Oxford University Press, 1999. — 266 p. In this study, based on both historical evidence and ethnographic data, Paula Arai shows that nuns were central agents in the foundation of Buddhism in Japan in the sixth century. They were active participants in the Soto Zen sect, and have continued to contribute to the advancement of the sect to the present day. Drawing on her fieldwork...
Routledge, 2016. — 235 p. — ISBN: 978-1-138-93792-5; ISBN: 978-1-315-67604-3. This book offers a new interpretation of the relationship between ‘insight practice’ (satipaṭṭhāna) and the attainment of the four jhānas (i.e., right samādhi), a key problem in the study of Buddhist meditation. The author challenges the traditional Buddhist understanding of the four jhānas as states...
New Delhi, India: Sarup & Sons, 2000. — 482 p. Barua Bibhuti. Sects and sectarianism in Buddhism (In English) Bibhuti Baruah is an eminent Buddhist scholar and active member of neo-Buddhist movement in North-East India. Presently, he is seriously involved in revival of Buddhist study and research. He organised several seminar and workshop and produced research papers. He has...
New Delhi, India: Sarup & Sons, 2000. — 482 p. Barua Bibhuti. Sects and sectarianism in Buddhism (In English) Bibhuti Baruah is an eminent Buddhist scholar and active member of neo-Buddhist movement in North-East India. Presently, he is seriously involved in revival of Buddhist study and research. He organised several seminar and workshop and produced research papers. He has...
New Harbinger Publications, 2011. — 258 p. The excitement you feel after hearing good news or achieving a goal is fleeting, but true happiness-that is, the warm feeling of deep contentment and joy-is lasting, and it can be yours in every moment. The Buddha's Way of Happiness is a guide to putting aside your anxieties about the future, regrets about the past, and constant...
BRILL, 2013. — 297 p. Wherever Buddhism spreads, it also sparks local identity discourses that frame the local in Buddhist discourse. Buddhism and Nativism offers a comparative study of localising responses to Buddhism in different Buddhist environments in Japan, Korea, Tibet, India and Bali.
Brill, 2003. — 324 p. — (Brill's Indological Library, volume 18). — ISBN: 9004129022. Gudrun Buhnemann - Mandala, Yantra and Cakra: Some Observations Gudrun Buhnemann - Mandalas and Yantras in Smarta Ritual Marion Rastelli - The Use of Mandalas and Yantras in the Pancaratra Tradition Helene Brunner - Mandala and Yantra in the Siddhanta School of Saivism: Definitions,...
Princeton University Press, 2013. — 1304 p. — ISBN10: 0691157863, ISBN13: 978-0691157863. Language: English. The most comprehensive dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English. More than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words. The first dictionary to cover terms from all of the canonical Buddhist languages and traditions-Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, and...
Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1983. — 102 p. — (Very Short Introductions). In this valuable introduction, Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give us about the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusses the social and political background of India in the Buddha's time and traces the development...
India, Pune: Mulnivasi Publication Trust, 2012. — 151 p. Chatse K. Pratap. Buddha the Revolutionary (In English) The Writer's Words. The Revolution of the Buddha. Brahmins Distorted the Buddha's History. Causes Behind the Distorted History of the Buddha. Indus Valley Civilization. The Objects of the Brahmanism: To Establish a Brahmin Priest State. An Atrocious Feature of the...
University of Hawaii Press, 2013. — 296 p. Scholarly and popular consensus has painted a picture of Indian Buddhist monasticism in which monks and nuns severed all ties with their families when they left home for the religious life. In this view, monks and nuns remained celibate, and those who faltered in their "vows" of monastic celibacy were immediately and irrevocably...
Berkeley — Los Angeles — London: University of California Press, 2005. — 356 p. Cole Alan. Text as a Father: Paternal Temptations in Early Mahayana Buddhist Literature (In English) Text as Father. Who’s Your Daddy Now? Reissued Paternity in the Lotus Sutra. The Domino Effect: Everyone and His Brother Convert to the Lotus Sutra. “Be All You Can’t Be” and Other Gainful Losses in...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 289 p. The path of practice as taught in ancient India by Gotama Buddha was open to both women and men. The texts of early Indian Buddhism show that women were lay followers of the Buddha and were also granted the right to ordain and become nuns. Certain women were known as influential teachers of men and women alike and considered experts in...
