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Siddhas of Ga: Remembered by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
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A Bouquet of Utpalas: Brief accounts of the lives of siddhas of Ga whom my guru actually met or whose stories he heard from trustworthy sources, set forth here as medicine to restore faith
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche strongly encouraged Lama Karma Drodhul to request Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche to tell the stories of accomplished tantric practitioners (siddhas) from Kham, Eastern Tibet.
Most of the holy beings whose lives are recounted here began as ordinary people like us, and were not recognized emanations of buddhas or bodhisattvas. This book clearly demonstrates that we can, through diligence, achieve the same result.
Beautifully recorded by Lama Karma Drodhul, these are stories of siddhas that Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche actually knew. Traleg Kyabgn Rinpoche once remarked that there is nothing like these accounts of Siddhas of Ga.
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Giving Our Best: On Practicing the Way of the Bodhisattva (4 CDs)
By: Pema Chodron
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Compassion is a skill. You can learn it here and now, and the
benefits are vast. In this recorded retreat, Pema Chodron shows you
howusing a text that is very close to her heart: the Buddhist classic
known as The Way of the Bodhisattva. Here she focuses on its
primary subject, the enlightened heart and mind (bodhichitta), showing
us how this awakened state, which often seems infinitely far out of our
grasp, is always available to us right where we are. By nurturing a
compassionate attitude in our hearts, we can naturally become more open
and present to others and free in our lives, even amidst lifes
adversities and fears. And little by little, through practice and
commitment, we can become empowered to reach out beyond ourselves and
heal the abundant suffering of the world. Over the course of the retreat, Pema presents all the essentials for training the compassionate mind, including:
- How to get started: Learn to orient yourself on the path by setting the right intention
- Ways to overcome your obstacles: Teachings for rising above fear and increasing your confidence
- Advice
for the road ahead: Numerous stories and anecdotes from Pema Chdrns
personal experience of practicing the teachings in contemporary life
Giving Our Best, Pema Chodron, Shambhala Publications, 4 hours/ 4 CDs, $29.95
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Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
By: Andrew Holecek
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We all face death, but how many of us are actually ready for it? Whether our own death or that of a loved one comes first, how prepared are we, spiritually or practically? In Preparing to Die, Andrew Holecek presents a wide array of resources to help the reader address this unfinished business.
Part One shows how to prepare ones mind and how to help others, before, during, and after death. The author explains how spiritual preparation for death can completely transform our relationship to the end of life, dissolving our fear and helping us to feel open and receptive to letting go in the dying process. Daily meditation practices, the stages of dying and how to work with them, and after-death experiences are all detailed in ways that will be particularly helpful for those with an interest in Tibetan Buddhism and in Tibetan approaches to conscious dying.
Part Two addresses the practical issues that surround death. Experts in grief, hospice, the funeral business, and the medical and legal issues of death contribute chapters to prepare the reader for every practical concern, including advance directives, green funerals, the signs of death, warnings about the funeral industry, the stages of grief, and practical care for the dying.
Part Three contains heart-advice from twenty of the best-known Tibetan Buddhist masters now teaching in the West. These brief interviews provide words of solace and wisdom to guide the dying and their caregivers during this challenging time.
Preparing to Die is for anyone interested in learning how to prepare for death from a Buddhist perspective, both spiritually and practically. It is also for those who want to learn how to help someone else who is dying, both during the time of illness and death as well as after death.
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Creative Vision and Inner Reality
By: Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye
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Written in verse by the amazing
nineteenth century realized master and profound scholar Jamgon Kongtrul
Lodro Thaye at the age of twenty-seven, this book offers advice based on his own experiential understanding of these two
basic methods of Tibetan Buddhist tantric meditation.
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Tibetan Yoga of Breath: Breathing Practices for Healing the Body and Cultivating Wisdom
By: Anyen Rinpoche Allison Choying Zangmo
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Modern science and classic spiritual traditions agree: regulating the breath leads to radiance and wellness of body, mind, and spirit. With the simple teachings and cutting-edge research offered in The Tibetan Yoga of Breath, you can start thriving just by integrating breathwork into your daily practice.
Basic Yantra Yoga techniquesalso called wind energy trainingare the key to achieving this kind of vitality, down to the cellular level. Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo skillfully examine the teachings of Yantra Yoga and Buddhism through the lens of Western medical science. Their wise and accessible instruction reveals practices that are nourishing and transformative, delivering dramatic resultsno experience with yoga or Buddhist meditation necessary.
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Spacious Expanse of Dharmadatu: Karmapa (CD)
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1.Spacious Expanse of Dharmadatu: Karmapa [Tibetan]
2.Lotus-Born, My Mind [Tibetan & Chinese]
3.Spacious Expanse of Dharmadatu: Karmapa [Chinese]
4.Noble Taras, Love [Tibetan]
5.Resonance of Love in the Infinite Universes
6.Dawn of Awareness
In 2005, the album The Melody of Devotion Karmapa Khyenno, the first album of Mahayana songs and chants in the name of the Karmapa, sung in a mixture of Tibetan and Chinese, was released, presenting pure singing and chanting and revealing the power of devotion in every word and every sound.
