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Transmission by Seeing: Long Life Prayer Book of Tenga Rinpoche
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Facing the title page, underneath the radiant photo of him is the title Transmission by Seeing. Following the encomium and long life prayers, the chapter on his Life and Liberation, starts with his previous two incarnations. The photos include his travel to the United States with the Sixteenth Karmapa and together with the Seventeenth in Tibet at Tsurphu; at Gyuto where he is performing a ritual with the Karmapa, remindful of all the years Tenga Rinpoche spent as the Vajra Master at Rumtek; him with the previous and present Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche; another with Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche at Benchen Monastery in Tibet and Benchen in Nepal, which Tenga Rinpoche built for Nyenpa Rinpoche; in full lama dance costume performing the Mahakala lama dance; looking at the Chakrasamvara mandala with Trungpa Rinpoche; photos from his travels to many European centers; and teaching at Rumtek. The final section gives his verses of A Short Guru Yoga on the Root Lama Karmapa.
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Enlightenment to Go: Shantideva and the Power of Compassion to Transform Your Life
By: David Michie
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The Dalai Lama always recommends a classic text by the Buddhist sage Shantideva as essential reading for those seeking a practical approach to Buddhism. With its life-changing psychological tools and transcendent wisdom, it is one of the world's great spiritual treasures. In Enlightenment to Go, David Michie provides a lively, accessible introduction to the 'best of' Shantideva. He shows how modern psychology confirms the insights of Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, and he unpacks its powerful antidotes to contemporary problems, including stress, anxiety and depression. He also offers a structured meditation program to help readers integrate transformational insights at deeper levels of consciousness where genuine change becomes possible. Recounting stories from his own journey, Michie illustrates the relevance of Shantideva's breakthrough teachings to a typically busy Westerner with warmth and humor. Whether you are a newcomer to Buddhism or a seasoned practitioner, Enlightenment to Go offers a glimpse of a radiantly different reality.
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Mind Owns Physician: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation
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By inviting the Dalai Lama and leading researchers in medicine, psychology, and
neuroscience to join in conversation, the Mind & Life Institute set
the stage for a fascinating exploration of the healing potential of the
human mind. The Minds Own Physician presents in its entirety the
thirteenth Mind and Life dialogue, a discussion addressing a range of
vital questions concerning the science and clinical applications of
meditation: How do meditative practices influence pain and human
suffering? What role does the brain play in emotional well-being and
health? To what extent can our minds actually influence physical
disease? Are there important synergies here for transforming health
care, and for understanding our own evolutionary limitations as a
species?
Edited by world-renowned researchers Jon Kabat-Zinn and Richard J.
Davidson, this book presents this remarkably dynamic interchange along
with intriguing research findings that shed light on the nature of the
mind, its capacity to refine itself through training, and its role in
physical and emotional health.s that shed light on
the nature of the mind, its capacity to refine itself through training,
and its role in physical and emotional health.
Mind Own's Physician: A Scientific Dialogue With the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation, New Harbinger, Hardcover, 268 Pages, $24.95
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Aspiration of Kuntu Zangpo
By: Tai Situ Rinpoche
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The aspiration of Kuntu Zangpo, the prayer of the Primordial Buddha, is one of the deepest and most profound Buddhist texts. It is also a prayer of aspiration on the path of awakening to the true nature of reality. It expresses the different forms in which primordial awareness appears and helps us to understand that it is only our clouded understanding that makes things appear as other than they really are.
Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpas line by line teaching is based on the commentary by the 15th Gyalwa Karmapa.
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Gone Beyond, Volume Two: The Prajnaparamita, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition
By: Karl Brunnholzl
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The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the Perfection of Wisdom sutras. To understand this extraordinarily condensed text, it is necessary to have the assistance of reliable Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, they not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the Perfection of Wisdom sutraspaths and groundsbut also serve as a basis for further reflection on the explicit topic of these sutrasthe principle of emptinessand how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas. Thus, these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood.
