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Fall 2010 / 2011 Catalog

 Wisdom is very excited to announce
our new eBook publishing program.

fter over a year of research and careful analysis,Wisdom has settled on

A its strategy for launching a full-scale digital publishing program. Start-

ing with backlist bestsellers and this year’s new books, we are making
our titles available on all major reading devices and through all major eBook
retailers. Now you will be able to enjoy your favorite classic Wisdom titles and
the latest new releases on your Kindle, iPad, NOOK, or any other major
eBook reader.

Along with many of the new releases in this catalog, several Wisdom
classics are currently available, including the following titles:

The Middle-Length
Discourses of the Buddha

Mindfulness in
Plain English

Introduction to Tantra

Essence of the Heart Sutra

In the Buddha’s Words

How to Meditate

Saltwater Buddha

Hardcore Zen

Liberation in the
Palm of Your Hand …and many more!

isdom Publications publishes translations of canonical

W Buddhist scriptures, commentaries and teachings of past
and contemporary Buddhist masters, as well as original works by
the world’s leading Buddhist scholars and practitioners, along with
cutting-edge works on the intersection of Buddhism, modern sci-
ence, and social and cultural trends.

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 As featured in The Huffington Post and Publishers Weekly

“This is a major contribution and

an immensely wise book.”
—Larry Dossey, M.D.,
author of Healing Words

“You don’t have to be sick to benefit

from the advice in this book.
This is a book on how to live fully.”
—Joy H. Selak, author of
You Don’t LOOK Sick!

“A must-read—and a solid dose of hope.”

—Lori Hartwell, author of
Chronically Happy

“An inspiring work.”

How to Be Sick
A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the
Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers
Toni Bernhard
Foreword by Sylvia Boorstein
9780861716265 | 216 pages | $15.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719266
—Joseph Goldstein, author of
A Heart Full of Peace
“Everyone should read this book—and I
plan to buy a copy for everyone I love.”
—Lizabeth Roemer, Ph.D., co-author of
The Mindful Way through Anxiety

“Beautiful, heartfelt, and immensely courageous.Truly worth reading.”

—Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness

“Very compelling—great teaching interwoven into the

heartful human drama of family, illness, and day-to-day life.”
—Shaila Catherine, author of Focused and Fearless

“Steeped in the best learning of all: hard personal experience.”

—Vidyamala Burch, author of Living Well with Pain and Illness

“Readers need not be Buddhist or meditators to benefit from Toni’s wisdom.”

—Cheri Register, author of Living with Chronic Illness

Toni Bernhard is a former law professor at the University of Califor-

nia, Davis. She has been living with chronic illness since 2001. She lives
in Davis with her husband,Tony, and their hound dog, Rusty.

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 “The perfect starter kit for people curious about Buddhism.”
—Publishers Weekly

rinna Weisman and Jean Smith com-

A bine clear explanations of the Buddha’s

teachings on freedom and happiness
with their personal stories highlighting some
“The perfect starter kit for people curious about Buddhism.”
—Publishers Weekly

The
of the challenges and insights of practice. The BEGINNER’S
Beginner’s Guide to Insight Meditation offers
advice about going on retreat and help in GUIDE TO
choosing a teacher and a community to prac-
tice with.This is an enormously practical book INSIGHT
that covers every aspect of the teachings a
beginner needs to get started. MEDITATION

“Highly recommended.” ARINNA WEISMAN

—Library Journal and JEAN SMITH

“How wonderful to have such warmth The Beginner’s Guide

and encouragement wrapped around such to Insight Meditation
helpful, straightforward information!” Arinna Weisman and Jean Smith
9780861716715 | 256 pages | $15.95
—Sylvia Boorstein, author of eBook ISBN 9780861719211
Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There

“A thoughtful presentation and an open invitation to the reader to begin a

meditation practice—a marvelous support to those new on the Path.”
—Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness

“A magnificent book that moves with graceful clarity.”

—Steven Smith, guiding teacher and co-founder of Vipassana Hawai’i

Jean Smith is the author/editor of numerous successful books on Buddhism, including

365 Zen, Now! The Art of Being Truly Present, and Breath Sweeps Mind.A longtime associate
of the Insight Meditation Society, she is the president of the board of directors of the
Mountain Hermitage in Taos, New Mexico, where she lives.

Arinna Weisman began her study of insight meditation in 1979 and since 1989 has been
teaching throughout the U.S. and Europe.

