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Click to enlarge	BORN IN LHASA by Namgyal Lhamo Taklha 201 pp., 36 b&w photos. #BOLH - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $7.47 Published by Snow Lion "Mrs. Taklha's incredible life story is very gripping and emotional. Her writing style swept me into the story--I enjoyed this book from cover to cover."--Rinchen Dharlo, President of Tibet Fund and the Conservancy for Tibetan Arts and Culture More ...
Click to enlarge	BUDDHISM WITH AN ATTITUDE: The Tibetan Seven-Point Mind Training by B. Alan Wallace Cloth at the Paper Price. 288 pp., cloth. #BUAT - regular price $ 21.95 Our Price $13.61 Published by Snow Lion "Readers who put the advice this book contains into practice may indeed transform their minds and achieve a sense of inner peace, the key to greater peace and happiness within and in the world at large."--The Dalai Lama More ...
Click to enlarge	by B. Alan Wallace 288 pp., paperback. (See description above.) #BUATPP - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 Published by Snow Lion
Click to enlarge	CHANGING MINDS: Contributions to the Study of Buddhism and Tibet in Honor of Jeffrey Hopkins ed. by Guy Newland 352 pp., cloth. #CHMIND - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $14.97 Published by Snow Lion This is a book offered in tribute to Jeffrey Hopkins by colleagues and former students. Jeffrey Hopkins has, in his sixty years, made profound and diverse contributions to the understanding of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in the West. In his collaborations with the Dalai Lama, such as Kindness, Clarity, and Insight, and in books like Tibetan Arts of Love and Emptiness Yoga, Hopkins has reached out to the general reader, making the wisdom of Tibet accessible to every one. Yet there is never anything superficial about his work; his recent Emptiness in the Mind-Only School is a magisterial display of painstaking scholarly work. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE CLEAR MIRROR: A Traditional Account of Tibet's Golden Age by Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen, translated by McComas Taylor and Lama Choedak Yuthok 315 pp., 16 line drawings, 2 maps. #CLMI - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $8.47 Published by Snow Lion A rich blend of history, legend, poetry, adventure and romance, The Clear Mirror is a treasure-trove of traditional Tibetan narrative and folk wisdom. It presents in full the often-cited but elusive accounts of the origins of the Tibetan people, the coming of the Dharma to Tibet, and the appearance of Avalokiteshvara as the patron deity of Tibet. The text treats the era during which Buddhism came to Tibet, Lhasa became the capital, and the Jokhang and Ramoche temples were founded. Written to inform and entertain, the book has a pre-eminent position in Tibetan society and is popular today. 1559390484
Click to enlarge	THE COMPLETE TIBETAN CALENDAR 2008: Earth Rat Year by Nitartha International & Nalandabodhi, under the direction of The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Now at 50% off. Featuring Tibetan Buddhist Holidays & Daily Astrological Forecasts. A generous 12" x 24" (when open). #COTI08 - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $7.47 Published by Snow Lion This terrific full-color calendar comes complete with daily Tibetan astrological forecasts (with explanations of favorable and unfavorable energies) and notes special practice and lunar days, Buddhist holidays and anniversaries, days not to raise prayer flags, and more. For each western date the corresponding Tibetan dates are given, according to both the Phukluk and the Karma Kaygyu Tsurluk system. Full-color illustrations are from the Golden Rosary of the Kagyu Lineage, including White Tara, Chenrezig, a fabulous array of images of the previous Karmapas, and a beautiful portrait photo of HH the 17th Karmapa.
Click to enlarge	ECHOES FROM AN EMPTY SKY: The Origin of the Buddhist Doctrine of the Two Truths by John B. Buescher 176 pp., 6" x 9". #ECFREM - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $8.47 Published by Snow Lion The important Buddhist doctrine of the two truths- conventional truths and ultimate truths- is the subject of this book. It examines how the doctrine evolved within early Buddhism from efforts to make sense of contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. The two truths, however, came to refer not primarily to statements or language, but to thre realities to which statements or language referred. As such, the doctrine of the two truths became one through which Buddhist philosophers focused their efforts to elaborate an abhidharma, a "higher teaching," which allowed them to explain how the mind apprehends and misapprehends the world, how it attaches itself to objects that do not exist in and of themselves, thereby creating suffering. In effect, the doctrine then evolved into a distinction between different sorts of objects rather than a distinction between different sorts of statements. The doctrine of the truths, understood in this way, played a key role in the articulation of the Mahayana by its followers in distinguishing it from what they called Hinayana, especially in defining the central ideas of selflessness and emptiness. Unlike prior books on this topic, which concentrate on the doctrine within the context of the Mahayana, Buescher's examines it within the context of the Hinayana. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE EIGHTH SITUPA ON THE THIRD KARMAPA'S MAHAMUDRA PRAYER Translated by Lama Sherab Dorje 208 pages, 1 drawing, 6" x 9", revised edition. #EISION - regular price $ 15.95 Our Price $7.97 Published by Snow Lion Here, in one compact volume, are all of the stages of instruction on the path of mahamudra. Included are concise and complete formal instructions on the ground, path and fruition of this penetrating practice. This vast and profound commentary originates with the Eighth Situpa, a remarkable scholar and practitioner who is considered the most accomplished of all the Situ emanations. More ...
Click to enlarge	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 - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $7.47 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 ...
Click to enlarge	ESSENTIAL PRACTICE by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, trans. & intro. by Jules B. Levinson 216 pp. #ESPR - regular price $ 15.95 Our Price $7.97 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 ...