Gone Beyond contains the first in-depth study the Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries in the Kagyu School. This study (in two volumes) includes translations of Maitreya's famous text and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa, Goncho Yenla (the first translation ever of a complete commentary on the Abhisamayalamkara into English), which are supplemented by extensive excerpts from the commentaries by the Third, Seventh, and Eighth Karmapas and others. Thus, it closes a long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the Prajnaparamita Sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana Buddhism.
The second volume presents an English translation of the final five chapters and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa.
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Smile at Fear: A Retreat with Pema Chodron on Discovering Your Radiant Self-Confidence (DVD)
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Within the wisdom teachings of Buddhism, there are many stories that refer to its founder as the "Supreme Physician": a healer of all illness - mental, physical, and spiritual. The Buddha understood suffering and its antidote. His prescription and philosophy for right living led directly to a Tibetan meditation practice that is today the medicine our hearts have been searching for.
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Lankavatara Sutra
By: Red Pine
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Having translated The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra, and following with The Platform Sutra, Red Pine now turns his attention to perhaps the greatest Sutra of all. The Lankavatara Sutra is the holy grail of Zen. Zens First Patriarch, Bodhidharma, gave a copy of this text to his successor, Hui-ko, and told him everything he needed to know was in this book. Passed down from teacher to student ever since, this is the only Zen sutra ever spoken by the Buddha. Although it covers all the major teachings of Mahayana Buddhism, it contains but two teachings: that everything we perceive as being real is nothing but the perceptions of our own mind and that the knowledge of this is something that must be realized and experienced for oneself and cannot be expressed in words. In the words of Chinese Zen masters, these two teachings became known as have a cup of tea and taste the tea.
This is the first translation into English of the original text used by Bodhidharma, which was the Chinese translation made by Gunabhadra in 443 and upon which all Chinese Zen masters have relied ever since.
In addition to presenting one of the most difficult of all Buddhist texts in clear English, Red Pine has also added summaries, explanations and notes, including relevant Sanskrit terms on the basis of which the Chinese translation was made. This promises to become an essential text for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding or knowledge of Zen.
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Mouse King
By: Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (Author), Susan Alexande (Illustrator)
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This charming story was told by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche many years ago, and the book was then illustrated by Susan Alexander, a brilliant and innovative Trinity County artist. The book is suitable for all ages, and lends itself to a lovely teaching at its close:
"The Great King was overjoyed. His kindness had inspired all the mice to help, and thanks to their combined efforts, the fierce army had been defeated without a fight. Happiness and harmony spread throughout the land, and showed that the kindness we offer others, large or small, will always return to us."
Softcover, 30 pages ~ exquisitely illustrated in full color throughout.
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All-Seeing Boy and the Blue Sky of Happiness: A Children's Parable
By: Nick Kettles (Author), Serena Hallam (Illustrator)
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The All-Seeing Boy believed that there must be a way to make people happy. Then he met the mysterious hobo Jason Carper, Esquire, who taught him about the blue sky of happiness and our inherent, somewhat magical ability to bring happiness to others.
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Power of Lineage of Blessings (CD+DVD)
By: Monks of Sherab Ling led by Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa
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This collection includes CD & DVD. The chanting was recorded live in the Palpung Sherab Ling during Mahamudra teachings and meditation retreats. All Rinpoches and monastic sangha at Palpung Sherab Ling led by Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa chanted together. It feels like a wisdom shower, full of strong blessing power from the lineage. It is a sacred video recording both the voice and the scene.