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“This may be the most important contemporary Dharma book now available.”
—Deborah Schoeberlein, author of Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness

nyen Rinpoche’s wise and reassuring

Anyen Rinpoche
TRANSLATED BY ALLISON GRABOSKI

AFTERWORD BY TULKU THONDUP

A voice guides readers through the
Tibetan Buddhist teachings on death
and dying, while providing practical tools for
end-of-life and estate planning. Dying with
Confidence reads like a remarkable how-to
guide, laying out in clear and straightforward
language the preparations we must make and
A TIBETAN BUDDHIST GUIDE
TO PREPARING
the best practices to use while dying to further
F OR D E ATH our goal of enlightenment.
“A powerful guidebook and a source of
comfort at life’s most crucial moment.”
—Tulku Thondup Rinpoche,
author of Boundless Healing

“We all have temporary and ultimate fears,

Dying with Confidence
A Tibetan Buddhist Guide to
Preparing for Death
Anyen Rinpoche
Afterword by Tulku Thondup
Translated by Allison Graboski
9780861716562 | 192 pages | $16.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719242
those of this life and those of the future, but
among all of our fears, our greatest fear is the
fear of death. Dying with Confidence gives us the
methods to grasp the stronghold beyond death.
Thank you,Anyen Rinpoche,
for this incredibly kind book.”
—Garchen Rinpoche

“Drawing from his vast knowledge of Buddhist teachings,Tibetan master Anyen

Rinpoche offers us a wise and luminous guide to the interplay between life and
death, to the nature of consciousness, and to the transformation of fear into faith.”
—Tsoknyi Rinpoche, author of Carefree Dignity and Fearless Simplicity

“This is a wonderful book, a very practical guide grounded in the author’s personal
experience and deep reflections.The sample end-of-life documents that Anyen Rin-
poche provides—the sample Dharma Will, for instance—are exceptionally valuable.”
—José Ignacio Cabezón, the XIV Dalai Lama Professor
at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Anyen Rinpoche was born in Amdo,Tibet.His lineage can be traced

back directly to the renowned Dzogchen master Patrul Rinpoche,
author of The Words of My Perfect Teacher. Anyen Rinpoche’s training
included more than fourteen years of intensive study combined with
solitary retreat before he obtained the degree of khenpo (master teacher)
and became the head scholar of his monastic university in Kham,Tibet.
Rinpoche is known for his profound understanding of the scriptures
as well as his easy-to-understand interpretation of them. He has taught
extensively inTibet and China and now mentors students throughout
Southeast Asia, Japan, and North America.

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 FROM THE AUTHOR OF MONEY, SEX,WAR, KARMA
“TheWorld Is Made of Stories is about the Mas-
ter Story—how we are its telling, untelling,
and retelling. David R. Loy delivers freedom
straight up in a delightful, variegated collec-
tion of wisdom quotes and commentaries.
This book is great fun.”
—Barry Magid, author of Ending the Pursuit of
Happiness

“Drawing on a broad range of religious and

secular sources, David Loy’s compelling story
about stories reveals through a series of clear
and penetrating reflections the inescapable
presence of narrative in human life.”
—Stephen Batchelor, author of
Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

The World
“In this slender but powerful book Loy draws Is Made of Stories
the reader’s attention to the power of words. David R. Loy
9780861716159 | 128 pages | $15.95
He shows how stories have spoken us into eBook ISBN 9780861719259
existence, how each of us story the world into
existence, and how these different stories
inform and transform themselves, each other,
and us. I consider Loy one of the most impor-
tant spiritual thinkers of our day.”
—James Ishmael Ford, author of Zen Master WHO?

“An inspired, sustained, poetic, and not-quite-linear contemplation of the nature of

mind. David R. Loy leads a merry, twisting chase.”
—Kate Wheeler, editor of Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree

“Please handle carefully! Some readers may be profoundly unnerved by this book,
others will find it deeply liberating; no one, I think, will go away unchanged.”
—Kurt Spellmeyer, author of Buddha at the Apocalypse

David R. Loy’s previous books include the acclaimed The Great Awak-
ening: A Buddhist Social Theory and The Dharma of Dragons and Daemons,
a finalist for the 2006 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award. He is qualified as
a teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition of Zen.

For more from David Loy, see page 17.

