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Equinox Publishing Ltd Lay Buddhism and Spirituality: From Vimalakirti
Book SynopsisEarly issues of The Eastern Buddhist contain short translations from various Buddhist texts, some of them quite important and all of considerable interest. Since they are set unobtrusively between modern statements and arguments about the nature of Buddhism, and in any case are difficult to locate, they have often gone unnoticed by students. Assembled here is a selection of those texts which have stood the test of time. Derived from Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese originals, they illustrate the importance of lay spirituality for Japanese Buddhists, both in the nenbutsu tradition and in the wider context of Mahayana Buddhism. Drawing them together into one volume brings out the fact that these varied Buddhist traditions are intricately related to each other. The result is an unusual and fascinating reader which would grace many a course in Buddhist studies.Table of ContentsPreface with Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Conventions on Names, Titles and Scripts 1 Introduction Part One: The Teaching of Vimalakirti 2 Vimalakirti's Discourse on Emancipation Izumi Hokei (trans.) Part Two: Related Strands in Early Mahayana Buddhism 3 The Heart Sutra (Prajna-paramita-hṛdaya-sutra) Shaku Hannya 4 Nagarjuna's Mahayana-viṁsaka Yamaguchi Susumu (trans.) 5 Outline of the Avataṃsaka Sutra (Kegonkyo) Beatrice Lane Suzuki 6 The Hymn on the Life and Vows of Samantabhadra Izumi Hokei (trans.) Part Three: Hints of Laity in the Esoteric Tradition 7 Fudo the Immovable Beatrice Lane Suzuki 8 Ceremonies for Disciples on Mount Koya Beatrice Lane Suzuki Part Four: Revisiting Masters of the Nenbutsu 9 The Pure Land Doctrine in Shoku's "Plain Wood" Nenbutsu Sugihira Shizutoshi 10 Myoe's Critique of Honen Bando Shojun 11 Ippen Shonin and the Nenbutsu Yanagi Soetsu 12 Shinran and his Song on Amida Beatrice Lane Suzuki 13 On Steadfast Holding to the Name Kakunyo Shonin 14 Rennyo the Restorer Kaneko Daiei 15 Asahara Saichi the Myokonin Sato Taira 16 The Rite of Reception into Jodo Shinshu Dan Bornstein Synoptic List of Text Titles Character List for Historical Persons Original Publication Details A Note on The Eastern Buddhist
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Lay Buddhism and Spirituality: From Vimalakirti
Book SynopsisEarly issues of The Eastern Buddhist contain short translations from various Buddhist texts, some of them quite important and all of considerable interest. Since they are set unobtrusively between modern statements and arguments about the nature of Buddhism, and in any case are difficult to locate, they have often gone unnoticed by students. Assembled here is a selection of those texts which have stood the test of time. Derived from Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese originals, they illustrate the importance of lay spirituality for Japanese Buddhists, both in the nenbutsu tradition and in the wider context of Mahayana Buddhism. Drawing them together into one volume brings out the fact that these varied Buddhist traditions are intricately related to each other. The result is an unusual and fascinating reader which would grace many a course in Buddhist studies.Table of ContentsPreface with Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Conventions on Names, Titles and Scripts 1 Introduction Part One: The Teaching of Vimalakirti 2 Vimalakirti's Discourse on Emancipation Izumi Hokei (trans.) Part Two: Related Strands in Early Mahayana Buddhism 3 The Heart Sutra (Prajna-paramita-hṛdaya-sutra) Shaku Hannya 4 Nagarjuna's Mahayana-viṁsaka Yamaguchi Susumu (trans.) 5 Outline of the Avataṃsaka Sutra (Kegonkyo) Beatrice Lane Suzuki 6 The Hymn on the Life and Vows of Samantabhadra Izumi Hokei (trans.) Part Three: Hints of Laity in the Esoteric Tradition 7 Fudo the Immovable Beatrice Lane Suzuki 8 Ceremonies for Disciples on Mount Koya Beatrice Lane Suzuki Part Four: Revisiting Masters of the Nenbutsu 9 The Pure Land Doctrine in Shoku's "Plain Wood" Nenbutsu Sugihira Shizutoshi 10 Myoe's Critique of Honen Bando Shojun 11 Ippen Shonin and the Nenbutsu Yanagi Soetsu 12 Shinran and his Song on Amida Beatrice Lane Suzuki 13 On Steadfast Holding to the Name Kakunyo Shonin 14 Rennyo the Restorer Kaneko Daiei 15 Asahara Saichi the Myokonin Sato Taira 16 The Rite of Reception into Jodo Shinshu Dan Bornstein Synoptic List of Text Titles Character List for Historical Persons Original Publication Details A Note on The Eastern Buddhist
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Buddhism and Ireland: From the Celts to the
Book SynopsisIreland and Buddhism have a long history. Shaped by colonialism, contested borders, religious wars, empire and massive diasporas, Irish people have encountered Asian Buddhism in many ways over 14 centuries. From the thrill of travellers' tales in far-off lands to a religious alternative to Christianity, from the potential of anti-colonial solidarity to fears of "going native", and from recent immigration to the secular spread of Buddhist meditation, Buddhism has meant many different things to people in Ireland. Knowledge of Buddhist Asia reached Ireland by the 7th century, with the first personal contact in the 14th - a tale remembered for 500 years. The first Irish Buddhists appeared in the political and cultural crisis of the 19th century, in Dublin and the rural West, but also in Burma and Japan. Over the next hundred years, Buddhism competed with esoteric movements to become the alternative to mainstream religion. Since the 1960s, Buddhism has exploded to become Ireland's third-largest religion. Buddhism and Ireland is the first history of its subject, a rich and exciting story of extraordinary individuals and the journey of ideas across Europe and Asia.Trade Review"This is a truly fascinating book on how Buddhism arrived and was localised in Ireland. It shows how Ireland was never isolated from a global circuit of knowledge on Buddhism and Asia mediated by empire building, nationalism, colonialism, religion and ethnicity." Cristina Rocha, University of Western Sydney "With a cast of Buddhist characters you couldn't invent, this insightful and clearly written account of the extraordinary relationship between Buddhism and Ireland deftly challenges conventional histories of Western Buddhism." Brian Bocking, University College Cork "Laurence Cox reveals why the practice of Buddhism may flourish in Ireland - and why Irish Buddhists have a longer history than we might suppose. Focus and perspicuity inform this admirable work on conversion and seeking." Joseph Lennon, Villanova University, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Buddhism in Ireland: an introduction to the problem PART I: THINKING "BUDDHISM AND IRELAND" IN WORLD-SYSTEMS CONTEXT (500 - 1850) 2. The Prologue to Buddhism in Ireland: awareness without interest PART II: BUDDHISTS AND THEOSOPHISTS, CAUGHT BETWEEN EMPIRES (1850 - 1960) 3. The Two Empires: Ireland in Asia, Asia in Ireland 4. Esotericism against Empire: Irish Theosophy 5. The First Irish Buddhists: jumping ship and "going native" PART III: BUDDHISM WITHIN IRELAND: FROM COUNTER-CULTURE TO RESPECTABILITY (1960 - 2010) 6. The New "Catholic Buddhists" and Post-colonial Social Movements 7. Buddhism through the Celtic Tiger: choices for the future Afterword Bibliography Index
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Windhorse Publications Three Jewels II: Part 3
