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ZURCHUNGPA'S TESTAMENT by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, translated by Padmakara Translation Group Cloth, 420 pp. #ZUTE - list price $ 29.95 Our Price $20.96 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Zurchungpa's Eighty Chapters of Personal Advice was the final teaching given by the great Nyingma master Zurchung Sherab Trakpa; before he passed away. His counsels are the distillation of a lifetime's experience and comprise the practical instructions of a master who had made the teachings of the Great Perfection truly part of himself. The original text consists of almost 580 maxims organized into eighty chapters covering the entire path of Dzogchen, from fundamental teachings on devotion and renunciation through to a whole series of pith instructions that bring the Dzogchen view to life. Much of the meaning of these pithy, often cryptic instructions could be lost on the reader without the help of the notes Shechen Gyaltsap Rinpoche provided in his annotated edition, which he based on the explanations he received from his own teacher, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. More ... | |
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THE 12-STEP BUDDHIST: A Complementary Approach to Recovery by Darren Littlejohn 288 pp. #12STBU - $ 16.00 In this refreshing look at the true reasons behind destructive, addictive behavior, Littlejohn combines Buddhist wisdom with the traditional twelve-step program, presenting a guidebook to inner peace and spiritual sobriety--written from the point of view of someone who has made the journey himself. He provides a complementary practice to more standard treatments, and provides an inspiring resource for those struggling to overcome addictions. More ... | |
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ABHIDHARMAKOSABHASYAM by Louis de la Vallee Poussin, trans.by Leo M. Pruden 1600 pp., cloth. #ABKOBH - $ 300.00 This four-volume masterwork starts with abhidharma literature and covers a vast array of Buddhist topics, including Buddhist cosmology and ethical theory, a taxonomy of meditative states and more. The most important compendium of Indian Buddhist philosophy and psychology. More ... | |
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ABHIDHARMASAMUCCAYA by Asanga, trans. By Walpola Rahula & Sara-Boin Webb 360 pp, notes, glossary, index, cloth. #AB - list price $ 75.00 Our Price $60.00 (you save 20%) There are two systems of Abhidharma according to the Tibetan tradition, the lower and the higher. The lower system is taught in the Abhidharmakosa, while the higher system is taught in this book--the two books form a complementary pair. Asanga is the founder of the Yogacara school of Mahayana Buddhism. His younger brother Vasubandhu wrote the Abhidharmakosa before Asanga converted him to Mahayana Buddhism. The Samuccaya follows the traditional prose question and answer style of the older Pali Abhidharma texts. Rahula's excellent translation was based on Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan. More ... | |
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ABHISAMAYALAMKARA WITH VRTTI AND ALOKA by Maitreya; Volume 1, 2, and 3, Vrtti, by Arya Vimuktisena, Aloka by Haribhadra, trans. by Gareth Sparham; Volume 2 by Tsong kha pa; Vol. 4, Fifth to Eighth Abhisamayas. Cloth, 358 pp. (See description above.) New! #ABVR4 - $ 90.00 Maitreya's Abhisamayalamkara is the most widely studied book in Tibet, used in all monasteries. Here it is presented with the oldest extant commentary by Vimuktisena, from which Haribhadra, the most influential Indian commentator, drew to write his Alika. An important and valuable Buddhist work. More ... | |
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by Maitreya; Volume 1, 2, and 3, Vrtti, by Arya Vimuktisena, Aloka by Haribhadra, trans. by Gareth Sparham; Volume 2 by Tsong kha pa; Vol. 2, Second and Third Abhisamaya. Cloth, 204 pp. #ABVRA2 - $ 90.00 | |
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by Maitreya; Volume 1, 2, and 3, Vrtti, by Arya Vimuktisena, Aloka by Haribhadra, trans. by Gareth Sparham; Volume 2 by Tsong kha pa; Vol. 3, Fourth Abhisamaya. Cloth, 374 pp. (See description above.) #ABVRA3 - $ 90.00 | |
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by Maitreya; Volume 1, 2, and 3, Vrtti, by Arya Vimuktisena, Aloka by Haribhadra, trans. by Gareth Sparham; Volume 2 by Tsong kha pa; Vol. 1, First Abhisamaya. Cloth, 360 pp.(See description above.) #ABVRAL - list price $ 90.00 Our Price $63.00 (you save 30%) | |