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Tulku: You're the reincarnation of your fathers teacher..... now what? (DVD)
By: Gesar Mukpo
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At age three, Gesar Tsewang Arthur Mukpo, son of renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and his British wife Diana, was identified as the reincarnation of the late Jamgon Kongtrul of Sechen, one of his fathers own teachers in Tibet. Living in Boulder, Colorado and then Halifax, Nova Scotia, Gesar balanced competing cultures and strikingly different definitions of self. His life was far from that of an ordinary contemporary American or Canadian his father was a world famous Buddhist teacher and author but there was no monastery upbringing like that of perhaps the best known tulku, the Dalai Lama, or even like his father. And after his fathers untimely death, he was on his own with this challenge
Inspired by Tibetan Buddhist teacher and noted filmmaker Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche (The Cup, Travellers & Magicians), Gesar Mukpo has documented his own story and those of several other tulkus in this personal and thoughtful film that asks the questions, What does it mean to be identified as a tulku? and more broadly, How does one live in this world, fulfill ones destiny?
Features rare archival footage from Tibet, with appearances by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, HH Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, Lady Diana Mukpo
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Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children
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Planting Seeds offers insight, and a wide range of contemplative and fun activities that parents and educators can apply in school settings, in their local communities, or at home in a way that is meaningful and inviting to children. The activities are designed to help relieve stress, increase concentration, nourish gratitude and confidence, work with difficult emotions, touch our interconnection with nature, and improve communication.
The accompanying CD has many inspiring songs from the book, along with beautiful, color illustrations by Wietske Vriezen. Edited by Sister Jewel.
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Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar
Thrangu Rinpoche
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In the summer of 1957, the revered Buddhist teacher and scholar Khenpo Gangshar foresaw the difficulties that would soon fall upon Tibet and began teaching in a startling new way that enabled all those who heard him to use the coming difficulties as the path of Dharma practice. The teaching consisted of the essential points of Mahamudra and Dzogchen, both view and practice, presented in a way that made them easy for anyone to use, even in the most difficult of circumstances. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche was one of the grateful recipients of these teachings, which he regards as among the most important he has ever been given. He transmits them here, for the benefit of all of us who strive to practice in challenging times. They include contemplations on the ephemeral nature of both joy and suffering, meditations for resting the mind, and guidance for cultivating equanimity in any situation.
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Into the Heart of Life
By: Jetsumna Palmo
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One of the most respected Western figures of contemporary Buddhism offers insights gleaned from more than forty years of Buddhist practice. With her vast perspective she presents a well-grounded understanding of how the timeless Buddhist teachings apply to the demands and challenges of modern life. A wide range of topics are covered in this pragmatic presentation offering down-to-earth advice on how to enhance the quality of our lives.
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Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice
By: B. Alan Wallace
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Renowned Buddhist philosopher B. Alan Wallace reasserts the power of shamatha and vipashyana, traditional Buddhist meditations, to clarify the mind's role in the natural world. Raising profound questions about human nature, free will, and experience versus dogma, Wallace challenges the claim that consciousness is no more than an emergent property of the brain with little relation to universal events. Rather, he maintains that the observer is essential to measuring quantum systems and that mental phenomena (however conceived) influence brain function and behavior.
Wallace embarks on a two-part mission: to restore and then transcend human nature. Part I explains the value of skepticism in Buddhism and science and the difficulty of merging their experiential methods of inquiry. Yet Wallace emphasizes that Buddhist views on human nature and the possibility of free will free us from the metaphysical constraints of scientific materialism. He then explores the radical empiricism inspired by William James and applies it to the four schools of Indian Buddhist philosophy and the Great Perfection school of Buddhism. Since Buddhism begins with the assertion that ignorance lies at the root of all suffering and the path to freedom is reached through knowledge, Buddhist practice can be viewed as a progression from agnosticism (not knowing) to gnosticism (knowing), acquired through exceptional mental health, mindfulness, and introspection. Wallace discusses these topics in detail, identifying similarities and differences between scientific and Buddhist understanding, and concludes with an explanation of shamatha and vipashyana and their potential for fathoming the nature, origins, and potentials of consciousness.
