Download or read book A Taste of Buddhist Practice written by Thaye Dorje and published by Rabsel Editions. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowadays very popular, meditation is often presented as the key Buddhist method. However, it is actually only one means of this path of liberation. Karmapa Thaye Dorje sketches out the essential points to enter on this path in a way that is both modern and accessible for the Western audience: taking refuge, giving rise to loving-kindness and compassion and measuring the opportunity of this present existence and conditions. He taps into the Buddha's heritage and gives it a contemporary taste.
Download or read book A Taste of Water written by Chwen Jiuan Agnes Lee and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores a spiritual approach that combines eastern religion and philosophy with Christianity. The authors discuss their own experiences with Mahayana Buddhism and classical Taoism and place those experiences within the perspective of traditional Christian practices and the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Download or read book The Heart of Buddhism written by Guy Claxton and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Four Foundations of Buddhist Practice written by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Foundation of Buddhist Practice written by Thubten Chodron and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in the Dalai Lama’s definitive and comprehensive series on the stages of the Buddhist path, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion. Volume 1, Approaching the Buddhist Path, contained introductory material that set the context for Buddhist practice. This second volume, The Foundation of Buddhist Practice, contains the important teachings that will help us establish a flourishing Dharma practice. The Foundation of Buddhist Practice begins with the four seals shared by all Buddhist philosophies, and moves on to an explanation of the reliable cognition that allows us to evaluate the veracity of the Buddha’s teachings. The book provides many other essential Buddhist teachings, including: the relationship of a spiritual mentor and student, clarifying misunderstandings about this topic and showing how to properly rely on a spiritual mentor in a healthy, appropriate, and beneficial manner; how to structure a meditation session; dying and rebirth, unpacking the often difficult-to-understand topic of multiple lives and explaining how to prepare for death and aid someone who is dying; a fruitful explanation of karma and its results; and much more. His Holiness’s illumination of key Buddhist ideas will support Western and contemporary Asian students in engaging with this rich tradition.
Download or read book The Compassionate Kitchen written by Thubten Chodron and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eating as a spiritual practice: wisdom from the Buddhist tradition that you can use at home. Every aspect of our daily activities can be a part of spiritual practice if done with compassion—and this compact guide offers wisdom from the Buddhist tradition on how eating mindfully can nourish the mind as well as the body. Thubten Chodron, abbess of Sravasti Abbey in Washington state, shows us that eating and activities related to it—preparation of food, offering and consuming it, and cleaning up afterward—can contribute to awakening and to increased kindness and care toward others. Chodron offers traditional Buddhist teachings and specific practices used at the Abbey, along with advice for taking the principles into our own home in order to make the sharing of food a spiritual intention for anyone. By eating consciously and mindfully—and by including certain rituals—we find ourselves less obsessive about food and can enjoy our meals more.
Download or read book Buddhist Practice of Concentration written by Zhiyi and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What Is Meditation written by Ron Nairn and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2000-10-31 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Meditation? explains the Buddhist worldview and the age-old practice it perfected to unfold our innate qualities of compassion, self-acceptance, and inner peace. Rob Nairn gives step-by-step instructions for beginning your own meditation practice, including three simple exercises—"Bare Attention," "Remaining in the Present," and "Meditation Using Sound"—to help get you started.
Download or read book The Foundation of Buddhist Practice written by Dalai Lama and published by Wisdom Publications. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in the Dalai Lama’s definitive and comprehensive series on the stages of the Buddhist path, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion—now in paperback! Volume 1, Approaching the Buddhist Path, contained introductory material that set the context for Buddhist practice. This second volume, The Foundation of Buddhist Practice, describes the important teachings that will help us establish a flourishing Dharma practice. Traditional presentations of the path in Tibetan Buddhism assume the audience already has faith in the Buddha and believes in rebirth and karma, but the Dalai Lama realized early on that a different approach was needed for his Western and contemporary Asian students. Starting with the four seals and the two truths, His Holiness illuminates key Buddhist ideas, such as dependent arising, emptiness, and karma, to support the reader in engaging with this rich tradition. This second volume in the Library of Wisdom and Compassion series provides a wealth of reflections on the relationship between a spiritual mentor and student, how to begin a meditation practice, and the relationship between the body and mind.
Download or read book Experiencing Buddhism written by Ruben L. F. Habito and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages the reader with its story-telling style as it illustrates the principles of Buddhism with concrete examples. Paying special attention to the rise of Buddhist practice in the West, Habito introduces the novice to Buddhist experience in its historical unity and the variety of traditions that reflect its essence. Integrated into Habitos text are five personal accounts by practicing Buddhists: on being a Therevada Buddhist by the Venerable Dhammananda, Dr. Chatsumarn Kabilsing; on being a Zen Buddhist by Jan Chozen Bays; on being a Tibetan Buddhist by Judith Simmer Brown; on being a Pure Land Buddhist by Kenneth Tanaka; and on living the Lotus by Virginia Straus.
