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  • Theravada Buddhism

    A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo

    by Richard F. Gombrich ...
    Series series The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices
    Written by the leading authority on Theravada Buddhism, this up-dated edition takes into account recent research to include the controversies over the date of the Buddha and current social and political developments in Sri Lanka. Gombrich explores the legacy of the Buddha's predecessors and the social and religious contexts against which Buddhism has developed and changed throughout history, ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • What the Buddha Thought

    by Richard Gombrich ...
    In What the Buddha Thought, Richard Gombrich argues that the Buddha was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of all time.Intended to serve as an introduction to the Buddha's thought, and hence even to Buddhism itself, the book also has larger aims: it argues that we can know far more about the Buddha than it is fashionable among scholars to admit, and that his thought has a greater ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Buddhism Transformed

    Religious Change in Sri Lanka

    by Richard Gombrich, Gananath Obeyesekere ...
    In this study a social and cultural anthropologist and a specialist in the study of religion pool their talents to examine recent changes in popular religion in Sri Lanka. As the Sinhalas themselves perceive it, Buddhism proper has always shared the religious arena with a spirit religion. While Buddhism concerns salvation, the spirit religion focuses on worldly welfare. Buddhism Transformed ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • Buddhist Precept & Practice

    by Richard F. Gombrich ...
    First published in 1995. This study is intended as a contribution to the empirical study of religion, and in particular to the study of religious change. Using empirical method of using documents, interviews and experiments the author tests his old hypotheses in order to formulate new ones that my lead him to the truth. He focusses on the distinctions used throughout this book, that are between ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • How Buddhism Began

    The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings

    by Richard F. Gombrich ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism - Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies
    Written by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism, this new and updated edition of How Buddhism Began, discusses various important doctrines and themes in early Buddhism. It takes 'early Buddhism' to be that reflected in the Pali canon, and to some extent assumes that these doctrines reflect the teachings of the Buddha himself. Two themes predominate. Firstly, the author ... Read more

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    by Damien Keown ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the workings of Buddhism in daily life. Damien Keown looks at the distinctive features of Buddhism, examining who the Buddha was and what his teachings were. By considering how Buddhist thought has developed over the centuries, Keown considers how contemporary dilemmas can be faced from a Buddhist ... Read more

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  • What the Buddha Taught

    by Walpola Rahula ...
    "A terrific introduction to the Buddha's teachings." —Paul Blairon, California Literary ReviewThis indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha's teachings. "For years," says the Journal of the Buddhist Society, "the newcomer to Buddhism has lacked a simple and reliable introduction to the complexities of the subject. Dr. Rahula's What the Buddha Taught fills the need as only ... Read more

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  • Great Disciples of the Buddha

    Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy

    by Nyanaponika Thera, Hellmuth Hecker ...
    Series series The Teachings of the Buddha
    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 ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom (Hardcover Gift Edition)

    A Tarot Journey to Self-Awareness

    by Rachel Pollack ...
    A deluxe hardcover 40th Anniversary edition of the best-selling Tarot classic.This edition features:Printing on acid-free, archival-quality paperSmythe-sewn hardcover bindingBound in quarter-cloth with paper over boardsCloth spine is stamped in gold foilFront board features a blind stamp of Sun motifRachel Pollack’s Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom inspired a whole generation of tarot stud... ... Read more

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  • Wicca

    A comprehensive guide to the Old Religion in the modern world

    by Vivianne Crowley ...
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  • Indian Philosophy

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Sue Hamilton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions. This Very Short Introduction emphasizes the diversity of Indian thought, and is structured around six schools which have achieved classic status. Sue Hamilton explores how the traditions have attempted to understand the nature of ... Read more

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  • Essential Mind Training

    Series series Tibetan Classics
    Essential Mind Training is the first volume in the Tibetan Classics series, which aims to make available accessible paperback editions of key Tibetan Buddhist works drawn from Wisdom Publications' Library of Tibetan Classics.The key to happiness is not the eradication of all problems but rather the development of a mind capable of transforming any problem into a cause of happiness. Essential Mind ... Read more

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