Nation, Constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka By Silva Wijeye De; Roshan De Silva Wijeyeratne
2013 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0415462665 | PDF | 5 MB
Nation, Constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka offers a new perspective on contemporary debates about Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism in Sri Lanka. In this book de Silva Wijeyeratne argues forcefully that 'Sinhalese Buddhism' in the period prior to its engagement with the British colonial State signified a relatively unbounded (although at times boundary forming) set of practices that facilitated both the inclusion and exclusion of non-'Buddhist' concepts and people within a particular cosmological frame. Juxtaposing the premodern against the backdrop of colonial modernity, de Silva Wijeyeratne tells us that in contrast modern 'Sinhalese Buddhism/nationalism' is a much more reified and bounded concept, one imagined through a 19th century epistemology whose purpose was not so much inclusion, but a much more radical exclusion of non-'Buddhist' ideas and people.In this insightful analysis modern Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism, then, emerges through the conjunction of discourse, power and knowledge at a distinct moment in the trajectory of the colonial State. An intrinsic feature of this modernist moment is that premodern categories (such as the cosmic order) were subject to a bureaucratic re-valuation that generated profound consequences for State-society relations and the wider constitutional/legal imaginary. This book goes onto explore how key constitutional and nation-building moments were framed within the cultural milieu of modern Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism - a nationalism that reveals the power of a re-valued Buddhist cosmic order to still inform the present.Given the intensification of the Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist project following the defeat of the Tamil Tigers in 2009, this book is of interest to scholars of nationalism, South Asian studies, the anthropology of ritual, and comparative legal history.

Psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism; A Realizational Perspective
by Seiso Paul Cooper
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032267631 | 189 pages | True PDF | 7.01 MB

Peter Lehr, "Militant Buddhism: The Rise of Religious Violence in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030035166 | EPUB | pages: 312 | 1.3 mb
Against the backdrop of the ongoing Rohingya crisis, this book takes a close and detailed look at the rise of militant Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand, and especially at the issues of 'why' and 'how' around it. We are well aware of Christian fundamentalism, militant Judaism and Islamist Salafism-Jihadism. Extremist and violent Buddhism however features only rarely in book-length studies on religion and political violence. Somehow, the very idea of Buddhist monks as the archetypical 'world renouncers' exhorting frenzied mobs to commit acts of violence against perceived 'enemies of the religion' seems to be outright ludicrous. Recent events in Myanmar/Burma, but also in Thailand and Sri Lanka, however indicate that a militant strand of Theravada Buddhism is on the rise. How can this rise be explained, and what role do monks play in that regard? These are the two broad questions that this book explores.

Why Buddhism is True The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment by Robert Wright | 1.86 MB
English | 337 Pages

Title: Why Buddhism is True
Author: Robert Wright
Year: 2017

No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings by Noah Rasheta | 1.01 MB
English | 147 Pages

Title: No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings
Author: Rasheta, Noah
Year: 2018

Zen Buddhism for anybody Vol. 2 By Daniel Abreu de Queiroz
2021 | 235 Pages | ISBN: 6500341031 | PDF | 11 MB
This book is a second hat meant to be placed over the first one, which was already unnecessary.Ultimately, no one should read this book for children, which will only bring you more confusion. The cover is white, but there's a lot of mud dripping from the inside. I've only made it so that 'anybody' has a road to Zen.Have you ever heard of the Brazilian jiu-jitsu? Well, here is some Brazilian Zen. It is better, though, to simply forget words and to stop thinking, but if you're having trouble with that (or maybe if you just like paradoxes for fun) maybe this book won't be so useless.It includes the Diamond Sutra and the Maha-Rahulovada Sutra; excerpts from The Hagakure, the book of the samurai; records from master Joshu and all kinds of texts that influenced Zen Buddhism, that are part of its history, or have flourished from it.

The Essence of Buddhism: Buddhism Presented in Way That Appeals to the Modern, Scientific Socially Conscious Disciple! (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BRNY8X9L | 2023 | 12 hours and 31 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 356 MB
Author: P. (Pokala) Lakshmi Narasu
Narrator: Siddhartha Valicharla

Zen Buddhism for anybody Vol 1 [revised] By Daniel Abreu de Queiroz
2021 | 229 Pages | ISBN: 6500284836 | EPUB | 5 MB
A variety of texts overflowing with the spirit of Zen Buddhism, in both prose and poetry, were arranged in here for you, like a bouquet.You will be introduced to a lot of stories, anecdotes, quotes, remixes, sutras (the canonical texts from Buddhism), tokinoge (verses expressing the moment of enlightenment), koans (special "riddles", used by some Zen masters in the training and evaluating of their students), yuige (farewell verses at the moment of passing), jakugo (the masters' commentaries to the records of their predecessors), mondo (a form o Zen question-and-answer)...It includes the Heart Sutra; poetry by Hanshan (Cold Mountain), Ryokan (Great Fool), Ikkyu (Crazy Cloud) and every kind of classical text from Zen literature.Version 2.1

Cambodian Buddhism in the United States By Carol A. Mortland
2017 | 366 Pages | ISBN: 1438466633 | PDF | 2 MB
The first comprehensive anthropological description of the Khmer Buddhism practiced by Cambodian refugees in the United States over the past four decades.

Buddhism: Beginners Guide on the Journey to Enlightenment by Seeking Inner Peace Using the Art of Meditation (Buddhism - Master Your Mind and Live a ... the Teachings from the Four Noble Truth) by Isaiah Seber
English | July 26, 2016 | ISBN: 1535533366 | 55 pages | EPUB | 0.12 Mb
Learn to Practice Buddhism and Find Inner Peace in Your Everyday Life!