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My Spiritual Journey
By: Dalai Lama with Sofia Stril-Rever
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The world knows the public face of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.
We have read about his near escape from Tibet after the Chinese invasion, his nobel Peace Prize, and his friendships with world leaders, Hollywood actors, and scientists around the world. But what are his inner, personal thoughts on his own spiritual life? For the first time and in his own words, the Dalai Lama charts his spiritual journey from his boyhood days in rural Tibet to his years as a monk in the capital city of Dharamsala, to his life in exile as a world leader and symbol of peace.
My Spiritual Journey provides a vivid and moving portrait of the Dalai Lama's life journey that is personal in tone but universal in scope. He explores three phases or commitments of his spiritual life as a human being, as a Buddhist monk, and as the Dalai Lama each of which has made him more dedicated to exploring and teaching human values and inner happiness, promoting harmony among all religions, and advocating for the civil rights and well-being of the Tibetan people.
At the age of two, little Tenzin Gyatso was identified as the fourteenth reincarnation of the first Dalai Lama. From then on, his life has been on a trajectory few can imagine. Some see him as a living Buddha and moral authority, others identify him as a "god-king." while still others see him in political terms as either a hero or a counterrevolutionary. In My Spiritual Journey, we see the personal struggles, the courage, the laughter, and the compassion that have defined the remarkable life of one of our world's greatest living legends.
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Treasury of Knowledge, Books 9 and 10: Journey and Goal
By: Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye
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In Tibetan religious literature, Jamgon Kongtrul's Treasury of Knowledge in ten volumes stands out as a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were preserved in Tibet.
In this volume, Journey and Goal, the focus is on the spiritual path "the journey", and the resultant state of enlightenment where it leads – “the goal.” Extensively varied perspectives are offered, not only from within the many schools of Buddhism, but also from the different levels of practice and attainment. This is in fact the most comprehensive treatment of these themes to appear in the English language.
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Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda
By: Lauren Alderfer (Author), Kerry Lee MacLean (Illustrator)
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This wonderful picture book for children and parents alike introduces the powerful practice of mindfulness in a fun and exciting way. With the delightful characters Mindful Monkey and his mindful friend Happy Panda guiding readers to a calm and focused mind Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda will delight readers of all ages.
As our story begins Monkey is not so mindful, but he encounters a mysterious and playful friend in Peaceful Panda. Panda helps Monkey recognize the joy of doing things in the moment, without distraction, and with peaceful and happy mind.
This whimsical yet universal and warm presentation will appeal children and adults alike.
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Freeing the Heart and Mind: : Introduction to the Buddhist Path
By: His Holiness Sakya Trizin
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His Holiness Sakya Trizin is the head of one of the four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Freeing the Heart and Mind is his first book.
A perfect introduction to the basic teachings of Buddhism, wisdom, compassion, and liberation for all beings. This beautiful cloth volume will be a treasure for students of Buddhism both new and old.
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Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children
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Planting Seeds offers insight, and a wide range of contemplative and fun activities that parents and educators can apply in school settings, in their local communities, or at home in a way that is meaningful and inviting to children. The activities are designed to help relieve stress, increase concentration, nourish gratitude and confidence, work with difficult emotions, touch our interconnection with nature, and improve communication.
The accompanying CD has many inspiring songs from the book, along with beautiful, color illustrations by Wietske Vriezen. Edited by Sister Jewel.
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Mouse King
By: Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (Author), Susan Alexande (Illustrator)
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This charming story was told by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche many years ago, and the book was then illustrated by Susan Alexander, a brilliant and innovative Trinity County artist. The book is suitable for all ages, and lends itself to a lovely teaching at its close:
"The Great King was overjoyed. His kindness had inspired all the mice to help, and thanks to their combined efforts, the fierce army had been defeated without a fight. Happiness and harmony spread throughout the land, and showed that the kindness we offer others, large or small, will always return to us."
Softcover, 30 pages ~ exquisitely illustrated in full color throughout.
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Nepalese Legacy in Tibetan Painting
By: David P. Jackson
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The Newar painting style (Beri) in Tibet, which originated in Nepal, is the most recent of two early Indian-inspired painting styles to take hold in Tibet. The style flourished in Tibet for about four centuries, from the late 12th to the early 17th century. Alone among styles, it was adopted universally across Tibet for a century at its height (1360-1460). Later in its development, some of the best-known thangkas in this style were commissioned by abbots of Ngor Monastery, an important Sakyapa monastery in Tsang Province.
Most previous scholars linked the paintings in this style exclusively with the Sakyapa religious school and Tsang Province, if not with the monastery of Ngor. In addition to exploring the powerful aesthetic appeal of the Beri style, one of the main goals of this publication is to overcome the erroneous limiting of the style to the Sakyapa and to demonstrate its full historical and religious extent. Another main goal is to introduce a method for analyzing structure and lineages in Tibetan paintings.
