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This week we’re giving away the eBook edition of The Yogi’s Joy by Sangharakshita. Sangharakshita was particularly drawn to Milarepa and his hundred thousand songs of liberation. Milarepa was a fascinating character who lived in Tibet in the 11th century CE. Bitter and vengeful as a young man, he underwent a gruelling and humbling discipleship … [ Read More ]

  This week we’re delighted to be giving away the twentieth free eBook in our Free the Dharma campaign, and we’ve chosen a real corker: Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Bhikkhu Anālayo, which is normally priced at £15.99. You can buy the paperback here. The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is one of the Buddha’s principal … [ Read More ]

This week we’re giving away the eBook edition of A Concise History of Buddhism by Andrew Skilton. It describes the evolution of Buddhism during its 2,500 years of history and its varied developments in its homeland, India, as well as its spread across Asia, from Mongolia to Sri Lanka and from Japan to the Middle … [ Read More ]

I’ve been thinking for a while about giving away this week’s Free the Dharma eBook; There’s more to dying than death by Lama Shenpen Hookham. You can download it here until June 1. If you prefer, you can buy a printed copy here. In the opening line she declares, “the best time to read and reflect on death is before … [ Read More ]

This is the eighth week that we’ll be sharing a weekly e-book from our collection of published books. When we started in March, it seemed likely that it would be something we’d do for a month or two at the most. Yet here we are, two months later, and this new future stretches before us.This … [ Read More ]

This month we’re giving a 33% discount on 5 of our most recent titles. They include books by Paramananda, Vimalasara, Shantigarbha, Vajragupta and Analayo. 

‘This is what should be done by one who is skilled in goodness, and who knows the path to peace…’ These are the opening lines of the Karaniya Metta Sutta, the discourse on loving kindness. This is the sutta that introduces the loving kindness or Metta Bhāvanā meditation practice. This week’s eBook giveaway is a … [ Read More ]

There’s never been a better time to read! We find ourselves in an unprecedented situation. There is a lot to respond to, to think about and to process. Staying at home, you might well be spending more time online than ever. Perhaps your thoughts and emotions have taken on the pace and tone of newsfeeds … [ Read More ]

For this week’s eBook give away we’ve chosen Vajragupta’s Sailing the Worldly Winds. The Buddha talked about being blown about by circumstances beyond our control, and described our usual and often ineffective strategies to try to shore ourselves up. He called these the Worldly Winds. Vajragupta explores these patterns of hanging on and being blown about. The … [ Read More ]

On Monday, 24th February we held a farewell party at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre for Priyananda, Lee Walford and Ratnaghosha. Between them, they’ve given Windhorse Publications over twenty-five years of service. Priyananda, our outgoing director who’s retiring from full-time employment, was appointed to the post ten years ago. He’s overseen the publication of more than forty … [ Read More ]

We’re thrilled to announce the first six of the new books we’ll be publishing in 2020. Three of them are now available for sponsorship. Why sponsor a book? Publishing in the 21st century is all about adapting to challenging conditions, with lower profits from online sales and increased competition from digital formats. At Windhorse Publications we … [ Read More ]