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The Way of the Bodhisattva (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.27 — 7,997 ratings — published 700
The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,660 ratings — published 1970
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.21 — 50,745 ratings — published 1970
The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.13 — 539 ratings — published 100
The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,083 ratings — published 857
The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.39 — 172 ratings — published 1993
The Lotus Sutra (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,794 ratings — published 150
The Heart Sutra (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,949 ratings — published 2001
Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations (The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices)
by (shelved 4 times as mahayana)
avg rating 3.96 — 195 ratings — published 1989
Introduction to the Middle Way: Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara with Commentary by Ju Mipham (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.51 — 102 ratings — published 1912
Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.50 — 22 ratings — published 1974
Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.30 — 53 ratings — published 1988
The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.30 — 267 ratings — published 2012
The Awakening of Faith: The Classic Exposition of Mahayana Buddhism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.09 — 129 ratings — published 1964
Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith (Oxford Chinese Thought)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published
Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.24 — 13,859 ratings — published 1994
The Vimalakirti Sutra: A Bilingual Volume with Cross References between English and Chinese - Translated from the Chinese of Master Kumarajiva (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.78 — 18 ratings — published
A Treasury of Mahāyāna Sūtras: Selections from the Mahāratnakūta Sūtra (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 1983
Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.56 — 291 ratings — published 1986
Wake Up to What Matters: A Guide to Tibetan Buddhism for the Next Generation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 3.78 — 59 ratings — published
The Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.29 — 17 ratings — published
The Surangama Sutra: A New Translation with Excerpts from the Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.50 — 38 ratings — published 2012
Entry Into the Inconceivable: An Introduction to Hua-yen Buddhism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.21 — 42 ratings — published 1983
The Surangama (Shurangama) Sutra - A New Translation with Excerpts from the Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.52 — 40 ratings — published 2009
The Great Path of Awakening: The Classic Guide to Lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist Practice for Cultivating the Heart of Compassion (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.41 — 271 ratings — published 1987
The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.27 — 284 ratings — published 1120
Nagarjuna's Letter To A Friend: With Commentary By Kangyur Rinpoche (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.35 — 160 ratings — published 100
Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,051 ratings — published 1830
What Makes You Not a Buddhist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,657 ratings — published 2006
The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.42 — 3,377 ratings — published 1987
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,964 ratings — published 1986
The Essential Dogen: Writings of the Great Zen Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 3.96 — 961 ratings — published 2013
The Heart of Compassion: The Thirty-seven Verses on the Practice of a Bodhisattva (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.63 — 345 ratings — published 2007
Hsin Hsin Ming (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.70 — 433 ratings — published 1973
The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-Neng (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,481 ratings — published 1969
The Jewel Ornament of Liberation: The Wish-Fulfilling Gem of the Noble Teachings (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.53 — 361 ratings — published 1100
From the Heart Essence of Longchenpa, the Chöd Practice: The Bellowing Laugh of the Dakini (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Nothing Special: A Zen Buddhist Guide to Awakening Through Daily Life's Feelings, Relationships, and Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,372 ratings — published 1993
No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,528 ratings — published 2005
Marvelous Stories from the Perfection of Wisdom: 130 Didactic Stories from Arya Nagarjuna's Exegesis on the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (English and Chinese Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.89 — 9 ratings — published 2009
Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way: With Commentary by Gyel-Tsap (Textual Studies and Translations in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.53 — 45 ratings — published 2008
The Sun of Wisdom: Teachings on the Noble Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.33 — 85 ratings — published 2003
Nagarjuna in Context: Mahayana Buddhism and Early Indian Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.31 — 13 ratings — published 2005
On Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra VII.1 (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as mahayana)
avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published 2007
A Lua no espelho: Uma visão incomum da Prajna Paramita (Portuguese Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as mahayana)
avg rating 4.50 — 8 ratings — published 2013
Quintessential Dzogchen: Confusion Dawns as Wisdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as mahayana)
avg rating 4.47 — 104 ratings — published 2006
The Buddhhist Bhikṣu's Obligation to Support His Parents in Two Vinaya Traditions (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as mahayana)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
Constituting Canon and Community in Eleventh Century Tibet: The Extant Writings of Rongzom and His Charter of Mantrins (sngags pa’i bca’ yig)
by (shelved 1 time as mahayana)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as mahayana)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,712 ratings — published 2025
Emptiness (The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 5)
by (shelved 1 time as mahayana)
avg rating 4.38 — 77 ratings — published 2009
“When we are meditating in a haunted graveyard, or even in our rooms, frightening external and internal appearances may arise during Chöd practice. If this happens, check the two 'superstitions'—the external, frightening appearance, and the internal appearance of the inherently existent 'I' that is frightened. Do they exist from their own sides? With determination, check for the 'I' that experiences fear, whether of a sight or a sound. Recalling that our purpose is to compassionately sacrifice ourselves to the spirits, and remembering emptiness of the three spheres of giving, we mix our minds with space and visualize the spirits consuming our bodies as well as our sense of an inherently existent self. After the spirits have eaten the body, again investigate the two superstitions. It is by checking for the independent 'I' that we come to realize emptiness.”
― Chöd in the Ganden Tradition: The Oral Instructions of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche
― Chöd in the Ganden Tradition: The Oral Instructions of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche
“Some may be inspired to respectfully adorn the body of a bodhisattva with sandalwood powder, while others may prefer to throw lava on the bodhisattva's head, yet both affect the bodhisattva equally. May the mind of equanimity be developed.
—Prajñāpāramitāsañcayagāthā (Gathering of Precious Qualities)”
― Dudjom Lingpa's Chöd: An Ambrosia Ocean of Sublime Explanations
—Prajñāpāramitāsañcayagāthā (Gathering of Precious Qualities)”
― Dudjom Lingpa's Chöd: An Ambrosia Ocean of Sublime Explanations