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Life of Milarepa ( A Play on 2 DVDs + 1 CD) (In Tibetan with English and Chinese Subtitles)
Composed by: 17th Karmapa
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What can Happen when a man commits great evil and then regrets....
A play composed and supervised personally by His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje.
This live performance of the amazing story of Milarepa's life was staged on Buddhism's most sacred ground of Bodhgaya under a canopy of shimmering stars on New Year's night, 2010.
Watch an ordinary man become Tibet's most revered master.
Early in life, Milarepa kills 35 people. Later driven by intense regret, he undergoes great hardship in search of the Dharma.
Dismayed by suffering in his youth, within a single lifetime, this average man reaches a state beyond all suffering, and accomplishes all his own and others' aims.
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Gone Beyond, Volume One: The Prajnaparamita, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition
By: Karl Brunnholzl
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The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the Perfection of Wisdom sutras. To understand this extraordinarily condensed text, it is necessary to have the assistance of reliable Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, they not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the Perfection of Wisdom sutraspaths and groundsbut also serve as a basis for further reflection on the explicit topic of these sutrasthe principle of emptinessand how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas. Thus, these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood.
Gone Beyond contains the first in-depth study the Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries in the Kagyu School. This study (in two volumes) includes translations of Maitreya's famous text and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa, Goncho Yenla (the first translation ever of a complete commentary on the Abhisamayalamkara into English), which are supplemented by extensive excerpts from the commentaries by the Third, Seventh, and Eighth Karmapas and others. Thus, it closes a long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the Prajnaparamita Sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana Buddhism.
The first volume presents an English translation of the first three chapters of the Abhisamayalamkara and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa.
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Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar
Thrangu Rinpoche
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In the summer of 1957, the revered Buddhist teacher and scholar Khenpo Gangshar foresaw the difficulties that would soon fall upon Tibet and began teaching in a startling new way that enabled all those who heard him to use the coming difficulties as the path of Dharma practice. The teaching consisted of the essential points of Mahamudra and Dzogchen, both view and practice, presented in a way that made them easy for anyone to use, even in the most difficult of circumstances. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche was one of the grateful recipients of these teachings, which he regards as among the most important he has ever been given. He transmits them here, for the benefit of all of us who strive to practice in challenging times. They include contemplations on the ephemeral nature of both joy and suffering, meditations for resting the mind, and guidance for cultivating equanimity in any situation.
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Practice of Dzogchen in the Zhang-Zhung Tradition of Tibet: Translations from the The Gyalwa Chaktri of Druchen Gyalwa Yungdrung, and The Seven-fold Cycle of the Clear Light
By:John Myrdhin Reynolds (translator)
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Practice of Dzogchen in the Zhang-Zhung Tradition of Tibet, containing translations from the Bonpo Dzogchen practice manual for the Zhang-zhung Nyan-gyud, known as the Gyalwa Chaktri of Druchen Yungdrung, and from the Odsal Dunkor, The Sevenfold Cycle of the Clear Light, being the Dark Retreat practice from the same tradition, translated with commentaries and notes by John Myrdhin Reynolds The translations presented here, made by a noted Tibetologist and scholar-practitioner, all relate to the actual practice of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, according to the ancient Bonpo tradition of Tibet known as the Zhang-zhung Nyan-gyud, The Oral Transmission from Zhang-zhung. The country of Zhang-zhung was once a powerful kingdom that lay in what is now Western and Northern Tibet, centering around Gangchen Tise, the famous Mount Kailas. As a written tradition, these teachings and practices are said to go back to at least the 8th century of our era, coming from the enlightened Bonpo master Tapihritsa and transmitted to his disciple Gyerpung Nangzher Lodpo at the Darok lake in Northern Tibet. The master Tapihritsa gave his disciple permission to set down in writing these precepts of Dzogchen in the Zhang-zhung language for the first time. Then in the 10th century, these same precepts were translated into the Tibetan language by Ponchen Tsanpo for the benefi t of his Tibetan disciples. In the late 11th century, these precepts were collected from various sources in Western Tibet and in Nepal and put into their present form by Orgom Kundul and Yangton Sherab Gyaltsan of Dolpo. Thus, never having been concealed due persecution, this
transmission represents a continuous and uninterrupted lineage from there early times until the present. In the 13th century, the illustrious Bonpo master and abbot of Yeru Wensakha monastery in Tibet, Druchen Gyalwa Yungdrung (12421290), composed a practice manual for the this tradition. Book One deals with the preliminary practices of this Dzogchen system and the translation this text was published earlier. Included in the present volume are the translations from Book Two that principally deal with the practices of contemplation and
vision, otherwise known as Trekchod and Thodgal, as well as translations from Book Three of the four supplementary texts dealing with the view, meditation, conduct, and fruit of Dzogchen. Also included in this volume is a translation of the instructions for making the forty nine day dark retreat according to the Zhang-zhung tradition, the text known as The Seven-fold Cycle of the Clear Light. These translations were done over a period of time under the guidance and instruction of Yongdzin Rinpoche, Lopon Tenzing Namdak, the greatest living master and native scholar of Dzogchen in the Bonpo tradition. While detailed explanations of the various practices must be had from a qualified Lama belonging to the tradition, this volume provides a useful overview of the practices on the path of Dzogchen for those who are sincerely interested in these matters.
