‘On a human scale, the snail’s speed is ridiculously slow, but on a world scale, it’s just perfect.’

In this comforting and calming book, Korean Buddhist nun Jung-mok teaches us how to slow down and free ourselves from the stress of our busy modern lives.

Through stories rooted in the natural world and Buddhist philosophy, Jung-mok shares her kind wisdom and simple practices to help us live a happy life. This book will open your eyes to the beauty that surrounds you and allow you to find peace and stillness from within.

Illustrated with charming pen and ink drawings throughout, this beautiful little book is a soothing balm for the soul.

“[Batchelor] draws on a different tradition of doubt-Socratic questioning-and explores the wisdom that Buddhist and Hellenistic philosophy might offer us today.”-Ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show

The Buddha’s revolutionary teachings transformed Asia, and his contemporary Socrates laid the foundations of Western philosophy. Although they never met, Socrates and the Buddha each addressed in a radically new and surprisingly similar way the core questions of how to lead a good, just, and dignified life amid turbulence and violence. Common to their teachings was an ethics of uncertainty: both refused to make truth claims about the ultimate nature of reality, insisting on the primacy of critical self?evaluation as the basis of an ethical life.

In this illuminating book, best-selling author Stephen Batchelor explores the philosophical, social, and political worlds of the Buddha and Socrates, showing how their teachings continue to provide lessons in how to lead a flourishing and engaged life. Keenly aware of the fickle and conflicted nature of the human mind, Gotama and Socrates inspired their followers to act with humility and courage, risk and resolve, doubt and confidence. Drawing on their insights, and those of their followers, Batchelor uncovers a middle way between Buddhist dharma and Greek philosophy that can serve as a starting point for a “secular faith” that addresses the most pressing spiritual and planetary issues of our age.

There are many things that seem to prevent us from being happy in our lives. Usually, things don’t turn out the way we want them to. It could be unfulfilled goals, bad habits, a society that’s built to benefit only those at the very top, or the loops of self-deprecation that many of us find ourselves falling into. But we can take control of our happiness, whatever life throws at us. We all have the right, and the ability, to be happy regardless of our situation.

With his simple yet profound teachings, Buddhist monk Pomnyun Sunim shows us how to combat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement. He explains why humans are prone to self-destruction, and redirects our focus to finding happiness.

This book has touched countless lives and uplifted spirits in Korea, and it’s time for the rest of the world to experience and understand exactly what is happiness.

Over the course of twenty-five centuries, Buddhism spread from its place of origin in northern India to become a global tradition of remarkable breadth, depth, and richness. In this ambitious book, Donald S. Lopez Jr. draws on the latest scholarship to construct a detailed and innovative history of Buddhism-not just as a chronology through the centuries or as geographic movement across a map, but as a dense matrix of interconnections.

Beginning with the life and teachings of the Buddha, Lopez shows how a set of evolving ideas and practices traveled north and east to China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and Tibet, south and southeast to Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Indonesia, and finally westward to Europe and the Americas. He provides insights on questions that Buddhism has asked and answered in different times and different places-about apocalypse, art, identity, immortality, law, nation, persecution, philosophy, science, sex, war, and writing.

Vast in its erudition and expansive in its vision, this is the most complete single?volume history of Buddhism in its full historical and geographical range.

Overcome negative thoughts and develop a positive mindset this January with these meditation practices proven by neuroscientific research.

In this modern digital age, many of us feel overwhelmed, panicked and short on time. The practice of meditation is an ancient and scientifically proven antidote to that frenzied feeling. Combining scientific expertise and spiritual wisdom, this is a practical guide on how it can help you feel calm and in control.

With chapters on Breathing, Compassion and Worry, it is full of empirically proven and easy-to-follow exercises that will help you tackle mental obstacles, including issues such as self-doubt and negative thought patterns. This is a fresh perspective on meditation that will uplift and soothe your mind, whether you’re new to it or not.

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, DANIEL GOLEMAN

‘The perfect guide for finding true inner peace’ Ruby Wax

Meet Stillwater, a GIANT, and very zen, panda bear in this captivating picture book for little ones that love stories.

When Stillwater, a giant panda, moves into Addy, Michael and Karl’s neighborhood, he tells them the most amazing stories!

To Addy he tells a story about the value of material goods.

To Michael he pushes the boundaries of good and bad.

And to Karl he demonstrates what it means to hold on to frustration.

With graceful art and simple stories that are filled with love and enlightenment, Jon Muth – and Stillwater the bear – present three ancient Zen tales that are sure to strike a chord in everyone they touch.

Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, is now in his own Apple TV+ original series!

• Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, is now in his own Apple TV+ original series
• “An accessible, strikingly illustrated story and a thought-provoking meditation.” — Booklist, starred review
• The perfect bedtime story about three Buddhist tales, told in an engaging way for young minds
• Jon J Muth is beloved all over the world for his books about Stillwater the Panda Lush, peaceful watercolour artwork brings this story of a friendly panda to life

Meet Stillwater, a GIANT, and very zen, panda bear in this captivating picture book based on a Buddhist legend.

Addy has moved to a new neighborhood with her beloved kitten, Trumpet. They are best friends, and inseparable. But when Trumpet is hit by a car, Addy seeks her wise friend, Stillwater. She is sure he will know how to bring Trumpet back to life.

Stillwater tells Addy she will need to find a special medicine. To do this, she must go to everyone in the neighborhood and collect a cup of sugar. But there is one condition: it can only come from the home of someone who has never been touched by loss.

Addy goes from house to house. And when she returns home, Stillwater asks for her cup of sugar. But, of course, she has none. For there isn’t a person who has not felt the pain of loss.

Tuck into a reassuring story of consolation and healing, infused with light and compassion, celebrating the moments we all share with those we love.

Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, is now in his own Apple TV+ original series!

• Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, is now in his own Apple TV+ original series
• “A master class of picture-book storytelling.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review
• The perfect bedtime story based on an ancient Buddhist legend, told in an engaging way for young minds
• A gentle approach for children to death
• Jon J Muth is beloved all over the world for his books about Stillwater the Panda Lush, peaceful watercolour artwork brings this story of a friendly panda to life