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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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Art of Happiness at Work By: Dalai Lama, Howard Cutter
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Over the past several years, Howard Cutler has continued his conversations with the Dalai Lama, asking him the questions we all want answered about how to find happiness in the place we spend most of our time. Work-whether it's in the home or at an office-is what mostly runs our lives. We depend on it to eat, to clothe and shelter ourselves, and to take care of our families. Once again, Dr. Cutler brings forward seminal studies and asks the Dalai Lama to respond.
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Asvaghosha’s Discourse On the Awakening of Faith In the Mahayana By: Asvaghosha tr. by Suzuki,
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The Awakening Faith in the Mahayana is a classic of East Asian Buddhism. Its concept of faith, however, is not the same as that of Western religions. The book's title may also be translated as The Generating of Confidence in the Mahayana. Confidence or trust is generated as a result of examining the Mahayana Buddhist teachings, which are concisely summarized here. This book is said to have been written for those who find the wordiness of extensive discourse wearisome, and who prefer a brief treatise with a lot of meaning.
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Best Buddhist Writing 2005 By: Melvin McLeod, ed.
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Wise and witty, heartfelt and profound, this second volume in an annual series brings together the year's most notable prose inspired by the power and insight of Buddhist practice. Compiled by the editors of North America's oldest and most widely read Buddhist magazine, the collection offers a lively array of styles, perspectives, and concerns of contemporary Buddhists.
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Bhutan, Himalayan Mountain Kingdom Francoise Pommaret
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On the rooftop of the world, shoe-horned into the Grand Himalayas, Bhutan - or Thunder Dragon - is a fiercely independent kingdom. Isolated, charming, peaceful and religious, the Bhutanese are a pragmatic, sensitive people who take from the West what will benefit their country and leave the rest. Only 4,000 tourists will visit the kingdom in any one year and they are strictly monitored by a government that cares deeply for its people, environment and heritage. The countryside is pristine, the lifestyle and culture have been preserved for centuries, and the love of life is abundant among the people. Few outsiders know Bhutan as intimately as Francoise Pommaret; her guidebook takes you on an incredible journey of discovery and adventure; her love of the people and the place shines through; her in-depth knowledge helps aid our understanding of why this unique land has long remained one of Asia’s deepest mysteries and best-kept secrets.
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Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience By Mitchell
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Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience focuses on the depth of Buddhist experience as expressed in the teachings and practices of a wide array of its religious and philosophical traditions. Taking a broad and inclusive approach, this unique work spans over 2,500 years, featuring chapters on Buddhism's origins in India; Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism; and Buddhism in Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan. It also includes an extensive discussion of modern, socially engaged Buddhism and a concluding chapter on the spread of Buddhism to the West.
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Buddhist Scriptures as Literature By: Ralph Flores
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Buddhist Scriptures as Literature explores the drama, lyricism, and compelling storylines in Buddhist sacred writings, while illustrating how rhetoric and ideology are at work in shaping readers’ reactions. Ralph Flores argues that the Buddha’s life story itself follows an archetypal quest-romance pattern: regal surroundings are abandoned and the ensuing feats are heroic. The story can be read as an epic, but it also has a comic plot: confusions and trials until the Prince becomes utterly selfless, having found his true element—nirvana. Making use of contemporary literary theory, Flores offers new readings of texts such as the Nikayas, the Dhammapada, the Heart Sutra, Zen koans, hantideva’s Way of the Bodhisattva, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Understanding these works as literature deepens our sense of the unfolding of their teachings, of their exuberant histories, and of their relevance for contemporary life.
Buddhist Scriptures as Literature, Ralph Flores, Suny Press, Hardcover, 2008, 212 Pages, $65.00
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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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Chenrezik, Cassette Chanted by Tenzin Chonyi, Lekshi Chonyi, Pema Chodron and Greg Eakin
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* Mahamudra Lineage Prayer ( 3:03 ) * Chenrezig Sadhana ( 14:32 ) * Amitabha Sadhana ( 9:06 ) * Seven Verse Prayer of Guru Rinpoche ( 2:00) * Calling the Guru from afar (25:09 ) * Long Life Prayer for H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa's Lineage Holders ( :56) * Long Life Prayer for Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (:27 ) * A General Prayer for the Lamas' Long Life ( :56 ) * Dedication of Merit ( :54 ) * Praise to the Buddha Activity of the Gyalwa Karmapa (:31 )
Chenrezig, Chanted by Tenzin Chonyi, Lekshi Chonyi, Pema Chodron and Greg Eakin, Audio Cassette, Karma Kagyu Institute, 55:74 minutes, $4.00
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City Dharma; Keeping Your Cool in the Chaos By: Arthur Jeon
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Does your blood pressure rise every time you pull into traffic? Do you start to fume when someone cuts ahead of you in line? Does the world seem populated by endlessly rude people? Are you exhausted trying to keep up with the Joneses and overly anxious about world events?
