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Click to enlarge	MEETING THE GREAT BLISS QUEEN: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self, 2nd edition by Anne Carolyn Klein 308 pp. #MEGRB2 - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion Despite the daunting barriers of geography and language that separate them, Buddhism and contemporary feminism have much to say to each other. Buddhist practices such as mindfulness (in which calm centering and keen awareness of change co-exist) and compassion (in which the self is recognized as both powerful in itself and interdependently connected with all others) can be important resources for contemporary women, while feminism can expand the traditional horizons of Buddhist concerns to include social, historical, and psychological issues. The image and ritual of the Great Bliss Queen, an important Buddhist figure of enlightenment, form the unifying theme of the book, modeling the practices and theory that can assist each of us in being at one with ourselves and fully engaged with others. More ...
Click to enlarge	MIND BEYOND DEATH The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Cloth. 360 pp. 4-page color insert. #MIBEDE - regular price $ 25.95 Our Price $20.76 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 ...
Click to enlarge	The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Pre-order Now--Available July 2008. 375 pages, 4-page color insert, new in paper. (See description above.) #MIBEDP - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion
Click to enlarge	NATURAL GREAT PERFECTION: Dzogchen Teachings and Vajra Songs by Nyoshul Khenpo and Lama Surya Das Pre-order Now--Available October 2008. 202 pp. 7 b&w photographs. #NAGR2E - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 Published by Snow Lion Dzogchen is the consummate practice of Tibetan Buddhism. A pure awareness practice applicable to any circumstance and readily integrated into modern life, Dzogchen directly introduces us to the inherent freedom, purity and perfection of being that is our true nature. More ...
Click to enlarge	STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART: Buddhist Pith Instructions translated and introduced by Karl Brunnhölzl Cloth edition, 560 pp. #STFRHE - regular price $ 32.95 Our Price $26.36 Published by Snow Lion Straight from the Heart brings together an inspiring collection of Buddhist teachings, songs of realization, meditation instructions, and enlightened poetry all chosen for their power to speak directly to the student. Drawn from Indian Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, as well as from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, some will impress with their beautiful poetry and powerful imagery; others with their profound power of instruction. Still others share personal advice for life that seems to come directly from the mouth of the author, and some serve as immediate and profound practice instructions. Several are just delightfully unconventional, even outrageous, letting in fresh air on petrified views or musty traditions. Most of them are simply unknown precious gems which deserve a wider audience. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE, Book Eight, Part Four: Esoteric Instructions, A Detailed Presentation of the Process of Meditation in Vajrayana by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, trans. by Sarah Harding Cloth, 528 pp. #TRKN84 - regular price $ 39.95 Our Price $31.96 Published by Snow Lion Jamgon Kongtrul's Treasury of Knowledge in ten volumes is a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were presented in Tibet. Tibetan Buddhist teachers expected their students to study Buddhist philosophical texts as well as practice reflection and meditation; present-day students have also realized that awakening has its source in study as well as in reflection and practice. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE, Book Eight, Part Three: The Elements of Tantric Practice by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, translated by Ingrid Loken McLeod and Elio Guarisco Pre-order Now--Available September 2008. Cloth. 448 pp. #TRKN83 - regular price $ 34.95 Our Price $27.96 Published by Snow Lion Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye’s Treasury of Knowledge in ten volumes is a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were presented in Tibet. The Elements of Tantric Practice sets forth the inner system of meditation--that of highest yoga tantra, which comprises two phases. The phase of creation relies primarily on the use of the imagination to effect personal transformation. In the phase of completion, practitioners actually achieve these transformations by the use of powerful inner yogas that manipulate the inner energies and constituents of the mind and body, leading to the realization of the fundamental nature of mind and phenomena. Together these practices constitute, in Kongtrul’s words, "a magnificent tradition composed of teachings explicitly set forth in the tantras--cherished by scholars and siddhas of [ancient] India who achieved total realization [by relying] on it." More ...
Click to enlarge	A TRUTHFUL HEART: Buddhist Practices for Connecting with Others by Jeffrey Hopkins, foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama 218 pp., paper. #TRHEBU - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion The Dalai Lama often says, "Kindness is society." By learning to live from a more compassionate viewpoint, Jeffrey Hopkins writes, we can create a better life not only for ourselves but for everyone. In A Truthful Heart, Hopkins uses Buddhist meditations (including the Dalai Lama's favorite), visualizations, and entertaining recollections from his own life to guide us in developing an awareness of the capacity for love inside us and learning to project that love into the world around us. More ...
