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STAGES OF MEDITATION by the H.H. the Dalai Lama, trans. by Ven. Geshe Lobsang Jordhen, Losang Choephel Ganchenpa, and Jeremy Russell 216 pp., includes root text in English, Dalai Lama's commentary, and Tibetan root text by Kamalashila. Paper edition. #STMEPP - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 Published by Snow Lion The Dalai Lama explains the principles of meditation in a practice-oriented format especially suited to Westerners. Based upon the middle section of the Bhavanakrama by Kamalasila, a translation of which is included, this is the most extensive commentary given by the Dalai Lama on this concise but important meditation handbook. It is a favorite text of the Dalai Lama and he often takes the opportunity to give teachings on it to audiences throughout the world. In his words, "This text can be like a key that opens the door to all other major Buddhist scriptures." More ... | |
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TANTRA IN TIBET by H.H. the Dalai Lama, Tsong-ka-pa, and Jeffrey Hopkins 252 pp. Book 1 of the Great Exposition of Secret Mantra series. #TATI - regular price $ 19.95 Our Price $15.96 Published by Snow Lion "This is a most valuable book for the serious seeker."--The Tibet Journal More ... | |
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YOGA TANTRA: Paths to Magical Feats by H.H. the Dalai Lama, Dzongkaba, and Jeffrey Hopkins (and ed.) 176 pp., 8 b&w illustrations. Book 3 of the Great Exposition of Secret Mantra series. #YOTR - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion The Dalai Lama opens the door to the topic of Yoga Tantra with an extraordinarily detailed teaching on a classic text. Rarely in the Dalai Lama's lifetime has he given teachings of such a nature on this topic. There follows a translation of the Yoga Tantra section of Dzong-ka-ba's The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra, one of his most important works and a monument of Tibetan Buddhist literature. Jeffrey Hopkins concludes this book with an outline of the steps of Yoga Tantra practice. This is an invaluable book for anyone who is practicing or interested in Buddhist tantra in general. More ... | |
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THE ART OF HAPPINESS AT WORK by Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler 212 pp, paper. #ARHAWP - $ 14.00 Continuing the discussion about what makes life meaningful begun in The Art of Happiness, Cutler converses with the Dalai Lama, asking him the questions we all want answered about how to find happiness in the place we spend most of our time--work. Focuses on issues surrounding survival, career, and our calling. How do we deal with boredom? With conflicts with co-workers or unemployment? An invaluable aid and source of strength and wisdom for anyone who earns a living. | |
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THE ART OF HAPPINESS: A Handbook for Living by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D. 322 pp., cloth. #ARHA - $ 23.95 Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and an increasingly popular speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after spending only a few minutes in this presence you can't help feeling better. More ... | |
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COMMENTARY ON THE THIRTY SEVEN PRACTICES OF A BODHISATTVA by H.H. the Dalai Lama, trans. by Acharya Nyima Tsering, ed. by Vyvyan Cayley & Mike Gilmore 106 pp. #COTHSE - $ 14.00 One of Tibetan Buddhism's most popular texts, incorporating mind training and Lam-rim teachings. His Holiness elucidates each stanza and gives introductory talks on living one's Buddhism. | |
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THE COMPASSIONATE LIFE by His Holiness the Dalai Lama 144 pp., paper #COLIP - $ 11.95 Giving and receiving affection is the key to happiness, and compassion is the key that opens our hearts to affection. Illuminating themes touched upon in The Good Heart and The Art of Happiness, this generous and gentle book contains some of the most beloved teachings on compassion that the Dalai Lama has ever offered. Touching and transformative, The Compassionate Life is a personal invitation from one of the world's most gifted teachers to live a life of happiness, joy, and true prosperity. More ... | |
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CULTIVATING A DAILY MEDITATION by the Dalai Lama 137 pp. #CUDAME - $ 10.95 The Dalai Lama explains how to cultivate a daily meditational practice. He also presents tantric meditations on Buddha, Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Vajrapani and Arya Tara, and discusses how they transform the mind. More ... | |
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THE DALAI LAMAS: A Visual History ed. by Martin Brauen Cloth. 240 pp., 200+ color illust. 8.25 x 11.75. #DALAV - $ 85.00 This lavishly illustrated history of the Dalai Lamas is filled with previously unpublished sources, including thangkas, statues, paintings, and photos from archives, plus images of gifts by various Dalai Lamas to emperors and tsars. Essays by 16 authors illuminate many topics and issues to make this a truly valuable and precious volume. More ... | |
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THE DALAI LAMA AT MIT by The Dalai Lama Cloth. 288 pp. #DALAMI - $ 24.95 Their meeting captured headlines; the waiting list for tickets was nearly 2000 names long. The Dalai Lama at MIT reveals scientists and monks reaching across a cultural divide, to share insights, studies, and enduring questions. More ... | |
