'Meditation' is the theme in this second volume of Longchenpa's Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease. But this is no 'ordinary' or 'popular' meditation. The practice of Dzogchen meditation presented he...

THE DHAMMAPADA TRANSLATED BY JUAN MASCARO The Dhammapada is a collection of aphorisms that illustrate the Buddhist dhamma or moral system. Probably compiled in the third century B.C., the verses enc...

The Dhammapada is one of the most popular and accessible books in all of Buddhist literature. In it are the words of the Buddha, teaching all that is suffering stems from desire and that the way to at...

Master Hui Neng, an illiterate Buddhist monk of Tang Dynasty China, expounded the doctrine of no-thought and sudden enlightenment through meditation. Filled with Tang history and commentary by the lat...

Throughout Charles Atkins's struggle with Hodgkin's disease and the effects of chemotherapy, he used his Buddhist training and the power of the mantra nam-myoho-renge-kyo to give him strength. In t...

First published in 1912, Gemmell's fully annotated translation of this sacred Buddhist text was one of the first books to introduce Western readers to Buddhism. It remains a refreshing, easy-to-unders...

There is depth, breadth, and magic in Nyingma thought and its charm grows the more one studies it. Klong-chen rab'byams-pa's work is lit with a light that radiates into and transfigures every aspect o...

This third volume of the Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease deals with "the paradox of there being nothing and yet there is a presence." In this classical Tibetan work of the 14th century, permeated ...

The Heart of the Prajnaparamita Sutra is regarded as the essence of Buddhist teaching. It is recited daily in Mahayana temples and practice centers throughout the world. This translation and commentar...

"An accomplished meditation master, author and teacher of Buddhism explains eight verses that comprise one of Buddhism's best-loved and most enduring teachings. Composed by the great Tibetan Bodhisatt...

D.T. Suzuki's translation of the Lankavatara Sutra was first published in 1932. Feeling that it would attract more general readers if it was edited for easier reading, Suzuki encouraged Dwight Goddard...

The Abhidharma is a collection of Buddhist scriptures that investigate the workings of the mind and the states of human consciousness. In this provocative, personal exploration of the development of t...

This detailed guide makes the classic text of the Tibetan Book of the Dead more accessible and meaningful to the living. It includes in-depth explanations of Tibetan Buddhist notions of death and rebi...

Thich Nhat Hanh presents in-depth lessons of inclusiveness and reconciliation from the Lotus Sutra, one of the most revered of Mahayana Buddhist sutras (sacred texts), sometimes called the king of sut...

A Buddhist scripture of pivotal importance and one of the world's great religious classics, representing the culmination of the Buddha's ageless teaching of wisdom, compassion, and liberation.

"The Dhammapada, or ""sayings of the dhamma,"" regarded as a collection of utterances of the Buddha, is the Pali version of one of the most popular texts of the Buddhist canon. The verses form a key b...

The Great Treatise is the basic text for Mahayana Buddhism. It is one of the greatest religious or secular works in the library of our human heritage. -Robert Thurman. This much anticipated third volu...

The 14th-century Zen master Bassui was recognized as one of the most important Zen teachers of his time. Accessible and eloquent, these teachings cut to the heart of the great matter of Zen, pointing ...

Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. In 1959, His Holiness escaped the Chinese invasion of Tibet and lives now in Dharamsala, India. Hi...

A popular Tibetan teacher takes a fresh, accessible approach to the wisdom of his tradition by exploring The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa (b. 1079), an important work of Tibetan Buddhist pr...