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Absorption in No External World: 170 Issues In Mind-Only Buddhism
By: Jeffrey Hopkins
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This stand-alone book is the final volume of a trilogy on Mind-Only that Hopkins composed over the last twenty-two years. Here Hopkins presents opinions on crucial issues from twenty-two commentaries on Dzong-ka-ba's The Essence of Eloquence, considered by his followers to be so challenging that it is called his steel bow and steel arrow, hard to pull but powerful when one succeeds. The careful and intense analysis with which these scholar-yogis probe these 170 issues over time opens a door into patterns of thought that constitute the environment of the text. Hopkins' lively style draws the reader into the drama, stimulating the reader's metaphysical imagination.
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Atisha's Lamp for the Path of Enlightenment
By: Geshe Sonam Rinchen/ Sonam Ruth, tr.
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Atisha's most celebrated text, entitled Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, was written for the Tibetan people at the request of Jangchub Wo. It sets forth the entire Buddhist path within the framework of three levels of motivation on the part of the practitioner, represented by the Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana paths. Atisha's text thus became the source of the lamrim tradition, or graduated stages of the path to enlightenment, an approach to spiritual practice incorporated within all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Beginner's Guide to Tibetan Buddhism
By: Bruce Newman
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As Tibetan Buddhism extends its reach in the West, many practitioners are making strong commitments to this path. The Vajrayana tradition still being new to our culture, however, there remain significant gaps in Western students' education and understanding. These can lead to practical difficulties for new or intermediate students.
This book begins with the very awakening of students' interest in spirituality and their initial encounter with Tibetan Buddhism, and leads them through the steps necessary for succussful practice in the West.
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Being Right Here, A Dzogchen Treasure Text of Nuden Dorje entilted: The Mirror of Clear Meaning
By: Nuden Dorje, James Low
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The treasure text of Nuden Dorje renders a very clear and authentic account of the view and essential meditation of dzogchen, the practice of nondual experience. The presentation is the Men ngag style, a personal instruction distilling the author's own realization in a manner both beautiful and deeply meaningful. Short verses show, with pithy clarity, how the various aspects of dzogchen fit together.
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Buddha's Question
By: Rowe, W.W.
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Queen, Videhi of Rajagaha asks the Buddha to teach four hundred children about the way of awareness and love. In reply, the Buddha recounts his previous life experience as a plumeria tree. This tree painfully witnesses the cruel deceptions of a heron upon forty fisha and a cautious, crafty crab, Though helpless to intervene, the compassionate tree takes vows with far-reaching consequences.
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Buddhism for Beginners
By: Thubten Chodron
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Buddhism for Beginners covers the most fundamental questions and issues that arise in the minds of modern Western individuals who are new to this tradition of practical spirituality. Written in clear and engaged language, this book presents the Buddhist approach to the fundamental issues and concerns of daily life.
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Buddhism of Tibet
By: Dalai Lama
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This volume consists of four texts that H.H. the Dalai Lama specially wrote or chose for the Western reader.
The Buddhism of Tibet by the Dalai Lama: In this excellent introduction, the the Dalai Lama explains the principle topics and central practices of Buddhism.
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Buddhism of Tibet
By: XIV Dalai Lama, Nagarjuna & VII Dalai Lama
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This volume consists of four texts that H.H. the Dalai Lama specially wrote or chose for the Western reader.
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Buddhism with an Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-Point Mind-Training
By: Wallace
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All of us have attitudes. Some of them accord with reality and serve us well throughout the course of our lives. Others are out of alignment with reality and cause us problems. Tibetan Buddhist practice isn't just sitting in silent meditation, it is also developing fresh attitudes that align our minds with reality. Attitudes need adjusting, just like a spinal column that has been knocked out of alignment.
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Buddhism with an Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-Point Mind-Training
By: Wallace, Alan B.
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The Tibetan word lojong is made up of two parts: "lo" means attitude, mind, intelligence, and perspective; and "jong" means to train, purify, remedy, and clear away. So the word "lojong" could literally be translated as attitudinal training, but in this book it is called mind-training.
