Wisdom Publications :: Theravadan Buddhism and Insight Meditation

Theravadan Buddhism and Insight Meditation

Wisdom publishes a wide selection of books on Theravada Buddhism and Insight Meditation, the Western adaptation of many of its core teachings. Our selections includes translations of many important Theravadin suttas. These texts are widely regarded as the earliest recorded accounts of what the historical Buddha taught.

12 Steps on Buddha’s Path

Bill, Buddha, and We
Laura S., Author
Sylvia Boorstein, Foreword

12 Steps on Buddha's Path is an inspiring firsthand account of what happens when life seems hopeless, and the miracle of finding out that it's anything but.

The author describes her own journey of recovery from alcoholism—an astonishing passage through strange and frightening territory—and marks out the path that allowed her to emerge from that darkness as a wise and compassionate person living a life that is joyous and free. This book is a powerful and enriching synthesis of the 12-Step recovery programs and the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism. It is sure to appeal to anyone touched by addiction, including those looking for new ways to understand and work with the tried-and-true 12-Step system. Tens of millions of Americans suffer from Alcoholism and other forms of dependence, and 12 Steps on Buddha's Path offers hope and help for any one of them.

Though writing anonymously out of deep respect for 12-Step policies, the author is in fact a well-known professional author, deeply involved in the recovery and meditation communities.

ISBN:0-86171-281-1_|_208 pp_|_Our Price: $10.36 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

A Heart Full of Peace

Joseph Goldstein, Author

As seen in O, The Oprah Magazine.

Also featured in Shambhala Sun, Tricycle, and Buddhadharma.

Love, compassion, and peace—these words are at the heart of all spiritual endeavors. Although we intuitively resonate with their meaning and value, for most of us, the challenge is how to embody what we know: how to transform these words into a vibrant, living practice. In these times of conflict and uncertainty, this transformation is far more than an abstract ideal; it is an urgent necessity. Peace in the world begins with us. This wonderfully appealing offering from one the most trusted elders of Buddhism in the West is a warm and engaging exploration of the ways we can cultivate and manifest peace as wise and skillful action in the world.

This charming book is illuminated throughout with lively, joyous, and sometimes even funny citations from a host of contemporary and ancient sources—from the poetry of W.S. Merwin and Galway Kinnell to the haiku of Issa and the great poet-monk Ryokan, from the luminous aspirations of Saint Francis of Assisi to the sage advice of Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai Lama.

ISBN:0-86171-542-X_|_128 pp_|_Our Price: $7.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Abhidhamma Studies

Buddhist Explorations of Consciousness and Time
Nyaponika Thera, Author
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Introduction

The Abhidhamma, the third great division of early Buddhist teaching, expounds a revolutionary system of philosophical psychology rooted in the twin Buddhist insights of selflessness and dependent origination. In keeping with the liberative thrust of early Buddhism, this system organizes the entire spectrum of human consciousness around the two poles of Buddhist doctrine—bondage and liberation, Samsara and Nirvana—the starting point and the final goal. It thereby maps out, with remarkable rigour and precision, the inner landscape of the mind to be crossed through the practical work of Buddhist meditation.

In this book of groundbreaking essays, Venerable Nyanaponika Thera, one of our age's foremost exponents of Theravada Buddhism, attempts to penetrate beneath the formidable face of the Abhidhamma and to make its principles intelligible to the thoughtful reader of today. His point of focus is the Consciousness Chapter of the Dhammasangani, the first treatise of the Abhidhamma Pitaka. Basing himself on the detailed list of mental factors that the Abhidhamma uses as a guide to psychological analysis, he launches into bold explorations in the multiple dimensions of conditionality, the nature of consciousness, the temporality of experience, and the psychological springs of spiritual transformation. Innovative and rich in insights, this book does not merely open up new avenues in the academic study of early Buddhism. By treating the Abhidhamma as a fountainhead of inspiration for philosophical and psychological inquiry, it demonstrates the continuing relevance of Buddhist thought to our most astute contemporary efforts to understand the elusive yet so intimate nature of the mind.

Dan Goleman, celebrated author of Emotional Intelligence, in recommending this classic book, says that his former teacher, Venerable Nyanaponika Thera, was "one of the most profound and lucid interpreters of Buddhist psychology in our time."