It's one thing to lead a focused and peaceful life in the quiet seclusion of an ashram or monastery, but what about where most of us actually live in a noisy metropolis or bustling suburb? Hip, helpful, and humorous, City Dharma is the essential guide for everyone who's forced to make a living, and someone to love, or just get through the day in the congested and inhospitable environments most of us call home.
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Comfortable with Uncertainty, Audio Tapes By: Pema Chodron
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108 Teachings Gathered from the works of the American-born Buddhist nun Pema Chodron, Comfortable with Uncertainty presents 108 essential concepts and practices to help you become a "warrior-bodhisattva" who courageously takes up the path of awakening compassion both for yourself and for others.
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Dalai Lama in America, Cultivating Compassion, Audio Cassettes By: Dalai Lama
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In Cultivating Compassion, the Dalai Lama explores the three levels of understanding. Understanding derived through listening or study, understanding derived through reception and thinking, and understanding derived through meditation and practice. Through meditation, we can generate genuine compassion and by clearing away attachment and aversion, we can better practice compassion in our daily life.
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Dalai Lama in Woodstock, Celebrating the United Nations International Day of Peace By: Dalai Lama
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Among humanity there are so
many different varieties of people
that we need a variety of approaches
to achieve the same goal. That
goal is compassionate humanity
and compassionate human society.
That’s what I believe, and that’s my
message. His Holiness the Dalai Lama
This little book commemorating His
Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to the
Town of Woodstock, on the United
Nations International Day of Peace,
September 21, 2006, will serve as a
reminder to the people of Woodstock,
and their friends and neighbors, about the
importance of the universal values of
love, compassion, and warm heartedness.
Mr. Tashi Wangdi
The Office of Tibet, New York
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Dharmakirti's Theory of Inference By: Rajendra Prasad
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In this rigorous study, Rajendra Prasad examines the system of inference developed by Dharmakirti, the celebrated seventh-century Buddhist logician. In a departure from the existing body of research on Dharmakirti, which is largely historical in nature, Prasad concentrates on an analysis of Dharmakirti's philosophy, specifically his theory of inference. Prasad uses the tools of contemporary philosophical analysis to highlight the relevance of a classical theory in the world of modern formal logic. As a result, Dharmakirti's theory emerges as more than merely a self-contained phase in the evolution of Buddhist logic. Rather, it finds its place as part of a unified and continuing tradition of logical inquiry. Armed with a contemporary understanding of the distinction between epistemology and logic, Prasad isolates Dharmakirti's system of logic and demonstrates, with sharp conceptual clarity, its elegance and economy of construction, and also its shortcomings. This focus is enhanced by the author's reliance on the two texts that contribute most significantly to his analysis. These are Dharmakirti's Nyayabindu in which the logician's theory of inference is distilled and crystallized and Dharmottara's commentary on the Nyayabindu, the Nyayabindutika.
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Dialogues on Universal Responsibilty & Education By: Dalai Lama
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Dialogues on Universal Responsibility and Education is the result of two workshops held in New Delhi between His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama and a group of Indian scholars, philosophers, teachers and social reformers. The concept of Universal Responsibility, which His Holiness the Dalai Lama often emphasises the need for in our world, itself arises out of ancient Indian philosophy. Taking this concept as their basis, the participants of the first workshop discuss ways in which we may all work to bring about humanitarian change in our society.
