Buddhism Books

New and Published Books

1. Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West

   Between Mind and Body

   Edited by Geoffrey Samuel, Jay Johnston

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

   Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises associated with them. This book explores subtle-body practices from a...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. A Study of Shinto

   The Religion of the Japanese Nation

   By Genchi Katu

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

   This volume investigates and present the salient features of Shinto through a long history of development from its remote past up to the present. It is a historical study of Shinto from a scientific point of view, illustrating the higher aspects of the religion, compile on strict lines of religious...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
3. Japanese Religions and Globalization

   By Ugo Dessì

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

   This book analyzes the variety of ways through which Japanese religions (Buddhism, Shinto, and new religious movements) contribute to the dynamics of accelerated globalization in recent decades. It looks at how Japanese religions provide material to cultural global flows, thus acting as carriers of...

   Published February 25th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Life of Buddha

   By Edward J. Thomas

   Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
5. Mindfulness

   Diverse Perspectives on its Meaning, Origins and Applications

   Edited by J. Mark Williams, Jon Kabat-Zinn

   Mindfulness-based approaches to medicine, psychology, neuroscience, healthcare, education, business leadership, and other major societal institutions have become increasingly common. New paradigms are emerging from a confluence of two powerful and potentially synergistic epistemologies: one arising...

   Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Buddha and Religious Diversity

   By J. Abraham Velez de Cea

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

   Providing a rigorous analysis of Buddhist ways of understanding religious diversity, this book develops a new foundation for cross-cultural understanding of religious diversity in our time. Examining the complexity and uniqueness of Buddha’s approach to religious pluralism using four main...

   Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
7. Eating Disorders and Mindfulness

   Exploring Alternative Approaches to Treatment

   Edited by Leah DeSole

   This book presents an overview of the latest psychological knowledge about the application of mindfulness-based interventions in the field of eating disorders. Increasingly, these interventions are used in therapeutic practice. They encourage clients to process their experience fully, as it arises,...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Refutation of the Self in Indian Buddhism

   Candrakirti on the Selflessness of Persons

   By James Duerlinger

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

   Since the Buddha did not fully explain the theory of persons that underlies his teaching, in later centuries a number of different interpretations were developed. This book presents the interpretation by the celebrated Indian Buddhist philosopher, Candrakirti (ca. 570–650 C.E.). Candrakirti’s...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Notion of Ditthi in Theravada Buddhism

   The Point of View

   By Paul Fuller

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

   The notion of 'view' or 'opinion' (ditthi) as an obstacle to 'seeing things as they are' is a central concept in Buddhist thought. This book considers the two ways in which the notion of views are usually understood. Are we to understand right-view as a correction of wrong-views (the opposition...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Buddhism and Religious Diversity

    Edited by Perry Schmidt-Leukel

    Series: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies

    In today’s globalized world, religious diversity has become one of the strongest challenges to the self-understanding of any major religious tradition, provoking two interdependent questions. How does it see itself in the light of others? And, how does it see others in the light of its own...

    Published September 27th 2012 by Routledge