Intro to Tibetan Buddhism
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A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM by Bruce Newman 230 pp. #BEGUTI - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 Published by Snow Lion As Tibetan Buddhism extends its reach in the West, many practitioners are making strong commitments to this path. The Vajrayana tradition still being new to our culture, however, there remain significant gaps in Western students' education and understanding. These can lead to practical difficulties for new or intermediate students. This book begins with the very awakening of students' interest in spirituality and their initial encounter with Tibetan Buddhism, and then leads them through the steps necessary for successful practice in the West. More ... | |
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BUDDHISM FOR BEGINNERS by Thubten Chodron. 160 pp. #BUBE - regular price $ 12.95 Our Price $10.36 Published by Snow Lion Buddhism for Beginners answers the fundamental questions and issues that arise in the minds of modern Western individuals who are new to this tradition of practical spirituality. Written in clear and engaging language, this book presents the Buddhist approach to the fundamental issues and concerns of daily life. Thubten Chodron guides us through the basic tenets of Buddhism, encouraging and instructing us in how to live a more peaceful, mindful and satisfying life. She untangles our confusions and leads us through the most basic aspects of this rich, living spiritual tradition. More ... | |
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BUDDHISM FOR BUSY PEOPLE: Finding Happiness in an Uncertain World by David Michie 236 pages, paper edition. #BUBUPE - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion What does it take to be happy? We've all asked ourselves this question at some point, but few of us have found the path to lasting fulfillment. More ... | |
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THE BUDDHIST PATH: A Practical Guide from the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism by Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche Pre-order Now--Available September 2010. formerly Opening to Our Primordial Nature. 144 pp. #BUPAPR - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion An accessible and practical introduction to Tibetan Buddhism as practiced in the Nyingma, or "ancient," tradition, The Buddhist Path presents for us the proper way of cultivating intellect and heart so that our true nature can easily manifest. The authors provide clear explanations and methods that reveal how the mind functions and what its essence, our primordial nature, is. They impart detailed instructions on how to meditate using methods ranging from generating calm abiding up through the tantric techniques of visualization and mantra. More ... | |
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A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BUDDHIST PATH by Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen, edited by Khenmo Trinlay Chödron 496 pp., 1 b&w illustration. #COGUBU - regular price $ 25.95 Our Price $20.76 Published by Snow Lion Buddhist teachings provide numerous methods for bringing greater meaning and happiness into our lives and into our relationships with others. In A Complete Guide to the Buddhist Path Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche reveals these methods in direct, vibrant, and down-to-earth language. More ... | |
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A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM by John Powers Paper edition, 166 pp. #COINTI - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion Lucid and economical, this introductory text delivers a brisk, fast-moving survey of Tibetan Buddhism. For many years Powers' nearly six hundred-page Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism has served as the field's most authoritative and comprehensive overview of Tibet's distinctive Buddhist tradition. A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism explains the core Buddhist doctrines and the practices of meditation and tantra and provides a survey of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. More ... | |
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DARING STEPS: Traversing the Path of the Buddha by Ringu Tulku Pre-order Now--Available September 2010. Formerly Daring Steps Toward Fearlessness 224 pp. #DAST2E - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 Published by Snow Lion Daring Steps stands out among the multitude of books on Tibetan Buddhism as remarkable for its accessibility, inclusiveness, and authenticity. Ringu Tulku—renowned for both his insight and Western-friendly style—has produced a breathtaking overview of the Buddhist path. It begins with the Buddha's earliest teachings and embraces all three traditional Buddhist paths. More ... | |
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DHARMA PATHS by Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, translated by Ngodup Burkhar and Chojor Radha, edited by Laura M. Roth 270 pp. #DHPA - regular price $ 17.95 Our Price $14.36 Published by Snow Lion The abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery in Woodstock tells how to practice discipline and meditation. This solid introduction cuts through the complexity of the Tibetan tradition, revealing a flexible approach oriented to our individual capacities. He teaches us how to develop the mind of compassion, how to approach profound methods of practice, and what the stages are of the Buddhist path to enlightenment. More ... | |
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HEARTFELT ADVICE by Lama Dudjom Dorjee 192 pp., 1 line drawing. #HEFEAD - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion Heartfelt Advice offers readers an overview of basic Buddhist topics in small, easily digestible bites that illuminate the main principles of Buddhist practice. Lama Dudjom Dorjee skillfully guides students through the vast array of considerations on the path, highlighting what is essential as he presents practical ways to apply Buddhist wisdom to life in the modern world. More ... | |
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IMAGES OF ENLIGHTENMENT: Tibetan Art in Practice by Jonathan Landaw and Andy Weber 264 pp., 32 color photos, 13 line drawings, 6 diagrams. #IMEN2E - regular price $ 24.95 Our Price $19.96 Published by Snow Lion One of the most striking aspects of Tibetan Buddhism is its wealth of visual imagery. Ranging from the tranquility of a serenely poised meditator to the dynamic energy of apparently wrathful figures, this vivid and diverse imagery often leaves Western observers as puzzled as they are fascinated. Who are these figures and what do they mean? More ... | |