Oxford University Press, 2008. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-0-19-518861-5. Prince Shotoku (573?-622?), the purported founder of Japanese Buddhism, is widely referred to as Japan's first national hero. The cult that grew up around his memory is recognized as one of the most important phenomena in early Japanese religion. This book examines the creation and evolution of the Shotoku cult...
With a Preface by Arthur Waley. — Second edition. — Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1953. — 212 p. Edward Conze was one of the great Buddhist translators - a pioneer scholar who introduced key Buddhist texts to the Western world. This timely new edition of his Buddhist classic reminds us that true happiness is not to be found in material comfort and earthly satisfaction but in the...
NY: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977. — 147 p. Cook H. Francis. Hua-yen - Indra's precious necklace (In English) The Jewel Net of Indra. The Hua-yen School. The Indian Background of Hua-yen. IdentIty. Intercausality. The Part and the Whole. Vairocana. Living In the Net of Indra.
Columbia University Press, 2014. — 397 p. An ambitious volume, The Body Incantatory uses its subject matter to initiate a paradigm shift in the way scholars write and think about medieval Chinese Buddhism. Paul Copp argues that incantation practices, specifically dhāraṇī amulets and dhāraṇī pillars — his primary topic — should be given greater consideration in how “we imagine...
Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications, 2003. — 330 p. What are the most important points of difference between the major schools of Buddhist philosophy? This rich, medium-length survey offers a lively answer. The introduction, aimed at those new to Buddhist thought, sets up a dialogue between the schools on the most controversial topics in Buddhist philosophy. Jamyang Shayba...
Wiley, 2014. — 314 p. Theravada Buddhism provides a comprehensive introductory overview of the history, teachings, and current practice of an often misunderstood form of one of the world’s oldest religious traditions. Explores Theravada Buddhism’s origins, evolution, teachings, and practices Considers the practice of Theravada beyond Sri Lanka and Thailand, by exploring a...
Oxford University Press, 2004. — 242 p. — ISBN: 0195168380. Early European histories of India frequently reflected colonialist agendas. The idea that Indian society had declined from an earlier Golden Age helped justify the colonial presence. It was said, for example, that modern Buddhism had fallen away from its original identity as a purely rational philosophy that arose in...
Éditeur: La Table Ronde (12 mai 1995). Langue: Français. Poche: 112 p. ISBN-10: 2710306727. ISBN-13: 978-2710306726. Ouvrage fondateur du Tch'an, donc du Zen, le Sin-sin-ming (VIIᵉ siècle) nous plonge directement au coeur même de ce qui est, pour les bouddhistes, l'enseignement ultime. Il nous introduit à un monde intellectuel ou plutôt supra-intellectuel radicalement différent...
Routledge, 2014. — 168 p. Based on newly discovered texts, this book explores the barely known but tremendously influential thought of the Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Mabja Jangchub Tsöndrü (d. 1185).This Tibetan Buddhist master exercised significant influence on the interpretation of Madhyamaka thinking in Tibet during the formative phase of Tibetan Buddhism and plays a key role...
Routledge, 2013. — 257 p. Since the Buddha did not fully explain the theory of persons that underlies his teaching, in later centuries a number of different interpretations were developed. This book presents the interpretation by the celebrated Indian Buddhist philosopher, Candrakīrti (ca. 570–650 C.E.). Candrakīrti’s fullest statement of the theory is included in his...
Nepal: Padma Karpo Translation Committee, 2008. — 68 p. — ISBN: 978-9937-9031-4-1. This is a small book of the songs and teachings of the first Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa [1110-1193]. Dusum Khyenpa was a great yogin who studied under Gampopa and attained to great realization. Some years after his death, he was recognized as the first incarnation of the Karma pas who were then heads...
Oxford University Press, 2009. — 478 p. The Buddhist philosophical tradition is vast, internally diverse, and comprises texts written in a variety of canonical languages. It is hence often difficult for those with training in Western philosophy who wish to approach this tradition for the first time to know where to start, and difficult for those who wish to introduce and teach...
John Wiley & Sons, 2013. — 736 p. — ISBN13: 978-1119144663, ISBN10: 1119144663. A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist philosophy. The Philosophical Context of Gotama’s...