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Echoes from an Empty Sky By: John Buescher
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The doctrine of the two truths--conventional and ultimate--evolved as early Buddhists struggled to reconcile apparent contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. Over time, the teachings on the two truths have taken their place at the heart of the Buddhist view of reality. Buddhist philosophers have made them central to the elaboration of an abhidharma, a "higher teaching" that explains how the mind apprehends and misapprehends the world. It is through the two truths that we understand how mind attaches itself to objects having no intrinsic existence, thereby creating suffering. Understood as a teaching on reality as opposed to merely a linguistic distinction, the doctrine played a key role for the followers of Mahayana in articulating the essential differences between their own view and what they called the Hinayana view-especially in defining the central ideas of selflessness and emptiness. Echoes from an Empty Sky, for the first time, eschews an exclusively Mahayana standpoint for the exploration of the two truths in order to examine the doctrine in the context of the Hinayana.
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Embodying the Dharma: Buddhist Relic Veneration in Asia By: David Germano & Kevin Trainor
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Embodying the Dharma explores the centrality of relic veneration in Asian Buddhist cultures. Long disregarded by Western scholars as a superstitious practice reflecting the popularization of "original" Buddhism, relic veneration has emerged as a topic of vital interest in the last two decades with the increased attention to Buddhist ritual practice and material culture.
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Emptiness in the Mind-Only School By: Hopkins, Jeffrey
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Hardcover Dynamic Responses to Dzongkaba's The Essence of Eloquence
In this first of three volumes, Jeffrey Hopkins focuses on how the conflict between appearance and reality is presented in the mind-only, or yogic practice, school. The Essence of Eloquence is so rich that over the past six centuries numerous Tibetan and Mongolian scholars have been drawn into a dynamic process of both finding and creating consistency in Dzong-ka-ba's often terse and cryptic tract.
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Essential Dalai Lama: His Important Teachings
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A unique collection of his life's teachings selected by the Dalai Lama himself.
An inspiration to millions of people worldwide, the Dalai Lama has long wanted one book that he could recommend as a basic sourcebook for his essential ideas. Now, for the first time, The Essential Dalai Lama brings together the best of the Dalai Lama's writings on all aspects of life from work to meditation. Divided into four sections—The Vision, Buddhist Perspectives, Practice, A World in Harmony—The Essential Dalai Lama contains eloquent applications of the principles of ancient Buddhist thought to contemporary issues, all expressed in the Dalai Lama's uniquely compelling voice. Covering topics such as the quest for human happiness, foundations of Buddhism, Karma, focusing the mind, ethics and society, the Buddhist perspective on the teachings of Jesus, and much more, The Essential Dalai Lama will be the perfect gift for anyone who wishes to have one source for the Dalai Lama's teachings or who seeks an introduction to the philosophy and practice of Buddhism.
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Feminine Ground: Essays on Women and Tibet By: Willis, ed.
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Essays on Women and Tibet In this volume six western women scholars and practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism come together to explore the issues of "women" and of "the feminine' in Tibet. In a group of critical and provocative essays, they discuss female role models, the nun's life, and gender and role identity as they have manifested in the context of Tibet. These essays thus help to fill a gap in this important area of study; and the volume makes a valuable contribution to several disciplines, including Buddhist studies, comparative studies and womens' studies.
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Four Noble Truths, 8x10
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Four Noble Truths, DVD By: Khenpo Ugyen Tenzin
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On August 9, 2005, the auspicious day of Chokhor Duchen, when the Buddha first taught the Four Noble Truths (according to the General Tibetan Calender), Khenpo Ugyen presented The Four Noble Turths as his first teaching at KTD.
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Good Medicine, How to Turn Pain into Compassion with Tonglen Meditation, Video Tapes By: Pema Chodron
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How to Turn Pain into Compassion with Tonglen Meditation
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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Hundred Verses of Advice of Padampa Sangye By: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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Each of these verses is generously commented by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991) in a most lucid and direct way, showing that the "people of Tingri" are none other than all seekers of truth. With great love, but without any concession, Khyentse Rinpoche gives us a magnificent teaching on how to turn our thoughts to what truly matters in life, practice with our whole being, and discover the ultimate nature of mind.
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In Buddha's Kitchen: Cooking, Being Cooked, and Other Adventures in a Meditation Center By: Snow, Kimberley
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Kimberly Snow offers an outrageously funny and honest account of her adventures as head cook at a Tibetan Buddhist Retreat center. With her earthy sensibility and sharp sense of humor, the author shows this world in a light devoid of preciousness - while expressing with heart the integrity of the spiritual work being undertaken. We come away from our visit to this exotic realm having found it both extraordinary and surprisingly familiar. The neuroses, obsessions, and petty concerns exposed by Snow - both in herself and her fellow staff members - prove to be grist for the mill for discovering the grace inherent in life just as it is.
