Most Read This Week In Buddhism

Buddhism is a nontheistic religion that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha, meaning "the awakened one". According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha lived and taught in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. He is recognized by Buddhists as an awakened or enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end their suffering through the elimination of ignorance and craving by way of understanding and the se ...more

Most Read This Week Tagged "Buddhism"

Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)
The Cat Who Taught Zen
The Book of Form and Emptiness
The Journey (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #2)
Evelyn in Transit
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
Profondo come il mare, leggero come il cielo: Un viaggio dentro se stessi per trovare la serenità
Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny
How to Let Things Go: 99 Tips from a Zen Buddhist Monk to Relinquish Control and Free Yourself Up for What Matters
How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials, #9)
49 Days
The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop
How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being
Fierce Self-Compassion: How to Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Your Power, and Thrive
We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons on Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption
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Voice for the Voiceless: Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for My Land and My People – A New York Times Bestselling Memoir of Spiritual Exile and Freedom
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self
Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here
Mindful of Murder
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East
The Magic of Vajrayana
The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners: A Guide to Living and Dying
Zen Is Right Now: More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
Christian Atheism: How to Be a Real Materialist
Notebooks of a Wandering Monk
The Dalai Lama's Cat Awaken the Kitten Within (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #5)
The Little Book of Joy
Buddhist Stories for Kids: Jataka Tales of Kindness, Friendship, and Forgiveness
Heart to Heart: A Timely Tale of Healing, Hope, and Change from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Mutt's Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell
Three Zen Sutras: The Heart, The Diamond, and The Platform Sutras
Notes on Surviving the Fire
The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
Wait
Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom
Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King
Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion
Cynicism and Magic: Intelligence and Intuition on the Buddhist Path
Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr.
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Paceville and Metanoia
The Buddhist and the Ethicist: Conversations on Effective Altruism, Engaged Buddhism, and How to Build a Better World
Zen and the Art of Dealing with Difficult People: How to Learn from Your Troublesome Buddhas
Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World
The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life
Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life and Practice
Living Kindness: Metta Practice for the Whole of Our Lives
Sangharakshita: The Boy, the Monk the Man
Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists

Thich Nhat Hanh
Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Power

Gautama Buddha
These... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world: Long life is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world. Beauty is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world. Happiness is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world. Status is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world. ...Now, I tell you, these... things are not to be obtained by reason of prayers or wishes. If they were to be ...more
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