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Price: $20.00
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Sale: $12.00
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Manufacturer: Pennsylvania State University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Vimalakirti
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Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 294.38
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Publication Date: 2001-03-01
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Reading Level: 180
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Description: This book presents the major teachings of Maha¯ya¯na Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form. For two millennia this Sutra, called the "jewel of the Maha¯ya¯na Sutras," has enjoyed immense popularity among Mahayana Buddhists in India, central and southeast Asia, Japan, and especially China, where its incidents were the basis for a style in art and literature prevalent during several centuries. Robert Thurman's translation makes available in relatively nontechnical English the Tibetan version of this key Buddhist scripture, previously known to the English-speaking world only through translations from Chinese texts. The Tibetan version is generally conceded to be more faithful to the original Sanskrit than are the Chinese texts. The Tibetan version also is clearer, richer, and more precise in its philosophical and psychological expression. The twelve books of the Sutra are accompanied by an introduction and an epilogue by Dr. Thurman and by three glossaries: Sanskrit terms, numerical categories, and technical terms.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $8.59
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Manufacturer: Shambhala
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Shantideva
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Publisher: Shambhala
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Edition: Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 294.385
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Publication Date: 2006-09-12
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Treasured by Buddhists of all traditions, The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara) is a guide to cultivating the mind of enlightenment, and to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. This text has been studied, practiced, and expounded upon in an unbroken tradition for centuries, first in India, and later in Tibet. Presented in the form of a personal meditation in verse, it outlines the path of the Bodhisattvas—those who renounce the peace of individual enlightenment and vow to work for the liberation of all beings and to attain buddhahood for their sake.
This version, translated from the Tibetan, is a revision by the translators of the 1997 edition. Included are a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a new translator's preface, a thorough introduction, a note on the translation, and three appendices of commentary by the Nyingma master Kunzang Pelden.
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Sale: $77.00
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Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John D. Laplante
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Edition: 3
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Dewey Decimal Number: 709.5
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Publication Date: 1992-01-01
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Reading Level: 304
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $6.98
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Manufacturer: Snow Lion Publications
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Santideva
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Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
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Dewey Decimal Number: 294.385
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Publication Date: 1997-02-25
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Reading Level: 175
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Description: In the whole of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition there is no single treatise more deeply revered or widely practiced than A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life. Composed in the eighth century by the Indian Bodhisattva Santideva, it became an instant classic in the curricula of the Buddhist monastic universities of India, and its renown has grown ever since. Santideva presents methods to harmonize one's life with the Bodhisattva ideal and inspires the reader to cultivate the perfections of the Bodhisattva--generosity, ethics, patience, zeal, meditative concentration and wisdom.
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Price: $13.95
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Sale: $8.11
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Manufacturer: Shambhala
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Dalai Lama
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Publisher: Shambhala
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 294.385
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Publication Date: 1994-03-22
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Reading Level: 141
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Description: Compassion is the guiding principle of the bodhisattvas, those who vow to attain enlightenment in order to liberate all sentient beings from the suffering and confusion of imperfect existence. To this end, they must renounce all self-centered goals and consider only the well-being of others. The bodhisattvas' enemies are the ego, passion, and hatred; their weapons are generosity, patience, perseverance, and wisdom. In Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama is considered to be a living embodiment of this spiritual ideal. His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama presents here a detailed manual of practical philosophy, based on The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara), a well-known text of Mahayana Buddhism written by Shantideva. The Dalai Lama explains and amplifies the text, alluding throughout to the experience of daily life and showing how anyone can develop bodhichitta, the wish for perfect enlightenment for the sake of others. This book will surely become a standard manual for all those who wish to make the bodhisattva ideal a living experience.
