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Click to enlarge	ARYADEVA'S FOUR HUNDRED STANZAS ON THE MIDDLE WAY: With commentary by Gyel-tsap by Aryadeva and Gyel-tsap, trans. by Ruth Sonam; additional commentary by Geshe Sonam Rinchen Pre-order Now--Available July 2008. 400 pp. #ARFOHU - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 Published by Snow Lion Mahayana practitioners, Aryadeva says, must eliminate both obstructions to liberation and obstructions to the perfect knowledge of all phenomena. This requires a powerful understanding of selflessness, and an accumulation of merit resulting from the kind of love, compassion, and altruistic intention cultivated by bodhisattvas. The first half of Aryadeva's work focuses on developing merit, and the second explains that all phenomena are empty of intrinsic existence. Gyel-tsap's commentary on Aryadeva's text takes the form of a lively dialogue. Geshe Sonam Rinchen provides additional commentary. More ...
Click to enlarge	BUDDHISM FOR BUSY PEOPLE: Finding Happiness in an Uncertain World by David Michie Pre-order Now--Available June 2008. 240 pages, paper edition. #BUBUPE - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion What does it take to be happy? We've all asked ourselves this question at some point, but few of us have found the path to lasting fulfillment. More ...
Click to enlarge	CHOD PRACTICE IN THE BON TRADITION by Alejandro Chaoul, foreword by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Pre-order Now--Available August 2008. 118 pp. 12 b&w photos. #CHPRBO - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion This book is the first to trace the history of Chöd practice in Tibet's indigenous Bön tradition. Chod ("cutting through") is a meditative practice in which the practitioner imagines offering his or her body in sacrifice through elaborate contemplative visualization. Although a meditative practice, Chod is not done sitting comfortably on a cushion in a shrine room, but instead is often practiced in terrifying places like cemeteries or charnal grounds. The feelings of fear that result are used by the Chod practitioner to "cut through" his or her own ego. Chod contains elements of early shamanism, of sutric and tantric teachings also found in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, and of the Tibetan highest school of Dzogchen. More ...
Click to enlarge	A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM by John Powers Paper edition, 166 pp. #COINTI - $ 14.95 Published by Snow Lion Lucid and economical, this introductory text delivers a brisk, fast-moving survey of Tibetan Buddhism. For many years Powers' nearly six hundred-page Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism has served as the field's most authoritative and comprehensive overview of Tibet's distinctive Buddhist tradition. A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism explains the core Buddhist doctrines and the practices of meditation and tantra and provides a survey of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. More ...
Click to enlarge	DEITY, MANTRA, AND WISDOM: Development Stage Meditation in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche,and Getse Mahapandita, translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee, fore. by Trulshik Rinpoche, fore. by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche Cloth edition, 266 pp. #DEMAWI - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 Published by Snow Lion Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom contains four of the most cherished Tibetan Buddhist commentaries on the practices of visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative absorption. These three elements form the core of development stage meditation, one of the most important practices of Buddhist Tantra. The authors of these timeless classics—Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, and Getse Mahapandita—have all profoundly shaped Tibetan Buddhism with their vast scholarship and deep spiritual realization. In these eloquent and inspiring writings, they explain the fundamental philosophy of the development stage, showing not only its profound insights into the nature of reality, but also how to make this view a living experience through the practice of meditation. More ...
Click to enlarge	ESTABLISHING APPEARANCES AS DIVINE: Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo on Reasoning, Madhyamaka, and Purity by Heidi I. Köppl Cloth. 160 pp. #ESAPDI - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 Published by Snow Lion Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo's concise treatise Establishing Appearances as Divine sets out to prove the provocative point that everything that appears is actually the deity manifest. Transformation of both one's identity and the environment is an important principle of Tantric Buddhist philosophy. In Tantric scriptures one is instructed to visualize oneself as a deity, a divine identity who resides in a perfect sphere. By repeatedly training in this visualization one perfects the transformation and ultimately becomes the deity itself. Do the Tantric teachings hold sentient beings to be intrinsically pure and divine, or do they consider them initially flawed, to be later purified through the visualization of divinity? Is the practice of deity yoga merely a means, or is it more fundamentally connected to the nature of things? These questions were among the main concerns of Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo, the illustrious philosopher of the Nyingma School of the Early Translations. Establishing Appearances as Divine sets out to prove the provocative point that the tradition still highly regards the point of view that everything which appears is actually the deity manifest. More ...
