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The Heart Attack Sutra

Author : Karl Brunnholzl
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834840386

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The Heart Attack Sutra by Karl Brunnholzl Pdf

A guide to the famous Heart Sūtra that reveals the tenderness and compassion underlying the striking rhetoric of this popular Buddhist text The radical message of the Heart Sūtra, one of Buddhism’s most famous texts, is a sweeping attack on everything we hold most dear: our troubles, the world as we know it, even the teachings of the Buddha himself. Several of the Buddha’s followers are said to have suffered heart attacks and died when they first heard its assertion of the basic groundlessness of our existence—hence the title of this book. Overcoming fear, the Buddha teaches, is not to be accomplished by shutting down or building walls around oneself, but instead by opening up to understand the illusory nature of everything we fear—including ourselves. In this book of teachings, Karl Brunnhölzl guides practitioners through this ‘crazy’ sutra to the wisdom and compassion that lie at its core.

Mother of the Buddhas

Author : Lex Hixon
Publisher : Quest Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0835606899

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Mother of the Buddhas by Lex Hixon Pdf

Lex Hixon's "contemplative expansion" of forty passages from the Prajnaparamita Sutra, the basic scripture of all schools of Mahayana Buddhism, yields a text of devotional beauty that is at once dramatic and uplifting. The text sets forth the Bodhisattva path to enlightenment. Features a foreword by renowned American Buddhist scholar Dr. Robert A. Thurman.

The Heart Sutra

Author : Geshe Sonam Rinchen
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781559392013

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The Heart Sutra by Geshe Sonam Rinchen Pdf

This short gem of a book shows how distorted perceptions and disturbing emotions—arising from our misunderstanding of reality—can be completely uprooted, resulting in freedom from suffering.

The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Author : Bodhidharma
Publisher : North Point Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781429952767

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The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Bodhidharma Pdf

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 spiritual father. While others viewed Zen practice as a purification of the mind or a stage on the way to perfect enlightenment, Bodhidharma equated Zen with buddhahood and believed that it had a place in everyday life. Instead of telling his disciples to purify their minds, he pointed them to rock walls, to the movements of tigers and cranes, to a hollow reed floating across the Yangtze. This bilingual edition, the only volume of the great teacher's work currently available in English, presents four teachings in their entirety. "Outline of Practice" describes the four all-inclusive habits that lead to enlightenment, the "Bloodstream Sermon" exhorts students to seek the Buddha by seeing their own nature, the "Wake-up Sermon" defends his premise that the most essential method for reaching enlightenment is beholding the mind. The original Chinese text, presented on facing pages, is taken from a Ch'ing dynasty woodblock edition.

A Lullaby to Awaken the Heart

Author : Karl Brunnhölzl
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781614295174

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A Lullaby to Awaken the Heart by Karl Brunnhölzl Pdf

A key Dzogchen text—available together with its Tibetan commentaries, including from the fifteenth Karmapa—from a preeminent translator. The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra, one of the most famous and often-recited Dzogchen texts, is at once an entreaty by the primordial buddha, Samantabhadra, that all sentient beings recognize the nature of their minds and thus become buddhas, and also a wake-up call by our own buddha nature itself. This monumental text outlines the profound view of Dzogchen in a nutshell and, at the same time, provides clear instructions on how to discover the wisdom of a buddha in the very midst of afflictions. In this volume, Karl Brunnhölzl offers translations of three versions of the Aspiration Prayer and accompanies them with translations of the commentaries by Jigmé Lingpa, the Fifteenth Karmapa, and Tsültrim Sangpo. He offers further contextualization with his rich annotation and appendices, which include additional translation from Jigmé Lingpa, Longchenpa, and Patrul Rinpoche. This comprehensive, comprehensible book illuminates this profound text and greatly furthers our understanding of Dzogchen—and of our own nature.

The Diamond Sutra

Author : Osho
Publisher : Fivestar
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Diamond Sutra by Osho Pdf

Before Buddha there were religions but never a pure religiousness. Man was not yet mature. With Buddha, humanity enters into a mature age. All human beings have not yet entered into that, that's true, but Buddha has heralded the path; Buddha has opened the gateless gate. It takes time for human beings to understand such a deep message. Buddha's message is the deepest ever. Nobody has done the work that Buddha has done, the way he has done. Nobody else represents pure fragrance. Other founders of religions, other enlightened people, have compromised with their audience. Buddha remains uncompromised, hence his purity. He does not care what you can understand, he cares only what the truth is. And he says it without being worried whether you understand it or not. In a way this looks hard; in another way this is great compassion.

The Three Pure Land Sutras

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BDK America
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117986716

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The Three Pure Land Sutras by Anonim Pdf

The larger sutra on Amitāyus (Taishō volume 12, number 360) -- The sutra on contemplation of Amitāyus (Taishō volume 12, number 365) -- The smaller sutra on Amitāyus (Taishō volume 12, number 366).