Springer Science and Business Media, B. V., 1967. — 66 p. — (Verhandelingen KITLV 54). The tale of Sutasoma is the Javanese counterpart of the Buddhist Jätaka legend of Kalmasapada, whic is "well known and has been told in many tongues in various ways". The text of thy story as found in the Old Javanese Cantakaparwa is published by Professor Ensink in the work with an English...
Cambridge University Press, 2014. — 409 p. As the first comprehensive study of Buddhism and law in Asia, this interdisciplinary volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law. Buddhism and Law draws on the expertise of the foremost scholars in Buddhist studies and in law to trace the legal aspects of the religion from the time...
Alpha, 2002. — 433 p. — ISBN: 1592572774. The teachings of Buddha--and how they have been adapted to different lands and cultures; Buddhism in the West--Christian Buddhists and Zen Judaists; basic Buddhism--the Three Jewels, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the Five Precepts; meditation, customs, ceremonies, and events; and Buddhist philosophies at home and at...
Oxford University Press, 2015. — 401 p. This is a book for scholars of Western philosophy who wish to engage with Buddhist philosophy, or who simply want to extend their philosophical horizons. It is also a book for scholars of Buddhist studies who want to see how Buddhist theory articulates with contemporary philosophy. Engaging Buddhism: Why it Matters to Philosophy...
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1914. — 214 p. Grünwedel A. (ed.) Treasury of Taranatha, Book of the Givers of the Seven Inspirations (in German) Taranatha (1575–1634) was a Lama of the Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is widely considered its most remarkable scholar and exponent. Taranatha was born in Tibet, supposedly on the birthday of Padmasambhava. His original...
Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, 2009. — 252 p. We have often been told that by altering our thoughts, deeds and words, we can create a happier, more fulfilled life. This book, at the intersection between psychology, neuroscience, and Buddhism, offers effective methods to show us how to live such a life by being fully present in the moment. Hanson and Mendius, a...
London; New York: Routledge, 2007. — 256 p. — (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism). — ISBN: 0-415-41018-5. Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a...
Cambridge University Press, 2012. — 396 p. Language: English In this new edition of the best-selling Introduction to Buddhism, Peter Harvey provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of the Buddhist tradition in both Asia and the West. Extensively revised and fully updated, this new edition draws on recent scholarship in the field, exploring the tensions and...
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. — 500 p. This systematic introduction to Buddhist ethics is aimed at anyone interested in Buddhism, including students, scholars and general readers. Peter Harvey is the author of the acclaimed Introduction to Buddhism (Cambridge, 1990), and his new book is written in a clear style, assuming no prior knowledge. At the same time it...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 492 p. Buddhism is in many ways a visual tradition, with its well-known practices of visualization, its visual arts, its epistemological writings that discuss the act of seeing, and its literature filled with images and metaphors of light. Some Buddhist traditions are also visionary, advocating practices by which meditators seek visions that...
Oxford University Press, 20143. — 279 p. Koans are dialogues that stand at the center of Zen Buddhist literature and are often used to provoke the "great doubt" in testing a trainee's progress. The Mu Koan consists of a brief conversation in which a monk asks Master Zhaozhou whether or not a dog has Buddha-nature. According to the main version, the reply is "Mu": literally,...
Icon Books, 2005. — 176 p. "Introducing Buddha" describes the life and teachings of the Buddha, but it also shows that enlightenment is a matter of experiencing the truth individually and by inspiration which is passed from teacher to student. Superbly illustrated by Borin Van Loon, the book illuminates this process through a rich legacy of stories and explains the practices of...
Oxford University Press, 2010. — 272 p. Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side. On multiple occasions over the past fifteen centuries, Buddhist leaders have sanctioned violence, and even war. The eight essays in this book focus on a variety of Buddhist traditions, from antiquity to the present, and show that Buddhist organizations have...
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1969. — 136 p. A Concise and small book that deals with the most profound aspect of Buddhism which is the concept of Nirvana, the final liberation from Samsara or the round of rebirths. Each chapter unfolds various approaches of the Buddhist philosophy regarding this concept from an empirical point of view and aims to acquaint the reader with the...