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In the Presence of Masters; Wisdom from 30 Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers By: R. Ray
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Thirty of the most creative, eloquent, and energetic Tibetan Buddhist teachers of Westerners in recent decades are featured in this collection of teachings that are certain to be highly treasured by all students of Buddhism. The contributors are masters who helped establish Buddhism in the West, founding centers in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and Europe: publishing books in English: and gaining recognition among Western Buddhists. Their teachings, drawn exclusively from the spoken word as given in talks and seminars, convey the directness and power for which the oral tradition is so valued in Buddhism.
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Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom By: Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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Yongey Mingyur is one of the most celebrated among the new generation
of Tibetan meditation masters, whose teachings have touched people of
all faiths around the world. His first book, The Joy of Living, was a New York Times bestseller hailed as “compelling, readable, and informed” (Buddhadharma)
and praised by Richard Gere, Lou Reed, and Julian Schnabel for its
clarity, wit, and unique insight into the relationship between science
and Buddhism.
His new book, Joyful Wisdom, addresses the
timely and timeless problem of anxiety in our everyday lives. “From the
2,500-year-old perspective of Buddhism,” Yongey Mingyur writes, “every
chapter in human history could be described as an ‘age of anxiety.’
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Kagyu Monlam Book: A Compilation for Recitation, Composed by the Glorious Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
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Like the light of the sun, moon, and stars, may love,
compassion, and wisdom shine forth. May they strike every single living being
and dispel the darkness of ignorance, attachment, and hatred that has lurked
for ages in their being. When any living being meets with another, may it be
like the reunion of a mother and child who have long been separated. In a
harmonious world such as this, may I see everyone sleep peacefully to the music
of nonviolence. This is my dream.
--- From the Foreword
by Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
The Kagyu Monlam Book: A Compilation for Recitation, Composed by H.H. 17th Karmapa, for the annual monlam in Bodhgaya, India. A rich source of Tibetan Buddhist prayers, with the Tibetan, English and transliteration, Spiral Bound, 288 Pages.
Order now and receive "Ceremony of Offering to the Gurus" as a gift.
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Little Pilgrim, a Novel By Ko Un
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From Korea's most revered author comes the tale of a small boyÕs quest for enlightenment. Loosely following the last chapter of the Avatamsaka sutra, Little Pilgrim relates the heroic journey of Sudhana, who sets out on a grand adventure. Along the way, he encounters fifty-three teachers -- including men, women, children, animals, and heavenly beings -- as he travels mountains, valleys, deserts, and forests in his search for truth. A spiritual tale in the tradition of Siddhartha, this novel is now available to English audiences for the first time. A passionate and lively epic, Little Pilgrim takes its readers on a fantastical journey.
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Live in a Better Way, Audio Cassettes By: Dalai Lama
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Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness As accessible as it is inspirational, this handbook to approaching life “in a better way” represents a decade’s worth of His Holiness’s annual public lectures given in India to audiences from all walks of life. Following each talk are the original question-and-answer sessions, in which His Holiness opens himself up to his listeners and -now- to his readers everywhere.
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Lives of the Karmapas, An Introduction, Video VHS By: Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
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This special teaching presents the life stories and extraordinary qualities of the Gyalwang Karmapas. Not merely an account of historical or ordinary human events, it presents the Karmapas in the deepest spiritual sense as the perfect embodiment of enlightenment, and details then profound qualities and extensive activities in liberating beings.
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Living with the Devil: A Buddhist Meditation on Good and Evil By: Stephen Batchelor
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A bestselling Buddhist philosopher offers a personal meditation of extraordinary insight. Whether we are religious or not, the Devil-evil incarnate-is a concept that can still strike fear in our hearts. What if he does exist? What if he is causing all our problems in his determination to keep us from reaching our full potential? Stephen Batchelor takes the concept of the Devil out of literature and history and brings him to life in his many forms and guises: the flatterer, the playmate, the caring friend, the stranger who offers rest and solace, the person who knows you best and shows you your greatness in the world.