Click to enlarge	TSONG-KHA-PA'S FINAL EXPOSITION OF WISDOM by Jeffrey Hopkins 410 pp., paper edition. #TSFIEX - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 Published by Snow Lion In fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Tibet there was great ferment about what makes enlightenment possible, since systems of self-liberation must show what factors preexist in the mind that allow for transformation into a state of freedom from suffering. This controversy about the nature of mind, which persists to the present day, raises many questions. More ...
Click to enlarge	VINEGAR INTO HONEY: Seven Steps to Understanding and Transforming Anger, Aggression, and Violence by Ron Leifer, M.D. 144 pp. #VIHOSE - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion Our desires and our fears are woven into a tangled web of conflicts. We want both to eat dessert and to be thin. We want money but don’t want to work. Anything that threatens our sense of self and its striving for happiness is perceived as a threat to our very lives—the response to which is defensiveness, anger, aggression, and violence. More ...
Click to enlarge	YANTRA YOGA: The Tibetan Yoga of Movement by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, trans. by Adriano Clemente Pre-order Now--due October, 2008 424 pages, 45 b&w photographs, 838 line drawings, paper. #YAYOTI - regular price $ 34.95 Our Price $27.96 Published by Snow Lion Yantra Yoga offers the practitioner a unique approach to Yoga practice, parallel to the Hatha Yoga of the Hindu tradition. Called the "Union of Sun and Moon", it is a dynamic system of trulkhor (movements) and tsalung (pranayamas) and differs from more widespread yogas in that it is done as a sequence of movements co-ordinated with breathing and specific ways of holding. This practice helps us to relax and achieve a state of well-being and harmony, at the same time enhancing physical health, energy, and mental balance. At a more profound level, it is an important practice to integrate body, speech and mind in a state that is beyond our normal dualistic concepts. Yantra Yoga is a very rich body of knowledge that includes 3 preliminary series, 75 yantras (asanas), 7 breathing practices, 7 lotuses and the vajra wave--108 exercises in all. More ...
Click to enlarge	AMRITA OF ELOQUENCE: A Biography of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche by Lama Karma Drodul Pre-order Now--Available August 2008. 110 pp. #AMELBI - $ 19.95 Amrita of Eloquence is a luminous portrait of the life of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, one of the Kagyu lineage's most beloved and revered teachers. Beautifully written by Lama Karma Drod�l (Rinpoche's nephew and disciple) and elegantly translated by Yeshe Gyamtso, Amrita of Eloquence describes Khenpo Rinpoche and his life with humor, lyrical beauty, and boundless affection. Although the book is composed in the traditional style of Tibetan spiritual biographies, it is nonetheless completely accessible to modern readers.
Click to enlarge	ARYADEVA'S LAMP THAT INTEGRATES THE PRACTICES: The Gradual Path of Vajrayana Buddhism According to the Esoteric Community Noble Tradition by Christian K. Wedemeyer Cloth. 826 pp. #ARLATH - $ 62.00 Simultaneously exegetical and apologetic, the Lamp that Integrates the Practices is a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the most advanced yogas of the Esoteric Communion (Guhyasamaja) Tantra as espoused by the Noble Tradition, an influential school of interpretation within the Mahayoga traditions of Indian Buddhist esoterism. Basing itself on the Five Stages (Pancakrama) of Nagarjuna, Aryadeva's work is perhaps the earliest prose example of a "stages of the mantra path" work in Sanskrit, and its studied gradualism exerted immense influence on later Tibetan tradition. More ...