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ABOUT THE THREE LINES THAT STRIKE KEY POINTS: An Explanation of Thorough Cut with Direct Crossing Woven in by Dodrupchen III, Tenpa'i Nyima
trans. & intro. by Tony Duff 100 pp., 1 colour plate, glossary, notes, Tibetan text, paperback. #ABTHLI - $ 35.00 The Dodrupchens are well-known as one of the main holders of the Longchen Nyingthig lineage. The first Dodrupchen, Jigmey Thrinley Ozer was a direct disciple of Jigmey Lingpa. After spending many years with Jigmey Lingpa, he returned to East Tibet and established a monastery at Dodrupchen. The third Dodrupchen declared that he would write extensively as a way to provide support for transmission of the lineage. More ... | |
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ACTIVATING BODHICITTA: The Awakening Mind and Meditation on Compassion by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama 80 pp, 1 line drawing, 1 full-page color image of the Dalai Lama. #ACBOME - $ 11.95 This volume actually contains two works by His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Activating Bodhicitta: The Awakening Mind and More ... | |
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ADVICE FROM THE LOTUS-BORN: A Collection of Padmasambhava's Advice to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal and Other Close Disciples intro. by H.E. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 184 pp. #ADLOBO - list price $ 18.00 Our Price $14.40 (you save 20%) Padmasambhava's penetrating instructions to the dakini Yeshe Tsogyal and other close disciples from the terma treasure revelations of Nyang Ral Nyima Ozer, Guru Chowang, Pema Ledrel Tsal, Sangye Lingpa, Rigdzin Godem, and Chokgyur Lingpa. This advice is meant to be practiced in all circumstances. More ... | |
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ARYADEVA'S LAMP THAT INTEGRATES THE PRACTICES: The Gradual Path of Vajrayana Buddhism According to the Esoteric Community Noble Tradition by Christian K. Wedemeyer Cloth. 826 pp. #ARLATH - $ 62.00 Simultaneously exegetical and apologetic, the Lamp that Integrates the Practices is a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the most advanced yogas of the Esoteric Communion (Guhyasamaja) Tantra as espoused by the Noble Tradition, an influential school of interpretation within the Mahayoga traditions of Indian Buddhist esoterism. Basing itself on the Five Stages (Pancakrama) of Nagarjuna, Aryadeva's work is perhaps the earliest prose example of a "stages of the mantra path" work in Sanskrit, and its studied gradualism exerted immense influence on later Tibetan tradition. More ... | |
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AS IT IS: Volume 1 by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 224 pp. #ASITVI - $ 20.00 These teachings on the development stage and practices are selected from talks given by Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche during the last two years of his life. "What we need to know is that our nature is an unconfined empty cognizance. Knowing this to be 'as it is' is the mandala of the victorious ones--just as the buddhas know it to be."--Tulku Urgyen More ... | |
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AS IT IS: Volume 2 by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 224 pp. #ASIT2 - $ 22.95 Contains talks in 1994-1995 which emphasize non-conceptual meditation practice. "Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was someone with extraordinary experience and realization. He was unlike anyone else when it came to pointing out the nature of mind, and making sure that people both recognized it and had some actual experience."--Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche More ... | |
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THE ATTENTION REVOLUTION: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind by B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D. 208 pp. #ATREUN - $ 16.95 How can we learn to really focus our minds? Wallace, well-known author and key speaker in the Mind-Life conferences with the Dalai Lama, offers systematic methods of achieving clarity and attention in both our waking and dreaming lives. An exciting, rewarding "expedition of the mind." More ... | |
