In the oldest scriptures of Theravada Buddhism much attention is given to the jhanas, high levels of meditative attainment distinguished by powerful concentration and purity of mind. Ven. Dr. Gunaratana examines these jhanas within the context of Buddhist teaching as...

Office Yoga is a survival handbook for the deskbound, a practical manual of simple movements which you can do a few minutes at a time throughout the day, to relieve the tension and stress of sedentary working life. It gives...

Psychology acts as a link between the social and biological sciences. As a social science its subject-matter is of the utmost importance in understanding human actions in society, their behavior as individuals, as members of various groups. A knowledge of...

This work is intended to fill up a gap in the literature on the history of Education, which has not taken adequate account of the unique contributions made by Hindu thought to both educational theory and practice. The work is...

The Vijnanavadins have long been characterized as believing in an Absolute. Thomas Wood investigates the extent to which this characterization is true. Through a detailed analysis of some of their fundamental texts, Dr. Wood demonstrates that Vijnanavadins were in fact...

Discipline: The Canonical Buddhism of the Vinayapitaka is a penetrating analysis of a heretofore neglected, yet centrally important portion of the Pali Canon. In identifying the pivotal role of discipline in the bhikkhu quest for nibbana Professor Holt finds that...

Buddhist logic reveals itself as the culminating point of a long course of Indian philosophic history. Its birth, its growth and its decline run parallel with the birth, the growth and the decline of Indian civilisation. The time has come...

Throughout the centuries, moral philosophers, both Eastern and Western, considered a permanent and eternal law a necessary requirement for the formulation of a moral principle. If such a law was not empirically given, it had to be determined through reason....

Wisdom Beyond Words: The Buddhist Vision of Ultimate Reality (HB) | Author - Sangharakshita (Author) | MLBD Publications It is all very well to expect Buddhism to be meaningful to where we are here and now but where is here...

A History of Buddhist Philosophy: Continuties and Discontinuties. The present work has, since its original publication in 1976, offered an unequaled introduction to the philosophical principles and historical development of Buddhism. Now, representing the culmination of Dr. Kalupahana's thirty years...

The Chinese Madhyama Agama and the Pali Majjhima Nikaya: A Comparative Study (HB) | Author - Bhiksu Thich Minh Chau (Author) | MLBD Publications In A comparative study of the Chinese Madhyama agama and the Pali Majjhima Nikaya efforts are...

Nagarjuna In Context: Mahayana Buddhism And Early Indian Culture (HB) | Author - Joseph Walser (Author) | MLBD Publications Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books....