Click to enlarge	AUTHENTICATING TIBET: Answers to China's 100 Questions ed. by Anne-Marie Blondeau and Katia Buffetrille, fore. by Donald Lopez 366 pp., paper. #AUTIAN - $ 24.95 The land of Tibet--its people, culture, and religion--has long been both a source of fascination and an object of contention. Since 1959, Tibet has also been at the center of a particular controversy when China's "peaceful liberation" of the Land of Snows led to the Lhasa uprising and the Dalai Lama's escape to India. In 1989 the Chinese government published a booklet, 100 questions about Tibet, that sought to counter the criticism generated by the Dalai Lama and his followers and to offer the PRC's "truth" about Tibet and Tibetans. Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's "100 Questions" offers clear and unbiased responses to that booklet. In Authenticating Tibet, international Tibet scholars offer clear, unbiased answers to the 100 questions and deal evenhandedly with both China's perception about Tibet and that of the Dalai Lama and his supporters. Although these experts refute many of the points asserted by China, they do not offer blanket endorsements of the claims made by the pro-Tibet movement. Instead, they provide an accurate, historically-based assessment of Tibet's past and its troubled present. Designed for use by a general audience, the book is an accessible reference, free of the polemics that commonly cloud the Tibet controversy. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE AWAKENING MIND: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 4 by Geshe Tashi Tsering, Foreword by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, edited by Gordon McDougall 172 pp. #FOBUTH - $ 14.95 Based on popular courses, this book creates a simple, systematic introduction to Buddhist philosophy and practice, exploring the importance of compassion in our lives, and the traditional techniques for developing bodhichitta. Among the topics covered are the seven-point cause-and-effect method for developing bodhicitta, the practice of exchanging oneself for others, and the ten deeds of a bodhisattva.� This volume also offers accessible and precise instructions on the traditional techniques for developing bodhichitta, or "the mind of enlightenment," which aspires to buddhahood in order to liberate all beings from suffering. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE BACKDOOR TO ENLIGHTENMENT by Za Rinpoche, with Ashley Nebelsieck 272 pp. #BAENEI - $ 14.00 Everyone dreams of a better life. All the things you’ve ever wanted—happiness, loving relationships, well-being, abundance, and peace of mind—are all qualities of enlightenment, a way of embracing our fullest potential. More ...
Click to enlarge	BENEFITS AND PRACTICES RELATED TO STATUES & STUPAS Part 3: Essential Advice for Filling Statues and Stupas by Shalkar Melong, commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche Spiralbound, 148 pp. #BEPR3 - $ 24.99 Leaving a statue empty is like offering nothing to the buddhas and can create obstacles. Therefore, it is important to put something inside the statue, even a few mantras and some incense. This book contains instructions for properly filling and consecrating statues and stupas of any size. It includes the root text of Shalkar Melong, translated with commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, which provides detailed instructions for filling larger holy objects. Also included are the Sung Drub and Rab N� ceremonies for consecrating your holy object.
Click to enlarge	THE BEST BUDDHIST WRITING 2008 ed. by Melvin McLeod Pre-order Now--Available October 2008. 336 pp. #BEBU08 - $ 16.95 Eclectic and thought-provoking, The Best Buddhist Writing 2008 is the fifth volume in this annual series that brings together the year’s most notable literature, inspired by Buddhist philosophy and practice. Selected by the editors of the Shambhala Sun, the anthology offers an entertaining mix of writing styles and reflects on a wide range of issues from a Buddhist point of view. The collection includes writings by the Dalai Lama, Pema Ch�dr�n, Sylvia Boorstein, Norman Fischer, Joseph Goldstein, Cyndi Lee and David Nichtern, Natalie Goldberg, Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Chan Khong, Frances Moore Lapp�, Charles Johnson, Michael Carroll, Noah Levine, Joanna Macy, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Darlene Cohen, Reginald Ray and Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, among others.
Click to enlarge	THE BIG QUESTIONS: How to Find Your Own Answers to Life's Essential Mysteries by Lama Surya Das Cloth. 248 pp. #BIQUHO - $ 17.95 As humans we are all faced with deep life questions. We wonder what our purpose is in life and feel perplexed about the mysteries of death and the afterlife. In The Big Questions, best-selling author Lama Surya Das offers his wisdom and personal experience through incisive instruction in the art of intelligent questioning while unlocking your own crucial questions and helping you discover your pathway in life. The insights he provides helps you transition from a seeker of knowledge to a finder of fulfillment, inner peace, and conviction. The Big Questions is for anyone looking to break through their own personal identity and self-imposed limitations, find the sacred life, and further develop integrity, authenticity, ethical values, meaning and truth. More ...
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