Book SynopsisFor Buddhists everywhere, the Three Jewels - the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha - are at the heart of daily life and practice. But how can we engage with these precious ideals in a way that makes a difference to how we live? In this, the companion volume to The Three Jewels I, in which the nature of Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels is explored, are gathered three much-loved books: Who is the Buddha?, What is the Dharma?, and What is the Sangha? In this volume, Sangharakshita tackles a great range of subjects, offering original and imaginative perspectives on all the topics one might expect an introduction to Buddhism to cover - karma and rebirth, Nirvana and the spiral path, and the nature of Buddhahood itself, as well as clear and pragmatic guidance on matters of personal concern, such as individuality, fidelity, gratitude, parenthood and seeking a spiritual teacher. The teachings are underpinned by many references to the Pali canon and other sources, to provide an authentic guide to the Dharma life in all its aspects, and much encouragement and inspiration to live that life to the full.Table of ContentsWho is the Buddha?1 The Evolution of a Buddha2 The Way to Enlightenment3 The Hidden Teachings of the Buddha's Early Life4 The Heroic Ideal in Buddhism5 From Hero-Worship to the Worshipping Buddha6 The Word of the Buddha7 Karma and Rebirth8 The 'Death' of the Buddha9 Who is the Buddha?What is the Dharma?Part 1 The Truth1 The Essential Truth2 The Dynamics of Being3 The Texture of Reality4 Nirvana5 The Mystery of the VoidPart 2 The Path6 The Gravitational Pull and the Point of No Return7 The Spiral Path8 The Journey to Enlightenment9 The Pattern of Buddhist Life and Work10 The Threefold Way - Ethics11 The Threefold Way - Meditation12 The Threefold Way - Wisdom13 The Cosmic Significance of the Bodhisattva IdealWhat is the Sangha?Part 1 The Group and the Spiritual CommunityIntroduction1 The Sangha Jewel2 The Traditional Sangha3 Individuality: The Essence of Sangha4 The History of the Spiritual Community5 The Group and the Spiritual Community6 Authority7 The Positive Group and the New Society8 The Path of DissatisfactionPart 2 The True IndividualIntroduction9 The Evolution of the Individual10 The Integrated Individual11 Overcoming the Self12 The Artist as the True IndividualPart 3 The Network of Personal RelationshipsIntroduction13 Being a Buddhist Parent14 Is a Guru Necessary15 Fidelity16 The Meaning of Friendship17 Buddhism and Business Relationships18 Non-exploitation19 GratitudeConclusions: Can the Spiritual Community Save the World?20 A Buddhist View of Current World Problems21 Buddhism and Western Society
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Windhorse Publications The Rainbow Road from Tooting Broadway to
Book SynopsisSangharakshita read the Diamond Sutra for the first time the summer he turned seventeen. It seemed to awaken him to something whose existence he had forgotten, and he joyfully embraced those profound teachings 'with an unqualified acceptance'. This experience decided the whole future direction of his life.In this first volume of memoirs he describes how, from a working-class childhood in the London suburb of Tooting, he came, a twenty-four-year-old Buddhist novice monk, to Kalimpong in the eastern Himalayas. Sangharakshita paints a vivid picture of the people, the places and the experiences that shaped his life: his childhood, his army days, and the gurus he met during his years as a wandering ascetic staying in the caves and ashrams of India. He moves between the ordinary and the extraordinary, from the mundane to the sublime; his narrative takes in the psychological and aesthetic, the philosophical and spiritual. His experiences are both universal - love and loss, comedy and tragedy - and unique to what is an exceptional life.Trade Review'I have always looked to Sangharakshita's books for inspiration and ideas on how to better translate the principles and practices of Buddhism for Western audiences and practitioners today.' - Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha WithinTable of ContentsForeword KalyanaprabhaMap1 Giants and Dragons2 The Children's Encyclopaedia3 Learning to Walk4 'Here Comes the Boys' Brigade'5 Evacuated6 The Veil of Isis7 The Pendulum Swings8 Buddhism and the LCC9 The Misfit10 Passage to India11 With the Swamis in Ceylon12 Maitreya,the Coming Buddha13 The Three Worlds14 Coincidences15 The End of the Beginning16 Jumping in at the Shallow End17 Direct Action Day18 All-India Religions Conference19 Two Meetings and a Marriage20 Anandamayi, the Blissful Mother21 The Three Untouchables22 Meditations in the Mango Grove23 The Divine Eye24 The Going Forth25 A Question of Identity26 Sramana Versus Brahmana27 The Temple of the Virgin Goddess28 The Road to Trivandrum29 What Happened to the Offerings30 The Town of the Three Rivers31 'What Is Your Caste?'32 The Three Lawyers33 Other Friends34 Outings and Activities35 The Path Within36 'Krishna Has Come!'37 Ramdas, the Servant of God38 At The 'Abode Of Bliss'39 The Vision in the Cave40 The One-Eyed Guru41 Sandalwood Country42 'Tiger, Tiger...'43 Disappointment at Sarnath44 Through the Curtain of Fire45 At the Shrine of the Recumbent Buddha46 'Here the Blessed One was Born' 47 With the Newars in Nepal48 Academic Interlude49 In the Land of the Great Disciples50 Facing Mount KanchenjungaAppendices1 Introduction to Learning to Walk2 Giants and Dragons: Original Version
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Windhorse Publications The Rainbow Road from Tooting Broadway to
Book SynopsisSangharakshita read the Diamond Sutra for the first time the summer he turned seventeen. It seemed to awaken him to something whose existence he had forgotten, and he joyfully embraced those profound teachings 'with an unqualified acceptance'. This experience decided the whole future direction of his life.In this first volume of memoirs he describes how, from a working-class childhood in the London suburb of Tooting, he came, a twenty-four-year-old Buddhist novice monk, to Kalimpong in the eastern Himalayas. Sangharakshita paints a vivid picture of the people, the places and the experiences that shaped his life: his childhood, his army days, and the gurus he met during his years as a wandering ascetic staying in the caves and ashrams of India. He moves between the ordinary and the extraordinary, from the mundane to the sublime; his narrative takes in the psychological and aesthetic, the philosophical and spiritual. His experiences are both universal - love and loss, comedy and tragedy - and unique to what is an exceptional life.Table of ContentsForeword KalyanaprabhaMap1 Giants and Dragons2 The Children's Encyclopaedia3 Learning to Walk4 'Here Comes the Boys' Brigade'5 Evacuated6 The Veil of Isis7 The Pendulum Swings8 Buddhism and the LCC9 The Misfit10 Passage to India11 With the Swamis in Ceylon12 Maitreya,the Coming Buddha13 The Three Worlds14 Coincidences15 The End of the Beginning16 Jumping in at the Shallow End17 Direct Action Day18 All-India Religions Conference19 Two Meetings and a Marriage20 Anandamayi, the Blissful Mother21 The Three Untouchables22 Meditations in the Mango Grove23 The Divine Eye24 The Going Forth25 A Question of Identity26 Sramana Versus Brahmana27 The Temple of the Virgin Goddess28 The Road to Trivandrum29 What Happened to the Offerings30 The Town of the Three Rivers31 'What Is Your Caste?'32 The Three Lawyers33 Other Friends34 Outings and Activities35 The Path Within36 'Krishna Has Come!'37 Ramdas, the Servant of God38 At The 'Abode Of Bliss'39 The Vision in the Cave40 The One-Eyed Guru41 Sandalwood Country42 'Tiger, Tiger...'43 Disappointment at Sarnath44 Through the Curtain of Fire45 At the Shrine of the Recumbent Buddha46 'Here the Blessed One was Born' 47 With the Newars in Nepal48 Academic Interlude49 In the Land of the Great Disciples50 Facing Mount KanchenjungaAppendices1 Introduction to Learning to Walk2 Giants and Dragons: Original Version
