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Click to enlarge	A GUIDE TO THE BUDDHAS by Vessantara 168 pp. #GUTHBU - $ 18.95 This is an interesting guide and reference to the array of archetypal and historical Buddhas who form part of Buddhism's rich symbolism, covering topics ranging from the benefits of visualization to the five Buddha families. Well written and informative. More ...
Click to enlarge	HEART SUTRA Practices and Instruction for Retreat as advised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche 60 pp. spiral-bound. #HESUPR - $ 18.00 Practical instructions on how to meditate on emptiness: how the experience of meditating on emptiness should feel, how to avoid mistakes in your meditation, and keys for laying a successful foundation for your practice. More ...
Click to enlarge	HINTING AT DZOGCHEN: A Compendium of Teachings by Tsoknyi Rinpoche by Lotsawa Tony Duff 302 pp. #HIATDZ - $ 35.00 This book is a compendium of dharma teachings given by Tsoknyi Rinpoche, focusing on Thorough Cut—one of the two ultimate teachings of Great Completion—and the teachings of Mahamudra in their entirety. The talks are an ideal way to get a clear understanding of these teachings and the terminology connected with them. The book forms a good introduction to Tibetan Buddhist meditation in general and will be an excellent resource for anyone interested in Thorough Cut and Mahamudra practices in particular. Lotsawa Tony Duff, Rinpoche's translator for these teachings, has translated and arranged this interesting volume.
Click to enlarge	THE HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA by Thrangu Rinpoche 244 pp. #HIBUIN - $ 29.95 In 1991 Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche accompanied a group of western Buddhist students to each of the four major pilgrimage sites from the life of the Buddha (Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Kushinagar, and Lumbini). This book contains the teachings Rinpoche gave to the group at each pilgrimage site, enabling readers to share this unique experience. It also includes Rinpoche's summary of the early history of Buddhism: the twelve great deeds of the Buddha's life; the subsequent Buddhist councils and universities which oversaw the development of the sutras, shastras and tantras; and the emergence of the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions of Buddhism. Rinpoche's teachings are accessible to new students while at the same time offering new insights to advanced students. The teaching are supplemented by a guide to the many sites of Buddhist pilgrimage that Rinpoche mentions in his history, including practical, historical and archaeological information, making this a valuable companion to Buddhist pilgrims. More ...
Click to enlarge	HOW TO BE HAPPY by Lama Zopa Rinpoche Pre-order Now--Available November 2008. Cloth, 144 pp. #HOTOBE - $ 9.95 Lama Zopa Rinpoche is considered one of the most remarkable Buddhist teachers alive, and How to Be Happy represents him at his most engaging and inspiring. Here Rinpoche helps readers find their Good Heart, the heart that can easily rejoice in the happiness of others. He also gives sage advice on transforming problems into happiness and finding compassion for one's "enemies" — those people, thoughts, and situations in daily life that are troublesome and unpleasant. Ending with three powerfully evocative guided meditations, the book helps readers see that the more they give away, the more happiness they find right now. Packaged in a colorful, compact hardcover, How to Be Happy is equally valuable for both Buddhists and More ...
Click to enlarge	THE HUNDRED VERSES OF ADVICE: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most by Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche, Padampa Sangye, trans. by Padmakara Translation Group 208 pp. #HUVEPA - $ 14.00 A commentary by beloved 20th-century master Dilgo Khyentse accompanies this practical book by 11th-century scholar Padampa Sangye, who offers straightforward advice on living a spiritual life in a workaday world: dealing with family squabbles, competition in the marketplace, betrayal by friends, loneliness, and so on. Simple and direct, this short work is remarkably relevant for modern-day Western students.
Click to enlarge	THE JEWEL TREE OF TIBET: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism by Robert Thurman 274 pp. #JETRPA - $ 14.00 In this experiential course on the essentials of Tibetan Buddhism, Thurman—the first Westerner ordained by the Dalai Lama himself—shares a revered, once-secret text of a seventeenth-century Tibetan master, along with a thorough explanation for contemporary Westerners. A retreat in book form as well as a spiritual and philosophical teaching, it offers a practical system of understanding yourself and the world, of developing your learning and thought processes, and of gaining deep, transforming insight. More ...
Click to enlarge	LAMA TSONG KHAPA GURU YOGA trans. and arranged by Lama Zopa Rinpoche 28 pp. #LATSGU - $ 5.00 Short and powerful practice related to Lama Tsongkhapa, a great Tibetan scholar, saint, and teacher of the 14th century, to help invoke the blessings and guidance of one's personal teachers and to develop the realizations of guru devotion. Reciting the 5-line praise to Lama Tsongkhapa contained in this practice is also an excellent method to rid oneself of obstacles on the path and to cure "lung", a physical and/or mental disease due to imbalance of the inner winds. English translation with Tibetan phonetics provided. More ...