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 “A lovely book, especially for someone like me who loves stories.
Profoundly transformative.”—Lin Jensen, author of Deep Down Things

“A fine companion to Reeves’ accessible English translation of the Lotus

Sutra. [These] stories have the power to enlighten.”—Tricycle

tories are ancient and wondrous tools

S with the mysterious power to transform

The Stories of
the Lotus Sutra
Gene Reeves
Foreword by Rafe Martin
9780861716463 | 384 pages | $18.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719235
lives.And the stories and parables of the
Lotus Sutra—one of the world’s great religious
scriptures and most influential texts—are
among the most fascinating and dramatic.
In this fun, engaging, and plain-English book,
Gene Reeves—the translator ofWisdom’s crit-
ically acclaimed and bestselling edition of the
Lotus Sutra—presents the most memorable and
remarkable of the Lotus Sutra’s many stories
and parables, along with a distillation of his
decades of reflection on them in an accessible,
inspiring, and naturally illuminating way.
The Stories of the Lotus Sutra is the perfect
companion to Reeves’ breathtaking translation
of this scriptural masterpiece as well as a thor-
oughly enjoyable stand-alone volume for those
who want to bring the inspiring teachings of
the bodhisattva path into their daily lives.
“A well-written, effective, and deceptively simple
introduction to one of the most popular and
important Mahayana sutras.”
—Mark Unno, author of
Buddhism and Psychotherapy across Cultures
and Shingon Refractions

“Gene Reeves frees the Lotus Sutra from its

The Lotus Sutra
A Contemporary Translation
of a Buddhist Classic
Gene Reeves
9780861715718 | 504 pages | $19.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719877
own history—a liberation for the sutra and
for ourselves!”
—Franz Metcalf, author of
What Would Buddha Do?
“I’m deeply grateful for this offering
and think you will be too.”
—Rafe Martin, award-winning storyteller and
author of The Banyan Dear:
A Parable of Courage and Compassion

Gene Reeves has been researching and lecturing on the Lotus Sutra throughout the
world for over a quarter-century. He lives in Tokyo.

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 t h e library of tibetan classics

Now available, from the Library of Tibetan Classics

he Kagyü school of tibetan Buddhism

t began in the eleventh century with stu-

dents of the famous yogi milarepa.
mahāmudrā, the “great Seal,” is the Kagyü
school’s central teaching, which aims at direct
recognition of the ultimate nature of one’s mind.
formulated as a systematic practice by gampopa
(1079–1153), the mahāmudrā teachings trace
their source to the indian sages Saraha and
maitripa. mahāmudrā texts in this volume
include a lucid work by the celebrated master
tselé natsok rangdröl and works by the twelfth-
century master Shang rinpoche, the great third
Karmapa rangjung dorjé, the eighth Situ
Chökyi Jungné, and drukpa Pema Karpo.
the volume also contains an inspirational
work by gampopa, the drigung Kagyü root
text The Single Viewpoint of Jigten Sumgon
compiled by Sherap Jungné, the Sixth
Shamarpa’s guide to the six dharmas of Maha - mudra - and
naropa, and finally a detailed overview of Related Instructions
tantric practice by dakpo tashi namgyal, Core Teachings of the Kagyü Schools
author of Moonlight of Mahāmudrā. the Translated by Peter Alan Roberts
eleven texts in this volume were selected for 9780861714445 | 832 pages
inclusion in the Library of Tibetan Classics by Hardcover | $59.95
the preeminent scholar of the Kagyü school, eBook 9780861719297
Khenchen thrangu rinpoche.

Peter Alan Roberts obtained a B.A. in Sanskrit and Pali and a D.Phil. in Tibetan
Studies from Oxford University. For more than twenty years he has been working as
an interpreter for Tibetan lamas and as a translator of Tibetan texts. He lives in Hol-
lywood, California.

