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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 Exile: Paintings by Tibetan Children in India
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Waves of child refugees from Tibet have arrived and continue to arrive in Indiamany of them separated from their parents. The Dalai Lama established the Tibetan Homes Foundation to provide them with both a standard English curriculum and also a traditional Tibetan environment and lessons in Tibetan culture. In the 1990s, the Friends of the Tibetan Women's Association inaugurated a painting club for these children, allowing them to creatively share their stories of leaving Tibet and their remembrances of home. This book, a collection of interviews, photographs, and reproductions of children's art, reveals the personal struggles and triumphs of these young individuals and illuminates the commitment of the Tibetan people to keep their unique culture and language alive.
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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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Beside Still Waters: Jews, Christians, and the Way of the Buddha
By: Harold Kasimow, John Keenan, and Linda Klepinger Keenan
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A compelling question for people of faith today is how to remain committed to one''s own religious tradition while being open to the beauty and truth of other religions. By example: Some fear that Buddhism is a threat to Western faith traditions and express grave doubts about interreligious and cross-cultural encounters. Yet, many who have actually broadened their experience profess to have developed a deeper understanding of and a deeper commitment to their tradition of origin.
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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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Big Open: On Foot Across Tibet's Chang Tang
By: Rick Ridgeway
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In June 2000, Rick Ridgeway, Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and the late renowned wilderness photographer Galen Rowell set out to discover the migration route of the chiru (the tibetan antelope). A feat twice attempted by eminent wildlife biologist George Schaller�first in four-wheel-drive vehicles and later by camel caravan�Ridgeway's team resolved to use their outdoor skills, aluminum rickshaws, and their own two feet to solve this wildlife riddle.
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Biography - Dalai Lama: Soul of Tibet (DVD)
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One of the world's most admired men, he is the spiritual and secular leader of a nation that exists only in exile. Born Tenzin Gyatso, he is the fourteenth man recognized by his people as Buddha's reincarnation and honored with the title he is known by worldwide the Dalai Lama. Since 1959, when he fled his nation after a failed rebellion against the occupying Chinese, he has lived in exile. Follow the Dalai Lama from his childhood in the Lost Kingdom to today. Interviews with Chinese scholars, Tibet activists including actor Richard Gere and His Holiness himself detail the long struggle to free Tibet. And see footage of the defining moments of his life including accepting the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize. From a childhood in Shangri-La to a life in exile, BIOGRAPHY presents the journey of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
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Buddha Book
By: Too, Lillian
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Buddhas, Blessings, Prayers, and Rituals to Grant You Love, Wisdom, and Healing
Inspired by the teachings of Lama Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche, The Buddha Book is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the most important and well-known Buddhist deities. The book presents their major characteristics, functions, and histories in a clear and concise way and, along with prayers, meditations, and visualizations, it covers special rituals, blessings, and mantras with each Buddha.
This ground-breaking guide is published with the full support of Lama Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche and is Lillian Too's gift to the Buddha heart within us all.
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Buddha Is As Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened (Audio CDs)
By: Lama Surya Das
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Calling All Spiritual Warriors: The World Wants You!
Of
all the Buddha’s teachings, perhaps his greatest gift can be found in
the bodhisattva ideal, a template for living in the world as an
“awakener”, a peacemaking spiritual warrior serving the highest good.
With his previous bestsellers, including Awakening the Buddha Within,
American-born Tibetan-Buddhist teacher Lama Surya Das has made the
helpful, healing insights of the Buddha accessible to millions. Now,
with Buddha Is As Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living, he offers a 4-CD session based on his latest book to invite you to “be and become a bodhisattva.”
