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What would the Buddha say to an alcoholic or addict What could those in recovery offer to the Buddhist path Kevin Griffin has immersed himself in the Buddhist and Twelve Step traditions, and in One Breath at a Time he gives some surprising and inspiring answers to these questions.

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The teaching on Parting from the Four Attachments is universally regarded as one of the jewels of Tibetan Buddhism. Rinpoche leads the reader through a detailed and lucid exploration of the nature of mind, pointing out inevitable pitfalls in spiritual practice and showing how they can be avoided.

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At forty-five, successful businessman Peter Robinson gave up his comfortable life in London to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Bangkok.

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Teachings on meditation and Buddhist philosophy from the Western nun portrayed in Vicki Mackenzie's best-selling biography, Cave in the Snow.

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This volume examines the significance of the Chinese Buddhist canon in modern East Asian Buddhism. Exploring how the Chinese Buddhist canon has evolved and how it is currently utilized, each chapter of this book provides new insights and essential information into the Chinese Buddhist canon during the modern and contemporary periods.

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Buddhism is seen as a religion stressing the truth of impermanence. How, then, to account for the long-standing veneration, in Asian Buddhist communities, of bone fragments, and other bodily bits said to come from the historic Buddha This book argues that relic veneration has played an integral role in Buddhist traditions in Southeast Asia.

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Presents an array of works that together offer a view of the Tibetan religious landscape over the centuries. Organized thematically, the twenty-eight chapters in this work are testimony to the vast scope of religious practice in the Tibetan world. It is intended for scholars, students, and general readers.

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Examine the connections, rivalries, and interactions among Buddhism, Christianity, and Daoism along the Silk Road during the medieval era.

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Written for readers with or without prior knowledge of Buddhism, an introduction to the Pure Land variety of Buddhism, Japan's most popular form of Buddhism, demonstrates its usefulness in daily life and in the search for self.

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Translation of: Geheimlehren tibetischer Totenbeucher.

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Attention, self-consciousness, insight, wisdom, emotional maturity: how Zen teachings can illuminate the way our brains function and vice-versa.

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Ask yourself a question without an answer. Keep asking it. Don't let it go. That, in a nutshell, is the Chinese Zen practice called huatou. It's a traditional method for breaking through the trap of our habitual thinking into the spacious mind of enlightenment. This book covers huatou practice.

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Concerned with how Eastern wisdom traditions transform lives and are themselves transformed by contact with the wisdom of the West, this text deals with the personal and political impact of Buddhism on life and explores the meanings of Buddhist theology.

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His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, offers practical views on meditation: how to do it; the different procedures; and what we can gain from it. He explains how we can develop a spiritual path in a sequence rather than a scattered pattern, and shows the importance of building up method and wisdom.

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Presents the teachings in three areas: traditional analytical inquiry, songs of realization, and altruistic prayers. This title includes a section in verse that explains the progressively subtler and more profound levels of meditation on the nature of reality. It offers an introduction to the history and benefits of singing songs of yogic joy.

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