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HOW TO EXPAND LOVE: Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama 212 pp. #HOEXPA - $ 14.00 With this illuminating and instructive handbook, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, offers sensible, everyday guidelines for transforming self-centered energy into outwardly directed compassion. Drawing on exercises and techniques established in Tibetan monasteries more than a thousand years ago, the Dalai Lama describes a seven-step, self-directed program to help us open our hearts and minds to the experience of unlimited love, transforming every relationship in our lives--and guiding us ever closer to wisdom and enlightenment. More ... | |
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HOW TO PRACTICE: The Way to a Meaningful Life by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, trans. & ed. by Jeffrey Hopkins 226 pp., paper edition. #HOPRPA - $ 14.00 As human beings, we all share the desire for happiness and meaning in our lives. According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the ability to find true fulfillment lies within each of us. In this very special book, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, Nobel Peace Price winner, and best-selling author helps readers embark upon the path to enlightenment with a stunning illumination of his timeless wisdom and an easy-access reference for daily practice. More ... | |
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HOW TO SEE YOURSELF AS YOU REALLY ARE by H.H. the Dalai Lama and Jeffrey Hopkins 6.5-hr 6-CD set. #HOSECD - $ 29.95 Like the two wings of a bird, love and insight work cooperatively to bring about enlightenment, says a fundamental Buddhist teaching. According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, we each possess the ability to achieve happiness and a meaningful life, but the key to realizing that goal is self-knowledge. In How to See Yourself As You Really Are, the world's foremost Buddhist leader and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize shows readers how to recognize and dispel misguided notions of self and embrace the world from a more realistic -- and loving -- perspective. More ... | |
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HOW TO SEE YOURSELF AS YOU REALLY ARE by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, trans. and ed. by Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.D. 274 pp. #HOSEPA - $ 14.00 According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, we each possess the ability to achieve happiness and a meaningful life, but the key to realizing that goal is self-knowledge. In How to See Yourself As You Really Are, the world's foremost Buddhist leader and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize shows readers how to recognize and dispel misguided notions of self and embrace the world from a more realistic--and loving--perspective. Through illuminating explanations and step-by-step exercises, His Holiness helps readers to see the world as it actually exists, and explains how, through the interconnection of meditative concentration and love, true altruistic enlightenment is attained. More ... | |
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LIVING WISDOM WITH HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA--Kit by the Dalai Lama and Don Farber Kit with DVD, book, CD, 36 photo cards. #LIWIHH - $ 29.95 When you are in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, you are in the presence of compassion itself. Living Wisdom gives you the chance to immerse yourself in the grace of His Holiness, and to receive the transformative power of his teachings in your own home, including: More ... | |
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LOSING THE CLOUDS, GAINING THE SKY: Voices of Dzogchen Wisdom ed. by Doris Wolter 352 pp. #LOCLGA - $ 18.95 Readers awaiting a new book from Sogyal Rinpoche (author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying) will be thrilled by this new release featuring several new teachings by him, as well as from the Dalai Lama and many others. More ... | |
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MANY WAYS TO NIRVANA: Reflections and Advice on Right Living by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, ed. by Renuka Singh 208 pp. #MAWANI - $ 14.00 Can a common man with family responsibilities achieve Nirvana or Buddhahood? How do you stay positive when confronted with environmental and human injustice? What should be the spiritual limit of ambition for a busy professional? Answering these and a host of other questions, the Dalai Lama delivers a message about the paths to "right living" and the need to overcome negative emotions in order to develop one's inner consciousness. Wise, compassionate, and always pragmatic, he offers very useful advice on the many issues that confront us every day, including, how to free ourselves from emotional afflictions and petty cravings, how to transform anxiety into contentment, and how to initiate and keep interfaith dialogue alive in the troubled times we live in. | |
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THE MEANING OF LIFE: Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect by H.H. the Dalai Lama, trans. & ed. by Jeffrey Hopkins, foreword by Richard Gere 152 pp., 7 color illus. #MELI - $ 15.95 Basing his explanation on the twelve links of dependent-arising as depicted in the Wheel of Life, the Dalai Lama presents Buddhism's worldview while answering some of life's most profound questions: Why are we here? How should we live our lives? More ... | |
