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The Beautiful Story of Great Faith, Great Wisdom

By Windhorse Publi... on Thu, 30 Jun, 2016 - 12:36

The Beautiful Story of Great Faith, Great Wisdom

By Windhorse Publi... on Thu, 30 Jun, 2016 - 12:36

We would like to invite you to dive more deeply into the beautiful and imaginative world of Great Faith, Great Wisdom: Practice and Awakening in the Pure Land Sutras of Mahayana Buddhism by Ratnaguna and Śraddhāpa. Great Faith, Great Wisdom is our newest book, launched earlier this year.

Please explore the new Great Faith, Great Wisdom book site, which provides the audio reading of the sutras, an excerpt from the book, and an interview...

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Vishvapani on Getting a Sense of the Buddha

By Windhorse Publi... on Mon, 1 Feb, 2016 - 16:34

Vishvapani on Getting a Sense of the Buddha

By Windhorse Publi... on Mon, 1 Feb, 2016 - 16:34

Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One weaves ancient sources and modern understanding into an insightful and thought-provoking biography. In an interview with Hannah Atkinson, author Vishvapani discusses how his research into the Discourses provided him with a strong sense of the Buddha.

Gautama Buddha is an incredibly full and rich account of the Buddha’s life and teachings. I think you wrote it over a period of three years?

Yes, and it was by far the hardest...

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Looking Forward to 2016

By Windhorse Publi... on Mon, 18 Jan, 2016 - 16:19

Looking Forward to 2016

By Windhorse Publi... on Mon, 18 Jan, 2016 - 16:19

We at Windhorse Publications are looking forward to some exciting new releases in 2016, including three new books and the first volume of Sangharakshita’s Complete Works.

New Books in 2016

Great Faith, Great Wisdom, to be launched in April, is a beautiful exploration of the imaginative world portrayed in the Pure Land Sutras, a world that is the objectification of the awakened mind. Author Ratnaguna and translator Śraddhāpa take a practical and imaginative approach, and this book is endorsed...

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Anālayo on Compassion and Emptiness

By Windhorse Publi... on Thu, 7 Jan, 2016 - 11:34

Anālayo on Compassion and Emptiness

By Windhorse Publi... on Thu, 7 Jan, 2016 - 11:34

Anālayo, professor of Buddhist Studies at the Sri Lanka International Academy in Pallekele, teaches at the Center for Buddhist Studies of the University of Hamburg and researches at the Dharma Drum Buddhist College in Taiwan. He has drawn on his extensive research into early Buddhism to present Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation, our featured title this month. Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, comments, ‘Serious meditation students will benefit...

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New book by Sangharakshita: Metaphors, Magic and Mystery

By Munisha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2015 - 12:43

New book by Sangharakshita: Metaphors, Magic and Mystery

By Munisha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2015 - 12:43Sangharakshita’s latest book, Metaphors, Magic and Mystery, is now available from Windhorse Publications.Timed to celebrate the opening of Adhisthana’s Sangharakshita Library last month, it’s an anthology on the theme of words.

The book’s editor, Vidyadevi, writes: “It was through reading that Sangharakshita first realised that he was a Buddhist. He has had a great deal to say about words, as this collection shows. For very clear advice on how to approach all the reading opportunities that Dharma...

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One hundred awakening women

By Munisha on Mon, 3 Feb, 2014 - 17:08

One hundred awakening women

By Munisha on Mon, 3 Feb, 2014 - 17:08Viveka and Vimalasara, members of the Triratna Buddhist Order in San Francisco and Vancouver respectively, are among 100 contemporary female Buddhist teachers asked to contribute to The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women; a book of 100 stories and koans about women achieving awakening, each accompanied by a reflection by a contemporary woman teacher.

Viveka writes: “The invitation to contribute to The Hidden Lamp brought to mind memories of female hermit meditators, living in...

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Two new books in memory of Manjusvara

By lokabandhu on Sat, 13 Jul, 2013 - 09:47

Two new books in memory of Manjusvara

By lokabandhu on Sat, 13 Jul, 2013 - 09:47Amalavajra writes in memory of his friend and co-worker Manjusvara, who died unexpectedly two years ago, saying - “You may be aware that June is the 2nd anniversary of Manjusvara’s death, and this June would have been his 60th Birthday.

To mark the occasion, Windhorse Publications are republishing his two writing books, The Poets Way and Writing Your Way, both available via Windhorse.

Ananda has also produced a very beautifully designed and...

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The Jewel in the Cabbage: a jewel of a book!

By lokabandhu on Sun, 7 Apr, 2013 - 05:27

The Jewel in the Cabbage: a jewel of a book!

By lokabandhu on Sun, 7 Apr, 2013 - 05:27The Jewel in the Cabbage, out of print for many years, has been republished in both paperback and ebook format. It’s a beautiful book, subtitled ‘Cooking with Metaphors’, and perhaps best described as a Buddhist meditation on the art and practice of cooking. Vimalabandhu, its author, was for many years chef at Padmaloka and Windhorse:Evolution.

The book is available from Triratna’s ‘lulu’ page, where it’s being sold at cost price with an ...

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