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ANSWERS: Discussions with Western Buddhists by the Dalai Lama, trans. & ed. by Jose Cabezon 112 pp., paper. #AN - list price $ 12.95 Our Price $9.06 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion In India, at the place where the Buddha attained enlightenment, it became a well-established tradition for the Dalai Lama to spend several days each year giving teachings to Buddhists from all over the world. Following his teachings, he held informal group discussions with Western students of Buddhism. In these lively exchanges the Dalai Lama exhibits clear and penetrating insight into issues that are most important to Western students. Some of the topics discussed are: psychology, Christianity, being a practicing Buddhist in the West, spiritual teachers, reincarnation, emptiness, tantra, protector deities, liberation, meditation, compassion, disciplining others, the power of holy places, and retreats. More ... | |
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ATISHA'S LAMP FOR THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT commentary by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, translated and edited by Ruth Sonam 217 pp., includes Tibetan text, and root text in English. #ATLA - list price $ 15.95 Our Price $11.16 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Atisha, the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist scholar and saint, came to Tibet at the invitation of the king of Western Tibet, Lha Lama Yeshe Wo, and his nephew Jangchub Wo. His coming initiated the period of the "second transmission" of Buddhism to Tibet, formative for the Sakya, Kagyu and Gelug traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Atisha's most celebrated text, entitled Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, sets forth the entire Buddhist path within the framework of three levels of motivation on the part of the practitioner. Atisha's text thus became the source of the lamrim tradition, or graduated stages of the path to enlightenment, an approach to spiritual practice incorporated within all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Geshe Sonam Rinchen draws out Atisha's meaning with warmth and wit, bringing the light of this age-old wisdom into the modern world. More ... | |
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BALANCING THE MIND: A Tibetan Buddhist Approach to Refining Attention by B. Alan Wallace 336 pp. #BAMI - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion "For centuries Tibetan Buddhist contemplatives have directly explored consciousness through carefully honed and rigorous techniques of meditation. B. Alan Wallace explains the methods and experiences of Tibetan practitioners and compares these with investigations of consciousness by Western scientists and philosophers. Balancing the Mind includes a translation of the classic discussion of methods for developing exceptionally high degrees of attentional stability and clarity by fifteenth-century Tibetan contemplative Tsongkhapa."--Mandala Magazine More ... | |
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BODHICITTA: Cultivating the Compassionate Mind of Enlightenment by Ven. Lobsang Gyatso, trans. by Sherab Gyatso 146 pp. #BOCUCO - list price $ 12.95 Our Price $9.06 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion One is unlikely ever to receive a Tibetan Buddhist teaching on either sutra or tantra in which Bodhicitta does not have a central role. Bodhicitta, the compassionate mind which aspires to attain full enlightenment in order to benefit beings, is the very quintessence of the Mahayana path of Buddhist practice. In this practical handbook, Ven. Lobsang Gyatso describes the classical methods for developing the mind of enlightenment and, based on his experience as a meditator and a teacher, examines a wide range of obstacles to its development. More ... | |
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THE BODHISATTVA VOW by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, trans. and ed. by Ruth Sonam 237 pp. #BOVOW - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Bodhisattvas, the great beings of Mahayana Buddhism, are those who have generated bodhicitta, resolving to gain enlightenment in order to bring about lasting happiness for all living beings. This volume of oral teachings by Geshe Sonam Rinchen explains this altruistic wish to attain enlightenment and the precepts of training which accompany it. More ... | |
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THE BUDDHA FROM DOLPO: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen by Cyrus Stearns; a Tsadra Foundation Series book 496 pp., 16 illust., 8 color plates, cloth. #BUFRDO - list price $ 39.95 Our Price $27.97 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion "This revised edition of Cyrus Stearns's The Buddha from Dölpo is a must read for all interested in the intellectual history of Tibet. New translations of some of the key works of Dolpopa open philosophical and cosmological ideas of one of the great thinkers of the Tibetan tradition. This is a marvelous piece of scholarship."—E. Gene Smith, founder and senior research scholar, Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center More ... | |
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BUDDHISM FOR BEGINNERS by Thubten Chodron. 160 pp. #BUBE - list price $ 12.95 Our Price $9.06 (you save 30%) 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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BUDDHIST FASTING PRACTICE: The Nyungne Method of Thousand-Armed Chenrezig by Wangchen Rinpoche, foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama 256 pp. with illustrations. #BUFAPR - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion "In this book, Wangchen Rinpoche has given clear and comprehensive instruction on how to undertake the Nyungne practice. Not only that, but by including stories of the great past masters who have undertaken the practice, accounts of the benefits it has brought, as well as auxiliary practices and recitations, he offers a wealth of background information that will serve as a rich source of knowledge and inspiration."—H.H. the Dalai Lama More ... | |
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BUDDHA NATURE: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary by Arya Maitreya, comm. by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, add'l. explanations by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, trans. by Rosemarie Fuchs 410 pp., cloth. #BUNASL - list price $ 34.95 Our Price $24.47 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion "The most exciting Buddhist publication of the season is actually one of Snow Lion's more esoteric offerings, Rosemary Fuch's translation of commentaries on the Uttaratantra Shastra by Jamgon Kongtrul and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso. The exciting thing about this translation is that it has succeeded where five previous efforts failed: it finally makes it possible for non-Tibetan speakers to study in traditional contemplative fashion one of Buddhism's principal philosophical works. In previous editions, the words were translated, but not in a form we could actually practice. Now thanks to Rosemarie Fuchs and the other learned students of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, an important mahayana meditation practice is ours to use on the cushion in order to directly realize the teachings on the essence and source of buddhahood."--Robin Kornman, Shambhala Sun More ... | |
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CHOD PRACTICE IN THE BON TRADITION by Alejandro Chaoul, forewords by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Paper, 118 pp. 6 b&w photos, 3 line drawings, 5 pages of images of original sacred texts. #CHPRBO - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion "The dramatic practice of chod, in which the yogin visualizes giving his or her own sacrificed body to the gods and demons as a way to cut the attachment to self and ordinary reality, offers an intense and direct confrontation with the central issues of the spiritual path. The chod practices of the Bon tradition, a tradition that claims pre-Buddhist origins in the mysterious western lands of Zhang-zhung, Tazig, and Olmolungrig, are still almost entirely unknown. Alejandro Chaoul provides a scholarly, well-informed, and illuminating introduction to chod in the Bon tradition, telling us much along the way of other aspects of Bon tantra and spiritual life and of the wider context of the chod practices within Tibet. His work is an important contribution to our knowledge of these fascinating and attractive modes of spiritual practice."—Geoffrey Samuel, author of The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century and Civilized Shamans More ... | |
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CHOD PRACTICE MANUAL AND COMMENTARY by the Fourteenth Karmapa Thekchok Dorje and Jamgön Kongtrül Lodö Taye, preface by H.E. Bokar Rinpoche, translated by V.V. Lama Lodö Rinpoche 144 pp. with many line drawings and illustrations. #CHPRMA - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion This splendid resource for Chöd practitioners contains the Chöd sadhana written by the Fourteenth Karmapa. This daily practice text is given in three versions: Tibetan, a phonetic rendering of the Tibetan, and English translation. Jamgön Kongtrül's commentary on the sadhana supplies necessary amplification and clarification; it is given both in English and Tibetan. An important feature of the commentary is the inclusion of illustrations for the different stages of visualization discussed within the commentary. All in all, this is an essential practice tool and reference guide for the serious Chod practitioner. More ... | |
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THE CLEAR MIRROR: A Traditional Account of Tibet's Golden Age by Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen, translated by McComas Taylor and Lama Choedak Yuthok 315 pp., 16 line drawings, 2 maps. #CLMI - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion A rich blend of history, legend, poetry, adventure and romance, The Clear Mirror is a treasure-trove of traditional Tibetan narrative and folk wisdom. It presents in full the often-cited but elusive accounts of the origins of the Tibetan people, the coming of the Dharma to Tibet, and the appearance of Avalokiteshvara as the patron deity of Tibet. The text treats the era during which Buddhism came to Tibet, Lhasa became the capital, and the Jokhang and Ramoche temples were founded. Written to inform and entertain, the book has a pre-eminent position in Tibetan society and is popular today. More ... | |
