Wisdom Publications imprint: 453 books
Shingon Refractions
Myoe and the Mantra of Light
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Shingon Buddhism arose in the eighth century and remains one of Japan's most important sects, at present numbering some 12 million adherents. As such it is long overdue appropriate coverage. Here, the well-respected Mark Unno illuminates the tantric practice of the Mantra of Light, the most central...
When I Find You Again, It Will Be in Mountains
The Selected Poems of Chia Tao
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Chia Tao (779-843), an erstwhile Zen monk who became a poet during China's Tang dynasty, recorded the lives of the sages, masters, immortals, and hermits who helped establish the great spiritual tradition of Zen Buddhism in China.
Presented in both the original Chinese and Mike O'Connor's beautifully...
Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence
The Dalai Lama in Conversation with Leading Thinkers on Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Powerful conversations between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and leading scientists on the most pressing issue of our time.
Engage with leading scientists, academics, ethicists, and activists, as well as His Holiness the Dalai Lama and His Holiness the Karmapa, who gathered in Dharamsala, India,...
Living Yogacara
An Introduction to Consciousness-Only Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Yogacara is an influential school of Buddhist philosophy and psychology that stems from the early Indian Mahayana Buddhist tradition. The Yogacara view is based on the fundamental truth that there is nothing in the realm of human experience that is not interpreted by and dependent upon the mind.
Yogacara...
Awakening Together
The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
“Awakening Together combines the intimately personal, the Buddhist and universal into a loving, courageous, important work that will benefit all who read it. For anyone who longs to collaborate and create a just and inclusive community, Larry provides a brilliant guidebook.”
—Jack Kornfield,...
Money, Sex, War, Karma
Notes for a Buddhist Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2008
What's Wrong with Sex?
How to Drive Your Karma
Consciousness Commodified
The Karma of Food
The Three Poisons, Institutionalized
Why We Love War
These are just some of the chapters in this brilliant book from David R. Loy.
In little time, Loy has become one of the most powerful advocates of...
by Dudjom Lingpa
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
A systematic presentation of the path of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, by one of its most renowned proponents and rendered by a master translator.
Düdjom Lingpa (1835–1904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of nineteenth-century Tibet, and his powerful voice resonates strongly among...
Original Perfection
Vairotsana's Five Early Transmissions
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
These early, foundational Dzogchen texts--clear, lyrical, and rich in metaphor--were smuggled into Tibet in the eighth century on white silk, written in goat-milk ink that would become visible only when exposed to heat. These five texts are the root of Dzogchen practice, the main practice of the Nyingma...
by Scott Edelstein
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
A wise and practical quickstart guide for anyone who wants—or already has—a spiritual teacher.
The User’s Guide to Spiritual Teachers is a necessary book for anyone who has, or wants to have, a spiritual teacher—regardless of faith or tradition. This book addresses concerns that many...
by Bob Sharples
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Odds are that you or someone you know could truly benefit from Meditation and Relaxation in Plain English. After all, who wouldn't like to have less stress - and more enjoyment - from life?
Meditation and Relaxation in Plain English teaches us how to achieve just that, with potent tools that...
Interconnected
Embracing Life in Our Global Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Plucked from a humble nomad family to become the leader of one of Tibet’s oldest Buddhist lineages, the young Seventeenth Karmapa draws on timeless values to create an urgent ethic for today’s global community.
We have always been, and will always be, interconnected—through family, community,...
The Meditator's Workbook
A Journey to the Center
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Using hands-on exercises, journal entries, guided meditations, and lively vignettes, The Meditator's Workbook will help you:
Live more deeply and joyfully in the moment
Uncover the true source of stress
Resolve grief
Explore and express forgiveness
See through the inevitable distortions of the...
A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages
Teachings on Guhyasamaja Tantra
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Tsongkhapa's A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages (1419) is a comprehensive presentation of the highest yoga class of Buddhist tantra, especially the key practices - the so-called five stages (pancakrama) - of the advanced phase of Guhyasamaja tantra. Beginning with a thorough examination of the Indian...
by James Cordova
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
This lush, beautifully illustrated narrative breathes humanity and warmth into one of the most famous and enigmatic koans of the Zen tradition.
The Story of Mu uses luminous illustrations and a mythic narrative structure to convey the great potential for peace and enlightenment that we all...