'Clearing the Path' is the first volume of the collected writings of Ñāṇavīra Thera. It contains his most important writings: those that originated after he attained sotāpatti (Stream-entry) on 27.06.1959. 'Clearing the Path' is supplemented by 'Seeking the Path', a second volume consisting of his early writings (1954-1960) and marginalia. In March 1963 Ñāṇavīra Thera wrote to one of his correspondents: 'With regard to any of my past writings that you may come across [...] I would ...

Inspiring people to search for their own life path. With

this purpose in mind, Hans Kloosterman decided to write

From snob to Monk. He describes his career in the

corporate world, his entrepreneurship in the area recruitment,

his luxurious life style, several relationships and the

great turnaround. A car accident pointed him towards

his real life path: Buddhism and detachment.

Hans Kloosterman is a Tibetan Buddhist and studies at

the Tibetan Kagyu Vasjrayana Institute in the Belgian

town of H...

Nature gives and takes and protects itself from time to time where this much needed and desired for its survival. I myself am incredulous, but if I were a believer, I would ask the gods for love of peace, solidarity, equality, justice, love and happiness for all citizens of the world. Further, I pray that the killings be stopped with or without implements of war of innocent people and children. But I would not pray for people whose belief in God allow all these wars and genocide of innocent b...

Guy E. Dubois is the author of 25 books on the Teachings of the Buddha. He has also translated, illuminated, commented on, and annotated several early Buddhist Pali texts. Through his translations and annotations, the author delves deeply into the roots of early Buddhism, showcasing profound insight and erudition. His articles, contributions, and comments are published on various websites, including SuttaCentral, the Buddhist Center Ehipassiko Antwerp/Mechelen, the Boeddhistisch Dagblad, the ...

In the past decades, lay Buddhism has increasingly emerged in unexpected places—in the spaces in-between, beneath, above, and beyond conventional conceptions of religious or spiritual life in China. This book explores manifestations of the revival of Buddhism among non-monastic people and communities, building on mixed methods qualitative research. The book wishes to answer the central question: How do Chinese groups and individuals practice Buddhism under the socio-political and cultural c...

How were the Ni‘matullāhī masters successful in reviving Ni‘matullāhī Sufism in Shi‘ite Persia? This book investigates the revival of Ni‘matullāhī Sufi order after the death of the last Indian Ni‘matullāhī master, Riḍā ‘Alī Shāh (d. 1214/1799) in the Deccan.

After the fall of Safavids, the revival movement of the Ni‘matullāhī order began with the arrival in Persia of the enthusiastic Indian Sufi master, Ma‘ṣūm ‘Alī Shāh, during the last quarter of the eigh...