Product Description: The Dhammapada ("dhamma" meaning teaching and "pada" meaning path) is perhaps the best-known Buddhist text, consisting of 423 verses compiled in the 3rd century BC. Though not lengthy, these teachings gather what are said to be Buddha's utterances over many years as collected by his disciples...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This collection of wise words from the Zen tradition will provide inspiration for all who desire enlightenment or a deeper insight into the meaning of life. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The teachings of the Buddha are both profoundly simple and richly complex. This book explains the beliefs common to Buddhists everywhere, and explores the variety of ways in which these are practised and describes the place of festivals, pilgrimage and mediation in the life of the believer.

Product Description: Here is the core of the Buddha's teaching in his own words, as it was memorized word for word by his disciples and written down two hundred years after his death. These selections from the Buddhist scriptures deal with the search for truth, the way of contemplation, life and death, living in community, and many other topics, serving as an excellent introduction to the Buddha's teaching...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Here is the core of the Buddha's teachings in his own words, as it was memorized word-for-word by his disciples and written down two hundred years after his death. These selections from the Buddhist scriptures deal with the search for truth, the way of contemplation, life, and death, living in community, and many other topics, serving as an excellent introduction to the Buddha's teaching...read more

Product Description: A collection of essays on 20th century women (mostly still living) whose lives or work have been concerned with spirituality, or have contained an important spiritual dimension. It will be a kind of companion volume to the author's successful "weavers of wisdom" but focusing on the women's lives and experience rather than their teaching...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A collection of studies of spiritual leaders who have made their mark on the century - including Krishnamurti, Gurdjieff, Martin Buber, Rudolf Steiner, Aldous Huxley and 14 others.

Product Description: Throughout history men and women have sought answers to questions about their existence and beyond -- yet most gurus, philosophers and religious leaders have been men. This book documents women's important contributions to mystic philosophy through an examination of fifteen noted mystics including Joanna Macy, Dadi Janki, and Evelyn Underhill...read more

An introduction to the history and religious philosophy of Zen Buddhism includes descriptions of the lives and thoughts of the most famous Zen masters

Traces the history of Buddhism, describes Buddha's teachings, and looks at festivals, art, and holy places