Buddhist life and practice Books
Wisdom Publications,U.S. Stilling the Mind
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£13.49
The Buddhist Society The Great Wisdom Gone Beyond
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£9.86
The Buddhist Society The Zen Way
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£12.30
The Buddhist Society Buddhism and Women
Book SynopsisA collection of key texts from practising Buddhism women, showing their vital contributions to the development of Buddhist thought.
£36.00
The Buddhist Society Living in Nenbutsu
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£40.50
Middleway Press Prayer
Book SynopsisBased on the tenets of the Japanese monk Nichiren, this guide provides insight and advice on injecting Buddhist philosophies into one's relationships and spirituality. Drawing on ancient themes of compassion and happiness, it distills the essence of Buddhist scripture.
£8.09
Rangjung Yeshe Publications Straight Talk Discourses by Orgyen Topgyal
Book SynopsisHow do you describe a sublime being like Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, the simile of a diamond and its' different qualities come closest to fulfilling that difficult task. As is stated, the quality and value of a diamond is judged on five fundamental criteria: Carat, color, clarity, cut, and confidence. Confidence here is having a certificate of value, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, has several of these: A recognized, incarnate Lama, the son of a great Master and a powerful dakini in human form, and a widely experienced Vajra Master in his own right. In these troubled times sincere guidance is needed as a support for the spiritual practitioner disturbed by recent exposes. Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche offers a fresh, yet traditional way to enter the teachings, guiding the student on how to choose a qualified teacher, examine oneself, and proceed on the genuine path of practice. Such advice is more than precious, it is timely and necessary to make sure that sidetracks and wrong views do not derail one's
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis clearly written text explores the breadth of Buddhist philosophy and its historical unfolding. It considers the basic teachings of the Buddha, and the value of meditation for improving and shaping one's life. This Second Edition includes new chapters on Buddhist ethics and meditative practices for living a flourishing life.Table of ContentsPart I. A Sketch of the Buddha and the Dhamma: 1. The life of Siddhattha Gotama; 2. The contexts for the emergence of Buddhism; 3. The basic teachings of the Buddha; 4. One Buddhism or many Buddhisms?; Part II. Details of the Dhamma; 5. Kamma, Samsara, and rebirth; 6. Interdependent arising; 7. Impermanence, no-enduring-self, and emptiness; 8. Moksa and Nibbana; Part III. Development of the Dhamma/Dharma: 9. Bodhidharma's and Huineng's Buddhisms; 10. Pure Land Buddhism ; 11. Tibetan Buddhism; 12. Two forms of contemporary Buddhism; Part IV. Applications and Assessment of the Dhamma/Dharma: 13. Applied Buddhist Ethics or Engaged Buddhism; 14. Buddhist Epistemology and Buddhist Meditation.
£26.59
Taylor & Francis Ltd Weaving the Paths of Buddhism and Psychotherapy
Weaving the Paths of Buddhism and Psychotherapy is an empathic guide to integrating Eastern and Western wisdom traditions that share the common goal of easing distress. Following the so-called mindfulness revolution' there has been a surge in interest as to how Buddhism's overarching view on suffering may enhance therapeutic practice. This book is not just a clinical text; it is a first-person account of one Buddhist therapist educator's lived experience of bringing Buddhism into the very personal and relational experience of psychotherapy. Western-trained therapists will recognize key concepts: the existential underpinnings of distress, driver behaviour and scripts, modifications to contact such as projection and introjection, relational conditions for healing, ethical considerations, and working with complex presentations and trauma, among others. Through autobiographical vignettes and case-study material, the book offers an invitation to all therapists to consider their
£26.59
United Buddhist Publisher Kinh Bi Hoa
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£11.43
United Buddhist Publisher Li o S Gio hun khu truyn ca c Bn S
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£10.68
United Buddhist Publisher Ngui cht di v du
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£9.93
Cambridge University Press Buddhist Ethics
Book SynopsisThis Element offers a brief overview of Buddhist thought and modern scholarly approaches to its diverse forms of moral reflection. It then explores two of the most prominent philosophers from the main strands of the Indian Buddhist tradition Buddhaghosa and Santideva in a comparative fashion.Trade Review'This book makes an important contribution to the study of Buddhist ethics, as well as Buddhaghosa and Śāntideva studies, and I anticipate it will be much appreciated by students and professionals interested in a short but deep dive into Buddhist ethics.' Emily McRae, Journal of Buddhist Ethics'… a most relevant contribution to a central subject that deserves to attract more scholarly attention, the book is recommended to all who are working on the political and military history of the fourth century BC.' Sabine Müller, Global Military Studies Review'This concise and informative book reveals the diversity (or even disagreement to some degree) of the notion of morality within Buddhism rather than a generalized theory called 'Buddhist ethics'.' Huỳnh Cao Nhựt Quang, Religious Studies ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Buddhaghosa and the analysis of moral experience and development; 3. Śāntideva and an ethic of radical compassion; 4. Conclusions; References.
