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Click to enlarge	ANSWERS: Discussions with Western Buddhists by the Dalai Lama, trans. & ed. by Jose Cabezon 112 pp. #AN - regular price $ 12.95 Our Price $10.36 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 ...
Click to enlarge	ATISHA'S LAMP FOR THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, translated and edited by Ruth Sonam 217 pp., includes Tibetan text. #ATLA - regular price $ 15.95 Our Price $12.76 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 ...
Click to enlarge	BALANCING THE MIND: A Tibetan Buddhist Approach to Refining Attention by B. Alan Wallace 336 pp. #BAMI - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 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 ...
Click to enlarge	BODHICITTA: Cultivating the Compassionate Mind of Enlightenment by Ven. Lobsang Gyatso, trans. by Sherab Gyatso 146 pp. #BOCUCO - regular price $ 12.95 Our Price $10.36 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 ...
Click to enlarge	THE BODHISATTVA VOW by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, trans. and ed. by Ruth Sonam 237 pp. #BOVOW - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 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 ...
Click to enlarge	BOUNDLESS HEART: The Cultivation of the Four Immeasurables by B. Alan Wallace, ed. by Zara Houshmand 200 pp. #BOHE - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion The cultivation of the Four Immeasurables, or "divine abidings," is a core practice of early Buddhism and an invaluable complement to insight meditation. "Citta" refers to both the heart and mind, and their integrated cultivation is crucial to balanced spiritual practice. Developing these four qualities of loving kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity is the indispensable foundation for realizing bodhicitta, the spirit of awakening that animates the Bodhisattva way of life and inspires Vajrayana practice as a whole. Alan Wallace draws on early Buddhist sources and contemporary oral tradition to present accessible meditations on the four immeasurables, together with instructions on meditative quiescence. These teachings were originally offered during a group retreat and includes lively discussions with the participants. More ...
Click to enlarge	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 ...
Click to enlarge	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 - regular price $ 34.95 Our Price $27.96 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 ...
Click to enlarge	CHANGING MINDS: Contributions to the Study of Buddhism and Tibet in Honor of Jeffrey Hopkins ed. by Guy Newland 352 pp., cloth. #CHMIND - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $14.97 Published by Snow Lion This is a book offered in tribute to Jeffrey Hopkins by colleagues and former students. Jeffrey Hopkins has, in his sixty years, made profound and diverse contributions to the understanding of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in the West. In his collaborations with the Dalai Lama, such as Kindness, Clarity, and Insight, and in books like Tibetan Arts of Love and Emptiness Yoga, Hopkins has reached out to the general reader, making the wisdom of Tibet accessible to every one. Yet there is never anything superficial about his work; his recent Emptiness in the Mind-Only School is a magisterial display of painstaking scholarly work. More ...
Click to enlarge	CHOD PRACTICE IN THE BON TRADITION by Alejandro Chaoul, foreword by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Pre-order Now--Available February 2009. 118 pp. 12 b&w photos. #CHPRBO - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion This book is the first to trace the history of Ch�d practice in Tibet's indigenous B�n tradition. Chod ("cutting through") is a meditative practice in which the practitioner imagines offering his or her body in sacrifice through elaborate contemplative visualization. Although a meditative practice, Chod is not done sitting comfortably on a cushion in a shrine room, but instead is often practiced in terrifying places like cemeteries or charnal grounds. The feelings of fear that result are used by the Chod practitioner to "cut through" his or her own ego. Chod contains elements of early shamanism, of sutric and tantric teachings also found in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, and of the Tibetan highest school of Dzogchen. More ...
Click to enlarge	CHOD PRACTICE MANUAL AND COMMENTARY by the Fourteenth Karmapa Thekchok Dorje and Jamg�n Kongtr�l Lod� Taye, preface by H.E. Bokar Rinpoche, translated by V.V. Lama Lod� Rinpoche 144 pp. with many line drawings and illustrations. #CHPRMA - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 Published by Snow Lion This splendid resource for Ch�d practitioners contains the Ch�d 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. Jamg�n Kongtr�l'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 ...