Also available from the Library of Tibetan Classics

Ornament Of StainleSS light
An Exposition of the Kālacakra Tantra
Khedrup norsang gyatso
translated by gavin Kilty
736 pages | 9780861714520 | $59.95
mind training
The Great Collection
translated by geshe thupten Jinpa
720 pages | 9780861714407 | $49.95
taKing the reSult aS the Path
Core Teachings of the
Sakya Lamdré Tradition
translated by Cyrus Stearns
foreword by his holiness Sakya trizin
784 pages | 9780861714438 | $59.95
BOOK Of Kadam
The Core Texts
translated by geshe thupten Jinpa
752 pages | 9780861714414 | $59.95
the CryStal mirrOr Of
PhilOSOPhiCal SyStemS
A Tibetan Study of Asian Religious Thought
thuken losang Chökyi nyima
translated by geshé lhundub Sopa et al.
edited by roger r. Jackson
696 pages | 9780861714643 | $59.95
mirrOr Of Beryl
A Historical Introduction to Tibetan Medicine
desi Sangyé gyatso | translated by gavin Kilty
9780861714674 | 696 pages | hardcover | $59.95

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 NEW FROM THE STUDIES IN INDIAN AND TIBETAN BUDDHISM SERIES

Is omniscience a characteristic of the Buddha?

Omniscience and
the Rhetoric of Reason
⁄›ntarak˝ita and KamalaŸıla on
Rationality, Argumentation,
and Religious Authority
Sara L. McClintock
9780861716616 | 440 pages | $36.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719310

“Sara McClintock breaks new ground in the much-

discussed relationship between rationality and religion.”
—Ernst Steinkellner, University of Vienna

The Buddhist Philosophy of

the Middle
Essays on Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka
David Seyfort Ruegg
9780861715909 | 472 pages | $39.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719365

“Of unique importance to anyone

investigating Madhyamaka ideas.”
—Leonard van der Kuijp, Harvard University

a complete list of the Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism volumes.

Among Tibetan Texts Luminous Lives
History and Literature of the Himalayan Plateau The Story of the Early Masters
e. gene Smith of the Lam ’bras Tradition in Tibet
Cyrus Stearns
Approaching the Great Perfection
Simultaneous and Gradual Methods of Dzogchen Practice Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty
in the Longchen Nyingtig Illuminating the View of Dzogchen,
Sam van Schaik the Great Perfection
John Whitney Pettit
Buddhism Between Tibet and China
edited by matthew t. Kapstein Reason’s Traces
Identity and Interpretation in Indian and
Buddhist Teaching in Inda Tibetan Buddhist Thought
Johannes Bronkhorst matthew t. Kapstein

A Direct Path to the Buddha Within Resurrecting Candrakīrti

Gö Lotsāwa’s Mahāmudrā Interpretation Disputes in the Tibetan Creation of Prāsaṅgika
of the Ratnagotravibhāga Kevin a. Vose
Klaus-dieter mathes
Scripture, Logic, Language
Foundations of Dharmakīrti’s Philosophy Essays on Dharmakīrti and His Tibetan Successors
John d. dunne tom J.f. tillemans

Freedom from Extremes The Svātantrika-Prāsaṅgika Distinction

Gorampa’s “Distinguishing the Views” What Difference Does a Difference Make?
and the Polemics of Emptiness edited by georges dreyfus and Sara mcClintock
José ignacio Cabezón and
geshe lobsang dargyay Vajrayoginī
Her Visualizations, Rituals, and Forms
elizabeth english

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 “Lin Jensen is the clearest voice in Buddhism.
Highly and urgently recommended.”
—Karen Maezen Miller, author of Hand Wash Cold and Momma Zen

“In Deep DownThings, Jensen’s writing takes on

the quality of his subject: our living earth. Here,
as in an old-growth forest, where individual
trees fall to create gaps in the canopy, Jensen’s
musings allow light to penetrate and support
the understory. The understory in this small
book is the environment—dirt, rain, wind, and
root—and how we humans are bonded to it.
Jensen considers this relationship from a per-
spective informed by the insights of deep ecol-
ogy and his Buddhist background. A natural
storyteller, he is at his best when he’s sharing
bits of his own experience to demonstrate the
dynamic between person and place, inner mind
and outer space. He tells us of the Belgian draft
horse named Bill who gave him his first
glimpse of ‘the world of wide identification,’
and he recounts the memory of losing his fam- Deep Down Things
ily’s farm to developers in Southern Califor- The Earth in Celebration and Dismay
nia’s Orange County. Spirit, he seems to Lin Jensen
suggest, is what takes place when the human- 9780861716111 | 176 pages | $15.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719228
earth dynamic is realized.”—Tricycle

“I am glad for my country and my world that Lin Jensen’s beautiful book will be a
part of it.”—Joanna Macy, author of World as Lover,World as Self