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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 Deities & Masters: An Introduction
By: Chandra B. Shakya
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Mr. Chandra B Shakya was born in a Newar family of Lalitpur, Nepal. Nurtured within religious and cultural background of a mix of different Buddhism practices, Mr Shakya has always been curious to have a better understanding of the different deities and masters relating to Mahayana Buddhism. Amidst the traditional and rich atmosphere of statues making and selling business especially in Lalitpur itself, he sensed a dearth of information in this aspect. Although, a water resource engineer by profession, he happened to devote his time and efforts in collecting information and studying about different deities and masters. There are so many different kinds of deities that one book is bound to get fascinated and bewildered at times. Through this book, Shakya has tried to cater to the readers some very pertinent and concise information about the most popular Mahayana
Buddhist deities and masters whose statues are being made. This book should be useful to many readers in terms of arousing curiosity as well as generating deeper interest to further the knowledge in Mahayana Buddhism and also instigate a desire to follow the path of Enlightenment ultimately in whatever form, the Tathagata Buddha had shown, in a way suitable to individual's preference.
354 Pages
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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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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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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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Four Noble Truths, 8x10
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Golden Note Card Manjushri
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Note Card, 5x7 inch, blank inside, comes with envelope.
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Gone Beyond, Volume One plus Volume Two
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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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Great Tree of Benefit and Happiness: Long Life Prayers for Several of the Exalted beings who Uphold the Buddhist Teachings
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High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama, and the First British Expedition to Tibet
By: Kate Teltscher
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The High Road to China traces two extraordinary journeys across some of
the harshest and highest terrain in the world: the first British mission to
Tibet, and the Panchen Lama's state visit to China to mark the emperor's
seventieth birthday.
In the late eighteenth century, with its empire
expanding, the British sought a commercial opening to China, which was closed to
outsiders; and they saw a possible advocate with Peking in the Panchen Lama, the
spiritual leader of the Buddhist people of Tibet. The British envoy, a young
Scot named George Bogle, sought an opening to China through negotiations with
the Panchen Lama's envoy, a Hindu monk and trader, and then through the
incarnate deity himself. All the while, he kept a journal, in prose that is by
turns playful, self-deprecating, grandiose, and shrewd, and through his words
Kate Teltscher makes this meeting of two worlds palpably real to the reader.
The High Road to China brings the pleasures of narrative history to bear
on a crucial turning point in history, one whose effects are still being felt
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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 (First Edition)
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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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Kagyu Monlam Texts for the North American Kagyu Monlam (Chinese)
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Consisting of three texts:
- Kagyu Monlam main text, 2nd Edition, paperback, 8 x 11, 456 Pages, Tibetan & Chinese
- Sanskrit Prayers and the Marme Monlam, paperback, 3.5 x 7.5, 74 pages, Sanskrit, Tibetan, English, Korean
- Longlife Prayers, pecha, 12" x 4", 110 pages, Tibetan, English, Chinese
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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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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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Longing for Certainty: Reflections on the Buddhist Life
By: Bhikku Nyanasobhano
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In the same lyrical voice that met with such acclaim in Landscapes of Wonder, Bhikku Nyanasobhano invites us to look upon the natural world with new eyes and to find the truths of the Buddha's teachings in our own immediate experience. Attentive to the subtle power of language, Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano chooses his words in these essays with such artistry and care that Longing for Certainty resounds with sparkling, fluid clarity.
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Losing the Clouds, Gaining the Sky: Voices of Dzogchen Wisdom
By: Doris Wolter (editor)
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This collection of 31 essays by 21 teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, both Western teachers and Tibetan lamas, provides readers a multifaceted glimpse of the Buddhist practice within the Dzogchen tradition. Sogyal Rinpoche, author of the best-selling Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, contributed seven of the teachings here, but the collection also includes teachings from the Dalai Lama, Ringu Tulku, Francesca Freemantle, Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, and many others. Three major sections cover Aspects of the Buddhist Path, Authentic Buddhism Today, and Bringing the Transcendent into Everyday Life.
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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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Medicine Buddha Golden Note Card
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The Healing Buddha
His aspiration is to pacify the suffering of all beings.
