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BARDO TEACHINGS: The Way of Death and Rebirth by Lama Lodü Rinpoche, foreword by Kalu Rinpoche 96 pp., 3 b&w photos, 8 b&w illust., 2nd ed., paper. #BATE2N - list price $ 14.95 Our Price $10.46 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Bardo Teachings gives readers a precise and vivid description of the way of death and rebirth. It contains a wealth of heretofore untranslated material on the Tibetan presentation of the process of dying, the nature of the intermediate state after death, and the process of taking rebirth. This modest but carefully produced book presents the essence of the Tibetan Book of the Dead in a digestible form. More ... | |
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DEATH, INTERMEDIATE STATE AND REBIRTH by Lati Rinpoche & Jeffrey Hopkins, foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama. 86 pp., includes charts, bibliography #DEINST - list price $ 14.95 Our Price $10.46 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion This fascinating book unfolds in detail the complex Tibetan Buddhist system of subtle physiology--providing a complete exposition of the channels, drops and winds which serve as foundations for consciousness. Highest Yoga Tantra simulates processes of death, intermediate states and rebirth, so it is important for the practitioner to know how humans die--the stages of death and the physiological reasons behind them. "The work forms an excellent companion volume to the "Tibetan Books of the Dead," and also to contemporary Western works on death and dying."--Prof. Janice Willis, Religious Studies Review More ... | |
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LIVING IN THE FACE OF DEATH: The Tibetan Tradition by Glenn H. Mullin 240 pp. Second Edition. #LIFA2E - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Whereas Western society views death as the last taboo, the Tibetan tradition incorporates meditation on death into everyday life. Tibetan Buddhists believe that a conscious awareness of one's own impermanence allows a person to live a happy, fulfilled life. More ... | |
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MIND BEYOND DEATH by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Cloth. 348 pp. 4-page color insert. #MIBEDE - list price $ 25.95 Our Price $18.16 (you save 30%) 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 ... | |
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by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche 348 pages, 4-page color insert, new in paper. (See description above.) #MIBEDP - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion | |
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BARDO: Interval of Possibility by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, trans. by Yeshe Gyamtso 144 pp. #BAINPO - $ 14.95 In this exceptionally clear explanation of Aspiration for the Bardo by Chokyi Wangchuk, Khenpo not only gives the sequence of events during death but also instructs on how to practice and train ourselves at every opportunity--life, death, and the interval experience itself. More ... | |
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BIRTH, LIFE AND DEATH According to Tibetan Medicine and Dzogchen Teachings by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu 164 pp. #BILIDE - $ 15.00 Renowned Tibetan master Namkhai Norbu integrates teachings on Tibetan medicine & Dzogchen as applied to the stages of life. The first section introduces the principles of Tibetan medicine by defining & explaining the functions and relationship between humours & organic compounds. The Birth section covers such topics as the causes of conception, the nature of fetal development and empahsizes the importance of the pregnant woman's behavior during this crucial time. More ... | |
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DYING WITH CONFIDENCE: A Tibetan Buddhist Guide to Preparing for Death by Anyen Rinpoche, trans. by Allison Graboski, ed. by Eileen Cahoon, afterword by Tulku Thondup 130 pp., paper. #DYWICO - $ 16.95 In Dying with Confidence Anyen Rinpoche gives us practical information that will benefit both those seeking a Tibetan Buddhist death and non-Buddhists wanting to help a loved one or friend die in this tradition. He encourages us to take responsibility for ourselves as Dharma practitioners, to assess our practice honestly, and to contemplate impermanence—our own impermanence—deeply. More ... | |
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HEART ADVICE FOR DEATH AND DYING by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, with audio cource by Kathleen McDonald 176 pp. + MP3 disk. #HEADDE - $ 24.99 In our busy modern lives, we may not give much thought to death. We fear that thinking about death will take the joy out of living. But in reality, when we actively think about death and prepare for it, we find peace, fulfillment, and happiness in our current lives and our fear of death disappears. More ... | |
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HEART PRACTICES FOR DEATH AND DYING by Lama Zopa Rinpoche 236 pp. #HEPRDE - list price $ 24.99 Our Price $19.99 (you save 20%) Death comes to all living beings, and at that crucial time of transition from one life to the next, we may not know how to best help our loved ones or ourselves. This book contains advice from Tibetan Buddhist master Lama Zopa Rinpoche on preparing for death and assisting others through this time, and provides a plethora of heart practices to do at the time of death, including the Medicine Buddha puja and the traditional eight prayers done in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. This book also contains the most powerful mantras to say for those who are dying or who have died, teachings on their precise benefits, as well as a sheet of mantras to place upon the body of one who has died. It contains precious Sutra texts to benefit the minds of those who are dying, to relieve pain, and to purify negative karma. | |
