"Book of Serenity " is a translation of "Shoyo Roku," a collection of one hundred Zen koans with commentaries that stands as a companion to the other great Chinese koan collection, the "Blue Cliff Record ""(Pi Yen Lu). " A classic of Chan (Chinese Zen) Buddhism, "Book of Serenity " has been skillful[...]

Often misunderstood, Tantrism is one of the most elaborate and colorful forms of Buddhism that focuses on a particular style of mediation and ritual. Having far more to do with the sacred than the sexual, Tantric Buddhism is believed to have originated around the 5th Century AD in the rich cultural [...]