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AWAKENING THE KIND HEART: How to Meditate on Compassion by Kathleen McDonald 168 pp. #AWKIHE - list price $ 15.95 Our Price $12.76 (you save 20%) Everyone appreciates kindness. And just as we appreciate other people being kind to us, others appreciate it when we are kind to them. But though kindness is important, it doesn't always come easily: sometimes we are filled with anger, jealousy, or pride, and being kind is the last thing we feel like doing. Or we get so caught up in our work and responsibilities that we find no time to think of others. Kathleen McDonald, author of How to Meditate, introduces two powerful methods for awakening the kind heart in us all. The first is the practice of the four immeasurable thoughts—love, compassion, joy, and equanimity. The second method is thought transformation, a beautiful practice based on a short, eight-verse text that is an exemplary guide to living compassionately. | |
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AWAKENING THE SACRED BODY: Tibetan Yogas of Breath and Movement by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, edited by Marcy Vaughn 166 pp., 10 b&w photos or drawings, plus DVD with exercises. #AWSABO - $ 19.95 The power of the breath has been recognized for millennia as an integral part of health and well-being. In Awakening the Sacred Body, teacher Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche makes accessible the ancient art of Tibetan breath and movement practices. In clear, easy-to-understand language, he outlines the theory and processes of two powerful meditations—the Nine Breathings of Purification and the Tsa Lung movements—that can help you change your relationship to yourself, to others and to the world. More ... | |
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BARDO: Interval of Possibility by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, trans. by Yeshe Gyamtso 144 pp. #BAINPO - $ 14.95 In this exceptionally clear explanation of Aspiration for the Bardo by Chokyi Wangchuk, Khenpo not only gives the sequence of events during death but also instructs on how to practice and train ourselves at every opportunity--life, death, and the interval experience itself. More ... | |
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BENEFITS AND PRACTICES RELATED TO STATUES & STUPAS by Lama Zopa Rinpoche 163 pp. spiral bound. Many illustrations, diagrams, and color photos. #BEPRRE - $ 24.99 This collection outlines the benefits of statues and stupas, together with advice on how to construct, fill and bless them. It also inculdes extensive advice on how to use a stupa to bring about realizations on the path, generate the causes for success of all kinds, heal sickness, and help others. It is a wonderfully clear, practical manual on stupas--the types, symbolic meanings, practices related to--and holy objects--precious relic mantras, blessings of, and so forth. Practices such as circumambulation, offering, practices to do at holy places and much more are described and explained. | |
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THE BEST BUDDHIST WRITING 2010 edited by Melvin McLeod 320 pp., paper. #BEBU10 - $ 17.95 Here is this year's installment in the series Publishers Weekly says "does a great service by highlighting views and themes as they modulate with each passing year." The Best Buddhist Writing 2010 is an eclectic, inspiring collection of writings from the Buddhist perspective. Selected by the editors of the Shambhala Sun, North America's most read Buddhist-inspired magazine, the essays, articles, and interviews in this anthology offer an entertaining mix of writing styles and reflect on a wide range of issues. More ... | |
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BODHISATTVACHARYAVATARA: Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas Vol. 1 and 2 by Shantideva, with commentary by Sazang Mati Panchen, trans. by Lama Kalsang Gyaltsen and Ani Kunga Chodron 2-vol. boxed set: 335 and 512 pp. #BOENCO - $ 59.95 This beautifully produced 2-volume boxed set is a fitting format for the text, in one volume, and the commentary in the second. Each book is deep maroon, stamped and edged in gold, sliding perfectly into a substantial cloth-bound case. Shantideva's classic--considered essential for any serious dharma student--has been the handbook used by generations of masters for 1200 years to tame their minds. This clear, accurate translation offers the root verses in both English and Tibetan. The 13th-century commentary, the first full-length commentary translated into English, gives detailed explanations, outlines and a glossary. More ... | |