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At its heart, Buddhism blossoms from one source: the words and life of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. Chad Mercree, a lifetime student of Buddhist philosophy and meditation, reveals in simple language how Buddhism can yield personal growth in the modern world. Because every journey is unique, Mercree relates his own story, as well as the experiences of famous Buddhists throughout history, to help you apply Buddha's principles to your personal path....
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An engagingly contemporary approach to Buddhism-through the lens of an iconic film and its memorable characters
Humorous yet spiritually rigorous in the tradition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and The Tao of Pooh, drawing from pop culture and from personal experience, The Dharma of "The Princess Bride" teaches us how to understand and navigate our most important personal relationships from a twenty-first-century Buddhist perspective.
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Nichiren Daishonin's writings provide a practical formula for enabling all people to achieve victory in every aspect of their lives and attain an unshakable state of happiness.
This volume of “Learning from Nichiren's Writings: The Teachings for Victory” contains two commemorative lectures (November 18 and January 26) by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda in addition to lectures on nine of Nichiren's letters:
“Early Desires Are Enlightenment”
“The...
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"In The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation, mindfulness teacher Richard Shankman gives readers a foundational guide to the art and skill of Buddhist meditation, showing them how to construct a daily practice that unifies two major Theravada Buddhist traditions--concentration meditation and insight meditation. This new, integrative, and simple approach will help readers manage stress, quiet their busy minds, and cultivate a lasting sense of well-being"--...
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This course introduces key concepts of Indian Buddhist thought. Over 5 lectures Bee explains the fundamental themes and problems of Buddhist Philosophy from the early Buddhist teachings on 'suffering', 'karma' and 'No-Self', to the later schools of thought around 'emptiness' and 'mind-only'.
Each chapter introduces another layer of Buddhist philosophical development and depth. The course forms a very clear and intriguing introduction to the wealth...
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Uses Buddhist philosophy to discuss diversity as a value, one that can contribute to equity in a globalizing world.
Diversity matters. Whether in the context of ecosystems, education, the workplace, or politics, diversity is now recognized as a fact and as something to be positively affirmed. But what is the value of diversity? What explains its increasing significance? Valuing Diversity is a groundbreaking response to these questions and to the...
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Moments of peace and stillness give us a glimpse of how extraordinary our lives can be, but it is easy to lose sight of this in the hectic pace of modern living. In this inspirational book, internationally renowned Buddhist teacher Christina Feldman shows you how to find harmony and balance by applying ancient Buddhist Wisdom to the here and now. The path of conscious simplicity she suggests allows us to fully recover ourselves, by rediscovering our...
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Bakataro has a message for you. Having grown up in New England from a broken home he has struggled with addiction of all kinds and will show how Buddhism can help overcome any obstacles you may face.
Learn how to recognize the Karma in your life and how to change it. After listening to Bill Belichick after Patriots losses accepting full responsibility for his coaching and always vowing to do better, it began to sound very Buddhist like in approach....
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"Sharing Dharma", is the fourth book in a series that explores a secular western approach to Buddhism. Its title represents the move away from a single Dharma communicator who was responsible for the three previous books, "No Worries", "Talking Dharma" and "Sharing Dharma", towards an open sharing by those who engaged with and began putting into practice what they have learned and now share their own insights within the same context. This secular...
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Zen Buddhism Can Give You More Peace, Focus And Happiness Than You Ever Thought Possible!
Have you ever wondered about the meaning of life, felt lost and confused, or simply felt depressed and cynical about how crazy the world has become? Perhaps you want to know how to always feel peace in your heart or learn to live a highly focused life that can create an abundance of happiness?
A lot of people face such questions at least once in their life,...
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Tiantai Buddhism emerged from an idiosyncratic and innovative interpretation of the Lotus Sutra to become one of the most complete, systematic, and influential schools of philosophical thought developed in East Asia. Brook A. Ziporyn puts Tiantai into dialogue with modern philosophical concerns to draw out its implications for ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics. Ziporyn explains Tiantai's unlikely roots, its positions of extreme affirmation and...
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This anthology provides an accessible introduction to East Asian Buddhism, focusing specifically on China, Korea, and Japan. It begins with a detailed historical introduction that includes an overview of the development of the various schools of Buddhism in East Asia and traces the transmission of Buddhism from Northwest India to China in the first century CE, and then to Korea and Japan in the fourth and sixth centuries CE. The first part of the...
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Do you worry about our planet, with its environmental crises, global warming, widespread violence, and global poverty? Do you feel powerless to change your life and impact your world? What in the World Is Going On reframes these crises as an invitation to open our minds and hearts to a new awareness of our fundamental interdependence with all beings. With breathtaking optimism, it offers courage and hope to all who hold the world in their hearts and...
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A brief biography of the Buddha
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Two thousand five hundred years ago, the leader of Shakyamuni Buddha was born in Kapilavastu, India.
His father's name was King Jingfan, the King of Kapiluo Kingdom, and his mother's name was Madame Maya, who was a capable princess.
In the early days of the Buddha, his name was Prince Siddhartha. It was April 8th in the late summer and autumn. The Buddha was born in the Lumbini Garden.
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This book is a chronological, and in-depth exploration of philosophical quotes throughout recorded human history, from Thales in Ancient Greece to Tim Minchin in modernity. Four attributed quotes were selected from each philosopher, as samples that indicated the direction of their perspectives that formed the basis of their philosophies on a range of topics concerning the human experience. One quote per day was memorised, and then investigated within...
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Fearless Simplicity is about training in the awakened state of mind, the atmosphere within which all difficulties naturally dissolve. Here, the gifted Tibetan meditation master and author of Carefree Dignity, Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche, in his exceptional and skillful teaching style, guides us through the methods to be at ease with our surroundings and ourselves. He shows us how to develop confidence and be in harmony with every situation as the basis...
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Padmasambhava is the primary master of Vajrayana, the teachings for our time. Out of his great compassion and wisdom, he instructed his main disciple Yeshe Tsogyal to conceal terma treasures to be revealed at the destined time for future practitioners. The profundity of this advice is meant to be personally applied by all individuals in all circumstances. It is a classic work, which contains valid truth for anyone who sincerely wants to follow a spiritual...
18) Rainbow Painting
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Rainbow Painting is saturated with direct, pithy instruction, the very quintessence of the Buddhist Spiritual approach. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche speaks from experience, expressing what he himself has undergone, instructing us in the way we should train in a complete and unmistaken manner. We come to understand that to become enlightened we must experience what was always present within us. The ultimate object of realization, the natural state of mind,...
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When we understand that something is a pot, is it because of one property that all pots share? This seems unlikely, but without this common essence, it is difficult to see how we could teach someone to use the word "pot" or to see something as a pot. The Buddhist apoha theory tries to resolve this dilemma, first, by rejecting properties such as "potness" and, then, by claiming that the element uniting all pots is their very difference from all non-pots....
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Being and Ambiguity is a brilliant work of philosophy, filled with insights, jokes, and topical examples. Professor Ziporyn draws on the works of such Western thinkers as Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre, and Hegel, but develops his main argument from Tiantai school of Chinese Buddhism. This important work introduces Tiantai Buddhism to the reader and demonstrates its relevance to profound philosophical issues.Ziporyn argues that we can make...
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