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Primordial Essence Manifests
By: Tai Situ Rinpoche
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Teachings on the six bardos and the book 'Bardo Thodrol', commonly translated as 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead' by Padmasambhava. The book includes teachings on the five strengths.
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Clear Mirror: The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master
By: Traktung Dudjom Lingpa; translated by Chonyi Drolma
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With unsurpassed honesty and humility Tulku Urgyen offers an intimate glimpse into the remarkable reality of a tulku (a reincarnated master) as well as an in-depth portrait of the lost culture of old Tibet. Intimate in tone, Tulku Urgyen originally shared these tales with his closest Western students, over more than a decade. Here they have been organized into a sweeping account that describes a world where miracles, mystery, and deep insight are the order of the day. From a fresh, eye-opening perspective he describes the lives of some of the most realized and genuine spiritual practitioners of 20th century Tibet.
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Gone Beyond, Volume Two: The Prajnaparamita, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition
By: Karl Brunnholzl
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The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the Perfection of Wisdom sutras. To understand this extraordinarily condensed text, it is necessary to have the assistance of reliable Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, they not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the Perfection of Wisdom sutraspaths and groundsbut also serve as a basis for further reflection on the explicit topic of these sutrasthe principle of emptinessand how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas. Thus, these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood.
Gone Beyond contains the first in-depth study the Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries in the Kagyu School. This study (in two volumes) includes translations of Maitreya's famous text and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa, Goncho Yenla (the first translation ever of a complete commentary on the Abhisamayalamkara into English), which are supplemented by extensive excerpts from the commentaries by the Third, Seventh, and Eighth Karmapas and others. Thus, it closes a long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the Prajnaparamita Sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana Buddhism.
The second volume presents an English translation of the final five chapters and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa.
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Fearless Heart: The Practice of Living with Courage and Compassion (Audio CDs)
By Pema Chodron
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Pema Chodron helps us uncover and transform the fundamental beliefs that cause us to suffer so that we can increase our capacity to love ourselves and others. Pema begins her teaching by declaring, "We live in a culture of fear and guilt, always feeling like we aren't good enough." She then shows the way out of this trap by revealing how the entire spiritual path is really about cultivating fearless self-acceptance. She draws on five traditional Tibetan Buddhist aphorisms to frame her teachings:
- "Reveal your hidden faults for accepting our imperfections
- "Approach what you find repulsive" for facing suffering with an open heart
- "Help those whom you think you cannot help" for awakening compassion
- "Anything you are attached to, give that" for developing generosity
- "Go to the places that scare you" for finding courage in all aspects of life
Pema unpacks these aphorisms and helps us understand how they can form the structure for living a more courageous life. She also holds an extensive question-and-answer session and leads guided meditation practices on overcoming shame and guilt, staying open in the face of pain, transforming our relationships with difficult people, and increasing our feelings of generosity.
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Essential Mind Training: Tibetan Wisdom for Daily Life
By: Thupten Jinpa
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Essential Mind Training is drawn from the earliest collection of Tibetan spiritual literature known as mind training or lojong in Tibetan. Tibetans revere the mind training tradition for its pragmatic and down-to-earth advice, especially the teachings on transforming adversity into opportunity. This volume contains eighteen individual works, including such renowned teachings as Atisas Bodhisattvas Jewel Garland, Langri Thangpas Eight Verses on Mind Training, and Chekawas Seven-Point Mind Training, together with the earliest commentaries on these seminal texts as well as other independent works. These teachings expound the cultivation of such altruistic attitudes as compassion, love, forbearance, and perseverance, and provide numerous techniques for uprooting our habitual self-centeredness and giving us the freedom to embrace the world.
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Heart of the Dharma: Mind Training for Beginners
By: Thrangu Rinpoche
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In this book, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche explains clearly and simply how to use the
practice of mind training and tonglen meditation to transform our habitual selfishness into the compassionate altruism necessary to bring happiness to
ourselves and others.
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All-Seeing Boy and the Blue Sky of Happiness: A Children's Parable
By: Nick Kettles (Author), Serena Hallam (Illustrator)
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The All-Seeing Boy believed that there must be a way to make people happy. Then he met the mysterious hobo Jason Carper, Esquire, who taught him about the blue sky of happiness and our inherent, somewhat magical ability to bring happiness to others.
