Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism
10 best books like Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism (Thich Nhat Hanh): Hooked!: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume, The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation, Chop Wood, Carry Water, The Enlightened Mind: An Anthology of Sacred Prose, A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night: A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, One City: A Declaration of Interdependence, The Spectrum of Consciousness, The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom, Essential Tibetan Buddhism, The Great Work: Our Way into the Future
| Author | Stephanie Kaza |
| ISBN | 1590301722 |
At one time or another, most of us have experienced an all-consuming desire for a material object, a desire so strong that it seems like we couldn't possibly be happy without buying this thing. Yet, when we give in to this impulse, we often find ourselves feeling frustrated and empty. Advertisers, of...
| Author | Chögyam Trungpa |
| ISBN | 1590302893 |
Freedom is generally thought of as the ability to achieve goals and satisfy desires. But what are the sources of these goals and desires? If they arise from ignorance, habitual patterns, and negative emotions, is the freedom to pursue these goals true freedom—or is it just a myth?
In this...
| Author | Rick Fields |
| ISBN | 0874772095 |
More than a thousand years ago a Chinese Zen Master wrote:
Magical Power, Marvelous Action!
Chopping Wood, Carrying Water...
The message is as true today as it was then: the greatest lessons and the profoundest heights of the spiritual path can be found in our everyday life....
| Author | Stephen Mitchell |
| ISBN | 0060923202 |
Both of these anthologies, The Enlightened Heart and the Enlightened Mind, are edited by the scholar, poet, translator, Stephen Mitchell. For those of you interested in poetic and religious ecumenism, I would highly recommend these two works to you. The first is an anthology of world poetry with mostly...
| Author | Dalai Lama XIV |
| ISBN | 0877739714 |
Compassion is the guiding principle of the bodhisattvas, those who vow to attain enlightenment in order to liberate all sentient beings from the suffering and confusion of imperfect existence. To this end, they must renounce all self-centered goals and consider only the well-being of others. The...
| Author | Ethan Nichtern |
| ISBN | 0861715160 |
What you wear. What you say. What you think/ignore/buy/don't buy... Welcome to One City-Population: Everyone-where EVERYTHING you do matters. You've lived here your whole life, whether you know it or not.
Ethan Nichtern, the charismatic and creative force behind New York's upstart Interdependence...
| Author | Ken Wilber |
| ISBN | 0835606953 |
Wilber's groundbreaking synthesis of religion, philosophy, physics, and psychology started a revolution in transpersonal psychology. He was the first to suggest in a systematic way that the great psychological systems of the West could be integrated with the noble contemplative traditions of...
| Author | Joan Halifax |
| ISBN | 0802140718 |
In this “masterwork of an authentic spirit person” (Thomas Berry), Buddhist teacher and anthropologist Joan Halifax Roshi delves into “the fruitful darkness”—the shadow side of being, found in the root truths of Native religions, the fecundity of nature, and the stillness of meditation....
| Author | Robert A.F. Thurman |
| ISBN | 0785808728 |
An accessible introduction to this rich spiritual tradition through its own vibrant literature, much of it only recently available in the West. Here are teachings about the Buddha, subsequent Buddhas, and our Buddhist nature; prayer texts and meditation techniques; the stories of hermits and yogis;...
The Great Work: Our Way into the Future
| Author | Thomas Berry |
| ISBN | 0609804995 |
Thomas Berry is one of the most eminent cultural historians of our time. Here he presents the culmination of his ideas and urges us to move from being a disrupting force on the Earth to a benign presence. This transition is the Great Work -- the most necessary and most ennobling work we will ever undertake....
| Author | Tsai Chih Chung |
| ISBN | 0385472579 |
This collection of comic strips is a wonderful distillation of Zen. Since Zen is more of a style of living than an actual religion, it converts well to bite-sized snippets. The tradition of Zen koans also lends itself to this presentation.
I originally read this book in the early 2000s, during...
| Author | Gampopa |
| ISBN | 1559390921 |
In all his studies, The Jewel Ornament of Liberation is one of the texts that Khenpo [Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche, the translator of this edition] found to be most inspiring. Lord Gampopa lays out the teachings in a clear and systematic way that is understandable to beginners. At the same time, the work...
| Author | Chan Khong |
| ISBN | 1888375671 |
Sister Chan Khong's autobiography tells the story of her spiritual and personal odyssey through the many years of her life. The book’s centerpiece is her moving account of her return to Vietnam, her homeland, after 40 years of exile. She describes in refreshing detail her emotional reactions,...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0271006013 |
This book presents the major teachings of Mah y na Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form. For two millennia this S tra, called the jewel of the Mah y na S tras, has enjoyed immense popularity among Mah y na Buddhists in India, central and southeast Asia, Japan, and especially China, where...
| Author | David Chadwick |
| ISBN | 0767901053 |
Shunryu Suzuki is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. This most influential teacher comes vividly to life in Crooked Cucumber, the first full biography of any Zen master to be published in the West. To make up his intimate and engrossing...
| Author | Joanna Macy |
| ISBN | 0938077279 |
The parts of this book that deal with Dependent (or Interdependent) Co-Arising, the history of Buddhism, and the parallels between Buddhism and Systems Theory are very good. Joanna Macy's approach to the problem of radioactive waste, however, suffers from her own admitted fear and despair of the...
| Author | Dilgo Khyentse |
| ISBN | 0877734933 |
In this book, two great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries challenge us to critically examine our materialistic preoccupations and think carefully about how we want to spend the rest of our lives. At the same time, they provide practical guidance in following the Buddhist...
| Author | Jack Kornfield |
| ISBN | 0553802054 |
You hold in your hand an invitation:
To remember the transforming power of forgiveness and lovingkindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
In this beautiful and graceful little book, internationally renowned Buddhist...
| Author | Stephen Levine |
| ISBN | 0385262183 |
In this intelligent, accessible work, acclaimed poet and meditation teacher Stephen Levine introduces readers to meditation. Filled with practical guidance and advice--as well as extensive personal recollections--A Gradual Awakening explains the value of meditation as a means of attaining...
Once I'd got over my dislike of the cover (a more depressing book visually I cannot imagine), my problem with the handwriting and drawings (I kept thinking 'couldn't they have chosen a prettier script and better illustrations?' before I realised that this reaction was exactly the sort of perfectionism...
| Author | Geri Larkin |
| ISBN | 0890878498 |
A humorous and honest collection of Buddhist wisdom from a Western beginner'Âs perspective.
Instead of promising a straight and clear path to enlightenment, author and teacher Geri Larkin shows us that even stumbling along that path can lead to self-discovery and awakening, especially...
| Author | Joseph Goldstein |
| ISBN | 0062517015 |
The Dharma Of Freedom
Joseph Goldstein has written an ambitious, short book which attempts to synthesize the wisdom and teachings of various Buddhist traditions and which offers thoughts on the possible future course of Buddhism in the West. The book is also a practitioner's guide and a manual...
| Author | Stephen Batchelor |
| ISBN | 0802151272 |
This uniquely contemporary guide to understanding the timeless message of Buddhism, and in particular its relevance in actual human relations, was inspired by Shantideva's 'Guide To The Bodhisattva's Way Of Life', which the author translated into English, the oral instructions of living Buddhist...
