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INDESTRUCTIBLE TRUTH: The Living Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism by Reginald Ray 512 pp., 18 halftones, line art & diagrams. Now in paperback. #INTRP - regular price $ 24.95 Our Price $19.96 This is a thorough introduction to Tibetan Buddhism that emphasizes the Kagyu and Nyingma points of view. Indestructible Truth leads the reader into the vast and colorful world of Tibetan Buddhism, including its history, philosophy, and meditation practices, presented as elements of a practical, living spirituality. Ray presents complex and sophisticated teachings and practices in non-technical language. He covers: the sacred environment; the religious history of Tibet; the core teachings of Hinayana and Mahayana; and the three turnings of the wheel of dharma. Ray is a Professor of Buddhist Studies at Naropa University in Boulder. | |
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THE JEWEL TREASURY OF ADVICE: A Hundred Teachings from the Heart "The Wisdom of Drikung Bhande Dharmaradza" translated from Tibetan by Khenpo Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche, edited by Rick Finney 90 pp., paper. #JETRAD - $ 0.00 More ... | |
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THE JEWEL TREE OF TIBET: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism by Robert Thurman 274 pp. #JETRPA - regular price $ 14.00 Our Price $11.20 In this experiential course on the essentials of Tibetan Buddhism, Thurman—the first Westerner ordained by the Dalai Lama himself—shares a revered, once-secret text of a seventeenth-century Tibetan master, along with a thorough explanation for contemporary Westerners. A retreat in book form as well as a spiritual and philosophical teaching, it offers a practical system of understanding yourself and the world, of developing your learning and thought processes, and of gaining deep, transforming insight. More ... | |
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JOYFUL WISDOM: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom by Yongey Mingyur Cloth, 286 pp. #JOWIEM - $ 25.00 Yongey Mingyur is one of the most celebrated among the new generation of Tibetan meditation masters, whose teachings have touched people of all faiths around the world. His first book, The Joy of Living, was a New York Times bestseller hailed as “compelling, readable, and informed” (Buddhadharma) and praised by Richard Gere, Lou Reed, and Julian Schnabel for its clarity, wit, and unique insight into the relationship between science and Buddhism. More ... | |
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KARMA CHAKME'S MOUNTAIN DHARMA: Volume Four as taught by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso 512 pp., paper. #KACHV4 - $ 24.95 "Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma is a complete text for those who want to practice Tibetan Buddhism. Whether you are in an intensive retreat where you practice most of the time or in a busy life where you practice as much as you can, the issues are the same, the practices are the same, and the postmeditation is the same. Mountain Dharma contains everything you need to undertake any practice, from the most basic to the tantrayana, including how to conduct a proper retreat. Because this text is very precise and very clear, you do not have to obtain sixty different volumes of texts. If you become well acquainted with this text, you have everything you need to achieve enlightenment."--Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche More ... | |
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KARMA CHAKME'S MOUNTAIN DHARMA VOL. 3 taught by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, translated by Yeshe Gyamtso, Chojor Radha, Jigme Nyima, and Namgyal Khorko 450 pp., with illustrations. #KACH3 - $ 29.95 Opening with concise bardo teachings and offering instruction on benefiting people who are within the bardo state, this volume then continues with instructions for the practitioner that cover: how to protect oneself from potential threats with loving-kindness and compassion; how to purify obscurations through the invocation of wisdom deities; the signs that arise through practice; how to recognize when you get off the track and eradicate the cause; problems that can impede practice and stop it from working; methods necessary to cause one’s practice to develop; bringing the five mental affliction to the path in terms of four different approaches. More ... | |
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THE LEADER'S WAY: The Art of Making the Right Decisions in Our Careers, Our Companies, and the World at Large by HH the Dalai Lama and Laurens van den Muyzenberg Cloth. 224 pp. #LEWAAR - $ 25.00 Born out of a decade of probing conversations between the Dalai Lama and international management consultant Laurens van den Muyzenberg, The Leader's Way is the meeting of two worlds--Buddhism and business. At first these may seem to be an unlikely pairing, but when we take a closer look we discover that the best business practices in fact have much in common with Buddhist principles: both are concerned with making ethical decisions and taking responsible, effective action. More ... | |
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LETTING GO OF THE PERSON YOU USED TO BE: Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation by Lama Surya Das 288 pp. #LEGOPP - $ 15.00 How do we deal with change and loss? What's the role of crisis in uncovering our authentic selves? The beloved American lama Surya Das offers a practical, guided approach on how to deal when life throws us a curve ball. Change provides our most important opportunity for learning about ourselves and the nature of reality. Now in paperback. More ... | |
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LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF TSONGKHAPA ed. by Prof. Robert Thurman 258 pp. #LITETS - $ 18.95 Je Tsong Khapa (1357-1419) is revered as one of the most significant Tibetan Buddhist teachers whose eclectic and analytic studies and meditations in all the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism resulted in the founding of the Gelugpa system of the Tibetan Buddhist heritage. More ... | |