In 2011, the 17th Karmapa personally wrote a new set of Karmapa Khyenno lyrics in Tibetan, completed at the request of the HH Gyalwang Karmapa Remembrance Association. On Spacious Expanse of Dharmadatu: Karmapa, the reincarnated Master Karmapa clearly points the way to the road to enlightenment that was traveled by the Buddha, the Lotus-Born, and Tara. Through the devoted singing and chanting of the singers and the beautifully light and restrained playing on this album, listeners can hear the sounds of inner enlightenment.
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Lamp that Enlightens Narrow Minds: The Life and Times of a Realized Master, Khyentse Chkyi Wangchug
By: Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
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The spiritual history and terrestrial vicissitudes of the remarkable reincarnate lama and terton Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug (1909-1960) are explored in this book, which also provides a chronicle whose ample historical references give a detailed picture of Tibet on the verge of vast changes brought about by the invasion and occupation by Chinese forces in the decades leading up to 1959. Moreover, this biography holds particular interest for those familiar with the complex and often convoluted history of the lineages of reincarnate lamas in general, and, in particular, of the descendants of the great Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892), among whom, importantly, is the protagonist of this book.
The author of this namthar, or traditional Tibetan biography, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, himself a high-ranking tulku, and thus privy to the world he describes, is the maternal nephew and disciple of Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug. A privileged observer of his uncles life as well as of the events circumscribing it, the author reveals with marked candor the internecine maneuvering in the arcane world of the Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy. This is the inspiring story of one mans victory on the highest spiritual plane in an existence beset by difficulties, and whose death was as exceptional as his life. These knots, which did not succeed in interrupting the flow of Chokyi Wangchug's spiritual advancement, were caused not only by foreign invaders, the common fate of those of his nationality and calling, but also by people close to him, fellow countrymen, members of factions conditioned by bigotry and personal greed.
The very title of the book, The Lamp that Enlightens Narrow Minds, refers to the sectarianism which poisoned the atmosphere around this great spiritual figure, and to The Lamp, that is, the authors hope that this text with its straightforward account of these matters will shed light on and diminish the recurrence of a still-existent problem in some circles on the borders of Tibetan religiosity.
Maintaining his sense of equanimity and dedication to the Buddhist teachings while navigating the complexities of Tibetan religious heirarchy and the invasion of Tibet by Chinese forces, he was captured by the Chinese and died in prison in 1960. Upon his birth in 1970, the son of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, Khyentse Yeshe, was recognized as the current reincarnation of Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug by H.,H. Sakya Tridzin, the head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Essence of Mind: An Approach to Dzogchen
By: Jes Bertelsen
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This handbook to spirituality gathers together Danish meditation teacher Jes Bertelsen's advice on training the mind through wordless prayer and meditation to realize the essence of consciousness. Bertelsen has been teaching philosophy and meditation since the early 1970s; in 1989, he met the Tibetan lama Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, who authorized Jes Bertelsen to teach Dzogchen, and to do so using his own judgment as to the most appropriate way to assimilate these teachings into Western culture. Bertelsen's teachings are based on an experiential investigation of the nature of consciousness, using comparative analysis of Eastern and Western spiritual teachings and consciousness practices on a foundation of modern psychological, philosophical, and scientific approaches.
"Essence of Mind" outlines the author's experience and approach to Dzogchen, the natural primordial state of human consciousness that is timeless, pure, and untouched by suffering. The book is divided into three parts. The first part describes different methods for pointing out the essence of consciousness and the techniques related to them. The second part seeks to outline the key principles of a training system suited to Western students that can lead to realization. The final section outlines the significance of continuous exercises, and describes the way spiritual practice slowly permeates daily life, dreams, sleep, and eventually death. Through the mind-training process, the practitioner approaches an almost ecstatic state of completion, a luminous, blissful wakefulness in which the consciousness is also fully relaxed, not clinging to bliss or desiring ecstasy, but transparent and open.
Bertelsen emphasizes that while more advanced forms of spiritual training can only take place in a face-to-face, deeply engaged mutual process between teacher and student, books are useful as sources of inspiration, in particular to help review one's insights and refresh one's practice." Essence of Mind "systematizes the experiences that occur along the spiritual path and helps students to refine, correct, and clarify their efforts; it is the author's hope that many students in the West will be able to benefit from his comparative approach to Dzogchen.
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Vajra Wisdom: Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism
By: Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima, Shechen Gyaltsap IV
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Vajra Wisdom presents the commentaries of two great
nineteenth-century Nyingma masters that guide practitioners engaged in
development stage practice through a series of straightforward
instructions. The rarity of this kind of material in English makes it
indispensable for practitioners and scholars alike. The goal of
development stage meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition is to
directly realize the inseparability of phenomena and emptiness. Preceded
by initiation and oral instructions, the practitioner arrives at this
view through the profound methods of deity visualization, mantra
recitation, and meditative absorption.
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Gateway to Knowledge: Volume 4
By: Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche
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"The Gateway to Knowledge "is a condensation of the Tripitaka (the traditional term used to describe Buddhist canons of scriptures) and its accompanying commentaries by the Tibetan Buddhist master Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche.