When Buddhists Attack

Author : Jeffrey Mann
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781462910489

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When Buddhists Attack by Jeffrey Mann Pdf

Uncover the historical truth about Buddhist warrior monks with this informative and enlightening book. Film, television and popular fiction have long exploited the image of the serene Buddhist monk who is master of the deadly craft of hand-to-hand combat. While these media overly romanticize the relationship between a philosophy of non-violence and the art of fighting, When Buddhists Attack: The Curious Relationship Between Zen and the Martial Arts shows this link to be nevertheless real, even natural. Exploring the origins of Buddhism and the ethos of the Japanese samurai, university professor and martial arts practitioner Jeffrey Mann traces the close connection between the Buddhist way of compassion and the way of the warrior. This zen book serves as a basic introduction to the history, philosophy, and current practice of Zen as it relates to the Japanese martial arts. It examines the elements of Zen that have found a place in budo—the martial way—such as zazen, mushin, zanshin and fudoshin, then goes on to discuss the ethics and practice of budo as modern sport. Offering insights into how qualities integral to the true martial artist are interwoven with this ancient religious philosophy, this Buddhism book will help practitioners reconnect to an authentic spiritual discipline of the martial arts.

The Zen Master Hakuin

Author : Hakuin,白隠
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : History
ISBN : 0231060416

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The Zen Master Hakuin by Hakuin,白隠 Pdf

An intoduction to the teachings of Hakuin and the study of Rinzai Zen.

American Sutra

Author : Duncan Ryuken Williams
Publisher : Belknap Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674986534

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American Sutra by Duncan Ryuken Williams Pdf

The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of injustice; it is a moving story of faith. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese-American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation's history, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American.--

Exploring the Heart Sutra

Author : Sarah A. Mattice
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781498599412

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Exploring the Heart Sutra by Sarah A. Mattice Pdf

Exploring the Heart Sutra brings an interdisciplinary philosophical approach to this much-loved Buddhist classic. This new translation with commentary situates the sutra in a Chinese context, offering fresh interpretive resources for making sense of this profound work.

Zen Sourcebook

Author : Stephen Addiss,Stanley Lombardo,Judith Roitman
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780872209091

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Zen Sourcebook by Stephen Addiss,Stanley Lombardo,Judith Roitman Pdf

Introduction by Paula Arai. This is the first collection to offer selections from the foundational texts of the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Zen traditions in a single volume. Through representative selections from their poetry, letters, sermons, and visual arts, the most important Zen Masters provide students with an engaging, cohesive introduction to the first 1200 years of this rich -- and often misunderstood -- tradition. A general introduction and notes provide historical, biographical, and cultural context; a note on translation, and a glossary of terms are also included.

The Sun My Heart

Author : Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781946764713

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The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh Pdf

This sequel to The Miracle of Mindfulness offers accessible, eye-opening guidance for spiritual seekers on the path from mindfulness to true insight The Sun My Heart is one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s most beloved books. Using the objects and events of everyday life in his hermitage in Plum Village—the gradual settling of the pulp in a glass of apple juice or the wind blowing into the room and scattering papers about—Thich Nhat Hanh draws from Buddhist psychology, epistemology, and the world of contemporary literature and science to guide the reader along the path of clarity and understanding. This book can be read straight through, but is also designed to be opened randomly and experienced chapter by chapter, paragraph by paragraph. Thich Nhat Hanh suggests in the introduction that The Sun My Heart “prefers to be a friend rather than a book. You can take it with you on the bus or subway as you do your coat or your scarf. It can give you small moments of joy at any time.”

Gone Beyond (Volume 1)

Author : Karl Brunnholzl
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834829589

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Gone Beyond (Volume 1) by Karl Brunnholzl Pdf

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 meaning" of the Prajnaparamita Sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas—but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutras—emptiness—and how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas. Thus 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 buddhahood. Gone Beyond contains the first in-depth study of the Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries in the Kagyu School. This study (in two volumes) includes translations of Maitreya's famous text and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa Goncho Yenla (the first translation ever of a complete commentary on the Abhisamayalamkara into English), which are supplemented by extensive excerpts from the commentaries by the Third, Seventh, and Eighth Karmapas and others. Thus it closes a long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the Prajnaparamita Sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana Buddhism. The first volume presents an English translation of the first three chapters of the Abhisamayalamkara and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa. The second volume presents an English translation of the final five chapters and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa.

Buddhist Hell

Author : Eileen Gardiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Hell
ISBN : 1599101319

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Buddhist Hell by Eileen Gardiner Pdf

"A collection of texts on Buddhist Hell, including, The Great Story, Middle-Length Discourses, Friendly Epistle, Sutra on the Eighteen Hells, Sutra Spoken by the Buddha, Avalokiteswara's Descent into the Hell, Mu-Lien Rescues His Mother, T'ai Tsung in Hell, Essentials of Pure Land Rebirth, The Precious Record, Miao-Shen Visits Hell, and others, plus notes, glossary, links to web resources"--Provided by publisher.