world buddhist association
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Pema Chodron “This Lousy World”
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The Shurangama Sutra: The Fifty Skandha-Demon States–Based on the Translation into Chinese by Dharma Master Paramiti: A Simple Explanation $20.00 When on the path of enlightenment, one is easily waylaid by false states of awakening. This volume of the Shurangama Sutra explains in detail fifty kinds of deviant mental states, the causes of these states and the ways to recognize them. This sutra offers a framework for the classification of all spiritual experiences, both Buddhist and non-Buddhist. Bilingual Chinese/English edition. English onl… |
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The Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra: With Verses Without a Stand and Prose Commentary $10.53 The most popular Buddhist sutra in the world today, a mere 16 sentences. Includes extensive commentary…. |
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Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva $9.00 Reminiscent of Dantes Inferno but largely unknown in the West, this sutra, which discusses the workings of karma and rebirth, describes the various Buddhist hells and the reasons for falling into them. Spoken by Shakyamuni Buddha, it tells us that he entrusted Earth Store (Ksitigarbha) Bodhisattva with the endless task of rescuing all living beings from suffering. Earth Stores long history an… |