£17.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Zen Buddhist Philosophy of D. T. Suzuki
Book SynopsisD.T. Suzuki (1870-1966) reached global fame for his writings on Zen Buddhism. In this introduction to his theories of self, knowledge, and the world, Suzuki is presented as a Buddhist philosopher in his own right.Beginning with a biography of his life providing the historical context to his thought and discussing Suzuki's influences, chapters cover the Zen notion of the non-self and Suzuki''s Zen view of consciousness, language, and religious truths. His ideas about philosophy and radical views on rationality and faith come to life in two new complete translations of The Place of Peace in our Heart (1894) and Religion and Science (1949), which helps us to understand why Suzuki's description of Zen attracted the attention of many leading intellectuals and helped it become a household name in the English-speaking world.Offering the first complete overview of Suzuki's approach, reputation, and legacy as a philosopher, this is for anyone interested in the philosophical relevaTrade ReviewThis refreshing book slices through the stale standoff between uncritical admirers and polemical detractors of this hugely influential international interpreter of Zen, a book that takes D. T. Suzuki seriously as a philosopher—albeit one who was deeply ambivalent about the limits of, and yet need for, philosophy. * Bret W. Davis, Professor & Higgins Chair in Philosophy, Loyola University Maryland, USA *Rossa Ó Muireartaigh provides a thought-provoking account and evaluation of the merits and controversies surrounding the legacy of the crucial modern Zen Buddhist thinker, D. T. Suzuki. This book, which features a couple of new translations of Suzuki's essays, is highly recommended to researchers and students of Japanese religion and society. * Steven Heine, Professor of Religious Studies and History Director of Asian Studies, Florida International University, USA *Table of Contents1. Introduction Biography of Suzuki Historical and intellectual context of Suzuki Scope of book 2. Self Introduction The Problem of one’s self Self in the Philosophy of Buddhism Self in Emptiness 3. Knowledge No-self and Knowledge Zen Wisdom Zen of Experience and Experience of Zen Language and Koans 4. World Zen of Sociology Sociology of Zen Zen and Ideology Zen in History and History in Zen 5. D.T. Suzuki’s Philosophical Legacy Criticism and responses Silent lingering Translations The Place of Peace in Our Heart (1894) Religion and Science (1949) Further Reading and Discussion Questions Bibliography Index
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Penguin Books Ltd The Gift
Book SynopsisBe inspired in 2020 by Ghandi''s ten lessons for life.Gandhi was an icon, but what would he teach us if he were alive today? ___________In this Sunday Times bestseller, his grandson Arun reveals the ten vital and extraordinary lessons his grandfather taught him, all of which are more relevant now than ever . . . Arun believes that the violence and turmoil in the world today makes Gandhi''s teachings more vital than ever, and The Gift places these lessons in a modern context, shedding new light on how Gandhi''s principles can - and must - be applied to today''s concerns.The moving, often irreverent, story of Arun''s years growing up at the iconic Sevagram ashram provides the setting for the treasured moments spent his grandfather, which are an engaging and often surprising read. These memories give a rare insight into Gandhi the man behind the icon, and reveal the motivations behind his ten inspirational lessons which w
£10.44
State University Press of New York (SUNY) The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisAn unparalleled portrait, Donald K. Swearer''s Buddhist World of Southeast Asia has been a key source for all those interested in the Theravada homelands since the work''s publication in 1995. Expanded and updated, the second edition offers this wide ranging account for readers at the beginning of the twenty-first century.Swearer shows Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia to be a dynamic, complex system of thought and practice embedded in the cultures, societies, and histories of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka. The work focuses on three distinct yet interrelated aspects of this milieu. The first is the popular tradition of life models personified in myths and legends, rites of passage, festival celebrations, and ritual occasions. The second deals with Buddhism and the state, illustrating how King Asoka serves as the paradigmatic Buddhist monarch, discussing the relationship of cosmology and kingship, and detailing the rise of charismatic Buddhist political leaders in the postcolonial period. The third is the modern transformation of Buddhism: the changing roles of monks and laity, modern reform movements, the role of women, and Buddhism in the West.
£24.27
State University of New York Press Buddhist World of Southeast Asia The Second
Book SynopsisAn account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.
£65.04
State University Press of New York (SUNY) Family in Buddhism
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State University of New York Press Religious Journeys in India Explores how
Book SynopsisExplores how religious travel in India is transforming religious identities and self-constructions.In an increasingly global world where convenient modes of travel have opened the door to international and intraregional tourism and brought together people from different religious and ethnic communities, religious journeying in India has become the site of evolving and often paradoxical forms of self-construction. Through ethnographic reflections, the contributors to this volume explore religious and nonreligious motivations for religious travel in India and show how pilgrimages, missionary travel, the exportation of cultural art forms, and leisure travel among coreligionists are transforming not only religious but also regional, national, transnational, and personal identities. The volume engages with central themes in South Asian studies such as gender, exile, and spirituality; a variety of religions, including Sikhism, Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity; and understudied regions and emerging places of pilgrimage such as Manipur and Maharashtra.
£24.27
State University of New York Press Religious Journeys in India Pilgrims Tourists and
Book SynopsisExplores how religious travel in India is transforming religious identities and self-constructions.In an increasingly global world where convenient modes of travel have opened the door to international and intraregional tourism and brought together people from different religious and ethnic communities, religious journeying in India has become the site of evolving and often paradoxical forms of self-construction. Through ethnographic reflections, the contributors to this volume explore religious and nonreligious motivations for religious travel in India and show how pilgrimages, missionary travel, the exportation of cultural art forms, and leisure travel among coreligionists are transforming not only religious but also regional, national, transnational, and personal identities. The volume engages with central themes in South Asian studies such as gender, exile, and spirituality; a variety of religions, including Sikhism, Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity; and understudied regions and emerging places of pilgrimage such as Manipur and Maharashtra.
