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THE ALL-SEEING BOY AND THE BLUE SKY OF HAPPINESS: A Children's Parable by Nick Kettles, illustrated by Serena Sax Hallam 32 pp., 13 illustrations, hardbound. For all ages, but reading level is for age 8 and up. #ALSEBO - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion 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. More ... | |
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DHARMA PATHS 2nd Edition by Khenpo Karthar, translated by Ngödup Burkhar and Chöjor Radha, edited by Laura M. Roth 288 pp., 5 b&w illustrations, paper. #DHPA2 - list price $ 19.95 Our Price $13.96 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Since its initial publication, Dharma Paths has quietly gained a reputation as one of the most useful introductory texts on Tibetan Buddhism. Assuming no prior background or knowledge of Buddhist terminology, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche presents Buddhist ways of working with anxiety and frustration, the nature and development of love and compassion, and the profound methods of the vajrayana. The Four Noble Truths, taking refuge, and the Stages of the Path are concisely explained, and clear instructions for shamatha ("calm abiding") meditation are provided. Question-and-answer sections follow each chapter, anticipating common problems and addressing them in a direct, accessible style. More ... | |
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EVERYDAY CONSCIOUSNESS AND PRIMORDIAL AWARENESS by Khenchen Thrangu, translated and edited by Susanne Schefczyk 128 pp., paper. 3rd Edition. #EVCOPR - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion This introduction to Buddhist psychology supplies essential instructions for successful meditation practice. Rinpoche clearly describes how consciousnesses operate in everyday perception and presents practices that can powerfully influence the mind, ultimately transforming it into Buddhahood. More ... | |
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THE EXTREMELY SECRET DAKINI OF NAROPA: Vajrayogini Practice and Commentary by Pabongkha Dechen Nyingpo, translated by David Gonsalez This is a Restricted Text. Please read the description for the specific requirements. 408 pp., 8 color images, 3 b&w illustrations. (Discounts do not apply to restricted texts.) #EXSEDA - $ 65.00 Published by Snow Lion Restriction: The material in this book is restricted. This book may be read only by those who have received a Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment. In order to practice this material, the best situation would be that one has received the empowerment of Vajrayogini in the Naro Kacho tradition together with the commentary and oral transmission. At the very least, one must have received the empowerment of Vajrayogini in the Naro Kacho tradition. More ... | |
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GONE BEYOND: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition, (in 2 volumes) translated and introduced by Karl Brunnhölzl, forewords by H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa and Dzogchen Ponlop, a Tsadra Foundation Series and Nitartha Institute Series book Volume 1 942 pp., cloth bound. #GOBEPR - list price $ 54.95 Our Price $38.47 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the Prajnaparamita Sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it only comes to life through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the Prajnaparamita Sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas—but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutras—emptiness—and 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. More ... | |
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translated and introduced by Karl Brunnhölzl, forewords by H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa and Dzogchen Ponlop, a Tsadra Foundation Series and Nitartha Institute Series book Volume 2 688 pp., cloth bound. (See description above.) #GOBEV2 - list price $ 44.95 Our Price $31.47 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion | |
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THE GUHYAGARBHA TANTRA: Secret Essence, Definitive Nature Just As It Is commentary by Longchen Rabjam, translated by Lama Chönam and Sangye Khandro of the Light of Berotsana Translation Group This is a Restricted Text available only to people who have met the requirements. 778 pp., 4 b&w illustrations, cloth bound. (Discounts do not apply to restricted texts.) #GUTASE - $ 150.00 Published by Snow Lion Restricted text: Anyone interested in purchasing or reading this text must have received the empowerment of Vajrasattva's Magical Manifestation Matrix for the peaceful and wrathful deities from either the kama or the terma tradition and must have received the reading transmission. More ... | |