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Buddha Standard Time: Awakening to the Infinite Possibilities of Now
By: Lama Surya Das
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Buddha Standard Time shares one of the great realizations of Buddhism, one that anyone can learn to apply. Buddhist wisdom teaches that the minutes and hours of our days do not simply march from future to present to pastlooming, engulfing us, passing us by forever. Rather, each moment is intersected by a fourth dimension, a dimension of timelessness. Only by accessing that timeless dimension, the Buddha believed, can we learn to fully inhabit the Now.
As an alternative to our ceaseless hustle and bustle, Surya Das offers readers the possibility of living in Buddha Standard Time. Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike will discover reasons and inspirations, tools and techniques that not only significantly reduce the amount of stress in our lives but help us find more focus, fulfillment, creativity, and even even wisdom. The Buddha knew were always free to live fully and completely in the present moment, and that doing so frees us from the burden of the past and the anxiety about the future. Living in Buddha Standard Time is in no way antithetical to modern life. Far from being at the mercy of times demands, we will finally realize that we have, in fact, all the time in the world.
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Veggiyana: The Dharma of Cooking: With 108 Deliciously Easy Vegetarian Recipes
By: Sandra Garson
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Wholesome Food from the Whole Wide World
The kitchen is the most vital place on Earth, because survival even now in the age of iPads and large hadron colliders still depends on wholesome, nutritious food. In keeping with this simple truth Veggiyana provides108 tasty, beloved and simple recipes from around the world. And generously sprinkled throughout--like the perfect blend of herbs and spices are morsels of time-tested wisdom on how to live a life that nourishes both body and spirit. Veggiyana brings the vitality of the worlds kitchens to your own with wisdom and recipes to delight and inspire.
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Incarnation: The History and Mysticism of the Tulku Tradition of Tibet
Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
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A tulku is a fully enlightened one (buddha) or highly accomplished adept (siddha) who chooses to be reborn again and again for the benefit of all beings. Most Tulkus, though, are the rebirths of well-trained masters who are engaged in spiritual training and serving others. Tibetan Buddhists have, for well over a millennium, been meticulously following the tradition of finding, recognizing, enthroning, training, and venerating these revered figures who provide teachings of liberation for both monks and laypeople. This guide to the tulku tradition covers its long history, separating fact from fiction, giving an overview of how the system works, and providing short biographies of some of the great tulkus of the past and present. Included are accounts of the magical occurrences that are associated with these remarkable beings, and advice for how anyone can set out on the tulku path.
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Minding Closely: The Four Applications of Mindfulness
By: Alan Wallace
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Mindfulness is a learned skill that offers profound benefits in all situations. The practical techniques described here can by used by anyone to refine the attention, improve relationships, and generate transformative insight into the nature of experience. The material is drawn from a retreat given by the author, addressing a broad audience of people from all walks of life.
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Sublime Path to Kechara: Vajrayogini's Eleven Yogas of Generation Stage Practice
By: Sermey Khensur Lobsang Tharchin
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Oral instructions on the Highest Yoga Tantra practice of Vajrayogini. Based on Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche's extensive Vajrayogini sadhana entitled the Short Path to Great Bliss. Each section contains romanized Tibetan with an English translation and explanations of the entire Tibetan text. Detailed instructions are given for the meditations and visualizations in the eleven yogas of Vajrayogini's generation stage practice.
Note to the reader: If you would like to read this book and be able to understand it properly, it is important that you receive the Vajrayogini initiation from a qualified lama.
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Life of the Great Mahasiddha Virupa
By: Kalden D. Sakya
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Virupa was given several names throughout his life, and when he was a monk he tried to do his meditation practice as much as he could. But even though he spent many years meditating, he was bothered by disturbing dreams. And when he did as he was instructed to do by his spiritual guidance, it backfired and people often became upset with him. But because of his dedication he developed great spiritual powers which protected him from harm, and even saved his life. When people rejected him he lived in the forest and wore only flowers, and lived an unconventional life, but eventually he found his spiritual home. He saved many animals from sacrifice, and performed miracles.