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MIND IN COMFORT AND EASE: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, foreword by Sogyal Rinpoche Cloth. 384 pp. #MICOEA - $ 24.95 "This is one of the absolutely best and richest books on meditation practice that I have ever read. Here are finely nuanced Dzogchen teachings, offered by His Holiness with remarkable precision and clarity, and with astonishing humility and candor. A precious resource for anyone who loves the Dharma and is committed to its embodiment. This book has it all."--Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of and Vice Chair of the Mind and Life Institute More ... | |
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MIND OF CLEAR LIGHT: Advice on Living Well and Dying Consciously by His Holiness the Dalai Lama 240 pp. #MICLLI - $ 13.00 "Everyone dies, but no one is dead," goes the Tibetan saying. The Dalai Lama draws from a wide range of traditions and beliefs to explore the stages we all go through when we die, which are the very same stages we experience when we go to sleep, faint, or reach orgasm. His Holiness vividly shows us how to prepare for death, the ultimate journey of transformation. | |
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MY LAND AND MY PEOPLE by the Dalai Lama 271 pp. #LAPE - regular price $ 13.95 Our Price $11.16 As a young man in exile, the Dalai Lama wrote this testament which re-creates the miraculous search that identified him as the reincarnated leader of Tibet. It paints a rare, intimate portrait of Tibetan Buddhism--a way of life that would end with a terrifying foreign invasion surpassing sanity and reason. It reveals his evolution from a gentle monk to a world leader who still struggles to free his country--and in the process has touched many hearts with the goodness that makes him one of the most beloved men. | |
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AN OPEN HEART: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life by the Dalai Lama, ed. by Nicholas Vreeland, afterword by Khyongla Rato and Richard Gere 208 pp., paperback, b&w illustrations. #OPHEP - $ 12.95 How does one actually become a compassionate person? What are the mechanisms by which a selfish heart is transformed into a generous heart? Here is a series of meditations used for this purpose--taken from three sacred texts: Kamalashila's Middle-Length Stages of Meditation, Togmay Sangpo's The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas: and Langri Tangpa's Eight Verses on Training the Mind. These practices can be undertaken at odd moments of the day as well as formal practice periods to transform the mind into a disciplined and open mind. More ... | |
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THE OPEN ROAD: The Global Journey of the XIVth Dalai Lama by Pico Iyer Cloth. 275 pp. #OPROGL - $ 24.00 One of the most acclaimed and perceptive observers of globalism and Buddhism now gives us the first serious consideration—for Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike—of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher. More ... | |
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OPENING THE EYE OF NEW AWARENESS by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, ed. by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. 150 pp., with a new introduction by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. #OPEYNE - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 A succinct, thorough overview of the doctrines of Tibetan Buddhism. Written by the young Dalai Lama in his first years of exile, his erudition is brilliantly displayed as he discusses the need for religious practice and the importance of kindness and compassion. This was the Dalai Lama's first book on Buddhist philosophy to appear in English. More ... | |
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PATH OF WISDOM, PATH OF PEACE: A Personal Conversation H.H. the Dalai Lama Cloth. 222 pp. 4.75" x 6.75". #PAWIPA - $ 16.95 How does the Dalai Lama see himself? The world at war? Modern life? With humorous simplicity His Holiness looks at everyday problems and makes clear their global significance and provides a wide-ranging introduction to his philosophy of life. | |
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THE POCKET DALAI LAMA comp. & ed. by Mary Craig 176 pp., 3" x 4.5". #PODA - $ 6.95 Contains a number of stand-alone teachings drawn from many sources--an excellent companion for inspiration in one's daily life. | |
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PRACTICING WISDOM by the Dalai Lama, trans. and ed. by Thupten Jinpa 192 pp. #PRWIS - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 How do we generate wisdom within? This exploration, focused around an explication of the 9th chapter of Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life leads the reader through the stages of insight up to the highest view of emptiness. Based on teachings given in France in 1993--this book completes the commentary begun in A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of the Night.. Thupten Jinpa is the Dalai Lama's principal English translator, and has edited many books. | |
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THE STORY OF TIBET: Conversations with the Dalai Lama by Thomas Laird Cloth, 288 pp. #STTICO - $ 27.50 Our editorial staff couldn't wait to read this well-written, interesting book in which the Dalai Lama speaks at length about the story of Tibet. These candid, intimate interviews cover His Holiness's beliefs about history, science, reincarnation, and Buddhism, Tibet's relations with the Mongols; the Golden Age under the Great Fifth Dalai Lama; and finally the Dalai Lama's meetings with Mao-Tse Tung. The Story of Tibet is the Dalai Lama's personal look at his country's past, and also a summation of a life's work as the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. More ... | |