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LIGHT COMES THROUGH: Buddhist Teachings on Awakening to Our Natural Intelligence by Dzigar Kongtrul 144 pp., paper. #LICOPA - $ 14.95 Our thoughts and emotions can take us anywhere. In an instant they can bring us down or lift us up. If we don't attend to the mind, the source of all our thoughts and emotions, it can seem like a runaway train. Yet when guided by wisdom, our mind can lead us to awakening. How do we utilize this resource? More ... | |
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LIGHT OF WISDOM, Vol. 2 by Padmasambhava and Jamgon Kongtrul #LIWI2 - regular price $ 20.00 Our Price $16.00 Contains Padmasambhava's terma text The Gradual Path of the Wisdom Essence with The Light of Wisdom commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul. This volume explains the nature of empowerment, tantric commitments, and clarification of the development stage of deity yoga. More ... | |
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LOTUS OCEAN: Seeds of the Sublime Dharma by Chokling Rinpoche (H.E. Tsikey Chokling Tulku Mingyur Dewey Dorje Rinpoche). 66 pp. #LOOC - regular price $ 10.00 Our Price $7.00 Chokling Rinpoche is the second son of Kyabje Urgyen Tulku and the younger brother of Ven. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. He speaks about the view and the method and explains all his lineages. He elucidates the preliminary practices, the creation and completion stages, dzogchen, the three roots and protectors, and initiation. | |
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LUMINOUS MIND: The Way of the Buddha by Kalu Rinpoche, foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama 352 pp. #LUMI - regular price $ 19.95 Our Price $15.96 Covers the full range of Buddhist practice from the basic analysis of the nature of the mind up to its ultimate refinement in the teachings of Mahamudra. His gentle words and playful stories are filled with clarity and warmth that could only arise from a profound realization of both wisdom and compassion. | |
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MANTRAS FOR WISDOM, COMPASSION AND HEALING by Bodhi Path Multi-media CD-ROM for your computer. Requires pentium 133 processor, Windows 95 or higher, sound card. #MAWICO - $ 15.00 Load this software on your computer--it's the next step beyond screen-savers. This multi-media meditation and visualization aid features images of many deities and their mantras presented in both Tibetan and English. Includes: Buddha, Manjushri, Taras, Vajrasattva, Avalokiteshvara, Medicine Buddha, Vajradhara, Milarepa, Maitreya, Padmasambhava, Lama Tsong Khapa. Will not play on CD or DVD players. Windows only, no MAC. | |
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MAYA YOGA: Longchenpa's Finding Comfort and Ease in Enchantment, a Book of Dzogchen Precepts intro. and trans. by Keith Dowman 112 pp., paper. #MAYOLO - $ 14.95 Maya Yoga is the title of Keith Dowman's translation of Finding Comfort and Ease in Enchantment written by the inimitable Longchen Rabjampa. In the Nyingmapa School of Tibetan Buddhism, this text is considered second to none in its power to evoke the nature of the nondual reality of the Dzogchen view. With poetic mastery, Longchenpa provides the precepts that can instantly illuminate the buddha-reality that is our ordinary everyday experience. He asserts that we are presently under the spell of magical illusion and that by recognizing it we are instantaneously released from a conceptual cage into enchanting reality which is pure pleasure itself. That reality is maya, apparent yet absent, and the recognition of it in the state of natural relaxation is maya yoga. In this renowned atiyoga manual, we find the key to the natural mystical state that Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, constantly evokes. More ... | |
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THE MIND IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD: Enlightening the mind, Opening the Heart by Lama Surya Das 411 pp. #MIMITH - $ 16.99 For beginners and experienced practitioners alike, Lama Surya Das outlines his Six Building Blocks of Spiritual Practice and offers insight and advice not only on how to find and develop a spiritual center, but how to integrate it into your daily life. From daily meditation and yoga to creative work, journaling, volunteering in your community, and finding teachers in unexpected places, Buddhist practice can and should be part of everything you do. The Mind Is Mightier Than the Sword is a practical guide to using the teachings of Buddhism to live a happier, healthier, more enlightened life. More ... | |
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MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking by Stephanie Kaza 160 pp. #MIGRPE - $ 14.00 This very readable "green practice path" offers a simple, Buddhist-inspired philosophy for environmental action in real, practical, and effective ways. It wonderfully--and helpfully--grounds environmental action in a broader context. "Kaza offers a votive of wisdom--a path to.the heart of generosity, not fear; compassionate service, not guilt. Mindfully Green is a balm to the spirit."--Paul Hawken, author of Blessed Unrest Stephanie Kaza is a professor of Environmental Studies at U. Vermont, and editor of Hooked! and Dharma Rain. | |
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MIPAM ON BUDDHA-NATURE: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition by Douglas S. Duckworth Cloth, 288 pp. #MIBUNA - $ 80.00 Mipam (1846-1912) is one of the most prolific thinkers in the history of Tibet and is a key figure in the Nyingma tradition. This book provides an in-depth account of Mipam's view, drawing on a wide range of his works and offering several new translations. Duckworth shows how a dialectic of presence and absence permeates Mipam's writing on the Middle Way and Buddha-Nature. | |