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History of the Karmapas: The Tibetan Masters with the Black Crown
By: Lama Kunsang, Lama Pemo, Marie Aubele
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The Karmapas, an ancient lineage of reincarnated Tibetan masters, are revered as spiritual leaders by Tibetans and Tibetan Buddhist practitioners worldwide. Like the Dalai Lamas, each newly incarnated Karmapa is identified in childhood by miraculous signs and deeds. This rich set of biographies elucidates the way each individual Karmapa has embodied the traditions teachings, from the first Karmapa (1110-1193) to the present Karmapa, now in his twenties.
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Primordial Essence Manifests
By: Tai Situ Rinpoche
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Teachings on the six bardos and the book 'Bardo Thodrol', commonly translated as 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead' by Padmasambhava. The book includes teachings on the five strengths.
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Heart Attack Sutra: A New Commentary on the Heart Sutra
By: Karl Brunnholzl
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Brunnholzl is a brilliant teacher whose devotion and energy have resulted in this rich, wide-ranging study of the Heart Sutra, the page-and-a-half-long text that contains the entire essence of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. In 160 pages of fast-moving explication, he quotes sources as varied as Janis Joplin and Ludwig Wittgenstein, probes the text, explains its terminology, and answers students questions.
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Living Fully: Finding Joy in Every Breath
By: Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche
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We all aspire to live fully and freely in the moment.
In "Living Fully," Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche reveals timeless wisdom that can help us fulfill this deepest aspiration. Each succinct teaching is a luminous jewel, an invaluable guide to actualizing our innate potential and breathing with joy and ease.
Today, with so many struggling with financial, relationship, and career challenges, "Living Fully: Finding Joy in Every Breath" is a timely prescription. Rinpoche offers the tools we need to experience genuine inner freedom, uncorrupted by endless craving for something better. Topics include beginning with a pure motivation, the preciousness of breath, healing oneself and others, the essence of meditation, and spontaneous fulfillment.
Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche has written the book that our troubled age has been yearning for. It is a treasure trove of heartfelt advice on how to seize the moment and live with kindness and understanding. Rinpoche's teachings gently beckon us home to the purity and simplicity of our true nature. At peace with ourselves and at ease with the world, we can discover what it means to live our lives fully.
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Mixing Minds: The Power of Relationship in Psychoanalysis and Buddhism By: Pilar Jennings
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Mixing Minds explores the interpersonal relationships between psychoanalysts and their patients, and Buddhist teachers and their students. Through the author's own personal journey in both traditions, she sheds light on how these contrasting approaches to wellness affect our most intimate relationships. These dynamic relationships provide us with keen insight into the emotional ups and downs of our lives from fear and anxiety to love, compassion, and equanimity. Mixing Minds delves into the most intimate of relationships and shows us how these relationships are the key to the realization of our true selves.
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Mahamudra and Related Instructions: Core Teachings of the Kagyu Schools
By: Peter Alan Roberts
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The Kagy school of Tibetan Buddhism began in the 11th century with such renowned figures as Marpa and Milarepa, and it continues today with the Karmapa and several best-selling authors, including Pema Chodron and Chogyam Trungpa. Mahamudra, the Great Seal, is a central teaching of the Kagy school, along with the so-called six dharmas of Naropa. Formulated as a systematic practice by Gampopa (1079-1153), the mahamudra teachings trace their source to earlier Indian materials and focus on the cultivation of profound insight into the nature of the mind.
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Treasury of Knowledge, Books 9 and 10: Journey and Goal
By: Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye
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In Tibetan religious literature, Jamgon Kongtrul's Treasury of Knowledge in ten volumes stands out as a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were preserved in Tibet.
In this volume, Journey and Goal, the focus is on the spiritual path "the journey", and the resultant state of enlightenment where it leads – “the goal.” Extensively varied perspectives are offered, not only from within the many schools of Buddhism, but also from the different levels of practice and attainment. This is in fact the most comprehensive treatment of these themes to appear in the English language.
