Biographies

As human beings, we possess one common desire: the need for happiness and a meaningful life. According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama...

This rich, timely, and highly original portrait of the Buddha explores both the archetypal religious icon and Buddha the man....

In this extensive lesson, Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, beautifully elucidates the meaning of the path to enlightenment....

Each of us struggles with the existential questions of meaning, purpose, and responsibility. In The Meaning of Life, the Dalai Lama examines...

The Wisdom of Compassion offers rare insights into the Dalai Lama’s life and his efforts to translate compassion into action....

"Everyone dies, but no one is dead," goes the Tibetan saying. It is with these words that Advice on Dying...

Wake Up is Kerouac's retelling of the life of Prince Siddartha Gotama, who abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for Enlightenment....

Daisaku Ikeda, one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the world today, offers powerful and inspiring teachings aimed at an American audience....

Dinty Moore never intended to change his life, he just wanted to document the lives of others. This investigative reporter set out to explore America's fascination with Buddhism...

Deciding that her life was insufficiently grounded in real-world experience, the author, a Quaker reared as a Catholic, embarked on a year of tending sheep. In this often hilarious book, she describes her time in the barn as well as an extended visit to a Buddhist monastery in France....

The captivating life story of renowned Buddhist activist Sulak Sivaraksa. Matteo Pistono’s deft prose weaves together the story of Sulak Sivaraksa’s years of social-justice work and his tireless campaigns to effect change....

Completed just four years after his escape from Tibet and four years after completing his religious education, the Dalai Lama's classic text on Buddhist philosophy...

Von einem, der auszog, sich selbst zu finden. Was hilft uns, ein freieres Leben zu führen? Auf der Suche nach einer Antwort gibt Björn Lindeblad...

Schuré narra con grazia la storia leggendaria di un uomo capace di rivoluzionare il mondo con l'incredibile forza del suo pensiero....

In this extended pamphlet, free-thinking advocate Henry Tichenor presents the life story of Gotama Buddha in the style of a hagiography, in which the fundamental doctrines of Buddhism are interwoven....