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Buddhist Advice for Living and Liberation
By: Nagarjuna, J. Hopkins,tr.
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Nagarjuna is renowned for his penetrating analysis of reality. In the Precious Garland he offers intimate counsel on how to conduct one's life and how to construct social policies that reflect Buddhist ideals. The advice for personal happiness is concerned first with improving one's condition over the course of lifetimes and then with release from all types of suffering, culminating in Buddhahood.
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Center of the Sunlit Sky: Madhyamaka in the Kagyu Tradition
By: Karl Brunnholzl
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Madhyamaka is a potent and universally accessible means of calming our suffering and awakening to our innate wisdom. The Center of the Sunlit Sky artfully rescues this brilliant teaching from its unwarranted reputation for intellectual opacity and reinstates it as a supremely practical toolkit for everyday living.
The aim of this book is to take Madhyamaka out of the purely intellectual corner into which it -unjustly- gets boxed. It is an attempt to show Madhyamaka actually addresses and works with all of our experiences in life.
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Changing Minds: Contributions to the Study of Buddhism and Tibet in Honor of Jeffrey Hopkins
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Contributions to the Study of Buddhism and Tibet in Honor of Jeffrey Hopkins
As a tribute to the scholarship and teaching of Jeffrey Hopkins, this collection of essays is offered by his colleagues and former students. In his sixty years, Jeffrey Hopkins has made a profound and diverse contribution to the understanding of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in the West. In his collaborations with Dalai Lama, such as Kindness, Clarity, and Insight, and in books like Tibetan Arts of Loveand Emptiness Yoga, Hopkins has reached out to the general reader, making the wisdom of Tibet accessible to everyone.
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Chod in the Ganden Tradition: The Oral Instructions of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche
By: by Kyabje Zong Rinoche, ed. by David Molk
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In Chöd in the Ganden Tradition we encounter not only the life and teachings of one of the greatest Tibetan masters in modern times, but also instructions in one of the most interesting Tibetan techniques for working with basic fears, applicable to Chod practitioners from all lineages. The instructions are offered with the engaging directness, wit, and stories for which Rinpoche was legendary.
He tells miraculous stories of the Ganden Oral Lineage masters and then gives detailed explanations of the actual practice, including such topics as the degree of fear "necessary" for Chod practice and how "to remember dream and death, morning, noon, and night."
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Chod Practice Manual and Commentary by the Fourteenth Karmapa Thekchok Dorje and Jamgön Kongtrul Lodo Taye
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This splendid resource for Chod practitioners contains the Chod sadhana written by the Fourteenth Karmapa. This daily practice text is given in three versions: Tibetan, a phonetic rendering of the Tibetan, and English translation. Jamgon Kongtrul's commentary on the sadhana supplies necessary amplification and clarification of the sadhana; it is given both in English and Tibetan. An important feature of the commentary is the inclusion of illustrations for the different stages of visualization discussed within the commentary. All in all, this is an essential practice tool and reference guide for the serious Chod practitioner.
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Commentary on Guru Yoga & Offering of the Mandala
By: Tarchen, Lama
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Compassionate Action, The Teachings of Chatral Rinpoche
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This is the first book in English dedicated to this living legend, and includes a biography, an autobiography, three of his essays, three prayers he composed and an exlusive interview.
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Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
By: John Powers
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Lucid and economical, the Concise Introduction delivers a brisk, fast-moving survey. For many years, Powers' nearly six hundred-page Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism has served as the field's most authoritative and comprehensive introductory text on Tibet's distinctive Buddhist tradition. Now Powers has responded to requests to provide an introductory text in compact form. This slimmed-down reference explains the core Buddhist doctrines and the practices of meditation and tantra in an engaging manner. A survey of the four main sects of Tibetan Buddhism and a succinct history of the Tibetan cultural region complete this work.