“Our Buddhist Thoreau gets deep down into the roots of our disconnection from
the earth and from each other—and how we can be healed.”—David R. Loy, author
of The World Is Made of Stories and Money, Sex,War, Karma

“Lin Jensen is an American original. He brings the insights of Buddhism, ecology,

and memoir together—giving us a way to take it all to heart and make it native.”—
John Tarrant, author of Bring Me the Rhinoceros and Other Zen Koans That Will Save
Your Life
Lin Jensen’s first book, Uncovering the Wisdom of the Heartmind,
received the Best Nonfiction/Spiritual Book award from Today’s
Librarian. He has taught writing in various colleges and universi-
ties for over twenty years, and he continues to teach Buddhist
ethics and practices at Chico State University. He is the founding
teacher and senior teacher emeritus of the Chico Zen Sangha, in
Chico, California, where he lives with his wife.
For more from Lin Jensen, see page 16.

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 “Of all the Roman Catholic missionaries to
Asia, the Italian Jesuit Ippolito Desideri
(1684–1733) was perhaps the most remark-
able. Despite his fervent hope of converting
Tibet to the Christian faith, he was in impor-
tant ways the first Western scholar of Tibetan
Buddhism, translating Buddhist texts into Ital-
ian and writing scholarly tomes in Tibetan,
complete with quotations from Nagarjuna.
Mission to Tibet offers the first complete Eng-
lish translation of Desideri’s captivating
account of his sojourn in Tibet.”—Donald
Lopez, University of Michigan

“As this accomplished translation demon-

Mission to Tibet
The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century
Account of Father Ippolito Desideri, S.J.
Translated by Michael J. Sweet
Edited by Leonard Zwilling
9780861716760 | 832 pages | $34.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719303
Rome to Lhasa and back.”—Jeffrey Hopkins, author of Meditation on Emptiness
strates, Desideri was more than merely a
determined and subtle opponent of a religion
not his own; he was also a perceptive scholar
ofTibetan doctrine, an amazing linguist, and a
fascinating travel writer. Sweet has captured
his essence in this commanding work. Every-
one with an interest in Tibet, Tibetan Bud-
dhism, world history, and world religion will
enjoy this wonder-filled account of Desideri’s
pioneering adventure, intimately detailed from

“Mission to Tibet is the most important work to appear in the field of Desideri
studies since Luciano Petech’s critical edition of the Jesuit’s writings over fifty
years ago.That Mission toTibet provides a rip-roaring adventure, political intrigue,
and a window onto a long-lost Tibet only adds to the pleasure of reading this new
translation.”—Trent Pomplun, department of theology, Loyola University, Mary-
land, and author of Jesuit on the Roof of the World

“Sweet’s and Zwilling’s thorough historical work and beautiful translation make this
book an instant classic and essential resource for anyone interested in the history
of intercultural learning, comparative theology, and missiology.”—John Makran-
sky, associate professor of Buddhism and comparative theology, Boston College

Michael Sweet began studying Buddhism with Geshe Wangyal in 1967 and in 1977
received a Ph.D. in Buddhist studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1977,
where he was later a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry. He has
been researching and writing on Desideri for the last ten years.

Leonard Zwilling received a Ph.D. in Buddhist studies in 1976 at UW–Madison

and for many years taught Asian religions, Sanskrit, and Tibetan. He received an M.L.S
in 1985 from UW–Madison, where he is senior scientist emeritus in the department of
English.

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“If the topic of death has ever made you
squirm, this book is for you. If you have ever
lost a loved one and then been dismayed when
your closest friends avoided talking about it,
this book is for you, too. Indeed, if you’re the
sort of person who will die someday, this is a
good book to read.”—Shambhala Sun

How to Be Happy
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
9780861711963
144 pages | $9.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719280

“Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s profound aphorisms Wholesome Fear

are mind blowing and heart opening. His abil- Transforming Your Anxiety about
Impermanence and Death
ity to essentialize enlightenment in the most Lama Zopa Rinpoche
direct and simple language is astonishing.” and Kathleen McDonald
—John Makransky, author of Awakening 9780861716302 | 160 pages | $14.95
through Love eBook ISBN 9780861719440

“Through clear explanations, straightforward practices,

and basic goodheartedness, this book explains how to
navigate the path to love, even under very trying cir-
cumstances. Truly, there is nothing more needed at this
time—our very future may depend upon it.”
—Susan Piver, author of The Wisdom of a Broken Heart
Awakening the Kind Heart
How to Meditate on Compassion
Kathleen McDonald
9780861716951 | 168 pages | $15.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719358