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Windhorse Publications Mahayana Myths and Stories: Vol. 16
Book Synopsis'Once upon a time there was a rich old man who lived in a vast mansion ...' Aware that whatever our age, we never lose our responsiveness to story, myth and drama, the Buddha often told stories and parables, and in the Mahayana phase of the development of Buddhism, the stories became ever more mythical and magical. In this volume, Sangharakshita introduces us to the strange and wonderful worlds of three of the best-loved Mahayana sutras, worlds from which - if we pay close attention - we can return with treasures in the form of teachings and advice. Thanks to Sangharakshita's imaginative and creative approach to these sutras, their gems, mythical or even magical though their origins may be, turn out to be exchangeable for hard currency - the practical business of how we are to live our lives in the everyday world. From the transcendental critique of religion and the means of unification offered by the Vimalakirti-nirdesa to the light shed on economics, ecology and politics by the Sutra of Golden Light, and the vision of life as a journey offered by the White Lotus Sutra, these commentaries offer a unique and transformative perspective on the value of human existence.Trade Review'I have always looked to Sangharakshita's books for inspiration and ideas on how to better translate the principles and practices of Buddhism for Western audiences and practitioners today.' - Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha WithinTable of ContentsForewordThe Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment: Parables, Myths, and Symbols of the White Lotus Sutra1 The Universal Perspective of Mahayana Buddhism2 The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment3 Transcending the Human Predicament4 The Myth of the Return Journey5 Symbols of Life and Growth6 Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa7 The Jewel in the Lotus8 The Archetype of the Divine HealerThe Priceless JewelTransforming Self and World: Themes from the Sutra of Golden LightIntroduction: The Growth of a Mahayana SutraPart One: Transformation of Self1 The Bodhisattva's Dream2 The Spiritual Significance of ConfessionPart Two: Transformation of World3 The Protectors of the Dharma4 Buddhism and Culture5 Nature, Man, and Enlightenment6 Buddhist Economics7 The Moral Order and its UpholdersThe Inconceivable Emancipation: Themes from the Vimalakirti-nirdesa1 The Magic of a Mahayana Sutra2 Building the Buddha-Land3 On Being 'All Things to All Men'4 The Transcendental Critique of Religion5 History Versus Myth in Humanity's Quest for Meaning6 The Way of Non-Duality7 The Mystery of Human Communication8 The Four Great Reliances: Criteria for the Spiritual Life
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Windhorse Publications Mahayana Myths and Stories: Part 16
Book Synopsis'Once upon a time there was a rich old man who lived in a vast mansion ...' Aware that whatever our age, we never lose our responsiveness to story, myth and drama, the Buddha often told stories and parables, and in the Mahayana phase of the development of Buddhism, the stories became ever more mythical and magical. In this volume, Sangharakshita introduces us to the strange and wonderful worlds of three of the best-loved Mahayana sutras, worlds from which - if we pay close attention - we can return with treasures in the form of teachings and advice. Thanks to Sangharakshita's imaginative and creative approach to these sutras, their gems, mythical or even magical though their origins may be, turn out to be exchangeable for hard currency - the practical business of how we are to live our lives in the everyday world. From the transcendental critique of religion and the means of unification offered by the Vimalakirti-nirdesa to the light shed on economics, ecology and politics by the Sutra of Golden Light, and the vision of life as a journey offered by the White Lotus Sutra, these commentaries offer a unique and transformative perspective on the value of human existence.Table of ContentsForewordThe Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment: Parables, Myths, and Symbols of the White Lotus Sutra1 The Universal Perspective of Mahayana Buddhism2 The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment3 Transcending the Human Predicament4 The Myth of the Return Journey5 Symbols of Life and Growth6 Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa7 The Jewel in the Lotus8 The Archetype of the Divine HealerThe Priceless JewelTransforming Self and World: Themes from the Sutra of Golden Light Introduction: The Growth of a Mahayana Sutra Part One: Transformation of Self 1 The Bodhisattva's Dream 2 The Spiritual Significance of Confession Part Two: Transformation of World 3 The Protectors of the Dharma 4 Buddhism and Culture 5 Nature, Man, and Enlightenment 6 Buddhist Economics 7 The Moral Order and its Upholders The Inconceivable Emancipation: Themes from the Vimalakirti-nirdesa 1 The Magic of a Mahayana Sutra 2 Building the Buddha-Land 3 On Being 'All Things to All Men' 4 The Transcendental Critique of Religion 5 History Versus Myth in Humanity's Quest for Meaning 6 The Way of Non-Duality 7 The Mystery of Human Communication 8 The Four Great Reliances: Criteria for the Spiritual Life
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Windhorse Publications Dr Ambedkar and the Revival of Buddhism II
Book SynopsisThis companion to volume 9 begins with a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Dr Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism, together with a rejoicing in his merits. Then we follow the dramatic history of the Buddhist revival in India, beginning with a commentary on Dr Ambedkar's article 'Buddha and the Future of His Religion', which prompted Sangharakshita's initial contact with him. Articles on the mass conversion in 1956 and Sangharakshita's crucial visit to Nagpur at the time of Dr Ambedkar's death are followed by the story of Sangharakshita's teachings among the new Buddhists in 1959 to 61, together with notes from some of the hundreds of talks he gave. Sangharakshita did not forget India after returning to England in 1964, giving talks to raise awareness of Dr Ambedkar, and in 1979 returning to perform the first ordinations of the Indian wing of the Order, later the Triratna Buddhist Order. In a sequence of talks (from 1979 to 1992) he tells his Indian audiences about the Buddhist movement he has founded in the West and his western audiences about the Indian sangha, thus weaving together the two communities of new Buddhists. The volume culminates in a commentary on the Pali canon's Udana, edited from two much-loved seminars from the early days of the FWBO and including new translations of the verses (udanas) by Dhivan Thomas Jones. Inspiring us to imagine the time when Buddhism was so new it didn't have a name, the text includes famous teachings - the taste of salt, in the seen only the seen - and declares the first question the Buddha was asked after his Enlightenment: who is the true brahmin? The Buddha's answer, rejecting the caste system and asserting the spiritual values to which he has awakened, takes us to the heart of Dr Ambedkar's revival of Buddhism in India.
