Spiritual Practice

22 books

Sutra of the Lotus Blossom of the Wonderful Dharma cover
Rating 4.8
Sutra of the Lotus Blossom of the Wonderful Dharma Anonymous 北京汇聚文源文化发展有限公司 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early…
The Buddha Speaks the Sutra of Contemplation on the Buddha of Immeasurable Life cover
Rating 4.4
The Buddha Speaks the Sutra of Contemplation on the Buddha of Immeasurable Life 疆良耶舍 · 2019 A Mahayana Buddhist scripture and one of the three Pure Land sutras. It is said to have been delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha on Vulture Peak (Gridhraku…
Collated Edition: The Sūtra of the Dharma Mirror cover
Rating 4.0
Collated Edition: The Sūtra of the Dharma Mirror 安玄 / 严佛调 · 2025 Translated by the Upāsaka An Xuan of the Parthian kingdom and the śramaṇa Yan Fotiao in the Later Han. At Jetavana in the garden of Anāthapiṇḍada in Ś…
The Essential Wondrous Formula of Qi Methods cover
Rating 3.5
The Essential Wondrous Formula of Qi Methods Anonymous · 2026 Written by an anonymous author, this is a classic work embodying the essence of ancient qi methods. Centered on the key principles and profound meanin…
Chan Buddhism and Chan Studies cover
Rating 2.8
Chan Buddhism and Chan Studies Xiao Dongfa Modern Press · 2025 This book covers early practices of cultivating the mind through the teachings, Bodhidharma's arrival in China and the founding of Chan, and the essen…
Punctuated and Collated Edition: The Buddha Speaks the Sutra on the Bodhisattva's Original Karma cover
Rating 3.6
Punctuated and Collated Edition: The Buddha Speaks the Sutra on the Bodhisattva's Original Karma 支谦 · 2025 Translated by Zhi Qian, an upasaka of the Yuezhi in the state of Wu. Zhi Qian, also known as Zhi Yue, was a Yuezhi by origin; he moved with his grandf…
Punctuated and Collated Edition: The Buddha Speaks the Sutra on Adorning the Bodhi Mind cover
Rating 3.6
Punctuated and Collated Edition: The Buddha Speaks the Sutra on Adorning the Bodhi Mind Kumārajīva · 2025 Translated by Kumarajiva, Tripitaka Master of the Later Qin, this text is in fact an alternative translation of the "Suddhabhumi Dharani" chapter of t…
Collected Essentials of Inner Alchemy from Various Perfected Ones cover
Rating 3.6
Collected Essentials of Inner Alchemy from Various Perfected Ones 玄全子 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early intellectual forms are distinctive: religious th…
Reprinted Comprehensive Treatise on the Western Pure Land cover
Rating 4.0
Reprinted Comprehensive Treatise on the Western Pure Land Anonymous · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original and creative. This series preserves the original texts to pass on China's tradit…
Treatise on the Supreme Vehicle cover
Rating 4.7
Treatise on the Supreme Vehicle 禅宗五祖弘忍 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive features: reli…
Secret Formula of the Golden Palace and Jade Lock cover
Rating 3.8
Secret Formula of the Golden Palace and Jade Lock 王嚞 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture has a long history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Its early for…
Chongyang Zhenren's Secret Formula of the Golden Pass and Jade Lock cover
Rating 4.0
Chongyang Zhenren's Secret Formula of the Golden Pass and Jade Lock 王重阳 · 2024 Traditional Chinese cultural thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought are particularly distin…
Complete Collection of Profound Discourses cover
Rating 2.7
Complete Collection of Profound Discourses 张三丰 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early intellectual forms are particularl…
Supreme Secret Essentials cover
Rating 4.1
Supreme Secret Essentials 武帝宇文邕敕 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought are particularly …
Secret Essentials of the Sage Sovereign from the Scripture of Great Peace cover
Rating 3.1
Secret Essentials of the Sage Sovereign from the Scripture of Great Peace Anonymous · 2026 The Secret Essential of the Holy Lord from the Scripture of Great Peace is a key Daoist text, originally attributed to "transmitted by the Supreme Min…
Ma Ziran's Oral Formulas on the Golden Elixir cover
Rating 3.0
Ma Ziran's Oral Formulas on the Golden Elixir 马自然 Bashu Publishing House · 2024 Title: Ma Ziran's Golden Elixir Oral Instructions. Written by Ma Ziran of the Northern Song. One volume. Source text: Zhengtong Daozang, Taiping Secti…
Esoteric Cultivation Methods of the Purple Court cover
Rating 3.3
Esoteric Cultivation Methods of the Purple Court Anonymous Bashu Publishing House · 2024 Scripture title: Secret Oral Instructions on Cultivation from the Purple Court. Author unknown; probably produced in the Northern and Southern Dynasti…
Collection of Essential Purports cover
Rating 2.0
Collection of Essential Purports Anonymous Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Scripture: Zhigui Ji (Compendium of Pointing to the Essence). Written by Wu Wu of the Song Dynasty. One fascicle. Source text: Zhengtong Daozang, Dong…
Questions and Answers on the Lotus Sutra cover
Rating 3.0
Questions and Answers on the Lotus Sutra Anonymous Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 The Lotus Sutra in Questions and Answers takes the question-and-answer format to outline the doctrinal structure of the Lotus Sutra, beginning with th…
Recorded Sayings of Yingchanzi of Qing'an cover
Rating 3.8
Recorded Sayings of Yingchanzi of Qing'an 清庵子 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2020 Scripture title: Quotations of Qing'an Yingchanzi. Six juan. Written by Li Daochun of the Yuan, compiled by his disciple Chai Yuangao and others. Sour…