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The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom

In this “masterwork of an authentic spirit person” (Thomas Berry), Buddhist teacher and anthropologist Joan Halifax Roshi delves into “the fruitful darkness”—the shadow side of being, found in the root truths of Native religions, the fecundity of nature, and the stillness of meditation.

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Joan Halifax, Thich Nhat Hanh (foreword)
2004
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Healing Emotions: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Psychology, Meditation, and the Mind-Body Connection

Can the mind heal the body? The Buddhist tradition says yes—and now many Western scientists are beginning to agree. These discussions between the Dalai Lama and this group of prominent physicians, psychologists, philosophers, and behaviorists could not be more timely.

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The Dalai Lama, Daniel Goleman (editor, foreword)
2020
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Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

Exiled from Vietnam over thirty years ago, Thich Nhat Hanh has become known as a healer of the heart, a monk who shows us how the everyday world can both enrich and endanger our spiritual lives.

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Thich Nhat Hanh
2000
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Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal

Master mythologist Joseph Campbell had a genius for finding the unifying symbols and metaphors in apparently distinct cultures and traditions.

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Joseph Campbell, David Kudler (foreword)
2012
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Living Buddha, Living Christ (20th Anniversary Edition)

The 20th anniversary edition of the classic text, updated, revised, and featuring a Mindful Living Journal.

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Thich Nhat Hanh, Elaine Pagels (introduction), Brother David Steindl-Rast (foreword)
2007
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The Mystic Foundation: Understanding and Exploring the Magical Universe

The sheer number of mystical traditions in the world can be overwhelming to seekers new to the metaphysical world. Summing up the universal truths underlying many mystic institutions, The Mystic Foundation is an initial step toward understanding the wisdom of each.

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Christopher Penczak
2006
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Common Ground Between Islam and Buddhism: Spiritual and Ethical Affinities

Forging an interfaith dialog between traditions that typically stand at odds, this groundbreaking book explores the scriptural and spiritual tenets of Islam and Buddhism in relation to one another, creating a basis for comparison and analysis of the two traditions.

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Kazemi Reza Shah, The Dalai Lama, Hanson Hamza Yusuf, bin Muhammad Prince Ghazi, Kamali Mohammad Hashim
2010
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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Buddhism is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves to Tokyo temples to redwood retreats. To an outside viewer, it might be hard to see what they all have in common.

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The Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron, Bhante Gunaratana
2017
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Dharma Matters: Women, Race, and Tantra

Jan Willis was among the first Westerners to encounter exiled Tibetan teachers abroad in the late sixties, instantly finding her spiritual and academic home.

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Jan Willis, Charles Johnson (foreword), Janet Gyatso (foreword)
2020
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The Ground We Share: Everyday Practice, Buddhist and Christian

These dialogues between Robert Aitken Roshi, one of the first American-born Zen masters, and Brother David Steindl-Rast, the Roman Catholic monk and hermit, took place during a week-long retreat the two old friends undertook in 1991 in a remote part of the island of Hawaii.

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Robert Aitken, David Steindl-Rast
1996
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