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Dancing Tara: A Manual of Practice    by Prema Dasara
Price: $17.99 USD. 50710 words. Language: English. Published on May 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Buddhism.

Tara, a deity of Buddhist Tantra, is a potentiality latent within everyone. The dance of Tara is based on traditional Tibetan practices of personal transformation. “Dancing Tara: A Manual of Practice” illustrates the techniques of developing the mind so it may function in life, empowered and inspired.
Zen Mind, Empty Mind    by Jeyaprakash 
Price: $2.99 USD. 5090 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Buddhism.

Emptiness is your real nature. Being caught up in the ever flowing thoughts, of the past and future, we fail to realize that. Realizing your real nature shall make you stay in the present moment, making your life beautiful. Emptiness cannot be understood with analytical mind. If you just read and relax, it will seep inside. Meditation instructions included to help you experience emptiness!
Rewriting the Buddha    by Susan Cogan
Price: Free! 3660 words. Language: English. Published on May 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Buddhism.

So I told myself the Dhammapada is one of the oldest books of Buddhist thought. I should read it. What I wanted was a nice simple readable version that I could dip into. I discovered that most translations are completely unreadable, some more than others. A few modern versions attempt to clarify the text. I may be the first person to notice the problem who was a writer and not a translator.
Enlighten Your Life with 10 Buddhist Aphorisms    by Jengko 
Price: $1.99 USD. 20 words. Language: English. Published on April 6, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Buddhism.

Buddhism, being a way life, provides a code of practice that leads to true happiness.Beside learning it through Buddhist mantras, sutras or meditation, Buddhist aphorisms prove to be another effective ways. In this book, author Jengko selects 10 Buddhist Aphorisms, illustrated with cartoons to make it more lively and relax. The aim is to provide readers another easy alternative to enlighten life.
Vipassana Meditation: My Experiences at a 10-Day Retreat    by Robert Crayola
Price: $0.99 USD. 6880 words. Language: English. Published on April 5, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Buddhism.

Vipassana is one of the world's most ancient forms of meditation. In this detailed essay, author Robert Crayola describes all that goes on at a 10-day Vipassana course, providing a thorough accounting of the pros and cons involved. Also included is information on taking the course yourself.
Falling in Love with a Buddha    by Frank Berliner
Price: $13.95 USD. 63820 words. Language: English. Published on March 28, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Buddhism.

Frank Berliner met the authentic spiritual master Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche just as the Western cultural door opened to receive the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism. In Falling in Love with a Buddha, Frank recalls the world of Rinpoche’s life and teachings. In vivid and often humorous first-person accounts of the founding and evolution of Shambhala, he evokes the presence of this unique teacher.
The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections Spoken by the Buddha    by Buddhist Text Translation Society 
Price: $9.95 USD. 41720 words. Language: English. Published on March 16, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Buddhism.

This short yet important sutra gives us a picture of the entire range of the Buddha’s teachings, from the basic to the profound. With its repeated emphasis on the importance of eliminating desire and greed, this sutra is excellent medicine for our society, which is plagued by materialism and over consumption. This was the first sutra transmitted from India to China around 67 C.E.
Candide et le Bouddhisme    by Victor Ojeda-Mari
Price: $2.99 USD. 63760 words. Language: French. Published on March 14, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Buddhism.

L’auteur démontre que si le Bouddhisme détient de belles théories, il est englué de concepts d’hommes qui se contredisent et ne répondent pas aux 3 questions clé de la vie: d'où venons-nous? Quel est notre but sur Terre? Où allons nous après la mort? Il nous tourne vers Jésus : « En vérité, en vérité je vous le dis. Je suis le chemin, la vérité et la vie. Nul ne vient au Père que par moi."
Bodhisattva Attitude: How to Dedicate Your Life to Others    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $0.99 USD. 68300 words. Language: English. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on March 12, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Buddhism.

This book is drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s essential teachings given from 2008 onward. It is the first volume in LYWA’s Heart Advice Series. The topic of ‘Bodhisattva Attitude’ is how to develop bodhicitta by practicing it throughout the day, from start to finish.
Be Love: An Exploration of Our Deepest Desire    by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Price: Free! 4010 words. Language: English. Published on March 10, 2012. Nonfiction » Inspiration » Spiritual inspiration.

From the author of Tell Me Something About Buddhism (foreword written by Thich Nhat Hanh) comes another straight forward and simple book. How can we BE LOVE instead of craving it? This simple book explores that question and presents Four Paths of Being Love based in Buddhist teachings. Guaranteed to make you re-think love and transform your expression of it.