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Happy Buddhist Christmakkah

December 02, 2017 • Buddhist Psychology • Buddhist Studies • Burma • Children • China • Culture • Dalai Lama • Dance • Death • Engaged Buddhism • Film • Food • Health • Human Rights • India • Japan • Karmapa • Mahayana • MBSR • Meditation • Mindfulness • Movies • Music • Nepal • North American Buddhism • Photography • Pilgrimage • Politics • Practice! • Psychology • Science • Secular Buddhism • Social Action • Teachers • Temples • Theravada • Thich Nhat Hanh • Tibet • Vajrayana • Walking • Zen

Happy Buddhist Christmakkah! Sumeru's gift to you is that we are now North America's largest independent Buddhist movie store, in addition to our book publishing activities, just in time for the holidays. Yes, you can find some of these films elsewhere, mostly at much higher prices from scalpers, but you will not find such a large curated collection anywhere else. I will also freely admit that Amazon will occasionally post ridiculously low prices for these films either as loss leaders to capture market share, or from third-party sellers who may or may not deliver as promised. With Sumeru, you can...

Crossword contest

January 04, 2017 • Buddhism • Buddhism around the World • Crossword • Sumeru Books • Tibet • Vajrayana

Have some fun with our new crossword contest. The first 10 people to e-mail us (info at sumeru-books dot com) with a correctly completed crossword win a free Buddhist e-book! Just click on the image to get a larger version, print it out, fill it in, snap a pic of it, and attach it to... Read more »

INCOGNITO: The Astounding Life of Alexandra David-Neel, our first Young Adult Novel, now available

December 04, 2016 • Buddhism • Buddhism around the World • History • Sumeru Books • Teacher Stories • Teachers • Tibet • Vajrayana • Women

INCOGNITO: The Astounding Life of Alexandra David-Neel By Dianne Harke YA Fiction Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969) was an astounding explorer and world-traveler. She was one of the first Westerners to visit Tibet, and voyaged extensively through Africa, India, China, Indochina, Japan and Europe – all at a time when women were rarely seen in such a pursuit! Author of... Read more »

The Gathering of Intentions reviewed

October 02, 2016 • Books • Buddhism • Buddhist Studies • History • Nyingma • Tibet • Vajrayana

The Gathering of Intentions A History of a Tibetan Tantra Jacob P. Dalton Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231176002, 272 pages, Hardcover, $60.00 / £44.00 E-book edition also available FROM THE PUBLISHER The Gathering of Intentions reads a single Tibetan Buddhist ritual system through the movements of Tibetan history, revealing the social and material dimensions of an ostensibly timeless... Read more »

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Sumeru catalogue 2016

January 02, 2016 • Art • Books • Buddhism • History • Practice! • Psychology • Publishing • Publishing in a digital world • Sumeru • Sumeru Books • Theravada • Vajrayana • Zen

We are pleased to release our catalogue of books from The Sumeru Press for 2016. You can download the catalogue here: Sumeru catalogue 2016

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