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Natural Awareness: Guided Meditations and Teachings for Welcoming All Experience (4 CDs)
By Pema Chodron
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As a child, did you ever sit under a favorite tree,
immersed in the wonder of a single, precious leaf? As our days grow
more complex, teaches Pema Chodron, these vibrant and wholehearted
moments may begin to elude even seasoned meditators. But it doesn't have
to be that way.
With Natural Awareness, this celebrated
teacher guides us through Buddhisms Four Foundations of Mindfulness to
bring us to a surprising destination: the effortless state of presence
known as "non-meditation." It's a journey back to the unabashed presence
and delight of the Child Mind that lies within all of us. Along the
way, you'll learn how to:
- Work with the body, emotions, thoughts, and sense perceptions as your objects of focus
- Tune in to your natural cycles of attention and effortless non-meditation awareness
- Embrace the inevitable meditators struggle knot" (it means that your practice is working!)
- Open a heartful space with others to listen, speak, and connect more authentically
- Master a wealth of Ani Pema's favorite practices for riding lifes emotional storms
"We've been training our minds for a lifetime to
fleeto escape to anywhere but here." With this encouraging new
offering, Pema Chdrn shows us how to stop running and come home to the
abiding freedom waiting for us right here, right now.
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Hidden Treasures of the Himalayas: Tibetan Manuscripts, Paintings and Sculptures of Dolpo
By: Amy Heller
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In 1999, a hidden library was found in the Nesar Temple at a remote village of Bicher, in Dolpo, Nepal. It contains more than six hundred volumes of Tibetan manuscripts, ranging in date from the late 11th to the early 16th century. This library in many ways constitutes a cultural history of Dolpo in this period thanks to some sixty volumes with historical prefaces explaining the commission of the manuscripts for the Nesar Temple, while more than one hundred other volumes have illuminations of the scenes of the life of the Buddha and episodes from the Prajnap aramita (Perfection of Wisdom) texts. Th ese illuminations inform us about the donors, their costumes, their Buddhist rituals while the dedications tell us about the systems of patronage and donation. Some illuminations re flect the ancient manuscripts of Tabo and Th oling, others re ject the sophisticated Newar aesthetic of Kathmandu and all these diverse tendencies reached Dolpo where they were appreciated.
By studying these texts within and examining the styles of the manuscript illuminations, Amy Heller was able to shed light on the history of this remote Tibetan enclave, the spread of Buddhism in the Himalayas and its artistic legacy. The manuscripts, sculptures and mural paintings discovered in Dolpo are the concrete expression of the complex economic, political, artistic and religious interactions between the people of Dolpo and their neighbours in India, Nepal, and Tibet.
In addition to the illuminations selected for publication, the reader will find in this volume a complimentary DVD that includes photographs of all volumes with historic dedications, all the illuminations and historic documents preciously conserved in Bicher village. A combination of Amy Heller's fine contributions, beautifully illustrated photographs, and a useful and accessible DVD makes this volume an important addition to the library of every scholar, collector, and academic institution with an interest in Himalayan studies.
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Jewels of Light Vol.1: A Collection of Teachings by Karma Kagyu Scholars
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Volume one of the Jewels of Light contains transcripts of seven seminars by five renowned scholars of the Karma Kagyü Lineage. Each one provides a clear instruction on developing compassion and loving kindness towards all sentient beings. Although lacking poetic eloquence, this is the first volume in the collection of five volumes that consist of teachings for reference and study that we hope will help Buddhist practitioners progressively accomplish benevolence and thus contribute to peace in the world.
Volume one commences with the fundamental teaching by Chöje Lama Phuntsok on the four preliminary contemplations to correctly practice mind training. Secondly are his teachings on the actual practice of Lojong, ‘mind training,’ then followed by his remarkable instructions on entering the path of Tantrayana. The fourth wonderful teaching in this volume is on the three principal aspects of the path that were kindly presented by Drupön Khenpo Lodrö Namgyal. Fifth is the teaching on the wheel of conditioned existence in the context of the Four Noble Truths that every disciple of Buddhism should know and reflect on and that was generously offered by Khenpo Karma Namgyal. Sixth is a modern presentation by Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi on dealing with stress through mindfulness meditation practices according to the Satipatthana-Sutta. Seventh is a teaching on The Short Dorje Chang Lineage Prayer which is paramount to disciples of the Karma Kagyü Lineage and that was kindly presented by Acharya Lama Sönam Rabgye.
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Tibetan Calligraphy: How to Write the Alphabet and More
By: Sanje Elliot and Sarah Harding
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Traditionally very difficult to learn, Tibetan calligraphy is usually done with brush. This unique book guides the reader step-by-step to using a standard calligraphy pen to create beautiful Tibetan-language calligraphy. Includes many prayers, mantras, and common phrases to copy.
