Living This Life Fully
Stories and Teachings of Munindra
Written by Mirka Knaster
Foreword by Joseph Goldstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $21.95
“Whatever you are doing should be done mindfully, dynamically, with totality and completeness. Then it becomes meditation. It is not thinking, but experiencing from moment to moment, living from moment to moment, without clinging, without condemning, without judging.”—Munindra
Anagarika Munindra (1915–2003) was a Bengali Buddhist master and scholar who became one...
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Natural Wakefulness
Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With
Written by Gaylon Ferguson
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $19.95
There are two essential elements to the spiritual path says this popular teacher from the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa: (1) understanding that you’re already enlightened, already perfect in wisdom right here and now, and (2) accessing that natural wakefulness through spiritual practice. These two aspects depend upon each other and work...
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Wild Ivy
The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin
Written by Hakuin Ekaku
Translated by Norman Waddell
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: July 13, 2010
Price: $22.95
A fiery and intensely dynamic Zen teacher and artist, Hakuin (1685–1768) is credited with almost single-handedly revitalizing Japanese Zen after three hundred years of decline. As a teacher, he placed special emphasis on koan practice, inventing many new koans himself, including the famous “What is the sound of one hand clapping?&rdquo...
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Unlearning Meditation
What to Do When the Instructions Get In the Way
Written by Jason Siff
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $16.95
When we meditate, our minds often want to do something other than the meditation instructions we've been taught. When that happens repeatedly, we may feel frustrated to the point of abandoning meditation altogether. Jason Siff invites us to approach meditation in a new way, one that honors the part of us...
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The Three Principal Aspects Of The Path
An Oral Teaching
Written by Geshe Sonam Rinchen
Translated by Ruth Sonam
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: June 16, 2010
Price: $16.95
The wish for freedom, the altruistic intention, and the wisdom realizing emptiness constitute the essence of the Buddhist path. In this teaching, Geshe Sonam Rinchen explains, in clear and readily accessible terms, Je Tsongkhapa’s (1357–1419) famed presentation of these three essential topics.
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No Beginning, No End
The Intimate Heart of Zen
Written by Jakusho Kwong
Edited by Peter Levitt
Foreword by Thich Nhat Hanh
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $16.95
In
No Beginning, No End, Zen master Jakusho Kwong-roshi shows us how to treasure the ordinary activities of our daily lives through an understanding of simple Buddhist practices and ideas. The author’s spontaneous, poetic, and pragmatic teachings—so reminiscent of his spiritual predecessor Shunryu Suzuki (
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind)—transport us on an...
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Things Pertaining to Bodhi
The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment
Written by Sheng Yen
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $21.95
The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment are a set of fundamental teachings of Buddhism in the form of a list. The list’s seeming simplicity belies the fact that it is actually a kind of road map to enlightenment for anyone who follows it with diligence and sincerity. The Thirty-seven Aids comprise seven...
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The Truth of Suffering and the Path of Liberation
Written by Chogyam Trungpa
Edited by Judith L. Lief
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $14.95
Chögyam Trungpa’s in-depth exploration of the Four Noble Truths—the foundational Buddhist teaching about the origin of suffering and its cessation—emphasizes their profound relevance not just as an inspiration when we set out on the path, but at every other moment of our lives as well, showing how we can join view...
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Entrance To The Great Perfection
A Guide To The Dzogchen Preliminary Practices
Compiled by Cortland Dahl
Translated by Cortland Dahl
Format: Trade Paperback, 260 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2010
Price: $22.95
Blending contemporary and traditional perspectives, this groundbreaking work offers guidance on the profound foundational practices of the Great Perfection. It contains classic commentaries by the renowned Tibetan masters Jigme Lingpa and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, alongside a lively contemporary discussion by filmmaker, author, and spiritual teacher Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse that discusses how...
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Light Comes Through
Buddhist Teachings on Awakening to Our Natural Intelligence
Written by Dzigar Kongtrul
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $14.95
Buddhahood, says Dzigar Kongtrül, is nothing but an unobstructed experience of the nature of mind, boundlessly spacious and limitlessly compassionate. The trick is that in order to see the mind accurately, we must use the particular aspect of mind he calls natural intelligence. Natural intelligence enables us to discriminate between what...
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