£65.04
State University of New York Press The Power of Practice
Book SynopsisSituates yoga practice within a musical context in the life and work of famed violinist Yehudi MenuhinThe Power of Practice showcases the pioneering achievements of renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916-99) and how both disciplines transformed his life and practice. Menuhin''s contributions as a performer, teacher, and humanitarian are celebrated around the world. Less well known, however, is Menuhin''s devotion to the practice of yoga and his close friendship with the renowned yogi B. K. S. Iyengar (1918?2014), whose guidance profoundly influenced Menuhin as both a musician and a philanthropist. Menuhin applied his understanding of Iyengar''s teachings to his philosophy of musical practice, creating new ways to approach the teaching of violin technique. He also took broader lessons from yoga to inform his approach to interacting with the larger world as a cultural ambassador and influential artist. Through the lens of the life and work of the celebrated violinist and devoted yogi, this book uncovers deep connections between music and yoga. It shows how the practice of both disciplines can profoundly transform our world into a better place.This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)-a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries-and the generous support of Emory University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: openmonographs.org. A manifold version of this title can be accessed here: https://manifold.ecds.emory.edu/projects/the-power-of-practice/. It can also be found in the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/13974.
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Rowman & Littlefield Crossroads in Psychoanalysis Buddhism and
Book SynopsisA comprehensive collection of essays exploring the interstices of Eastern and Western modes of thinking about the self, Crossroads in Psychoanalysis, Buddhism, and Mindfulness: The Word and the Breath documents just some of the challenges, conflicts, pitfalls, and wow moments that inhere in today's historical and cultural intersections of theory, practice, and experience. As this collection demonstrates, the crossroads between Buddhist and psychoanalytic approaches to mindfulness are rich beyond belief in integrative potential. The surprising and fertile connections from which this book originates, and the future ones which every reader in turn will spur, will invigorate and intensify this specific form of contemporary commerce at the crossroads of East and West. Analytically-oriented psychotherapists, themselves of different climates and cultures, break out of the seclusion of the consulting room to think, translate, meditate on, and mediate their experiencesgenerated via the maternalTrade Review[T]he authors are to be commended for tackling a seminal and difficult topic. * PsycCRITIQUES *Anthony Molino, a practicing psychoanalyst, anthropologist, and literary translator, has given us a marvelous collection of essays. . . .Crossroads implies a place of exciting commerce, interesting interactions, synergies and discoveries. . . .Deceptively simple in its language, it rewards rereading, rather like repeated meditations or consecutive analytic sessions, even if there are familiar sights along each circular path, we find the spiral deepening as we go. * Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association *This book has so many riches—riches of Buddhism, riches of psychoanalysis, of Buddhism as therapy and therapy as meditative quest, each affected by the other, becoming part of each other. The writings of this book take us to living places and provide much guidance about the ins and outs of experience. -- Michael Eigen, PhD, author of "Kabbalah and Psychoanalysis"After The Couch and the Tree Anthony Molino has done it again, putting together a rich collection of highly diverse essays on a critical topic of our era. This book is, indeed, a ‘crossroads’ and the subtitle could as easily read ‘the word and the breadth’ as it does ‘the word and the breath.’ Western thought about the Eastern mind has been and will be a centuries’ long project that will engage the future imaginations of people around the world and, looking back, it would not be surprising to find this book among those that endure the test of time. -- Christopher Bollas, PhD, author of "China on the Mind"Crossroads in Psychoanalysis, Buddhism, and Mindfulness impresses readers with the ongoing development of a Buddhist psychoanalysis, or of a psychoanalytic Buddhism, distinct from any previous form of either psychoanalysis or Asian Buddhism. Most contributors to this volume are longstanding practitioners of both and explore engaging new perspectives at the crossroads of the two disciplines even as they eschew any facile syncretism. The book is also noteworthy for the window it offers into the history of the relationship between Italian psychoanalysis and Buddhism, a subject hardly addressed to date in English. -- Shoji Muramoto, PhD, Kobe City University of Foreign StudiesTable of ContentsForeword Jeff Shore Introduction Anthony Molino Part 1: Elusive Bridges 1: The Correlation between Psychotherapy and Buddhism and How Buddhist Psychology Can be Applied to Life Thich Nhat Hanh 2: With Buddha in Mind: Mindfulness-based Psychotherapy in Practice Nigel Wellings 3: The Bliss Body and the Unconscious Joseph Bobrow Part 2: Being in Practice 4: The Role of “No-Self” in Creativity: Expanding our Sense of Interdependent Engagement Polly Young-Eisendrath 5: What the Emotions Ask of Us: Psychoanalysis and Dharma Psychology Gherardo Amadei 6: Psychoanalysis, Transgenerational Psychotherapy, and Karma Michela Morgana Part 3: Psychoanalysis and Meditation 7: Metamorphoses of Consciousness: Answers in the Light of Awareness Alessandro Giannandrea, Antonino Raffone and Katie Ferrell 8: Meditation Practice: From Cushion to Inconceivable Ordinary Life Dorothy Yang 9: The Relief of Being Pilar Jennings Part 4: Parallel Convergences 10: “Amae” and Western Buddhism Roberto Carnevali 11: Unexpected Guests: Buddhism, Psychosynthesis & Psychoanalysis Graziano Graziani 12: Mandalas of the Mind: Exploring the Role of Mandalas in Jung’s Thought And His Relation with Buddhism Katriona Munthe and Anthony Molino Afterthoughts Reflections on Buddhism and Psychoanalysis Adam Phillips Appendix Psychoanalysis and Buddhism as Cultural Institutions Jeremy Safran About the Contributors