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Mind Owns Physician: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation
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By inviting the Dalai Lama and leading researchers in medicine, psychology, and
neuroscience to join in conversation, the Mind & Life Institute set
the stage for a fascinating exploration of the healing potential of the
human mind. The Minds Own Physician presents in its entirety the
thirteenth Mind and Life dialogue, a discussion addressing a range of
vital questions concerning the science and clinical applications of
meditation: How do meditative practices influence pain and human
suffering? What role does the brain play in emotional well-being and
health? To what extent can our minds actually influence physical
disease? Are there important synergies here for transforming health
care, and for understanding our own evolutionary limitations as a
species?
Edited by world-renowned researchers Jon Kabat-Zinn and Richard J.
Davidson, this book presents this remarkably dynamic interchange along
with intriguing research findings that shed light on the nature of the
mind, its capacity to refine itself through training, and its role in
physical and emotional health.s that shed light on
the nature of the mind, its capacity to refine itself through training,
and its role in physical and emotional health.
Mind Own's Physician: A Scientific Dialogue With the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation, New Harbinger, Hardcover, 268 Pages, $24.95
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Veggiyana: The Dharma of Cooking: With 108 Deliciously Easy Vegetarian Recipes
By: Sandra Garson
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Wholesome Food from the Whole Wide World
The kitchen is the most vital place on Earth, because survival even now in the age of iPads and large hadron colliders still depends on wholesome, nutritious food. In keeping with this simple truth Veggiyana provides108 tasty, beloved and simple recipes from around the world. And generously sprinkled throughout--like the perfect blend of herbs and spices are morsels of time-tested wisdom on how to live a life that nourishes both body and spirit. Veggiyana brings the vitality of the worlds kitchens to your own with wisdom and recipes to delight and inspire.
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Smile at Fear: A Retreat with Pema Chodron on Discovering Your Radiant Self-Confidence (DVD)
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Within the wisdom teachings of Buddhism, there are many stories that refer to its founder as the "Supreme Physician": a healer of all illness - mental, physical, and spiritual. The Buddha understood suffering and its antidote. His prescription and philosophy for right living led directly to a Tibetan meditation practice that is today the medicine our hearts have been searching for.
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Dance of Great Bliss: Long Life Prayer Book of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
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Bound in deep blue silk and dedicated to Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso. Following the format of the two previous volumes, opposite the title page is a smiling photo of him and the title, Dance of Great Bliss. Following the prayers for his long life is the chapter on Life and Liberation. There are early photographs from Buxsar, India where he studied after leaving Tibet; with the Sixteenth Karmapa in Europe; with the previous and present Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche; with Tenga Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, and the previous Kalu Rinpoche; teaching his students Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Ponlop Rinpoche in Nepal and also in Sikkim many years ago at Karma Shri Nalanda Institute, the shedra at the Karmapas monastery in Rumtek. In Bhutan he is pictured at the nunnery he founded with the nuns who escaped with him from Tibet. Another photo shows him teaching in a large cave, the dwelling he prizes most of all, and in another he is encircled by his dancing students, and then he is dancing as well. The final chapter gives his famous Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness in a five-verse form; stanzas on How to Practice During Daily Activities; and finally, The Sky-Dragons Profound Roar. The last page has an image of him pointing a camera at the reader.
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Like a Yeti Catching Marmots: A Little Treasury of Tibetan Proverbs
By: Pema Tsewang Shastri
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This enchanting little book contains 108 traditional Tibetan proverbs conveying the wit and wisdom of one of the worlds most unique cultures. The proverbs appear in English and Tibetan script, along with a brief explanation of how and when to use each saying.
