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Designed to provide a framework for modern readers, "In the Buddha's Words" is an anthology of the Buddha's works that has been specifically compiled by a celebrated scholar and translator. For easy reference, the book is arrayed in ten ...

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Nuförtiden finns det många böcker och annat material om Buddhas undervisning i mindfulness (medvetenhet), men den här vägledningen till Satipatthana-sutta tillför något unikt. Sangharakshita utforskar suttan och medvetenhet in i minsta detalj. Han...

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While Buddhism has no central text such as the Bible or the Koran, there is a powerful body of scripture from across Asia that encompasses the dharma, or the teachings of Buddha. This rich anthology brings together works from a broad historical an...

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The Flower Adornment Sutra is Bhikshu Dharmamitra's extensively annotated 3-volume original translation of the Mä¿vaipulya Buddha Avatäsaka S¿tra or "The Great Expansive Buddha's Flower Adornment Sutra" rendered from Tripitaka Master ¿ik...

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The Flower Adornment Sutra is Bhikshu Dharmamitra's extensively annotated 3-volume original translation of the Mä¿vaipulya Buddha Avatäsaka S¿tra or "The Great Expansive Buddha's Flower Adornment Sutra" rendered from Tripitaka Master ¿ik...

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The Flower Adornment Sutra is Bhikshu Dharmamitra's extensively annotated 3-volume original translation of the Mä¿vaipulya Buddha Avatäsaka S¿tra or "The Great Expansive Buddha's Flower Adornment Sutra" rendered from Tripitaka Master ¿ik...

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Dhammapada means "the path of dharma," the path of truth, harmony, and righteousness that anyone can follow to reach the highest good. Easwaran's translation of this classic Buddhist text is the best-selling edition in its field, pr...

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An indispensible map of a classic Zen text. "Mountains and waters are the expression of old buddhas." So begins "Sansuikyo," or "Mountains and Waters Sutra," a masterpiece of poetry and insight from Eihei Dogen, the t...

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The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha, presented in verse form. Poetic, inspirational, and broadly accessible, this is the most widely read of all classical Buddhist texts. Presenting two distinct goals for leading a spiritual li...

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The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. This short text covers more of the Buddha's teachings than any other scripture, and it does so without being superficial o...

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A thorough guide to Vajrakilaya, from a master of the Drigung Kagyu lineage. Kyabje Garchen Rinpoche offers a complete practice manual for the visualization and supplication of the deity Vajrakilaya, with clear instructions and insightful commenta...

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying, with introductory commentary by Dzogchen Buddhist master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, is a new translation of the ancient text also known as The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediate Sta...

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The Dhammapada is one of the most popular texts in the Buddhist Pali canon. It recalls the utterances of the Buddha himself, and is seen as an essential guide to those who wish to follow him on the path towards enlightenment. This book presents th...

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In this twelfth volume of The Treasury of Precious Instructions, Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye presents a second collection of compiled teachings and practices of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, focusing on the teachings of the linea...

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The first major collection of core texts from masters of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. The Drukpa Kagyu lineage is renowned among the traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism for producing some of the greatest yogis from across the Himalay...

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Marked by eloquent poetry, vigorous and extensive analysis, and heart instructions on breaking through the veils of confusion to independently experience the true nature of things, The Karmapa's Middle Way contains the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje...

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This selection of precious and practical quotes from great masters of Tibetan Buddhism reflects the immense variety of approaches and the profundity that have made the tapestry of Tibetan Buddhist teachings of deep interest to an ever-increasing n...

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Here, in one compact volume, are all of the stages of instruction on the path of mahamudra.

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Summarizing and expounding upon the vast body of the Perfection of Wisdom sutras, these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhah...

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The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the Prajnaparamita Sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meanin...

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The Buddha's definitive teachings on how we should understand the ground of enlightenment and the nature and qualities of buddhahood. All sentient beings, without exception, have buddha nature-the inherent purity and perfection of the mind, untouc...

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Dzogchen is a particular practice that has its own history and tradition while it illuminates a timeless, universal truth. It can be regarded as the nondual aspect of Buddhism that transcends most doctrines. The aspiration prayer by eighteenth-cen...

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This modern translation of an essential Mahayana Buddhist text captures the meaning and musicality of Shantideva's original verse and provides readers with an accessible guide to its profound depths. This is a fresh translation to, and commentary ...

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This immensely useful book explores Zen's rich tradition of chanted liturgy and the powerful ways that such chants support meditation, expressing and helping us truly uphold our heartfelt vows to live a life of freedom and compassion. Exploring ei...

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An authoritative new translation of the complete Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa , the teaching songs and stories from Tibet's most beloved Buddhist yogi, poet, and saint. Powerful and deeply inspiring, there is no book more beloved by Tibetans...

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In this clearly written and accessible book, Stephen J. Laumakis explains the origin and development of Buddhist ideas and concepts, focusing on the philosophical ideas and arguments presented and defended by selected thinkers and sutras from vari...

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The teaching of the Buddha's Noble eightfold Path is explored in relation to every aspect of life - a treasury of wisdom and practical guidance. The reader is taken deeper than most introductions while always remaining practical, inspiring and acc...

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The Lotus Sutra, one of the most significant texts of Mahayana Buddhism, is presented here complete, in the authoritative translation of H. Kern. Kern presents the original Buddhist scriptures in their chaptered format, as they begin with the Shak...

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Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye presents practical teachings from a variety of Tibetan Buddhist traditions in this volume of The Treasury of Precious Instructions. The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, one of Tibet's grea...

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