12,933円 The medieval period of Japanese religious history is commonly known as one in which there was a radical transformation of the religious culture. This book suggests an alternate approach to understanding the dynamics of that transformation. One main topic of analysis focuses on what Buddhism - its...

551円 Interested in learning more about Buddhism? Tired of watered-down, "Westernized" assessments of this ancient faith tradition? Go straight to the source with this translation of Japanese Buddhist scripture that delves into the core of Buddhist doctrine and wisdom.

5,306円 During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Buddhist peace activists made extraordinary sacrificesーincluding self-immolationーto try to end the fighting. They hoped to establish a neutralist government that would broker peace with the Communists and expel the Americans. Robert J. Topmiller explores South...

7,129円 Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the faith. This insightful study analyz...

1,671円 A fifth-century Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Zen to China. Although the tradition that traces its ancestry back to him did not flourish until nearly two hundred years after his death, today millions of Zen Buddhists and students of kung fu claim him as their spiritu...

1,243円 *Does Buddhism require faith? Can an atheist or agnostic follow the Buddha’s teachings without believing in reincarnation or organized religion? This is one man’s confession.* In his classic Buddhism Without Beliefs, Stephen Batchelor offered a profound, secular approach to the teachings of the B...

200円 Buddhism is a house full of treasures ー practices for gaining the happiness of future lives, the bliss of liberation and the supreme happiness of enlightenment ー but knowing the difference between Dharma and non-Dharma practices is the key that opens the door to all those treasures. No matter h...

403円 The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. The 5th century Buddhist scholar and comm...

11,772円 This is the first scholarly treatment of the emergence of American Buddhist Studies as a significant research field. Until now, few investigators have turned their attention to the interpretive challenge posed by the presence of all the traditional lineages of Asian Buddhism in a consciously mult...

0円 Volume I in this series ended up more unified than I had planned. There are a few shorter pieces in it that are apropos of nothing at all, but for most of it, now that I read it again, I see how it reflects my own astonishment at finding myself teaching Buddhism in a faculty of Christian theology...

468円 Although Buddhism has been an important cultural force in the East for thousands of years, the tenets of this religion and belief system were largely unknown throughout much the West until the twentieth century. In this volume, Haldeman-Julius presents a comprehensive overview of Buddhist belief,...

11,772円 Action Dharma charts the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West. Fourteen new essays treat the historical origins, global range, teachings and practices, and leaders and organizations that make up the latest...