Bell Tower introduces Sacred Teachings, a new series of small hardcover gift editions of scriptures from different traditions, beginning with Buddhism's most sacred book. Thomas Byrom's lyrical and ap...

The Dhammapada is one of the most popular and accessible books in all of Buddhist literature. In it are the words of the Buddha, teaching all that is suffering stems from desire and that the way to at...

"The Dhammapada, or ""sayings of the dhamma,"" regarded as a collection of utterances of the Buddha, is the Pali version of one of the most popular texts of the Buddhist canon. The verses form a key b...

THE DHAMMAPADA TRANSLATED BY JUAN MASCARO The Dhammapada is a collection of aphorisms that illustrate the Buddhist dhamma or moral system. Probably compiled in the third century B.C., the verses enc...

First published in 1912, Gemmell's fully annotated translation of this sacred Buddhist text was one of the first books to introduce Western readers to Buddhism. It remains a refreshing, easy-to-unders...

"An accomplished meditation master, author and teacher of Buddhism explains eight verses that comprise one of Buddhism's best-loved and most enduring teachings. Composed by the great Tibetan Bodhisatt...

The Abhidharma is a collection of Buddhist scriptures that investigate the workings of the mind and the states of human consciousness. In this provocative, personal exploration of the development of t...

The Great Treatise is the basic text for Mahayana Buddhism. It is one of the greatest religious or secular works in the library of our human heritage. -Robert Thurman. This much anticipated third volu...

The Heart of the Prajnaparamita Sutra is regarded as the essence of Buddhist teaching. It is recited daily in Mahayana temples and practice centers throughout the world. This translation and commentar...

There is depth, breadth, and magic in Nyingma thought and its charm grows the more one studies it. Klong-chen rab'byams-pa's work is lit with a light that radiates into and transfigures every aspect o...

'Meditation' is the theme in this second volume of Longchenpa's Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease. But this is no 'ordinary' or 'popular' meditation. The practice of Dzogchen meditation presented he...

This third volume of the Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease deals with "the paradox of there being nothing and yet there is a presence." In this classical Tibetan work of the 14th century, permeated ...

D.T. Suzuki's translation of the Lankavatara Sutra was first published in 1932. Feeling that it would attract more general readers if it was edited for easier reading, Suzuki encouraged Dwight Goddard...

This detailed guide makes the classic text of the Tibetan Book of the Dead more accessible and meaningful to the living. It includes in-depth explanations of Tibetan Buddhist notions of death and rebi...

Translating the beautiful dharma is both a joy and an honor, says Riggs, a dharma practitioner for over a decade and respected translator of Like An Illusion. Now she presents a new, daring translatio...

Throughout Charles Atkins's struggle with Hodgkin's disease and the effects of chemotherapy, he used his Buddhist training and the power of the mantra nam-myoho-renge-kyo to give him strength. In t...

The 14th-century Zen master Bassui was recognized as one of the most important Zen teachers of his time. Accessible and eloquent, these teachings cut to the heart of the great matter of Zen, pointing ...

Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. In 1959, His Holiness escaped the Chinese invasion of Tibet and lives now in Dharamsala, India. Hi...

Thich Nhat Hanh presents in-depth lessons of inclusiveness and reconciliation from the Lotus Sutra, one of the most revered of Mahayana Buddhist sutras (sacred texts), sometimes called the king of sut...

A popular Tibetan teacher takes a fresh, accessible approach to the wisdom of his tradition by exploring The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa (b. 1079), an important work of Tibetan Buddhist pr...