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Milarepa: The Tibetan Poet-Mystic & His Songs
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Milarepa’s story was written in the twelfth century by his disciple Rechungpa in Tibet. There are several versions of it. All end with the scene of old Milarepa who summons his disciples at his death bed and addresses them with these words:
“Trust and pay attention to the law of karma that regulates causes and effects. Remember the impossibility to foresee our death and the punishments of the worldly life. Those who are full of worldly desires cannot do anything for other people’s sake and cannot be helpful even to themselves.
Since space is unlimited and creatures are innumerable, you will always have the chance to act to advantage of others, when you are in a position to do it. Start by occupying the last place, give up clothes, food and words. Load your bodies with hard work and your minds with duties.”
This biography of Milarepa is illustrated with drawings depicting various stages of his life.
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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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Mount Kailash Trek
By: Bob Gibbons
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Isolated for centuries behind the Himalayas in Tibet is a mysterious and mythical mountain, Mount Kailash, standing 6714m (22,028ft) high. The mountain has for more than a thousand years been a central pilgrimage site for some of the world’s major religions.
This trek leads around the sacred peak in 3 to 4 days, following the pilgrims’ route. Though short, this high-altitude trek is not to be undertaken lightly – Mount Kailash remains isolated and remote, and getting there is an epic journey in itself.
Also included in the guide is a visit to the lost kingdom of Guge, still almost unknown in the west. The ethereal ruined fortress of Tsaparang, Guge’s former capital, is Tibet’s greatest Buddhist treasure-house of art and paintings – a stunning location not to be missed.
* The Kailash trek, and other treks in the region, described in detail
* Extensive practical information for planning and preparation
* The key approach routes (by foot and road) and return route to Kathmandu or Lhasa
* Historical, cultural and religious background information
For adventure-seeking trekkers this comprehensive guide opens a door into the enchanting world of Kailash and western Tibet.
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Natural Radiance, Awakening to Your Great Perfection
By: Lama Surya Das
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With his previous bestsellers, including Awakening the Buddha Within (Broadway Books, 1998), Lama Surya Das has taught millions about the innate wakefulness and liberation that are our essential way of being. Now with Natural Radiance, through the unique format of a book with a CD, he teaches a complete daily Dzogchen practice in the oral tradition as it was originally transmitted, including guided meditations and chants.
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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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Pioneer in Tibet, The Life and Perils of Dr. Albert Shelton
By: Douglas Wissing
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Not yet in stock Dr. Albert Shelton was a medical missionary and explorer who spent nearly twenty years in the Tibetan borderlands at the start of the last century. During the Great Game era, the Sheltons' sprawling station in Kham was the most remote and dangerous mission on earth. Raising his family in a land of banditry and civil war, caught between a weak Chinese government and the British Raj, Shelton proved to be a resourceful frontiersman.
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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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Prince of Dharma
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With over 60 stunning plates of original art, PRINCE OF DHARMA is a bold and glorious rendering of the life of the Buddha sensitively told by Ranchor Prime.
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Refuge Prayer 5x7, Red Matt 8x10
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Refuge Prayer 5x7, White Matt 8x10
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Refuge Prayer, 5x7, Laminated
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Rude Awakenings, Two Englishmen on Foot in Buddhism's Holy Land
By: Ajahn Sucitto & Nick Scott
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Told alternately by Sucitto and Scott in their distinctively different voices, this story blends self-effacing humor, philosophical explorations, drama, travel observations, and the occasional giant fruit bat. Rude Awakenings is a heady record of survival and spirituality set against the dramatic backdrop of one of India's most lawless regions.
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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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Sanskrit Prayers and the Marme Monlam
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Short Sanskrit Prayers ( Refuge, Sutra of Remembering the Three Jewels, Heart Sutra), All-Pervading Benefit for Beings, The Lamp Prayer.
Prayers in Sanskrit, English, Tibetan, Chinese, and Korean.
Booklet, 8 x 3.5 inch, 74 pages.
