How to Be Happy . Lama Zopa Rinpoche is considered one of the most remarkable Buddhist teachers alive, and How to Be Happy represents him at his most engaging and inspiring. Here Rinpoche helps readers find their Good Heart, the heart that can easily rejoice in the happiness of others. He also gives sage advice [...]
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How to Be Happy
Posted in Buddhism, General Buddhism, Mahayana, Vajrayana / Tibetan, tagged be happy, Buddhisme, religion, spiritual on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An Arrow to the Heart: A Commentary on the Heart Sutra
Posted in Buddhism, Mahayana, Sacred Texts, Spirituality, Sutras, tagged book review, Buddhist book, Buddhist scripture, Heart Sutra, Mahayana Buddhism, religion, spiritual on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An Arrow to the Heart: A Commentary on the Heart Sutra. An Arrow to the Heart is an exciting, trail-blazing, non-traditional translation and commentary of the Heart Sutra, an ancient and highly revered text in Mahayana Buddhism. This sutra is a concise presentation of the emptiness of all experience. Almost cryptic in its brevity, it [...]
Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake: Teachings of Zen Master Seung San
Posted in Buddhism, Mahayana, Zen / Chán, tagged Buddhism, enlightenment, Korea, Mahayana, Shambhala, Zen, Zen Master Seung San on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The late Korean Zen Buddhist master Seung Sahn, who died in 2004, came from the “kill the Buddha” school of Buddhism that relishes paradox and shrewd foolishness. The playfulness of this teacher’s challenges to his pupils is clearly conveyed in this compilation of short exchanges with students. These are dharma (teaching) encounters rather than the [...]
The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts
Posted in Buddhism, History of Buddhism, Mahayana, Rituals & Practice, tagged Buddhism, Chinese Culture, Kung Fu, Shaolin on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Meir is the foremost expert outside of China (and possibly even within China) on the history of the Shaolin Temple. An academic book by an amazing scholar, and a must read for anyone serious about learning the in-depth history of Shaolin, and martial arts, as he traces the history back 1500+ years. Scholarly, well written, [...]
Four Gandhari Samyuktagama Sutras: Senior Kharosthi Fragment 5 (Gandharan Buddhist Texts, Vol. 4)
Posted in Buddhism, General Buddhism, Mahayana, Sacred Texts, Study Guides, Sutras, tagged Agama, Buddhism, Buddhist agama sutra, Samyuktagama, sutra on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Four Gandhari Samyuktagama Sutras continues the study of Gandharan Buddhist texts and is the first investigation of a scroll from the Senior Collection of Kharosthi manuscripts. The Senior Collection, which is named after its owner, Robert Senior (Glastonbury, U.K.), consists of twenty-four birch bark scrolls or scroll fragments with at least forty-one Buddhist texts written [...]
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