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Cultivating a Compassionate Heart: The Yoga Method of Chenrezig
By: Thubten Chodron
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Perhaps the most widely known and loved deity throughout the Buddhist world, Chenrezig-also known as Avalokiteshvara, Kuan Yin, or Kannon-is the Buddha of Compassion. Buddhists turn to Chenrezig for protection, friendship, and inspiration on a daily basis. The meditation practice in this book--composed by a teacher with an extensive Western following--is presented as a useful manual for ease of practice. An enlightening-and often humorous-commentary by well-known author Thubten Chodron offers instructions and tips on making the practice even more relevant to daily life.
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Cutting Through Appearances: Practice and theory of Tibetan Buddhism
By: Lhundu Sopa, Geshe and Jeffrey Hopkins
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Here is an authentic presentation of the fundamental aspects of the practice and theory of Tibetan Buddhism, set down in a beautiful text especially useful to those interested in the study and practice of this tradition. The first part of the book, a meditation manual written by the Fourth Panchen Lama (1781-1852), covers much of the daily practice of Tibetan monks and yogis.
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Dalai Lamas on Tantra
By: Glenn H. Mullin
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Over the past five hundred years the Dalai Lamas have contributed works of vital importance to the library of tantric literature. Glenn Mullin, a translator and scholar of Tibetan texts and acknowledged authority on the Dalai Lamas, has collected many of these writings here for the first time. His introduction situates the tantric tradition within overall Buddhist practice. The sweeping survey by the Thirteenth Dalai Lama which follows treats all the principal Tibetan Buddhist tantric systems found in all four categories of tantras.
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Daring Steps Toward Fearlessness: The Three Vehicles of Buddhism
By: Ringu Tulku
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Among the multitude of books on Buddhism now available to Westerners, Daring Steps Toward Fearlessness is remarkable for its accessibility, inclusiveness, and authenticity. Ringu Tulku--renowned for both his insight and his Western-friendly style--has produced a breathtaking overview of the Buddhist path that embraces all three traditional Buddhist yanas or spiritual paths. He weaves a dynamic synergy that reveals the vital role of each path in the attainment of genuine realization. Bringing the teachings back repeatedly to the reader's own experience, Ringu Tulku both educates and inspires, connecting the Dharma's profundity with the spirit of the Buddha's awakening.
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Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth in Tibetan Buddhism
By: Lati Rinbochay
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his Highest Yoga Tantra text unfolds in minute detail the complex Tibetan Buddhist system of subtle physiology-providing a complete exposition of the channels, drops and winds which serve as foundations for consciousness. It is essential for the practice of the two stages of the path in Highest Yoga Tantra to have an understanding of the bases to be purified: death, intermediate state and rebirth.
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Debate in Tibetan Buddhism
By: Perdue, Daniel. E.
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The practice and theory of introductory Buddhist logic and epistemology, as found in Tibetan Buddhism, is the focus of this clear and thorough exposition. An essential prerequisite in Tibetan philosophical studies is ascertainment of the procedure in debate, for debate is the investigative technique used throughout Tibetan education to lead students into Buddhist philosophy and to increase their sharpness and analytical capacities. Also, since a significant part of the Tibetan commentarial tradition incorporates the debate style as the principal means of explaining philosophy, in order to understand the various philosophical stances in Tibetan religious studies it is essential to apprehend the procedure in debate.
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Deity Yoga
By: Dalai Lama / Tsong-Ka-pa
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Deity Yoga describes the profound process of meditation in Action and Performance Tantras. It is a invaluable book for anyone who is practicing or interested in Buddhist tantra.
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Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom: Development Stage Meditation in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra
By: Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, and Getse Mahapandita
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Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom contains four of the most cherished Tibetan Buddhist commentaries on the practices of visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative absorption. These three elements form the core of development stage meditation, one of the most important practices of Buddhist Tantra. The authors of these timeless classics--Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, and Getse Mahapandita--have all profoundly shaped Tibetan Buddhism with their vast scholarship and deep spiritual realization. In these eloquent and inspiring writings, they explain the fundamental philosophy of the development stage, showing not only its profound insights into the nature of reality, but also how to make this view a living experience through the practice of meditation.
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Dharma Paths
By: Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
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Dharma Paths, the first book of teachings by one of the most highly respected lamas in North America, is a broad and in depth introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. It cuts through the complexity of the Tibetan tradition, revealing a flexible approach based on our individual capacities. Without assuming an academic background or knowledge of Buddhist terminology, Dharma Paths presents both basic and quite advanced material, making the essence of the vast Tibetan teachings suprsingly accessible.
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Dzogchen Teachings
By: Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
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This book is a kind of treasure trove of practical-often secret-material that every Buddhist practitioner would love to know. What really happens in initiation? How do you properly use mantras to empower practice? How can you tell when consciousness has emerged from a dying person in order to really help them? Simply not available in such concise, clear, direct terms elsewhere, this compilation of material focuses on the piercingly direct practices of Dzogchen, which encompass much of the range of Buddhist practice. Written by one of the top tier of widely respected and acknowledged masters of the tradition, sophisticated in Western psychology, this volume will be highly valued by a wide range of Buddhist practitioners.
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Dzogchen: The Self-Perfected State
By: Chogyal Namkai Norbu Rinpoche
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As Chogyal Namkhai Norbu explains in this very readable book, our natural condition is self-perfected from the very beginning. What is necessary is that we re-awakwen and remain in our true nature.
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Enlightened Courage: An Expalanation of the Seven Point of Mind Training
By: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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The text he presents here is the Seven Point Mind Training, brought to Tibet by the Indian master Atisha. This teaching is the vey core of the entire practice of Tibetan Buddhism. It condenses the compassionate path to Buddhahood into practical instructions which make use of all the circumstances of everyday life.
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Enthronement The Recognition of the Reincarnate Masters of Tibet and the Himalayas
By: Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye
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Even the most casual contact with the culture, politics, or religion of Tibet brings outsiders face-to-face with the institution of reincarnate spiritual masters. Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-99) was one of the most outstanding writers and teachers of his time. He is especially known for his monumental Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Ngawang Zangpo (Hugh Leslie Thompson) completed two three-year retreats under the direction of the late Kalu Rinpoche. He contributes to the work of Kalu Rinpoche's translation committee in Sonada, India.
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Essence of Other-Emptiness by Taranatha
Translated and annotated by Jeffrey Hopkins
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Jeffrey Hopkins continues his groundbreaking exploration of the Jonangpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism with this revelatory translation of one of the seminal texts from that tradition. Whereas Dolpopa's massive Mountain Doctrine authenticates the doctrine of other-emptiness through extensive scriptural citations and elaborate philosophical arguments, Taranatha's more concise work translated here situates the doctrine of other-emptiness within the context of schools of tenets, primarily the famed four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, through comparing the various schools' opinion on the status of the noumenon and phenomena. Also included is a supplementary text by Taranatha which presents the opinions of a prominent fifteenth-century Sakya scholar, Shakya Chokden, and contrasts them with those of the leading Jonangpa scholar, Dolpopa.
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Essential Practice
By: Thrangu Rinpoche
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The great Indian master Kamalashila's 'Stages of Meditation in the Middle Way School' opens the door of philosophy and practice to meditators at all levels. With brevity, it covers all the main topics one needs to know from developing compassion, through numerous methods of meditation, to the ultimate realization of full awakening.
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Establishing Appearances as Divine
By: Heidi I. Koppl
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Esoteric Tibetan Buddhist scriptures teach practitioners to visualize themselves as deities residing within a mandala. By doing so, they assert, the practitioner will eventually become the deity itself. But are sentient beings intrinsically pure, or does visualization practice and contemplation of the deity qualities make them pure? In this eleventh-century commentary, the renowned Nyingma (Ancient School) scholar Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo sets out his analysis of the nature of purity. This penetrating study, directed towards scholars and serious practitioners, contains Koppl's English-language translation of Rongzom's original text and her explication of his views.
Koppl's incisive analysis offers a description of Rongzom's career and works and gives special attention to his critique of Madhyamaka philosophy, comparing his position to the work of his Nyingma successors. Some of Rongzom's approaches, Koppl shows, are unconventional even in a Nyingma context.
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