Buddha
Biography of a Myth
ISBN: HB: 9780300234275,
Yale University Press,
September 2025
256 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm
256 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm
From one of the world's leading Buddhist scholars, a deeply researched and unprecedented portrait of the Buddha.
Like Jesus and Muhammad, the Buddha is one of the most significant figures in history. But is he a historical figure? In this revelator...
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22.00 GBP
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Buddha, Socrates, and Us
Ethical Living in Uncertain Times
ISBN: HB: 9780300275490,
Yale University Press,
August 2025
320 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm
320 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm
A renowned Buddhist teacher turns to two of the most influential figures in history for guidance on how to face the ethical challenges of our time.
The Buddha's revolutionary teachings transformed Asia, and his contemporary Socrates laid the founda...
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20.00 GBP
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Little History of Religion
New Edition
ISBN: PB: 9780300283228,
Yale University Press,
April 2025
256 pp., 19,8x12,8 cm, 40 black&white illus.
256 pp., 19,8x12,8 cm, 40 black&white illus.
A rich and inclusive history of belief, from humanity's earliest days to our own times.
Religion is distinctly human. We can't help wondering about where we come from and why we are here. Did some all-powerful being make the universe? When we die,...
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10.99 GBP
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Buddhism
A Journey through History
ISBN: HB: 9780300234268,
Yale University Press,
February 2025
536 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm
536 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm
One of the world's leading scholars of Buddhism presents the story of its dramatic journey across the globe, from 2,500 years ago to the present day.
Over the course of twenty-five centuries, Buddhism spread from its place of origin in northern Ind...
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28.00 GBP
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Mandalas
Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet
ISBN: HB: 9781588397829,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
September 2024
256 pp., 27,3x24,1 cm, 175 colour illus.
256 pp., 27,3x24,1 cm, 175 colour illus.
Exploring the significance of Tibetan mandalas from their ancient origins to the present day, this gorgeously illustrated volume provides a contemporary perspective on a centuries-old Buddhist model of the universe.
A mandala is a diagram of the un...
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25.00 GBP
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Why I Am Not a Buddhist
ISBN: PB: 9780300264678,
Yale University Press,
March 2022
240 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
240 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
Buddhism has become a uniquely favored religion in our modern age. A burgeoning number of books extol the scientifically proven benefits of meditation and mindfulness for everything ranging from business to romance. There are conferences, courses, an...
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12.99 GBP
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Art of Solitude
ISBN: PB: 9780300261523,
Yale University Press,
February 2022
200 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 1 black&white illus.
200 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 1 black&white illus.
When world renowned Buddhist writer Stephen Batchelor turned sixty, he took a sabbatical from his teaching and turned his attention to solitude, a practice integral to the meditative traditions he has long studied and taught. He aimed to venture more...
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11.99 GBP
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How to Read Buddhist Art
ISBN: PB: 9781588396730,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
January 2020
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 200 colour illus.
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 200 colour illus.
For more than 2,000 years, sublime works of art have been created to embody essential aspects of Buddhist thought, which developed and evolved as its practice spread from India to East Asia and beyond. "How to Read Buddhist Art" introduces this compl...
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19.95 GBP
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Awaken
A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment
ISBN: PB: 9780300244656,
Yale University Press,
July 2019
252 pp., 27,9x24,1 cm, 230 colour and black&white illus.
252 pp., 27,9x24,1 cm, 230 colour and black&white illus.
Encouraging personal engagement with Tibetan Buddhism, this dynamic book presents spectacular Himalayan art and explores the philosophical tenets encoded in its imagery. Taking as its theme the universally accessible experience of Awakening, the book...
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35.00 GBP
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American Dharma
Buddhism Beyond Modernity
ISBN: HB: 9780300215809,
Yale University Press,
April 2019
376 pp., 23,5x15,6 cm
376 pp., 23,5x15,6 cm
The past couple of decades have witnessed Buddhist communities both continuing the modernization of Buddhism and questioning some of its limitations. In this fascinating portrait of a rapidly changing religious landscape, Ann Gleig illuminates the as...
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32.50 GBP
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