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DEVELOPING BALANCED SENSITIVITY: A Workbook of Practical Buddhist Exercises for Daily Life by Alexander Berzin. 236 pp. #DEBASE - list price $ 23.95 Our Price $16.77 (you save 30%) 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 ... | |
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DHARMA PATHS 2nd Edition by Khenpo Karthar, translated by Ngödup Burkhar and Chöjor Radha, edited by Laura M. Roth 288 pp., 5 b&w illustrations, paper. #DHPA2 - list price $ 19.95 Our Price $13.96 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Since its initial publication, Dharma Paths has quietly gained a reputation as one of the most useful introductory texts on Tibetan Buddhism. Assuming no prior background or knowledge of Buddhist terminology, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche presents Buddhist ways of working with anxiety and frustration, the nature and development of love and compassion, and the profound methods of the vajrayana. The Four Noble Truths, taking refuge, and the Stages of the Path are concisely explained, and clear instructions for shamatha ("calm abiding") meditation are provided. Question-and-answer sections follow each chapter, anticipating common problems and addressing them in a direct, accessible style. More ... | |
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DREAM YOGA AND THE PRACTICE OF NATURAL LIGHT by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, ed. & intro. by Michael Katz 168 pp., new enlarged and revised edition! #DRYO - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion In Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu gives instructions for developing clarity within the sleep and dream states. He goes beyond the practices of lucid dreaming that have been popularized in the West, by presenting methods for guiding dream states that are part of a broader system for enhancing self-awareness called Dzogchen. In this tradition, the development of lucidity in the dream state is understood in the context of generating greater awareness for the ultimate purpose of attaining liberation. More ... | |
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ENOUGH! A Buddhist Approach to Finding Release from Addictive Patterns by Chönyi Taylor 192 pp., paper. #ENOUGH - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Enough! is a hands-on guide to help put an end to the patterns that sabotage the potential for a true and satisfying happiness. All of us are caught up in addictions—big or small. Enough! presents a practical path that releases us from the grip of negative habits and addictions that block a full and meaningful life. More ... | |
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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 - list price $ 14.95 Our Price $10.46 (you save 30%) 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 ... | |
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THE ESSENCE OF OTHER-EMPTINESS by Taranatha, trans. & annotated by Jeffrey Hopkins, in collaboration with Lama Lodro Namgyel 154 pp. #ESOTEM - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) 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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ESSENTIAL PRACTICE: Lectures on Kamalashila's Stages of Meditation in the Middle Way School by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, trans. & intro. by Jules B. Levinson 216 pp. #ESPR - list price $ 15.95 Our Price $11.16 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion "The great Indian master Kamalashila's Stages of Meditation in the Middle Way School opens the door of philosophy and practice to meditators at all levels. With brevity and clarity, it covers all the main topics one needs to know from developing compassion, through numerous methods of meditation, to the ultimate realization of full awakening. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpche has an unique ability to bring forth the central issues of a text and make them available to a contemporary audience. This text will certainly bring great benefit to all those who encounter it."--The Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinle Dorje More ... | |
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ESTABLISHING APPEARANCES AS DIVINE: Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo on Reasoning, Madhyamaka, and Purity by Heidi I. Köppl Cloth. 160 pp., Tibetan text included. #ESAPDI - list price $ 29.95 Our Price $20.96 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo's concise treatise Establishing Appearances as Divine sets out to prove the provocative point that everything that appears is actually the deity manifest. Transformation of both one's identity and the environment is an important principle of Tantric Buddhist philosophy. In Tantric scriptures one is instructed to visualize oneself as a deity, a divine identity who resides in a perfect sphere. By repeatedly training in this visualization one perfects the transformation and ultimately becomes the deity itself. Do the Tantric teachings hold sentient beings to be intrinsically pure and divine, or do they consider them initially flawed, to be later purified through the visualization of divinity? Is the practice of deity yoga merely a means, or is it more fundamentally connected to the nature of things? These questions were among the main concerns of Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo, the illustrious philosopher of the Nyingma School of the Early Translations. Establishing Appearances as Divine sets out to prove the provocative point that the tradition still highly regards the point of view that everything which appears is actually the deity manifest. More ... | |
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EVERYDAY CONSCIOUSNESS AND BUDDHA-AWAKENING by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, translated and edited by Susanne Schefczyk Paper, 124 pp. (Paper edition of Everyday Consciousness and Primordial Awareness.) #EVCO - list price $ 14.95 Our Price $10.46 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion This introduction to Buddhist psychology supplies essential instructions for successful meditation practice. Rinpoche presents meditation practices that can powerfully influence and ultimately transform the mind into the purified mind of a Buddha. It sets forth the nature of mind and human potential and presents meditation practices that can powerfully influence and ultimately transform the mind into the purified mind of a buddha. More ... | |
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EVERYDAY CONSCIOUSNESS AND PRIMORDIAL AWARENESS by Khenchen Thrangu, translated and edited by Susanne Schefczyk 128 pp., paper. 3rd Edition. #EVCOPR - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion This introduction to Buddhist psychology supplies essential instructions for successful meditation practice. Rinpoche clearly describes how consciousnesses operate in everyday perception and presents practices that can powerfully influence the mind, ultimately transforming it into Buddhahood. More ... | |
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THE EXCELLENT PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT Oral teachings on the root text of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, translated by The Padmakara Translation Group Featured Dharma Quote of the Week! -- 50% off until February 10th. 126 pp., 12 photos & illustrations, practice text, glossary #EXPAEN - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $8.47 (you save 50%) Published by Snow Lion "The vow to perfect oneself in order to perfect others is called the thought of enlightenment, or bodhichitta. This implies that every single action, word or thought, even the most trivial, is dedicated to the good of all beings.... To accomplish the good of others, we must first perfect ourselves, by purifying and transforming our minds. This is the aim of what we call the preliminary practices, which establish the foundations of all spiritual progress." More ... | |