Click to enlarge	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 - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $8.47 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. 1559390484
Click to enlarge	COMPASSIONATE ACTION by Chatral Rinpoche, ed., intro. & annotated by Zach Larson 160 pages, including 16 pages of photos, mostly color (27 photos). #COAC - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 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 ...
Click to enlarge	DEBATE IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM Daniel E. Perdue Paper, 1025 pp., notes, biblio., index. #DETIBP - regular price $ 48.95 Our Price $39.16 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 More ...
Click to enlarge	DEITY, MANTRA, AND WISDOM: Development Stage Meditation in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche,and Getse Mahapandita, translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee, fore. by Trulshik Rinpoche, fore. by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche New Revised Text Due August 2008. Cloth edition, 266 pp. #DEMAWI - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 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 ...
Click to enlarge	DEVELOPING BALANCED SENSITIVITY: A Workbook of Practical Buddhist Exercises for Daily Life by Alexander Berzin. 275 pp. #DEBASE - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion Berzin introduces a series of techniques for overcoming insensitivity and hypersensitivity. Based on traditional Buddhist sources, they are presented in non-traditional forms suitable for workshops and private practice. The exercises deal with everyday difficult situations and show how to access our mind's natural talents, dispell nervousness, insecurity, and low self-esteem, make decisions, deconstruct deceptive appearances, and recognize the clear light nature of the mind. "Alex has given us a precise, thoughtful, and sophisticated book on the central question of human sensitivity. As one of Buddhism's most knowledgeable western teachers, he creatively combines analytical Buddhist psychology, trainings of the mind, intuitive heart practices and dozens of practical techniques to nurture a life of sensitivity."--Jack Kornfield More ...
Click to enlarge	ENTHRONEMENT: The Recognition of the Reincarnate Masters of Tibet and the Himalayas by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, translated and introduced by Ngawang Zangpo 190 pp. #EN - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $7.47 Published by Snow Lion Even the most casual contact with the culture, politics, or religion of Tibet and the surrounding region brings outsiders face-to-face with the institution of reincarnate spiritual masters. Past masters are identified as small children, installed in their predecessor's monastery in a ceremony called enthronement, and educated to continue the work of their former incarnation. This custom has provided a principal source of spiritual renewal for Himalayan Buddhists for the past thousand years. The introduction places the subject of reincarnate meditation masters within two major contexts--the activity of bodhisattvas, and in modern Tibetan society, where the reappearance of past masters is both natural and profoundly moving. Tai Situpa Rinpoche, a contemporary reincarnate master and a leader of the Kagyu lineage describes the process of finding other reincarnate masters. Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, an outstanding writer and meditation master offers a traditional view of the enthronement of reincarnate masters. "A sort of: What You Always Wanted to Know About Reincarnation but Were Afraid to Ask."--Publishers Weekly More ...
Click to enlarge	THE ESSENCE OF OTHER-EMPTINESS by Taranatha, trans. & annotated by Jeffrey Hopkins, in collaboration with Lama Lodro Namgyel 154 pp. #ESOTEM - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 Published by Snow Lion Jeffrey Hopkins continues his groundbreaking exploration of the Jo-nang-ba sect of Tibetan Buddhism with this revelatory translation of one of the seminal texts from that tradition. Whereas Dol-bo-ba's massive Mountain Doctrine authenticates the doctrine of other-emptiness through extensive scriptural citations and elaborate philosophical arguments, Taranatha's more concise work translated here situates the doctrine of other-emptiness within the context of schools of tenets, primarily the famed four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, through comparing the various schools' opinions on the status of the noumenon and phenomena. Also included is a supplementary text by Taranatha which presents the opinions of a prominent fifteenth-century Sakya scholar, Shakya Chok-den, and contrasts them with those of the leading Jo-nang-ba scholar, Dol-bo-ba. More ...
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