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Buddhist Ethics


Click to enlarge	CHOOSING SIMPLICITY: A Commentary on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksha by Venerable Bhikshuni Master Wu Yin, trans. by Bhikshuni Jendy, ed. by Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron. 338 pp. #CHSI - regular price $ 15.95 Our Price $12.76 Published by Snow Lion Choosing Simplicity discusses the precepts and lifestyle of fully ordained nuns within the Buddhist tradition. The ordination vows act as guidelines to promote harmony both within the individual and within the community by regulating and thereby simplifying one's relationships to other sangha members and laypeople, as well as to the needs of daily life. Observing these precepts and practicing the Buddhadharma brings incredible benefit to oneself and others. Since the nuns' precepts include those for monks and have additional rules for nuns, this book is useful for anyone interested in monastic life. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE- Book Five: Buddhist Ethics by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, trans. by the Kalu Rinpoche Translation Group, under the direction of Ven. Bokar Rinpoche 568 pp. paper edition. #TRKN5 - regular price $ 34.95 Our Price $27.96 Published by Snow Lion Book Five, Buddhist Ethics, is considered by many scholars to be the heart of Jamgön Kongtrul's Treasury of Knowledge. Kongtrul explains here the complete code of personal liberation as it applies to both monastic and lay persons, the precepts for those aspiring to the life of a bodhisattva, and the exceptional pledges for practitioners on the tantric path of pure perception. More ...
Click to enlarge	WORKING WITH ANGER by Thubten Chodron. 170 pp. #WOAN - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion Anger plagues all of us on a personal, national, and international level. Yet, we see people, such as the Dalai Lama, who have faced circumstances far worse than many of us have faced--including exile, persecution, and the loss of many loved ones--but who do not burn with rage or seek revenge. How do they do it? More ...
Click to enlarge	CLEAR DIFFERENTIATION OF THE THREE CODES: Essential Distinctions Among Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle & Tantric Systems by Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltshen, trans. by Jared Rhoton 320 pp., paperback. #CLDITH - $ 29.95 This is the first translation of The Three Codes, a book by the founder of the Sakya school that strongly influenced subsequent traditions in Tibet. Sakya Pandita discusses the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Tantric vows of Buddhist conduct--he sparked a number of long-lasting philosophical debates, some of which persist today. More ...
Click to enlarge	LAMA MIPAM'S COMMENTARY TO NAGARJUNA'S STANZAS FOR A NOVICE MONK (With Tsong Khapa's Essence of the Ocean of Vinaya) translated by Glenn Mullin and Lobsang Rabgay 67 pp. #LAMICO - $ 8.95 Contains two works on the Vinaya, or system of self-discipline as it is taught to young monks. The first is Nagarjuna's Stanzas for a Novice Monk with a commentary by Jamyang Mipam Rinpoche. The second is the Essence of the Ocean of Vinaya, by Je Tsong Khapa, which addresses the eight fundamental categories of the pratimoksha vows. More ...
Click to enlarge	PERFECT CONDUCT: Ascertaining the Three Vows commentary by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche 176 pp. #PECON - $ 18.00 "This book fulfills a crucial need for serious students of Buddhism...explains the full code of discipline [pratimoksa, bodhisattva, and tantric vows] and elucidates their philosophical principles and historical background."--from the preface by Tulku Thondup More ...
Click to enlarge	TANTRIC ETHICS: An Explanation of the Precepts for Buddhist Vajrayana Practice by Tsongkhapa, trans. by Gareth Sparham, fore. by Jeffrey Hopkins. 224 pp. #TAETEX - $ 16.95 Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), one of Tibet's greatest philosophers, here explains the highest sets of vows required for tantra to be successfully practiced. This is the first English translation of this valuable work. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE TIBETAN VINAYA: Guide to Buddhist Conduct by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, trans. by Sonam Palden and Chojor Radha 132 pp., cloth. #TIVI - regular price $ 15.00 Our Price $11.25 The Buddha taught the Vinaya to monks and nuns so that they had a set of rules allowing them to devote their complete energy to reaching enlightenment. The Buddha did not simply give these rules all at once--he gave them in response to particular situations. In his discussion of vows, Thrangu Rinpoche explains how and why vows have changed over time in different Buddhist cultures.