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Madman's Middle Way : Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopel By: Donald S. Lopez
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The Madman’s Middle Way presents the first English translation of this major Tibetan Buddhist work, accompanied by an essay on Gendun Chopel’s life liberally interspersed with passages from his writings. Donald S. Lopez Jr. also provides a commentary that sheds light on the doctrinal context of the Adornment and summarizes its key arguments. Ultimately, Lopez examines the long-standing debate over whether Gendun Chopel in fact is the author of the Adornment; the heated critical response to the work by Tibetan monks of the Dalai Lama’s sect; and what the Adornment tells us about Tibetan Buddhism’s encounter with modernity. The result is an insightful glimpse into a provocative and enigmatic work that will be of great interest to anyone seriously interested in Buddhism or Asian religions.
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Madman's Middle Way : Reflections on Reality of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopel By: Donald S. Lopez
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The Madman’s Middle Way presents the first English translation of this major Tibetan Buddhist work, accompanied by an essay on Gendun Chopel’s life liberally interspersed with passages from his writings. Donald S. Lopez Jr. also provides a commentary that sheds light on the doctrinal context of the Adornment and summarizes its key arguments. Ultimately, Lopez examines the long-standing debate over whether Gendun Chopel in fact is the author of the Adornment; the heated critical response to the work by Tibetan monks of the Dalai Lama’s sect; and what the Adornment tells us about Tibetan Buddhism’s encounter with modernity. The result is an insightful glimpse into a provocative and enigmatic work that will be of great interest to anyone seriously interested in Buddhism or Asian religions.
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Maitreya on Buddha Nature By: Asanga / Ken Holmes
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Maitreya on Buddha Nature A full commentary Asanga's Mahayana Uttara Tantra
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Manjushri, In the Spirit of, Video Boxed Set By: Dalai Lama
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The Wisdom Teachings of Buddhism
In the Spirit of Majushri is a video-document of three days in May, 1998, in which H.H. the Dalai Lama presented these teachings in New York City at Roseland Auditorium culminating in an unprecedented public dialogue on the Wisdom Teachings between H.H. the Dalai Lama and Venerable Master Sheng-yen, one of the most revered living Buddhist masters in the Ch'an lineage.
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Maps of the Profound By: Jeffrey Hopkins
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In the Tibetan cultural region, schools of non-Buddhist and Buddhist Indian philosophies were systematized and compared in texts called "presentation of tenets" in order to get a handle on the plethora of systems inherited from India. Focal topics and issues of these schools are studied in order to stimulate inquiry and to encourage development of an inner faculty capable of investigating appearances so as to penetrate their reality. Now a book by Jeffrey Hopkins culminating forty years of Tibetan studies presents the deeper explanation you always wanted-a fascinating and even thrilling opening of horizons to understand what is behind appearances.
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Meditating with the Body, Audio Cassettes By: Reginald A. Ray
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Six Guided Meditations for Touching Enlightenment with the Body. In Tibetan spiritual life, the practice of body-based meditation has been revered throughout its history as a vital tool for cultivating spiritual awareness and physical well-being. Today, in a world over-abundant with stimuli, these "embodied" practices are more relevant and useful than ever.
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Milarepa, Songs on the Spot By: Riggs, Nicole
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" By means of the most sublime language, these songs show us not only how we can free ourselves from anxiety, but also progress toward ultimate liberation and help others to free themselves from suffering. Milarepa traverses ten centuries to speak directly to us in these inspired translations that resonate deep in heart." ---- David Curtis
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Mindful Politics : A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place By: Melvin McLeod (Editor)
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Just in time for the crucial 2006 Congressional elections, Mindful Politics goes beyond right and left to get to the heart of what matters, and how everyone can participate in real political change. Mindful Politics is not a typical political book. It's not written at fever pitch, it doesn’t employ the usual good vs. bad binary, it doesn't get hung up on specific issues or policies, and it's not even specifically "American." Instead, this timely book addresses the less-discussed but more important aspects of politics, such as whether religion — any religion, including Buddhism — has something to offer politics. It also discusses how dealing with emotional issues can help the activist move beyond the particulars of legislation and policy, so that personal growth and effective advocacy can occur together. Noted editor Melvin McLeod offers a brief, contextualizing introduction for each of these essays.