ISBN:0-86171-135-1_|_160 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Available Truth

Excursions into Buddhist Wisdom and the Natural World
Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano, Author

With his books Landscapes of Wonder and Longing for Certainty, the American monk Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano led readers down literary trails, providing enlightening glimpses of the natural world.

In Available Truth, he guides us further along the path. His unqualified embrace of the Buddha’s worldview—in intelligent and deeply thoughtful prose—distinguishes his work from many other Western Buddhist books. Along with reflections on mindfulness, impermanence, and the end of suffering, Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano is not afraid to delve into the topics of rebirth, karma, nonvirtue, and the roles of reasoned faith, ritual, and monasticism, revealing their continuing relevance for today's seeker. His patient awareness of the workings of the mind and the natural world will enable readers to deepen both their practice and their lives.

Available Truth will surely stand the test of time as both sound teaching and elegant writing.

ISBN:0-86171-519-5_|_192 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Be an Island

The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace
Ayya Khema, Author

From the best-selling author of Being Nobody, Going Nowhere, Ayya Khema's latest offering guides us along the path of Buddhist meditation with direct and practical advice, giving us contemplative tools to develop a healthy sense of personal being. Be an Island is at once an introduction to the teachings of Buddhism and a rich continuation of Ayya Khema's personal vision of Buddhist practice.

ISBN:0-86171-147-5_|_160 pp_|_Our Price: $11.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Being Nobody, Going Nowhere

Meditations on the Buddhist Path
Ayya Khema, Author
Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Foreword

In this new edition of her classic best-selling book, Ayya Khema gives clear, practical instruction on meditation and techniques for overcoming counterproductive mental habits and beliefs. Through the simple practices detailed here, you will develop deeper insight, a sense of calm well-being, and a greater capacity to love and feel loved on a daily basis. Being Nobody also includes an eloquent, sparklingly lucid outline of the Buddhist path that can be understood and enjoyed by everybody.

ISBN:0-86171-198-X_|_192 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Buddhist Ethics

Hammalawa Saddhatissa, Author

"For more than a quarter of a century, those in search of an introduction to Buddhist moral thought have turned and returned to this little volume...." Thus notes Charles Hallisey of Harvard University in his introduction. Starting with an examination of classical Greek notions of ethics, Venerable Saddhatissa goes on to explain the development of Buddhist moral codes and their practical application.

ISBN:0-86171-124-6_|_200 pp_|_Our Price: $11.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Buddhist Psychology

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Vol 3
Geshe Tashi Tsering, Author
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Foreword

This new volume from the Foundation of Buddhist Thought series, provides a stand-alone and systematic -but accessible!- entry into how Buddhism understands the mind. Geshe Tashi, an English-speaking Tibetan monk who lives in London, was trained from boyhood in a traditional Tibetan monastery, but he is adept in communicating this classical training for a modern Western audience.

Buddhist psychology addresses both the nature of the mind and how we know what we know. Just as scientists observe and catalog the material world, Buddhists for centuries have been observing and cataloging the components of our inner experience. The result is a rich and subtle knowledge that can be harnessed to the goal of increasing human well being.

ISBN:0-86171-272-2_|_176 pp_|_Our Price: $11.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Christian Insight Meditation

Following in the Footsteps of John of the Cross
Mary Jo Meadow, Author
Kevin Culligan, Author_|_Daniel Chowning, Author

The practice of Christian insight meditation can enliven one's entire prayer life. It can prepare our hearts to hear God's word in new ways, set the stage for new insight into the deeper meaning of the words and symbols we celebrate in Christian worship and practice, and help us to grow in the purity of heart, poverty of spirit, and emptiness of self that dispose us for God's work in our lives. The practice is particularly valuable for taking prayer beyond discursiveness, petition, and thinking. Christian insight meditation is nothing short of a powerful way to "pray always" and practice loving presence to God.

Drawing heavily on the teachings of St. John of the Cross, and also drawing from the illuminating writings of Teresa of Avila, the authors here offer a masterful explication of a practice and path firmly grounded in the meditative technology of Eastern wisdom, yet wholly and vividly Christian in spirit.

