Philosophy / Eastern / Buddhist

Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness

by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

This inspiring book explains how to meditate on eight beautiful verses that comprise one of Buddhism's best-loved teachings, Eight Verses of Training the Mind. Composed by the great Tibetan Bodhisattva, Geshe...

One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism

by Joseph Goldstein

One of America's most respected Buddhist teachers distills a lifetime of practice and teaching in this groundbreaking exploration of the new Buddhist tradition taking root on American soil.

The Essential Dalai Lama: His Important Teachings

by Rajiv Mehrotra

An invaluable collection that brings together the best of the Dalai Lama's writings on all aspects of life

An inspiration to millions of people worldwide, the Dalai Lama has authored more than fifty books....

Against the Stream

by Noah Levine

Buddha was a revolutionary. His practice was subversive; his message, seditious. His enlightened point of view went against the norms of his day—in his words, "against the stream." His teachings changed the...

Bhakti and Philosophy

by R. Raj Singh

Bhakti is a remarkable feature and tendency of human existence having to do with one's devoted involvement with a person, object, deity, or a creative project. Bhakti and Philosophy aims to trace the larger...

Buddhist Care for the Dying and Bereaved: Global Perspectives

by Jonathan Watts & Yoshiharu Tomatsu

Since its beginning, Buddhism has been intimately concerned with confronting and understanding death and dying. Indeed, the tradition emphasizes turning toward the realities of sickness, old age, and death—and...

Heart of the Shin Buddhist Path: A Life of Awakening

by Takamaro Shigaraki & David Matsumoto

In his Heart of the Shin Buddhist Path, Takamaro Shigaraki examines Shin Buddhism anew as a practical path of spiritual growth and self-transformation, challenging assessments of the tradition as a passive religion...

The Ceasing of Notions: An Early Zen Text from the Dunhuang Caves with Selected Comments

by Soko Morinaga, Ven. Myokyo-ni & Martin Collcutt

Among the writings from the Dunhuang Caves, discovered in the mid-twentieth Century, are the Zen equivalent of the Dead Sea Scrolls—Ancient texts unknown for centuries. The Ceasing of Notions is one such text....

The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work

by Willa B. Miller, Cheryl A. Giles & Judith Simmer-Brown

The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work collects together in one volume the voices of pioneers in the widening field of “Contemplative Care”—an exciting...

Engaged Buddhism in the West

by Christopher S. Queen

Selected as one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles (2000), Engaged Buddhism in the West is founded on the belief that genuine spiritual practice requires an active involvement in society. This book illuminates...

Greening of the Self

by Joanna Macy

The premise of Greening of the Self is that we are not individuals separate from the world. Instead we are always “co-arising” or co-creating the world, and we cannot escape the consequence of what we do...

Buddha's Little Finger

by Victor Pelevin

Russian novelist Victor Pelevin is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most brilliant young writers at work today. His comic inventiveness and mind-bending talent prompted Time magazine to proclaim him...

Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen

by Guo Jun, Kenneth Wapner & Robert Thurman

An inspiring introduction to Chan Buddhism in a value-priced hardcover edition. Perfect for daily spiritual guidance and gifts.

Approaching the Great Perfection: Simultaneous and Gradual Methods of Dzogchen Practice in the Longchen Nyingtig

by Sam Van Schaik

From Wisdom's acclaimed Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism series, researcher and scholar Sam van Schaik introduces the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, looking closely at its practice of Dzogchen—and...

The Great Heart Way: How To Heal Your Life and Find Self-Fulfillment

by Gerry Shishin Wick & Ilia Shinko Perez

By combining the teachings of Zen with the modern science of psychology, the authors have forged a new path to peace and healing. The method is accessible regardless of spiritual background, and requires less...

Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy

by John D. Dunne

Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy is part of Wisdom's acclaimed Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism series. Dharmakirti is a central figure in the history of Buddhist philosophy. John Dunne's extraordinary...

Everything Yearned For: Manhae's Poems of Love and Longing

by Francisca Cho & David R. McCann

Those who've read Rumi and want to know what's next will love Manhae. The happiness of meeting, the sadness of separation, the agony of longing and waiting, and the perfection of love in absence—Manhae's gift...

Divine Stories: Divyavadana, Part 1

by Andy Rotman

The Divyavadana is an enormous compendium of Indian Buddhist narratives written in Sanskrit from the early centuries of the Common Era, whose stories have since spread throughout Asia, as both narrative and...

Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists

by Sumi Loundon & Jack Kornfield

In an age when the Dalai Lama's image has been used to sell computers, rock stars have used tantra to enhance their image, and for many, Nirvana calls to mind a a favorite band, what does Buddhism mean to twenty-somethings?...

Trust in Mind: The Rebellion of Chinese Zen

by Mu Soeng & Jan Chozen Bays

"The Great Way is not difficult / for those who have no preferences. / When love and hate are both absent / everything becomes clear and undisguised. / Make the smallest distinction, however / and heaven and...