As its title suggests, Dharma Psychology is a fruitful marriage of East and West that blends scientific knowledge of our mental and sensory processes with time-honored experiential wisdom about human nature. The result is an eminently lucid and compassionate approach to the human predicament that enhances the Buddha's teachings on suffering with a detailed explanation of why and how it arises -and what can be done about it. Although it is not academic, the book thoroughly analyzes the hidden workings of the human mind, including the path of incoming sense data; the subliminal complexes that...

Una nueva traduccion y comentario del clasico de Laozi desde la comprension y la experiencia del budismo Chan (Zen). El libro incluye: texto completo en caracteres chinos y transcripcion pinyin, seleccionado principalmente a partir de las versiones de Wangbi, Guodian y Mawangdui; traducciones literales al espanol; comentarios detallados linea por linea; diagramas; y una amplia explicacion del sentido de cada capitulo en lenguaje llano y facil de entender. Se trata por tanto de una obra muy util como referencia y para acercarse al camino del Dao (Tao), surgido en China hace mas de dos mil...

Esta oracion del Gran Mantra se presenta aqui con todas sus facetas, pues al igual que una gema tallada tiene muchas caras. En sus niveles graduales le puede conducir a alguien sin ningun conocimiento del camino a la puerta que lleva al sendero al Despertar. El libro de oraciones es este proceso gradual, pero cuando el Gran Mantra se entiende e internaliza le puede llevar a uno de repente a las profundidades de la verdadera comprension, desde donde puede seguir adelante a las "contemplaciones de ojos y mano" del Mantra de la Gran Compasion."

The Great Compassion Mantra of Natural Wisdom is a powerful Mantra developed by Mahayana Buddhists. This Mantra is said to have the power to liberate all sentient creatures from the Hell of Suffering, delivering them from Ignorance. In this first volume in a series of three, Master Shanjian Dashi presents a lucid account of the problem of suffering in psychological terms and how the mantra is designed to counter its effects and eventually eliminate its grip on the mind. There follows a line-by-line explanation of the Mantra's 68 lines, complete with the Hand-and-Eye preparations that make the...

The Great Compassion Mantra of Natural Wisdom is a powerful Mantra developed by Mahayana Buddhists. This Mantra is said to have the power to liberate all sentient creatures from the Hell of Suffering, delivering them from Ignorance. In this second volume in a series of three, Master Shanjian Dashi presents an overview of the relevant psychological processes of the human mind followed by a detailed account of the Mantra's 42 Hand-and-Eye preparations, which are specifically designed to eliminate the identities and restore the Buddha Nature as the governing principle in our day-to-day...

The Great Compassion Mantra of Natural Wisdom is a powerful Mantra developed by Mahayana Buddhists. This Mantra is said to have the power to liberate all sentient creatures from the Hell of Suffering, delivering them from Ignorance. In this third and final volume in the series, Master Shanjian Dashi explores the Ten Heart Attributes of the Buddha Nature and gives detailed instruction on the practice of Mindfulness that complements the chanting of the Great Mantra. The Great Compassion Mantra is a verbal form of Dharana, a Sutra which uses syllables to transmit a powerful and effective...

The Great Compassion Mantra is a powerful mantra created by Mahayana Buddhists. This Mantra is said to have the power to liberate all sentient creatures from the Hell of Suffering, delivering them from Ignorance. These Prayers of the Great Mantra are presented here in all their facets, for like a cut gem they have many faces. In their gradual levels they can carry those with no knowledge of the way to the very portal that leads to the path of Awakening. The Prayer Book is such a gradual process, but when the Great Mantra is understood and internalized, it can suddenly carry one to the depths...