Consolidating the intent of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni's teachings into a unified body of textbooks, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche elucidates the philosophical backbone of the living tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. This rich source book embodies the basics of Prajnaparamita and Madhyamika as well as the Abhidharma from both Mahayana ("greater vehicle") and Hinayana ("lesser vehicle") perspectives.
Every volume in this series includes the Tibetan text and the English translation on facing pages," " permitting side-by-side textual study. Volume 4 elucidates "The Four Seals of the Dharma" (all conditioned things are impermanent, everything defiling is suffering, nirvana is peace, and all phenomena are empty and devoid of self-entity). It also includes the four right discriminations (meaning, Dharma, definitive words, and ready speech) as well as the four reasonings that have been taught in the sutras (the principle of efficacy, the principle of dependence, the principle of reality, and the principle of valid proof) and the four reliances (do not rely on the individual, but on the Dharma; do not rely on the words, but on the meaning; do not rely on the provisional meaning, but on the definitive meaning; and do not rely on the ordinary mind, but rely on wisdom).
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Evolving Dharma Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment
By: Jay Michaelson
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Evolving Dharma is the definitive guide to the meditation
revolution. Fearless, unorthodox, and irreverent scholar and activist
Jay Michaelson shows how meditation and mindfulness have moved from
ashrams and self-help groups to classrooms and hospitals, and offers
unusually straight talk about the Big E enlightenment. Michaelson
introduces us to maverick brainhackers, postmodern Buddhist monks, and
cutting-edge neuroscientists and shares his own stories of months-long
silent retreats, powerful mystical experiences, and many pitfalls along
the way. Evolving Dharma is a must-read for the next-generation meditator, the spiritually cynical, and the curious adventurer in all of us.
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Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out
By: The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
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The enlightened individuals known as Karmapas have taught Buddhism in Tibet for nearly 900 years. Now to mark the occasion of his first visit to America, Heart Advice of the Karmapa presents some some of the insight and wisdom of the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, for the benefit of beings around the globe.
Through dharma talks, interviews, poetry, and song, this youthful master offers timely teachings on an array of topics: appreciating the environment, applying loving-kindness and compassion, understanding karma, and enjoying harmony with other religious traditions.
A selection of songs, essays, and poems of previous Karmapas is also included in this collection, providing a small glimpse into the rich legacy of these living Buddhas throughout the centuries.
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On the Path to Enlightenment: Heart Advice from the Great Tibetan Masters
By: Matthieu Ricard
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This anthology reflects the different stages of the spiritual journey in the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, as told through a dynamic selection of teachings from the great masters of all times. Best-selling author Matthieu Ricard was inspired to put together this compilation by a meeting he had with the Tibetan spiritual master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, who told the author, 'When one realizes the depth of view of the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism and we see also that they all lead to the same goal without contradicting each other, we see that only ignorance can lead us to adopt a sectarian view.' With that in mind, Ricard has gathered pith teachings from the masters of all times and traditions to illuminate the path: the view, meditation, and action. The book is broken into four sections: Turning the mind to the path The foundations of the practice The path Removing obstacles Each of these is broken down into partsfor example, taking refuge, the six perfections, deepening the practiceas taught by a vast array of meditation masters from every tradition.
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In the Garden of Our Minds and Other Buddhist Stories
By: Michelle Johnson-Weider & Illustrated by Brian Chen
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This illustrated book of children's stories presents the wisdom of Mahayana Buddhism through the accessible and entertaining lens of a modern Buddhist family with two rambunctious elementary school-aged children. Five of the chapters retell traditional stories of the life of the Buddha in a way that makes their lessons relevant to modern life. One contains a simple guided meditation practice based on the teachings of Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh for use with children and one describes the family's visit to hear a Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche give a Dharma teaching about bodhicitta. At the end of the book, a Conversations with Children section and Glossary of Terms provide additional context to foster family or Dharma group discussions. Introductions are by His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche and Venerable Bardor Tulku Rinpoche.
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Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights
By: Dalai Lama and Victor Chan
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The Wisdom of Compassion offers rare insights into the Dalai Lamas life
and his efforts to translate compassion into action through deeply
engaging, behind-the-scene stories about his interactions with
remarkable people from all walks of life.
This is the Dalai Lama
at his most human, and most humane. We see how he approaches the world
with playfulness, optimism, and a profound empathy for the suffering of
others. Through his own conduct, he shows us the tangible benefits of
practicing kindness, forgiveness and compassion. And he demonstrates
that opening our hearts and minds to others is the surest path to true
happiness.
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Original Perfection: Vairotsana's Five Early Transmissions
By: Keith Dowman (translator)
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(Previously published as "Eye of the Storm.")
These early, foundational Dzogchen texts clear, lyrical, and rich in metaphor were smuggled into Tibet in the eighth century on white silk, written in goat-milk ink that would become visible only when exposed to heat. These five texts are the root of Dzogchen practice, the main practice of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Vairotsana, a master among the first generation of Tibetan Buddhists, reveals here a truth that is at once simple and deeply profound: that all existence life itself, everyone one of us is originally perfect, just as is. Keith Dowmans sparkling translation and commentary provide insight and historical background, walking the reader through the truths encountered in this remarkable book.