Click to enlarge	GREAT PERFECTION: Outer and Inner Preliminaries by the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche, trans. by Cortland Dahl, fore. by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Cloth, 260 pp. #GRPEOU - regular price $ 24.95 Our Price $19.96 Published by Snow Lion In the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, the Great Perfection is considered the most profound and direct path to enlightenment. The instructions of this tradition present a spiritual shortcut—a radically direct approach that cuts through confusion and lays bare the mind's true nature of luminous purity. For centuries, these teachings have been taught and practiced in secret by some of the greatest adepts of the Buddhist tradition. More ...
Click to enlarge	GUIDED MEDITATIONS ON THE STAGES OF THE PATH by Thubten Chodron, fore. by the Dalai Lama Cloth, 224 pp., plus 14-hr. mp3 CD containing 46 meditations. #GUMEST - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 Published by Snow Lion The lamrim (stages of the path) presentation of Buddhist teachings has become a core topic of study at many Buddhist centers in the West. For busy practitioners, the lamrim gives a concise and easily graspable picture of the Buddhist path. Best-selling author Thubten Chodron has a unique ability to present these teachings. In this volume, she provides clear explanations of the stages of the path, while the mp3 files on the accompanying CD contain guided meditations on each of the topics covered in the text. More ...
Click to enlarge	HEART ESSENCE OF THE VAST EXPANSE: A Story of Transmission by Anne C. Klein Pre-order Now--Available Summer 2008. Cloth. 231 pp. with CD. 96 color photos, 32 line drawings. #HEESVA - regular price $ 32.95 Our Price $26.36 Published by Snow Lion Designed as a beautiful gift for the mind, the eye, the ear, and above all, the heart, this is the first-ever chantable English translation of one of the most beloved and widely used practice texts, the Longchen Nyinthig. This multimedia edition also provides a CD of the chanted text and a selection of rare photographs of sacred sites in Tibet. The vocalist, Jetsun Kacho Wangmo, is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher and singer. More ...
Click to enlarge	HURRY UP AND MEDITATE: Your Starter Kit for Inner Peace and Better Health by David Michie Pre-order Now--due September, 2008 160 pages. #HUME - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion If meditation were available in capsule form, it would be the biggest selling drug of all time. It has been scientifically proven to deliver highly effective stress relief, boost our immune systems, and dramatically slow the aging process. It has also been shown to make us much happier and more effective thinkers. Given all the physical and psychological benefits, why aren't more of us doing it? More ...
Click to enlarge	IMPERMANENCE: Embracing Change by David Hodge and Hi-Jin Hodge, foreword by HH Dalai Lama Pre-order Now--Available October 2008. Cloth. 144 pp. 108 b&w photos. 7.5" x 6.5", plus 3 hour DVD. #IMEMCH - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 Published by Snow Lion What does it mean that we are constantly changing? How do people confront ideas like death and change? Though impermanence is a central Buddhist concept, it’s also a universal concern. We all grow up, change, and eventually pass into another state. Impermanence: Embracing Change provides a range of voices, profound and heartwarming, that address these questions. More ...
Click to enlarge	IN PRAISE OF DHARMADHATU by Nagarjuna, commentary by the Third Karmapa, translated and introduced by Karl Brunnhölzl Cloth. 432 pp. #INPRDH - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 Published by Snow Lion Nagarjuna is famous in the West for his works on Madhyamaka, but his poetic "collection of praises"—headed by "In Praise of Dharmadhatu"—is largely unknown. This book explores the scope, contents, and significance of Nagarjuna's scriptural legacy in India and Tibet, primarily focusing on the title work. The translation of Nagarjuna's hymn to buddha nature—here called dharmadhatu—shows how buddha nature is temporarily obscured by adventitious stains in ordinary sentient beings, gradually uncovered through the path of bodhisattvas, and finally revealed in full bloom as buddhahood. These themes are explored at a deeper level through a Buddhist "history" of mind's luminous nature and a translation of the text's earliest and most extensive commentary by the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339), supplemented by relevant excerpts from all other available commentaries. More ...