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Jamgon Mipam: His Life and Teachings
By: Douglas Duckworth
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Jamgon Mipam (1846-1912) is one of the most extraordinary figures in the history of Tibet. Monk, mystic, and brilliant philosopher, he shaped the trajectory of Tibetan Buddhisms Nyingma school. This introduction provides a most concise entre to this great luminary's life and work. The first section gives a general context for understanding this remarkable individual who, though he spent the greater part of his life in solitary retreat, became one of the greatest scholars of his age. Part Two gives an overview of Mipam's interpretation of Buddhism, examining his major themes, and devoting particular attention to his articulation of the Buddhist conception of emptiness. Part Three presents a representative sampling of Mipam's writings.
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Freedom in Bondage: The Life and Teachings of Adeu Rinpoche
Erik Pema Kunsang (translator) & Marcia Binder Schmidt (compiler)
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Adeu Rinpoche's life was extraordinary from the beginning. He was recognized by an incarnation of the previous Adeu Rinpoche and enthroned at the age of seven as the Eighth Adeu Rinpoche. As a child and teenager he mastered writing, calligraphy, poetry, astrology, mandala painting, prayer, and meditation. Then, in 1958 at the age of twenty-seven, his monastery was attacked and all sacred texts and statues were completely destroyed by the Chinese as part of the Cultural Revolution. Sentenced to fifteen years in prison for his religious beliefs, the author was sent to a remote labor camp, where he watched many of his friends die under the harsh conditions. But imprisonment had an unexpected blessing: he met many accomplished masters, including the late Khenpo Munsel, and learned many practices from them.
Freedom in Bondage offers a portrait of the life and philosophy of one of the twentieth century's most respected meditation masters his early training in spiritual practices, his flight and capture, interrogation and sentencing, and the years in prison. His voice is calm and nonjudgmental, uplifting the reader with his compassion for his captors. The title captures the authors inner liberation in a dire situation.
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Heart of the Revolution: The Buddha's Radical Teachings of Forgiveness, Compassion, and Kindness
By: Noah Levine
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The Heart of the Revolution is a step-by-step guide to finding freedom and showing compassion in everyday circumstances. In this new book, the bad boy Buddhist offers a hip and edgy instruction manual on how to apply Buddhist practices to daily challenges.
Drawing on his personal struggles and illustrated with ancient Buddhist teaching stories as well as the real-life experiences of his students, Levine delves deeply into the philosophy and application of meditative practices to create what is already being called an American Buddhist Tradition. Through dramatic stories, practical instruction, and a programmatic guide to applying compassion and mindfulness to daily life, Levine presents a modern Buddhism for a new generation.
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Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World
By: Dalai Lama
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A stirring call to move beyond religion for the guidance to improve human life on individual, community, and global levels including a guided meditation practice for cultivating key human values
Ten years ago, in his best-selling Ethics for a New Millennium, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first proposed an approach to ethics based on universal rather than religious principles. Now, in Beyond Religion, the Dalai Lama, at his most compassionate and outspoken, elaborates and deepens his vision for the nonreligious way. Transcending the mere "religion wars," he outlines a system of secular ethics that gives tolerant respect to religion those that ground ethics in a belief in God and an afterlife, and those that understand good actions as leading to better states of existence in future lives. And yet, with the highest level of spiritual and intellectual authority, the Dalai Lama makes a claim for what he calls a third way. This is a system of secular ethics that transcends religion as a way to recognize our common humanity and so contributes to a global human community based on understanding and mutual respect.
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Solid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times
Sylvia Boorstein, Norman Fischer, Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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In this lively and personal book, three acclaimed Buddhist teachers from different traditions come together to offer unorthodox wisdom for living well through difficult times. Sylvia Boorstein, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche draw on their own experiences with suffering, as well as their many years of practice, to illustrate how we can find serenity and compassion in even the most stressful situations. Solid Ground offers humor, insight, and practical advice as well as five guided meditations for soothing our thoughts and increasing our capacity for equanimity and joy.
