Buddhist Magic: Divination, Healing, and Enchantment through the Ages
By: Sam Van Schaik
3.77
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A fascinating exploration of the role that magic has played in the history of Buddhism As far back…
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1. Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master
By: Jack Kornfield , Joseph Goldstein , Amy Schmidt , Sharon Salzberg
4.45
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
This biography of one of the few women in her generation to devote herself entirely to the pursuit … read more
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- buddhism
- nonfiction
- spirituality
2. Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
By: Joseph Goldstein
4.38
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The mind contains the seeds of its own awakening—seeds that we can cultivate to bring forth the fru… read more
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- buddhism
- nonfiction
- religion
- spirituality
3. What the Buddha Taught
By: Walpola Rahula , None
4.18
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. “For years,” s… read more
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- buddhism
- history
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Whatever is impermanent is dukkha’ (Yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ)."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"You may see the light, but the light is not the result of your eyesight."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"Mere suffering exists, but no sufferer is found; The deed are, but no doer is found."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"The name one gives is inessential. What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by other name would smell as sweet."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
4. Becoming Kuan Yin: The Evolution of Compassion
By: Stephen Levine , Ondrea Levine
2.55
Format: 48 pages,
In his long career as a poet, Buddhist teacher, spiritual advisor, and writer, Stephen Levine has c… read more
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- buddhism
- nonfiction
- religion
- spirituality
5. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment
By: Robert Wright
3.64
Format: None pages, Audiobook
From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditat… read more
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- buddhism
- nonfiction
- religion
- spirituality
6. The Essence of the Heart Sutra: The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings
By: Dalai Lama XIV , Thupten Jinpa
4.48
Format: 356 pages, Paperback
For more than two thousand years, the Heart Sutra has been part of the daily life of millions of Bu… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- spirituality
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- spirituality
8. Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality
By: Brad Warner
4.33
Format: None pages,
Hardcore Zenis not your typical "Zen" book. Brad Warner, the young punk who grew up to be a Zen mas… read more
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9. Monstrilio
By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man,… read more
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"The world was scary. Worse, I was scary in it."-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio
"I wanted him to snap, to finally and absolutely lose it. To break. He was withering. To wither is not the same as to break; to break is to have pieces to put back together, and to wither is to dry up…"-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio
10. A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.03
Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe… read more
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"Before God, our blood means nothing. Virtue is in deeds, not the skin."-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
"Fatma had heard enough. Should have known the kid wouldn't be an honest broker, not with all the wallahis he threw around."-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
"I don’t have sad tales to tell you. I’m not some tragic character from a story, lost between two worlds. I revel in who I am. What I am."-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
"The three of them sat there - A Ministry agent, a half-djinn, and a cat (likely), staring out past the balcony to the sleeping city they somehow had to find a way to save."-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
11. Sorrowland
By: Rivers Solomon
3.83
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
Vern - seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was ra… read more
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"The United States was a catalogue of known wrongs."-Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland
"It only ever took a moment for life to break apart at the seams."-Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland
"Defiance would always be Vern’s purest and most plentiful resource."-Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland
"In the woods, where animals ruled with teeth and claws, such things mattered not a lick."-Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland
12. Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self
By: Jay L. Garfield
4.06
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Why you don't have a self--and why that's a good thing In Losing Ourselves, Jay Garfield, a … read more
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- buddhism
- nonfiction
- spirituality
13. The Shamanic Bones of Zen: Revealing the Ancestral Spirit and Mystical Heart of a Sacred Tradition
By: Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
4.34
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Conceived at the crossroads of Buddhism and indigenous earth-based practice, The Shamanic Bones of … read more
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- buddhism
- nonfiction
- religion
- spirituality
14. The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)
By: Josiah Bancroft
3.82
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
The first book in a wildly inventive and mesmerizing new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josia… read more
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- magic
"Do not neglect to live your life. No cause, no matter how noble, will ever love you."-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)
"Administrators are oblivious and generally get in the way; effective employees learn to work around them. That's how it always is."-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)
"I read in the paper yesterday that astronomers believe there are planets out there that don't ride on a rail around a star like our rock does. They call them nomads. These nomads are up there wanderi…"-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)
15. Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other Alternative Practices
By: David R. Hamilton
4.04
Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition
Why should we meditate? How can crystals heal the mind and body? Why is visualization so powerful -… read more
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- magick
