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• Author(s): Sarah Shaw • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - HistoryMeditative practice lies at the heart of the Buddhist tradition. This introductory anthology gives a representative sample of the various kin...

• Author(s): Stephen C. Berkwitz • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - HistoryThis second, revised edition of South Asian Buddhism: A Survey presents an updated, comprehensive examination of the full range of B...

• Author(s): Christmas Humphreys • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - General (See Also Philosophy - Buddhist)The Buddhist field of knowledge is now so vast that few can master all of it, and the study and app...

• Author(s): Pragati Sahni • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: EasternEnvironmental Ethics in Buddhism presents a logical and thorough examination of the metaphysical and ethical dimensions of early Buddhist literature....

• Author(s): John Pickering • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - GeneralThis collection of writings presents contemporary views on the integration of Buddhism in the West. Over the past fe...

• Author(s): Sergey Alexandrov • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - Rituals & PracticeThis book presents a view of Buddhism from the perspective of a theoretical physicist. It helps the reader comprehend d...

• Author(s): John Powers • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - GeneralThe Buddhist World joins a series of books on the world's great religions and cultures, offering a lively and up-to-date survey of Buddhist ...

• Author(s): Christopher Gowans • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - GeneralPhilosophy of the Buddha is a philosophical introduction to the teaching of the Buddha. It carefully guides readers through the basic...

• Author(s): Christmas Humphreys • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - GeneralA balanced selection from Buddhist writings, including scriptures used by the Zen School, with chapters on the Buddha, Tibetan Buddh...

• Author(s): Tse-Fu Kuan • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - HistoryThis book identifies what is meant by sati (smrti), usually translated as 'mindfulness', in early Buddhism, and examines its soteriological ...

• Author(s): Geshe Kelsang Gyatso • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - TibetanA clear and straightforward introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, this book presents the basic teachings of Buddha in a way that people...

• Author(s): Malcolm Voyce • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - General (See Also Philosophy - Buddhist)This book suggests that previous critiques of the rules of Buddhist monks (Vinaya) may now be reconsidere...

• Author(s): Roderick Bucknell | Chris Kang • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - GeneralBuddhist meditation, while attracting less popular attention than some other meditative disciplines, has given rise...

• Author(s): J. Abraham Velez de Cea • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: BuddhistProviding a rigorous analysis of Buddhist ways of understanding religious diversity, this book develops a new foundation for cross-cultura...

• Author(s): Charles S. Prebish | Damien Keown • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: BuddhistIntroducing Buddhism is the ideal resource for all students beginning the study of this fascinating religious tradition. It expl...

• Author(s): David E. Cooper | Simon P. James • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - General (See Also Philosophy - Buddhist)Buddhism, one increasingly hears, is an 'eco-friendly' religion. It is often said that...

• Author(s): Shundo Tachibana • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - GeneralA popular, if erroneous, conception of Buddhism has been that of self-negation or even nihilism, that is to say a religion that is nega...

• Author(s): Sue Hamilton-Blyth • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - GeneralNew interpretations of the central teachings of early Buddhism, mainly the relationship between identity and per...

• Author(s): Paul Williams • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - General (see also Philosophy - Buddhist)Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread across Asia, becoming the prevalent form of Buddhism in Ti...

• Author(s): Cathy Cantwell • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - HistoryBuddhism: The Basics examines the historical development of Buddhism and its presence today, from its key religious texts to practices an...

• Author(s): Richard P. Hayes | Victor Sogen Hori | James Mark Shields • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - General (See Also Philosophy - Buddhist)This book provides a series of thematically arranged articles...

• Author(s): Esben Andreasen • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - GeneralWith a foreword by Prof. Alfred Bloom. This completely new study of Japanese Shin Buddhism offers a valuable combination of historical d...

• Author(s): Subhadra Bhikkhu • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - General (See Also Philosophy - Buddhist)The Message of Buddhism is an adaptation of the Buddhist Catechism of the late Subhadra Bhikkhu which ...

• Author(s): Robert Bluck • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - General (see also Philosophy - Buddhist)British Buddhism presents a useful insight into contemporary British Buddhist practice. It provides a surv...

• Author(s): Christopher Queen | Charles S. Prebish | Damien Keown • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - General (See Also Philosophy - Buddhist)Action Dharma charts the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient...

• Author(s): Jinhua Chen • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - Sacred WritingsThis book explores trans-cultural and cross-border transformation of Esoteric Buddhism in East Asia, focusing on the significance of...

• Author(s): Brian Bocking | Phibul Choompolpaisal | Laurence Cox • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - HistoryIn the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Buddhism in Asia was transformed by the impact of coloni...

• Author(s): Damien Keown | Charles S. Prebish • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - General'It is an excellent advocate for both reference publishing and for the belief system it represents' - Reference Review...

• Author(s): Peter Harvey • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - GeneralThis careful analysis of early Buddhist thought opens out a perspective in which no permanent Self is accepted, but a ...

• Author(s): Ian Harris • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - HistoryWeber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted...

• Author(s): Damien Keown • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - GeneralThis innovative volume brings together the views of leading scholars on a range of controversial subjects including hu...

• Author(s): Christopher Queen | Duncan Ryuken Williams • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buddhism - General (See Also Philosophy - Buddhist)This is the first scholarly treatment of the emergence of American Buddhist ...

• Author(s): Marvin Levine • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Applied PsychologyThis book describes Buddhist-Yogic ideas in relation to those of contemporary Western psychology. The book begins with the Buddhist view o...

• Author(s): Rick Repetti • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - GeneralTraditionally, Buddhist philosophy has seemingly rejected the autonomous self. In Western philosophy, free will and the philosophy of...

• Author(s): Dale Mathers | Melvin E. Miller | Osamu Ando • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Psychotherapy - GeneralThis collection explores the growing interface between Eastern and Western concepts of what it is to b...

• Author(s): Gombrich • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Anthropology - GeneralFirst published in 1995. This study is intended as a contribution to the empirical study of religion, and in particular to the study of rel...