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Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West
By: Michaela Haas
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Many of us dream of exchanging our day-to-day responsibilities for a heartfelt life full of purpose, but few of us ever get around to doing something about it. The women featured in Dakini Powercontemporary teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, both Westerners and Asians, who teach in the Westare the exception. All twelve women followed their intuition against all odds, made dramatic and unusual decisions, and sometimes had to fight for their survival in order to lead the lives they envisioned. All were criticizedfor being too conservative or too rebellious, too feminist or not feminist enoughyet they pulled through with immense determination and bravery. Today all are recognized as accomplished practitioners and brilliant teachers.
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Cloud of Nectar: The Life and Liberation of Nyagla Pema Dudul
By: Yeshe Dorje
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The Cloud of Nectar is Oriol Aguilar's annotated translation of
the biography of Nyagla Pema Ddul, a 19th century master, terton, and
well-known exponent of the practice and realization of Total Perfection
(Dzogchen) written by Yeshe Dorje.
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Bodhisattva: The Journey of the Seventeenth Karmapa (DVD)
By: Mark Elliott
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Bodhisattva portrays the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa, one of
the most important lamas in the world of Tibetan Buddhism, at a unique
moment in his trajectory as a teacher: his first visit to the United
States (and the West). In this hour-long documentary, this young man of
extraordinary warmth, humanity, humor, and charisma speaks to packed
auditoriums and delights in encountering this new world. As a sequel to
Mark Elliott's earlier The Lions Roar (1987), a documentary about the previous Karmapa's first trip to the West, Bodhisattva continues to chronicle the life of this significant spiritual figure and his role in the transmission of Buddhism to the West.
Bodhisattva captures not only the Karmapa's disarming
honesty and genuine faith in his role as a bodhisattva, or one born to
benefit others, but also reveals much about the fascinating question of
transmission of religion, or belief system, from one culture to the
next. The Karmapa gives profound teachings on the importance of thinking
in new ways in order to address the social and environmental problems
facing humanity, emphasizing how we are all deeply interconnected. Our
recognition of this interconnection through the Karmapa's teachings in
this film gives hope for regeneration.
Bodhisattva interweaves footage shot on tour, with superb
background footage of the Karmapa's childhood in Tibet, sequences in
Dharamsala, India, and film of the previous Sixteenth Karmapa.
Meet the 17th Karmapa!
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Zangdok Palri: The Lotus Light Palace of Guru Rinpoche, Visions of the Buddhist Paradise in the Sacred Kingdom of Bhutan
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Zangdok Palri, the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain, is the manifestation of the celestial paradise of Guru Rinpoche or Padmasambhava, the "Second Buddha"; of TIbetan Buddhism and great tantric master who brought Buddhism from India to Tibet. Atop this mountain lies the majestic Lotus Light Palace, filled with the light of wisdom. True devotees of Guru Rinpoche consider Zangdok Palri the ultimate paradise--a place of peace, joy and pure blessings. Inspired by this sacred and enlightened realm, a source of wish-fulfilling blessings, prayers are sung, paintings created, and temples built. This book is the first showcase of visual interpretations of Zangdok Palri in the Kingdom of Bhutan.
This book compiles various visions of the pure land of Znagdok Palri as depicted in exquisite wall paintings from ancient historic temples in Bhutan, thankas from private collections ,and various spiritual texts. The book features an in-depth explanation of Zangdok Palri by the prolific writer and celebrated scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, Tulku Thondup. Dungchen Sangaj Dorji, a leading BHutanese historian, provides a detailed study of Zangdok Palri's wall painting and thangkas in Bhutan. Furthermroe the book takes readers on a photographic journey through the sacred sites of Gurut Rinpoche in Bhutan, accompanied by a spiritual guide written by the brilliant Buddhist scholar, Lama Kunzang Tengye. The rich texts are complemented by over 400 awe-inspiring photographs in 5-color plates. Inspirational and timeless, this book is a meticulous photographic documentation of visual masterpieces of the celestial paradise of Zangdok Palri.
Hardcover, 375 Pages, 11.5 x 14.5 inch
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Nectar of the Simple Yogi (Short Kagyu Ngondro)
By: Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye
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Nectar of the Simple Yogi is an abbreviated version of the preliminary practices composed by the first Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche. This version is a thirty-seven page insert for the Tergar practice binder and includes the Tibetan text along with English translation and phonetics (for those who prefer to chant the text in Tibetan).
This is the primary ngondro practice taught by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche for Tergar students who are practicing the Path of Liberation levels (formerly referred to as the Mahamudra levels).
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Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
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Do you practise meditation because you want to feel good? Or to help you relax and be happy? Then frankly, according to Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, you are far better off having a full-body massage than trying to practise the Dharma.
