Publications

Rethinking Karma: The Dharma of Social Justice

Rethinking Karma: The Dharma of Social Justice

Rethinking Karma: The Dharma of Social Justice, which deals with the way Buddhists misunderstand and twist the Buddha's original teaching of karma to perpetuate classicism/caste-ism, sexism, and political oppression. It features writings by Buddhadasa, Phra Phaisan,...

LE BOUDDHISME ENGAGÉ

LE BOUDDHISME ENGAGÉ

Un livre d’Éric Rommeluère publié aux Éditions du Seuil, 192 pages, broché 21x 14, 18 euros, ISBN 978-2021003833.   Dans ses formes traditionnelles, le bouddhisme considère la souffrance comme la manifestation d’une angoisse existentielle. Ses enseignements et...

Jinapa?jara G?th? or The Victor?s Cage

Jinapa?jara G?th? or The Victor?s Cage

Explanatory Notes Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation in collaboration with the International Network of Engaged Buddhists want to mark the 2,600 years of the Buddha?s Enlightenment, as well as his first sermon and the establishment of the Sangha in 2525 (or 2012 in...

Buddhist Care for the Dying and Bereaved

Buddhist Care for the Dying and Bereaved

Edited by JONATHAN S. WATTS and YOSHIHARU TOMATSU ? Care for the Dying in Thailand In the past, most people in Thailand died in their own houses. When a person was going to die, a monk or a group of monks would be sent for in order to guide him or her to a peaceful...

This Precious Life

This Precious Life

This Precious Life: Buddhist Tsunami Relief and Anti-Nuclear Activism in Post 3/11 Japan?  A Publication of the International Buddhist Exchange Center  This Precious Life:Buddhist Tsunami Relief and Anti-Nuclear Activism in Post 3/11 Japan Edited by Jonathan...

Rethinking Karma

Rethinking Karma

Rethinking Karma The Dharma of Social Justice Jonathan S. Watts, Editor ISBN 978-974-9511-78-7 2009. 364 pp, 14 x 21 cm THB 695 What is a Buddhist response to political oppression and economic exploitation? Does Buddhism encourage passivity and victimization? Can...

The Bodhisattva’s Embrace

The Bodhisattva’s Embrace

The Bodhisattva's Embrace: Dispatches from Engaged Buddhism's Front Lines Published by Clear View Press, September 2010 Hot off the press! Get your copy here! ***** ***** ? The Bodhisatttva's Embrace retails for $15.  Lots of ways to get your copy. Order by...

In the Shadow of the Buddha

In the Shadow of the Buddha

In the Shadow of the Buddha: Secret Journeys, Sacred Histories and Spiritual Discovery in TibetRethinking KarmaRethinking Karma Part spiritual biography, part nail-biting undercover reporting, In the Shadow of the Buddha brings together Pistono?s quest to uncover...