Click to enlarge	FEMININE GROUND: Essays on Women and Tibet ed. by Janice D. Willis 166 pp. #FEGR - regular price $ 12.95 Our Price $6.47 Published by Snow Lion Six western women scholars and practitioners explore issues of "women" and "the feminine" in Tibet. These critical and provocative essays discuss female role models, the nun's life, and gender and role identity as these manifested in Tibet. More ...
Click to enlarge	GARLAND OF MAHAMUDRA PRACTICES by Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche, trans. & ed. by Katherine Rogers 144 pp. #GAMAPR - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $8.47 Published by Snow Lion This text is a manual of practical instructions for students who are or would like to practice the path of Mahamudra in meditation. Mahamudra refers to a path to enlightenment taught by the Buddha and transmitted through the spiritual lineage of Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa and Milarepa. Gampopa, a disciple of Milarepa who lived in the eleventh century, brought together these teachings of the Buddha into one five-fold path consisting of an enlightened motivation, deity yoga, guru yoga, mahamudra and proper dedication, to which his main disciple, Pakmo Druba, gave the name "The Profound Five-Fold Path of Mahamudra". More ...
Click to enlarge	GEMS OF WISDOM FROM THE SEVENTH DALAI LAMA by Glenn Mullin. 171 pp. #GEWISE - regular price $ 15.95 Our Price $7.97 Published by Snow Lion The Seventh Dalai Lama was one of the most beloved Buddhist masters--he had an outrageous sense of humor which found its way into his spiritual compositions. His popular Gems of Wisdom contains spontaneous verses employing earthy metaphors to illustrate key points--he uses metaphors like farts, body odor, slimy monsters and mindless lunatics to present the teachings. Simple yet direct his language captures the spirituality of his vision while avoiding religiosity. Here are Buddha's teachings in the context of mind training. Mullin translates and comments on the quintessential meanings of the Seventh's verses. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE GOLDEN YOKE: The Legal Cosmology of Buddhist Tibet by Rebecca Redwood French 424 pp., 7" x 10", 81 b&w illustrations. #GOYOK - regular price $ 21.95 Our Price $10.97 Published by Snow Lion "To read the Golden Yoke is to walk into the daily life of Tibet last century and centuries before, go with a monk official to consult a tome of land titles kept in a monastic cellar, and then to the fields to find buried boundary markers of white and black stones, in order to settle a dispute among neighbors. It is to marvel at the sophistication of an ancient, literate, humanely organized society, that tries to maintain Buddhist ethical principles in its institutions, laws, and practices. More ...
Click to enlarge	IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY: The Biography of Dasang Damdul Tsarong, Commander General of Tibet by D. N. Tsarong 164 pp., 43 b&w photos. #SEHICO - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $7.47 Published by Snow Lion "This is possibly one of the best books among the host of Tibetan memoirs now available...for introducing students and general readers to modern Tibetan history before the cultural revolution"--The Journal of Asian Studies More ...
Click to enlarge	KINDNESS, CLARITY, AND INSIGHT 25th Anniversary Edition by H.H. the Dalai Lama, trans. & ed. by Jeffrey Hopkins, co-ed. by Elizabeth Napper On special sale in honor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 262 pp., 24 pages of color and b&w photos, cloth. #KICLNE - regular price $ 19.95 Our Price $9.97 Published by Snow Lion Kindness, Clarity, and Insight is widely considered the most readable, yet substantive and wide-ranging, of the Dalai Lama's works. This celebratory new edition of the very first book of teachings by the Dalai Lama in the English speaking world coincides with the twenty-fifth anniversary of that historic first teaching series in North America. Translated into twelve languages, it is a testament to the kindness, clarity, and insight of its author. More ...
Click to enlarge	LABRANG: A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery at the Crossroads of Four Civilizations by Paul Kocot Nietupski, photos from the Griebenow Archives, 1921-1949 160 pp., 9" x 8" high, 36 color and 100 b&w photos, illustrations. #LA - regular price $ 24.95 Our Price $12.47 Published by Snow Lion Labrang Monastery, located in northeast Tibet at the strategic intersection of four major Asian civilizations--Tibetan, Mongolian, Chinese, and Muslim--was one of the largest Buddhist monastic universities. In the early twentieth century, it housed several thousand monks. Labrang was also a gathering point for numerous annual religious festivals, supported an active regional marketplace where Chinese artisans rubbed shoulders with Hui merchants and nomadic Tibetan highlanders, and was the seat of a Tibetan power base that strove to maintain regional autonomy through the shifting alliances and bloody conflicts that took place between 1700 and 1950. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE LIFE OF GAMPOPA by Jampa Mackenzie Stewart, introduction by Lobsang P. Lhalungpa, illustrations by Eva van Dam 200 pp., 5 illustrations, 6" x 9", second edition. #LIGA2 - regular price $ 15.95 Our Price $7.97 Published by Snow Lion Here is the first complete life story of Gampopa, foremost disciple of Milarepa and a forefather of the Kagyu lineages. Compiled from numerous Tibetan biographies, this comprehensive and inspiring rendition highlights the extraordinary details of Gampopa's meditative experiences and presents direct insights into the practice and realization of Mahamudra. A history of the Kagyu order by Lobsang P. Lhalungpa augments Gampopa's biography, illustrating this revered teacher's central role in the development of the Tibetan Kagyu lineages. A concluding essay on Mahamudra introduces Vajrayana Buddhism to beginners, while simultaneously supporting advanced practitioners with fresh insights. More ...
Click to enlarge	LIGHTING THE WAY by the Dalai Lama 148 pp. #LIWA - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $7.47 Published by Snow Lion This concise and extremely accessible presentation shows how to apply Buddhist principles in our lives. More ...
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