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Minding What Matters: Psychotherapy and the Buddha Within By: Robert Langan
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"Minding What Matters could be considered part of a new genre, the "literary self-help" book. Echoing the style of Kundera and the insights of Jung, with dashes of "The God of Small Things and "Thoughts Without a Thinker, this timely book alternates between discursive sections on Buddhist topics and engrossing fictional scenes between a psychotherapist and a patient. Sometimes going so far as to directly address the reader, the book shows how anyone can intimately explore their mind. By encouraging readers to create a state of inquiry and allowing them to put themselves into hypothetical situations -- such as participating in therapy or engaging in Buddhist practices -- the book shows how to discover inner thoughts and act on them in positive ways. At once informative and evocative, "Minding What Matters offers an entrancing vision of, in Robert Coles's words, "what it is possible to do and to be."
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Miracle of Mindfulness, Audio Tapes By: Thich Nhat Hanh
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A Manual on Meditation
The Eastern emphasis on maintaining self-awareness has become more and more appealing as an antidote to the ravages of our stressful world, and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh's manual on meditation is the ideal introduction and life-long guidebook to exploring our inner selves. His spiritual teachings use familiar objects and situations -- such as washing the dishes, answering the phone and drinking tea -- to give us a practical framework on which to build and maintain a more healthful, relaxed and harmonious outlook.
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Natural Perfection, Cassettes By: Lama Surya Das
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Teachings, Meditations, and Chants in the Dzogchen Tradition of Tibet Lama Surya Das introduces us to Tibet's most closely guarded enlightenment tradition - dzogchen, "The Natural Great Perfection." The Buddhist masters of Tibet believed that dzogchen was destined to become the single most powerful spiritual vehicle in the West. Why? "Because dzogchen takes the struggle out of meditation," explains Surya Das. "It is spacious, natural, relaxing - and it does not require religious belief or fixed rules about how to live or meditate." In six profound and energizing session, Lama Surya Das guides us through each step of dzogchen practice, where we learn rigpa "natural awareness" practice; sky-gazing meditations; prayers and chants to open the heart and mind; and much more. Finally, here is a way for us to discover, side by side with this beloved American lama, the great awakened state that we already possess within - our own Natural Perfection.
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Pain, Suffering and Happiness, Video VHS By: Thich Nhat Hanh
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A Commentary on the Four Noble Truths
Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is widely acknowledged as one of the great spiritual teachers of this century. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1942. He worked tirelessly for peace throughout the war in Vietnam and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King.
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Path to Buddhahood: Teachings on Gampopa's Jewel Ornament of Liberation By: Ringu Tulku
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The Jewel Ornament of Liberation
is regarded by all Tibetan Buddhist schools as one of the most
inspiring and comprehensive works of the tradition. Written by Gampopa
(born 1079 CE), the main spiritual son of the great hermit Milarepa,
this important text lays out the stages of the Buddhist path and
explains how an enlightened attitude is strengthened by practicing the
six perfections of generosity, discipline, patience, exertion,
meditation, and knowledge. For the first time, this sometimes
difficult text is made accessible to Western readers in a clear and
engaging commentary. Tibetan teacher Ringu Tulku explores this classic
work of Buddhist practice and philosophy with the playful and fresh
style that has made him so popular among students of Buddhism.
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Perfection of Wisdom By: Jamieson
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At the heart of Buddhism lies the doctrine of the perfection of wisdom. The foremost principles of this teaching are the bodhisattva ideal of the religious life and the essential emptiness of all existence. The sutra known as The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines are the oldest version of the important Buddhist text, dating some two thousand years, and are the basis for the present translation.
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Plum Village Meditations, Audio Cassettes By: Thich Nhat Hanh
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Thomas Merton once described his colleague Thich Nhat Hanh as "the Zen monk who sees beyond life and death." Recognized today as a leading exponent of the East/West spiritual dialogue, this meditation master spends much of his time at Plum Village, the retreat center he founded in southern France. Plum Village Meditations brings you four authentic meditations just as they are taught at this celebrated Zen sanctuary and peace center. These direct teachings from Plum Village include a 45-minute bell-sounding meditation introduced and rung by Thich Nhat Hanh, plus three additional guided meditations led by Sister Jina: conscious breathing for calming the mind and cultivating joy; body appreciation and attunement practice; and transforming your anger into seeds of kindness. Ideal support for a daily mindfulness practice, these meditations grow more fruitful each time you return to them. Here is a rare opportunity to join in the sitting practices of one of the world's great meditation centers.