Khyentse shows that genuine spiritual practice, not least the Ngondro preliminaries, will not bring the kind of comfort and ease most worldly people crave. Quite the opposite, in fact. But if your ultimate goal is enlightenment, Ngondro practice is a must, and Not for Happiness your perfect guide, containing everything an aspiring practitioner needs to start to practise, including advice about:
developing"renunciation mind"
discipline, meditation and wisdom
using your imagination in visualization practice
why you need a guru
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Buddhist Care for the Dying and Bereaved: Global Perspectives
By: Jonathan Watts, Yoshiharu Tomatsu (Editors)
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Since its beginning, Buddhism has been intimately concerned with confronting and understanding death and dying. Indeed, the tradition emphasizes turning toward the realities of sickness, old age, and death - and using those very experiences to develop wisdom and liberating compassion. In recent decades, Buddhist chaplains and caregivers all over the world have been drawing on this tradition to contribute greatly to the development of modern palliative and hospice care in the secular world at large. Specifically Buddhist hospice programs have also been further developing and applying traditional Buddhist practices of preparing for death, attending to the dying and comforting the bereaved. Buddhist Care for the Dying and Bereaved contains comprehensive overviews of the best of such initiatives, drawn from diverse Buddhist traditions, and written by practitioners who embody the best of modern contemplative hospice care programs practiced all over the world today.
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My Reincarnation (DVD)
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MY REINCARNATION is an epic father-son drama, spanning two decades and three generations, about spirituality, cultural survival, identity, inheritance, family, growing old, growing up, faith, meditation, religion, magic, dreaming, Buddhism, Dzogchen and past and future lives. The film follows the renowned reincarnate Tibetan spiritual master, Chgyal Namkhai Norbu, as he struggles to save his spiritual tradition, and his Italian born son, Yeshi, who stubbornly refuses to follow in his fathers footsteps...
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Beyond the Robe: Science for Monks and All It Reveals about Tibetan Monks and Nuns
By: Bobby Sager
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"Beyond the Robe" tells the story of the Science for Monks program and what it reveals about the larger role Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns can play in their monasteries, in their communities, and in the world at large. Science for Monks represents the first time in the 1,500-year history of Tibetan Buddhism that Western science is being taught as part of the monastic curriculum. "Beyond the Robe" is a collection of essays containing the first insights and observations that have come out of that historic effort. The heart of the book is the perspectives of the monks and nuns themselves as well as reflections from the scientists who teach the workshops. The story of the monks' journey through science to leadership is told by many contributors. More than 30 people have contributed essays, quotes, and photographs. Bobby Sager embraces his role as a convener of their voices and uses his photography to draw the reader into the dialogue. Bobby's dynamic portraits and fine-art photography provide a more complete picture of the monks and nuns and the context in which Science for Monks is taking place. His goal is to create an experiential space where readers can digest the contributors' thoughts and to provide some "Wow, I didn't know that!" moments.
"My point of view is grounded in many years of eyeball-to-eyeball experience. Over the past 12 years, I spent time living and studying with monks and scientists while we developed the Science for Monks program. My family foundation, the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama have been partners in this initiative since 2000. My greatest wish for this book is that it helps bring more attention to the untapped potential of the monks and nuns to provide leadership in their world and further insight into ours. Instead of simply admiring them from afar, let's get close enough to listen."
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Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature: Maitreya's Dharmadharmatavibhaga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham
By: Dharmachakra Translation Committee
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The Buddhist masterpiece Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature, often referred to by its Sanskrit title, Dharmadharmatavibhanga, is part of a collection known as the Five Maitreya Teachings, a set of philosophical works that have become classics of the Indian Buddhist tradition. Maitreya, the Buddhas regent, is held to have entrusted these profound and vast instructions to the master Asanga in the heavenly realm of Tushita. Outlining the difference between appearance and reality, this work shows that the path to awakening involves leaving behind the inaccurate and limiting beliefs we have about ourselves and the world around us and opening ourselves to the limitless potential of our true nature. By divesting the mind of confusion, the treatise explains, we see things as they actually are. This insight allows for the natural unfolding of compassion and wisdom. This volume includes commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham, whose discussions illuminate the subtleties of the root text and provide valuable insight into the nature of reality and the process of awakening.
Hardcover, 96 Pages
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Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
Joseph Goldstein
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The mind contains the seeds of its own
awakeningseeds that we can cultivate to bring forth the fruits of a
life lived consciously. With Mindfulness, Joseph Goldstein
shares the wisdom of his four decades of teaching and practice in a book
that will serve as a lifelong companion for anyone committed to mindful
living and the realization of inner freedom.
