Paperback): Anthony Joseph Newman-Miriam Opening the Pandora's Box of Religion - The Wisdom of Kleoth (Paperback)
Anthony Joseph Newman-Miriam
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Instant Zen (Paperback): Thomas Cleary Instant Zen (Paperback)
Thomas Cleary
R519 R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Save R99 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

"Instant Zen" presents the teachings of Foyan, a twelfth-century Chinese Zen master recognized as one of the greatest masters of the Song dynasty Zen renaissance in China. Returning to the uncomplicated genuineness of the original and classical Zen masters, Foyan offers many simple exercises in attention and thought designed to lead to the awakening of Zen insight into the real nature of the self. These succinct teachings emphasize independence and autonomy, and show us how to open our own eyes and stand on our own two feet, to see directly without delusion and act on truth without confusion.
Translator Thomas Cleary provides an incisive introduction and extensive references from traditional Zen sources, placing the work in both historical and contemporary contexts. Newcomers to Zen will find this book a useful and sophisticated introduction to authentic inner Zen practices from an impeccable source, without cultural exoticism or religious cultism. Instant Zen sheds new light on this vital tradition, making available the immediacy of Zen practice and unveiling our innate potential for conscious awakening.

Daemons Are Forever - Contacts and Exchanges in the Eurasian Pandemonium (Paperback): David Gordon White Daemons Are Forever - Contacts and Exchanges in the Eurasian Pandemonium (Paperback)
David Gordon White
R933 Discovery Miles 9 330 Out of stock

A richly illustrated tapestry of interwoven studies spanning some six thousand years of history, Daemons Are Forever is at once a record of archaic contacts and transactions between humans and protean spirit beings--daemons--and an account of exchanges, among human populations, of the science of spirit beings: daemon-ology. Since the time of the Indo-European migrations, and especially following the opening of the Silk Road, a common daemonological vernacular has been shared among populations ranging from East and South Asia to Northern Europe. In this virtuoso work of historical sleuthing, David Gordon White recovers the trajectories of both the "inner demons" cohabiting the bodies of their human hosts and the "outer daemons" that those same humans recognized each time they encountered them in their enchanted haunts: sylvan pools, sites of geothermal eruptions, and dark forest groves. Along the way, he invites his readers to reconsider the potential and promise of the historical method in religious studies, suggesting that a "connected histories" approach to Eurasian daemonology may serve as a model for restoring history to its proper place, at the heart of the history of religions discipline.

Breathe! You Are Alive - Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing (Paperback, Reissue): Thich Nhat Hanh Breathe! You Are Alive - Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing (Paperback, Reissue)
Thich Nhat Hanh
R301 R243 Discovery Miles 2 430 Save R58 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Thich Nhat Hanh outlines the methods of conscious breathing presented in the sutra on the full awareness of breathing, and offers exercises for practising them today.

Buddhism - Buddhism for Beginners Buddhist Teachings for Living a Life of Happiness, Mindfulness and Peace (Paperback): Djamel... Buddhism - Buddhism for Beginners Buddhist Teachings for Living a Life of Happiness, Mindfulness and Peace (Paperback)
Djamel Boucly
R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Red Book, Middle Way - How Jung Parallels the Buddha's Method for Human Integration (Paperback): Robert Ellis Red Book, Middle Way - How Jung Parallels the Buddha's Method for Human Integration (Paperback)
Robert Ellis
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Jung's Red Book, finally published only in 2009, is a highly ambiguous text describing a succession of extraordinary visions, together with Jung's interpretation of them. Red Book, Middle Way offers a new interpretation of Jung's Red Book, in terms of the Middle Way, as a universal principle and embodied ethic, paralleled both in the Buddha's teachings and elsewhere. Jung explicitly discusses the Middle Way in the Red Book (although this has been largely ignored by scholars so far) as well as offering lots of material that can be understood in its terms. This book interprets the Red Book in relation to the archetypes met in its visions - the hero, the feminine, the Shadow, God and Christ, and follows Jung's process of integrating these different internal figures. To do this Jung needs to find the Middle Way between absolutes at every point, in a way similar to the Buddha.

Murmured Conversations - A Treatise on Poetry and Buddhism by the Poet-Monk Shinkei (Hardcover, annotated edition): Esperanza... Murmured Conversations - A Treatise on Poetry and Buddhism by the Poet-Monk Shinkei (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen
R2,628 Discovery Miles 26 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Murmured Conversations" is the first complete and rigorously annotated translation of "Sasamegoto" (1463-1464), considered the most important and representative poetic treatise of the medieval period in Japan because of its thoroughgoing construction of poetry as a way to attain, and signify through language, the mental liberation ("satori") that is the goal of Buddhist practice. It is a fascinating document revealing the central place of Buddhist philosophy in medieval Japanese artistic practices. Shinkei (1406-1475), the author of the treatise, is himself a major poet, regarded as the most brilliant among the practitioners of linked poetry ("renga") in the Muromachi Period.
Along with the extensive annotations, Ramirez-Christensen's commentaries illuminate the significance of each section of the treatise within the context of "waka" and "renga" poetics, of the history of classical Japanese aesthetic principles in general and of Shinkei's thought in particular, and the role of Buddhism in the contemporary understanding of cultural practices like poetry. This is the most comprehensive presentation available in English of a major classical Japanese critical text.

Pass it On - Five Stories That Can Change the World (Paperback): Joanna Macy, Norbert Gahbler Pass it On - Five Stories That Can Change the World (Paperback)
Joanna Macy, Norbert Gahbler
R273 R222 Discovery Miles 2 220 Save R51 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Eco-philosopher and best-selling author Joanna Macy shares five stories from her more than 30 years of studying and practicing Buddhism and deep ecology. Gathered on her travels to India, Russia, Australia, and Tibet, these stories testify to Joanna Macy's belief that either humankind awakens to a new and deeper understanding of our interconnectedness with its planet or risks loosing it. "Pass it On" tells of encounters with individuals who share very personal stories of sudden awakening, unexpected awareness, and the co-mingling of joy and pain. Each story is imbued with the specific cultural flavor of the places where the stories originate, but all show how each individual counts in the global need for change and awakening.

Living Buddhist Statues in Early Medieval and Modern Japan (Paperback, 1st ed. 2007): S. Horton Living Buddhist Statues in Early Medieval and Modern Japan (Paperback, 1st ed. 2007)
S. Horton
R1,557 Discovery Miles 15 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A study of the surprising functions of Buddhist statues, which helped disseminate Buddhist beliefs among the populace in Tenth- and Eleventh-century Japan. Using ethnographic data drawn from present-day fieldwork and marshalling ancient textual evidence, Horton reveals the historical origins and development of modern Japanese beliefs and practices.

My Heart Sutra - A World in 260 Characters (Paperback): Frederik L. Schodt My Heart Sutra - A World in 260 Characters (Paperback)
Frederik L. Schodt
R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Heart Sutra is the most widely read, chanted, and copied text in East Asian Buddhism. Here Frederik L. Schodt explores his lifelong fascination with the sutra: its mesmerizing mantra, its ancient history, the "emptiness theory, and the way it is used around the world as a metaphysical tool to overcome chaos and confusion and reach a new understanding of reality--a perfection of wisdom. Schodt's journey takes him to caves in China, American beats declaiming poetry, speculations into the sutra's true origins, and even a robot Avalokitesvara at a Kyoto temple.

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