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UNIVERSAL LOVE: The Yoga Method of Buddha Maitreya by Lama Yeshe, ed. by Nick Nibush 168 pp. #UNLOYO - $ 15.00 "...tantra is the right practice for Westerners and of the utmost need in this twentieth century. After all, the Buddha wanted us to have as much perfect pleasure as possible; he certainly didn’t want us to be miserable, confused or dissatisfied. Therefore we should understand that we meditate in order to gain profound pleasure, not to beat ourselves up or to experience pain. If entering the Buddhist path brings you nothing but fear and guilt then it’s certainly not worth the effort. More ... | |
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THE VIOLENCE OF LIBERATION: Gender and Tibetan Buddhist Revival in Post-Mao China by Charlene E. Makley 276 pp. maps, illustrations. #VIOFLI - $ 24.95 Drawing from thirteen years of archival research and fieldwork, and synthesizing social theory drawn from anthropology, political economy, gender studies, and linguistic anthropology, Makley finds that incorporation of Tibetan Buddhist regions into China had quite different effects for Tibetan men and women, creating painful dilemmas across generations. Her innovative study provides a sensitive and controversial examination of many different Tibetan voices and opens a new perspective on Sino-Tibetan relations in this important frontier region. More ... | |
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WHAT MAKES YOU NOT A BUDDHIST by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse 144 pp., paper edition. #WHMAPA - $ 14.00 With wit and irony, Khyentse urges readers to move beyond the superficial trappings of Buddhism--beyond the romance with beads, incense, or exotic robes--straight to the heart of what the Buddha taught. And after he explains what makes you not a Buddhist, he kindly explains what a Buddhist is. The author is one of the most creative and innovative young Tibetan lamas teaching today. More ... | |
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WHEN A WOMAN BECOMES A RELIGIOUS DYNASTY: The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet by Hildegard Diemberger Cloth. 394 pp. #WHWOBE - $ 49.50 In the fifteenth century, the princess Chokyi Dronma was told by the leading spiritual masters of her time that she was the embodiment of the ancient Indian tantric deity Vajravarahi, known in Tibetan as Dorje Phagmo, the Thunderbolt Female Pig. After suffering a great personal tragedy, Chokyi Dronma renounced her royal status to become a nun, and, in turn, the tantric consort of three outstanding religious masters of her era. After her death, Chokyi Dronma's masters and disciples recognized a young girl as her reincarnation, the first in a long, powerful, and influential female lineage. Today, the twelfth Samding Dorje Phagmo leads the Samding monastery and is a high government cadre in the Tibet Autonomous Region. | |
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WHY THE DALAI LAMA MATTERS: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World by Robert Thurman Cloth, 256 pp. #WHDALA - $ 24.00 Why the Dalai Lama Matters explores just why the spiritual leader has earned the world's love and respect, and how restoring Tibet's autonomy within China is not only possible, but highly reasonable, and absolutely necessary for all of us together to have a peaceful future as a global community. More ... | |
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THE WISDOM OF THE BUDDHIST MASTERS: Common and Uncommon Sense ed. by Robert Sachs, fore. by HH Dalai Lama 230 pp. #WIBUMA - $ 17.95 What would a Rinoche say about global waming? Drug abuse? The shape of our future world? Find out in this interesting collection of conversations with teachers such as Tenzin Wangyal (author of Healing with Form, Energy, and Light ), Thubten Chodron, Robert Thurman and many others.Provocative views on cloning, media, fundamentalism, and a lot more! | |
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THE WISE HEART: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology Jack Kornfield Cloth. 432 pp. #WIHEGU - $ 28.00 You have within you unlimited capacities for love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom—and here is how to awaken them. Trained as a monk in Thailand, Burma, and India, Jack Kornfield experienced at first hand the life-changing power of Buddhist teachings: the emphasis on the nobility and sacredness of the human spirit, the fine-grained analysis of emotion and thought, the precise techniques for healing, training, and transforming the mind and heart. In contrast to the medical orientation of most Western psychology and psychiatry, here is a vision of radiant human dignity, and a practical path for realizing it in our own lives. More ... | |
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WORDS OF WISDOM by Lama Surya Das 146 pp. #WOOFWI - $ 9.95 Renowned spiritual guide and author of bestseller Awakening the Buddha Within offers his witty and inspired collection of original sayings--gems that will make you laugh--and search within. More ... | |
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