Click to enlarge	LIGHT COMES THROUGH: Buddhist Teachings on Awakening to Our Natural Intelligence by Dzigar Kongtrul Cloth. 144 pp. #LICOTH - $ 21.95 This book reveals that the true secret to attaining happiness has everything to do with shifting our focus from ourselves to others. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, teacher of Pema Chodron, shows that when our natural intelligence and innate compassion are sparked by Buddhist meditation and contemplation, we discover insights into what true happiness means - and how to achieve it. The longing for happiness expresses the great natural potential of the heart and mind, and turns us toward our innately positive attitude. More ...
Click to enlarge	LONG LIFE LAMA CHOPA with Request to the Dakinis Root text composed by the First Panchen Lama Losang Chokyi Gyaltsan 120 pp. #LOLILA - $ 12.00 The Long Life Puja is a traditional offering puja to a teacher. Based on the practice of the Lama Chöpa Guru Puja, it creates the cause for the lama to live long and remain among us. This edition contains all the most up-to-date prayers and order of prayers as done in our tradition in an easy to follow format, as well as extensive advice on organizing a long life puja, a teaching on the long life dakinis, and other useful information. More ...
Click to enlarge	MIPAM ON BUDDHA-NATURE: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition by Douglas S. Duckworth Pre-order Now--Available August 2008. Cloth, 288 pp. #MIBUNA - $ 80.00 Mipam (1846-1912) is one of the most prolific thinkers in the history of Tibet and is a key figure in the Nyingma tradition. This book provides an in-depth account of Mipam's view, drawing on a wide range of his works and offering several new translations. Duckworth shows how a dialectic of presence and absence permeates Mipam's writing on the Middle Way and Buddha-Nature.
Click to enlarge	MONEY, SEX, WAR, KARMA: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution by David R. Loy 160 pp. #MOSEWA - $ 15.95 Loy's "Buddhist Revolution" is nothing less than a radical change in the way we approach our lives, our planet, and our future, offering transformative insights into the causes behind worldwide troubles. More ...
Click to enlarge	NATURAL RADIANCE: Awakening to Your Great Perfection by Lama Surya Das 104 pp. book plus CD. #NARAPA - $ 14.95 "One moment of total awareness is one moment of perfect enlightenment." This is the ultimate teaching of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned as Dzogchen, the subject of Lama Surya Das' newest book. In this book/CD set, he teaches for the first time a complete daily Dzogchen practice in the oral tradition as it was originally transmitted, including guided meditations and chants. More ...
Click to enlarge	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 ...
Click to enlarge	THE POWER PLACES OF CENTRAL TIBET: The Pilgrim's Guide by Keith Dowman 346 pp. Photos, maps, drawings. #POPLCE - $ 16.00 This book, based on a nineteenth-century guide for Tibetan pilgrims by the renowned Lama Jamyang Kyentse Wangpo, describes the location, site, relics and background of places of major and religious significance. To compile the guide, author Keith Dowman followed in Jamyang Kyentse's footsteps, visiting 150 temples, monasteries, sacred caves, lakes and mountains. Some of these are easily accessible to tourist groups; others have to be reached on foot--and others have rarely been visited by foreigners. Packed with information on pilgrimage routes in Tibet, the book provides geographical and historical information as well as trekking maps.
Click to enlarge	PRACTICES OF NAMGYLAMA compiled and trans. by Loma Zopa Rinpoche 48 pp. #PRNABO - $ 7.99 The practice of Namgyalma removes obstacles to long life, brings purification, and helps those with severe disease. The texts in this book offer the Namgyalma pujas and practice, as well as the meaning of the mantras. More ...
Click to enlarge	PRACTICING THE FIVE POWERS NEAR THE TIME OF DEATH by Lama Zopa Rinpoche 80 pp. #PRFIPO - $ 12.00 This extraordinary book contains advice and commentary from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on how to practice the five powers near the time of death, thereby ensuring a peaceful death and positive rebirth. Rinpoche discusses the power of eliminating attachment and practicing generosity, the power of prayer, eliminating attachment to the ego, training, and bodhichitta. More ...
Click to enlarge	RAZOR-WIRE DHARMA: A Buddhist Life in Prison by Calvin Malone Pre-order Now--Available September 2008. 224 pp. #RAWIDH - $ 15.95 Calvin Malone is nearing the end of a 20-year prison sentence. He’s also a practicing Buddhist. Oddly enough, it was in prison that Malone learned about Buddhism, and it’s the one thing that’s kept him going. Some of the stories he tells in Razor-Wire Dharma are hilarious, some are harrowing, but all express Buddhist wisdom as vividly as any practitioner could hope to do. This is true Buddhism: Malone is living it, and in the unlikeliest of places. For him, the choice between staying true to his principles of altruism, compassion, and nonharming--or just choosing to cast a blind eye--often requires that he quite literally jeopardize life, limb, and the few small comforts available to him to try to do what's right. If he can do it in jail, he can do it anywhere. And as his book in all its gritty beauty makes clear, so can we.
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