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Tells the story of the author's childhood with parents addicted to heroin, an abusive foster family, a life of crime and imprisonment, and the eventual embracing of Buddhism while on Death Row at San ...
Buddhism during the Kamakura era (1192-1333) has long been compared in the West to Christianity during the European Reformation. This popular view is reinforced by a retrospectivist historiography tha...
An incisive guide to the compassionate path of the Bodhisattva for more than two millennia, this Sutra has influenced Buddhist thinkers and practitioners in every country touched by Mahayana Buddhism....
This book analyzes the 88-temple pilgrimage on Shikoku Island, Japan, regarding its religious, historical, and sociological aspects. It looks at when and by whom the pilgrimage was established, how it...
This book defines basic terms, translates key words, and answers the ten most frequently asked questions that are posed by Westerners interested in Zen Buddhism. Written for the neophyte who has no...
A consideration of Chinas Mount Emei, long important in Chinese culture and history and of particular significance to Buddhists.
A beautiful edition of 108 Jataka stories, with 22 color plates from a set of rare thankas.
This book is written primarily for those people who already have a general acquaintance with the history and religions of the Far East, with some particular interest in Chinese history and civilizatio...
Originally published by Writers and Readers in 1998, this is an iconoclastic, illustrated romp through the life of the Buddha--both a credible exploration of his life and teachings and an entertaining...
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