ISBN:0-86171-526-8_|_288 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Conflict, Culture, Change

Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World
Sulak Sivaraksa, Author
Donald Swearer, Foreword

From Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sulak Sivaraksa comes this look at Buddhism’s innate ability to help change life on the global scale. Conflict, Culture, Change explores the cultural and environmental impacts of consumerism, nonviolence, and compassion, giving special attention to the integration of mindfulness and social activism, the use of Buddhist ethics to confront structural violence, and globalization’s threat to traditional identity,

ISBN:0-86171-498-9_|_160 pp_|_Our Price: $11.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Connected Discourses of the Buddha, The

A Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Translator

The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, now available in a single volume at a significantly lower price, is a complete translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, containing all of the important suttas on such major topics as the Four Noble Truths, dependent origination, the seven factors of enlightenment, and the Noble Eightfold Path.

The Connected Discourses ranks as one of the most inspiring compilations in the Buddhist canon. Bhikkhu Bodhi's distinguished and precise translation, his insightful introductory materials, and his extensive notes guide the reader through this vast collection of the Buddha's ancient teachings.

This is the third title in Wisdom Publications' award-winning Teachings of the Buddha Series, following The Long Discourses of the Buddha and The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha. Like its two predecessors, The Connected Discourses is sure to merit a place of honor in the library of every student of Buddhism.

Bhikkhu Bodhi is committed to a new translation of the Angutttara Nikaya, which will be published in this Teachings of the Buddha series by Wisdom. The work will take a few years to complete. Any available information or updates on this project will be announced in the Wisdom Reader e-Newsletter.

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ISBN:0-86171-331-1_|_2080 pp_|_Our Price: $76 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness

Walking the Buddha's Path
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Author

In the same engaging style that has endeared him to readers of Mindfulness In Plain English, Bhante Gunaratana delves deeply into each step of the Buddha's most profound teaching on bringing an end to suffering: the noble eightfold path. With generous and specific advice, eight mindful steps to happiness offers skillful ways to handle anger, to find right livelihood, and to cultivate loving-friendliness in relationships with parents, children, and partners, as well as tools to overcome all the mental hindrances that prevent happiness. Whether you are an experienced meditator or someone who's only just beginning to practice mindfulness, this gentle and down-to-earth guide will help you bring the heart of the Buddha's teachings into every aspect of your life.

A Foreword magazine Book of the Year Awards finalist (Spirituality / Inspirational).

ISBN:0-86171-176-9_|_288 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Ending the Pursuit of Happiness

A Zen Guide
Barry Magid, Author

As seen in Newsweek.

We all have a right to the pursuit of happiness—but could we actually be happier if we gave that whole thing up?

This surprising new book from Zen teacher, psychoanalyst, and critical favorite Barry Magid inspires us-in gentle and winking prose-to move on and make peace with the perfection of the way things actually are, including ourselves.

Magid invites us to consider that our "pursuit of happiness" may actually be a source of our suffering. He takes an unusual look at our "secret practices"—what we're really doing when we say we're meditating-like trying to feel calmer, or more compassionate, or even "enlightened" (whatever we imagine that means!). He also uncovers our "curative fantasies" about spiritual practice-those ideas that we can somehow fix all the messy human things about ourselves that we imagine are bad or wrong or unacceptable. In doing so, he helps us look squarely at-and avoid-such pitfalls. Along the way, Magid lays out a rich roadmap of the new "psychological-minded Zen"—a Zen that includes our entire life, our entire personality—as pioneered by his teacher, bestselling author Charlotte Joko Beck.

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First Discourse of the Buddha, The

Rewata Dhamma, Author
Ajahn Sumedho, Foreword

After enlightenment, the Buddha delivered his first discourse to five disciples in Deer Park, India. Known as the Four Noble Truths, this sutta forms the foundation and essence of all the Buddha’s teachings. It contains all the necessary information and instruction for us to become free from suffering and gain insight into the truth of enlightenment. Includes a history of the Buddha’s life, background on Buddhism, and a contemporary translation of and commentary on the Four Noble Truths.

ISBN:0-86171-104-1_|_128 pp_|_Our Price: $11.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Flowing Bridge

Guidance on Beginning Zen Koans
Elaine MacInnes, Author
Ruben L.F. Habito, Foreword

Koans-such as "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"-have penetrated deeply into popular consciousness. Yet, those who encounter koans in the traditional literature or in the context of exploring Zen practice themselves can often find them utterly baffling.

The Flowing Bridge is the first-ever book to address all of the first koans that Zen students encounter in practice-"What is Mu?" "What is the sound of the single hand?" and the so-called "miscellaneous" koans-that have historically been closely guarded by master and disciple as esoteric treasures.

