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INITIAL PRACTICES OF VAJRAYOGINI: An FPMT Manual for Initiates FPMT 270 pp. #INPRVA - $ 40.00 Vajrayogini is the ultimate flowering of the female energy within all of us. This great manual includes short and longer versions of the sadhana, tsog and other offerings, preparing for retreat, guide to hand mudras and more. Spiral bound to lie flat during practice. More ... | |
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THE INTERMEDIATE PRACTICES OF VAJRAYOGINI: An FPMT Manual for Those Who Have Completed the Approximation Retreat FPMT 318 pp. spiralbound. #INTEVA - $ 40.00 This third volume in the the practices of Vajrayogini is intended for the use of those who have completed an approximation retreat enabling the activities and the accompanying subsequent pacifying burning offering. It makes available the complete self-empowerment ritual, together with practice and set-up instructions. A practitioner’s ability to perform regular self-initiation practice during this lifetime is essential to engaging in deep purification of the mind, especially in preparation for, at the very least, a positive death and future rebirth, or even better, for achieving the pure land of Vajrayogini herself, Khacho, in this life, at death, in the bardo, or in one’s next life. In addition, the self-empowerment of Vajrayogini is simple to perform, compared with the self-initiation rites of many other Maha-anuttara Yoga Tantra deities. For this reason, it is highly appropriate for practitioners in these degenerate times, when time is short and the ease of practice can greatly help us to keep our tantric commitments. More ... | |
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THE KAGYU MONLAM BOOK: A Compilation for Recitation translated under the direction of HH 17th Karmapa 11" x 8.5". #KAMOBO - $ 24.95 The Kagyu Monlam is an annual event which brings together followers of the Karma Kagyu lineage and other practitioners for a week of practice and celebration. Central to the Monlam is the recitation of aspirations and prayer. His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, decided to update the Monlam's recitation text in order to create an inspirational, non-sectarian selection of the most essential Buddhist teachings. More ... | |
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KARMA CHAKME'S MOUNTAIN DHARMA, Vol. 2 by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche #KACH2 - $ 29.95 How do you conduct a proper retreat, or use geomancy to pick a proper site? This volume, based on the 17th century original teachings-- examines the complete path of Mahamudra and includes information on the longevity practices of White Tara, chod, protection from fear and danger, instructions for Vairochana purification practices and much more. | |
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LAMA CHOPA: Expanded Edition intro. by Lama Zopa 132 pp. Spiral-bound. #LACHEX - $ 18.00 This quintessential guru yoga practice is said to remove all obstacles. An excellent basis for all ngon-dro practices or other Lam-rim retreats, the puja is also to be performed by anyone who has received a highest yoga empowerment of mother tantra. More ... | |
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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 ... | |
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LIBERATING ANIMALS FROM THE DANGER OF DEATH and Other Ways to Benefit Them 156 pp. #LIANOT - $ 20.00 Liberating Animals from the Danger of Death is a profound method to prolong life and cure sickness. Relying on the truth of cause and effect, practitioners make special effort to give life and benefit to helpless creatures that are on the verge of being killed. By performing this powerful practice, we not only save these beings from immediate suffering, we also create the cause for their attainment of better future lives, from life to life to full enlightenment. More ... | |
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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 ... | |
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LORD OF THE DANCE: The Mani Rimdu Festival in Tibet and Nepal by Richard Kohn 320 pp., 22 tables, 39 drawings, 8 b&w photos. #LODAMA - regular price $ 30.95 Our Price $23.21 Travel to the Himalayas for an in-depth look at the inner workings of the three-week long Mani Rimdu festival. Kohn describes the structure of the ritual thoroughly and places it in the broader context of ritual as an art form. The festival requires the preparation of many religious art forms--mandalas, tormas and other sculptures. There are two days of public performances, a day of spiritual empowerment, and a day of masked dances. Mani pills are produced that carry the healing power of Chenrezig. | |
