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NAGARJUNA'S PRECIOUS GARLAND: Buddhist Advice for Living and Liberation analyzed., trans., and ed. by Jeffrey Hopkins 284 pp., paper. #NAPRGA - list price $ 26.95 Our Price $18.87 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Nagarjuna is renowned for his penetrating analysis of reality. In the Precious Garland, he offers intimate counsel on how to conduct one's life and how to construct social policies that reflect Buddhist ideals. The advice for personal happiness is concerned first with improving one's condition over the course of lifetimes and then with release from all kinds of suffering, culminating in Buddhahood. Nagarjuna describes the cause and effect sequences for the development of happiness within ordinary life as well as the practices of wisdom realizing emptiness and compassion that lead to enlightenment. He describes a Buddha's qualities and offers encouraging advice on the effectiveness of practices that reveal the vast attributes of Buddhahood. More ... | |
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NATURAL GREAT PERFECTION: Dzogchen Teachings and Vajra Songs by Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche and Lama Surya Das 202 pp. 8 b&w photographs, and Dzogchen lineage chart. Second Edition. #NAGR2E - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Dzogchen is the consummate practice of Tibetan Buddhism. A pure awareness practice applicable to any circumstance and readily integrated into modern life, Dzogchen directly introduces us to the inherent freedom, purity and perfection of being that is our true nature. More ... | |
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NO SELF, NO PROBLEM by Anam Thubten, edited by Sharon Roe Paper, 144 pp. #NOSEN2 - list price $ 14.95 Our Price $10.46 (you save 30%) 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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THE ORNAMENT OF REASON: The Great Commentary to Nagarjuna's Root of the Middle Way by Mabja Jangchub Tsöndrü, translated by The Dharmachakra Translation Committee, foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama 616 pp., clothbound. #ORREGR - list price $ 44.95 Our Price $31.47 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion In the Root of the Middle Way, Nāgārjuna presents a magical method of reasoning, inviting everyone who encounters these lucid and fearless contemplations to follow him on a journey to the heart of transcendent insight. Inspired by the Buddha's teachings on profound emptiness in the Prajnaparamita Sutras, Nagarjuna sets out to probe what appears to be the most fundamental facts of the world, challenging us to question even our most deeply ingrained ideas and what seem to be self-evident facts. More ... | |
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PARTING FROM THE FOUR ATTACHMENTS: Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen's Song of Experience on Mind Training and the View by Chogye Trichen Rinpoche 200 pp., 8 color pp. #PAFOAT - list price $ 19.95 Our Price $13.96 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion "Quintessential teachings on how to genuinely enter into the practice of Dharma and get to the very core of the path, by one of the last Tibetan masters of the old generation, commenting on classic verses of the Sakya tradition."--Ven. Matthieu Ricard, author of The Monk and the Philosopher More ... | |
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THE POWER AND THE PAIN: Transforming Spiritual Hardship into Joy by Andrew Holecek Paper, 294 pp., 2 line drawings. #POANPA - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion We all encounter obstacles on a daily basis—from small inconveniences and nuisances to the really big hardships wreaking havoc with our lives. Sometimes just the small things are enough to set us reeling. Andrew Holecek offers us a progressive path, beginning with common, easily understood hardships, and moving on to more subtle and challenging ones that commonly arise on our spiritual journeys. More ... | |
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THE PRACTICE OF THE SIX YOGAS OF NAROPA translated, edited and introduced by Glenn H. Mullin 176 pp. #PRSIYO - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The Tibetan tradition known as the Six Yogas of Naropa is one of the most popular tantric systems with all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Structured and arranged by the eleventh-century Indian masters Tilopa and Naropa from various Buddhist tantric legacies, this system of yogic practice was carried to Tibet by Marpa the Translator a generation later. These six yogas--inner heat, illusory body, clear light, consciousness transference, forceful projection, and bardo yoga--continue to be one of the most important living meditation traditions in the Land of the Snows. More ... | |
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PREPARING FOR TANTRA: Creating the Psychological Ground for Practice by Rob Preece 224 pp., 10 b&w illustrations, paper. #PRTACR - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The preliminary practices of Tantra aren't a hurdle to be gotten through in order to get somewhere else; they're an extraordinarily rich collection of practices which have much to offer as a means of cultivating and maturing the practitioner's psychological ground. They can enable experiences to unfold, and they can clear the way when there seem to be problems or hindrances practitioners are struggling with. More ... | |
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REFLECTIONS ON A MOUNTAIN LAKE: Teachings on Practical Buddhism by Ven. Tenzin Palmo 262 pp., 8 photos. #REMOLA - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion This sparkling collection of Dharma teachings by Tenzin Palmo addresses issues of common concern to Buddhist practitioners from all traditions. Personable, witty, and insightful, Tenzin Palmo presents an inspiring and no-nonsense view of Buddhist practice. More ... | |
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SELF-LIBERATION THROUGH SEEING WITH NAKED AWARENESS translation and commentary by John Myrdhin Reynolds, foreword by Namkhai Norbu 2nd Edition, 190 pp., 4 b&w illust. #SELI2E - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion A text belonging to the same cycle as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, this instruction on the method of "self-liberation" presents the essence of Dzogchen, "the Great Perfection," regarded in Tibet as the highest and most esoteric teaching of the Buddha. More ... | |
