Die radikale Botschaft des Herz-Sutra, eines der berühmtesten Texte des Buddhismus, ist ein Angriff auf alles, was uns lieb und teuer ist: unsere Schwierigkeiten, die Welt, wie wir sie kennen, und sogar die Lehren des Buddha selbst. Die...

Luminous Melodies von Brunnholzl, Karl

A new translation of the primary Indian Buddhist text on buddha nature, with Tibetan commentaries explaining how this text can be used to contemplate and realize one's own buddha nature. "Buddha nature" (tathagatagarbha) is the innate...

Maitreya's Distinction between Phenomena and the Nature of Phenomena distinguishes the illusory phenomenal world of saṃsara produced by the confused dualistic mind from the ultimate reality that is mind's true nature. The transition from...

A key Dzogchen text-available together with its Tibetan commentaries, including from the fifteenth Karmapa-from a preeminent translator.The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra, one of the most famous and often-recited Dzogchen texts, is...

The radical message of the Heart Sutra, one of Buddhism's most famous texts, is a sweeping attack on everything we hold most dear: our troubles, the world as we know it, even the teachings of the Buddha himself. Several of the Buddha's...

65 Geschichten erzählen in anschaulicher Weise über Buddha Shakyamuni. Sie geben uns ein Gefühl dafür, wie er lebte, wie er die Menschen seiner Zeit lehrte, und wie er über seine Zeit hinaus wirkte und wirkt. von Brunnhölzl, Karl

The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the prajñaparamita sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden...