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BE GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE: An In-depth Guide to the Practice of Lojong by Pema Chodron 7 CD set. #BEGRCD - $ 69.95 One of the best ways to bring meditation off the cushion and into everyday life is to practice lojong (or mind training). For centuries, Tibetans have used fifty-nine powerful mind-training slogans as a way to transform life’s ordinary situations into opportunities for awakening. In this seven-CD program, Pema Chödrön presents her definitive audio teachings on lojong. She offers an overview of the practice and goes on to provide inspiring commentary on the slogans while paying special attention to how to apply them on the spot in our daily lives. The CDs include: More ... | |
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COMFORTABLE WITH UNCERTAINTY: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion by Pema Chodron, read by Joanna Rotte 3.5-hr., 3-CD set, unabridged. #COUNCD - $ 19.95 These short, stand-alone teachings are designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living. More than just a collection of "thoughts for the day," this CD, taken from the book of the same name, offers a progressive program of spiritual study. Comfortable with Uncertainty, like a set of traditional Buddhist prayer beads, strings together 108 gems that will be cherished for their guidance and inspiration. More ... | |
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GAMMA MEDITATION SYSTEM by Dr. Jeffrey Thompson Two 1-hour audio CDs. #GAMESY - $ 19.98 In cooperation with the Dalai Lama, researchers have investigated the brainwave patterns of Tibetan Buddhist monks in states of deep meditation. This research revealed that these advanced meditators produce high levels of Gamma and HyperGamma brainwaves while in a deep meditative state. Using the discovery of how sound frequency patterns, built into musical soundtracks, can induce brainwave entrainment, this audio CD set allows listeners to reproduce those patterns as well. More ... | |
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HISTORY OF THE RISE OF DHARMA WHICH CLEARLY EXPLAINS THE SUGATA'S TEACHING "A Precious Treasury of the Excellent Discourses" by Buton Rinchen Drub, electronic ed. by Lotsawa Tony Duff Computer CD for Windows. #BUHIRI - list price $ 45.00 Our Price $31.50 (you save 30%) There have been several major, Tibetan texts that give the history of the rise and spread of the buddhist teaching in India and then in Tibet. The one written by Buton Rinchen Drup is widely regarded as one of the most important. It is encyclopaedic in extent and forms an ideal reference work for those working in Tibetan studies, with enormous amounts of detail of names, lineages, and dates. The entire text in Tibetan in 1 large volume is made available here. (An English translation made many years ago by E. Obermiller is hard to get but available through major Western bookstores.) More ... | |
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THE PRACTICE OF PRANAYAMA: An In-Depth Guide to the Yoga of Breath by Richard Rosen 7 CDs plus booklet. #PRPRCD - $ 59.95 For thousands of years, yoga practitioners have experienced the power of pranayama, a method of focusing breathing to rejuvenate the body and mind, and to bring about spiritual transformation. Here Richard Rosen presents an in-depth program on pranayama designed for beginners as well as for those with an existing practice who are looking to build upon their experience and refine their technique. On 7 CDs, he offers easy-to-follow, guided breathing instructions and then goes on to lead pranayama routines that create an ideal structure for pranayama practice at home. The program includes: More ... | |
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TIBETAN WISDOM FOR LIVING AND DYING--CD by Sogyal Rinpoche 9-hr.,8-CD set. #TIWICD - $ 69.95 The definitive workshop on the teachings of Sogyal Rinpoche, author of New York Times bestseller The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. With mediations, practices, and wisdom teaches, he discusses topics such as: facing the truth of yourself; death as a mirror; what survives; spacious mind in meditation; bardo teachings; buddha-nature; rigpa; obstacles; giving inspiration to the dying; taking on the suffering of others; openness and truth in relationships; working with people in pain; purifying negative karma; love as the only security; grieving; the inner and outer teacher; Padmasambhava's instructions for the bardos; power of prayer; traumatic death; dissolving into light; recognition of the clear light; arising and dissolving of karma. An incredible set of teachings. More ... | |
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THE WAY OF THE BODHISATTVA--CD and book set by Shantideva, trans. by the Padmakara Translation Group 3-CD, 64-page booklet set. #WABOCD - $ 18.95 This new presentation of the Tibetan Buddhist classic comes as a compact set, with the folder of CDs and a 64-page book enclosed in a slipcase. Studied by all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the text is an exposition of the path of the bodhisattva--the spiritual path of putting aside selfish concerns and devoting one's life to working for the enlightenment of all. Beautifully translated by the well-respected Padmakara Translation Group. | |
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YOU ARE HERE: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment by Thich Nhat Hanh, translated by Sherab Chodzin Kohn, edited by Melvin McLeod, read by Lloyd James 3 CDs, 3 hrs 45 mins, unabridged. #YOARCD - $ 24.95 In our daily lives we are often lost in thought—we lose ourselves in our plans, in our anger, in our worries. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh presents Buddhist techniques we can use to cut through the mental busyness and anxiety of daily life in order to discover the clear happiness that comes from living in the present moment. More ... | |