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ILLUSION OF LIFE AND DEATH by Kyabje Dzogchen Pema Kalsang Rinpoche, translated by Christian A. Stewart 316 pp., paper. #ILLIDE - $ 25.00 Illusion of Life and Death presents us with the complete path to enlightenment. It examines the transitory nature of life and the need to make careful preparation for our future. Kyabje Dzogchen Pema Kalsang Rinpoche engages in thought-provoking discussion of the uncertainties faced by everyone, and using insightful observation, encourages us to reflect more deeply on what is truly important in life. More ... | |
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JOURNEY OF THE MIND: Putting the Teachings on the Bardo into Effective Practice by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche 136 pp. #JOMI - $ 14.95 Accessible and practical teachings on the bardo states and phowa practice, by one of the most respected teachers. | |
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KARMA CHAKME'S MOUNTAIN DHARMA: Volume Four as taught by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso 512 pp., paper. #KACHV4 - $ 24.95 "Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma is a complete text for those who want to practice Tibetan Buddhism. Whether you are in an intensive retreat where you practice most of the time or in a busy life where you practice as much as you can, the issues are the same, the practices are the same, and the postmeditation is the same. Mountain Dharma contains everything you need to undertake any practice, from the most basic to the tantrayana, including how to conduct a proper retreat. Because this text is very precise and very clear, you do not have to obtain sixty different volumes of texts. If you become well acquainted with this text, you have everything you need to achieve enlightenment."--Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche More ... | |
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KARMA CHAKME'S MOUNTAIN DHARMA VOL. 3 taught by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, translated by Yeshe Gyamtso, Chojor Radha, Jigme Nyima, and Namgyal Khorko 450 pp., with illustrations. #KACH3 - $ 29.95 Opening with concise bardo teachings and offering instruction on benefiting people who are within the bardo state, this volume then continues with instructions for the practitioner that cover: how to protect oneself from potential threats with loving-kindness and compassion; how to purify obscurations through the invocation of wisdom deities; the signs that arise through practice; how to recognize when you get off the track and eradicate the cause; problems that can impede practice and stop it from working; methods necessary to cause one’s practice to develop; bringing the five mental affliction to the path in terms of four different approaches. More ... | |
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THE MIRROR OF MINDFULNESS: And the Final Words of Tsele Natsok Rangdrol by Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, translated by Erik Pema Kunsang 128 pp. #MIMIN - $ 15.95 The Mirror of Mindfulness is a presentation of Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the endless cycle of experience, the four bardos—life, death, after-death, and rebirth. It is aimed at inspiring and helping the practitioner achieve liberation from deluded existence and awaken to complete enlightenment for the benefit of others. More ... | |
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NATURAL APPEARANCES, NATURAL LIBERATION A Nyingma Meditative Guide on the Six Bardos of Living and Dying by Master Tam Shek-wing, translated by Samten Migdron, foreword by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche 180 pp., paper. #NAAPNA - $ 24.95 This commentary is based on the six bardos teachings from a series of hidden treasure texts known as the Profound Dharma of Natural Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones (Zab chos zhi khro dgongs pa rang grol), discovered by the great terton Karma Lingpa in the fourteenth century. The word "bardo," made popular in the West through the English translation of the Bardo Thodol or The Tibetan Book of the Dead, which also belongs to the same series of treasure texts, means an intermediate or in-between state. The practice of the six bardos, according to the hermeneutics of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, is essentially the meditative practice of living and dying. More ... | |
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NATURAL LIBERATION: Padmasambhava's Teachings on the Six Bardos commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche, translated by B. Alan Wallace 344 pp. #NALI - $ 18.95 In life and in death, in meditation and in sleep, every transitional stage of consciousness, or bardo, provides an opportunity to overcome limitations, frustrations, and fears. The profound teachings in this book provide the understanding and instruction necessary to turn every phase of life into an opportunity for uncontrived, natural liberation. More ... | |
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PEACEFUL DEATH, JOYFUL REBIRTH: A Tibetan Buddhist Guidebook by Tulku Thondup 352 pp., paper, plus CD. #PEDEJ2 - $ 24.95 “A healing treasure from Tulku Thondup: a clear, complete, and compassionate guidebook to the journey through life, dying, death, and beyond. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, including the Tibetan near-death experiences, he shows to what extent the quality of our life, death, and rebirth all depend upon the mind.”—Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying More ... | |
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PRIMORDIAL ESSENCE MANIFESTS by Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa 118 pp., paper, 4 b&w drawings, 1 color plate of Amitabha. #PRESMA - $ 24.95 Here is a clear and profound teaching on the bardo, and on the book which became very well-known throughout the world as The Tibetan Book of the Dead. The term bardo means intermediate, so bardo is not only about death; it is also about birth and about life. It is a teaching that covers everything, as the bardos cover everything, so it covers the whole range of subjects between birth and death. More ... | |