Reprint Edition: Delhi, 2001. — 197 p. (Motilal Banarsidass Publishers) First Edition: USA, 1991 (Paragon House Publishers) ISBN: 81-208-1773-7 This book will appeal to anyone interested in acquiring an authentic grasp of Buddhism as it lives and functions in today's world. The wide spectrum of Buddhist practice is represented here by the men and women who contributed to this...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 151 p. The Tibetan Buddhist tradition has known over thirteen centuries of continuous development. During that time, it has spread among the neighboring peoples - the Mongol, Himalayan, and Siberian peoples, Manchus and Chinese. At its height is has been practiced in regions as far west as the Volga river and to the east in Beijing. Its capacity...
Tokyo: Soka-University, International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, 2012. — 240 S. — ISBN: 978-4-904234-05-1. Herausgegeben, mit der chinesischen Parallelversion verglichen, übersetzt und kommentiert von Seishi Karashima ; unter Mitwirkung von Oskar von Hinüber.
2nd edition. — Brill, 2007. — 278 p. — (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library). — ISBN10: 9004151427; ISBN13: 978-9004151420. The Great Perfection (rDzogs chen in Tibetan) is a philosophical and meditative teaching. Its inception is attributed to Vairocana, one of the first seven Tibetan Buddhist monks ordained at Samye in the eight century A.D. The doctrine is regarded among...
2nd edition. — Oxford University Press, 2013. — 184 p. — (Very Short Introductions). This Very Short Introduction offers readers a superb overview of the teachings of the Buddha, as well as a succinct guide to the integration of Buddhism into daily life. What are the distinctive features of Buddhism? Who was the Buddha, and what are his teachings? Words such as "karma" and...
2nd edition. — Oxford University Press, 2013. — 184 p. — (Very Short Introductions). This Very Short Introduction offers readers a superb overview of the teachings of the Buddha, as well as a succinct guide to the integration of Buddhism into daily life. What are the distinctive features of Buddhism? Who was the Buddha, and what are his teachings? Words such as "karma" and...
Oxford University Press, 2005. — 148 p. — (Very Short Introductions). The latter half of the twentieth century witnessed a growing interest in Buddhism, and it continues to capture the imagination of many in the West who see it as either an alternative or a supplement to their own religious beliefs. Numerous introductory books have appeared in recent years to cater to this...
Asian Humanities Press, 1987. — 134 p. Under the influence of his teacher, Louis de la Valle Poussin, Prof. Lamotte published several works in French, which were primarily editions, translations and commentaries on Tibetan and Chinese Buddhist texts. The theories and concepts contained in this particular work are closely related to those of the Abhidharmakosa, and as such it...
Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2003. — 273 p. The Suramgamasamadhisutra is an early Mahayana Buddhist scripture. Within a narrative framework provided by a dialogue between the Buddha and the bodhisattva Drdhamati, it airs central issues of Mahayana Buddhism by means of philosophical discussion, edifying anecdote, marvelous feat, and drama. At its core is a description of the...
2nd Edition. — Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2011. — 384 p. — ISBN: 978-1-118-12069-9. Your hands-on guide to this widely practiced and ancient religion Buddhism, one of the world's most widely practiced religions, is a fascinating yet complex eastern religion that is rapidly spreading throughout western civilization. What does it mean to be a Buddhist? What are the fundamental...
University of Washington Press, 2008. — 320 p. — (Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies). religion plays a central role in Thai society with Buddhism intertwined in the daily lives of the people. Religion also plays an important role in establishing gender boundaries. The growth in recent decades of self-governing nunneries and the increasing interest of Thai women in a...
Bangkok, Thailand: Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, 2010. — 127 p. Mae Chi Hun Kim Lan. Theravada Buddhism in Vietnam (In English) The History of Theravāda Buddhism of Vietnam. The Characteristics and Practices of Theravāda Buddhism in Vietnam. The Present Status and the Future of Theravāda Buddhism in Vietnam. Conclusion and Suggestion.
Yangon, Myanmar: The International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University, 2553 B. E. — 66 p. Malalasekara G. P. Buddhism and the problems of the modern era (in English and Khmer) Buddhism. Devas. Transference of Merit. Faith. Right Views and Wrong Views. Happiness of All Beings. Unity of Mankind. Democracy. Economic Welfare. Ownership of Property. Buddhism and Mankind....
