This introduction to Buddhism examines its basic philosophical teachings and historical development, setting forth complex and significant ideas in a...
The 600 verses presented in this anthology provide comprehensive and varied aspects of sijo, the traditional Korean lyric, since its emergence as a fixed literary form as early as...
Guru Rinpoche, the ‘precious teacher’ is also commonly known as Padmakara or Padmasambhava, the ‘lotus-born’ tantric mahasiddha and ‘second buddha’ from...
An award-winning storyteller brings these Buddhist legends and Jataka tales joyfully and powerfully to life for modern readers and older children. This...
The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and at the same time least-understood faiths. Here Jainism is looked at in it's social and...
Buddhism is the single common thread uniting the Asian world, from India to South-East Asia and through Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan. This phenomenally...
An amazing collection of photographs of old Tibet taken during the author's many journeys with her husband, Lama Anagarika Govinda. This is a photographic record...
Ippen (1239-1289) was a wandering hijiri or holy man who studied in the Pure Land tradition of Honen and is regarded as the founder of the Jishu, one of the major new Buddhist schools that...
Buddhists from Japan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Tibet and the West offer their approaches to ecology and tell of practical activities as well as Buddhist...