English | 2021 | ISBN: 1032049103 | 271 pages | pdf | 2.08 MB
In this third decade of the 21st century, deep problems plague our world. Many people lack adequate nutrition, health care, and education, because-while there is enough wealth for everyone to meet these basic needs-most of it is tightly controlled by precious few. Global warming causes droughts, floods, rising sea levels, and soon the forced migrations of millions of people. In this book, philosopher Graham Priest explains why we find ourselves in this situation, defines the nature of the problems we face, and explains how we might solve and move beyond our current state. The first part of this book draws on Buddhist philosophy, Marx's analysis of capitalism, and their complementary role in explaining our present crisis and the events that led us here. In the second part of the book, Priest turns to the much harder question of how one might go about creating a more rational and humane world. Here, he draws again on Buddhist and Marxist ideas as well as some key aspects of anarchist thought. His discussion of the need for bottom-up control of production, power, ideology, and an emerging awareness of our interdependence is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of the planet and our latent capacity to care for each other.

John Powers, "Hermeneutics and Tradition in the Samdhinirmocana-sutra (Buddhist Tradition)"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 8120819268 | PDF | pages: 200 | 7.4 mb

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Keren Arbel, "Early Buddhist Meditation: The Four Jhanas as the Actualization of Insight "
English | ISBN: 0367111373 | 2018 | 236 pages | PDF | 1354 KB
This book offers a new interpretation of the relationship between 'insight practice' (satipatthana) and the attainment of the four jhànas (i.e., right samàdhi), a key problem in the study of Buddhist meditation. The author challenges the traditional Buddhist understanding of the four jhànas as states of absorption, and shows how these states are the actualization and embodiment of insight (vipassanà). It proposes that the four jhànas and what we call 'vipassanà' are integral dimensions of a single process that leads to awakening.

Cynicism and Magic Intelligence and Intuition on the Buddhist Path by Chögyam Trungpa
epub | 4.16 MB | English | Isbn:‎ B07PBZRDJN | Author: Chogyam Trungpa, OPENING DHARMA TREASURY GROUP | Year: 2021

Cynicism and Magic Intelligence and Intuition on the Buddhist Path by Chögyam Trungpa | 4.16 MB
English | N/A Pages

Title: Cynicism and Magic
Author: Chogyam Trungpa, OPENING DHARMA TREASURY GROUP
Year: 2021

Cynicism and Magic: Intelligence and Intuition on the Buddhist Path by Chogyam Trungpa
English | August 17th, 2021 | ISBN: 161180809X | 192 pages | True EPUB | 4.16 MB
A groundbreaking, accessible presentation of Tibetan Buddhism from Chögyam Trungpa, renowned twentieth-century master and teacher.

Buddhism Goes to the Movies - Introduction to Buddhist Thought and Practice
pdf | 2.02 MB | English | Isbn:‎ B00H47KJNA | Author: Ronald Green | Year: 2013

Making Fields of Merit - Buddhist Female Ascetics and Gendered Orders in Thailand (Gendering Asia Series)
pdf | 4.81 MB | English | Isbn:‎ 978-0295987262 | Author: Falk, Monica Lindberg. | Year: 2008

The Secrets of Buddhist Meditation - Visionary Meditation Texts from Early Medieval China
pdf, epub | 11.33 MB | English | Isbn:‎ B0883485S7 | Author: Greene, Eric M.; Buswell, Robert E.; | Year: 2021

Ronald Green, "Buddhism Goes to the Movies: Introduction to Buddhist Thought and Practice"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0415841488, 0415841461 | 184 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Buddhism Goes to the Movies: Introduction to Buddhist Thought and Practice explains the basics of Buddhist philosophy and practice through a number of dramatic films from around the world. This book introduces readers in a dynamic way to the major traditions of Buddhism: the Theravāda, and various interrelated Mahāyāna divisions including Zen, Pure Land and Tantric Buddhism. Students can use Ronald Green's book to gain insights into classic Buddhist themes, including Buddhist awakening, the importance of the theory of dependent origination, the notion of no-self, and Buddhist ideas about life, death and why we are here. Contemporary developments are also explored, including the Socially Engaged Buddhism demonstrated by such figures as the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other Buddhist activists. Finally, comparisons between filmic expressions of Buddhism and more traditional artistic expressions of Buddhism―such as mandala drawings―are also drawn.