How to Meditate
A Practical Guide
Kathleen McDonald
9780861713417 | 224 pages | $14.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719846

“Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned practitioner, this book has jewels of
wisdom and practical experience to inspire you. Kathleen McDonald comes
from a long and trustworthy lineage of teachings. In How to Meditate, she shares
the best of what she has received.”—Richard Gere

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 “A wonderful collection.These thoughtful
and insightful reflections on the Buddha’s
teachings will appeal to scholars and
practitioners alike.”—Stephen Batchelor,
author of Confession of a Buddhist Athiest

“An excellent and very accessible introduc-

tion to Buddhist psychology. Olendzki’s pres-
entation of the Abhidhamma is particularly
helpful and informative.”—David R. Loy,
author of Money, Sex,War, Karma and
The World Is Made of Stories

“I cannot recommend
this book strongly enough.”
—John Peacock,
Unlimiting Mind Oxford Mindfulness Centre
The Radically Experiential
Psychology of Buddhism
Andrew Olendzki
9780861716203 | 200 pages | $15.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719389

“Mu Soeng’s scientifically inspired commen-

tary opens up the meaning of the Heart Sutra
from the side of informed spiritual inquiry
and direct meditative experience. The Heart of
the Universe carries an edge of incisive, practi-
cal wisdom.”—Ajahn Amaro, abbot of
Abhayagiri Monastery

“Mu Soeng’s The Heart of the Universe is a

brief, thought-provoking commentary on the
Heart Sutra. For Soeng, quantum physics—
the scientific insight that the basic particles of
matter are actually in constant flux—informs
how the sutra is understood in the modern
West. Of course, any discussion of the Heart
Sutra is going to center on the concept of
emptiness—the Mahayana theory that all phe-
nomena are without fixed and independent The Heart of the Universe
identity. Soeng presents his fascinating discus- Exploring the Heart Sutra
Mu Soeng
sion of emptiness early in the book, leaving
9780861715749 | 128 pages | $15.95
little to say when discussing the famous line eBook ISBN 9780861719433
‘form is emptiness, emptiness is form’ in his
line-by-line commentary.”—Buddhadharma

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 “In this time of global environmental
and economic crisis, Buddhism and
ecology—Buddhist economics—have
become topics of major interest. This
outstanding collection of essays makes
an important contribution to our nor-
mative and historical understanding of
both areas.”—Donald K. Swearer, edi-
tor of Ecology and the Environment

“This collection of thoughtful essays

sheds a great deal of light on our col-
lective social, political, economic, and
environmental responsibilities to our
planet and its inhabitants. Buddhism
and ecology go hand in hand: the con-
tributors are all Buddhist scholars, prac-
titioners, and activists, determined to How Much Is Enough?
Buddhism, Consumerism, and the
raise our consciousness.Very readable.” Human Environment
—Mandala Edited by Richard K. Payne
9780861716852 | 248 pages | $16.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719402

“Buddha at the Apocalypse is easygoing,

well written, and solidly reasoned—and
lively in the way it interweaves Biblical
analysis, Zen literature, and Western phi-
losophy and sociology with popular cul-
ture and deep wisdom. I am delighted to
greet this important and meaningful
work.”—from the foreword by Robert
A.F. Thurman, author of Why the Dalai
Lama Matters

“Spellmeyer’s book is full of light and

fire; his sudden insights go off like roman
candles. He goes beyond the usual ser-
mons and takes a risk—he gives us intu-
Buddha at the
Apocalypse
itions and connections between the
Awakening from a deep strange heart of Zen koans and the
Culture of Destruction riches of Western culture.This is a fresh
Kurt Spellmeyer way to think and live in the world.”
Foreword by Robert A.F. Thurman —John Tarrant, author of Bring Me the
9780861715824 | 192 pages | $16.95
eBook ISBN 9780861719372
Rhinoceros

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 “A sweet and sensitive story of courage,
sacrifice, and kindness.” The Banyan Deer
-A PA R A B L E O F C O U R AG E & C O M PA S S I O N -
—Dan Millman, author of
The Way of the Peaceful Warrior

“The narrative of a deer king who lays his life

on the line not only for his own people but for
all creatures, this story is a tale for all ages and all
belief systems, with many subtleties layered
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