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“Among Buddhist leaders influential in the West, Thich Nhat Hanh ranks second only to the Dalai Lama.” ーNew York Times “Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man…. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build ……続きを見る

“This book could well be the most highly readable, accurate, and up-to-date introduction to the world’s major religions.” - Harvey Cox, Hollis Research Professor of Divinity, Harvard University, and……続きを見る

"A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary." ー New York Times Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, this landmark work of consc……続きを見る

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The headlines are clear: religion is on the decline in America as many people leave behind traditional religious practices. Diana Butler Bass, leading commentator on religion, politics, and culture,……続きを見る

Thomas Merton’s groundbreaking last major workーa provocative and pivotal look into contemplation and the true meaning of spirituality “True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theologi……続きを見る

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This book has been written to help anyone understand more about the history, practice and people of the Buddhist faith. Buddhism is an interesting faith and it is one that has a rich heritage. Under……続きを見る

An Introduction to the Way of the Buddha: Buddhism for Beginners Do you want to learn about Buddhism but don't have the time? Are you confused about the Buddhist religion and don't know where to sta……続きを見る

Mindfulness in Positive Psychology brings together the latest thinking in these two important disciplines. Positive psychology, the science of wellbeing and strengths, is the fastest growing branch ……続きを見る

Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani is an essential work of Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophical literature. Written in an accessible question-and-answer style, it contains Nagarjuna's replies to criticisms ……続きを見る

The Indian philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna (c. 150-250 CE) was the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism and arguably the most influential Buddhist thinker after Buddha h……続きを見る

To many Westerners, the most appealing teachings of the Buddhist tradition pertain to ethics. Many readers have drawn inspiration from Buddhism's emphasis on compassion, nonviolence, and tolerance, ……続きを見る

This rendering of the Sugata Saurabha, in a long line of accounts of the Buddha's life dating back almost 2,000 years, may be the last ever to be produced that conforms to the traditions of Indic cl……続きを見る

Saffron-robed monks and long-haired gurus have become familiar characters on the American popular culture scene. Jane Iwamura examines the contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and prov……続きを見る

Fourteen years ago, a corpus of bamboo-strip texts was found in a late-fourth-century-BCE tomb at Jingmen, Hubei province in central China. The discovery of the "Guodian" texts, together with other ……続きを見る

The Buddhist monk Tanxu surmounted extraordinary obstacles--poverty, wars, famine, and foreign occupation--to become one of the most prominent monks in China, founding numerous temples and schools a……続きを見る

Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this volume provides an in-depth introduction to religion in contemporary China. Instead of adopting the traditional focus on pre-modern relig……続きを見る

Exploring the philosophical concerns of the nature of self, this book draws from two of the most influential Indian masters, Śaṅkara and Śāntideva. Todd demonstrates that an ethics of altruism is st……続きを見る

The cognitive science of religion has shown that abstract religious concepts within many established religious traditions often fail to correspond to the beliefs of the vast majority of those religi……続きを見る

WHAT IS MINDFUL MEDITATION AND HOW CAN IT IMPROVE MY LIFE? You hear people talking about it. You may have read research about its benefits. Perhaps you've even dabbled in it yourself. You have a sen……続きを見る

Book Overview Below you'll find a brief synopsis of each one of the nine chapters presented in this book. In the end, you're going to find that they all build on one another, ultimately allowing you……続きを見る

This book explores the role of altered states of consciousness in the communication of social and emotional energies, both on a societal level and between individual persons. Drawing from an origina……続きを見る

The phenomenon of 'sacred text' has undergone radical deconstruction in recent times, reflecting how religion has broken out of its traditional definitions and practices, and how current literary th……続きを見る

Suffering and Possibility is part of the Parallax Press Moments series of short ebooks. It is a stand alone chapter from Solid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times. 続きを見る

The late, great Zen master reflects on the benefits of walking meditation in one of the few guidebooks focused solely on mindful walking Written in Thich Nhat Hanh’s clear and accessible style, Long……続きを見る

Thich Nhat Hanh offers powerful, direct, and uncompromising reflections on Zen thought, mindfulness, and the enlightenment inherent within us all. One of the key tenets of the Zen school of Mahayana……続きを見る

First Buddhist Women is a readable, contemporary translation of and commentary on the enlightenment verses of the first female disciples of the Buddha. The book explores Buddhism’s relatively libera……続きを見る

Though the original edition of Touching the Earth is deeply embraced by those already practicing mindfulness in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, the revised edition seeks to make the exercises cont……続きを見る