Goldstein's source teaching is the Satipatthana Sutta,
the Buddha's legendary discourse on the four foundations of mindfulness
that became the basis for the many types of Vipassana (or insight
meditation) found today. Exquisite in detail yet wholly accessible and
relevant for the modern student, Mindfulness takes us through a profound study of:
- Ardency, clear knowing, mindfulness, and
concentrationhow to develop these four qualities of mind essential for
walking the path wisely
- The Satipatthana refrainhow deeply contemplating the four foundations of mindfulness opens us to bare knowing and continuity of mindfulness
- Mindfulness of the body, including the breath, postures, activities, and physical characteristics
- Mindfulness of feelingshow the experience of our sense perceptions influences our inner and outer worlds
- Mindfulness of mindlearning to recognize skillful and unskillful states of mind and thought
- Mindfulness of dhammas (or
categories of experience), including the Five Hindrances, the Six Sense
Spheres, the Seven Factors of Awakening, and much more
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Tibetan Yoga of Movement: The Art and Practice of Yantra Yoga
By: Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
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Tibetan Yoga of Movement introduces the method of Yantra Yoga, a
traditional Tibetan form that is one of the oldest recorded systems of
yoga in the world. Derived from an eighth century Tibetan Buddhist text,
Yantra Yoga includes many of the same positions found in Hatha Yoga but
in Yantra Yoga they are applied differently. The Yantra Yoga system
encompasses 108 sets of movements (yantras) and several types of
breathing to be learned at one's own pace. Each yantra is a sequence of
seven phases of movement connected with seven phases of breathing. With
the subtle practice of uniting breathing and movement, Yantra Yoga is an
essential practice for yoga practitioners and anyone seeking authentic
balance, harmony, and understanding of our true nature.
Since the
eighth century, this yoga teaching has been passed down from teacher to
student in an unbroken lineage. Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, the current
lineage holder began transmitting Yantra Yoga in the West in the 1970s.
Presenting detailed instructions accompanied by over 400 instructional
photos, the book describes the sequence of movements, methods of
breathing, and the concrete health benefits of the practice.
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Tibet Beyond Fear (DVD)
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Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening upon Dying
By: Padmasambhava and Karma Lingpa
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying, with
introductory commentary by Dzogchen Buddhist master Chogyal Namkhai
Norbu, is a new translation of the ancient text also known as The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediate State.
Both a practical guide and intriguing historical, cultural, and
spiritual document, this new version incorporates recent discoveries
that have allowed for a better translation of previously ambiguous
passages.
Revealing a set of instructions designed to
facilitate the inner liberation of the dead or dying person, the book
provides a guide to navigating the bardo--the interval between death and
rebirth. Originally composed by Padmasambhava, an important Indian
master of the eighth century, the Tibetan Book of the Dead was concealed in Tibet until it was discovered in the fourteenth century by Karma Lingpa, a famous Tibetan terton
(discoverer of ancient texts). Describing in detail the characteristics
and fantastic visions of each stage beyond death, the book includes
invocations to be read aloud to the dying person, to help his or her
successful journey toward the stage of liberation.
Chogyal
Namkhai Norbu's introduction clarifies the texts from the Dzogchen point
of view and provides a scholarly summary of the ancient material based
on his oral teachings and written works. In addition, material from
several of Namkhai Norbu's more recent written works and oral teachers
have been added, including an essay on the four intermediate states
after death entitled Birth, Life, and Death. A full-color 16-page insert of traditional Tibetan art highlights Tibet's unique aesthetic wisdom.
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Never Give Up: The Heart of Compassion (DVD)
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The documentary, Never Give Up - Karmapa 17 explores the inspiration and activities of the His Holiness the 17th Karmapa as he leads the annual prayer festival in Bodhgaya, India and the Anniversary Celebration of 900 years of continual rebirths for the benefit of beings.
He is a dynamic and charismatic leader who speaks frequently about the environment, womens rights, animal suffering, vegetarianism and taking action to ease the suffering of all beings. In his teachings in Bodhgaya he emphasized that spiritual practice on our meditation cushions in our shrine rooms with all the ritual objects of Tibetan Buddhism surrounding us is not enough. He said that in these troubled times we also need to be active in the world, manifesting our compassionate activity every day. Even though we may have small bodies and minds, because limitless sentient beings are suffering, we need to have limitless compassion.
Directors James Gritz and Fernanda Rivero use footage from the 28th Kagyu Monlam prayer festival and images of the activities of the 17th Karmapa to illustrate his teachings on wisdom and compassion. The film includes interviews with great contemporary spiritual teachers like Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Ponlop Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche and Matthieu Ricard. In this film they also follow the stories of people, inspired by the Buddhas teachings on compassion to work for the benefit benefit of beings in Bodhgaya. Dominique founded a tutorial school for the children of Bodhgaya and works as a nurse to ease the suffering of the handicapped and sick. Joy is dedicated to helping the puppies and dogs of Bodhgaya survive in a difficult and dangerous environment. Buddhist monks begin working to improve the environment of one of the more polluted areas in India.
Never Give Up tells the poignant story of The Karmapa and the bravery of those who have sacrificed personal comfort to work in immense poverty found in Bodhgaya. The documentary raises awareness of this sacred place where the Buddha attained his enlightenment.
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Three Steps to Awakening: A Practice for Bringing Mindfulness to Life
By: Larry Rosenberg
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This book represents the distillation of Larry Rosenbergs more than
forty years of teaching. Drawing on the various Buddhist traditions in
which he has practiced, he describes three subtly different but
complementary forms of meditation practice: (1) breath awareness, (2)
breath as anchor, and (3) choiceless awareness. Having the three
methods in ones repertoire gives one meditation resources for any life
situation. In a time of stress, for example, one might use breath
awareness exclusively. Or on an extended retreat, one might find
choiceless awareness more appropriate. The three-step method has been
taught to Larrys students at the Cambridge Meditation Center in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, for many years. After teaching the
three-step method, Larry goes on to show how to bring the awareness
gained in meditation to the world off the cushion, into relationships
and into all areas of daily life.