Elaine MacIness, a Catholic nun and a Zen teacher in the lineage of the renowned master Koun Yamada (author of Wisdom's The Gateless Gate), offers exceptionally valuable guidance to beginners on how to work with koans-and reveals an uncommon depth of insight and an easy technical mastery of Zen's most misunderstood and most powerful tools. This book is sure to become a classic, standing alongside The Gateless Gate and The Blue Cliff Record as a must-read for anyone seeking Zen's subtlest teachings and deepest power.

ISBN:0-86171-545-4_|_176 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Focused and Fearless

A Meditator’s Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity
Shaila Catherine, Author

Now ordinary meditators (and non-meditators) can understand how to attain non-ordinary states with relative ease. Blended with contemporary examples, pragmatic exercises, and "how to" instructions that anyone can try, Focused and Fearless provides a wealth of tools to cultivate non-distracted attention in daily life and on retreat. Shaila Catherine has a friendly, wise approach to rarely-talked-about meditative states that lead to liberating insight.

Focused and Fearless is about much more than merely meditation or concentration. It offers a complete path towards bliss, fearlessness, and true awakening.

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Food for The Heart:

The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
Ajahn Chah, Author
Jack Kornfield, Foreword_|_Ajahn Amaro, Introduction

Renowned for the beauty and simplicity of his teachings, Ajahn Chah was Thailand's best-known meditation teacher. His charisma and wisdom influenced many American and European seekers, and helped shape the American Vipassana community. This collection brings together for the first time Ajahn Chah's most powerful teachings, including those on meditation, liberation from suffering, calming the mind, enlightenment and the 'living dhamma'. Most of these talks have previously only been available in limited, private editions and the publication of Food for the Heart therefore represents a momentous occasion: the hugely increased accessibility of his words and wisdom. Western teachers such as Ram Dass and Jack Kornfield have extolled Chah's teachings for years and now readers can experience them directly in this book.

ISBN:0-86171-323-0_|_416 pp_|_Our Price: $15.16 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Four Foundations of Mindfulness, The (First Edition)

U Silananda, Author

The Venerable U Silananda has written one of the best and most illuminating commentaries on the Maha Sattpatthana Sutta, the Great Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness. This sutta represents one of the Buddha's most important teachings for both scholars and practitioners.

ISBN:0-86171-092-4_|_232 pp_|_Our Price: $6.4 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Four Foundations of Mindfulness, The (Second Edition)

U Silananda, Author

An absolute essential of Buddhist thought and practice.

In addition to practitioners of Insight meditation, those who engage in other meditation forms such as dzogchen, mahamudra, and zazen will find that The Four Foundation of Mindfulness provides new means of understanding how to approach and deepen their own practices.

The entire Great Discourse is included here, coupled with a beautifully clear commentary from the great scholar-yogi, Venerable U Sil›nanda.

ISBN:0-86171-328-1_|_256 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Great Disciples of the Buddha

Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy
Nyaponika Thera, Author
Hellmuth Hecker, Author_|_Bhikkhu Bodhi, Editor

A perennial favorite, Great Disciples of the Buddha is now relaunched in our best selling Teachings of the Buddha series.

Twenty-four of the Buddha's most distinguished disciples are brought to life in ten chapters of rich narration. Drawn from a wide range of authentic Pali sources, the material in these stories has never before been assembled in a single volume. Through these engaging tales, we meet all manner of human beings-rich, poor, male, female, young, old-whose unique stories are told with an eye to the details of ordinary human concerns. If read with careful attention, these stories can sharpen our understanding of the Buddhist path by allowing us to contemplate the living portraits of the people who fulfilled the early Buddhist ideals of human perfection. The characters detailed include:

SHARIPUTTA
NANDA
MAHAMOGGALLANA
MAHAKASSAPA
ANANDA
ISIDASI
ANURUDDHA
MAHAKACCANA
ANGULIMALA
VISAKHA

And many more…

Conveniently annotated with the same system of sutta references used in each of the other series volumes, Great Disciples of the Buddha allows the reader to easily place each student in the larger picture of Buddha's life. It is a volume that no serious student of Buddhism should miss.

