Jainism

Abhisamayalamkara with Vrtti and Aloka - Vol. 2 By Arya Vimuktisena Jain Pub Co Hardcover (360 pages) List Price: $90.00 Lowest New Price: $76.81 Lowest Used Price: $219.81 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 17:33 Pacific 20 Aug 2008 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Maitreya's Abhisamayalamkara is the most widely studied book in Tibet, where it was brought from India many centuries ago. It is used in all the monasteries to teach the path to Buddhahood, in accordance with the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. It teaches this in outline form, so it requires a commentary to be understood. The oldest extant commentary is Arya Vimuktisena's Vrtti. Haribhadra, the most influential Indian commentator, drew upon this to write his Aloka. Virtually all of the many famous Tibetan teachers who wrote their own commentaries on the Abhisamayalamkara relied on Haribhadra as their primary source. This is the second of four volumes.

Buddhism: A History (Religions of the World) By Ross Reat Jain Publishing Company Paperback (392 pages) List Price: $25.00 Lowest New Price: $12.89 Lowest Used Price: $4.24 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 17:33 Pacific 20 Aug 2008 More Info) Click Here Amazon.com: N. Ross Reat seems to have accomplished the impossible: a one-volume survey of Buddhism that is accurate, inclusive and readable. In an excellent narrative that links facts and ideas over three millennia, Buddhism: a History begins with four chapters on the background, inception and development of early Buddhism, then moves on through nine individual chapters on Buddhism in each of its major geographic locales, from Sri Lanka to Japan and even the West. A valuable work for student and casual reader alike.

Abhisamayalamkara With Vrtti And Aloka - Vol. 1 By Maitreya-natha Jain Pub Co Hardcover (330 pages) List Price: $90.00 Lowest New Price: $63.00 Lowest Used Price: $184.64 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 17:33 Pacific 20 Aug 2008 More Info) Click Here Product Description: This book is, firstly, a commentary on the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in 8,000 lines, and secondly, a commentary on Maitreya's Ornament for the Clear Realizations. It utilizes the latter to explain the former. The Ornament teaches the path to Buddhahood, bringing out and systematizing what is found buried in the voluminous Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. It became the most widely studied book in Tibet. There Haribhadra was regarded as the most authoritative Indian commentator on these topics, and virtually all of the many famous Tibetan teachers who wrote their own commentaries on them looked to him as their primary source. This is the first of four volumes, and contains Arya Vimuktisena's vritti as well. Abhisamayalamkaraloka (Vol. 1 of 4) Light of the Ornament for the Clear Realizations by Haribhadra

Sun-Face Buddha: The Teachings of Ma-Tsu and the Hung-Chou School of Ch'an By Cheng Chien Bhikshu Jain Publishing Company Paperback (176 pages) List Price: $20.00 Lowest New Price: $15.60 Lowest Used Price: $11.56 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 17:33 Pacific 20 Aug 2008 More Info) Click Here Book Description: A translation of the primary materials on the life and teachings of Ma-Tsu (709-788), the successor to the great sixth patriarch and the greatest Ch'an master in history, Hui-Neng (638-713). The book should be invaluable to all who wish to study the development of the Zen thought and philosophy over the course of history.

Tao Teh King By Lao-Tzu Jain Pub Co Paperback (129 pages) List Price: $20.00 Lowest New Price: $9.75 Lowest Used Price: $5.00 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 17:33 Pacific 20 Aug 2008 More Info) Click Here Book Description: Widely recognized as one of the world's great literary classics, Tao Teh King is one of the simplest yet most profound interpretations of man and nature. As a religion, it provides one of the sanest and most enduring of the major religions of mankind. Interpreted here by one of the foremost Western scholars of Eastern philosophies.

Golden Garland of Eloquence - Vol. 2 By Tsong Kha Pa Jain Pub Co Hardcover (230 pages) List Price: $75.00 Lowest New Price: $64.19 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 17:33 Pacific 20 Aug 2008 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Golden Garland of Eloquence (Legs bshad gser phreng) is the famous Perfection of Wisdom (prajnaparamita) commentary written by the influential Tibetan writer Tsong kha pa (1356-1419). It is Tsong kha pa's first major work, written before his better known works on Madhyamaka. It is greatly respected and much studied by all schools of Buddhism in Tibet.The Golden Garland supplements the two main Indian Perfection of Wisdom commentaries, Arya Vimuktisena's Vrtti and Haribhadra's Aloka, on which it is based. It explains the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras and earlier commentaries in detail, glossing difficult words and going into detailed explanations of difficult points. It introduces the reader to some twenty works by the most important Indian Perfection of Wisdom writers, and to the earlier Tibetan traditions of Ngok and Dolpopa, and the traditions of Buton and Nyaon. This translation makes available, for the first time in English, an example of the rich Tibetan Perfection of Wisdom commentarial tradition and will be of interest to both scholars and informed general readers alike. This is the second of four volumes.

The Heart of Confucius: Interpretations of "Genuine Living" and "Great Wisdom" By Archie J. Bahm Jain Publishing Company Paperback (159 pages) List Price: $20.00 Lowest New Price: $8.45 Lowest Used Price: $2.24 In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. (As of 17:33 Pacific 20 Aug 2008 More Info) Click Here

Introduction to the Lotus Sutra By Shinjo Suguro Jain Publishing Company Paperback (230 pages) List Price: $25.00 Lowest New Price: $11.99 Lowest Used Price: $8.27 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 17:33 Pacific 20 Aug 2008 More Info) Click Here Book Description: To many Buddhists, the Lotus Sutra is one of the most important, if not the most important, sutras in the Buddhist canon. To the beginning student of Buddhism, however, the Lotus Sutra often presents a difficult challenge. For this reason, the authors have developed "an introduction" to the Lotus Sutra, making it easy to understand this central scripture of Mahayana Buddhism.

The Jain Path: Ancient Wisdom for the West By Aidan Rankin O Books Paperback (240 pages) List Price: $22.95 Lowest New Price: $15.66 Lowest Used Price: $18.17 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 17:33 Pacific 20 Aug 2008 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Jainism is one of the world's oldest religions, and perhaps the most demanding, rational and radical of all of them, attaching a great importance to individual responsibility. Today we are questioning our own inherited values and also rediscovering ancient traditions. We are looking for continuity and balance-a return to the centre. Understanding of Jain principles can point us towards the elusive paradigm shift, giving spiritual and intellectual strength to a new global ethic of compassion and interdependence.