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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Buddhist (Beliefs & Culture)	Anita Ganeri	Introduces the religion of Buddhism, describing its origins and traditions. Includes related crafts and activities.	OL104006W
Food for thought	Dhammadharo Bhikkhu	This book is an introduction to the Buddhist practice of training the heart. It is taken from the talks of Phra Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo, a teacher in the Thai forest tradition of meditation, and is cal…	OL10406064W
Mountain doctrine	Śes-rab-rgyal-mtshan Dol-po-pa	"Translated here for the first time into any language, Mountain Doctrine, Ocean of Definitive Meaning: Final Unique Quintessential Instructions is a seminal fourteenth-century Tibetan text on the nat…	OL1055131W
Buddhism in China	Samuel Beal	Of the three religions, or religious persuasions, professed in China, two have already been described in a volume of the present series. The third, Buddhism, is to be considered in the following page…	OL1059474W
Crime and punishment in the Buddhist tradition	Nandasēna Ratnapāla	Chiefly a study on the rules of Buddhist monasticism and religious order; includes reference to the Pārājika (Buddhist law) of Vinayapiṭaka.	OL1059930W
Buddhist western Himalaya	Omacanda Hāṇḍā	With reference to Ladākh, Lāhul and Spiti, and Kinnaur places of western Himalaya.	OL1070456W
Hinduism and Buddhism	Sir Charles Eliot	Traces the history and development of religion in India and elsewhere with occasional remarks on its latest phases.	OL107087W
Buddhist sects and sectarianism	Bibhuti Baruah	Historical analysis of origin and development of various Buddhist sects and sectarianism in the history of succession of schools in Asia.	OL1079140W
The gospel of Buddha	Paul Carus	Judging by the preface, a book that was welcomed by both Southern and Northern Buddhists. In the story we follow Gautama Buddha from his youth, to his quest for knowledge, to enlightenment, and ultim…	OL1105291W
The Maha vam Đsa, or, The great chronicle of Ceylon	Maha na ma	Fifth century Buddhist epic on the history of Sri Lanka.	OL11178496W
Awakening the Buddha within	Lama Surya Das,Surya Das Lama	Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the definitive book on Western Buddhism for the modern-day spiritual seeker.The radical and compelling message…	OL11601619W
The mind is mightier than the sword	Surya Das Lama	From bestselling author and beloved teacher Lama Surya Das comes a thorough, engaging, and user-friendly guide to the teachings of Buddhism. Lama Surya Das is one of the most well-regarded Buddhist t…	OL11601621W
Transforming adversity into joy and courage	Jampa Tegchok,Geshe Jampa Tegchok,Jampa Tegchok Geshe	"A practical and inspiring guide for developing our ability to be happy and benefit others, this commentary on The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas by Gyalsay Togme Sangpo is studied by followe…	OL11637313W
Thus I have seen	Andy Rotman	"In Thus Have I Seen: Visualizing Faith in Early Indian Buddhism, Andy Rotman examines visual practices and how they function as a kind of skeleton key for opening up Buddhist conceptualizations abou…	OL11877273W
The joy of living	Yongey Rinpoche Mingyur,Eric Swanson,Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche	For millennia, Buddhists have enjoyed the limitless benefits of meditation. But how does it work? And why? The principles behind this ancient practice have long eluded some of the best minds in moder…	OL12284284W
W. A. Unkrig	Sven Hedin,Franke, Herbert,Hartmut Walravens,W. A. Unkrig	Die Korrespondenz des Mongolisten und russisch-orthodoxen Theologen Unkrig gibt ein anschauliches Bild seiner wissenschaftlichen Arbeit und seiner Unterstutzung des Volkerkundlers und Nordsibirienspe…	OL12708101W
A collection of bitter-sweets	Dianne Aslett/Diane Aslett	This is a book of poetry I had published in 1977 under my name spelt with one 'n'. I later added another 'n', so changing the spelling of my name to Dianne instead of 'Diane'. Gordon Chilvers rep…	OL12887091W
Indische Skizzen	Weber, Albrecht	Reprint. Articles on Indian history, Buddhism and Sanskrit language.	OL1428264W
Oracle of Compassion	Hope Bradford	In this, the abridged version (sans appendices) of "The Living Word of Kuan Yin: The Teachings and Prophecies of the Goddess of Compassion and Mercy" is presented Kuan Yin’s eternal wisdom on the pow…	OL15232487W
The Zen teaching of Huang Po on the transmission of mind	Huang, Po.	This complete translation of the original collection of sermons, dialogues, and anecdotes of Huang Po, the illustrious Chinese master of the Tang Dynasty, allows the Western reader to gain an underst…	OL156623W