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Hodder & Stoughton Happiness is a State of Mind
Book SynopsisLet His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa, spiritual head of the Drukpa School of Buddhism, help you discover the true meaning of happiness.Trade ReviewHis Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa reveals that the secret to happiness lies in the mind. * The Middle Way *A wonderful book that will become a trusted friend and guide to all who read it. * Mark Williams, bestselling author of MINDFULNESS *
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Little, Brown Book Group Meditation
Book Synopsis''This is a book that should be on every meditator''s bookshelf'' - Dr Jim LockardAn accessible, insightful, user-friendly guide to meditation, perfect for anyone who wants to enjoy sustained and meaningful meditation practiceMeditation is an ancient practice that has brought peace and clarity to people from every time, culture and place. Its benefits - a sense of calm, greater knowledge of self, better health - are as appealing to the modern world as they were to the ancient. In this beginner''s guide to meditation, author Patrick Harbula provides readers with everything they need to know in order to experience deep meditation.Readers will learn: - The history of meditation, both Eastern and Western- The benefits of meditation for the mind, body, and spirit- Different forms of meditation practice- Supportive practices to enhance the benefits of meditation in daily living.- Simple ways to begin meditation immediately, and morTrade ReviewMeditation is a very simple process which can be done in many ways. Patrick Harbula provides a guide which can be read as a basic primer or as a deep dive into all things meditation. This is a book that should be on every meditator's bookshelf and be dogeared, marked up, and well-read -- Dr Jim Lockard, author of Creating The Beloved Community: A Handbook for Spiritual LeadershipIn Meditation Patrick Harbula offers perhaps the most inclusive explanation and application of meditation I have ever read. He has taken what is generally perceived as an Eastern practice and made it 'user-friendly' for the western mind. This is an exquisite and transparent handbook for anyone who seeks to explore the countless benefits found in a life grounded in meditation. I encourage you to allow Patrick to be your personal guide on the journey to the place you never really left - your oneness with Life. He knows - in real time - from whence he speaks -- Dr Dennis Merritt Jones, bestselling author of The Art of Abundance and The Art of UncertaintyPatrick Harbula's presentation of a wide variety of meditation styles and techniques makes this book a unique presentation on the subject. Particularly insightful is the Helpful Hints section, which offers practical and cutting edge strategies for effortlessly stilling the mind. The Chapter on Supportive Spiritual Practices also makes this book a seminal and complete treatment for spiritual growth as well as user friendly tool for beginners and seasoned meditators alike -- Dr Ken Gordon, Spiritual Director of Centers for Spiritual LivingPatrick Harbula has created a beautiful introduction to the novice meditator. Using gentle humor, personal stories, and practical suggestions, he guides the reader through complex ideas such as enlightenment, spiritual bypass, dealing with expectations and sustaining an enjoyable and meaningful meditation practice -- Dr Edward Viljoen, author of The Power of MeditationWhile explaining the deep, historical roots of meditation, Patrick makes the practice very accessible to the beginner and highly motivational for the long-time meditator. This is one of the most comprehensive books on Meditation available to us today. Benefits, approaches and specific practices are skillfully explained in his approachable, personal style, and I recommend it wholeheartedly -- Rev Dr Maxine Kaye, author of Alive and AgelessEncyclopedic in scope, this useful compendium is not just for newcomers on the spiritual path. Author Patrick Harbula covers every aspect of meditation from its history to its benefits to the how-tos of more than two dozen practices. A lifetime of experience with Eastern and Western contemplative traditions informs these pages, packed with useful tips on choosing a method, what to expect and establishing a daily practice. Meditation fundamentals like breathwork, mindfulness and visualization are explained in clear, accessible terms -- Joan Duncan Oliver, author of Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices
£7.59
Lexington Books A Christian Exploration of Womens Bodies and
Book SynopsisJodo Shinshu Buddhism inherited many negative doctrines around women's bodies, which in some early Buddhist texts were presented as an obstacle to rebirth, and a hindrance to awakening in general. Beginning with an examination of these doctrines, the book explores Shin teachings and texts, as well as the Japanese context in which they developed, with a focus on women and rebirth in Amida's Pure Land. These doctrines are then compared to similar doctrines in Christianity and used to suggestion fruitful avenues of Christian theological reflection.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Women’s Bodies and SoteriologyChapter One: Bodies in Early Indian Buddhism Contradictory Discourse on Human BodiesChapter Two: Women in Medieval Japanese SocietyChapter Three: Shin Buddhism: History, Development, and Key TextsChapter Four: Women’s Bodies in Shin Buddhist TextsChapter Five: Women and Shin Buddhism in the 21st Century ContextBibliographyAbout the Author
£81.00
Lexington Books Religious Interaction Ritual