ISBN:0-86171-381-8_|_456 pp_|_Our Price: $15.16 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree

The Buddha’s Teaching on Voidness
Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Author

"In this remarkable book, Ajahn Buddhadasa teaches us beautifully, profoundly, and simply the meaning of sunnata, or voidness, which is a thread that links every great school of Buddhism....He teaches us the truth of this voidness with the same directness and simplicity with which he invites us into his forest."—from the foreword by Jack Kornfield

ISBN:0-86171-035-5_|_152 pp_|_Our Price: $12.76 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

In the Buddha's Words

An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Author
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Foreword

This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings—in his own words. The American scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous translations have won widespread acclaim, here presents selected discourses of the Buddha from the Pali Canon, the earliest record of what the Buddha taught. Divided into ten thematic chapters, In the Buddha's Words reveals the full scope of the Buddha's discourses, from family life and marriage to renunciation and the path of insight. A concise, informative introduction precedes each chapter, guiding the reader toward a deeper understanding of the texts that follow.

In the Buddha's Words allows even readers unacquainted with Buddhism to grasp the significance of the Buddha's contributions to our world heritage. Taken as a whole, these texts bear eloquent testimony to the breadth and intelligence of the Buddha's teachings, and point the way to an ancient yet ever-vital path. Students and seekers alike will find this systematic presentation indispensable.

Related Downloads:

A PDF file of the table of contents and other frontmatter

A PDF file of Andrew Olendski's review in Buddhadharma magazine

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ISBN:0-86171-491-1_|_512 pp_|_Our Price: $15.16 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

In This Very Life

Liberation Teachings of the Buddha
Sayadaw U Pandita, Author
Joseph Goldstein, Foreword_|_Kate Wheeler, Editor
U Aggacitta, Translator
Burmese meditation master Sayadaw U Pandita shows us that freedom is as immediate as breathing, as fundamental as a footstep. In this book he describes the path of the Buddha and calls all of us to that heroic journey of liberation. Enlivened by numerous case histories and anecdotes, In This Very Life is a matchless guide to the inner territory of meditation-as described by the Buddha.

ISBN:0-86171-311-7_|_320 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Journey to Mindfulness

The Autobiography of Bhante G.
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Author
Jeanne Malmgren, Author

From the bestselling author of Mindfulness in Plain Englishcomes this autobiography, sure to inspire and entertain you. Profoundly candid and surprisingly humorous, Bhante G's account of his life unfolds to show us a life devoted to the development of mindfulness and to the role of compassionate teacher and guide.

ISBN:0-86171-347-8_|_272 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Journey to the Center

A Meditation Workbook
Matthew Flickstein, Author
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Foreword

This is your guide to deeper insight and contentment. Using hands-on exercises, journal entries, guided meditations, and stories, Matthew Flickstein combines Eastern meditation techniques and methods of Western psychotherapy to offer you this practical workbook for realizing your greatest potential.

Whether your goal is to reduce stress or to gain deeper insight and mastery over your inner life, this simple, straightforward guidebook is the tool to use for learning why and how to meditate. Through its unique workbook-style presentation, Journey to the Center leads you to discover your own starting point, teaches you how to gain mental clarity and remove the obstacles you inevitable encounter, and helps you to identify the insights that are appropriate to each stage of your journey to spiritual and psychological maturity.

ISBN:0-86171-141-6_|_224 pp_|_Our Price: $12.76 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Landscapes of Wonder

Discovering Buddhist Dhamma in the World Around Us
Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano, Author
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Foreword

Landscapes of Wonder is a collection of eighteen literary essays on the philosophy and practices of Buddhism. Though not conceived of as an introduction to Buddhism so much as an application of its teachings to modern life, it effectively summarizes most of the main areas of Buddhist teachings. In doing so, Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano takes one of the oldest traditions in Buddhism and presents it in its most natural setting: the natural world in which we live. His examination will appeal both to practitioners and those interested in broadening their knowledge of Buddhism through an enjoyable literary exploration.

In language that sings, former actor and playwright Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano communicates the essence of Buddhism in eighteen inspiring essays. Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano's reflections will appeal not only to novice and seasoned practitioners but also to those simply waiting to stretch their spirits on this modern literary exploration of the Buddha's eternal truths.

ISBN:0-86171-142-4_|_192 pp_|_Our Price: $11.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Landscapes of Wonder

ISBN:0-86171-142-4_|_192 pp_|_Our Price: $11.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Long Discourses of the Buddha, The

A Translation of the Digha Nikaya
Maurice Walshe, Translator

An invaluable collection of the teachings of the Buddha found in the Pali Canon which reveal his gentleness, compassion, and penetrating wisdom. These thirty-four discourses are among the oldest records of the Buddha’s original teachings. (Previously titled Thus Have I Heard.) These translations of the long suttas of the Pali canon are essential for understanding the life of the historical Buddha. Within in it reside some of the more intimate stories of the Buddha’s life and times.