Download or read book The Beginner s Guide to Walking the Buddha s Eightfold Path written by Jean Smith and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2002-07-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Writing a ‘nuts and bolts’ guide that is genuinely wise, charmingly conversational, and a pleasure to read requires a particular talent, and Jean Smith has proved once again that she has it.”—Sylvia Boorstein, author of Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There The third of Jean Smith’s Beginner’s Guides focuses on the Buddha’s Eightfold Path—the concepts central to practicing the Buddha’s teachings in daily life. The eight steps on the path are: right understanding, thought, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. Smith explains exactly what the Buddha had in mind, using translations of his own words and then elucidating them for us. Throughout the book are wonderful quotes from a broad range of Buddhist teachers, giving a taste of the very best each of them has to offer. The Beginner’s Guide to Walking the Buddha’s Eightfold Path is a prescription for happiness, not just for overcoming suffering, which is how many people think of Buddhism. Here is a book for Buddhists of every tradition.
Download or read book Buddha Taught Nonviolence Not Pacifism written by Paul R. Fleischman and published by Pariyatti Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, this thought-provoking essay explores the Buddha's teaching to find one prescription: not war, not pacifism but nonviolence.
Download or read book Buddha Dharma Pure And Simple 4 written by Venerable Master Hsing Yun and published by Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s Buddhist sphere, numerous claims have been made on what the Buddha has taught. However, were they truly spoken by the Buddha? The Buddha-Dharma: Pure and Simple series is an exploration of over 300 topics, where Venerable Master Hsing Yun clarifies the Buddha’s teachings in a way that is accessible and relevant to modern readers. Erroneous Buddhist views should be corrected, the true meaning of the Dharma must be preserved in order to hold true to the original intents of the Buddha. All Buddhist practice begins with right view, for it is the compass that points toward the true path of cultivation. This fourth installment continues laying the groundwork of this foundation by addressing age-old misconceptions. Covering a wide range of social issues from the perspective of the Buddha-Dharma, Venerable Master offers readers a practical but profound approach to Buddhist practice in daily life.
Download or read book A TASTE OF ENLIGHTENMENT written by 법륜스님 Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and published by Jungto Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't confine enlightenment within Buddhist sutras! Live happily here and now! Young man, when a person sits on a ridge between rice paddies and keeps one's mind pure, that person is a practitioner. And the place where that person sits is a temple. That is Buddhism. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents PREFACE Your Awakening Beyond the Awakening of Seon Masters Part 01 Where Are You Right Now? Someone Said So Where Did You Come From and Where Are You Going? Can You Attain Enlightenment Through Sitting Meditation? “Chang-Cheong Chang-Cheong” There Are No Blessings to Be Attained Bring Forth Your Uneasy Mind Grave Sin What Is This Thing That Came? How to Change Your Fate Part 02 Do You Know Yourself? How Can There Be Relics from a Wooden Buddha? Who Made God? Making Rice with Sand Is Cow Dung Sacred or Dirty? When Caught Up in Our Own Thoughts How a Teacher and a Disciple Became Sworn Enemies Holding the Bucket Upside Down Saying “Yes” When You Really Don’t Want To Part 03 Reflect Upon Yourself The Story of Lady Bodeok In the End, It’s Your Decision Husband Buddha, Wife Buddha Go to Another Temple Awakening in Everyday Life You’ve Been Deceived but You Don’t Even Know It Part 04 Develop Strength Through Practice You Don’t Have to Believe It Does a Dog Have Buddha-Nature? What Is This? A Question That Comes Like a Bolt Out of the Blue Beyond This World Do You Know That You Don’t Know? Part 05 Practice in Your Daily Life Realizing That Dirtiness and Cleanliness Are Not Two Different Things Turning Away from Sentient Beings Who Are the Sentient Beings? A Life Not Obstructed by Anything Awakening Can Happen the Moment the Mind Arises A Golden Opportunity The Moment Love Turns into Hate Part 06 Be Awake to the Here and Now Be a Pine Tree in Front of the Pagoda Holding onto Myself Are You Awake? United We Fall, Divided We Stand Start by Accepting Reality No Reason to Blame Others Part 07 Turn Things That Have Already Happened into Something Useful in Your Life The Pain of Death and Abstaining from Killing True Understanding The World as It Is The Present Is the Sum of Past Causes and Conditions Choice and Responsibility The Principle of Acceptance The Path to Loving Yourself as Well as Others EPILOGUE How to Live Happily and Freely
Download or read book The Four Foundations of Buddhist Practice with Pema Karpo s Meditation Instructions written by Rinpoche Thrangu and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perfectly Ordinary written by Alex Kakuyo and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this practical, easy to understand book Alex Kakuyo explains how the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path of Buddhism can help us in daily life. Drawing from personal experiences on farms, in temples, and in the U.S. Marines, Alex tells stories that show how the daily grind of work, traffic jams, and family drama is the source of our enlightenment.
Download or read book The Four Ordinary Foundations of Buddhist Practice written by Rinpoche Thrangu and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four basic practices of Buddhist for turning the mind towards Dharma.
