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The Theory of Karma

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By Shantanu Bhardwaj — 2017

This book intends to rejuvenate one's belief in the significance of their own action in both personal and professional life. It presents scientific, spiritual and holistic point of views as to how "A human is the master of its own fate". It disputes the concept of a helpless form of destiny. See more...

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Karma

Karma has become a household word in the modern world, where it is associated with the belief in rebirth determined by one’s deeds in earlier lives. This belief was and is widespread in the Indian subcontinent as is the word “karma” itself.

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Johannes Bronkhorst
2011
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The Future Is Open: Good Karma, Bad Karma, and Beyond Karma

Karma has become a popular term in the West, often connected with somewhat naive or deterministic ideas of rebirth and reincarnation or equated with views of morality and guilt. Chögyam Trungpa unpacks this intriguing but misunderstood topic.

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Chögyam Trungpa
2018
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The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience

This classic book, first published in 1991, was one of the first to propose the “embodied cognition” approach in cognitive science. It pioneered the connections between phenomenology and science and between Buddhist practices and science—claims that have since become highly influential.

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Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, Eleanor Rosch, Jon Kabat-Zinn (preface)
2025
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Bardo (Shambhala Pocket Library)

A classic of Tibetan Buddhism brought to life with insightful commentary by a modern master.

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Francesca Fremantle (translator), Chögyam Trungpa (translator)
2019
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Our Human Potential: The Unassailable Path of Love, Compassion, and Meditation

When His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a series of lectures at Harvard University, they fulfilled magnificently his intention of providing an in-depth introduction to Buddhist theory and practice.

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The Dalai Lama
2019
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Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering

Lojong, or “mind-training,” is a practice that has gained astonishing popularly in recent years—because it works in transforming hearts and minds.

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Thubten Chodron
2016
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Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural Systems

This book brings important new dimensions to the interface between contemporary Western science and ancient Eastern wisdom. Here for the first time the concepts and insights of general systems theory are presented in tandem with those of the Buddha.

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Joanna Macy
1991
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The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet

Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize—winning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism.

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Matthieu Ricard, Trinh Xuan Thuan
2004
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Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama

* Why do seemingly rational, intelligent people commit acts of cruelty and violence? * What are the root causes of destructive behavior? * How can we control the emotions that drive these impulses? * Can we learn to live at peace with ourselves and others? Imagine sitting with the Dalai Lama...

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The Dalai Lama, Daniel Goleman
2004
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