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ISBN:0-86171-103-3_|_648 pp_|_Our Price: $36 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Longing for Certainty

Reflections on the Buddhist Life
Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano, Author

In the same lyrical voice that met with such acclaim in Landscapes of Wonder, Bhikkhu Nyanasobhanoa invites us to look upon the natural world with new eyes and to find the truths of the Buddha's teachings in our immediate experience. Attentive to the subtle power of language, Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano choose his words in these essays with such artisty and care that Longing for Certainty resounds with sparkling, fluid clarity.

Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano has been referred to as "American Buddhism's Thoreau" (by no less than Bhikkhu Bodhi) and indeed, his ability to inspire his readers to discover the wonders of nature and the spiritual insights that they arouse is unsurpassed among modern Buddhist writers. Fans of his acclaimed Landscapes of Wonder, will find that Longing for Certainty moves into even deeper fields of reflection.

ISBN:0-86171-338-9_|_192 pp_|_Our Price: $11.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Meditation for Life

Martine Batchelor, Author
Stephen Batchelor, Photographs

Meditation for Life, from Martine Batchelor with vivid full-color photographs by Stephen Batchelor, is simply one of the best meditation book arounds. It's well written, informative, and comprehensive, and is without a doubt the most beautiful meditation book on the market.

Stephen Batchelor's evocative photography invites even the most seasoned practitioner to see with new eyes. Martine Batchelor's writing—through a mix of anecdote, humor, and practical instruction—brings to bear her considerable experience as a meditation teacher as she explains the techniques of three major Buddhist traditions (Theravada, Tibetan, and Zen).

Meditation for Life shows that Buddhist meditation is not just for Buddhists, but for everyone with a desire to live life more fully. No matter who you are or what your goal-whether you want to start meditating, to revitalize your practice, or to find the perfect gift to share the joys of meditation with others—this splendid book is right for you. Each chapter contains a time-honored guided meditation on such themes as loving-kindness, equanimity, death—and even cooking! And nearly every page presents an evocative photograph from Stephen Batchelor, inviting us to see the world around us with new eyes.

ISBN:0-86171-302-8_|_"168 pp, 80 color and bw photographs"_|_Our Price: $18.36 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Meditator’s Atlas

A Roadmap of the Inner World
Matthew Flickstein, Author
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Foreword

Meditation can seem a mystery: Where do you begin? Where will you end up? What might you find along the way?

You'll find the answers in The Meditator's Atlas. Formerly titled Swallowing the River Ganges and now totally revised, The Meditator's Atlas truly is a comprehensive and trustworthy "roadmap of the inner world" for anyone who meditates. Respected teacher Matthew Flickstein is your friendly guide, explaining what meditation is, how to do it, and how to make the skills and benefits that it engenders your own, including:

* finding work that supports your priorities * overcoming doubt * cultivating helpful attitudes * incorporating mindfulness into every aspect of your life * and, how all of this adds up to a happier life.

What makes this book unique is the way Flickstein uses two classic Buddhist texts—the Path of Purification, and the Four Foundations of Mindfulness—to help readers make clear sense out of the new, fascinating, and sometimes even frightening states that one may encounter on the long journey to enlightenment. Readers will come away from this book with their own insights clarified and with a helpful sense of what lies ahead.

ISBN:0-86171-337-0_|_208 pp_|_Our Price: $12.76 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, The

A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
Bhikkhu Nanamoli, Translator
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Translator

The 152 discourses of this major collection combine a rich variety of contextual settings with deep and comprehensive teachings that illuminate the suttas of the Pali Canon.

Winner of the 1995 Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book Award, and the Tricycle Prize for Excellence in Buddhist Publishing for Dharma Discourse

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ISBN:0-86171-072-X_|_1424 pp_|_Our Price: $52 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Mind and the Way, The

Buddhist Reflections on Life
Ajahn Sumedho, Author

With warmth and a wonderful sense of humor, Ajahn Sumedho offers practical advice on freeing the mind and opening the heart.

