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Product Description: This moment is the gateway to enlightenment. It is the only moment we have to be joyful, mindful, and awake. The key is to be there for yourself—to learn to be fully present in your life. This, Thich Nhat Hanh explains, is the heart of Buddhist practice...read more

Product Description: Love might not be what we think it is. We all seek the happiness that comes from loving and being loved, yet we often find ourselves dissatisfied in our relationships and unable to grasp the cause. Thich Nhat Hanh here shows the way to overcome our recurrent obstacles to love—by learning to be mindful, open, and present with ourselves and others...read more

Product Description: Each day we deal with the challenges of ordinary life: a series of mundane experiences that could be summarized by the title of this book, Work, Sex, Money. We all hope that these aspects of our life will be a source of fulfillment and pleasure, and they often are...read more

Product Description: The story of the Buddha and his awakening is more than an account of the birth of a religious tradition: it is also one of the great archetypal tales of the spiritual quest, colorful in its many details and thrilling in its depiction of the world transformed by an enlightened human being...read more

Product Description: Miyamoto Musashi, who lived in Japan in the fifteenth century, was a renowned samurai warrior. He has become a martial arts icon, known not just as an undefeated dueler, but also as a master of battlefield strategy. Kenji Tokitsu turns a critical eye on Musashi's life and writings, separating fact from fiction, and giving a clear picture of the man behind the myth...read more

Musashi, best known for The Book of Five Rings, is the most famous samurai of all time, and this biography critically examines his life and writings, separates fact and fiction, and gives a clear picture of the man behind the myth, as well as puts the historical and philosophical aspects of the text into context and illuminates the etymological nuances of particular Japanese words and phrases.

Product Description: Ayya Khema (1923-1997) was the first Western woman to become a Theravadan Buddhist nun. As such, she has served as a model and inspiration for women from all the Buddhist traditions who have sought to revive the practice of women's monasticism in modern times...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Blending biography and basic teaching, this guide to Buddhist thought and practice serves as an invaluable guide for anyone interested in following the path of the Buddha. Original. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Originally published by Shambhala (Boston) in 1993 under the title 'Entering the Stream: An Introduction to the Buddha and His Teaching.' Contents: The life of the Buddha and the spread of Buddhism - A short history of Buddhism - Basic teachings - Words of the Buddha - The development of ego - Seeing things as they are - Karma and its fruit - The practice of recollection - Unlimited friendliness: The Metta Sutta - The teachings of the Great Vehicle - The heart sutra - Lovingkindness - The Bodhisattva path - The sutra called flawless purity - Ten bulls: The Zen oxherding pictures - Zen mind, beginner's mind - Emptiness - Engaged Buddhism - The Tantric teachings...read more

An introduction to the teachings of Buddhism includes essential readings, basic teachings, a life of the Buddha, and a concise historical survey. Original. 30,000 first printing. Movie tie-in.