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Practice of Padmasambhava: Essential Intructions on the Path to Awakening
By: Shechen Gyaltsap IV and Rinchen Dargye
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A Practice of Padmasambhava presents two practical and compelling works related to a visualization and mantra practice of Padmasambhava. This practice is based on the most important revelation of the renowned nineteenth-century treasure revealer Chokgyur Lingpa, Accomplishing the Guru's Mind: Dispeller of All Obstacles. These two works give an introduction to the preliminary trainings, outline the primary elements of visualization practice and mantra recitation, and supply a detailed explanation of the practice of Padmasambhava's wisdom aspect, Guru Vadisimha. Through practical step-by-step instructions on this deity, the reader is guided into the general world of tantric practice common to all of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Smile at Fear: A Retreat with Pema Chodron on Discovering Your Radiant Self-Confidence (Audio CD)
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We all have fears, but when we look closely at them, we discover that behind each fear resides a basic fear of ourselves. Were afraid to look at our habitual styles of thinking and behaving because we might not always like what we see. Ironically it is this fear of honest self-reflection that keeps us trapped in patterns of stress and discontentment. Here is a vision for moving beyond this most basic fear to discover the innate bravery, trust, and joy that reside at the core of our being. In this recorded retreat, Pema Chdrn shares teachings inspired by the book Smile at Fear, which was written by her teacher Chgyam Trungpa. She, and her teaching assistant, Carolyn Rose Gimian, also share practices they received from Trungpa Rinpoche for courageously meeting ourselves in the present moment, including:
The Windhorse Practice: a three-step meditation on awakening confidence
Spiritual Warrior training for meeting life with courage and compassion
Meditation instruction for calming the mind and developing concentration
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Enlightenment to Go: Shantideva and the Power of Compassion to Transform Your Life
By: David Michie
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The Dalai Lama always recommends a classic text by the Buddhist sage Shantideva as essential reading for those seeking a practical approach to Buddhism. With its life-changing psychological tools and transcendent wisdom, it is one of the world's great spiritual treasures. In Enlightenment to Go, David Michie provides a lively, accessible introduction to the 'best of' Shantideva. He shows how modern psychology confirms the insights of Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, and he unpacks its powerful antidotes to contemporary problems, including stress, anxiety and depression. He also offers a structured meditation program to help readers integrate transformational insights at deeper levels of consciousness where genuine change becomes possible. Recounting stories from his own journey, Michie illustrates the relevance of Shantideva's breakthrough teachings to a typically busy Westerner with warmth and humor. Whether you are a newcomer to Buddhism or a seasoned practitioner, Enlightenment to Go offers a glimpse of a radiantly different reality.
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Rendawa Shonnu Lodro's Commentary on Aryadeva's Four Hundred Verses
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Four Hundred Verses is a Madhyamika treatise by Acharya Arya Deva which deals with both the view and activities of the Universalist Vehicle. Rendawas commentary on it is accepted as authentic by all 4 Tibetan Buddhist schools. This book contains 16 cvhapters that covers the entire 400 hundred verses and their commentary.
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How to Be Compassionate: A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World (Hardcover) By: Dalai Lama
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Each one of us is responsible for all of humankind, and for the environment in which we live. . . . We must seek to lessen the suffering of others. Rather than working solely to acquire wealth, we need to do something meaningful, something seriously directed toward the welfare of humanity as a whole. To do this, you need to recognize that the whole world is part of you. from How to Be Compassionate
The surest path to true happiness lies in being intimately concerned with the welfare of others. Or, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama would say, in compassion.
In How to Be Compassionate, His Holiness reveals basic mistakes of attitude that lead us to inner turmoil, and how we can correct them to achieve a better tomorrow. He demonstrates precisely how opening our hearts and minds to other people is the best way to overcome the misguided ideas that are at the root of all our problems. He shows us how compassion can be a continuous wellspring of happiness in our own lives and how our newfound happiness can extend outward from us in ever wider and wider circles.
As we become more compassionate human beings, our friends, family, neighbors, loved onesand even our enemieswill find themselves less frequently in the thrall of destructive emotions like anger, jealousy, and fear, prompting them to become more warmhearted, kind, and harmonious forces within their own circles. With simple language and startling clarity, His Holiness makes evident as never before that the path to global harmony begins in the hearts of individual women and men. Enlivened by personal anecdotes and intimate accounts of the Dalai Lama's experiences as a student, thinker, political leader, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, How to Be Compassionate gives seekers of all faiths the keys to overcoming anger, hatred, and selfishness the primary obstacles to happinessand to becoming agents of positive transformation in our communities and the world at large.
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Mahamudra and Related Instructions: Core Teachings of the Kagyu Schools
By: Peter Alan Roberts
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The Kagy school of Tibetan Buddhism began in the 11th century with such renowned figures as Marpa and Milarepa, and it continues today with the Karmapa and several best-selling authors, including Pema Chodron and Chogyam Trungpa. Mahamudra, the Great Seal, is a central teaching of the Kagy school, along with the so-called six dharmas of Naropa. Formulated as a systematic practice by Gampopa (1079-1153), the mahamudra teachings trace their source to earlier Indian materials and focus on the cultivation of profound insight into the nature of the mind.
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Healing with Fire: A Practical Manual of Tibetan Moxibustion
By: Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
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This manual is the first of its kind to focus on the Tibetan technique of moxibustion, an external therapy that uses the power of heat to stimulate a curative effect. A widespread form of traditional healing in the East, moxibustion is one of the most ancient medical therapies known to humanity. Mainly popularized as a branch of Chinese medicine, moxibustion was originally practiced in Shang Shung, a kingdom predating Tibet whose existence can be traced back at least four thousand years.
Healing with Fire is a comprehensive compendium of the five hundred most important and effective moxibustion points in the Tibetan and Shang Shung system, with an emphasis on practical instructions for readers with varying levels of expertise in the healing arts. The book is the culmination of decades of painstaking research by Professor Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, a foremost scholar of Tibetan culture and philosophy, who, inspired by his personal experience of this unique and effective treatment method, has gathered knowledge from ancient scriptures ranging from the well-known Four Medical Tantras to recondite manuscripts found in the caves of Tun-Huang.
