Wisdom Beyond Words (Häftad)
avBikshu Sangharakshita
ISBN: 9780904766776 - UTGIVEN: 2001-03Ever since the Buddha's lifetime, people have been trying to express the ultimate meaning of Buddhism in a form that makes complete rational sense. The Prajnaparamita or "Perfection of Wisdom" teachings offer a giddying counterbalance to this exercise, and a sophisticated slap in the face to anyone [...]
Know Your Mind (Häftad)
avBikshu Sangharakshita
ISBN: 9780904766790 - UTGIVEN: 199810Offering a description of the nature of mind and how it functions, this introduction to traditional Buddhist psychology guides readers through the Abhidharma classification of positive and negative mental states. The author was born in England, travelled to India as a young man, was ordained as a Bu[...]
The Inconceivable Emancipation (Häftad)
avBikshu Sangharakshita
ISBN: 9780904766882 - UTGIVEN: 199507Step into the magical, paradoxical world of a Mahayana Buddhist scripture. Mahayana Buddhism, to which the Zen and Tibetan traditions are related, emphasizes the ideal of the Bodhisattva, one who seeks to become Enlightened out of a compassionate desire to help all living beings. In the Vimalakirti-[...]
Ritual and Devotion in Buddhism (Häftad)
avBikshu Sangharakshita
ISBN: 9781899579334 - UTGIVEN: 2000-11Imagine a world without beauty, myth, celebration or ritual. It seems that to feel fully and vibrantly alive, these experiences are essential to us--helping us to feel in touch with all levels of our being by engaging our emotions, senses and imagination. Devotional ritual also speaks this language [...]
Living with Kindness (Häftad)
avBikshu Sangharakshita
ISBN: 9781899579648 - UTGIVEN: 200409Growing the seed to happiness Kindness is one of the most basic qualities we can possess, and one of the most powerful. In Buddhism it is called metta - an opening of the heart to all that we meet. Any friendly feeling contains the kernel of metta. It is a seed that is waiting to be developed, right[...]
