A simple, yet inspiring book imparting nuggets of Buddhist wisdom along with evocative illustrations.
Truly a heart warming introduction to Buddhism...
A simple, yet inspiring book imparting nuggets of Buddhist wisdom along with evocative illustrations.
Truly a heart warming introduction to Buddhism...
With deepest respect to those on the path, a subjective appreciation of buddhism for the western mind.
Personal reflections, scientific rigour, buddhist methodology. Buddhism as a radical... More > subjectivism, the operating system for a post-modern journeyman.
A primer for the approach to mathematics from meditative practice. Everyday language for subtle mind.< Less
An introduction to Buddhism including:
The Buddha, History of Buddhism, The Major Schools of Buddhism, The Dhammapada, Metta Sutta,
Basic Buddhist Dictionary, Buddhist Festivals and Holidays, and... More > teachings on Kamma (Karma).< Less
An In-depth Examination of the Non-theist qualities of Buddhism. This book takes a close look at the relationship that emptiness holds to the path of enlightenment and how the idea of a Creator is... More > not outside the boundaries of conventional Buddhist thought. A must read for any advanced Buddhist philosopher.< Less
An In-depth Examination of the Non-theist qualities of Buddhism. This book takes a close look at the relationship that emptiness holds to the path of enlightenment and how the idea of a Creator is... More > not outside the boundaries of conventional Buddhist thought. A must read for any advanced Buddhist philosopher.< Less
An In-depth Examination of the Non-theist qualities of Buddhism. This book takes a close look at the relationship that emptiness holds to the path of enlightenment and how the idea of a Creator is... More > not outside the boundaries of conventional Buddhist thought. A must read for any advanced Buddhist philosopher.< Less
This book is a critique of Buddhism by a philosopher with about 20 years' experience of practising Buddhism. It attempts to judge Buddhism by the standards of its own key insight of the Middle Way.... More > This book argues that Buddhism has often abandoned the Middle Way and allowed dogmatic metaphysical assumptions to take its place. The Buddha criticised appeals to metaphysics, yet many of the trappings of traditional Buddhism are built on it - whether these are karma and rebirth, the revelations of the enlightened and their scriptures, dependent origination, the interpretation of the Four Noble "Truths", alienated idealisations of love, or rituals that celebrate metaphysics rather than insight. This is not a purely negative book, but an attempt at a balanced appraisal of Buddhism with praise as well as criticism. In the West we have an opportunity to evaluate Buddhism anew and reform it so that it best applies its own insights.< Less
Dark Buddhism: Integrating Zen Buddhism and Objectivism merges Objectivism with traditional Zen Buddhism. On the surface, these two philosophies seem to contradict each other, with Ayn Rand’s... More > principles of self-focus and the Buddha’s principles of selflessness, but the author argues that each of them has logical inconsistencies, which once weeded out, means the philosophies can be blended into a cohesive whole.< Less