The book features twenty-five original drawings illustrating the positions of the individual points, as well as an index of indications to facilitate the identification of points for the treatment of specific medical conditions. It includes an appendix that discusses arcane astrological factors frequently taken into consideration in Tibetan traditional medicine.
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Living Fully: Finding Joy in Every Breath
By: Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche
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We all aspire to live fully and freely in the moment.
In "Living Fully," Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche reveals timeless wisdom that can help us fulfill this deepest aspiration. Each succinct teaching is a luminous jewel, an invaluable guide to actualizing our innate potential and breathing with joy and ease.
Today, with so many struggling with financial, relationship, and career challenges, "Living Fully: Finding Joy in Every Breath" is a timely prescription. Rinpoche offers the tools we need to experience genuine inner freedom, uncorrupted by endless craving for something better. Topics include beginning with a pure motivation, the preciousness of breath, healing oneself and others, the essence of meditation, and spontaneous fulfillment.
Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche has written the book that our troubled age has been yearning for. It is a treasure trove of heartfelt advice on how to seize the moment and live with kindness and understanding. Rinpoche's teachings gently beckon us home to the purity and simplicity of our true nature. At peace with ourselves and at ease with the world, we can discover what it means to live our lives fully.
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Life of the Great Mahasiddha Virupa
By: Kalden D. Sakya
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Virupa was given several names throughout his life, and when he was a monk he tried to do his meditation practice as much as he could. But even though he spent many years meditating, he was bothered by disturbing dreams. And when he did as he was instructed to do by his spiritual guidance, it backfired and people often became upset with him. But because of his dedication he developed great spiritual powers which protected him from harm, and even saved his life. When people rejected him he lived in the forest and wore only flowers, and lived an unconventional life, but eventually he found his spiritual home. He saved many animals from sacrifice, and performed miracles.
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Vajra Cutter Sutra, Seven Point Mind Training & Three Principle Aspects of the Path (4 DVDs, in Tibetan with ENglish and Chinese subtitles))
H.H. Dalai Lama
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At the request of different dharma groups from Taiwan and all over the world, the H.H. Dalai Lama gave special teachings on the Vajra Cutter Sutra ( the Diamond Sutra ), Seven Point of Mind Training & Three Principle Aspects of the Path in October 2009 in India in Daramsala. His Holiness' teachings are just like the timely rain spreading all over the world. If you are really interested in Dharma practice, you can never miss this teaching collection.This collection has a total 4 DVDs. The total time length is over seven and half hours with Chinese and English subtitles
Vajra Cutter Sutra ( the Diamond Sutra) is one of Prajaparamita sutras. It is also a sutra chanted and practiced daily by many people. The essential explanations of His Holiness can give you a taste of the profoundness of the teachings.
The seven Points of mind training is written by Geshe Chekawa. It is mainly about Bodhicitta. It is extremely helpful to mind training. This teaching was originally transmitted by oral in secret. Knowing the preciousness of this teaching, His Holiness openly taught on this teaching to benefit all beings and to avoid the loss of these teachings.
three Principle Aspects of the Path: Renunciation, Bodhicita and Emptiness are the essence of the Buddhas teachings. Anyone who wishes to attain enlightenment and practice progressively should learn all these.
This teaching collection is given by the H.H. Dalai Lama in Tibetan. the Chinese subtitle is translated according to Tibetan with reference of interpretation.
English subtitle is based mainly by the interpretation
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Heart of the Revolution: The Buddha's Radical Teachings of Forgiveness, Compassion, and Kindness
By: Noah Levine
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The Heart of the Revolution is a step-by-step guide to finding freedom and showing compassion in everyday circumstances. In this new book, the bad boy Buddhist offers a hip and edgy instruction manual on how to apply Buddhist practices to daily challenges.
Drawing on his personal struggles and illustrated with ancient Buddhist teaching stories as well as the real-life experiences of his students, Levine delves deeply into the philosophy and application of meditative practices to create what is already being called an American Buddhist Tradition. Through dramatic stories, practical instruction, and a programmatic guide to applying compassion and mindfulness to daily life, Levine presents a modern Buddhism for a new generation.
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Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom: Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices
By: Dudjom Rinpoche
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The foundations of Vajrayana practice are laid out with eloquence and precision here by one of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of our age. His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche's commentary on the preliminary practices (ngondro) is informed by his profound realization and wide-ranging scholarship, and illuminated with an array of quotations from the Vinaya, Sutra, and Tantra traditions. In addition to the commentary on the outer and inner preliminary practices, he provides other invaluable instructions on the correct view, conduct, and activity of a practitioner. Dudjom Rinpoche taught that the realization of the teachings of the Great Perfection depends entirely on the practice of these preliminary practices, thus his compassionate exposition of them here makes this book a particularly precious resource for anyone who seeks to remove the obstacles between themselves and the total freedom of enlightenment.