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A MANUAL OF RITUAL FIRE OFFERINGS by Sharpa Tulku & Michael Perrott 218 pp. #MARIFI - $ 14.95 The fire offering for peace is commonly performed at the conclusion of meditation retreats associated with specific deities, in order to compensate for any errors that may have occurred during the practice. It can also pacify hindrances, increase merit, wealth, life span, etc. Here are fire offering practices for: Solitary and Thirteen-Deity Vajrabhairava, Guhyasamaja, Heruka, Vajra Yogini, and Cittamani Tara, among others. | |
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MEDICINE BUDDHA: THE WISH-FULFILLING JEWEL composed by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen, trans. by David Malk 80 pp., spiralbound. #MEBUWI - $ 12.00 This powerful practice is designed for people who are dying or have already passed away, and also for individual success in all kinds of activities. This concise sutra ritual includes both phoneticized Tibetan and English. Appendices: Extensive bath offering, offering practice, meditation on rejoicing, Tibetan text. More ... | |
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MEDICINE BUDDHA Sadhana by the Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple 23 pp., 5.5" x 8.5". #MEBURI - $ 15.00 Reciting the Medicine Buddha mantra--according to Shakyamuni Buddha himself--protects the practitioner from illness and epidemic, and is said to help heal all illnesses. This sadhana is designed to go with one of our top-selling CDs, Medicine Buddha: The Practices of Riwoche Temple. Designed with spiral binding to lie flat, the sadhana comes with Tibetan, transliteration, and English for each phrase. | |
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MEDICINE BUDDHA SADHANA trans. by Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche 18 pp. #MEBUSA - $ 5.00 The practice was translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the benefit of his students and all sentient beings wishing to be healed of their ills, mental and physical. This practice in English comes with long and short mantras and visualization, as well as explanations of the benefits of the the practice and the mantra. More ... | |
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MEDITATION ON VAJRABHAIRAVA by Kyabje Phabongkha, trans. by Sharpa Tulku with Richard Guard 143 pp. #MEVA - $ 14.95 This is a retreat manual for those initiates who wish to do the retreat of the Solitary Hero Vajrabhairava but are constrained by time. Contains an annotated full-length sadhana and is supplemented with six appendices including a tsog offering and outline of the sadhana. | |
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MEDITATIONS ON THE LOWER TANTRAS compiled and edited by Glenn Mullin 137 pp. #MELOTA - $ 11.95 Taken from the Collected Works of the Dalai Lamas, this book is a collection of popular sadhanas, or meditation manuals. Included are meditations on Amitayus, Four-armed Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, White Tara, Green Tara, Vajrasattva and others. It also contains a section on the preliminaries of tantric initiation. | |
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MEDITATIONS ON WHITE TARA: With the Mantra of Infinite Light Buddha, Amitayus by Lama Zopa Rinpoche 12 pp. #WHTA - $ 5.00 The practice of White Tara strengthens and restores good health and life-force energy by gathering all the various elements needed to sustain and nurture health and removing life obstacles. In addition, by relying on White Tara, we are quickly able to gain whatever is needed to accomplish our aims in this life. More ... | |
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NYUNG NA: The Means of Achievement of the Eleven-Face Great Compassionate One by Seventh Dalai Lama, trans. by Lama Zopa and Ven. George Churinoff 181 pp. #NYNAME - $ 22.00 This powerful purification practice was given to a nun directly by Chenrezig, Buddha of Compassion, as a means to cure herself of leprosy and attain enlightenment. The practice is highly praised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche as a supreme method for transforming the mind. Spiral-bound to lie flat for ease of use during practice. Includes the Fasting Ceremony, Requests to the Lineage Gurus. | |
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THE PACIFYING BURNING OFFERING RITUAL OF VAJRAYOGINI: An FPMT Manual to Complete the Approximation Retreat FPMT 142 pp. #PABUOF - $ 28.00 In this second volume of FPMT's Vajrayogini practice series, all the necessary instructions and practice materials for performing Vajrayogini's pacifying burning offering are provided for those who have completed the mantra recitations of Vajrayogini's nearing retreat for enabling actions. This handbook is packed with line drawings demonstrating mudras, puja set-ups, and other helpful material. More ... | |