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  • Ritualized Writing

    Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan

    by Bryan D. Lowe, Robert E. Buswell, Jr. ...
    Series Book 27 - Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism
    Ritualized Writing takes readers into the fascinating world of Japanese Buddhist manuscript cultures. Using archival sources that have received scant attention in English, primarily documents from an eighth-century Japanese scriptorium and colophons from sutra manuscripts, Bryan D. Lowe uncovers the ways in which the transcription of Buddhist scripture was a highly ritualized endeavor. He takes a ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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    Dangerous Visions

    Ten Full-Cast BBC Dystopian Dramas

    by Kevin Core, Philip Palmer, Ed Harris, Val McDermid, Jon Canter, Gary Owen, Joseph Wilde, Anita Sullivan ...
    Narrated by Meera Syal, Tony Robinson, Gina McKee, Oliver Chris, Harriet Walter, Pippa Haywood, Andrew Gowers, Claudie Blakley, Joseph Kloska, Bryan Dick, Alice Lowe, Full Cast ...

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    Be disturbed, as you see the present reflected in the glass of an uneasy future…Enter ten darkly compelling futures in this stunning collection of full-cast radio dramas from some of the UK’s best writers, including Val McDermid, Anita Sullivan and Ed Harris. Starring Meera Syal, Tony Robinson, Gina McKee, Oliver Chris, Harriet Walter and more.From AI-controlled healthcare and genetic engineering ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Zen Masters Of China

    The First Step East

    by Richard Bryan McDaniel ...
    Zen Masters of China presents more than 300 traditional Zen stories and koans, far more than any other collection. Retelling them in their proper place in Zen's historical journey through Chinese Buddhist culture, it also tells a larger story: how, in taking the first step east from India to China, Buddhism began to be Zen.The stories of Zen are unlike any other writing, religious or otherwise. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions

    by Matthew D. McMullen, Matthew D. McMullen, Jolyon Baraka Thomas, Barbara R. Ambros, Dr. Emily Anderson, Anna Andreeva, Professor Paul D. Barclay, Dr. Mikaël Bauer, Dr. Timothy O. Benedict0, Dr. Mark Bookman1, Kristina Buhrman2, Caleb Swift Carter3, Dr. Miriam Chusid4, Dr. Lindsey DeWitt Prat5, Dr. Satoko Fujiwara6, G. Clinton Godart7, Dr. Haruko Gotō8, Dr. Hannah Gould9, Dr. Tim Graf0, Dr. Jeffrey J. Hall1, Dr. Matthew Hayes2, Sujung Kim3, Dr. Paulina Kolata4, Dr. Ernils Larsson5, Dr. Benedetta Lomi6, Tze Loo, , PhD7, Bryan D. Lowe8, Dr. Adam J. Lyons9, Levi McLaughlin0, Dr. Dana Mirsalis1, Takashi Miura2, Dr. Eiichi Ōtani3, Dr. Cameron Penwell4, John Person5, Dr. Esben Petersen6, Dr. Aike P. Rots7, Dr. Towao Sakaehara8, Asuka Sango9, Dr. Timothy Smith0, Jessica Starling1, Jacqueline I. Stone2, Dr. Yōzō Taniyama3, Dr. Katja Triplett4, Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz5, Chika Watanabe6 ...
    Series Book 29 - Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture
    For nearly two decades, the Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions has served as a valuable resource for students and scholars of religion in Japan. This exciting update expands the audience to include non-specialists of Japan while also complicating the notions of “Japan” and “religion.” Asking the provocative question “why study Japanese religions?” the editors argue that studying Japan is vital for ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • Zen Masters of Japan

    The Second Step East

    by Richard Bryan McDaniel ...
    Zen Masters of Japan is the second book in a series that traces Zen's profoundly historic journey as it spread eastward from China and Japan, toward the United States. Following Zen Masters of China, this book concentrates on Zen's significant passage through Japan. More specifically, it describes the lineage of the great teachers, the Zen monk pioneers who set out to enlighten an island ready for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Dude and the Zen Master

    by Jeff Bridges, Bernie Glassman ...
    The perfect gift for fans of The Big Lebowski, Jeff Bridges's "The Dude", and anyone who could use more Zen in their lives.Zen Master Bernie Glassman compares Jeff Bridges’s iconic role in The Big Lebowski to a Lamed-Vavnik: one of the men in Jewish mysticism who are “simple and unassuming,” and “so good that on account of them God lets the world go on.” Jeff puts it another way. “The wonderful ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Manual Of Zen Buddhism

    by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki ...
    Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, D.Litt., Professor of Buddhist Philosophy in the Otani University, Kyoto, was probably the greatest living authority on Buddhist philosophy, and certainly the greatest authority on Zen Buddhism. His major works in English on the subject of Buddhism number a dozen or more, and of his works in Japanese as yet unknown to the West there are at least eighteen. Contents: Editor's ... Read more

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  • Basic Teachings of the Buddha

    by Glenn Wallis, Buddha ...
    In Basic Teachings of the Buddha, Glenn Wallis selects sixteen essential dialogues drawn from more than five thousand Pali-dialect suttas of the Buddhist canon. The result is a vibrant introductory guide to studying Buddhist thought, applying its principles to everyday life, and gaining a deeper understanding of Buddhist themes in modern literature. Focusing on the most crucial topics for today’s ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Star Spangled Buddhist

    Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism and the Quest for Enlightenment in America

    by Jeffrey Ourvan ...
    “Ourvan offers a succinct but illuminating overview of Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism."—Publishers WeeklyApproximately four million Americans claim to be Buddhist. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Americans of various faiths read about Buddhism, are interested in its philosophical tenets, or fashionably view themselves as Buddhists. They’re part of what’s been described as the fastest ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Kindfulness

    by Ajahn Brahm ...
    Go beyond mindfulness—practice kindfulness!Here Ajahn Brahm introduces a new kind of meditation: kindfulness. Kindfulness is the cause of relaxation. It brings ease to the body, to the mind, and to the world. Kindfulness allows healing to happen. So don’t just be mindful, be kindful!With his trademark knack for telling engaging stories paired with step-by-step anyone-can-do-it instructions, Brahm ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Zen and Zen Classics 1

    From the Upanishads to Huineng

    by R. Blyth ...
    This is not a dry scholarly book on Zen. It is a fascinating introduction into a study of self-enlightenment and inner reason that has been a driving force of all Japanese culture. Written by Reginal Horace Blyth (1898-1964) this is a volume free of the dry pedantry that has hobbled so many well meaning French and English studies of Zen. It is free also of the breathless mystery-mongering that ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Introducing Buddha

    A Graphic Guide

    by Borin Van Loon, Jane Hope ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Meditation, Karma, Zen, Tantric and Nirvana are some of the many Buddhist ideas Westerners hear of frequently, even if their meaning has been lost in translation. This vast and complex non-theistic religion is woven into the fabric of Asian civilisations. from India to the Himalayan regions, China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan and elsewhere. What is Buddhism really all about?Introducing Buddha describes ... Read more

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