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The Heart Of Understanding : Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra

Thich Nhat Hanh

Publié en 1997

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The heart of the Prajñaparamita Sutra is regarded as the essence of Buddhist teaching, offering subtle and profound teachings on non-duality and the letting go of all preconceived notions, opinions, and attachments, and so becoming open to all the wonders of our life. The Heart Sutra is recited daily in Mahayana temples and practice centers throughout the world. Thich Nhat Hanh’s translation and commentary are the fruit of the author’s more than sixty years of monastic study and practice. He describes the sutra as "a precious gift to us, the gift of fearlessness." Based on a historic lecture at the Green Gulch Zen Center, Muir Beach, California on April 19, 1987, this is one of the most simple, clear, concise, and understandable commentaries on this very important Buddhist sutra. In the Heart Sutra, the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara describes how to train in the perfection of wisdom by seeing through the illusory nature of all things. The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell, containing only 632 characters in the traditional Chinese translation. Despite its brevity, it covers more of the Buddha’s teachings than any other scripture and has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism.

Language: English.
Subsection: ZEN.

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An Awakened Life : Using Everyday Experiences for Inner Enlightenment

Titmuss Christopher

Publié en 1999

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Drawing on the deepest discoveries of the Buddhist tradition, retreat-master Christopher Titmuss urges the reader to transform the forces of desire and dissatisfaction and awaken to the Immeasurable. He gives practical advice on understanding our feelings, taking risks and becoming more detached. In an awakened life, our hearts are open, steady and purposeful. Most people today have a greater income, as well as more goods and labour - saving devices, than any other generation in history. Yet stress, discontent, personal and social problems abound. Drawing on the deepest discoveries of the Buddhist tradition, well-known retreat master, Christopher Titmuss, suggests we spend far too much time in superficial preoccupaions and not enough in looking deeply into things. He urges us to fearlessly transform the forces of desire and dissatisfaction that haunt our daily lives - and to awaken to the Immeasurable. Inspired by the 20th Century classic, Zend Mind, Beginner's mind, he gives practical advice on such subjects as: understanding our feelings , taking risks, becomming more detached and rediscovering our true selves. And he shows us how to have free, fulfilled and uninhibited lives amidst the frenzy of everyday activity.

Language: English.
Subsection: THERAVADA.

Langue : Français

A Comprehensive Manual Of Abhidhamma

Bhikkhu Bodhi

Publié en 1993

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The Abhidhammattha Sangaha (Manual of Abhidhamma) offers an introduction to Buddhism's fundamental philosophical psychology. Originally written in the 11th or 12th century, the Sangaha has served as the key to wisdom held in the Abhidhamma. Concisely surveyed are Abhidhamma's central themes, including states of consciousness and mental factors, the functions and processes of the mind, the material world, dependent arising, and the methods and stages of meditation. This presents an exact translation of the Sangaha alongside the original Pali text. A detailed, explanatory guide with more than 40 charts and tables lead readers through the complexities of Adhidhamma.

Language: English. Translator(s): BHIKKHU BODHI.
Subsection: THERAVADA.

Langue : Français

Foundations Of Tibetan Mysticism

Anagarika Govinda

Publié en 1977

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A complete explanation of the esoteric principles of Mantra that also clarifies the differences between Hindu and Tibetan yoga. Translated into many languages, this is an important text for any student of Buddhism. With bibliography, index, and illustrations.

Language: English.
Subsection: THERAVADA.

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Breathe You Are Alive : Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing

Thich Nhat Hanh

Publié en 1996

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According to the Buddha’s teaching in the Anapanasati Sutra, maintaining awareness of our breathing is a means of awakening to the true nature of all things and arriving at spiritual liberation. Breathe, You Are Alive outlines 16 exercises of conscious breathing that were taught by the Buddha, together with commentaries and further exercises for practicing them every day and in any situation. Thich Nhat Hanh’s insights and explanation give the reader access to the profound nourishment available when we slow down and get in touch with our in-breath and out-breath. He walks the reader through the progression of exercises—from awareness of the physical plane, to the mental and spiritual planes—in a clear and concise manner that is easy to implement.

Language: English.
Subsection: ZEN.

