Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

The year ahead at Windhorse Publications

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 18 Jan, 2023 - 10:30

The year ahead at Windhorse Publications

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 18 Jan, 2023 - 10:30

In this blog post, we’re looking ahead to our plans for the next twelve months. We hope the books we publish will help to sustain your practice over the coming year.

February

Next month we’ll be publishing a biography of Sangharakshita by Nagabodhi: Sangharakshita: The Boy, the Monk, the Man. Sangharakshita was an audacious reformer, and for some a deeply controversial figure. In an absorbing narrative, Nagabodhi takes us on a journey through the twists and turns of Sangharakshita’s life; the experiences, insights,...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

Our biggest-ever Winter Sale

By Windhorse Publi... on Tue, 30 Nov, 2021 - 09:00

Our biggest-ever Winter Sale

By Windhorse Publi... on Tue, 30 Nov, 2021 - 09:00

As we move towards the turning of the year and the northern hemisphere winter, there is time for connection, reflection and a re-evaluation of what is important in life. The Dharma – the teachings of the Buddha – can offer so much to the pursuit of a meaningful, skilful and vivid life.

In this year’s Winter Sale – our biggest yet – we’re offering books that will help you bring depth to your life, learn to work with your mind, and become...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

Another free eBook from Windhorse Publications

By Windhorse Publi... on Fri, 14 May, 2021 - 14:32

Another free eBook from Windhorse Publications

By Windhorse Publi... on Fri, 14 May, 2021 - 14:32

A line from a poem by Damian Barr has been widely quoted recently: ‘We are in the same storm, but not in the same boat.’ In some places the winds of COVID-19 are raging, and the boats are not seaworthy. In India. In Brazil. Amongst those who have lost much in the last year, one way or another. So, this week we’re giving away the eBook edition of Vessantara’s The Heart, a guide to cultivating a boundless, loving heart that...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

A new audiobook and our latest free eBook

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 9 Dec, 2020 - 16:30

A new audiobook and our latest free eBook

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 9 Dec, 2020 - 16:30

A new audiobook

One of our best-selling titles has just been released as an audiobook. It’s the award-wining Eight Step Recovery: Using the Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction by Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara) and Dr Paramabandhu Groves.

Human nature has an inbuilt tendency towards addiction. Many of us self-medicate in response to hardships, turning to food, drugs, alcohol, sex, relationships, work, and so much more in an attempt to promote happiness. All of us can struggle with these tendencies, but for some it can lead to the...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

We're offering another free eBook

By Windhorse Publi... on Mon, 12 Oct, 2020 - 16:15

We're offering another free eBook

By Windhorse Publi... on Mon, 12 Oct, 2020 - 16:15

Those of you who’ve been enjoying the free eBooks we’ve been giving away since March will be pleased to learn that we’re giving away another one. This time it’s the turn of one of Sangharakshita’s classics, The Bodhisattva Ideal.

How can we be happy and at the same time responsive to the suffering of others? It can be done: this is the message of the bodhisattva ideal. The image of the bodhisattva, one who wishes to gain Enlightenment for the sake...