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Windhorse Publications Facing Mount Kanchenjunga: Part 21
Book SynopsisThis volume of Sangharakshita's Complete Works includes Facing Mount Kanchenjunga, the second in the series of his memoirs, and, in Dear Dinoo, some very personal letters.Facing Mount Kanchenjunga covers the period 1950-1953, beginning with Sangharakshita's arrival in Kalimpong as a twenty-four-year-old sramanera, and his response to his teacher's injunction to 'stay here and work for the good of Buddhism!' In the pages that follow we are drawn into a deeply committed Dharma life lived in unusual circumstances and among some very colourful characters.As he recalls the significant events of those years - the setting up of the Kalimpong Young Men's Buddhist Association; the creation of a new Buddhist journal, whose contributors included Conze, Guenther, Govinda and other leading Buddhist writers of the time; accompanying the Sacred Relics of the Buddha's chief disciples; advising on the making of a Buddhist film; giving lectures; discovering Dharmapala; meeting Dhardo Rimpoche; in fact, working in every way to spread the Dharma - Sangharakshita also affords the reader glimpses of his inner life, his struggles and disappointments, his aspirations and inspirations, his responses to the beauties of nature, and his feeling for friendship. The twenty-nine letters collected together in Dear Dinoo span the period 1955-1974, giving a sighting of Sangharakshita's life as he experienced it at the time, including what happened on the day of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's untimely death in 1956. We are also afforded a glimpse of the unusual friendship that sprung up between the young English monk and the Montessori teacher.Kalyanaprabha's Introduction highlights some of the significances of the correspondence, including reflections on Sangharakshita, Women, and Friendship. A friend who often appears in the letters, Dr Dinshaw Mehta, Servant of God, and one time naturopath to Gandhi, is the subject of the appendix.
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Windhorse Publications The Bodhisattva Ideal: 4
Book Synopsis'The Bodhisattva ideal is a vast subject. It is the major distinctive emphasis of the phase of the development of Buddhism known as the Mahāyāna, which had its flowering for a period of around 500 years (0–500CE), but is still practised today in many different forms, from Tibetan Buddhism to Zen. To consider this topic is to place one’s hand on the very heart of Buddhism, and feel the beating of that heart.' Thus Sangharakshita introduces his theme. The first part of this volume describes the arising of the bodhicitta and the bodhisattva's path to Enlightenment in a weaving together of the sublime and the inspiringly practical, and the second part is a commentary on Śāntideva's classic 8th-century text, the Bodhicaryāvatara, based on a seminar given in 1973, in the very early days of Triratna, thus shaping the newly emerging Buddhist movement. The seminar was titled The Endlessly Fascinating Cry, echoing Śāntideva's fervent prayer: 'In order to grasp this jewel of the mind, I offer ... the endlessly fascinating cry of wild geese ...' The volume ends with 'The Bodhisattva Principle', a talk given in 1983 to a conference of scientists and mystics in which Sangharakshita presents a vision of the bodhisattva as an embodiment of the key to the evolution of consciousness, individual and collective. The subject of this book may be an ideal, but it offers many ways to take the first real steps on this most significant of all journeys, and much nourishment for the heart and mind of the would-be bodhisattva.Trade Review`I have always looked to Sangharakshita’s books for inspiration and ideas on how to better translate the principles and practices of Buddhism for Western audiences and practitioners today.’ – Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within
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Windhorse Publications The Three Jewels I: 2
Book SynopsisOne of Sangharakshita’s outstanding contributions to Buddhism has been to survey the whole range of Buddhist schools, each with its own approach, own language and so on, and to distil out what is most fundamental. You are a Buddhist because – and only because – you Go for Refuge to the Three Jewels. But how did this become clear to him and what in any case does it actually mean practically to go for Refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha? The nine texts in this volume, composed over a period of more than thirty years, show Sangharakshita's unfolding insight into the meaning, significance and centrality of Going for Refuge. It includes some of his most important communications to the Order he founded: on the ten ethical precepts, his relation to the Order, and the history of his Going for Refuge. And in reflecting on his own bhikkhu ordination there is a challenge to some of the Buddhist world's most deeply rooted assumptions. Sangharakshita writes not just as a student and scholar but with the devotion of one who himself Goes for Refuge and seeks to share the fruits of his journey with others.
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Windhorse Publications Eastern and Western Traditions: 13
Book SynopsisIn this volume Sangharakshita approaches communicating Buddhism in the West from two very different, but equally illuminating, angles. In the first part, in talks given in the early years of his teaching in England, he introduces the apparently exotic worlds of Tibetan Buddhism (1965) and its creative symbols (1972) and Zen Buddhism (1965), clarifying their mysteries while also somehow allowing them to work their magic. In the second part, by contrast, he examines the practice of Buddhism in the context of Western culture. In the polemical paper The FWBO and 'Protestant Buddhism' (first published in 1992) he looks at the characteristics of the Triratna community (the FWBO at the time of writing) as it was 25 years after its founding, in a response to an academic's assessment of the nascent Buddhist movement. And in From Genesis to the Diamond Sutra (first published in 2005) he reveals his own attitude to the literature and doctrines of Christianity, including the Christian view of homosexuality, in a multi-faceted exploration which includes autobiographical material not found anywhere else in his written work.
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Windhorse Publications In the Sign of the Golden Wheel: 22
Book SynopsisThis volume includes two memoirs. In the Sign of the Golden Wheel tells the story of the `middle period’ of the fourteen years Sangharakshita was based in the Indian hill station, Kalimpong. It is a crucial time for Buddhism as the whole Asian world is preparing to celebrate 2,500 years of Buddhism, and Sangharakshita’s abundant energies are brought into play in diverse ways. His commitment to spreading the Dharma as widely as he can and to serving the (few) existing Buddhists in India takes him far afield: from tea estates in Assam to a film studio in Bombay, from the Maha Bodhi Society in Calcutta – he becomes the inspired editor of the internationally read Maha Bodhi Journal – to Kasturchand Park in Nagpur where he speaks to hundreds of thousands of bereaved followers of the great Dr Ambedkar. Whether describing great events of international import or those of more local significance, such as the funeral of Miss Barclay’s cat, the flowing prose descriptions of people, places and events bring it all vividly to life. And through it all the enlightening, inspiring and moving reflections on life, the Dharma, poetry, friendship – and himself. Precious Teachers covers the last period of Sangharakshita’s time in Kalimpong. Here too are vivid encounters with people – a damsel in distress, a dakini, a transsexual and many others. At the forefront, though, are Sangharakshita’s Buddhist teachers: the Tibetans Jamyang Khyentse Rimpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche, Dudjom Rimpoche, Kachu Rimpoche, Chattrul Sangye Dorje and Dhardo Rimpoche, and Chinese Yogi Chen. He recalls their meetings, his abhiṣekas or initiations, and the friendship that developed with Dhardo Rimpoche. In the background are events of international significance: the Chinese in Tibet, and the oppression of Buddhists in Vietnam. The memoir concludes with a letter from the English Sangha Trust inviting Sangharakshita back to the West....
