Sinister Yogis
Since the 1960s, yoga has become a billion-dollar industry in the West, attracting housewives and hipsters, New Agers and the old-aged. But our modern conception of yoga derives much from nineteenth-c...
The Flower Of Chinese Buddhism
Beginning with the introduction of the religion into China, this chronicle depicts the evolution of Buddhism. The career and achievements of the great Kumarajiva are investigated, exploring the famed ...
Buddhist Hagiography In Early Japan: Images Of Compassion In The Gyoki Tradition
Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures have been the meeting place for myth and experience. In medieval Europe, the "lives...
Buddhism Work PB
*Continues the story of the Sarvodaya Movement begun in Joanna Macy's "Dharma and Development"*Up-to-date information stems from ten years of scholarly and field research In one of the world's most in...
Zen Masters
Extending their successful series of collections on Zen Buddhism, Heine and Wright present a fifth volume, on what may be the most important topic of all - Zen Masters. Following two volumes on Zen li...
Early Tibetan Documents On Phur Pa From Dunhuang
The exact circumstances of the emergence of what are now known as the rNying ma traditions of Tibetan Buddhism remain among the least clearly defined areas of Tibetan history for modern scholarship. W...
Power Of Place: The Religious Landscape Of The Southern Sacred Peak (Nanyue ??) In Medieval China
Throughout Chinese history mountains have been integral components of the religious landscape. They have been considered divine or numinous sites, the abodes of deities, the preferred locations for te...
Buddhism, Power And Political Order
Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of polit...
The Life Or Legend Of Gaudama: The Buddha Of The Burmese; Volume I
From Preface: Whether Buddhism be viewed in its extent and diffusion, or in the complex nature of its doctrines, it claims the serious attention of every inquiring mind. In our own days it is, u...
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