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THE SIX PERFECTIONS by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, trans. and ed. by Ruth Sonam 158 pp. #SIPE - list price $ 17.95 Our Price $12.56 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The Six Perfections of generosity, ethical discipline, patience, enthusiastic effort, concentration, and wisdom are practiced by Bodhisattvas who have the supreme intention of attaining enlightenment for the sake of others. These six are perfections because they give rise to complete enlightenment. Practice of them also insures the attainment of an excellent body and mind in the future and even more favorable conditions for effective practice than those we enjoy at present. Generosity leads to the enjoyment of ample resources, ethical discipline gives a good rebirth, patience leads to an attractive appearance and supportive companions, enthusiastic effort endows the ability to complete what is undertaken, fostering concentration makes the mind invulnerable to distraction, and wisdom discriminates between what needs to be cultivated and what must be discarded and leads to greater wisdom in the future. More ... | |
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THE SIX YOGAS OF NAROPA: Tsongkhapa's Commentary by Tsongkhapa, translated, edited and introduced by Glenn H. Mullin 280 pp. #SIYO2E - list price $ 21.95 Our Price $15.36 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Tsongkhapa's commentary entitled A Book of Three Inspirations: A Treatise on the Stages of Training in the Profound Path of Naro's Six Dharmas commonly referred to as The Three Inspirations. More ... | |
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A SPACIOUS PATH TO FREEDOM: Practical Instructions on the Union of Mahamudra and Atiyoga by Karma Chagme, commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche, trans. by B. Alan Wallace Paper, 240 pp., 1 b&w photo. #SPPAF2 - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion This manual of Tibetan meditation simply and thoroughly presents the profound Dzogchen and Mahamudra systems of practice. More ... | |
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STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART: Buddhist Pith Instructions translated and introduced by Karl Brunnhölzl Cloth edition, 560 pp. #STFRHE - list price $ 32.95 Our Price $23.07 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Straight from the Heart brings together an inspiring collection of Buddhist teachings, songs of realization, meditation instructions, and enlightened poetry all chosen for their power to speak directly to the student. Drawn from Indian Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, as well as from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, some will impress with their beautiful poetry and powerful imagery; others with their profound power of instruction. Still others share personal advice for life that seems to come directly from the mouth of the author, and some serve as immediate and profound practice instructions. Several are just delightfully unconventional, even outrageous, letting in fresh air on petrified views or musty traditions. Most of them are simply unknown precious gems which deserve a wider audience. More ... | |
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STUDY AND PRACTICE OF MEDITATION: Tibetan Interpretations of the Concentrations and Formless Absorptions by Leah Zahler 510 pp., 14 charts, paper. #STPRME - list price $ 39.95 Our Price $27.97 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Study and Practice of Meditation gives a vivid and detailed account of the meditative practices necessary to develop a calm, alert mind that is capable of penetrating the depths of reality. The Buddhist meditative states known as the concentrations and formless absorptions are best known in the West from Theravada scriptures and from Vasubandhu’s Treasury of Manifest Knowledge. In this book the reader is exposed to Tibetan Buddhist views on the mental states attained through meditation as described by three contemporary Tibetan lamas. The book discusses the ways in which certain meditative states act as bases of the spiritual path, as well as the nature of meditative calm and the prerequisites for cultivating and attaining it. In addition to reviewing and translating Tibetan sources, the author considers their major Indian antecedents and draws comparisons with Theravadin presentations. More ... | |
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THE TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodu Thaye, translation and commentary by Dr. Ron Garry, foreword by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, introduction by Gyatrul Rinpoche 263 pp. #TESTRE - list price $ 14.95 Our Price $10.46 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion It is crucial for students of Vajrayana Buddhism to find an authentic wisdom teacher, and know how to properly rely upon that teacher in order to awaken to their buddha nature and thereby attain full enlightenment. Fortunately, the topic has been thoroughly explored by Jamgon Kongtrul in the tenth chapter of the The Treasury of Knowledge. This essential text clearly lays out what credentials and qualities one should look for in a wisdom teacher, why a wisdom teacher is necessary, and how the relationship between this teacher and disciple best develops once it is established. More ... | |
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THE THREE PRINCIPAL ASPECTS OF THE PATH an oral teaching by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, translated and edited by Ruth Sonam 2nd Edition 168 pp. #THPR2E - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The wish for freedom, the altruistic intention, and the wisdom realizing emptiness constitute the essence of the Buddhist path. In this teaching, Geshe Sonam Rinchen explains in clear and readily accessible terms Je Tsongkhapa’s (1357-1419) famed presentation of these three essential topics. More ... | |
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THE THREE VISIONS: Fundamental Teachings of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism by Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrub, fore. by H.H. Sakya Trizin, trans. by Lobsang Dagpa and Jay Goldberg 246 pp. #THVIFU - list price $ 15.95 Our Price $11.16 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion The most profound and fundamental teaching of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism is that of the "Path Including Its Result." This unique teaching of Virupa, one of India's extraordinary Mahasiddhas, covers the entire Buddhist path from the time of entering the spiritual discipline up to the attainment of full and perfect enlightenment. Though it comprehensively explains the tenets of the Buddha, its main function is to serve as a manual for contemplating and meditating upon the various stages leading to the final result of ultimate happiness and liberation. More ... | |