Buddhism

Arthur McKeown presents the first full-length analysis of the continuation of Buddhism in India after the thirteenth century. This study describes ...

Ajantas Evolution: From Svakayna to Bodhisatvayna amid Hunnic Turmoil offers a new scholarly exploration of the rock-cut caves, their sculpture and...

This book studies Buddhist public advocacy and activism in Thailanda movement often broadly called socially engaged Buddhismfrom the perspective of...

TRAIN YOUR MIND TOWARD LASTING CONNECTION AND JOY Eager to share the life-enhancing benefits he found in Buddhism, skeptic Scott Snibbe presents th...

This illuminating collection of previously unpublished talks traces the development of Sangharakshita's presentation of the Dharma in the West from...

The Pitfalls of Piety for Married Women shows how problematic the practice of Buddhist piety could be in late imperial China. Two thematically rela...

This oracle will give you insight into your innermost noble self. If you are feeling stuck between the thoughts of your mind and the feelings of yo...

In the contemporary world the meeting of Buddhism and Islam is most often imagined as one of violent confrontation. Indeed, the Taliban's destructi...

This book philosophically introduces the basic truths, doctrines, and principles of Buddhism. Its goal is to explain the teachings of the Buddha an...

In Buddhism As Philosophy, Mark Siderits makes the Buddhist philosophical tradition accessible to a Western audience. Offering generous selections ...

In Buddhism As Philosophy, Mark Siderits makes the Buddhist philosophical tradition accessible to a Western audience. Offering generous selections ...

Ouyi Zhixu (1599-1655) was an eminent Chinese Buddhist monk who, contrary to his contemporaries, believed karma could be changed. Through vows, div...

The Ud?navarga is a thematically organized collection of important sayings in verse form used to teach the Buddhadharma. It is a key example of an ...

Over the last few decades historians and other scholars have succeeded in identifying diverse patterns of connection linking religious communities ...

This volume presents comprehensive research on how southern European Catholics and the Japanese confronted each other, interacted and mutually expe...

In Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume I, Matthew T. Kapstein and an international team of specialists provide a comprehensive intr...

This book is about Buddhism and the pursuit of happiness. The author takes us on an intensely personal journey into the practice of Nichiren Buddhi...

Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume II explores the major categories of traditional Tibetan books, introducing their specific featu...

Why and how do women engage with Buddhism and philosophy? The present volume aims to answer these questions by examining the life and philosophy of...

At the tail end of the twentieth century, a monk transformed a small village temple on the outskirts of Hanoi into a monastery and meditation cente...

For close to a thousand years Amidas Pure Land, a paradise of perfect ease and equality, was the most powerful image of shared happiness circulatin...

The tantric Buddhist traditions emerged in India beginning in the seventh century CE and flourished there until the demise of Buddhism in India cir...

Through the eventful life of a Himalayan Buddhist teacher, Khunu Lama, this study reimagines cultural continuity beyond the binary of traditional a...

In this thought-provoking book, Daniel Vokey argues that agreement on core fundamental moral values is necessary for justice and democracy to flour...

The Sanskrit dictionary opens up the canonical literature of the Sarvâstivâda school as it is passed down in the Turfan texts. The 29th delivery fo...

Though we are seemingly more connected to our world than ever before, many of us cannot ignore a nagging sense of loneliness and isolation. To keep...

Poet-Monks focuses on the literary and religious practices of Buddhist poet-monks in Tang-dynasty China to propose an alternative historical arc of...

Explores how Black Buddhist Teachers and Practitioners interpret Western Buddhism in unique spiritual and communal ways In Black Buddhists and the...

Since the 1970s, tens of thousands of Vietnamese immigrants have settled in Louisiana, Florida, and other Gulf Coast states, rebuilding lives that ...

In The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier, Benno Weiner provides the first in-depth study of an ethnic minority region during the first dec...