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Mongolian Buddhist Art: Masterpieces from the Museums of Mongolia Volume I, Part 1 & 2: Thangkas, Embroideries, and Appliques
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Mongolian Buddhist Art: Masterpieces from the Museums of Mongolia presents for the first time 441 masterpieces of Mongolian Buddhist art from five major Mongolian museums: the Bogd Kahn Palace Museum, the Choijin Lama Temple Museum, the Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts, the Erdene Zuu Museum and the Danzanravjaa Museum. Selected by the Centre for Cultural Heritage in conjunction with the curators of the participating museums, these pieces were chosen for their religious and historical importance, their aesthetic and technical quality, their uniquely Mongolian characteristics and their rarity.
Volume 1: Thangkas, Appliqus and Embroideries is divided into eight chapters encompassing within these three media the visual realms of the Buddhas and his disciples, mahasiddhas, Indian, Tibetan, and Mongolian scholars, previous reincarnations, yidams, dakinis, protectors and sacred architecture. Although constrained by the rules of Buddhist iconography and strongly influenced by Tibetan art, the Mongolians have succeeded in creating many works that are uniquely Mongolian, a highly expressive and vibrant tradition that can be seen in this volume. Dating from the late 17th to the 20th century, these examples provide rich materials for the present and future studies of Buddhist art and its heritage in Mongolia.
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Stilling the Mind: Shamatha Teachings from Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence
By: Alan Wallace
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Across more than a millenium, the lamas, meditators, and scholars of Tibet created a vast literature dedicated to revealing the profound truths about who we are and how we should make use of our lives. Sages living in mountain caves and monastics pursuing their daily rituals used these texts to wear down their obscurations and make space for innate clarity and wisdom to manifest. For those of us in the modern world with hectic lives, however, such teachings from another time and place can be nearly impenetrable. To approach them, we need a guide, a helping hand from someone who is like ourselves but who has spent years learning the ins and outs of the sometimes secretive world of Tibetan Buddhist practice.
Bestselling author and former Buddhist monk Alan Wallace is one such guide. With his trademark enthusiasm and keen intelligence, he introduces us here to one of the most cherished works of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence. Written in the nineteenth century, the Vajra Essence presents the practice of Dzokchen, the Great Perfection the highest of all the meditation traditions and its contents have only been revealed to those with the requisite training.
With permission from his teachers, Alan reveals here the works opening section, which presents the methods for calming the mind and bringing it to a state of effortless concentration, the practice of shamatha. In his earlier book, The Attention Revolution, Alan guided readers through the stages of shamatha step by step. Here he uses the wisdom of the Dzokchen teachings to open up this practice into a space of freedom from hope and fear. He makes obscure concepts intelligible to contemporary readers and allows us to glimpse the profound realizations of a great spiritual adept.
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Fearless Heart: The Practice of Living with Courage and Compassion (Audio CDs)
By Pema Chodron
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Pema Chodron helps us uncover and transform the fundamental beliefs that cause us to suffer so that we can increase our capacity to love ourselves and others. Pema begins her teaching by declaring, "We live in a culture of fear and guilt, always feeling like we aren't good enough." She then shows the way out of this trap by revealing how the entire spiritual path is really about cultivating fearless self-acceptance. She draws on five traditional Tibetan Buddhist aphorisms to frame her teachings:
- "Reveal your hidden faults for accepting our imperfections
- "Approach what you find repulsive" for facing suffering with an open heart
- "Help those whom you think you cannot help" for awakening compassion
- "Anything you are attached to, give that" for developing generosity
- "Go to the places that scare you" for finding courage in all aspects of life
Pema unpacks these aphorisms and helps us understand how they can form the structure for living a more courageous life. She also holds an extensive question-and-answer session and leads guided meditation practices on overcoming shame and guilt, staying open in the face of pain, transforming our relationships with difficult people, and increasing our feelings of generosity.