Book SynopsisThis book is a microsociological study of religious practice, based on fieldwork with Conservative Jews, Bible Belt Muslims, white Baptists, black Baptists, Buddhist meditators, and Latino Catholics. In each case, the author scrutinizes how a congregation's ritual strategies help or hinder their efforts to achieve a transformative spiritual encounter, an intense feeling that becomes the basis of their most fundamental understandings of reality.The book shows how these transformative spiritual encounters routinely depend on issues that can seem rather mundane by comparison, such as where the sanctuary's entrance is located, how many misprints end up in the church bulletin, or how long the preacher continues to preach beyond lunchtime. The spirit responds to other dynamics, as well, such as how congregations collectively imagine outsiders, or how they talk about ideas like individualism and patriarchy.Building on provocative theories from sociologists such as Émile Durkheim, Erving GoffmTrade ReviewThis is a really forefront piece of research. The comparisons among congregations break new ground in explaining the relative success of religious organizations. It pays off in new discoveries about interactional mechanisms and their effects; and gives as richly revealing view of the ‘atmosphere’ or local culture of religious congregations as anything in the literature, while going on to systematically explain what makes congregations different from each other. Religious Interaction Ritual is a great work. This should be a landmark book in the sociology of religion. -- Randall Collins, Department of Sociology, University of PennsylvaniaDraper systematically dissects and compares the rituals of churches, synagogues, mosques, and meditation centers to uncover the social sources of divine experience. Engaging, insightful, and radically new, Religious Interaction Ritual is a step by step manual of how groups create and sustain collective effervescence. -- Paul Froese, Baylor University and author of On Purpose: How We Create the Meaning of LifeTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Introduction Chapter 1: Collective Effervescence Chapter 2: Social Solidarity Chapter 3: Bodily Copresence Chapter 4: Intersubjectivity Chapter 5: Barriers to Outsiders Conclusion Appendix A: USCLS Findings Appendix B: Focus Group Questions and Characteristics References
£76.50
Lexington Books Religious Interaction Ritual
Book SynopsisThis book is a microsociological study of religious practice, based on fieldwork with Conservative Jews, Bible Belt Muslims, white Baptists, black Baptists, Buddhist meditators, and Latino Catholics. In each case, the author scrutinizes how a congregation's ritual strategies help or hinder their efforts to achieve a transformative spiritual encounter, an intense feeling that becomes the basis of their most fundamental understandings of reality.The book shows how these transformative spiritual encounters routinely depend on issues that can seem rather mundane by comparison, such as where the sanctuary's entrance is located, how many misprints end up in the church bulletin, or how long the preacher continues to preach beyond lunchtime. The spirit responds to other dynamics, as well, such as how congregations collectively imagine outsiders, or how they talk about ideas like individualism and patriarchy.Building on provocative theories from sTrade ReviewThe best books I have read have been generative; they lead me to new places, ideas, and research projects. These books have dog-eared pages, lots of underlining, scribbling in the margins (often in multiple directions), and the blank pages at the back of the book are filled with hurried notes and page references. Based on this metric alone, this is probably one of the best books I have read in the past decade. . . . I would recommend this book be required reading for all graduate students interested in the social scientific study of religion, and for anyone interested in IR theory and religion. The book would work well in any graduate-level sociology of religion class or as an illustration in a theory course of the application of a sociological theory to a novel subfield. Additionally, the book is accessible and well written. I would recommend it to any congregational leaders interested in the application of sociological theory to their work. * Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review *Scott Draper’s book offers a rich theoretically driven study of religion, specifically the role of ritual. . . . the value of the book is the case studies as theoretical explorations into ritual theory. . . The conclusion offers a very good synthesis of a range of theories about religion with discussions about Durkheim and Weber, Stark and Rational Choice, as well as cultural analyses of religion. This would be an excellent book for students studying ritual and the sociology of religion with its analysis of ritual, theories of religion, and empirical observations. * Social Forces *This is a really forefront piece of research. The comparisons among congregations break new ground in explaining the relative success of religious organizations. It pays off in new discoveries about interactional mechanisms and their effects; and gives as richly revealing view of the ‘atmosphere’ or local culture of religious congregations as anything in the literature, while going on to systematically explain what makes congregations different from each other.Religious Interaction Ritual is a great work. This should be a landmark book in the sociology of religion. -- Randall Collins, Department of Sociology, University of PennsylvaniaDraper systematically dissects and compares the rituals of churches, synagogues, mosques, and meditation centers to uncover the social sources of divine experience. Engaging, insightful, and radically new, Religious Interaction Ritual is a step by step manual of how groups create and sustain collective effervescence. -- Paul Froese, Baylor University and author of On Purpose: How We Create the Meaning of LifeTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresIntroductionChapter 1: Collective EffervescenceChapter 2: Social SolidarityChapter 3: Bodily CopresenceChapter 4: IntersubjectivityChapter 5: Barriers to OutsidersConclusionAppendix A: USCLS FindingsAppendix B: Focus Group Questions and CharacteristicsReferences
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Cornell University Press Battling the Buddha of Love