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Windhorse Publications In the Sign of the Golden Wheel: 22
Book SynopsisThis volume includes two memoirs. In the Sign of the Golden Wheel tells the story of the `middle period’ of the fourteen years Sangharakshita was based in the Indian hill station, Kalimpong. It is a crucial time for Buddhism as the whole Asian world is preparing to celebrate 2,500 years of Buddhism, and Sangharakshita’s abundant energies are brought into play in diverse ways. His commitment to spreading the Dharma as widely as he can and to serving the (few) existing Buddhists in India takes him far afield: from tea estates in Assam to a film studio in Bombay, from the Maha Bodhi Society in Calcutta – he becomes the inspired editor of the internationally read Maha Bodhi Journal – to Kasturchand Park in Nagpur where he speaks to hundreds of thousands of bereaved followers of the great Dr Ambedkar. Whether describing great events of international import or those of more local significance, such as the funeral of Miss Barclay’s cat, the flowing prose descriptions of people, places and events bring it all vividly to life. And through it all the enlightening, inspiring and moving reflections on life, the Dharma, poetry, friendship – and himself. Precious Teachers covers the last period of Sangharakshita’s time in Kalimpong. Here too are vivid encounters with people – a damsel in distress, a dakini, a transsexual and many others. At the forefront, though, are Sangharakshita’s Buddhist teachers: the Tibetans Jamyang Khyentse Rimpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche, Dudjom Rimpoche, Kachu Rimpoche, Chattrul Sangye Dorje and Dhardo Rimpoche, and Chinese Yogi Chen. He recalls their meetings, his abhiṣekas or initiations, and the friendship that developed with Dhardo Rimpoche. In the background are events of international significance: the Chinese in Tibet, and the oppression of Buddhists in Vietnam. The memoir concludes with a letter from the English Sangha Trust inviting Sangharakshita back to the West....
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Windhorse Publications Poems and Short Stories: 25
Book Synopsis`It is its spiritual background which gives to Sangharakshita's poetry its depth and emotional appeal. It rests on the inner parallelism between the most fundamental human emotions and the highest experiences on the path of liberation and enlightenment, the relationship between love and wisdom, the individual and the universal, the moods of Nature and the moods of the human heart.' - Lama Anagarika Govinda In his preface to the Complete Poems published in 1994 Sangharakshita wrote that his poems 'constitute a sort of spiritual autobiography, sketchy indeed, but perhaps revealing, or at least suggesting, aspects of my life that would not otherwise be known'. He wrote many more poems after that, and more from his early years have come to light. This volume contains all of them, offering a truly complete collection, and also includes six short stories, written over many years and some of them previously unpublished, also shedding new light on the imagination and perceptions of their author. The volume is prefaced by a foreword and two essays introducing the poems in different ways, and also contains edited versions of two talks Sangharakshita gave about specific poems, and a sequence of conversations about his poetry that were recorded towards the end of his life.
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Windhorse Publications Poems and Short Stories: 25
Book Synopsis`It is its spiritual background which gives to Sangharakshita's poetry its depth and emotional appeal. It rests on the inner parallelism between the most fundamental human emotions and the highest experiences on the path of liberation and enlightenment, the relationship between love and wisdom, the individual and the universal, the moods of Nature and the moods of the human heart.' - Lama Anagarika Govinda In his preface to the Complete Poems published in 1994 Sangharakshita wrote that his poems 'constitute a sort of spiritual autobiography, sketchy indeed, but perhaps revealing, or at least suggesting, aspects of my life that would not otherwise be known'. He wrote many more poems after that, and more from his early years have come to light. This volume contains all of them, offering a truly complete collection, and also includes six short stories, written over many years and some of them previously unpublished, also shedding new light on the imagination and perceptions of their author. The volume is prefaced by a foreword and two essays introducing the poems in different ways, and also contains edited versions of two talks Sangharakshita gave about specific poems, and a sequence of conversations about his poetry that were recorded towards the end of his life.
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Windhorse Publications Moving Against the Stream: 23
Book SynopsisIn this volume of memoirs we find Sangharakshita after twenty years in the East arriving back in England at the invitation of the English Sangha Trust. He expects to stay no more than a few months, but the months become years and, as he comes to know the then small world of British Buddhism, he realizes that after all it is here that he may best be able to work for the good of Buddhism , as one of his teachers had once exhorted him. After a farewell tour of his friends and teachers in India, he goes on to found a new Buddhist movement and to ordain twelve men and women into a new Buddhist Order. The answer to the question Why did Sangharakshita found a new Buddhist movement and Order? is in these pages. 'Moving Against the Stream' has for its backdrop 1960s Britain, with figures as diverse as Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and David Cooper, the anti-psychiatry psychiatrist. In the world of British Buddhism there is Christmas Humphreys, founder of the London Buddhist Society, and Maurice Walshe, translator of the Digha Nikaya, and many others. Here also is the story of a friendship that was to be deeply significant for Sangharakshita. As he and Terry Delamare drive across Europe visiting the sites of ancient Greece and the churches, museums and great works of art of Renaissance Italy, Sangharakshita makes vivid the role that higher culture can play in spiritual life. This volume includes '1970 - A Retrospect' in which Sangharakshita tells of a year that begins with lectures in Paris, continues with three months at Yale University as a visiting lecturer, and concludes back in Britain as he resumes his work for the Buddhist movement. A new phase is beginning.
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Windhorse Publications Moving Against the Stream: 23
Book SynopsisIn this volume of memoirs we find Sangharakshita after twenty years in the East arriving back in England at the invitation of the English Sangha Trust. He expects to stay no more than a few months, but the months become years and, as he comes to know the then small world of British Buddhism, he realizes that after all it is here that he may best be able to work for the good of Buddhism , as one of his teachers had once exhorted him. After a farewell tour of his friends and teachers in India, he goes on to found a new Buddhist movement and to ordain twelve men and women into a new Buddhist Order. The answer to the question Why did Sangharakshita found a new Buddhist movement and Order? is in these pages. 'Moving Against the Stream' has for its backdrop 1960s Britain, with figures as diverse as Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and David Cooper, the anti-psychiatry psychiatrist. In the world of British Buddhism there is Christmas Humphreys, founder of the London Buddhist Society, and Maurice Walshe, translator of the Digha Nikaya, and many others. Here also is the story of a friendship that was to be deeply significant for Sangharakshita. As he and Terry Delamare drive across Europe visiting the sites of ancient Greece and the churches, museums and great works of art of Renaissance Italy, Sangharakshita makes vivid the role that higher culture can play in spiritual life. This volume includes '1970 - A Retrospect' in which Sangharakshita tells of a year that begins with lectures in Paris, continues with three months at Yale University as a visiting lecturer, and concludes back in Britain as he resumes his work for the Buddhist movement. A new phase is beginning.
