Best of
Buddhism

1978

A Gradual Awakening


Stephen Levine - 1978
    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 awareness, and provides readers with extensive advice on how establish a practice. Drawing on his own personal experiences with and insights into vipassana meditation, Levine has crafted an inspiring book for anyone interested in deep personal growth.

The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 1


Osho - 1978
    Using modern idiom, Osho extracts the kernel of Buddha's profound insight and understanding and presents his everlasting message to the contemporary reader in a manner that is lucid, straightforward and humorous. In these discourses he discusses the need for doubt and argument in the spiritual search, the nature of desire and the discipline of nonattachment, and much more.

Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment


Atisha - 1978
    His coming initiated the period of the second transmission of Buddhism to Tibet, formative for the Sakya Kagyu and Gelug traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Atisha's most celebrated text, Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, sets forth the entire Buddhist path within the framework of three levels of motivation on the part of the practitioner. Atisha's text thus became the source of the lamrim tradition, or graduated stages of the path to enlightenment, an approach to spiritual practice incorporated within all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record: Zen Comments by Hakuin and Tenkei


Thomas Cleary - 1978
    The core of this extraordinary work is a collection of one hundred traditional citations and stories, selected for their ability to bring about insight and enlightenment. These vignettes are known as gongan in Chinese and koan in Japanese.Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record is a fresh translation featuring newly translated commentary from two of the greatest Zen masters of early modern Japan, Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768) of the Rinzai sect of Zen and Tenkei Denson (1648-1735) of the Soto sect of Zen. This translation and commentary on The Blue Cliff Record sheds new light on the meaning of this central Zen text.

The Grass Grows by Itself


Osho - 1978
    

Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga: A Complete Guide to Health and Wellbeing, 115 Exercises & Massages


Tarthang Tulku - 1978
    This user friendly, Smyth sewn edition contains the complete text and illustrations of our two-volume set, first published in 1978, and includes a new introduction by the author. The original books have become a valued resource for individuals and health-care practitioners around the world. They have been translated into 15 languages.

Glimpses of Abhidharma: From a Seminar on Buddhist Psychology


Chögyam Trungpa - 1978
    In this book, Chögyam Trungpa shows how an examination of the formation of the ego provides us with an opportunity to develop real intelligence. Trungpa also presents the practice of meditation as the means that enables us to see our psychological situation clearly and directly.

Zen & Zen Classics


Frederick Franck - 1978
    Blyth, one of the world's foremost translators and interpreters of Zen teachings until his death in 1964, provides a simple, straightforward look at the principles and values inherent in Zen thinking.

Buddhism, the First Millennium


Daisaku Ikeda - 1978
    Through a thorough examination of its early development in India, a new light is cast on little-known aspects of Buddhist history and its relevance to the understanding of Buddhism today. Topics include the formation of the Buddhist canon, the cultural exchange between the East and West, and the spirit of the Lotus Sutra.

Uncarved Block, Unbleached Silk: The Mystery of Life


Alan W. Watts - 1978
    No flaws but just not in "Like New" condition.

The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment: Part of the On Zen Practice collection


Taizan Maezumi - 1978
    The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment takes readers to the next level, exploring some of Zen's most subtle and sophisticated topics. The first two parts of the book explore enlightenment and delusion: the nature of enlightenment, what it means to describe it as "sudden" or "gradual," and the nature of delusion and how to distinguish it from reality. Part three looks at "enlightenment in action" -- what it means for someone to be living and acting in order with the deep wisdom of enlightenment, and how they can practice "learning how to be satisfied" and enjoy serenity and tranquility. The final section is a moving firsthand account of one woman's solitary realization of the deepest truths, a story -- like this book -- at once practical and inspiring.

Songs From My Heart: Poems And Photographs By Daisaku Ikeda


Daisaku Ikeda - 1978