Colombo, Sri Lanka: M. D. Gunasena & Co., Ltd., 1958. — 330 p. Malalasekera G. P. Pali Literature of Sri Lanka/Ceylon (In English) The Conversion of Ceylon. The Writing Down of the Books. The Development of Buddhist Culture. The Beginnings of Literary Activity. Buddhaghosa. Buddhaghosa's Successors. The Pali Chronicles. The Dawn of the Golden Era. The Augustan Age. Sariputta's...
Oxford University Press, 2008. - 310 p. A great deal of Buddhist literature and scholarly writing about Buddhism of the past 150 years reflects, and indeed constructs, a historically unique modern Buddhism, even while purporting to represent ancient tradition, timeless teaching, or the "essentials" of Buddhism. This literature, Asian as well as Western, weaves together the...
Snow Lion, 2014. — 388 p. For anyone interested in Buddhist practice and philosophy, this book gives detailed instruction and friendly and inspiring advice for those embarking on the Tibetan Buddhist path in earnest. By offering guidance on how to approach the process and giving instruction for specific meditation and contemplation techniques, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche provides...
Oxford University Press, 2017. — 264 p. Unfortunate Destiny focuses on the roles played by nonhuman animals within the imaginative thought-world of Indian Buddhism, as reflected in pre-modern South Asian Buddhist literature. These roles are multifaceted, diverse, and often contradictory: In Buddhist doctrine and cosmology, the animal rebirth is a most "unfortunate destiny"...
Broadview Press, 2014. — 330 p. This book philosophically introduces the basic truths, doctrines, and principles of Buddhism. Its goal is to explain the teachings of the Buddha and of Buddhism clearly and consistently. Though the book treads beyond the Buddha’s life, including into the Abhidharma and Mahayana traditions, it remains throughout a philosophical discussion and...
Columbia University Press, 2018. — 240 p. Wizards with magical powers to heal the sick, possess the bodies of their followers, and defend their tradition against outside threats are far from the typical picture of Buddhism. Yet belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha’s Wizards is a...
Boston: Shambala, 2013 Ven. Piyananda is a senior monk from Sri Lanka who has lived in the United States for more than twenty-three years. Here he has written a book that embodies well the approach of Theravada Buddhism, with lessons that are applicable to all schools of Buddhism. He has managed to relate his own extensive experience of dealing with people living in the United...
Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2002. – XVI, 524 p. - (The world of Tibetan Buddhism, vol. 2) - ISBN: 1-57062-772-X This book provides an entrée into the Tantric (or Vajrayana) Buddhism of Tibet, as conveyed by Tibetan masters teaching in the West, and as received by their Western students. The Tantric tradition is a unique collection of lesser-known texts, concepts, and...
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. — 726 p. This book, the first full account of Tibetan Buddhism in two decades, ranges as no other study has over several disciplines and languages, incorporating historical and anthropological discussion. Viewing Tibetan Buddhism as one of the great spiritual and psychological achievements of humanity, Samuel analyzes a complex society that...
New York: Greystone Press, 1968. In this book the author surveys one of the world's great religions that has left an imprint upon the art of a number of Asian countries, from India to China, and Japan from the earliest times to the modern age.
BRILL, 2013. — 690 p. Buddhism in China gathers together for the first time the most central and influential papers of the great scholar of Chinese Buddhism, Erik Zürcher, presenting the results of his career-long profound studies following on the 1959 publication of his landmark The Buddhist Conquest of China. The translation and language of Buddhist scriptures in China,...
Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2017. — 350 s. Ist das, was ich wahrnehme, die Wirklichkeit? Welche Rolle spielt das Unterbewußtsein bei unseren Entscheidungen? Ist Liebe steuerbar? Und wie können wir ein erfülltes, selbstbestimmtes Leben führen, wenn unsere Entscheidungen in unseren Hirnstrukturen vorzeichnet sind? In diesem Buch treten Wolf Singer, einer der weltweit führenden Hirnforscher...