£18.95
Windhorse Publications The Eternal Legacy /Wisdom Beyond Words: 14
Book SynopsisThis volume, which introduces the sequence of Complete Works volumes that include Sangharakshita's commentaries on a range of traditional Buddhist texts, begins with The Eternal Legacy, an introduction to the canonical literature of Buddhism, which succinctly and with great feeling gives the context for the commentaries to follow. Next comes Sangharakshita's talk 'The Glory of the Literary World', which considers how the Buddhist canon is to be approached, in a broad consideration of the literary traditions of both East and West. This is followed by an introduction to one of the earliest works of the Pali canon, the Udana, newly edited from a 1975 seminar for this Complete Works volume under the title Buddhism before Buddhism. Here we trace the Buddha's life from the period just after his Enlightenment to the time of his approaching death, and Sangharakshita (studying the text with members of what was in 1975 a very young Buddhist movement) draws out the newness and freshness of the Buddha's vision - so new, indeed, that words could scarcely be found to express it. And this volume concludes fittingly with Wisdom Beyond Words, Sangharakshita's much-loved commentary on several Perfection of Wisdom texts, another way of seeing how, in Asvaghosa's words, 'We use words to get free of words until we reach the pure wordless essence.'
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Windhorse Publications The Eternal Legacy /Wisdom Beyond Words: 14
Book SynopsisThis volume, which introduces the sequence of Complete Works volumes that include Sangharakshita's commentaries on a range of traditional Buddhist texts, begins with The Eternal Legacy, an introduction to the canonical literature of Buddhism, which succinctly and with great feeling gives the context for the commentaries to follow. Next comes Sangharakshita's talk 'The Glory of the Literary World', which considers how the Buddhist canon is to be approached, in a broad consideration of the literary traditions of both East and West. This is followed by an introduction to one of the earliest works of the Pali canon, the Udana, newly edited from a 1975 seminar for this Complete Works volume under the title Buddhism before Buddhism. Here we trace the Buddha's life from the period just after his Enlightenment to the time of his approaching death, and Sangharakshita (studying the text with members of what was in 1975 a very young Buddhist movement) draws out the newness and freshness of the Buddha's vision - so new, indeed, that words could scarcely be found to express it. And this volume concludes fittingly with Wisdom Beyond Words, Sangharakshita's much-loved commentary on several Perfection of Wisdom texts, another way of seeing how, in Asvaghosa's words, 'We use words to get free of words until we reach the pure wordless essence.'
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Windhorse Publications Crossing the Stream: India Writings I
Book SynopsisSangharakshita's arrival in India in 1944 marked the beginning of a period of prodigious literary and intellectual output. This was the base from which he would begin his life's work for the future of Buddhism. The essays gathered here, first published in journals such as Stepping Stones, The Maha Bodhi and The Middle Way, were written between 1944 and 1964. Ranging from The Unity of Buddhism, written in London at the age of only 18, to the panoramic A Bird's Eye View of Indian Buddhism, published on his return from India, all that distinguishes Sangharakshita's thought as teacher, synthesizer and translator is already evident here. We see the unity underlying all Buddhist schools, the inspiring ideal of the Bodhisattva, and the certainty that the Dharma is urgently needed in the modern world. This volume contains the previously published collections Crossing the Stream and Early Writings, plus other articles long since out of print. In the groundbreaking Ordination and Initiation in the Three Yanas (1959), Sangharakshita first comes close to recognizing Going for Refuge as the unifying factor in all of Buddhism. In Krishna's Flute (1944), the mind of the philosopher combines with the poet, and in A Visit to a Tibetan Monastery (1946), Sangharakshita the insightful traveller appears, seen later in his memoirs and travel letters. All the essays are fully annotated, and those previously published in Early Writings come with a detailed commentary and extensive introduction by Kalyanaprabha. A foreword by Nagabodhi introduces the collection. The insights and ideas expressed in these brief passages are as illuminating, as stimulating and as indispensable as anything Sangharakshita was ever to produce.
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Windhorse Publications Crossing the Stream: India Writings I
Book SynopsisSangharakshita's arrival in India in 1944 marked the beginning of a period of prodigious literary and intellectual output. This was the base from which he would begin his life's work for the future of Buddhism. The essays gathered here, first published in journals such as Stepping Stones, The Maha Bodhi and The Middle Way, were written between 1944 and 1964. Ranging from The Unity of Buddhism, written in London at the age of only 18, to the panoramic A Bird's Eye View of Indian Buddhism, published on his return from India, all that distinguishes Sangharakshita's thought as teacher, synthesizer and translator is already evident here. We see the unity underlying all Buddhist schools, the inspiring ideal of the Bodhisattva, and the certainty that the Dharma is urgently needed in the modern world. This volume contains the previously published collections Crossing the Stream and Early Writings, plus other articles long since out of print. In the groundbreaking Ordination and Initiation in the Three Yanas (1959), Sangharakshita first comes close to recognizing Going for Refuge as the unifying factor in all of Buddhism. In Krishna's Flute (1944), the mind of the philosopher combines with the poet, and in A Visit to a Tibetan Monastery (1946), Sangharakshita the insightful traveller appears, seen later in his memoirs and travel letters. All the essays are fully annotated, and those previously published in Early Writings come with a detailed commentary and extensive introduction by Kalyanaprabha. A foreword by Nagabodhi introduces the collection. The insights and ideas expressed in these brief passages are as illuminating, as stimulating and as indispensable as anything Sangharakshita was ever to produce.