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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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Shakyamuni Buddha Golden Note Card
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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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Tantric Buddhism in East Asia
By: Richard Payne (Editor)
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Although Indian and Tibetan versions of tantric Buddhism are increasingly recognized, the East Asian variations on this practice remain largely overlooked. The only book to present the entire breadth of tantric Buddhism in East Asia, this collection remedies that situation with 12 key essays drawn from rare sources. Organized into four sectionsChina and Korea, Japan, Deities and Practices, and Influences on Japanese Religionthe book brings together a "critical mass" of scholarship, with the potential to create a sea change in the understanding of this subject.
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Three Boys: And Other Buddhist Folktales from Tibet
By: Yeshi Dorjee & John S. Major
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A virtuous young woman journeys to the Land of the Dead to retrieve the still-beating heart of a king; a wily corpse-monster tricks his young captor into setting him free; a king falls under a curse that turns him into a cannibal; a shepherd who understands the speech of animals saves a princess from certain death. These are just a few of the wondrous tales that await readers of this collection of Tibetan Buddhist folktales. Fifteen stories are told for modern readers in a vivid, accessible style that reflects a centuries-old tradition of storytelling in the monasteries and marketplaces of Tibet.
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Tibet Style
By: Hippolyte Romain
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The intimate photographs in this volume magnificently celebrate Tibet's ethnic nomads, a displaced, endangered civilization of wisdom and beauty. Stark, stunning landscapes, fortress-like monasteries on high slopes and a bitterly cold winter climate form the magnificent setting for the extravagant fashions worn by the nomadic tribes that inhabit the region. Bearing all the wealth, pride, and honor they have inherited from their ancestors, their finery includes one-armed fur-lined coats, extravagant beaded necklaces, brightly colored fabrics with simple geometric patterns, chased silver jewels studded with semi-precious stones, silk brocade, and scarlet pulu robes laden with coral and silver jewelry. Their sophisticated sense of elegance is unrivaled and their special art of freedom and exuberance opens a new dimension to our traditional notions of Tibetan culture. The surprising originality and trend-inspiring nature of these photographs make this an idea source for fashion and interior designers alike, as well as a celebration of Tibetan culture.
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Tibet's Cry for Freedom
By: Lara Damiani
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Inspired by a burning passion to raise awareness of the Tibetan freedom struggle and using the Beijing Olympics as the springboard, first time filmmaker Lara Damiani quit her job, sold her clothes and furniture, maxed out several credit cards, used her life savings, grabbed a camera and embarked on a journey across India, Tibet and Beijing, interviewing the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Prime Minister in exile, Chinese dissident and pro-democracy activist Wei Jingsheng, former political prisoners who'd spent up to 27 years in prison, and many more.
Tibet's Cry for Freedom explores both past and present in Tibet's long suffering non-violent freedom struggle. Learn the truth from the Dalai Lama about Tibet's real history and ponder the future of a nation whose time is fast running out. Understand why China's grip on Tibet is so tight, hear true stories of human rights abuses and listen to why many believe the 2008 Olympics should never have been held in Beijing. Tibet's story from the time of the Chinese occupation through to the uprisings in Tibet that shocked the world in March 2008 is told. Learn about the human rights abuses, political persecution and environmental destruction of this land known as "The Roof of the World."
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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 Way of Life, Death, and Rebirth
By: John Peacock
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Understand How Tibetan Buddhism Deals With Life’s Most Profound Challenges-How To Cope With Suffering And How To Obtain Release From The Cycle Of Rebirth
Explore the diamond Path of Tantric belief-the sporotual essense within, reached by meditation and yoga
Follow the mythic struggles believed to have kept this sacred land intact-battles between saints and demons, socerers and orges
Unlock the myseries of mandalas and mantras-and other key aspects of belief and ritual in the mounainous realm of the prayer flags.