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Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion through Training the Mind By: Traleg Rinpoche
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This book presents commentary, stories, and historical background on the lojong slogans of Tibetan Buddhism. Used by meditators through the ages to cultivate awareness and compassion—and made popular by successful books by Pema Chödrön and Chögyam Trungpa—this contemplation practice offers guidance for remaining receptive and wakeful amid the ups and downs of daily life. These meditations have long been considered the quintessence of Buddhist teachings for cultivating an awakened heart and a compassionate mind.
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Prayers and Meditation of Avalokiteshvara, the Great Compassionate One, DVD Teachings by Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
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Prayers and Meditation of Avalokiteshvara, the Great Compassionate One, Teachings by Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje.
7 DVDs, 474 minutes.
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Precious Essence, The Inner Autobiography of Terchen Barway Dorje By: Lama Yeshe Gyamtso, tr.
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The first Barway Dorje was a precious revealer of treasure and the rebirth of Nupchen Sangye Yeshe, one of Guru Padma's twenty-five disciples. Barway Dorje appeared in Tibet during the nineteenth century, and was praised and respected by the many holy beings of his time as an authentic treasure revealer. His many treasures include The Sadhanas of the Vidyadhara Guru, The Vajrakila Cycle, and The Dakini Cycle, all of which contain profound instructions pertaining to ripening and liberation.
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Refuge Prayer 5x7, Red Matt 8x10
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Refuge Prayer, 5x7, Laminated
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Ruthless Compassion; Wrathful Deities in Early Indo-Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist Art By: Linrothe, R.
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Wrathful Deities in Early Indo-Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist Art "Ruthless Compassion" offers a visual history of esoteric Buddhism centered on the changing representations of the wrathful deity. This group of art objects is comprised mainly of sculpture surviving from the sixth to the thirteen centuries at widely scattered sites throughout eastern India, Europe and America. Linrothe isolates the wrathful deity as an especially revealing ideological marker in the develpment of esoteric Buddhism.
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Sands of Compassion, DVD with Bardor Tulku Rinpoche
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Creating the Demchok Mandala
Sands of Compassion is a visual record of the creation of the Demchok Mandala, one of the most rare and sacred of Tibetan Sand paintings and a symbol of the wisdom of all Buddhas.
Created by the Venerable Bardor Tulku Rinpoche and Lamas of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, Sands of Compassion offers a rare look at the creation of one of the world's most sacred art forms.
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Scripture, Logic, Language: Essays on Dharmakirti and his Tibetan Successors By: Tillemans, Tom
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Dharmakirti, an Indian Buddhist philosopher of the seventh century, explored the nature, limits and justifications of rationality within the context of Buddhist religious and metaphysical concerns. While Dharmakirti is widely recognized for his crucial innovations in Indian logic and semantic theory, his notoriously difficult thought nonetheless remains poorly understood. In this volume, one of the world's leading scholars of Buddhist philosophy sheds light on the interrelated topics of scripture, logic and language in the works of Dharmakirti and his philosophical heirs, both Indian and Tibetan. Professor Tillemans' knowledgable explanations of such technical subjects as the "apoha" theory of reference and the problem of entailment (vyapti) are coupled throughout with insightful reflections on how best to evaluate Dharmakirti's theories in light of contemporary philosophical thought. "Scripture, Logic, Language" is an informative and thought-provoking study for students of Buddhism as well as for those in the wider field of philosophy.
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She Still Lives; A Novel of Tibet By: Bill Magee
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She Still Lives: A Novel of Tibet is an action-love story set in a fictional Tibet of the future. The beginning of the next century is a pivotal time for the Land of Snows. A nascent freedom movement has been crushed by the Communists. Tara Gyatso, beloved Dalai Lama, and her advisor Mila Lakpa, have been imprisoned.
Many years later Mila Lakpa emerges from jail. He is an aged remnant of his former self, but he rallies for a final act of rebellion. Outwardly he may appear to have forgotten the Dalai Lama, but inwardly a secret plan is taking shape. The path to success is a razor's edge: on the one side, the Dalai Lama's freedom; on the other, a life sentence and the annihilation of his hopes. The Chinese believe he poses no danger to the State. For all Mila knows, they may be right.
