General Buddhism

Founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama, Buddhism has thrived in the East for more than 2,500 years—and has been steadily gaining adherents in the West in the last century or so. While our catalog offers many dharma books that spring from specific lineages, such as Tibetan Kagyu or Japanese Soto Zen, the books you’ll find below offer a more general approach to the Buddhist view.

Interested, but not sure where to start? Visit our Expert Picks, where author and noted blogger Reverend Danny Fisher offers some recommendations.

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The Art of Buddhism

An Introduction to Its History and Meaning

Denise Patry Leidy

As its teachings spread from the Indian subcontinent in all directions across Asia, Buddhism influenced every culture it touched—from Afghanistan to Korea, from Mongolia to Java. Buddhist art is a radiant reflection of the encounter of the Buddha’s teachings with… Read More

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Awake in the World

Teachings from Yoga and Buddhism for Living an Engaged Life

Michael Stone

How can we live a balanced life in unbalanced times? How can the practices of meditation and yoga support our relationships, our work lives, and the greater good? Author, teacher, and psychotherapist Michael Stone presents the essential insights of… Read More

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Awake in the World

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The Awakened One

A Life of the Buddha

Sherab Chodzin Kohn

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… Read More

The Awakened One

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Become What You Are

Alan Watts

"Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal. For the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it exists forever. . . . You… Read More

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Being Bodies

Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment

Lenore Friedman,

Susan Moon

The relationship between body and mind has always been a topic of speculation and spirited discussion. The authors of the pieces contained in this anthology address the problem from the unique dual perspective of being women and being students of… Read More

Being Bodies

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Being with Dying

Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

Joan Halifax

The Buddhist approach to death can be of great benefit to people of all backgrounds—as has been demonstrated time and again in Joan Halifax’s decades of work with the dying and their caregivers. Inspired by traditional Buddhist teachings, her work… Read More

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Being with Dying

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Beneath a Single Moon

Buddhism in Contemporary American Poetry

edited by

Kent Johnson,

Craig Paulenich

Beneath a Single Moon is an extraordinary collection of the work of forty-five contemporary American poets—with over 250 poems and thirty essays on the influence of spiritual practice on the practice of poetry. Included are works by John Cage,… Read More

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The Best Buddhist Writing 2008

edited by

Melvin McLeod

A thought-provoking collection of the most notable, enjoyable, and insightful Buddhism-inspired literature published in the last year. The Best Buddhist Writing 2008 includes:

Short meditative practices for peace from Thich Nhat Hanh

The Best Buddhist Writing 2008

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The Best Buddhist Writing 2010

edited by

Melvin McLeod

Here is this year’s installment in the series Publishers Weekly says “does a great service by highlighting views and themes as they modulate with each passing year.” The Best Buddhist Writing 2010 is an eclectic, inspiring collection of writings from… Read More

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The Best Buddhist Writing 2011

edited by

Melvin McLeod,

editors of the Shambhala Sun

A thought-provoking mix of the most notable and insightful Buddhism-inspired writing published in the last year.

The Best Buddhist Writing 2011 includes:

Karen Miller's story of love, marriage, and dishes
Joanna… Read More

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The Best Buddhist Writing 2012

edited by

Melvin McLeod

A treasury of the most notable, profound, and thought-provoking Buddhist-inspired writing published in the last year.

The Best Buddhist Writing 2012 includes:

His Holiness the Dalai Lama on cultivating… Read More

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Bringing Home the Dharma

Awakening Right Where You Are

Jack Kornfield

If you want to find inner peace and wisdom, you don’t need to move to an ashram or monastery. Your life, just as it is, is the perfect place to be. Here Jack Kornfield, one of America’s most respected Buddhist… Read More

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Bringing Home the Dharma

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The Buddha and His Teachings

edited by

Samuel Bercholz,

Sherab Chodzin Kohn

Originally published as Entering the Stream, this book offers a simple and inspiring answer to the question "What is the Buddha's teaching?" primarily in the words of the Buddha and other masters. This anthology draws on traditional Indian,… Read More

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The Buddha Is Still Teaching

Contemporary Buddhist Wisdom

edited by

Jack Kornfield

When the Buddha set in motion the wheel of Dharma, he knew that the teaching he gave was inexhaustible—that every future generation would find its own skillful ways to convey it to the hearts and minds of those ready to… Read More

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The Buddha Speaks

A Book of Guidance from the Buddhist Scriptures

edited by

Anne Bancroft

Here is the core of the Buddha’s teaching in his own words, as it was memorized word-for-word by his disciples and written down two hundred years after his death. These selections from the Buddhist scriptures deal with the search for… Read More