Book SynopsisBattling the Buddha of Love is a work of advocacy anthropology that explores the controversial plans and practices of the Maitreya Project, a transnational Buddhist organization, as it sought to build the world''s tallest statue as a multi-million-dollar gift to India. Hoping to forcibly acquire 750 acres of occupied land for the statue park in the Kushinagar area of Uttar Pradesh, the Buddhist statue planners ran into obstacle after obstacle, including a full-scale grassroots resistance movement of Indian farmers working to Save the Land.Falcone sheds light on the aspirations, values, and practices of both the Buddhists who worked to construct the statue, as well as the Indian farmer-activists who tirelessly protested against the Maitreya Project. Because the majority of the supporters of the Maitreya Project statue are converts to Tibetan Buddhism, individuals Falcone terms non-heritage practitioners, she focuses on the spectacular collision of cultural values betweeTrade ReviewFalcone draws on fieldwork and her own personal engagement with the resistance to describe the struggle over the creation of what would have been the largest-ever Buddha image. * Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly *Falcone's advocacy does not compromise the rigor or balance of her analysis. She draws on more than a decade of site observation and personal interviews to produce nuanced ethnographies of the various groups as they struggle with the unintended consequences of Buddhism's globalization.... It will be a valuable resource for serious scholars of contemporary Buddhism and for those studying Buddhism and anthropology. * Choice *As the title of this absorbing book Battling the Buddha of Love: A Cultural Biography of the Greatest Statue Never Built aptly describes, this lucid ethnography by Jessica Falcone explores the transnational life of a globalizing Tibetan Buddhist organization. * Reading Religion *This book is a fruitful intellectual effort that challenges the stereotypical narration of protests... The end notes are extremely illuminative. The strength of the work is the rigor shown by the author in the blending of religious studies, history, social and cultural anthropology, and interviews with people, both members of the FPMT and farmers. * H- Net (H-Diplo) *Dr. Falcone offers compelling insights into the concepts of temporality and futurity, grassroots activism in the face of a transnational organization, and the ethics of engaged anthropological practice. * New Books in Anthropology *The book opens the eyes of the readers as blind devotion blocks the critical mind and compassion, and can be lost in unrealistic, pink thinking. I highly reccomend it. * Buddhismus Aktuell *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Meditation/DHYANA: Focusing on the Maitreya Project Part One: The Transnational Buddhist Statue-Makers 1. Community/SANGHA: FPMT's Transnational Buddhists 2. The Teachings/DHARMA: Religious Practice in a Global Buddhist Institution 3. The Statue/MURTI: Planning a Colossal Maitreya 4. The Relics/SARIRA: Worship and Fundraising with the Relic Tour 5. Aspirations/ASHA: Hope, the Future Tense, and Making (Up) Progress on the Maitreya Project Part Two: The Kushinagari Resistance 6. Holy Place/TIRTHA: Living in the Place of the Buddha's Death 7. Steadfastness/ADITTHANA: Indian Farmers Resist the Buddha of Love 8. Loving-Kindness/MAITRI: Contested Notions of Ethics, Values, and Progress 9. Compassion/KARUNA: Reflections on Engaged Anthropology Conclusion: Faith/SHRADDHA: Guru Devotion, Authority, and Belief in the Shadow of the Maitreya Project Epilogue: Rebirth/SAMSARA: The Future of the Maitreya Project
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Cornell University Press Rituals of Care
Book SynopsisAulino''s work is a strong contribution to the study of aging in the field of medical anthropology specifically because of the focus on the embodied performativity of care evident in her research practice and analysis. Rituals of Care is an excellent book, which offers a thoughtful approach to everyday care in Thailand. ? Anthropology & AgingEnd-of-life issues are increasingly central to discussions within medical anthropology, the anthropology of political action, and the study of Buddhist philosophy and practice. Felicity Aulino''s Rituals of Care speaks directly to these important anthropological and existential conversations. Against the backdrop of global population aging and increased attention to care for the elderly, both personal and professional, Aulino challenges common presumptions about the universal nature of caring. The way she examines particular sets of emotional and practical ways of being with people, and their sTrade ReviewThis book should be read by all students of Thai culture who have an interest in the everyday life, religious practices and socio-political conditions surrounding people's everyday lives. It also makes a remarkable contribution to the understanding of care, as well as to the emerging field of the anthropology of morality. * South East Asia Research *Rituals of Care is a complex, compelling empirical and conceptual work that engages deeply with questions of caregiving and volunteerism in the Theravada Buddhist context of Thai society. The book is highly recommended for researchers on Theravada Buddhism, caregiving, volunteerism, medical and political anthropology, as well as scholars of Thai society and culture more generally. * Pacific Affairs *Aulino's work is a strong contribution to the study of aging in the field of medical anthropology specifically because of the focus on the embodied performativity of care evident in her research practice and analysis. Rituals of Care is an excellent book, which offers a thoughtful approach to everyday care in Thailand. * Anthropology & Aging *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Karma of Care: Ordinary Actions and Their Consequences 2. The Conditioning of Care: Intention, Emotion, and Restraint 3. The Subjects of Care: Perceiving the Social Body 4. The Civic Landscape of Care: Merit and the Spirit of Volunteering for Elders 5. The Violence of Care: Pity and Compassion, Patronage and Repression Conclusion: On Unending Care: Rituals for Making Things So
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Cornell University Press Rituals of Care
Book SynopsisAulino''s work is a strong contribution to the study of aging in the field of medical anthropology specifically because of the focus on the embodied performativity of care evident in her research practice and analysis. Rituals of Care is an excellent book, which offers a thoughtful approach to everyday care in Thailand. ? Anthropology & AgingEnd-of-life issues are increasingly central to discussions within medical anthropology, the anthropology of political action, and the study of Buddhist philosophy and practice. Felicity Aulino''s Rituals of Care speaks directly to these important anthropological and existential conversations. Against the backdrop of global population aging and increased attention to care for the elderly, both personal and professional, Aulino challenges common presumptions about the universal nature of caring. The way she examines particular sets of emotional and practical ways of being with people, and their sTrade ReviewThis book should be read by all students of Thai culture who have an interest in the everyday life, religious practices and socio-political conditions surrounding people's everyday lives. It also makes a remarkable contribution to the understanding of care, as well as to the emerging field of the anthropology of morality. * South East Asia Research *Rituals of Care is a complex, compelling empirical and conceptual work that engages deeply with questions of caregiving and volunteerism in the Theravada Buddhist context of Thai society. The book is highly recommended for researchers on Theravada Buddhism, caregiving, volunteerism, medical and political anthropology, as well as scholars of Thai society and culture more generally. * Pacific Affairs *Aulino's work is a strong contribution to the study of aging in the field of medical anthropology specifically because of the focus on the embodied performativity of care evident in her research practice and analysis. Rituals of Care is an excellent book, which offers a thoughtful approach to everyday care in Thailand. * Anthropology & Aging *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Karma of Care: Ordinary Actions and Their Consequences 2. The Conditioning of Care: Intention, Emotion, and Restraint 3. The Subjects of Care: Perceiving the Social Body 4. The Civic Landscape of Care: Merit and the Spirit of Volunteering for Elders 5. The Violence of Care: Pity and Compassion, Patronage and Repression Conclusion: On Unending Care: Rituals for Making Things So
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Cornell University Press Roaming Free Like a Deer
Book SynopsisBy exploring lived ecological experiences across seven Buddhist worlds from ancient India to the contemporary West, Roaming Free Like a Deer provides a comprehensive, critical, and innovative examination of the theories, practices, and real-world results of Buddhist environmental ethics. Daniel Capper clarifies crucial contours of Buddhist vegetarianism or meat eating, nature mysticism, and cultural speculations about spirituality in nonhuman animals. Buddhist environmental ethics often are touted as useful weapons in the fight against climate change. However, two formidable but often overlooked problems with this perspective exist. First, much of the literature on Buddhist environmental ethics uncritically embraces Buddhist ideals without examining the real-world impacts of those ideals, thereby sometimes ignoring difficulties in terms of practical applications. Moreover, for some understandable but still troublesome reasons, Buddhists from differTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Some Methods in Buddhist Environmental Ethics 2. The Buddha's Nature 3. The Clever Bee of Sri Lanka 4. Beautiful Thai Buffaloes 5. Eating the Enlightened Plants of China 6. Japanese Water Buddhas 7. Releasing Animals in Tibet 8. Natural Persons in the West Conclusion
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Cornell University Press Roaming Free Like a Deer
Book SynopsisBy exploring lived ecological experiences across seven Buddhist worlds from ancient India to the contemporary West, Roaming Free Like a Deer provides a comprehensive, critical, and innovative examination of the theories, practices, and real-world results of Buddhist environmental ethics. Daniel Capper clarifies crucial contours of Buddhist vegetarianism or meat eating, nature mysticism, and cultural speculations about spirituality in nonhuman animals. Buddhist environmental ethics often are touted as useful weapons in the fight against climate change. However, two formidable but often overlooked problems with this perspective exist. First, much of the literature on Buddhist environmental ethics uncritically embraces Buddhist ideals without examining the real-world impacts of those ideals, thereby sometimes ignoring difficulties in terms of practical applications. Moreover, for some understandable but still troublesome reasons, Buddhists from differTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Some Methods in Buddhist Environmental Ethics 2. The Buddha's Nature 3. The Clever Bee of Sri Lanka 4. Beautiful Thai Buffaloes 5. Eating the Enlightened Plants of China 6. Japanese Water Buddhas 7. Releasing Animals in Tibet 8. Natural Persons in the West Conclusion
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Adams Media Corporation Buddhism 101: From Karma to the Four Noble
Book SynopsisBuddhism was founded thousands of years ago, and has inspired millions of people with its peaceful teachings. This book highlights and explains the central concepts of Buddhism to the modern reader, with explanations of mindfulness, karma, The Four Noble Truths, the Middle Way, and more. Whether you’re just looking to understand Buddhism, or exploring the philosophy in your own life and own journey to Enlightenment, this book gives you everything you need to know.
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Little, Brown & Company Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity,
Book SynopsisThough we are seemingly more connected to our world than ever before, many of us cannot ignore a nagging sense of loneliness and isolation. To keep this anxiety and discontentment at bay, we can search for connection through unhealthy distractions, believing these will bring us true nourishment. And yet, loneliness is on the rise, exacting detrimental effects on our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. Even those of us who have succeeded in the ways that society applauds, often feel unanchored, disengaged, and purposeless. If true pleasure is what we desire, how do we look past the surface, to discover a life filled with meaningful connection and genuine relationships?Untangled is a welcoming guidebook to finding expansive ease and true joy through what is traditionally called the eightfold path, one of Buddhism's foundational teachings. Psychotherapist and Zen teacher Koshin Paley Ellison compassionately walks readers down these eight roads, leading them on a path of transformation and to experience true joy. Combining teachings from both Eastern and Western wisdom traditions, Paley Ellison equips readers with the tools needed to untangle our tangles and make profound change, inside and out. Infused with Paley Ellison's own anecdotes of his life as a young gay kid facing abuse and discrimination, this approachable guide will help you transform your ever day interactions, your most intimate relationships and offers a path for social healing. It is an ancient cure that's up to the challenge of healing the modern dysfunction of our times.