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Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva By: Ngulchu Thogme
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These verses have come to represent one of the most well-known and pratical guides to the mahayana path written by a Tibean master. They are easy to understand, in an accessible style, and yet they contain all the key points of the vast and profound mahayana teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, beginning with taking refuge, relative and absolute bodhicitta, the six paramitas, and up to instructions on the nature of the mind., from introduction by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
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Thus I Have Heard: The Life and Teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Video By: Chogyam Trungpa
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Thus I Have Heard, Nine Films on the Life and Teachings of Chogyam Trungpa captures the power, the depth, and the brilliance of this remarkable teacher during the seventeen years that he taught in North America. It also conveys his immense gentleness and humor and his capacity to touch the essence of humanness in each of us.
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Tibet’s Stolen Child, Video
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A young boy, the Panchen Lama, is the center of a swirling storm of international controversy. Identified by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of Tibet's second highest spiritual leader, this young child was kidnapped by the Chinese government just days after the Dalai Lama's announcement.
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Tibetan Buddhist Companion By: Erik Pema Kunsang
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This collection of jewel-like poems, prayers, and teachings has been lovingly selected, translated from the Tibetan, and arranged by renowned translator and author Erik Pema Kunsang. These quotations from the great masters of Tibetan Buddhism are practical, beautiful, and precious. They reflect the immense variety of approaches and the profundity that have made the tapestry of these teachings of deep interest to so many. For anyone interested in Tibetan Buddhism, this volume is a perfect companion for meditation and contemplation.
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Tibetan Treasure Literature : Revelation, Tradition, and Accomplishment in Visionary Buddhism Andreas Doctor
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The Treasure tradition of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism is richly permeated with wonder and controversy. This unique, mysterious tradition embraces revelation as the primary path to spiritual awakening. Over the course of Tibetan history, revelations-known as Treasures-have been discovered hidden in nature or have emerged directly from the great minds of the Nyingma School, creating a profound and lasting effect on Tibetan religious society and culture.
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Tibetan-English Dictionary By: Chandra Das, Sarat
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Compiled from a large number of Tibetan and Sanskrit works, A Tibetan - English Dictionary represents the author's 12 year arduous labour. Here the Tibetan words are given in alphabetical order, with their accepted Sanskrit equivalents, followed by the English meaning. All technical terms from Sanskrit and Tibetan Buddhist works are illustrated and modern Tibetan words have been included.
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Way of Awakening, A Commentary on Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara By: Geshe Yeshe Tobden
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One of the great classics of Buddhist literature, the Bodhicharyavatara, or Way of the Bodhisattva, is required reading for understanding Tibetan Buddhism. His Holiness the Dalai Lama considers it a seminal influence in his life and work and repeatedly stresses the benefits of its study. Presented in the form of a personal meditation in verse, it outlines the path of the bodhisattvas--those who renounce the peace of their own salvation, vowing instead to attain enlightenment for the sake of all others. The Way of Awakening is without question the most comprehensive single commentary on this text available. Expounded by an accomplished scholar and deeply realized meditator, it is a resource for a lifetime of study. Chapter by chapter and verse by verse, it maps the Bodhicharyavatara, helping us to deepen our understanding of its teachings and apply them to our lives.
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We will meet again in the Land of the Dakini, Video By: Allione, Constanzo
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Now in her eighties, Doljin Kandro Suren is a Buddhist lama and spiritual guider for thousands who come to her from all over Mongolia and Russia. Through the terrible years of death and persecution of all religious people in Mongolia, she survived, finding within herself the strength to overcome the despair that surrounded her people. After seventy years of Communist rule she is left as the only keeper of the Chod lineage in Mongolia. Tibetan master Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, invited to Mongolia to give Dzogchen teachings and to advise the Mongolian people during the days of the reconstruction of the Buddhist faith, performs a Chod ritual with her.
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Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life By: David Kamansky
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is the catalogue of an exhibition opening in November 2004 at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California. Encompassing masterpieces of Tibetan furniture design and decoration in all its forms, the 148 exhibits are drawn from the large group of public and private collections in the western United States, the result of an active interest in the preservation and research of this long overlooked Tibetan art form.
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You Are Not Here and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction By: Keith Kachtick, editor
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The Buddhist tradition is rich in stories, especially those that help teach the sutras. You Are Not Here and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction takes the sutra tradition into new and unexpected places. Classic Buddhist themes reality and illusion, stillness and being, meditation and action are the inspiration for these stories, but the appeal of these powerful, often quirky and provocative works spreads far beyond just students. Like its predecessor, this collection includes both new voices and established masters such as Pico Ayer, Anne Donovan, Robert Olen Butler, and Mark Salzman.
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