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Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech, and Mind
By: Tenzin Wangyal
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In his lively conversationally-toned presentation, Tenzin Wangyal
Rinpoche clearly shows us how, no matter where we are or what we are
doing or how stuck we feel in our pain, our more positive qualities are
always accessible to us through our body, speech, and mind. Rather than
always searching for happiness outside ourselves, we are shown how to
look from a wider perspective and see the constantly present opportunity
for reflection and connection with the joyful formless truth that is
our authentic nature, and that can lead to the joy and peace inherent in
us all.
Tenzin Wangyal draws on a vast system of knowledge to show the many ways
that body, speech, and mind can be utilized as doorways to happiness,
contentment, better health, and ultimately liberation. These three doors
of body, speech, and mind are viewed as the pathways to enlightenment
in all the major spiritual traditions of Tibet. In fact they are seen as
the only tools that we have for progressing on our spiritual journeys.
But first we need to learn how to work with them.
Everybody is looking for happiness and the causes of happiness, and
everybody wants relief from suffering and the causes of suffering. Yet
we usually look for happiness and relief from suffering in all the wrong
places and in all the wrong ways. This book helps to open the "doors"
to our fullest potential.
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Essence of Tibetan Buddhism
By: Lama Thubten Yeshe
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This introduction focuses on The Three Principle Aspects of the Path.
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Mahamudra: EMAHO - How Amazing
By: His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche
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There is a formal, precise sequence of contemplations and practices within all of the four major lineages of Vajrayana Buddhism, usually referred to as the graduated path.
Although it has different names in each lineage - Lam rim, Path and Fruition, Words of my Perfect Teacher , and The Jewel Ornament of Liberation, this path incorporates the same sequence. All the paths begin with the contemplation on the four thoughts that turn the mind, then bodhichitta, then the meditation on the yidam deity, then a meditation on devotion to the guru, then the ultimate truth, Mahamudra, and finally the dedication.
These five elements constitute the Five-fold Path of Mahamudra by Lord Jigten Sumgon, which is the root text for this extensive commentary by His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche. This is an eloquent, clear and systematic explanation of the path, covering not only the essentials, but also providing wide ranging and contemporary examples and exposition. For example, karma, the kayas, the six perfections, sleep yoga, the bardo and the benefits of yidam practice are some of the topics beautifully and clearly explained.
There is also a comprehensive commentary on the Ganges Mahamudra, which is the advice given to Naropa by the MahasiddhaTilopa.
Mahamudra: EMAHO - How Amazing, His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche, Zhysil Chokyi, Paperback, 2011, 135 Pages, $20.00
The book also benefits from the friendly and accessible vocabulary of Ina Bieler, the translator, and thus provides a valuable and authentic resource for both the beginning and the more mature student of Vajrayana Buddhism.
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Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path for Difficult Times (Book + CD)
By: Jack Kornfield
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Where can we find illumination and support when we most need it? Inside
each of us is an inner light that I call The One Who Knows, writes
Jack Kornfield. Awakening to this wisdom can help us find our way
through pain and suffering with courage, grace, and tenderness. For
anyone seeking answers during a time of trial or confusion, he now
offers A Lamp in the Darkness, a new book-and-CD program filled with
spiritual and psychological insights, hope-giving stories, and special
guided meditations to skillfully navigate lifes inevitable storms. With
deep understanding and compassionate warmth, Jack Kornfield illuminates
a safeand sanepathway through difficulty, as we explore practices
created for times of crisis but applicable and useful throughout our
daily lives:
Equanimity and Peacehow to hold the sorrows and struggles of our
world and ourselves in balance while seeing the great peace behind it
all
Forgivenessfor releasing the past and breaking down barriers to all that is closed in the heart
Setting Your Highest Intentiona guide for awakening to the shining
beauty and potential of the human spiritHard times come to everyone.
With A Lamp in the Darkness, we have a trusted guide and friend with
whom we can face the road ahead in presence, love, and openness.
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