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Little, Brown & Company Untangled
Book SynopsisThis accessible guide for walking Buddhism’s eightfold path is the perfect way to combat loneliness, disconnection, and depression–true happiness is not as unattainable as it may seem. Loneliness is on the rise, with detrimental effects on our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. How do we look past the surface, to discover a life filled with meaningful connection and genuine relationships? Untangled is a welcoming guidebook to finding expansive ease and true joy through the eightfold path–one of Buddhism’s foundational teachings. Psychotherapist and Zen teacher Koshin Paley Ellison compassionately walks readers down these eight roads, leading them to discover true joy. Combining teachings from both Eastern and Western traditions, Paley Ellison equips readers with the tools needed to make profound change, inside and out. Infused with Paley Ellison’s own anecdotes of his own life, this guide
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United Buddhist Foundation Phóng sinh - Chuyện nhỏ khó làm:
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Center of the Sunlit Sky: Madhyamaka in the
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Dark Red Amulet: Oral Instructions on the
Book SynopsisThe Dark Red Amulet presents the Vajrayana practice of Vajrakilaya according to the oral transmission lineage of the great seventeenth-century treasure-revealer Tsasum Lingpa. Vajrakilaya embodies the enlightened activity of all the buddhas that subjugates delusion and negativity in order to clear obstacles to spiritual practice. The essential purpose of Vajrakilaya practice is to discover the absolute vajra nature that will transform every duality hindrance into clear wisdom and compassion. In this text, the renowned scholars and meditation masters Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche present the history of this lineage and the miraculous story of how Tsasum Lingpa revealed this terma teaching. Their line-by-line commentary on the short and condensed sadhanas provides an invaluable guide for practitioners to combine the skillful means of compassion and wisdom that are the foundation of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Shambhala Publications Inc Buddhist Fasting Practice: The Nyungne Method of Thousand-Armed Chenrezig
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Shambhala Publications Inc Tantric Techniques
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Union of Bliss and Emptiness: Teachings on
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Inner Science of Buddhist Practice:
Book SynopsisThe Inner Science of Buddhist Practice contains translations of texts by two historically important Indian Buddhist scholars: Vasubhandhu''s "Summary of the Five Heaps" and Sthiramati''s commentary on Vasubandhu''s root text. These works present the traditional Buddhist analysis of ordinary experience and provide rich resources for studying Buddhist and Western interpretations of the psychology of spiritual development. According to Buddhist doctrine, the mind of an ordinary person even at birth holds deeply ingrained predispositions that lead us to perceive the elements of everyday experience mistakenly and to believe, for instance, that entities persist through time that the pleasures we pursue are genuinely satisfying, that our own personal being is governed by a real self, and that all physical and mental phenomena have a distinct, independent, and real essence. Our everyday language only serves to reinforce and deepen these erring notions. Buddhist teaching reveals how to reject these flawed beliefs and replace them with a model that both more accurately represents our experience and is indispensable to the realizations that will free us from cyclic existence. The ability to accomplish this rests largely with learning the unique vocabulary and explanations found in Buddhist literature, since that is how we will discover what is mistaken about our untutored beliefs and where we will gain the intellectual skills that are needed to construct a new and more refined conceptual infrastructure. Engle''s introduction explores how the material contained in the two translations can specifically improve practice of the Tibetan teaching system known as Lamrim, or Stages of the Path. Each of the levels of motivation described by the Lamrim teachings is examined in light of the doctrine of the five heaps—form, feeling, conception, formations, and consciousness—to show how greater understanding of the classical Buddhist doctrines can enhance practice of that portion of the instruction.
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Practice of Mahamudra
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Courage to Feel: Buddhist Practices for Opening to Others
Book SynopsisWhen circumstances are challenging how do we react? This book offers methods to help us develop greater inner strength and openness to life by changing the habit of what Rob Preece calls "self-preoccupation"—the tendency to act from a narrow perspective dominated by insecurity and isolation. When we learn to look outside this mentality and truly cherish others as well as ourselves, we create a happier, relaxed mind and more fulfilling relationships, as well as realizing our life''s purpose in a meaningful way. A long-time Buddhist practitioner and psychotherapist, Preece shares traditional meditations and practices for awakening the mind and heart, including tonglen, but he also offers a Jungian perspective on these and his own sense—cultivated during many years experience—of the ways in which Westerners may need to re-see these practices to benefit most from them. Preece''s insightful fusion of East and West will help readers tap inner resources of compassion and integrity in order to flourish in times of uncertainty, and ultimately generate the altruistic aspiration to realize the awakened mind for the benefit of all living beings. Preece offers meditation practices at the end of many chapters to help the reader digest and integrate the book''s information.
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Shambhala Publications Inc The Wisdom of Imperfection: The Challenge of
Book SynopsisIf you have been practicing Buddhism for a while, why do you still have so many problems? And how do you balance the sometimes different needs of spiritual and psychological perspectives? Rob Preece draws on his personal experience—over two decades as a psychotherapist and many years as a meditation teacher—to explore and map the psychological influences on our struggle to awaken. For psychological and spiritual health, acceptance of imperfection is key. Wisdom does not always come as a flash of inspiration but from the slow, often painful, workings of experience. As we detach from our ideals of perfection and develop our acceptance of imperfection, our love and compassion can grow in ways that are both psychologically and spiritually healthy. The Wisdom of Imperfection delves into this journey of individuation in Buddhist life, articulating the psychological processes beneath the traditional path of the Bodhisattva.
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Shambhala Publications Inc Preparing for Tantra: Creating the Psychological
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Shambhala Publications Inc Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech, and Mind
Book SynopsisUnderstanding how our actions words and thoughts interact enhances our ability to progress in spiritual practice and brings us closer to self-realization. In a warm informal style Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche opens up Tibetan meditation practice to both beginners and experienced students placing as much emphasis on practice as on knowledge. Depending on the sources of the problems in our lives he offers practices that work with the body speech or the mind—a collection of Tibetan yoga exercises visualizations, sacred sound practices, and spacious meditations on the nature of mind. Together he says knowledge and regular meditation practice can alter our self-image and lead to a lighter more joyful sense of being. The stillness of the body the silence of speech and the spacious awareness of mind are the true three doors to enlightenment.
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Shambhala Publications Inc How to Practice Shamatha Meditation: The
Book SynopsisIn 1988, Gen Lamrimpa, a Tibetan monk, led a one-year retreat in the Pacific Northwest, during which a group of Western meditators devoted themselves to the practice of meditative quiescence (shamatha). This book is a record of the oral teachings he gave to this group at the outset of the retreat. The teachings are brought to life by Gen Lamrimpa''s warmth, humor, and extensive personal experience as a contemplative recluse. An invaluable practical guide for those seeking to develop greater attentional stability and clarity, this work will be of considerable interest to meditators, psychologists, and all others who are concerned with the potentials of the human mind.
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