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Windhorse Publications turns 50

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024 - 12:30

Windhorse Publications turns 50

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024 - 12:30

This year is going to be significant for Windhorse Publications. After 50 years in operation, we have a lot to celebrate!

Back in the 1970s, what is now Windhorse Publications started out as a scattering of right livelihood businesses including typesetters, printers, distributors and publishers. At first, its newsletters and journals were published under the name Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. It then became Windhorse Press in the early 1970s when it began publishing full length books, starting with The Essence...

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'The Subtle Art of Caring' by River Wolton

Fri, 17 Nov, 2023 - 08:00

'The Subtle Art of Caring' by River Wolton

Fri, 17 Nov, 2023 - 08:00

Today we are pleased to be publishing a new book titled The Subtle Art of Caring: A Guide to Sustaining Compassion.

The Buddha taught the practices of loving kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. These guide us in cultivating positive emotions and minimising harmful ones.

Poet, writer, activist, mentor, and Buddhist teacher River Wolton gives new life to these teachings as resources for a life in which compassion for self and other are mutually sustaining.

You might feel a response when you see...

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Join our next online book launch

Wed, 22 Feb, 2023 - 10:30

Join our next online book launch

Wed, 22 Feb, 2023 - 10:30

We’d like to invite you to join us next week for the online book launch of Nagabodhi’s page-turning biography, Sangharakshita: The Boy, the Monk, the Man. In it, Nagabodhi gives a vivid account of Sangharakshita’s life, what it was like to live among his committed followers, and the controversies he left behind.

The book launch will take place from 19:00 to 20:30 GMT on Wednesday 1st March, when Nagabodhi will be in conversation with Saddhanandi. Nagabodhi has a reputation...

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Don’t miss the launch of our next book!

Wed, 24 Aug, 2022 - 15:03

Don’t miss the launch of our next book!

Wed, 24 Aug, 2022 - 15:03

This week we’ve got a date for your diary: the online launch of our next book, Nagapriya’s The Promise of a Sacred World. We’ve also got news from the Order Convention, and a video clip from Complete Works editor-in-chief, Vidyadevi.

The Promise of a Sacred World: online book launch

Don’t miss the launch of Nagapriya’s latest book, The Promise of a Sacred World: Shinran’s Teaching of Other Power. The launch will take place at 7:30 pm UK time on Tuesday, 30th August. Ratnaguna will...

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Join our online book launch for ‘Entertaining Cancer’

Wed, 26 Jan, 2022 - 15:04

Join our online book launch for ‘Entertaining Cancer’

Wed, 26 Jan, 2022 - 15:04

We’ll be publishing Devamitra’s wonderful new memoir, Entertaining Cancer, very soon.

We’re pleased to announce that Entertaining Cancer will be our first worldwide release: the paperback edition will be available from our US distributors at the same time as it’s available from our distributors in the UK.

If you’ve not yet pre-ordered your copy, you can do so using one of the links below, depending on your location

UK & Europe: Pre-order your copy of Entertaining Cancer

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Windhorse Publications' farewell party for Priyananda, Lee Walford and Ratnaghosha

Mon, 2 Mar, 2020 - 12:10

Windhorse Publications' farewell party for Priyananda, Lee Walford and Ratnaghosha

Mon, 2 Mar, 2020 - 12:10

[All photos by Jeremy Peters]

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 new titles, many of which are highly valued not only within Triratna but also throughout the wider Buddhist world. These include Not...

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The Complete Works team at Adhisthana

Mon, 15 Apr, 2019 - 12:24

The Complete Works team at Adhisthana

Mon, 15 Apr, 2019 - 12:24

The beginning of April saw the publication of the four latest volumes in The Complete Works of Sangharakshita, bringing the total number of published volumes to twelve. With fifteen more volumes yet to be published, this ambitious project, due for completion in 2024, is almost at its halfway point. 

Last week members of the Complete Works team – most of them volunteers – met at Adhisthana to share their experiences of and perspectives on the project, including the challenges they’ve encountered and the lessons they’ve...