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Temple Lodge Publishing Buddha's Life and Teaching
Book SynopsisAlthough this classic text is more than one hundred years' old, its accurate scholarship, detailed research and lucid presentation make it no less relevant today than when it was first published. In 1916, Hermann Beckh was one of a handful of leading European authorities on Buddhist texts, reading Tibetan, Sanskrit and Pali fluently. At the same time, he was a member of the Anthroposophical Society and its Esoteric Section. In consequence, Beckh's seminal study on Buddhism has an entirely unique quality. It invites the reader to engage freely with the Buddhist Path, although in many ways re-expressed and renewed by Rudolf Steiner, whilst discovering its universal validity through the original texts. For the most part, Beckh allows these texts to speak for themselves, as eloquently now as ever. In the first section, Beckh presents Gautama Buddha's life from legend and history. The second part of the book details the `general viewpoints' of Buddhist teaching and the individual stages of the Buddhist Path, including meditation to ever higher levels. Both sections are expertly collated out of a wide knowledge of the primary sources. To this academic understanding, Beckh sheds new light on the subject from his own research, based on highly-trained meditation guided by Rudolf Steiner (with whom he carried out a long-lasting correspondence that has only recently been uncovered). Dr Katrin Binder has rendered the complete German text in a natural English idiom with great accuracy and professional insight, thereby making this timeless book available to English readers for the first time in a lucid translation. New notes and an updated bibliography are also featured. `The book before us here is not some kind of dusty text or just another undergraduate-level introduction to Buddhism. It is nothing less than the still, clear, luminous centre of a hurricane...' - Neil Franklin (from the Foreword)Table of ContentsForeword - Translator's Introduction - Regarding the pronunciation of Indian words (Sanskrit and Pali) - Abbreviations - Introduction - PART 1: THE BUDDHA - General considerations - A. The Buddha of the legend - a) The sources of the legend - b) The story of the Buddha's Becoming (according to the Lalitavistara) - c) The proclamation of the doctrine - d) The Buddha's Nirvana (according to the Mahaparinibbaanasutta) - B. The historical Buddha - a) The course of his life - b) The Buddha as a human being and spiritual teacher - PART 2: THE TEACHING - A. General Viewpoints - B. The individual stages of the Path - a) Faith (saddha) as prerequisite of the Path - b) First stage of the Path: Right Conduct (sla) - c) Second stage of the path: meditation (samaadhi) - d) Third stage of the path: realization (panna) - e) Fourth stage of the path: liberation (vimutti) - Notes - Bibliographical Review (Hermann Beckh 1916) - Additional Bibliographies (Heimo Rau 1958, Katrin Binder 2016) - Hermann Beckh: Later works on Buddhism - Glossary
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Windhorse Publications Beating the Dharma Drum: India Writings II
Book SynopsisThe first part of this volume consists of Sangharakshita's writings about Anagarika Dharmapala, a Sri Lankan Buddhist who made it his life's mission to restore the sacred site of Bodh Gaya, and whom Sangharakshita came to revere as one of the great Buddhists of the twentieth century. The second part is made up of articles Sangharakshita wrote for the Maha Bodhi journal, first as a regular contributor and then as the editor. They include poetic and philosophical reflections on the Dharma, as well as trenchant observations on the Buddhist world and calls to action on the issues of the day. The third part is a collection of book reviews published in the Maha Bodhi journal and other magazines over the course of nearly fifty years, from the days when the appearance of any new translation or commentary was a significant event, to more recent times, when readers could choose between hundreds of new titles.Table of ContentsForeword Part 1: Anagarika Dharmapala Part 2: Maha Bodhi Writings In the Light of the Dhamma Beating the Drum: Maha Bodhi Editorials Further Maha Bodhi Contributions Part 3: Book Reviews 1952 - 2002 Aryan Path Book Reviews Maha Bodhi Book Reviews Alternative Traditions Book Review from Golden Drum Book Reviews from A Moseley Miscellany Appendix 1: What was the Maha Bodhi journal? Appendix 2: Triyana Vardhana Vihara Kalimpong Report 1957-1962 Sources Notes and References Index A Guide to The Complete Works of Sangharakshita
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Temple Lodge Publishing Departure of the Perfected One: The Story of the
Book SynopsisPresenting vivid pictures of Gautama Buddha’s life, teaching, suffering, death and subsequent nirvāṇa, the Mahāparinibbānasutta is one of the principal Buddhist texts. In Hermann Beckh’s words, it describes ‘…one of the greatest human beings that ever lived, who stood at the threshold of the super-human – a teacher and leader of humanity.’ --- Prof. Beckh’s translation of this important sutta achieved a quality and faithfulness that was based on decades of extensive study and meditation. From his academic and spiritual knowledge, Beckh added insightful editorial material, including an introduction, commentary and notes. The English rendering here, by Indologist and long-standing Buddhist practitioner Dr Katrin Binder, is based on both the original Pālī and Beckh’s German translation. An afterword by Thomas Meyer, informed by Rudolf Steiner’s research, traces the development of Buddha’s individuality in the afterlife. --- Departure of the Perfected One brings to a conclusion the publication of Beckh’s great triad of works on the subject of Buddha, including Buddha’s Life and Teaching and From Buddha to Christ. Through a contemporary reading, these books open up vast new perspectives on the world of sacred Buddhist scriptures to anyone interested in spiritual development.Table of ContentsPreface by Neil Franklin – Translator’s Note by Katrin Binder – Introduction by Hermann Beckh – THE SACRED NARRATIVE OF THE GREAT NĪRVĀṆA – Afterword by Thomas Meyer – Postscript: Transference of Merit and Self Surrender – Editor’s Notes by Hermann Beckh
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Parallax Press Solid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times
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Wisdom Publications,U.S. Crushing the Categories (Vaidalyaprakarana)
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Harrassowitz Kleine Schriften Zur Epigraphik
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Verlag Herder Einfuhrung in Den Buddhismus: Die
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Verlag Herder Dhammapada - Die Weisheitslehren Des Buddha
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Verlag Herder Lotos-Sutra: Das Grosse Erleuchtungsbuch Des
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Herder Verlag GmbH Die Stufen Des Pfades Zum Erwachen
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Steiner Franz Verlag Vor dem Tipitaka
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Systemische Praxis und Buddhismus: Ein Wegweiser
Book SynopsisMindfulness and compassion as secular techniques and attitudes seem to open up spaces for answering needs that we all have: We long for deceleration, reconsideration, acceptance, benevolence and universal human values. However, very few are familiar with the basics of mindfulness and compassion, which have their origins in Buddhism. Systemic approaches, methods and attitudes show similarities with those of Buddhist figures of thought, so that an attempt at synergy suggests itself. How can we, as therapists, incorporate mindfulness and compassion for ourselves, but also in the work process with our clients? How can these aspects enrich our professional relationships and our creative freedom? This book is intended for everyone who wants to be inspired in their counseling and therapeutic work and in their self-reflection process.
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Books on Demand Buddhismus für Einsteiger: Wie Sie die Lehren
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Hirmer Verlag Analívia Cordeiro: From Body to Code
Book SynopsisAnalivia Cordeiro – a female perspective in media art. Considered a pioneer in both video art and computer-based video dance as well as an innovator in body art, the Brazilian artist, dancer, and choreographer Analívia Cordeiro (*1954) has been developing since the early 1970s a continuous and intense work exploring the relationships between body, movement, visual and audiovisual art as well as media art. “No matter what age, no matter how much dance experience, everyone can learn through movement." (A. Cordeiro) Since the early 1970s, Analívia Cordeiro has been one of the first female video artists to influence all of South America's media art. This publication presents the artist's body of work up to the present. In addition to an introductory text by the editor, it contains an interview with the artist, and a selection of texts by various authors and the artist herself. An extensive section of works with many illustrations, historical documents and photographs as well as a detailed biography and bibliography complete the book.
