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The story of the Buddha and his awakening is more than an account of the birth of a religious tradition: it is also one of the great archetypal tales of the spiritual quest, colorful in its many details and thrilling in its depiction of the world transformed by an enlightened human being. Sherab Chodzin Kohn s retelling of the Buddha s life is both readable and historically informed, and presents the Buddha s teachings along with the events of his past lives to final nirvana. "Library Journal" called it a splendid combination of biography and instruction. This new edition of the book...

The story of the founder of Buddhism is one of the world's great archetypal tales of spiritual awakening. He was born Siddhartha Gautama in the sixth century BCE, the son of a prince who ruled a small kingdom in what is now Nepal. Siddhartha led a sheltered existence until the age of twenty-nine, when he left his life of ease and set out to find a solution to the problem of suffering. For years he wandered as a homeless ascetic, practicing severe austerities that brought him to the brink of death but no nearer to his goal. He then abandoned asceticism for a "middle way." Sitting down under a...

Sherab Chödzin Kohn, dlouholetý žák Trungpy rinpočheho, čerpal při psaní Buddhova životopisu z mnoha různých zdrojů. Výsledkem je kniha, která ukazuje mnoho fascinujících aspektů života a aktivity Buddhy Šákjamuniho, aniž by upadala do přílišného patosu či sentimentality.
Dobře známý příběh prince Gautamy, který opustil život v přepychu, aby zvítězil nad utrpením podmíněné existence, tvoří v tomto pojetí podstatný úvod, avšak převážná část knihy je věnována oněm 45 letům, která Buddha strávil předáváním svého poznání....

This classic of twentieth-century literature chronicles the spiritual evolution of a man living in India at the time of the Buddha a spiritual journey that has inspired generations of readers. Here is a fresh translation from Sherab Chodzin Kohn, a gifted translator and longtime student of Buddhism and Eastern philosophy. Kohn's flowing, poetic translation conveys the philosophical and spiritual nuances of Hesse's text, paying special attention to the qualities of meditation experience. This edition also includes an introduction exploring Hesse's own spiritual journey as evidenced in his...

Ayya Khema (1923-1997) was the first Western woman to become a Theravadan Buddhist nun. As such, she has served as a model and inspiration for women from all the Buddhist traditions who have sought to revive the practice of women's monasticism in modern times. Though her renown as a teacher is widespread, few know the truly amazing details of her life before her monastic ordination at the age of fifty-eight.
And what a life it was. Born Ilse Kussel in Berlin, Germany, she grew up in a prosperous Jewish family that was broken up by Nazi terror in 1938. The story of her escape alone to...