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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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Visions of Tibet : Outer, Inner, Secret
Photographs by Brian Kistler
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Brian Kistler's interest in photography was prompted by a determination to document life in all the Buddhist countries of Asia while their traditional cultures experienced accelerated rates of change. During his travels in Tibet, he collected thousands of images of the country and the people that had captured both his imagination and his soul. Visions of Tibet displays a captivating selection of these photographs, conveying Kistler's spiritual journey from his initial visual fascination with the mountainous landscape, through his growing familiarity with the Tibetan people to his eventual spiritual enlightenment. He became a pilgrim of art, nature, culture and landscape, documenting the holy places he visited along the way and the extraordinary Tibetan people that have overcome decades of invasion, occupation, violent revolution and colonial repression with indomitable spirit. This collection of images is a homage to this beautiful country and the spiritual life with which Kistler made a lifelong connection.
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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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Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World
By: Thurman
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama is an extraordinary example of a life dedicated to peace, communication, and unity. What he represents, and what he has accomplished, heals and transcends the current tensions between Tibet and China. Why the Dalai Lama Matters explores just why he has earned the world's love and respect, and how restoring Tibet's autonomy within China is not only possible, but highly reasonable, and absolutely necessary for all of us together to have a peaceful future as a global community.
In the few decades since the illegal Chinese invasion of Tibet, Tibetans have seen their ecosystem destroyed, their religion, language, and culture repressed, and systematic oppression and violence against anyone who dares acknowledge Tibetan sovereignty. Yet, above it all, the Dalai Lama has been a consistent voice for peace, sharing a "Middle-Way" approach that has gathered accolades from the Nobel Peace Prize to the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal.
Modeling this peaceful resistance shows the world that nobody is free unless everybody is free -- and that a solution exists that can benefi t all parties, not just one. And more than just his nation have taken notice. His inter-religious dialogues, honest, humble demeanor, and sense of compassionate justice sets him apart in a world at war with itself. When China changes policy and lets Tibetans be who they are, Tibet can, in turn, join with China in peaceful coexistence.
Why the Dalai Lama Matters is not merely a book about Tibet or the Dalai Lama. It is a revealing, provocative solution for a world in confl ict, dealing with the very fundamentals of human rights and freedoms. By showing the work that the Dalai Lama has done on behalf of his people, Thurman illuminates a worldwide call to action, showing that power gained by might means nothing in the face of a determined act of truth.
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Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama is an extraordinary example of a life dedicated to peace, communication, and unity. What he represents, and what he has accomplished, heals and transcends the current tensions between Tibet and China. Why the Dalai Lama Matters explores just why he has earned the world's love and respect, and how restoring Tibet's autonomy within China is not only possible, but highly reasonable, and absolutely necessary for all of us together to have a peaceful future as a global community.
In the few decades since the illegal Chinese invasion of Tibet, Tibetans have seen their ecosystem destroyed, their religion, language, and culture repressed, and systematic oppression and violence against anyone who dares acknowledge Tibetan sovereignty. Yet, above it all, the Dalai Lama has been a consistent voice for peace, sharing a "Middle-Way" approach that has gathered accolades from the Nobel Peace Prize to the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal.
Modeling this peaceful resistance shows the world that nobody is free unless everybody is free -- and that a solution exists that can benefi t all parties, not just one. And more than just his nation have taken notice. His inter-religious dialogues, honest, humble demeanor, and sense of compassionate justice sets him apart in a world at war with itself. When China changes policy and lets Tibetans be who they are, Tibet can, in turn, join with China in peaceful coexistence.
Why the Dalai Lama Matters is not merely a book about Tibet or the Dalai Lama. It is a revealing, provocative solution for a world in confl ict, dealing with the very fundamentals of human rights and freedoms. By showing the work that the Dalai Lama has done on behalf of his people, Thurman illuminates a worldwide call to action, showing that power gained by might means nothing in the face of a determined act of truth.
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Women in Tibet; Past and Present
By: Janet Gyatso and Hanna Havnevik
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Filling a gap in the literature, this volume explores the struggles and accomplishments of women from both past and present-day Tibet. Here are queens from the imperial period, yoginis and religious teachers of medieval times, Buddhist nuns, oracles, political workers, medical doctors, and performing artists. Most of the essays focus on the lives of individual women, whether from textual sources or from anthropological data, and show that Tibetan women have apparently enjoyed more freedom than women in many other Asian countries.
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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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