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $7.39
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Santideva
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 294.385
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Publication Date: 2008-06-07
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: Written in India in the early 8th century AD, 'S=antideva's Bodhicary=avat=ara addresses the profound desire to become a Buddha and rescue all beings from suffering. The person who acts upon such a desire is a Bodhisattva. 'S=antideva not only makes plain what the Bodhisattva must do and become, he also invokes the powerful feelings of aspiration that underlie such a commitment, employing language which has inspired Buddists ever since it first appeared. Indeed, his book has long been regarded as one of the most popular accounts of the Buddhist's spiritual path. Important as a manual of training among Mah=ay=ana Buddhists, especially in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, this text continues to be used as the basis for teaching by modern Buddhist teachers. This new translation from the original language provides detailed annotations explaining allusions and technical references. Also, the Introduction both serve to locate 'S=antideva's work in its proper context, and for the first time explain its structure.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $10.20
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Manufacturer: Red Wheel / Weiser
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: K'Uan Lu Yu::Charles Luk
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Publisher: Red Wheel / Weiser
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Dewey Decimal Number: 294.3443
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Publication Date: 2007-05-07
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: "The Secrets of Chinese Meditation is a classic text that presents a rare opportunity: a chance to study the ancient and original sources which are the basis for most contemporary texts on consciousness development. Lu K'uaan Yu is one of the foremost interpreters of Chinese meditation practices. This concise volume is a presentation of different methods of meditation as practiced in China, including extracts from ancient and modern classics as well as practiced and detailed suggestions for meditation. Meditation is crucial for the development of consciousness, and the Taoist art of controlling the breath is a prerequisite for training in the martial arts. The Secrets of Chinese Meditation provides students with practical instructions for controlling the breath and calming the mind- the foundation of self-realization. The way to consciousness will be different for all individuals. This classic work is a source book that encourages you to knowledgeably choose the way most useful to your chosen path."
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Price: $22.95
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Sale: $13.60
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Manufacturer: Snow Lion Publications
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Gampopa
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Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
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Dewey Decimal Number: 294.342
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Publication Date: 1998-06-25
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Reading Level: 520
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Description: The Jewel Ornament of Liberation is a master work of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $11.98
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Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Ken McLeod
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Publisher: Trafford Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 291
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Publication Date: 2007-10-16
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Reading Level: 156
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Description: An Arrow to the Heart is an exciting, trail-blazing, non-traditional translation and commentary of the Heart Sutra, an ancient and highly revered text in Mahayana Buddhism. This sutra is a concise presentation of the emptiness of all experience. Almost cryptic in its brevity, it confounds and inspires all who read it.
Free of the cultural clothing in which Buddhism came to the West, An Arrow to the Heart goes straight to the heart of the Heart Sutra. In the tradition of Hakuin and others, McLeod's provocative tone and unpredictable turns consistently derail any conceptual understanding of this classic Buddhist scripture. Instead, he throws the reader into the very emptiness the Heart Sutra describes. The result is a sense of previously unsuspected possibilities that illuminate every nook and cranny of your life.
It's also a delightfully irreverent combination of wit, irony, prose, and poetry. If you are looking for a traditional commentary on the Heart Sutra, this is probably not the right book. This book is for people who aren't afraid of having the ground pulled out from under them.
Only in the last few years have senior Western teachers such as Ken McLeod started to write commentaries that truly mix the culture and style of Western thought with a deep respect and understanding of such traditional texts as the Heart Sutra.
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Price: $39.95
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Sale: $34.16
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Manufacturer: Routledge
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Paul Williams
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Publisher: Routledge
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 294.392
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Publication Date: 1989-07-26
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Reading Level: 317
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Description: Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread to Central Asia, Tibet, Mongolia, China, Japan and other countries of East Asia. In Tibet and East Asia, Mahayana eventually became the prevalent form of Buddhism. Western interest in Mahayana has increased considerably over the last twenty-five years, reflected both in the quantity of scholarly material produced and also in the attraction of Westerners towards Tibetan Buddhism and r augThis book aims to provide in one volume an up-to-date and accurate account of the principles of Mahayana Buddhism as they are found in both the Indo-Tibetan and East Asian forms of Mahayana. It seeks to introduce and reflect some of the recent scholarly work in the field, and in particular the book is concerned to convey the diversity and richness of Mahayana Buddhism, a diversity which prevents any attempt at simple definition.
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