Wisdom Publications imprint: 453 books
Entangling Vines
A Classic Collection of Zen Koans
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Entangling Vines is a translation of the Shumon Kattoshu, the only major koan text to have been compiled in Japan rather than China. Most of the central koans of the contemporary Rinzai koan curriculum are contained in this work. Indeed, Kajitani Sonin (1914–1995)—former chief abbot of Shokoku-ji...
Zen's Chinese Heritage
The Masters and Their Teachings
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
Zen's Chinese Heritage traces twenty-five generations of inlightened Buddhist teachers, supplementing their core teachings with history, biography, and poetry. The result is an intimate and profound human portrait of the enlightened Zen ancients, and an unprecedented look into the depths of the rich...
The Art of Disappearing
Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Whether mere bumps in the road or genuine crises, we live in a world of unwanted events that no willpower can prevent. In The Art of Disappearing, Ajahn Brahm helps us learn to abandon the headwind of false expectations and follow instead the Buddha's path of understanding. Releasing our attachment...
Journey to Certainty
The Quintessence of the Dzogchen View: An Exploration of Mipham's Beacon of Certainty
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Approachable yet sophisticated, this book takes the reader on a gently guided tour of one of the most important texts Tibetan Buddhism has to offer. "Certainty" in this context refers to the unshakeable trust that develops as meditators discover for themselves the true root of reality. In this authoritative...
Introduction to Tantra
The Transformation of Desire
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2005
What is tantra? Who is qualified to practice it? How should it be practiced? What are the results? According to Buddhism, every human being has the potential to achieve profound and lasting happiness. And according to the tantric teachings of Buddhism, this remarkable transformation can be realized...
Vajrasattva Meditation
An Illustrated Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Walk step by step through the stages of this tantric ritual of purification with inspired commentary and forty full-color illustrations.
The force of our past actions makes it hard to attain our goals, including success in meditation. And so Buddhism has developed methods for purifying our...
The Bliss of Inner Fire
Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2005
In the classic bestseller, Introduction to Tantra, Lama Yeshe offered a profound and wonderfully clear glimpse into the sophisticated practices of Tibetan Buddhist tantra. This present book, the last major teachings of this great lama, opens up the world of advanced practices for Highest Yoga Tantra...
Dying with Confidence
A Tibetan Buddhist Guide to Preparing for Death
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Anyen Rinpoche's wise and reassuring voice guides readers through the Tibetan Buddhist teachings on death and dying, while providing practical tools for end-of-life and estate planning. Dying with Confidence reads like a remarkable how-to guide, laying out in clear and straightforward language the...
Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea
Verses in Praise of Bodhicitta
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2012
Revered by many--especially His Holiness the Dalai Lama--as the very embodiment of altruism, the late Khunu Rinpoche Tenzin Gyaltsen devoted his life to the development of bodhicitta--the aspiration to achieve enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. Presented in both English and the original Tibetan, this modern classic is a collection of Khunu Rinpoche's inspirational verse.
by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Khonton Peljor Lhundrub, Jose Ignacio Cabezon
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
"We all have the same human mind - each and every one of us has the same potential. Our surroundings and so forth are important, but the nature of mind itself is more important... To live a happy and joyful life, we must take care of our minds." - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
At the heart of...
Creation and Completion
Essential Points of Tantric Meditation
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Creation and Completion represents some of the most profound teachings of Jamgon Kongtrul (1813-99), one of the true spiritual and literary giants of Tibetan history. Though brief, it offers a lifetime of advice for all who wish to engage in-and deepen-the practice of tantric Buddhist meditation.
The...
The Way to Buddhahood
Instructions from a Modern Chinese Master
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
The Way to Buddhahood is a compendium of two thousand years of Chinese practice in assimilating and understanding the Buddhist experience of enlightenment. It is the first in-depth explanation of Chinese Buddhism by Yin-shun, the greatest living master of the Chinese scholar-monk tradition. The master's...
The Six Lamps
Secret Dzogchen Instructions of the Bön Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Esteemed Tibetologist Jean-Luc Achard contextualizes and provides a clear translation of highly secret precepts on Dzogchen practice unlike anything published.
The Instructions on the Six Lamps is a profound and important work from the Bön Dzogchen tradition and is one of the root texts of...
To Dispel the Misery of the World
Whispered Teachings of the Bodhisattvas
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
"Offered here is the pith advice on mind training according to the great vehicle. This is the path followed by all the buddhas and their children of the past, present, and future, the most profound instruction of the oral lineage, and the quintessence of the ocean of all the excellent teachings."
--Ga...