Perfectbound, 2002. - 260 p. The Man Who Woke Up The Silent Sage The Rebel Saint The Four Noble Truths The Eightfold Path Other Core Buddhist Concepts: Nirvana, Anatta, the Three Marks of Existence, Dependent Arising, and Emptiness Theravada and Mahayana: The Great Divide Vipassana: The Theravadin Way of Insight Zen Buddhism: The Secret of the Flower Tibetan Buddhism: The...
The University of North Carolina Press, 2003. - 360 p. Snodgrass challenges the predominant view that Asian cultures are objectified and understood strictly through Western ideas. Based on a detailed examination of presentations by Japanese Buddhists at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, Snodgrass argues that Buddhists themselves helped reformulate Buddhism...
Translator: Bhikkhu Boddhi. — Wisdom Publications, 2012. — 1937 p. The Anguttara Nikaya (aṅguttaranikāya; literally "Increased by One Collection," also translated "Gradual Collection" or "Numerical Discourses") is a Buddhist scripture, the fourth of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that comprise the Pali Tipitaka of...
Original translation by Bhikkhu Ñanamoli, translation edited and revised by Bhikkhu Bodhi. — Wisdom Publications, 2009. — 1425 p. The Majjhima Nikaya (-nikāya; "Collection of Middle-length Discourses") is a Buddhist scripture, the second of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka (lit. "Three...
Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi. — Wisdom Publications, 2000. — 2075 p. The Samyutta Nikaya (Saṃyutta Nikāya SN, "Connected Discourses" or "Kindred Sayings") is a Buddhist scripture, the third of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism. Because of the abbreviated way parts of the...
Yale University Press, 2020. — 224 p. A provocative essay challenging the idea of Buddhist exceptionalism, from one of the world’s most widely respected philosophers and writers on Buddhism and science Buddhism has become a uniquely favored religion in our modern age. A burgeoning number of books extol the scientifically proven benefits of meditation and mindfulness for...
Sounds True, 2015. — 187 p. Why are more and more psychotherapists embracing meditation practice, while so many Buddhists are exploring psychology? “Both psychology and Buddhism seek to provide freedom from suffering,” explains Bruce Tift, “yet each offers a completely different approach for reaching this goal.” In Already Free, Tift opens a fresh and provocative dialogue...
比丘威儀法研究会 (Abhisamåcårika-Dharma Study Group). — 76 p. A Guide to the Facsimile Edition of the Abhisamåcårika-Dhrama of the Mahåsåμghika-Lokottaravådin.
Varanasi: Bharati Prakasnan, 1975. — 254 p. Dictionary of early Buddhist monastic terms based on the Pali Vinaya of the Theravada tradition. Professor Upasak has carefully studied every significant term in the Vinaya Pitaka texts and has thus produced a work of reference which will prove of great value to all students of the subject. The work is scholarly and accurate, and it...
Oxford University Press, 2010. — 153 p. 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 of his philosophy of the "Middle Way." The Vigrahavyavartani has been widely cited both in canonical literature and in recent scholarship; it...
Boston & London: Shambhala, 1988. — 244 p. Shingon -- the Tantric Buddism of Japan -- teaches that is is possible to attain buddhahood immediately, in this very life, by performing certain practices of body, speech, and mind. For centuries these esoteric teachings were kept secret, were never written, and were revealed only to initiates. However, in the 1940's Shingon doctrine...
Lexington Books, 2019. — 380 p. The motivation behind this important volume is to weave together two distinct, but we think complementary, traditions – the philosophical engagement with race/whiteness and Buddhist philosophy – in order to explore the ways in which these traditions can inform, correct, and improve each other. This exciting and critically informed volume will be...
USA: The University of Texas at Arlington, 2015. — 52 p. Yowell M. John. If the Underworld is not Empty: Notes on Buddhist Social Criticism (In English) The Basis for a Buddhist Critical Social Theory. Essential Buddhist Teachings. A Marxist Buddha or a Buddhist Marx? Struggling Against the Apocalypse; Embracing the Bodhisattva Ideal. Beyond Language, Beyond Thought.
Routledge, 2013. — 168 p. Contextualising the seemingly esoteric and exotic aspects of Tibetan Buddhist culture within the everyday, embodied and sensual sphere of religious praxis, this book centres on the social and religious lives of deceased Tibetan Buddhist lamas. It explores how posterior forms – corpses, relics, reincarnations and hagiographical representations – extend...
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