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THE HEART ATTACK SUTRA: A New Commentary on the Heart Sutra by Karl Brunnhölzl Pre-order Now--Available May 2012. 160 pp., paper. #HEATSU - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The radical message of the Heart Sutra, one of Buddhism's most famous texts, is a sweeping attack on everything we hold most dear; our troubles, the world as we know it, even the teachings of the Buddha himself. Several of the Buddha's followers are said to have suffered heart attacks and died when they first heard its assertion of the basic groundlessness of our existence—hence the title of this book. More ... | |
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HISTORY OF THE KARMAPAS: The Odyssey of the Tibetan Masters with the Black Crown by Lama Kunsang, Lama Pemo, and Marie Aubèle Pre-order Now--Available March 2012. 332 pp., 22 color photos, 4 b&w photos, 30 illus., paper. #HIKAOD - list price $ 21.95 Our Price $15.36 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Masters of esoteric knowledge and miraculous practices, the lineage of the Karmapas descends from the great Indian tantric master Tilopa through a chain that includes Naropa, Marpa, and Milarepa. The Karmapas are distinguished by their black crowns, said to have been woven by dakinis and symbolizing the activity of the buddhas. | |
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HOW TO PRACTICE SHAMATHA MEDITATION: The Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence by Gen Lamrimpa, translated by B. Alan Wallace, edited by Hart Sprager 150 pp., paper. This is an updated edition of Calming the Mind. #HOPRSH - list price $ 15.95 Our Price $11.16 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion In 1988, Gen Lamrimpa, a Tibetan monk and contemplative, led a one-year retreat in the Pacific Northwest, during which a group of Western meditators devoted themselves to the practice of meditative quiescence (shamatha). This book is a record of the oral teachings he gave to this group at the outset of the retreat. The teachings are brought to life by Gen Lamrimpa's warmth, humor, and extensive personal experience as a contemplative recluse. An invaluable, practical guide for those seeking to develop greater attentional stability and clarity, this work will be of considerable interest to meditators, psychologists, and all others who are concerned with the potentials of the human mind. More ... | |
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THE LIFE OF THE GREAT MAHASIDDHA VIRUPA written and illustrated by H.E. Dagmo Kalden D. Sakya, foreword by H.H. the Sakya Trizin 40 pp., paper, 8" x 8". #LIGRMA - list price $ 9.95 Our Price $6.96 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion "Mahasiddha Virupa is one of the famous eighty-four great Indian Masters who attained great realizations in one lifetime, thereby benefiting endless sentient beings through their spiritual attainments. In the unbroken lineage of the Sakyapa Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism he is considered to be the most important guru to have upheld the Buddha Dharma by his majestic powers. He is the original master of the precious Lamdre—the Core Instructions on Non-Duality of the Path and the Result."—excerpted from the foreword by His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin More ... | |
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THE MAGIC OF AWARENESS by Anam Thubten Pre-order Now--Available May 2012. 160 pp., paper. #MAAWAN - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Real life, says Anam Thubten, is not an accumulation of stories from the past, nor is it a series of anticipated fantasies; it is unfolding right now. Enlightenment is always available, even in this very ordinary moment. It is something extraordinary that ordinary people can witness whenever we are ready; it's the sudden experience of being free, an experience when everything becomes radically clear, the result of allowing ourselves "to fall from the thinking mind into the heart." This unbelievably simple awareness is always there; Anam Thubten shows us where to look for it. More ... | |
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THE NEPAL COOKBOOK by the Association of Nepalis in the Americas, illustrated by Palden Choedak Oshoe 2nd Edition, 168 pp., 20 line drawings, 133 recipes. #NECO2E - list price $ 14.95 Our Price $10.46 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion This treasury of recipes from the members of the Association of Nepalis in the Americas represents the best of authentic Nepali cuisine. From festival dishes to simple everyday favorites, the recipes included here reflect the many facets of Nepal's colorful and diverse cultures. More ... | |