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ESSENCE OF THE HEART SUTRA: The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings by H.H. the Dalai Lama, trans. & ed. by Thupten Jinpa 180 pp. #ESHEP - $ 14.95 In Essence of the Heart Sutra, the Dalai Lama masterfully unpacks the Heart Sutra so that any reader can benefit from its teachings--teachings meant to help us release ourselves from suffering and live with true compassion. Comprised of his "Heart of Wisdom" talks, originally delivered to thousands of listeners in 2001, the book offers the Dalai Lama's commentary as well as his easy-to-follow overview of Buddhist philosophy that places the sutra within its historical and philosophical context. With additional contributions by scholar and translator Thupten Jinpa, Essence of the Heart Sutra is the authoritative presentation of a text seminal to the world's religious heritage. More ... | |
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ETHICS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM by the Dalai Lama, edited by Alexander Norman, translated by Dr. Thupten Jinpa 240 pp. #ETNEMP - $ 14.00 In a difficult, uncertain time, it takes a person of great courage, such as the Dalai Lama, to give us hope. Regardless of the violence and cynicism we see on television and read about in the news, there is an argument to be made for basic human goodness. The number of people who spend their lives engaged in violence and dishonesty is tiny compared to the vast majority who would wish others only well. According to the Dalai Lama, our survival has depended and will continue to depend on our basic goodness. Ethics for the New Millenium presents a moral system based on universal rather than religious principles. Its ultimate goal is happiness for every individual, irrespective of religious belief. Though the Dalai Lama is himself a practicing Buddhist, his approach to life and the moral compass that guides him can lead each and every one of us--Muslim, Christian, Jew, Buddhist or atheist--to a happier, more fulfilling life. More ... | |
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A FLASH OF LIGHTNING IN THE DARK OF NIGHT by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, translated by The Padmakara Translation Group 141 pp. #FLLIDA - $ 13.95 This commentary on the Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life shows how to make the bodhisattva ideal a living experience. The bodhisattvas' enemies are the ego, passion, and hatred; their weapons are generosity, patience, perseverance, and wisdom. More ... | |
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FOUR ESSENTIAL BUDDHIST COMMENTARIES by The Dalai Lama 154 pp. #FOESBC - $ 10.95 The Dalai Lama explains four central Tibetan Buddhist practice texts: Thirty Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas, the Three Principle Aspects of the Path, the Eight Verses on Mind Training, and the Song of Four Mindfulnesses. More ... | |
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THE FOURTEEN DALAI LAMAS: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation by Glenn H. Mullin, foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama, edited by Valerie Shepherd 535 pp., 15 illus. #SALERE - $ 34.95 "It is nearly thirty years since Glenn H. Mullin first arrived in Dharamsala and began to take an interest in the works of the Dalai Lamas. I admire the persistence with which he has pursued this interest and have sometimes wondered if he has not found out more about them than even I know. Many people have told me that he reveals an ability in his books to make things Tibetan accessible and easily understood to ordinary readers. Therefore, I welcome this volume that is the first to give some account of the lives of all the Dalai Lamas, along with examples of some of their works. I pray that readers will find here some inspiration in their own quest for inner peace."--from the Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama More ... | |
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FREEDOM IN EXILE: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama by The Dalai Lama 256 pp., 16 b&w photos. #FREX - $ 15.00 In this landmark book the Dalai Lama tells his story--from his remarkable childhood as the leader of 6 million Tibetans through the crisis of the Chinese invasion to the present life in exile and re-establishment of his culture in India. | |
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GENEROUS WISDOM: Commentaries by H.H. the Dalai Lama XIV on the Jatakamala 122 pp. #GEWI - $ 8.95 Four teachings on the Jatakamala: Garland of Birth Stories of Buddha were given by His Holiness during the Great Prayer Festival in Dharamsala. The theme is the bodhisattvas' perfection of generosity--but His Holiness also speaks on the perfection of ethics and patience, dependent-arising and karma. More ... | |
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THE GOOD HEART: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus by the Dalai Lama 224 pp., 2 photos, 4 illus. #GOHE - $ 15.95 His Holiness comments on passages from the four Gospels, providing a unique reading of these familiar sources of faith--the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, the parable of the mustard seed, the Resurrection, etc. Throughout his commentary, the Dalai Lama opens windows of understanding and transformation for seekers of any faith. More ... | |