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  • Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith

    by John Jorgensen, Dan Lusthaus, John Makeham, Mark Strange ...
    Series series Oxford Chinese Thought
    Dasheng qixin lun, or Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith , has been one of the most important texts of East Asian Buddhism since it first appeared in sixth-century China. It outlines the initial steps a Mahāyāna Buddhist needs to take to reach enlightenment, beginning with the conviction that the Mahāyāna path is correct and worth pursuing. The Treatise addresses many of the doctrines central to ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • The Foresight of Dark Knowing

    Chŏng Kam nok and Insurrectionary Prognostication in Pre-Modern Korea

    by John Jorgensen, Robert E. Buswell, Jr. ...
    Series series Korean Classics Library: Philosophy and Religion
    Korea has long had an underground insurrectionary literature. The best-known example of the genre is the Chŏng Kam nok, a collection of premodern texts predicting the overthrow of the Yi Dynasty (1392–1910) that in recent times has been invoked by a wide range of groups to support various causes and agendas: from leaders of Korea’s new religious movements formed during and after the Japanese ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Korean Buddhism

    Selected Readings from Primary Texts

    by Jin Y. Park, Sumi Lee, Juhn Ahn, Robert E. Buswell, Jr., Dr. Gregory N. Evon, Eunsu Cho, Dr. Go Chong, Dr. Lucy Huekyung Jee, John Jorgensen0, Dr. Halla Kim1, Hwansoo Ilmee Kim2, Dr. Jongwook Kim3, Dr. Seong Uk Kim4, Sujung Kim5, Dr. Sung-Eun Thomas Kim6, Dr. Seunghak Koh7, Richard D. McBride, II8, A. Charles Muller9, Dr. Jeongeun Park0, Dr. Pori Park1, Dr. Henrik H. Sørensen2, Sem Vermeersch3, Matty Wegehaupt4 ...
    This book presents the first comprehensive introduction to Korean Buddhism through twenty-five key primary texts spanning the seventh to twenty-first centuries. All have been expertly translated by leading scholars in the field.The volume introduction provides an overview of major themes that illuminates the diverse sources that follow. The texts, each prefaced by a brief introduction and list of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • History of the Development of Chinese Chan Thought

    by Tianxiang Ma ...
    Translated by John Alexander Jorgensen ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The book aims to describe the history of Chan (Japanese Zen) School thought from the standpoint of social history. Chan, a school of East Asian Buddhism, was influential on all levels of societies in the region because of its intellectual and aesthetic appeal. In China, Chan infiltrated all levels of society, mainly because it engaged with society and formed the mainstream of Buddhism from the ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

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  • Daoism

    A Beginner's Guide

    by James Miller ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    From T’ai Chi to the Ming Dynasty, this is an engrossing guide to the elusive Chinese tradition of Daoism.Spanning the centuries and crossing the globe, this engaging introduction covers everything Daoist, from the religion of the ancients to 21st century T’ai Chi and meditation. Complete with a timeline of Daoist history and a full glossary, Daoism: A Beginner's Guide will prove invaluable not ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Way of Korean Zen

    by Kusan Sunim ...
    Translated by Martine Batchelor ...
    The power and simplicity of the Korean Zen tradition shine in this collection of teachings by a renowned modern master, translated by Martine Batchelor. Kusan Sunim provides a wealth of practical advice for students, particularly with regard to the uniquely Korean practice of hwadu, or sitting with questioning. An extensive introduction by Stephen Batchelor, author of Buddhism without Beliefs, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Basic Buddhism

    Exploring Buddhism and Zen

    by Nan Huai-Chin ...
    From a Chinese religious scholar, the history of Buddhism from its beginnings in sixth-century India to twentieth-century global practices.Nan Huai Chin, a learned representative of the Chinese Buddhist tradition, explores the many different schools of Buddhism and the many stories surrounding the life of Buddha. He explains various philosophical trends in Buddhism and the aspects it has taken on ... Read more

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  • The Birth of Insight

    Meditation, Modern Buddhism & the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw

    by Erik Braun ...
    Insight meditation, which claims to offer practitioners a chance to escape all suffering by perceiving the true nature of reality, is one of the most popular forms of meditation today. The Theravada Buddhist cultures of South and Southeast Asia often see it as the Buddha's most important gift to humanity. In the first book to examine how this practice came to play such a dominant—and relatively ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Daodejing

    The New, Highly Readable Translation of the Life-Changing Ancient Scripture Formerly Known as the Tao Te Ching

    Translated by Hans-Georg Moeller ...
    by Hans-Georg Moeller, Laozi ...
    This translation presents Daoism’s basic text in highly readable contemporary English. Incorporating the latest scholarship in the field (including the most recent discoveries of ancient manuscripts in the 1970s and '90s), the book explains Daodejing's often cryptic verses in a clear and concise way. The introduction interprets the Daodejing's poetic imagery in the context of ancient Chinese ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Taoism

    The Enduring Tradition

    by Russell Kirkland ...
    This clear and reliable introduction to Taoism (also known as Daoism) brings a fresh dimension to a tradition that has found a natural place in Western society. Examining Taoist sacred texts together with current scholarship, it surveys Taoism's ancient roots, contemporary heritage and role in daily life. From Taoism's spiritual philosophy to its practical perspectives on life and death, self ... Read more

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  • Records of the Transmission of the Lamp

    Volume 2 (Books 4-9) The Early Masters

    by Daoyuan ...
    Translated by Randolph S. Whitfield ...
    This compilation of Buddhist biographies, teaching and transmission stories of Indian and Chinese Chan (Japanese ‘Zen’) masters from antiquity up to about the year 1008 CE is the first mature fruit of an already thousand year-long spiritual marriage between two great world cultures with quite different ways of viewing the world. The fertilisation of Chinese spirituality by Indian Buddhism ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Daoist Tradition

    An Introduction

    by Professor Louis Komjathy ...
    Using a historical, textual and ethnographic approach, this is the most comprehensive presentation of Daoism to date. In addition to revealing the historical contours and primary concerns of Chinese Daoists and Daoist communities, The Daoist Tradition provides an account of key themes and defining characteristics of Daoist religiosity, revealing Daoism to be a living and lived religion. Exploring ... Read more

    $42.09 USD