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Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra (Rev 09 Edition) by Thich Nhat Hanh Synopsis Comprised of only 632 Chinese characters, the Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. Despite its brevity, this powerful work covers more of the Buddhas teachings than any other scripture, and its influence is more profound and wide-reaching than any... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Lotus Sutra: Saddharma Pundarika Sutra or the Lotus of the True Law by Hendrik Kern Publisher Comments Dutch scholar Hendrik Kern offers a rare translation of the Lotus Sutra directly from the Sanskrit. Rather than starting from the Chinese of Kumarajiva, Kern worked principally from a manuscript written on palm leaves in Nepal in 1039. The original was... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture by Robert A. F. Thurman Publisher Comments This book presents the major teachings of MahaŻyaŻna Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form. For two millennia this Sutra, called the "jewel of the MahaŻyaŻna Sutras," has enjoyed immense popularity among Mahayana Buddhists in India,... (read more) Your price: $14.95 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Buddhist Scriptures by Edward Conze Publisher Comments This selection of writings from the golden age of Buddhist literature (a.d. 100-400) focuses on texts intended for the layperson rather than for the monk and exhibits the humanity rather than the profundity of the scriptures. Passages from the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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In Buddha's Words (05 Edition) by Bhikkhu Bodhi Publisher Comments Designed to provide a framework for modern readers, "In the Buddha's Words" is an anthology of the Buddha's works that has been specifically compiled by a celebrated scholar and translator. For easy reference, the book is arrayed in ten thematic sections... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Dhammapada and the Sutta Nipata: Second Edition by Max Muller Publisher Comments Beginning this work, Max Muller provides a thorough introduction to his translation of the Dhammapada -- perhaps the best-loved piece of Buddhist scripture. In it he explores the chronology of early Buddhism and its literature. The translation itself is... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika by Nagarjuna Publisher Comments This is not a standard translation of Mulamadhyamakakarika. Translator Nishijima Roshi believes that the original translation from Chinese into Sanskrit by the Ven. Kumarajiva (circa 400 C.E.) was faulty and that Kumarajiva's interpretation has... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Diamond Sutra: The Buddha Also Said... by Osho Publisher Comments Written more than 25 centuries ago, the Diamond Sutra is the first text to record the Buddhas own teachings, and it remains one of the most popular.One day, after the Buddha finishes his daily walk to collect alms, a senior monk steps forth to ask how he... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Splendid Vision: Reading a Buddhist Sutra by Richard S. Cohen Publisher Comments Featuring the first-ever English translation of the Splendid Vision Sutra, a sixth-century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its rich ritual magic and worship of bodhisattva-goddesses, this volume explicates the text's cultural significance as... (read more) Your price: $27.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic by Gene Reeves Synopsis The Lotus Sutra is one of the central texts of Mahayana Buddhism, both studied and used as a devotional text in virtually all sects and schools of Buddhism throughout East Asia. Its teachings provide a basis for key Buddhist ideas such as Buddha nature... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Finding Our True Home by Nhat Hanh Publisher Comments This new and definitive translation of the Amitabha Sutra unlocks one of the deepest concepts of Buddhism: Happiness cannot exist without suffering. In Finding Out True Home, Thich Nhat Hanh skillfully melds mindfulness practice and Pure Land Buddhism in... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Tsong Khapa's Extremely Brilliant Lamp by Tsong Khapa Losang Drakpa Publisher Comments The Extremely Brilliant Lamp ( Shin tu gsal ba'I sgorn me) is Tsong Khapa's most important commentary on the perfection stage practices of the Esoteric Community, the Tantra he considered fundamental for the practice of the Father Tantra class of... (read more) Your price: $76.50 New - Hardcover
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BDK English Tripitaka #105: Kyegyeshinshe: On Teaching, Practice, Faith, and Enlightenment by Shinran Publisher Comments This is the magnum opus of Shinran Shonin, founder of the JEdo Shinshu school of Pure Land Buddhism. This work is a collection of 376 passages from 62 sutras, discourses, and commentaries, with Shinran's own notes and commentary, organized into a... (read more) Your price: $55.00 New - Hardcover
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books) by Donald Lopez Publisher Comments "On the history of Buddhism and its transmission to the West, Donald Lopez is the unsurpassable master. The story he tells here about a book that is 'not really Tibetan' and 'not really about death' glistens with delicious ironies and arresting... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Letter from a Friend by Arya Nagarjuna Synopsis In this volume, Bhikshu Dharmamitra presents his translations of the three earliest editions of Arya Nagarjuna's Letter from a Friend (Suhrllekha), a work on the layman's practice of the Buddhist path. This text was written by Nagarjuna in the form of a... (read more) Your price: $15.25 New - Trade Paper
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A Buddhist Bible by Dwight Goddard Publisher Comments Dwight Goddard's collection of translations of a cross-section of Buddhist traditions was a fundamental part of the importation of Buddhism into the USA and then, through the work of the Beat Poets that the book influenced, throughout the West as a whole.... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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The Still Point Dhammapada: Living the Buddha's Essential Teachings by Geri Larkin Publisher Comments The Dhammapada is much loved by Buddhist practitioners as a simple and straightforward rendition of some of Buddha's core teachings, and is read daily by thousands of people. While there are many translations available, few have an inclusive – and... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Peaceful Action, Open Heart: Lessons from the Lotus Sutra by Nhat Hanh Thich, Publisher Comments The Lotus Sutra is one of the most revered Mahayana texts, yet there are very few commentaries on it available in English. In this book, renowned Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh explores the Sutra's main theme -- that everyone has the capacity to become a... (read more) List Price $13.56 Your price: $12.03 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Buddhist Bible by Dwight Goddard Publisher Comments The Favorite Scriptures Of The Zen Sect, History Of Early Zen Buddhism, Self-Realisation Of The Noble Wisdom, The Diamond Sutra, The Prajna Paramita Sutra, The Sutra Of The Sixth Patriarch.... (read more) Your price: $15.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Way of the Buddha: The Illustrated Dhammapada by Rubin Museum Of Art Publisher Comments The Dhammapada, a core text for Buddhists all over the world, consists of more than 400 sayings from Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Here, in a handsome and giftable format, The Way of the Buddha presents the complete text of F. Max M&... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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