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1) Buddhism
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Provides an introduction to Buddhism, discussing the history, beliefs, key figures, and practices of the religion.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xii, 321 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"In Why Buddhism is True, Wright leads readers on a journey through psychology, philosophy, and a great many silent retreats to show how and why meditation can serve as the foundation for a spiritual life in a secular age. At once excitingly ambitious and wittily accessible, this is the first book to combine evolutionary psychology with cutting-edge neuroscience to defend the radical claims at the heart of Buddhist philosophy. With bracing honesty...
Author
Publisher
Random House Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
xi, 188 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"This comprehensive guide to the Buddhist path is as accessible as it is complete. Traleg Kyabgon breaks the teachings down conveniently into the three traditional "vehicles," while never letting us forget that the point of all the Dharma is nothing other than insight into the mind and heart. Along the way he provides vivid definitions of fundamental Buddhist concepts such as compassion, emptiness, and Buddha-nature..."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Parallax Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
187 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"This collection of autobiographical and teaching stories from peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is thought provoking, inspiring, and enjoyable to read. Collected here for the first time, these stories span the author?s life. There are stories from Thich Nhat Hanh?s childhood and the traditions of rural Vietnam. There are stories from his years as a teenaged novice, as a young teacher and writer in war torn Vietnam, and of his travels...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 282 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the final years of his life, Joseph Campbell embarked on a speaking tour in which he drew together all that he had learned about what he called the "one great story" of humanity. These remarkable talks were filmed and are presented here in the order and manner in which Campbell himself intended. Examines the core myths of the great Asian religions; the Buddha and enlightenment, East and West; Yoga and transcendence; Kundalini yoga and the seven...
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Description
A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, the book becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions of how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning, the craft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...
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