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First Karmapa: The Life and Teachings of Dusum Khyenpa
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Foreword by 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
Nine hundred years ago, the First Karmapa, Dusum
Khyenpa, inspired his disciples through his teachings
and through the example of his life. This first English
translation of his teachings and biographies allows
contemporary readers to experience this great masters
forthright manner, feel his commitment to practice, and
receive the teachings he gave in both word and deed.
First Karmapa: The Life and Teachings of Dusum Khyenpa, Translated by Michele Martin & David Karma Choepel, KTD Publications, Paperback, 312 Pages, 2012
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Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma: The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion
By: Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
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The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma represents meditation master Chgyam Trungpas greatest contribution to Western Buddhism. This three-volume collection presents in lively, relevant language the comprehensive teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist path of the hinayana, mahayana, and vajrayana. This work will resonate with new students of Buddhism as well as the most senior students.
The second volume, The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion, presents the bodhisattva teachings of the mahayana. At this point, having trained and seen the benefits of looking within, the student begins to shift their focus outward to the broader world. Formal entry into the mahayana occurs with taking the bodhisattva vow. Mahayana practitioners dedicate themselves to the service of all sentient beings, aspiring to save them from sorrow and confusion, and vowing to bring them to perfect liberation. This stage of the path emphasizes the cultivation of wisdom through the view and experience of emptiness, or shunyata, in which all phenomena are seen to be unbounded, completely open, ungraspable, and profound. From the ground of shunyata, compassionate activity is said to arise naturally and spontaneously. In addition to mindfulness and awareness, the mahayanist practices lojong, or mind training, based on the cultivation of the paramitas, or transcendent virtues: generosity, discipline, patience, exertion, meditation, and prajna, or knowledge. As a component of lojong, tonglen, or sending and taking, is practiced in order to increase maitri, or loving-kindness. Other topics covered in detail in this volume include bodhichitta, skillful means, Buddha nature and basic goodness, Madhyamaka, the ten bhumis, the three kayas, and more.
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Perfect Clarity: Essentials of Mahamudra and Dzogchen
By: Erik Pema Kunsang, Marcia Schmidt, Michael Tweed
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Perfect Clarity is an anthology of essential writings on Mahamudra and Dzogchen for the student of Tibetan Buddhism. Mahamudra, a meditation practice focusing on the nature of mind, and Dzogchen, a body of teachings aimed at realizing the "great perfection" or natural, primordial state, are central to Vajrayana practitioners today.
Translator Erik Pema Kunsang has selected works by legendary masters both ancient and modern. From the distant, mythic past come teachings from Guru Rinpoche (also known as Padmasambhava), the tantric master who established Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet in the ninth century, his consort Yeshe Tsogyal, and the famous yogis Milarepa (1040-1123), and Longchenpa (1308-1363). More recent teachers included in this collection are Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991), and Khenpo Ganshar, the root guru of Chogyam Trungpa, and Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche. The writings are in a variety of forms reflecting the genius of each contributor: chapters of detailed meditation instructions, inspired poems, and parable-like stories.
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Giving Our Best: On Practicing the Way of the Bodhisattva (2 DVDs)
By: Pema Chodron
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Compassion is a skill. You can learn it here and now, and the
benefits are vast. In this recorded retreat, Pema Chodron shows you
howusing a text that is very close to her heart: the Buddhist classic
known as The Way of the Bodhisattva. Here she focuses on its
primary subject, the enlightened heart and mind (bodhichitta), showing
us how this awakened state, which often seems infinitely far out of our
grasp, is always available to us right where we are. By nurturing a
compassionate attitude in our hearts, we can naturally become more open
and present to others and free in our lives, even amidst lifes
adversities and fears. And little by little, through practice and
commitment, we can become empowered to reach out beyond ourselves and
heal the abundant suffering of the world. Over the course of the retreat, Pema presents all the essentials for training the compassionate mind, including:
- How to get started: Learn to orient yourself on the path by setting the right intention
- Ways to overcome your obstacles: Teachings for rising above fear and increasing your confidence
- Advice
for the road ahead: Numerous stories and anecdotes from Pema Chodrons
personal experience of practicing the teachings in contemporary life
Giving Our Best, Pema Chodron, Shambhala Publications, 4 hours/2 DVDs, $29.95
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Timeless Treasures: Teachings from the Third Jamgon Kongtrul
Jamgon Kongtrul
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"This compilation of (the third Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche's) teachings will remind everyone of his extraordinary qualities, of his great kindness to his students, his humility, his learning and his wisdom. By following these teachings and diligently putting them into practice, we will best be able to express our great debt of gratitude to Rinpoche.
Moreover, we should rejoice that his lineage and his dharma activities will continue through the work of the Fourth Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Chokyi Nyima." The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje.
