Audio
Cassette This
unabridged reading of the Buddha's own words, read by philosopher Jacob
Needleman, is followed by Dr. Needleman's expert commentary on Buddhism
and The Dhammapada. This audio tape
is a wonderful way to start understanding Buddhism. I used to play it on
in the car on my way to and fro and I always reached my destination in a
peaceful manner. It is narrated beautifully.
Audio
Cassette Drawing on
Christian theology, as well as his own Buddhist beliefs, this
bestselling author and beloved monk examines the qualities of compassion
and holiness, and eloquently shows that they're integral parts of both
traditions. Ben Kingsley reads with class. His British accent is never
overbearing or intrusive. He's in command of the text all the way.
This
moving and instructive treatise on how to live a meaningful life and
face death without fear is the third volume in the Dalai Lama's lucid
and inspiring Path to Enlightenment series, and in many ways, it is the
most personal as the Dalai Lama, now in his sixties, acknowledges that
age has intensified his meditation on death. Tibetan Buddhism conceives
of existence in terms of eons worth of successive lifetimes, a cosmic
perspective that enables the Dalai Lama to compare death to a change of
clothes. His Holiness explains how meditation leads to the control of
negative emotions and how the cultivation of a spiritual practice
enriches not only our lives but also the lives of others.
In
1927, Walter Evans-Wentz published his translation of an obscure Tibetan
Nyingma text and called it the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Popular
Tibetan teacher Sogyal Rinpoche has transformed that ancient text,
conveying a perennial philosophy that is at once religious, scientific,
and practical. Through extraordinary anecdotes and stories from
religious traditions East and West, Rinpoche introduces the reader to
the fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism, moving gradually to the topics of
death and dying. Death turns out to be less of a crisis and more of an
opportunity. Concepts such as reincarnation, karma, and bardo and
practices such as meditation, tonglen, and phowa teach us how to face
death constructively. As a result, life becomes much richer.
This
is a bold look at how the Bible, the Cayce readings, and ancient
Gnostic, Eastern, and Egyptian texts reveal a consistent and intriguing
pattern of incarnations by the Master Soul, Jesus.
When
an accomplished writer sets out on a well-intentioned journey to
interview the Tibetan diaspora of Buddhist elders, she immediately finds
herself transformed from journalist to seeker. Sandy Johnson's extensive
travels take her around the world for interviews with Tibetan priests,
oracles, and lay devotees that unearth the plush vitality of Tibetan
Buddhism.
No
translator could do greater justice to the gorgeous simplicity of Rumi's
poetry than Coleman Barks has done here. These exquisite renderings of
the 13th-century Persian mystic's words into American free verse capture
all the "inner searching, the delicacy, and simple groundedness"
that characterize Rumi's poetry while remaining faithful to the images,
tone, and spiritual message of the originals.
A
revised and updated translation of the Koran. The clear, fluent,
authoritative English rendering of this holiest of Muslim texts preserves
the characteristic flavor and rhythm of the original, following the sequence
of the Koranic suras.