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Work, Sex, and Money: Real Life on the Buddhist Path
By: Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (Author), Carolyn Rose Gimian (Editor)
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Sometimes we view spirituality as an escape from ordinary life, using
spiritual practice as a way to get away from the intensity and conflict
of existence. Trungpa reveals this view to be an illusion. Everyday life
is intimately linked to meditation, contemplation, and the search for
genuine spiritual experience, he teaches, and everyday life is
inevitably connected with work, sex, and money. He examines these
aspects of our ordinary life in relationship to the construction of our
ego or self-image, how karma arises in connection with them, and how we
can use chaos and uncertainty as the basis for making wise choices in
our livelihood, finances, and relationships. Work, sex,
and money are examined as general principles and as specific areas of
interest. The topic of sex is presented in the context of relationships
and communication as a whole. The discussion of money looks at how we
view the economics of livelihood and money as green energy that
affects our lives. The discussion of work includes general principles of
mindfulness and awareness in how we conduct everyday life as well as
discussion of ethics in business and the work place. The discussion is
always informed by a meditative or contemplative approach to life one
that engages life rather than remaining separate from it.
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Three Long Life Prayer Book
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For Thrangu Rinpoche, the book is covered in red silk and carries his picture on the cover. The book is entitled Ocean of Philosophy, and facing the title page is a photograph of him with the Karmapa, all surrounded by monks. The following page has a photograph of Thrangu Rinpoche and the encomium in Tibetan, followed on the next pages by translations into English and Chinese, which are provided for all the words of the book. Three stanzas each, prayers for Thrangu Rinpoches long life fill the next pages, beginning with Situ Rinpoche, then Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Goshir Gyaltsap Rinpoche, and Pawo Rinpoche. The layout of the pages is spacious, around the three stanzas of the supplications and also around the accompanying photos of the teacher offering the supplication and of Thrangu Rinpoche with that teacher.
The chapter on Thrangu Rinpoches Life and Liberation begins with a list of his eight previous incarnations and photographs from his life, including him together with the four main Kagyu tulkus whom he taught; at his monasteries in Nepal when they were under construction; with the heads of the other Tibetan traditions; with Pope Jean Paul II; on a great throne giving empowerments; reading a hand-written text, remindful of all the important texts he has published for the monastic colleges; writing calligraphy; with the large group of lamas who meet in 2002 for the Karma Kargyu at Thrangu Rinpoche's Vajra Vidya Institute in Sarnath; teaching and giving empowerments from his throne; and, of course, his inimitable smile.
The last section is a teaching from Thrangu Rinpoche on the famous Short Supplication to Vajradhara which is always chanted before his teachings, and his prayer to the Sixteenth Karmapa, Calling the Glorious Karmapa Rigpe Dorje Longingly from Afar. The final, full-page photo is of him supplicating with his palms together.
Bound in deep blue silk and dedicated to Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso. Following the format of the two previous volumes, opposite the title page is a smiling photo of him and the title, Dance of Great Bliss. Following the prayers for his long life is the chapter on Life and Liberation. There are early photographs from Buxsar, India where he studied after leaving Tibet; with the Sixteenth Karmapa in Europe; with the previous and present Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche; with Tenga Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, and the previous Kalu Rinpoche; teaching his students Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Ponlop Rinpoche in Nepal and also in Sikkim many years ago at Karma Shri Nalanda Institute, the shedra at the Karmapas monastery in Rumtek. In Bhutan he is pictured at the nunnery he founded with the nuns who escaped with him from Tibet. Another photo shows him teaching in a large cave, the dwelling he prizes most of all, and in another he is encircled by his dancing students, and then he is dancing as well. The final chapter gives his famous Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness in a five-verse form; stanzas on How to Practice During Daily Activities; and finally, The Sky-Dragons Profound Roar. The last page has an image of him pointing a camera at the reader.
Facing the title page, underneath the radiant photo of him is the title Transmission by Seeing. Following the encomium and long life prayers, the chapter on his Life and Liberation, starts with his previous two incarnations. The photos include his travel to the United States with the Sixteenth Karmapa and together with the Seventeenth in Tibet at Tsurphu; at Gyuto where he is performing a ritual with the Karmapa, remindful of all the years Tenga Rinpoche spent as the Vajra Master at Rumtek; him with the previous and present Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche; another with Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche at Benchen Monastery in Tibet and Benchen in Nepal, which Tenga Rinpoche built for Nyenpa Rinpoche; in full lama dance costume performing the Mahakala lama dance; looking at the Chakrasamvara mandala with Trungpa Rinpoche; photos from his travels to many European centers; and teaching at Rumtek. The final section gives his verses of A Short Guru Yoga on the Root Lama Karmapa.
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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:  |