Langue : Français

A Path With Heart : A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

Kornfield Jack

Publié en 1993

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Perhaps the most important book yet written on meditation, the process of inner transformation, and the integration of spiritual practice into our American way of life, A Path with Heart brings alive one by one the challenges of spiritual living in the modern world. A Path with Heart is filled with practical techniques, guided meditations, stories, koans, and other gems of wisdom that can help ease your journey through the world. The author’s own profound—and sometimes humorous—experiences and gentle assistance will skillfully guide you through the obstacles and trials of spiritual and contemporary life to bring a clarity of perception and a sense of the sacred into your everyday experience. A Path with Heart shows us how we can bring our spirituality to flower every day of our lives. It is a wise and gentle guidebook for an odyssey into the soul that enables us to achieve a deeper, more satisfying life in the world.

Language: English.
Subsection: THERAVADA.

Langue : Français

Buddhism For Beginners

Thich Thanh Tu

Publié en 2003

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Language: English. Translator(s): Minh Tam.
Revised Edition 9-2003.
Subsection: ZEN.

Langue : Français

Meditations from the tantras

Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Publié en 1977

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Swami Satyananda Saraswati is a disciple of Sivananda. He formed the International Fellowship for yoga and also started The Bihar School Of Yoga. Meditations from the Tantras is a clear and comprehensive book on meditation for beginners. The general aim is to show the possibilities open to the practitioner of meditation, the preparation that is necessary, as well as practical methods to attain meditative experiences. Featuring fundamental pratyahara (sensory withdrawal) practices such as Antar Mouna and introductions to other meditation techniques such as Satyananda Yoga Nidra, ajapa japa, trataka, the kriyas and the different forms of mantra practice, this book provides an essential foundation for all advanced meditation practices. Included are class transcripts of the practices as originally taught by Swami Satyananda Saraswati.

Language: English.

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The Wings To Awakening

Buddha

Publié en 1996

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An Anthology from the Pali Canon. the first to be organized around the set of teachings that the Buddha himself said formed the heart of his message: the Wings to Awakening (bodhi-pakkhiyadhamma). The material is arranged in three parts, preceded by a long Introduction. The Introduction tries to define the concept of Awakening so as to give a clear sense of where the Wings to Awakening are headed. It does this by discussing the Buddha’s accounts of his own Awakening, with special focus on the way in which the principle of skillful kamma (in Sanskrit, karma) formed both the “how” and the “what” of that Awakening: the Buddha was able to reach Awakening only by developing skillful kamma—this is the “how”; his understanding of the process of developing skillful kamma is what sparked the insights that constituted Awakening—this is the “what.”

Language: English. Translator(s): THANISSARO BHIKKHU.
Subsection: THERAVADA.

Langue : Français

The Way To Ultimate Calm : Selected Discourses of Webu Sayadaw

Webu Sayadaw

Publié en 2001

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Contains eight full discourses by one of the greatest Burmese meditation masters of this century, as well as shorter talks and a 40-page account of U Ba Khin's connections with Webu Sayadaw.

Language: English. Translator(s): Roger Bischoff.
Subsection: THERAVADA.

Langue : Français

Understanding Our Mind : 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology

Thich Nhat Hanh

Publié en 2006

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Understanding Our Mind is Thich Nhat Hanh’s profound look at Buddhist psychology with insights into how these ancient teachings apply to the modern world. Based on the fifty verses on the nature of consciousness taken from the great fifth-century Buddhist master Vasubandhu and the teachings of the Avatamsaka Sutra, Thich Nhat Hanh focuses on the direct experience of recognizing, embracing, and looking deeply into the nature of our feelings and perceptions. Presenting the basic teachings of Buddhist applied psychology, Understanding Our Mind shows us how our mind is like a field, where every kind of seed is planted—seeds of suffering, anger, happiness, and peace. The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds in our mind. If we know how to water seeds of joy and transform seeds of suffering, then understanding, love, and compassion will flower. Vietnamese Zen Master Thuong Chieu said, “When we understand how our mind works, the practice becomes easy.”

Language: English.
Subsection: ZEN.

Langue : Français

A Manual Of Buddhism

Narada Mahathera

Publié en 1971

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Language: English.
Subsection: THERAVADA.

Langue : Français