Timeless Treasures, Rigpe Dorje Institute, Paperback, 2012, 144 Pages
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Great Accomplishment: Teachings on the Drubchen Ceremony
By: Padmasambhava
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The Vajrayana system of Tibetan Buddhism has many techniques and
"skillful means" for clearing away the impurities that prevent us from
fully realizing our essential enlightenment, our Buddha nature. One of
the most powerful Vajrayana practices is drubchen, an intensive
traditional form of meditation retreat that lasts for about 10 days,
during which practitioners recite prayers and the drubchen mantra in
shifts for twenty-four hours continuously throughout the period of the
retreat. The tradition for practicing drubchen ceremonies has been
continued in an unbroken lineage until the present day; the late master
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche revived this tradition at his seat in Nepal, the
Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, where the drubchen is performed every
spring with hundreds of lamas, monks, and lay people in attendance.
In Great Accomplishment, modern masters such as Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
and Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche offer perspectives on this rigorous
practice. Tibetan teachers often draw an analogy between our enlightened
essence and pure gold; if our natures were made of brass, we could
spend lifetimes polishing and cleaning them but the base metal would
never turn into gold. However, since we already have a divine nature, if
we engage in Vajrayana practice, which acts like an alchemical polish,
we can realize what we actually are and discover our higher
possibilities. The effect of drubchen is multiplied when many people
participate in a drubchen ceremony; then many enlightened essences are
gathered together in one place, and spiritual practice in such
conditions will be more effective than practicing alone. Circumstances
will be perfect if we recognize and realize our enlightened essence, but
even if we do not, just by taking part in the ceremony we can receive
great benefit.
Great Accomplishment offers detailed explanations of these practices and
the underlying theories that they are based upon. It gives hands-on
advice on the meaning, the application, and the profound results of
working together with other practitioners to accomplish the goal of
taming our minds and benefiting others. From the most esoteric to the
subtlest of practical details, masters Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Orgyen
Topgyal Rinpoche, and Lama Putse give a complete guide to this hidden
treasure.
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Illuminating Sunshine: Buddhist Funeral Rituals of Avalokiteshvara
By: Padma Trinley ( Padma 'phrin-las )
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Apart from the prayers stemming from the well-known Tibetan Book of the Dead, there is a remarkable lack of ritual material available in the Western world for those who wish to perform a Buddhist funeral.
This gap has now been filled by a welcome new publication from Wandel Verlag:
According to our author Padma 'phrin-las (1641-1718), disciple of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama and fourth incarnation of the gter-ston Rig-'dzin rgod-ldem, there are three main stages in the care of those who have come to the end of their lives. These consist of facilitating the transference of consciousness (pho ba) at the moment of death, performing postmortem rituals in order to guide the deceased along pathways of escape from the six modes of unhappy rebirth in samsara, and cremating the corpse with due dignity. Associated rites include prayers of good wishes for the deceased to be reborn in the pureland of Amitabha's Blissful Paradise (Sukhavati), and the casting of small votive images (tsha tsha) from any fragments of bone that may remain after the cremation has been completed. Taken as a whole, such rites are designed to ensure that the good karma of the deceased is used to maximum effect so that he or she may be liberated from bondage to an endless cycle of confusion and pain, obtaining instead the three kaya of an awakened being.
All the relevant texts have been gathered together in the present volume, which thus contains a full set of instructions for those who find themselves called upon to care for the Buddhist dead. Together with the Tibetan texts and English translations, this book contains transliterated prayers that may be chanted with greater ease on such solemn occasions, with full explanations of how to perform a full Buddhist funeral ceremony, by either burial or cremation.
May this work bring happiness and comfort to the living, as well as blissful liberation to the deceased!
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Training the Wisdom Body: Buddhist Yogic Exercise
By: Rose Taylor Goldfield
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Sitting still in meditation may be the common image that comes to mind when one thinks of Buddhist practicebut just as important is cultivation of awareness through movement. The traditional Tibetan practice of yogic exercises known as lujong helps us connect with and explore the natural wisdom inherent in our living, breathing, feeling bodies. Lujong is an exercise that engages our whole beingbody, mind, and subtle bodyfrom the coarse aspects to the subtler and more profound.
This book provides a thorough foundation for those new to the practice, and it helps people already engaged in any form of yogic exercise to deepen the potent fusion of meditation and physical movement. Included is an overview of the unique tradition of Buddhist yoga, along with instructions on how to work with the body and mind in seated meditation; tips for furthering our practice by working with adversities such as fear, procrastination, and anxiety; and guidance on bringing practice mind into daily life. The author also offers exercise instructions and a complete explanation of the movement practices, with photos to illustrate.
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Nine hundred years ago, amidst the snow-capped peaks of eastern Tibet, there was born a spiritual master whose compassion for beings would shape the future of Buddhism in Tibet. This great being was the First Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa, who instituted the practice of intentionally reincarnating in a way that disciples could recognize--a practice that forms the backbone of Tibetan Buddhism as we know it today. His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, will lead the international Karma Kagyu community in Karmapa 900--a grand yearlong celebration to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the First Karmapa's birth. Visit Karmapa 900 Years:  |