ISBN:0-86171-081-9_|_228 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Mindful Therapy

A Guide for Therapists and Helping Professionals
Thomas Bien, Author

Welcome and much-needed addition to the literature for psychotherapists, therapists-in-training, and occupational therapists and other types of teachers. Mindful Therapy offers to them ways to bring the teachings of Buddhism into a psychotherapeutic practice - and a thorough explanation of the benefits of doing so. The book will be of value to therapists of every variety, in the way that Wisdom's title "Medicine and Compassion," while molded for caregivers in general, was applauded by medical journals.

Author Tom Bien offers and energizing and expansive perspective. Grounded in his understanding of Buddhist teachings, his book suggests a model of integration of particular value to beginning therapists or those still in training, offering ways in which the therapist can mindfully care for themselves amid the challenges of their practice. Tools useful to clients, as well, are discussed.

Bien sees therapists as practicing in the ancient traditions of various healers of spirit, whose greatest skill and gift to others is, above all, the mindful presence.

Mindful Therapy is comprised of a useful, highly-readable balance of theoretical groundwork, personal experience, case studies, and practice exercises.

ISBN:0-86171-292-7_|_304 pp_|_Our Price: $14.36 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond

A Meditator’s Handbook
Ajahn Brahm, Author

Meditation. It's not just a way to relax, or to deal with life's problems. Done correctly, it can be a way to radically encounter bliss, and to begin and sustain real transformation in ourselves.

In Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond, self-described meditation junkie Ajahn Brahm shares his knowledge and experience of the jhanas-a core part of the Buddha's original meditation teaching. Never before has this material been approached in such an empowering way, by a teacher of such authority and popularity.

Full of surprises, delightfully goofy humor, and entertaining stories that inspire, instruct, and illuminate, Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond will encourage those new to meditation, and give a shot in the arm to more experienced practitioners as well.

ISBN:0-86171-275-7_|_304 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Mindfulness in Plain English

Updated and Expanded Edition
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Author

The bestselling, classic guide to insight meditation! is a book that people give to everyone they know—a book that people talk about, write about, think about, and return to repeatedly.

With his distinctive clarity and wit, "Bhante G" takes us step by step through the myths, realities, and benefits of meditation and the practice of mindfulness. We already have the foundation we need to live a more productive and peaceful life—Bhante simply points to each tool of meditation, tells us what it does, and how to make it work.

This expanded edition includes the complete text of its bestselling predecessor, as well as a new chapter on the cultivation of lovingkindness, an especially important subject in today's fractious world.

ISBN:0-86171-321-4_|_224 pp_|_Our Price: $11.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Mindfulness with Breathing

A Manual for Serious Beginners
Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Author

Any practitioner, after meditating for some time, inevitably wonders what meditation method the historical Buddha Shakyamuni himself used while beneath the Bodhi Tree. Many people understand that prior to his realization, Shakyamuni Buddha studied with many of the great yogis of his time, but most do not know what method he ultimately found leads most directly to Nirvana. In Ajhan Buddhadasa Bhikkhu's book, Mindfulness With Breathing, the Thai meditation master provides practitioners with penetrating insights into the Anapanasati Sutta, the canonical text which many believe is the most direct transmission of Shakyamuni Buddha's breath meditation methods. Combined with a concise translation of the sutta itself, Mindfulness with Breathing is one of the best guides to Buddhist meditation practice available in the English language.

ISBN:0-86171-111-4_|_160 pp_|_Our Price: $11.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Mindfulness Yoga

The Awakened Union of Breath, Body, and Mind
Frank Jude Boccio, Author
Georg Feuerstein, Foreword

Whether you have no background in meditation or yoga or have been practicing for years, Mindfulness Yoga is for you. This groundbreaking book introduces an entirely new form of yoga, Mindfulness Yoga, which seamlessly integrates the Buddha's teachings on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness with traditional asana yoga practice.

Mindfulness Yoga emphasizes the spiritual side of yoga practice, an aspect often overlooked in a culture that tends to fixate solely on the physical benefits of yoga. Unlike any other Buddhism-meets-yoga book, Mindfulness Yoga presents the two disciplines as a single practice that brings health to the body and liberates the mind and spirit, awakening compassion and fostering equanimity and joy. Mindfulness Yoga will appeal to the many people who have an interest in yoga, Buddhism, and meditation, but who may not have been able to find a teacher who could bring these practices together in a meaningful, practical way.

In the first part of the book, author Frank Jude Boccio offers a superb and lively introduction to the Buddha's teachings and locates them within the larger context of the Indian spiritual traditions. Then, in second half of the book, Boccio offers three complete Mindfulness Yoga sequences, including over 100 pictures, with detailed guidance for body, breath, and mind. Special lay-flat binding makes this book even more useful as a practice aid.

