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Bob Thurman: We Can Be Buddhas

By Robert Thurman — 2007

In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman, is our first step toward Buddha nature.

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Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy

Twenty-four of the Buddha's most distinguished disciples are brought to life in ten chapters of rich narration. Drawn from a wide range of authentic Pali sources, the material in these stories has never before been assembled in a single volume.

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Nyanaponika Thera, Hellmuth Hecker, Bhikkhu Bodhi (editor)
2003
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Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With

There are two essential elements to the spiritual path says this popular teacher from the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa: understanding that you’re already enlightened, already perfect in wisdom right here and now, and accessing that natural wakefulness through spiritual practice.

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Gaylon Ferguson
2025
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Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation

Spiritual practice is not some kind of striving to produce enlightenment, but an expression of the enlightenment already inherent in all things: Such is the Zen teaching of Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) whose profound writings have been studied and revered for more than seven hundred years, influencing...

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Eihei Dogen
2004
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On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected Writings

“The ultimate goal in the pursuit of excellence is enlightenment.” Robert M. Pirsig wrote this unpublished line in 1962 while a patient at Downey Veteran Administration Hospital in Illinois, where he was admitted as a psychiatric patient.

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Robert M. Pirsig, Wendy K. Pirsig
2022
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A History of Buddha-Nature Theory: The Literature and Traditions

Buddha-Nature theory, the idea that all beings possess in some way the potential for enlightenment, is found in all Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions.

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Alex Gardner
2019
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Buddha Speaks: To the Buddha Nature Within

Designed to provide powerful transformational healing through the words of the Buddha, this book explores how the wisdom of the past can be understood and applied in the here and now, providing important insights into our world.

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Rashmi Khilnani
2025
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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature (3) (The Library of Wisdom and Compassion)

In this new book from the Dalai Lama, the reader will discover the mind’s infinitely vast potential, its buddha nature.

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The Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron
2019
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Buddha's Nature

The Buddha said that "everything we need to know about life can be found inside this fathom-long body.

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Wes Nisker
2008
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Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary

All sentient beings, without exception, have buddha nature—the inherent purity and perfection of the mind, untouched by changing mental states. Thus there is neither any reason for conceit nor self-contempt.

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Arya Maitreya
2018
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The Essence of Buddha: The Path to Enlightenment

The Essence of Buddha offers a contemporary interpretation of the way to enlightenment in simple and easy words, written by a highly revered Japanese spiritual leader, Ryuho Okawa.

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Ryuho Okawa
2016
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