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POINTING OUT THE DHARMAKAYA by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, foreword by the Dalai Lama, intro. by Lama Tashi Namgyal Pre-order Now--Available March 2012. 182 pp., paper. This is a 2nd edition. #POOU2E - list price $ 19.95 Our Price $13.96 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion At the heart of successful Mahamudra practice is the ability to understand the nature of mind. The Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (1556-1603), the acknowledged master of this approach, wrote three definitive texts on Mahamudra; Pointing Out the Dharmakaya is the shortest and most practical of the three. Brilliant explanations by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche make this text vividly relevant for contemporary Western practitioners. For those committed to ascertaining the mind’s true nature, there is no more systematic or comprehensive approach than can be found in this extraordinary set of instructions. More ... | |
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PREPARING FOR TANTRA: Creating the Psychological Ground for Practice by Rob Preece 224 pp., 10 b&w illustrations, paper. #PRTACR - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The preliminary practices of Tantra aren't a hurdle to be gotten through in order to get somewhere else; they're an extraordinarily rich collection of practices which have much to offer as a means of cultivating and maturing the practitioner's psychological ground. They can enable experiences to unfold, and they can clear the way when there seem to be problems or hindrances practitioners are struggling with. More ... | |
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THE ROAR OF THUNDER: Commentaries on the Two Stages of Glorious Vajrabhairava by Ngulchu Dharmabhadra and the Fifth Ling Rinpoche, Losang Lungtog Tenzin Trinley, translated by David Gonsalez Pre-order Now--Available March 2012. 336 pp., 8-page color insert, 8 line drawings, cloth. (Discounts do not apply to restricted texts.) #ROOFTH - $ 60.00 Published by Snow Lion Restriction: The material in this book is restricted. This book may be read only by those who have received a Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment. In order to practice this material, the best situation would be that one has received the empowerment of the Vajrabhairava Yamantaka together with the commentary and oral transmission. More ... | |
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THE SEVEN-POINT MIND TRAINING: A Tibetan Method for Cultivating Mind and Heart by B. Alan Wallace, edited by Zara Houshmand Pre-order Now--Available April 2012. 148 pp., paper. Third Edition. #SEPO2E - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The central focus of The Seven-Point Mind Training is the transformation from self-centered solitude to compassion for others. Mind training is designed to shift our attitudes so that our minds become pure wellsprings of joy instead of murky pools of problems, anxieties, fleeting pleasures, frustrations, hopes, and fears. It does not require that we withdraw into seclusion, but that we re-examine all of our relationships—to family, friends, enemies, and strangers—and gradually transform our responses to whatever life throws our way. More ... | |
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THE THREE SILVER COINS: A Story from Tibet by Veronica Leo and Tashi Daknewa 32 pp., fully illustrated, 8" x 10", for ages 5 and up. #THSIC2 - list price $ 14.95 Our Price $10.46 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Once upon a time there was a poor boy named Jinpa who lived in the high mountains of Tibet. For his hard work he received one day three gleaming silver coins. "With these you can become rich!" his mother told him. "Invest them wisely, and they will increase a hundredfold." So into the world Jinpa went, carrying his three silver coins, to seek his future. More ... | |
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TIBETAN YOGAS OF BODY, SPEECH, AND MIND by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, edited by Polly Turner 230 pp., 22 photos, 5 drawings, 12 tables. #TIYOBO - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Understanding how our actions, words, and thoughts interact enhances our ability to progress in spiritual practice and brings us closer to self-realization. In a warm, informal style, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche opens up Tibetan meditation practice to both beginners and experienced students, placing as much emphasis on practice as on knowledge. Depending on the sources of the problems in our lives, he offers practices that work with the body, speech, or the mind—a collection of Tibetan yoga exercises, visualizations, sacred sound practices, and spacious meditations on the nature of mind. Together, he says, knowledge and regular meditation practice can alter our self-image and lead to a lighter, more joyful sense of being. More ... | |