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Mother to the Buddha, mother to early Buddhist women, mother to the Buddhist faith, Mahaprajapati’s journey is finally presented as one interwoven with the founding of Buddhism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-return-id=\"mobile-praise\" id=\"desktop-praise\"\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"praise\" name=\"#praise\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-2\" class=\"slot product-praise seemoreenable\" target-height=\"4124.94\" height-fold=\"280\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eLion's Roar magazine says, \"Garling blends storytelling and insightful commentary to reinstate Mahaprajapati as an inspiring first mother of Buddhism.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePaperback, 272 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43532386599078,"sku":"B-RAISED","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/products\/9781611806694.jpg?v=1739048513"},{"product_id":"the-bodhisattva-path-commentary-on-the-vimalakirti-and-ugrapariprccha-sutras","title":"The Bodhisattva Path: Commentary on the Vimalakirti and Ugrapariprccha Sutras","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Thich Nhat Hanh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLearn about the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ebodhisattva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eideal—the capacity to see the potential for awakening in everyone and aspire to help them along their path—with new commentaries on early Mahayana sutras from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, the monk\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTime\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003emagazine calls \"the father of mindfulness.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on a three-month retreat given by Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh in the winter of 1991, this book gives an historical account of the emergence of the bodhisattva ideal during the first century CE, together with Thich Nhat Hanh's previously unpublished commentaries on two early Mahayana sutras—the Ugraparipṛccha Sutra (The Questions of the Householder Ugra) and the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa Sutra (The Instructions of Vimalakīrti).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAbout 150 years after the death of the historical Buddha, Buddhism had begun to develop into many separate schools, in which many monks came to prioritize their own personal liberation in their teaching and practice, while making Buddhism into a series of doctrines that served their own school. They came to live in a way that was cut off from other schools and from laypeople and saw laypeople as there primarily to make offerings and support the monks, not as practitioners who could also benefit fully from the Buddha’s teachings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eConsequently, around the first century CE, there arose among lay and monastic practitioners the desire to popularize Buddhism and bring it out of the ivory tower and back in touch with life in the world, as it had been in the time of the Buddha. From this movement sprang the Mahayana path, which aimed to provide the deepest wellsprings of Buddhist thought to all people, regardless of their social background. Central to the Mahayana teachings is the idea of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebodhicitta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (the mind of love), which was personified in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebodhisattva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, who sees the potential for enlightenment in everyone and vows to help them on their path to awakening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon Mahayana sutras began to appear, encouraging practitioners to develop the qualities of a bodhisattva in themselves. The Ugraparipṛccha Sutra counsels students on the bodhisattva path, giving practical instructions on how to help others suffer less. The Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa Sutra focuses on bringing the deepest teachings of Buddhism to ordinary people, with teachings on the ultimate dimension and Buddhist ethics. With his insightful commentary on these two important sutras, Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh continues the inclusive spirit of the early Mahayana practitioners.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e160 Pages, Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43784896741542,"sku":"B-BPATH","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/products\/51Fr_lCUuxL._SX331_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1739048500"},{"product_id":"bodhisattva-of-compassion-the-mystical-tradition-of-kuan-yin","title":"Bodhisattva of Compassion","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9781611806694 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\" height-fold=\"377\" target-height=\"538.469\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mystical Tradition of KuanYin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy John Blofeld\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe is the embodiment of selfless love, the supreme symbol of radical compassion, and, for more than a millennium throughout Asia, she has been revered as “The One Who Hearkens to the Cries of the World.” Kuan Yin is both a Buddhist symbol and a beloved deity of Chinese folk religion. John Blofeld’s classic study traces the history of this most famous of all the bodhisattvas from her origins in India (as the male figure Avalokiteshvara) to Tibet, China, and beyond, along the way highlighting her close connection to other figures such as Tara and Amitabha. The account is full of charming stories of Blofeld’s encounters with Kuan Yin’s devotees during his journeys in China. The book also contains meditation and visualization techniques associated with the Bodhisattva of Compassion, and translations of poems and yogic texts devoted to her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePaperback, 160 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43905290436774,"sku":"B-BODCOM","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/products\/818JFMTSNLL.jpg?v=1739048490"},{"product_id":"jhana-consciousness-buddhist-meditation-in-the-age-of-neuroscience","title":"Jhana Consciousness: Buddhist Meditation in the Age of Neuroscience","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9781611806694 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\" height-fold=\"377\" target-height=\"538.469\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBy Paul Dennison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn interdisciplinary deep dive into Buddhist jhāna meditation and how it can transform our understanding of self and consciousness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStates of profound meditative concentration, the jhānas are central to the earliest Buddhist teachings. For centuries in Southeast Asia, oral yogāvacara (yoga practitioner) lineages kept traditional jhāna practices alive, but in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, reforms in Theravāda Buddhism downplayed the importance of jhāna in favor of vipassanā (insight) meditation. Some began to consider the jhānas to be strictly the domain of monastics, unattainable in the context of modern lay life. In recent years, however, there has been a resurgence of interest in the jhānas, and as researcher Paul Dennison shows, the esoteric and sometimes “magical” pre-reform practices of Southeast Asia hold powerful potential for modern lay practitioners living in a more scientifically minded world. Drawing on traditional Buddhist doctrine, teachings from lesser-known meditation texts such as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYogāvacara’s Manual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and findings from the first in-depth, peer-reviewed neuroscience study of jhāna meditation, Dennison unpacks this ancient practice in all its nuance while posing novel questions about perception, subjectivity, and the nature of enlightenment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"desktop-praise\" data-return-id=\"mobile-praise\"\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"#praise\" id=\"praise\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-praise seemoreenable\" id=\"seemore-2\" height-fold=\"280\" target-height=\"4124.94\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePaperback, 304 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43905321074854,"sku":"B-JHANA","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/products\/71qIN961WsL.jpg?v=1739048489"},{"product_id":"enjoying-the-ultimate-commentary-on-the-nirvana-chapter-of-the-chinese-dharmapada","title":"Enjoying the Ultimate: Commentary on the Nirvana Chapter of the Chinese Dharmapada","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThich Nhat Hanh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFor Buddhists seeking perfection, the Sanskrit word \"nirvana\" is held as the unreachable goal. 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Previously unavailable in English, these teachings on the experiential path which can help us touch nirvana are an \"instant classic\" for Buddhists and meditation practitioners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith his fluency in Classical Chinese and his knowledge of Sanskrit and Pali, Thich Nhat Hanh is the perfect guide to lead the way to a new understanding of nirvana for an international audience. Through his commentary, ranging freely in his vast knowledge of Vietnamese Buddhist history, we gain a master practitioner's view of a tradition of Zen Buddhism that has been, until now, inaccessible to Western students. 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With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMindfulness for Beginners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e you are invited to learn how to transform your relationship to the way you think, feel, love, work, and play―and thereby awaken to and embody more completely who you really are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, the teacher, scientist, and clinician who first demonstrated the benefits of mindfulness within mainstream Western medicine offers a book that you can use in three unique ways: as a collection of reflections and practices to be opened and explored at random; as an illuminating and engaging start-to-finish read; or as an unfolding “lesson-a-day” primer on mindfulness practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46230687580326,"sku":"B-MINDFULNESS","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/files\/mindfulness.jpg?v=1742397289"}],"url":"https:\/\/monasterystore.org\/collections\/general-buddhism\/zen.oembed","provider":"The Monastery Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}