Click to enlarge	INTRODUCTION TO EMPTINESS: As Taught in Tsong-kha-pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path by Guy Newland 128 pages, paper edition. #INTOEM - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion Readers are hard-pressed to find books that can help them understand the central concept in Mahayana Buddhism—the idea that ultimate reality is "emptiness." In clear language, Introduction to Emptiness explains that emptiness is not a mystical sort of "nothingness," but a specific truth that can and must be understood through calm and careful reflection. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE KARMAPA'S MIDDLE WAY: Feast for the Fortunate by the Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje, trans. by Tyler Dewar Pre-order Now--Available June 2008. Cloth. 850 pp. #KAMIWA - regular price $ 59.95 Our Price $47.96 Published by Snow Lion Marked by eloquent poetry, vigorous and extensive analysis, and heart instructions on breaking through the veils of confusion to independently experience the true nature of things, The Karmapa’s Middle Way contains the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje’s comprehensive commentary on the Indian master Chandrakirti’s seminal text, the Entrance to the Middle Way. This commentary, Feast for the Fortunate, is the Ninth Karmapa’s abridgement of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje’s masterpiece, the Chariot of the Takpo Kagyü Siddhas. In it readers will find previously unavailable material on the Karmapas’ Middle Way view and a rare window into a philosophically charged era of Middle Way exposition in Tibetan Buddhism. In this book, Chandrakirti and the Karmapa present in precise detail the vital Buddhist concept of emptiness, through which the Mahayana path of compassionate altruism becomes complete. More ...
Click to enlarge	LIGHT OF FEARLESS INDESTRUCTIBLE WISDOM: The Life and Legacy of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche by Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Pre-order Now--Available August 2008. 336 pp., replete with color and b&w photos. #LIFEIN - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion Master of masters, visionary, poet, revealer of profound spiritual treasures, Dudjom Rinpoche was a paramount figure in the history of twentieth-century Tibet. He worked closely with the present Dalai Lama to reinvigorate Tibetan culture and spiritual practice following the Chinese invasion of their homeland. Nyingma masters and devotees, both lay and ordained, unanimously appointed him Supreme Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, and he served in this capacity until his death in 1987. He wrote over two dozen volumes of poetry, music, history, and philosophy. In addition, he assembled and published texts which might otherwise have been lost and delivered unprecedented numbers of initiations and teachings to thousands of individuals. More ...
Click to enlarge	LION OF SIDDHAS: The Life and Teachings of Padampa Sangye translated by David Molk with Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche Pre-order Now--Available June 2008. 362 pp. #LISILI - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion Padampa Sangye's influence on the Buddhism of Tibet and China is profound. All four schools of Tibetan Buddhism consider him a seminal teacher. This translation of his biography introduces us to a transcendent, irascible, and iconoclastic figure who was the teacher of Machig Labdron. Padampa Sangye encouraged his disciples to disregard social conventions, disdain social contacts, and break through their cultural conditioning. Although able to deliver lengthy sermons, Padampa Sangye taught just as often entirely without words, or with cryptic messages similar to Zen koans. His outlandish style and miraculous deeds will captivate readers. The comprehensive presentation of his spiritual career, teachings, and deeds will make it an indispensable reference work for students of Eastern spirituality. More ...
Click to enlarge	MEETING THE GREAT BLISS QUEEN: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self, 2nd edition by Anne Carolyn Klein 308 pp. #MEGRB2 - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion Despite the daunting barriers of geography and language that separate them, Buddhism and contemporary feminism have much to say to each other. Buddhist practices such as mindfulness (in which calm centering and keen awareness of change co-exist) and compassion (in which the self is recognized as both powerful in itself and interdependently connected with all others) can be important resources for contemporary women, while feminism can expand the traditional horizons of Buddhist concerns to include social, historical, and psychological issues. The image and ritual of the Great Bliss Queen, an important Buddhist figure of enlightenment, form the unifying theme of the book, modeling the practices and theory that can assist each of us in being at one with ourselves and fully engaged with others. More ...
Click to enlarge	MIND BEYOND DEATH The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Cloth. 360 pp. 4-page color insert. #MIBEDE - regular price $ 25.95 Our Price $20.76 Published by Snow Lion An indispensable guidebook through the journey of life and death, Mind Beyond Death weaves a synthesis of wisdom remarkable in its scope. With warm informality and profound understanding of the Western mind, The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche makes the mysterious Tibetan teachings on the bardos—the intervals of life, death, and beyond—completely available to the modern reader. More ...
Click to enlarge	The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Pre-order Now--Available June 2008. 375 pages, 4-page color insert, new in paper. #MIBEDP - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion
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