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Meditation is an example of how a mystical practice becomes mainstream once the science is known and enough people are doing it."-David R. Hamilton, Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other Alternative Practices
"As airy-fairy as it sounds,we might find that on occasion, we could swap a couple of ibuprofen for a peace lily or a rubber plant."-David R. Hamilton, Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other Alternative Practices
"To a large extent, the brain doesn’t distinguish real from imaginary, and this underpins some aspects of the placebo effect. When you imagine that something is happening, it really is happening as fa…"-David R. Hamilton, Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other Alternative Practices
16. Locklands (The Founders Trilogy, #3)
By: Robert Jackson Bennett
4.04
Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition
A god wages war—using all of humanity as its pawns—in the unforgettable conclusion to the Founders … read more
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"It'll just go on. More fixes gone awry. The mad pride of men who think themselves engineers of all creation."-Robert Jackson Bennett, Locklands (The Founders Trilogy, #3)
"No. There are people in this world who learned the lessons I never did, the lessons that our son has learned all too late - that you are right. There is no magic fix. That a better world can only be …"-Robert Jackson Bennett, Locklands (The Founders Trilogy, #3)
17. VenCo
By: Cherie Dimaline
3.79
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Lucky St. James, a Métis millennial living with her cantankerous but loving grandmother Stella, is … read more
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- magic
"It felt like the drunken part of falling in love, the erratic and uncompromising compulsion that made you do dumb shit and your best shit at the same time. She had to stop herself from running. She h…"-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo
"Throughout history, witches have been the stand-ins for all people who have felt 'outside' or 'different.' I say, fuck it -- go outside, be different, be so different they have to loosen their grip o…"-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo
"She wondered if every place in New Orleans had a secret garden, if every place was so witchy and beautiful. And for the first time, she was filled with an enormous pride for who she was-- what she wa…"-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo
18. Sisters of the Lost Nation
By: Nick Medina
3.88
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
A young Native girl's hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe's r… read more
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"What am I supposed to do? Listen, Anna, we all try to get noticed. All the time. Everywhere. That’s lige. Especially for people like us. If the others, don’t notice us, we disappear."-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation
"We all reach for something… Sometimes what we long for is so out of reach that we get stuck or lost in our pursuit of it. The point is not to lose sight of what you already have because if you try to…"-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation
"She said Frog eximplified transformation. He entered life in one form and left it in another. From egg to tadpole, to tadpole with legs, to amphibian with tail, to tailless frog, he was never the sam…"-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation
19. Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
By: Temple Grandin
3.63
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of … read more
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20. The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia
By: Neil Price
4.53
Format: 398 pages, Hardcover
Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic saga… read more
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- religion
- history
- magic
21. Awakening to Kali: The Goddess of Radical Transformation
By: Sally Kempton
4.18
Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition
The sages of Tantra taught that when we follow the path of Shakti, the sacred feminine principle pe… read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Whether Kali seems terrifying, fascinating, or loving depends on our state of consciousness and our level of both emotional and spiritual development. But she always invites us to a radical form ego-…"-Sally Kempton, Awakening to Kali: The Goddess of Radical Transformation
"Kali's nakedness shows that she has cast away illusion; in her, the entire truth about life and death is revealed. Even her color is esoteric; Kali's dark colors stand for the ultimate void state, wh…"-Sally Kempton, Awakening to Kali: The Goddess of Radical Transformation
22. Buddhist Magic: Divination, Healing, and Enchantment through the Ages
By: Sam Van Schaik
3.77
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A fascinating exploration of the role that magic has played in the history of Buddhism As far back… read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
23. The Buddha before Buddhism: Wisdom from the Early Teachings
By: Gil Fronsdal
4.27
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
This easy-to-understand translation of one of the earliest surviving Buddhist texts offers a pathwa… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
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24. Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism
By: Bret W. Davis
4.38
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
This book offers an in-depth introduction to the philosophy and practice of Zen Buddhism. Bret Davi… read more
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" Don't flee from boredom. Go all the way into it; go all the way through the bottom of boredom! "-Bret W. Davis, Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism
"The question is not whether but how Buddhism will change as it enters further into Western societies."-Bret W. Davis, Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism
"To properly set out on the path to Zen, we must empty our cups—in other words, we need to open our minds."-Bret W. Davis, Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism
"Zen meditation is meant to bring an end to the delusory and destructive ego, not to serve it as a means for achieving its ends."-Bret W. Davis, Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism
25. Real Zen for Real Life
By: Bret W. Davis
4.10
Format: None pages, Audiobook
What do you think of when you hear the word Zen? Many Westerners may associate Zen with the counter… read more
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26. Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra
By: Donald S Lopez
4.32
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
An essential companion to a timeless spiritual classicThe Lotus Sūtra is among the most venerated s… read more
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27. Engaging Dogen's Zen: The Philosophy of Practice as Awakening
By: Tetsuzen Jason M. Wirth
4.29
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
How are the teachings of a thirteenth-century master relevant today? Twenty contemporary writers un… read more
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