Look below at the ever-increasing amount of reviews and endorsements that this book is gaining for figures in the yoga, Buddhism, meditation, and natural living communities.

ISBN:0-86171-335-4_|_368 pp_|_Our Price: $15.96 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Pure and Simple

The Extraordinary Teachings of a Thai Buddhist Laywoman
Upasika Kee, Author
Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Author

Upasika Kee was a uniquely powerful spiritual teacher. Evocative of the great Ajahn Chah, her teachings are earthy, refreshingly direct, and hard-hitting. In the twentieth century, she grew to become one of the most famous teachers in Thailand-male or female-all the more remarkable because, rarer still, she was not a monastic but a layperson.

Her relentless honesty, along with her encouraging voice, is one reason so many contemporary Buddhist teachers recall Upasika Kee so fondly, and so often.

Pure and Simple, the first widely-available collection of her writings, will be gratefully received not only by those who knew Upasika Kee, but by anyone who encounters her for the first time in its pages.

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Rude Awakenings

Two Englishmen on Foot in Buddhism's Holy Land
Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott, Author
Ajahn Sucitto, Author_|_Nick Scott, Author
Stephen Batchelor, Foreword

Half raucous adventure and half inspirational memoir, Rude Awakenings documents an unusual pilgrimage. Two very different men—life-loving naturalist Nick Scott and austere Buddhist monk Ajahn Sucitto—together spend six months retracing the Buddha's footsteps through India. Told alternately by Sucitto and Scott in their distinctive voices, this story blends self-effacing humor, philosophical explorations, drama, travel observations, and the occasional giant fruit bat. Rude Awakenings is a heady record of survival and spirituality set against the dramatic backdrop of one of India's most lawless regions.

ISBN:0-86171-485-7_|_336 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

Sons of the Buddha

The Early Lives of Three Extraordinary Thai Masters
Kamala Tiyavanich, Author

A thrilling spiritual biography—or rather, three in one—Sons of the Buddha is an excellently written, transcendent account of an all-but-lost Thailand and the early lives of three of its most prominent Buddhist teachers.

Filled with lively anecdotes and illustrations, Sons of the Buddha tells the early life stories of three master Buddhist preachers from Thailand, each of whom also has followings in North America. Ajahn Buddhadasa (1906-93), Ajahn Panya (b. 1911), and Ajahn Jumnien (b. 1936), all monks and abbots of monasteries, have been highly influential in Thai society and tireless in their work and teaching.

A preacher must have common sense, know how to turn everyday life experience into Dharma lessons, and be able to accurately assess the needs of his audience. Sons of the Buddha shows how three boys evolved into remarkable embodiments of the "preacher" ideal. Each would effect changes in moral attitudes and Dharma practices, restore Buddhism's social dimension, bridge the divide separating laypeople and monastics, and champion an openmindedness toward other religions. In these delightful stories-full of local color-we see what it was that led them to become so fearless and influential.

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Sound of Silence

Selected Teachings of Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho, Author

The sound of silence is like a subtlety behind everything that you awaken to; you don't notice it if you're seeking the extremes. Yet as we start to become more poised, more present, fully receptive of all this moment has to offer, we start to experience it vividly and listening to it can draw us ever — deeper into the mysteries of now.

Always skillful and good humored, Ajahn Sumedho's teachings defy boundaries. Anyone — from laypeople looking to deepen their grasp of the Buddha's message, to lifetime Buddhist monastics — will appreciate the author's sparkling insights into to such key Buddhist themes as awareness, consciousness, identity, relief from suffering, and mindfulness of the body. The Sound of Silence represents the best of Ajahn Sumedho's masterful work to help us all see each life with a new and sustaining clarity.

ISBN:0-86171-515-2_|_376 pp_|_Our Price: $13.56 (20% OFF)_|_More Info

State of Mind Called Beautiful, The

Sayadaw U Pandita, Author
Kate Wheeler, Editor

In The State of Mind Called Beautiful, Burmese meditation master Sayadaw U Pandita lays out the breadth, depth, and wealth of the Theravadan tradition of Buddhism. U Pandita begins with the basic guidelines of Buddhism, and moves on to various practices: those that can be done for one minute a day, those that sweeten and strengthen the mind, those that heal societies and families, those that lead to