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COMPASSIONATE ACTION by Chatral Rinpoche, ed., intro. & annotated by Zach Larson 160 pages, including 16 pages of photos, mostly color (27 photos). #COAC - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Chatral Rinpoche, the quintessential "hidden yogi," has been a legend in the Himalayan region for the past seventy years. Although he has never traveled to the West, his amazing story and teachings have gradually been infiltrating the Western Buddhist consciousness since Father Thomas Merton first met him in 1968 and famously remarked that he was "the greatest man I ever met." More ... | |
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A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BUDDHIST PATH by Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen, edited by Khenmo Trinlay Chödron Paper, 496 pp., 1 b&w illustration. Now offered with free limited edition root text. #COGUBU - list price $ 25.95 Our Price $18.16 (you save 30%) 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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THE COURAGE TO FEEL: Buddhist Practices for Opening to Others by Rob Preece Paper, 152 pp. #COFEBU - list price $ 14.95 Our Price $10.46 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion When circumstances are challenging, how do we react? This book offers methods to help us develop greater inner strength and openness to life by changing the habit of what Rob Preece calls "self-preoccupation"—the tendency to act from a narrow perspective dominated by insecurity and isolation. When we learn to look outside this mentality and truly cherish others as well as ourselves, we create a happier, relaxed mind and more fulfilling relationships, as well as realizing our life's purpose in a meaningful way. More ... | |
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DEBATE IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM Daniel E. Perdue Paper, 1025 pp., notes, biblio., index. (See description above.) #DETIBP - list price $ 59.95 Our Price $41.97 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The practice and theory of Tibetan Buddhist logic and epistemology is the focus of this clear and thorough exposition. Debate is the investigative technique used throughout Tibetan education to sharpen analytical capacities and convey philosophical concepts- it is essential to master the procedure of debate. Using a debate manual by Pur-bu-jok Jam-ba-gya-tso (1825-1901) as its basis, Daniel Perdue covers elementary debate and demonstrates its application to a variety of secular and religious educational contexts. The translation is supplied with annotations on procedure and content drawn from Tibetan teachers expert in debate. 0937938769 | |
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DEITY, MANTRA, AND WISDOM: Development Stage Meditation in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche,and Getse Mahapandita Tsewang Chokdrub, translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee, fore. by Trulshik Rinpoche, fore. by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche Cloth, 266 pp. #DEMAWI - list price $ 29.95 Our Price $20.96 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom contains four of the most cherished Tibetan Buddhist commentaries on the practices of visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative absorption. These three elements form the core of development stage meditation, one of the most important practices of Buddhist Tantra. The authors of these timeless classics—Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, and Getse Mahapandita—have all profoundly shaped Tibetan Buddhism with their vast scholarship and deep spiritual realization. In these eloquent and inspiring writings, they explain the fundamental philosophy of the development stage, showing not only its profound insights into the nature of reality, but also how to make this view a living experience through the practice of meditation. More ... | |
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DESTROYING MARA FOREVER: Buddhist Ethics Essays in Honor of Damien Keown edited by John Powers and Charles S. Prebish 320 pp., paper. #DEMAFO - list price $ 22.95 Our Price $16.06 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion A thought-provoking collection of essays on Buddhist ethics by some of the leading thinkers in the field. The reader is provided with engaging explorations of central issues in Buddhist ethics, insightful analyses of the ways Buddhist ethical principles are being applied today in both Asian and Western countries, and groundbreaking proposals about how Buddhist perspectives might inform debates on some of the core ethical issues of the modern world, including consumerism, globalization, environmental problems, war, ethnic conflict, and inter-religious tensions. More ... | |