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INTRODUCTION TO EMPTINESS: As Taught in Tsong-kha-pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path by Guy Newland 136 pp. New Revised Edition! #INEMRE - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion Readers are hard-pressed to find books that can help them understand the central concept in Mahayana Buddhism—the idea that ultimate reality is "emptiness." In clear language, Introduction to Emptiness explains that emptiness is not a mystical sort of "nothingness," but a specific truth that can and must be understood through calm and careful reflection. More ... | |
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INTRODUCTION TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM by John Powers 592 pp. New Revised Edition! #INTIB2 - regular price $ 22.95 Our Price $18.36 Published by Snow Lion This is the most comprehensive and authoritative introduction to Tibetan Buddhism available to date, covering a wide range of topics including history, doctrines, meditation practices, schools, religious festivals, and major figures. The revised edition contains expanded discussions of recent Tibetan history and tantra, and incorporates important new publications in the field. Beginning with a summary of the Indian origins of Tibetan Buddhism and how it eventually was brought to Tibet, it explores Tibetan Mahayana philosophy and tantric methods for personal transformation. The four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism as well as Bon are explored in depth from a nonsectarian point of view. This new and expanded edition is a systematic and wonderfully clear presentation of Tibetan Buddhist views and practices. More ... | |
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INTRODUCTION TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM by John Powers 502 pp., paper. #INTIBU - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion This is the first comprehensive introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. Beginning with a summary of the Indian origins of Tibetan Buddhism and how it eventually was brought to Tibet, it explores Tibetan Mahayana philosophy and tantric methods for personal transformation. The four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism as well as Bon are explored in depth. This book is a systematic and wonderfully clear presentation of Tibetan Buddhist views and practices. More ... | |
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THE JEWEL ORNAMENT OF LIBERATION: The Wish-fulfilling Gem of the Noble Teachings by Gampopa, translated by Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche, fore. by H.H. the Dalai Lama, ed. by Ani K. Trinlay Chodron 520 pp., glossary, study guide, bibliography, notes, 6" x 9". #JEORLI - regular price $ 24.95 Our Price $19.96 Published by Snow Lion A masterwork of Tibetan Buddhism--providing the complete foundation for study and practice--from beginning to Buddhahood. Includes teachings on Buddha-nature, finding the spiritual master, impermanence, karma, cultivation of bodhicitta, development of the six perfections, the ten bodhisattva bhumis, Buddhahood, and the activities of the Buddha. More ... | |
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KINDNESS, CLARITY, AND INSIGHT 25th Anniversary Edition by H.H. the Dalai Lama, trans. & ed. by Jeffrey Hopkins, co-ed. by Elizabeth Napper 262 pp., 24 pages of color and b&w photos, cloth. #KICLNE - regular price $ 19.95 Our Price $15.96 Published by Snow Lion Nearly twenty-five years after its original publication, Kindness, Clarity, and Insight is still widely considered the most readable, yet substantive and wide-ranging, of His Holiness' works. Broad in scope and revealing the depth of his knowledge, these teachings display the range of the Dalai Lama and his message, covering a plethora of topics, including: the need for compassion, the common goals of the world's religions, karma, the four noble truths, the luminous nature of the mind, meditative concentration, selflessness, the two truths, and the fundamental innate mind of clear light that all the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism aim at manifesting. Although others in Tibet have mentioned that all orders of Tibetan Buddhism have the same basic outlook, the Dalai Lama is the first to explain in detail how this is so, his brilliant syncretic exposition being the final chapter in this book. More ... | |
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NO SELF, NO PROBLEM by Anam Thubten, edited by Sharon Roe 134 pp. #NOSEN2 - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion No Self, No Problem is about how to realize the ultimate meaning of life in each moment by dissolving all notions of ego identity. It asks that spiritual seekers wake up to their true nature, which is already enlightened. Based on the Buddhist wisdom tradition, this easy-to-read book discusses in simple but profound and inspiring language how we can live a life full of love, satisfaction, and happiness. More ... | |
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OPEN HEART, CLEAR MIND by Thubten Chodron 180 pp. #OPHECL - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion "...presents a clear and complete survey of the teachings of the Buddha that will help many on the open path of meditation to deal with the challenges of everyday life."--Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh | |
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OPENING TO OUR PRIMORDIAL NATURE by Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche 130 pp., paper. #OPPRNA - regular price $ 15.95 Our Price $12.76 Published by Snow Lion This book provides clear and deep explanations of how to uncover our inherent wisdom and compassion. The authors explain how our minds function and what our primordial nature is; they show us how to go about cultivating insight, bodhichitta, and devotion so that our true nature can manifest. They give detailed instructions on how to meditate using the tantric techniques of visualization, mantra, and formless meditation. At the same time, the book is simple and accessible, pointing out how we can see our fundamentally enlightened nature. This is a great introduction to Tibetan Buddhism by highly respected teachers from the Nyingmapa Vajrayana tradition. More ... | |