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THE FOUR IMMEASURABLES: Practices to Open the Heart by B. Alan Wallace, edited by Zara Houshmand 3rd Edition, formerly Boundless Heart 192 pp. #FOIM2E - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The Four Immeasurables—the cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity—is a rich suite of practices that open the heart, counter the distortions in our relationships to ourselves, and deepen our relationships to others. Alan Wallace presents a unique interweaving of teachings on the Four Immeasurables with instruction on meditative quiescence, or shamatha practice, to empower the mind. This book includes both guided meditations and lively discussions on the implications of these teachings for our life. More ... | |
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THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS by Ven. Lobsang Gyatso, trans. by Sherab Gyatso 96 pp. #FONOTR - list price $ 12.95 Our Price $9.06 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion After his enlightenment, the Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths--the foundation and essence of all forms of Buddhism. The first truth diagnoses the nature of our existential illnesses and neuroses. The second explores their causes and conditions for arising. The third shows that the causes of our problems can be removed and that we can be free of suffering. The fourth includes the many paths Buddhism offers to realize that goal. The Buddha has shown that the spiritual path is pragmatic and works directly with everyday experience in order to fundamentally transform the practitioner. This presentation is a succinct and a very clear introduction to the Buddha's core teaching. Ven. Lobsang Gyatso was born in Kham province, Tibet, in 1928 and educated at Drepung Monastic University. In 1973, with the blessing of H.H.the Dalai Lama, he founded the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, where he has been the Director since its inception. He lectured in many countries and authored numerous books and articles. Above all, he was a meditation master who demonstrated in his life the Buddhist philosophy of wisdom and compassion. 1559390271, 9781559390279 | |
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GONE BEYOND: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition, (in 2 volumes) translated and introduced by Karl Brunnhölzl, forewords by H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa and Dzogchen Ponlop, a Tsadra Foundation Series and Nitartha Institute Series book Volume 1 942 pp., cloth bound. #GOBEPR - list price $ 54.95 Our Price $38.47 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the Prajnaparamita Sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it only comes to life through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the Prajnaparamita Sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas—but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutras—emptiness—and how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas. Thus, these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood. More ... | |
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translated and introduced by Karl Brunnhölzl, forewords by H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa and Dzogchen Ponlop, a Tsadra Foundation Series and Nitartha Institute Series book Volume 2 688 pp., cloth bound. (See description above.) #GOBEV2 - list price $ 44.95 Our Price $31.47 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion | |
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A GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA WAY OF LIFE by Santideva, trans. by Vesna A. Wallace & B. Alan Wallace 152 pp. #GUBOSL - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion In the whole of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition there is no single treatise more deeply revered or widely practiced than A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life. Composed in the eighth century by the Indian Bodhisattva Santideva, it became an instant classic in the curricula of the Buddhist monastic universities of India, and its renown has grown ever since. Santideva presents methods to harmonize one's life with the Bodhisattva ideal and inspires the reader to cultivate the perfections of the Bodhisattva--generosity, ethics, patience, zeal, meditative concentration and wisdom. More ... | |
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HOW KARMA WORKS: The Twelve Links of Dependent-Arising by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, trans. & ed. by Ruth Sonam 141 pp. #HOKAWO - list price $ 15.95 Our Price $11.16 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion We all want to find happiness and be free from suffering. Happiness comes from positive mental states and actions, and suffering from the opposite. The twelve-part process of dependent arising shows how actions underlain by ignorance propel us from one rebirth into another, keeping us trapped in suffering, and how through understanding reality correctly we can break this cycle. The four noble truths, the twelve links of dependent arising, and the two truths regarding conventional and ultimate reality, all interrelated, form the very core of the Buddha's teaching. The many different practices of sutra and tantra become meaningful and purposeful only when they are based on a good understanding of these fundamental and seminal principles. More ... | |
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HOW TO PRACTICE SHAMATHA MEDITATION: The Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence by Gen Lamrimpa, translated by B. Alan Wallace, edited by Hart Sprager 150 pp., paper. This is an updated edition of Calming the Mind. #HOPRSH - list price $ 15.95 Our Price $11.16 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion In 1988, Gen Lamrimpa, a Tibetan monk and contemplative, led a one-year retreat in the Pacific Northwest, during which a group of Western meditators devoted themselves to the practice of meditative quiescence (shamatha). This book is a record of the oral teachings he gave to this group at the outset of the retreat. The teachings are brought to life by Gen Lamrimpa's warmth, humor, and extensive personal experience as a contemplative recluse. An invaluable, practical guide for those seeking to develop greater attentional stability and clarity, this work will be of considerable interest to meditators, psychologists, and all others who are concerned with the potentials of the human mind. More ... | |
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HOW TO REALIZE EMPTINESS by Gen Lamrimpa, translated by B. Alan Wallace, edited by Ellen Posman Formerly Realizing Emptiness 136 pp., paper. #HOREEM - list price $ 15.95 Our Price $11.16 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Realizing emptiness, or grasping the true nature of reality, lies at the heart of the Buddhist path. In this book, Gen Lamrimpa offers practical instruction on Madhyamaka insight meditation aimed at realizing emptiness. Drawing on his theoretical training as well as his extensive meditative experience, he explains how to use Madhyamaka reasoning to experience the way in which all things exist as dependently related events. More ... | |