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH Die Dharani des Großen Erbarmens des Boddhisatva
Book SynopsisIm Mah y na-Buddhismus hat der Bodhisattva Avalokite vara, chin. Kuan(-shih)-yin, seit jeher eine besondere Bedeutung als Sinnbild der buddhistischen Barmherzigkeit. Ein haufig rezitierter Gebetstext ist das S tra der grossen, vollkommenen ungehinderten Dh ran des grossen Erbarmens- geistes des Bodhisattva Avalokite vara mit tausend Handen und tausend Augen (Ch'ien-shou ch'ien-yen Kuan-shih-yin p'u-sa kuang-ta yuan-man wu-ai t'o-lo-ni ching), das um 650 n.Chr. von dem Inder Bhagavaddharma ins Chinesische ubersetzt wurde. Die Rezitation dieser Dh ran ist eng mit Beerdigungs- und Totenriten sowie dem Bussritual und Ahnenkult verbunden. Die Autorin verfolgt zunachst die Entwicklung der Vorstellungen uber Avalokite vara anhand der wichtigsten Themen der Dh ran . Der zweite Teil behandelt die Einfuhrung des Textes nach China. Der dritte Teil enthalt die erste vollstandige deutsche Ubersetzung des Ch'ien-shou ching sowie das Vorwort des Yung-lo-Kaisers (reg. 1403-1425), den Amoghavajra (705-774) zugeschriebenen Kom- mentar und die scholastische Interpretation des T'ien-t'ai-Meisters Chih-li (960-1028). Der vierte Teil beleuchtet die kultische Praxis der Dh ran -Rezitation in China anhand von Monchsbiographien der T'ang-Zeit, Ch'ing-zeitlichen Sammlungen von Wundergeschichten und monastischen Vorschriften der Ch'an-Schule. Die Ubersetzung von Chih-lis Bussritual beschliesst diesen Teil. Die vorliegende Studie beinhaltet einen ausfuhrlichen Index mit chinesischen Zeichen sowie einen Anhang mit der Reproduktion relevanter Texte und Abbildungen.
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Wandel Verlag The Seven Chapters of Prayer: as taught by Padma
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The Sri Lanka Institute of Traditional Studies Divine Revelation in Pali Buddhism
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The University of Chicago Press Ordinary Images
Book SynopsisSituating his study in the gaps between conventional categories such as Buddhism, Daoism and Chinese popular art, Stanley K. Abe examines the large body of sculpture, paintings and other religious imagery produced for China's common classes from the third to the sixth centuries CE.
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The University of Chicago Press A Monastery in Time The Making of Mongolian
Book SynopsisDescribes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries.Trade Review"A Monastery in Time is a tremendously original product of almost fifteen years of painstaking scholarship. Caroline Humphrey and Hurelbaatar Ujeed combine an ethnography of a particular site, the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia, with a theoretically informed description of what a tradition - the Mongolian Buddhist tradition or any tradition - actually is. The results are impressive both for the theory and for the ethnography of an important but little-known religious community." (Christopher P. Atwood, Indiana University)"
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The University of Chicago Press Grains of Gold
Book SynopsisIn 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel (1903-51) sent a large manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in the northeastern corner of Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka.Trade Review"Gendun Chopel's Grains of Gold is the magnum opus of arguably the single most brilliant Tibetan scholar of the twentieth century, and the team of Donald S. Lopez Jr. and renowned translator Thupten Jinpa is the ideal combination of talents to expertly render its eclectic contents into faithful but accessible English. This excellent translation will be enthusiastically (and gratefully) welcomed by both scholars and general readers." -Lauran Hartley, Columbia University"
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The University of Chicago Press Nothing Three Inquiries in Buddhism TRIOS
Book SynopsisThough contemporary European philosophy and critical theory have long had a robust engagement with Christianity, there has been no similar engagement with Buddhism-a surprising lack, given Buddhism's global reach and obvious affinities with much of Continental philosophy. This volume fills that gap, bringing together three scholars to offer individual, distinct, yet complementary philosophical takes on Buddhism. Focused on nothing-essential to Buddhism, of course, but also a key concept in critical theory from Hegel and Marx through deconstruction, queer theory, and contemporary speculative philosophy-the book explores different ways of rethinking Buddhism's nothing. Through an elaboration of sunyata, or emptiness, in both critical and Buddhist traditions; an examination of the problem of praxis in Buddhism, Marxism, and psychoanalysis; and an explication of a Buddaphobia that is rooted in modern anxieties about nothingness, Marcus Boon, Eric Cazdyn, and Timothy Morton open up new spa
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The University of Chicago Press Nothing
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The University of Chicago Press From Stone to Flesh
Book SynopsisWe have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely respected across the Western world for his philosophical insight, his teachings of nonviolence, and his practice of meditation. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today? Leading historian of Buddhism Donald S. Lopez Jr. tells the story of how various idols carved in stone variously named Beddou, Codam, Xaca, and Fo - became the man of flesh and blood that we know simply as the Buddha. He reveals that the positive view of the Buddha in Europe and America is rather recent, originating a little more than a hundred and fifty years ago. For centuries, the Buddha was condemned by Western writers as the most dangerous idol of the Orient. He was a demon, the murderer of his mother, a purveyor of idolatry. Lopez provides an engaging history of depictions of the Buddha from classical accounts and medieval stories to the testimonies of European travelers, diplomats, soldiers, and missionaries. He shows that centuries of hostility toward the Buddha changed dramatically in the nineteenth century, when the teachings of the Buddha, having disappeared from India by the fourteenth century, were read by European scholars newly proficient in Asian languages. At the same time, the traditional view of the Buddha persisted in Asia, where he was revered as much for his supernatural powers as for his philosophical insights. From Stone to Flesh follows the twists and turns of these Eastern and Western notions of the Buddha, leading finally to his triumph as the founder of a world religion.
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The University of Chicago Press Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol An Anthology of
Book SynopsisWe tend to think that the Buddha has always been seen as the compassionate sage admired around the world today, but until the nineteenth century, Europeans often regarded him as a nefarious figure, an idol worshipped by the pagans of the Orient. Donald S. Lopez Jr. offers here a rich sourcebook of European fantasies about the Buddha drawn from the works of dozens of authors over fifteen hundred years, including Clement of Alexandria, Marco Polo, St. Francis Xavier, Voltaire, and Sir William Jones. Featuring writings by soldiers, adventurers, merchants, missionaries, theologians, and colonial officers, this volume contains a wide range of portraits of the Buddha. The descriptions are rarely flattering, as all manner of reports some accurate, some inaccurate, and some garbled came to circulate among European savants and eccentrics, many of whom were famous in their day but are long forgotten in ours. Taken together, these accounts present a fascinating picture, not only of the Buddha as
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The University of Chicago Press Prisoners of ShangriLa
Book SynopsisPrisoners of Shangri-La is a provocative analysis of how the West cultivated the "romance" of Tibet, and how that romance gradually came to imprison those who sought Tibetan independence from China.
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