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ADVENTURES WITH THE BUDDHA: A Buddhism Reader ed. by Jeffery Paine 412 pp. #ADBUBU - $ 16.95 Jeffery Paine has assembled the breathtaking adventures of nine Western travelers who chance across Buddhism and made it an integral part of their lives. Touching ground in China, Tibet, Japan, Nepal, India, and America, Adventures with the Buddha yields intimate access to Buddhist belief through real people and true stories. From enchanting, now-lost kingdoms in Asia to the American workplace where a practitioner is profitably applying the dharma, Adventures with the Buddha is a tour across nations, generations, and, ultimately, a vast spiritual landscape. More ... | |
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AMRITA OF ELOQUENCE: A Biography of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche by Lama Karma Drodul, translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso Pre-order Now--Available January 2009. 110 pp. #AMELBI - $ 19.95 Amrita of Eloquence is a luminous portrait of the life of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, one of the Kagyu lineage's most beloved and revered teachers. Beautifully written by Lama Karma Drodül (Rinpoche's nephew and disciple) and elegantly translated by Yeshe Gyamtso, Amrita of Eloquence describes Khenpo Rinpoche and his life with humor, lyrical beauty, and boundless affection. Although the book is composed in the traditional style of Tibetan spiritual biographies, it is nonetheless completely accessible to modern readers. | |
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APPARITIONS OF THE SELF: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary by Janet Gyatso 360 pp. #APSEP - $ 32.95 Two secret autobiographies of the visionary Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798) reveal poetic and self-conscious writings that are as much about the nature of his own identity, memory, and the variability of autobiographical truth as they are about his experiences. Gyatso explores Jigme Lingpa's historical milieu, his visions and meditative practices, and investigates the unsettling role of the "dakini" in Tibetan religious literature. | |
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TIBETAN MONK by Palden Gyatso with Tsering Shakya, fore. by the Dalai Lama 272 pp., 11 b&w illus. #AUTIMO - $ 14.00 Palden Gyatso was born in a Tibetan village in 1933 and became an ordained Buddhist monk at eighteen--just as Tibet was in the midst of political upheaval. When Communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, it embarked on a program of "reform" that would eventually affect all of Tibet's citizens and nearly decimate its ancient culture. In 1967, the Chinese destroyed monasteries across Tibet and forced thousands of monks into labor camps and prisons. Gyatso spent the next twenty-five years of his life enduring interrogation and torture simply for the strength of his beliefs. Palden Gyatso's story bears witness to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the strength of Tibet's proud civilization, faced with cultural genocide. More ... | |
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BLAZING SPLENDOR: The Memoirs of the Dzogchen Yogi Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche by Tulku Urgyen, fore. by Sogyal Rinpoche #BLSPME - $ 29.95 An intimate, honest glimpse into the remarkable reality of this great teacher of Daniel Goleman, Sakyong Mipham, Dzongsar Khyentse, Lama Surya Das and many others, and the confidant of many great religious figures of contemporary Tibet. These personal tales, originally told to his closest disciples, are a first-hand, often wry, glimpse into a world of miracles and mystery and spiritual life as it was lived in Tibet. More ... | |
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BRILLIANT MOON: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse by Dilgo Khyentse, forewords by the Dalai Lama, Sogyal Rinpoche, and Dzongsar Khentse, trans. by Ani Jinba Palmo Cloth, 400 pp. #BRMOAU - $ 35.00 Through lively anecdotes and stories this highly revered Buddhist meditation master and scholar tells about his life of study, retreat, and teaching. The formative events of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's life, and those insights and experiences that caused him to mature into the warm, brilliant, and highly realized meditation master and teacher he was, are deeply inspiring. The details of his early life and spiritual training reveal an authentic and human view of Tibetan culture, as well as the hardships endured by the Tibetans who fled their country and reestablished their tradition in exile. More ... | |
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THE BUDDHA'S APPRENTICES: More Voices of Young Buddhists ed. by Sumi Loundon, fore. by Sharon Salzberg 220 pp. #BUAPMO - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $10.17 Its predecessor--Blue Jean Buddha---was hailed by the New York Review of Books. This volume goes even deeper, examining the tectonic shifts that young, spiritually inclined people undergo as they leave home, search for partners, and build their lives. More ... | |
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THE BUDDHA: The Story of an Awakened Life by David Kherdian 163 pp. #BUSTAW - $ 14.95 An engaging telling of the life story of the Buddha that blends history, legend, and Buddhist teachings, written by a winner of many book awards. More ... | |
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BUDDHA: Volumes 1-8 by Osamu Tezuka Volume 1: Kapilavastu, 397 pp. Paper Editions. #BU1P - $ 14.95 Ancient India vividly comes to life in this multiple award-winning series that has convinced American readers that Osamu Tezuka is indeed one of the world's greatest comic masters. Bringing unprecedented richness to the traditional story of Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha is an epic masterpiece that is as humorous as it is moving. More ... | |
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by Osamu Tezuka Volume 2: The Four Encounters. 412 pp. (See description above.) #BU2P - $ 14.95 | |
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by Osamu Tezuka Volume 3: Devadatta. 328 pp. (See description above.) #BU3P - $ 14.95 | |
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by Osamu Tezuka Volume 4: The Forest of Uruvela. 376 pp. (See description above.) #BU4P - $ 14.95 | |
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by Osamu Tezuka Volume 5: Deer Park. Approx. 400 pp. (See description above.) #BU5 - $ 14.95 | |
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by Osamu Tezuka Volume 6: Ananda. Approx. 400 pp. (See description above.) #BU6 - $ 14.95 | |
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by Osamu Tezuka Volume 7: Prince Ajatasattu. Approx. 400 pp. (See description above.) #BU7 - $ 14.95 | |
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by Osamu Tezuka Volume 8: Jetavana. Approx. 400 pp. (See description above.) #BU8 - $ 14.95 | |
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BUDDHIST MASTERS OF ENCHANTMENT: The Lives and Legends of the Mahasiddhas trans. by Keith Dowman, illus. by Robert Beer 208 pp., 6 1/2" x 9", 30 color plates, 26 line drawings. #BUMAEN - $ 24.95 Stories of the Mahasiddhas who attained enlightenment and magical powers by both disregarding convention and penetrating to the core of life, reveal a way through human suffering into a spontaneous and free state of oneness with the divine. | |
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CAVE IN THE SNOW: A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment by Vicki Mackenzie 210 pages, paper. #CASN - $ 15.95 The daughter of a fishmonger from London's east end, Ani Tenzin Palmo became a spiritual leader and champion of the right of women to achieve spiritual enlightenment. In 1976, she secluded herself in a remote cave in the Himalayas where for 12 years she faced unimaginable cold, wild animals, floods and rockfalls. She emerged with a determination to build a convent in India to revive the Togdenma lineage, a long-forgotten female spiritual elite. More ... | |
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A CEREMONY OF OFFERING TO THE GURUS by Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje 144 pp. #CEOFGU - $ 14.95 Ceremony of Offering to the Gurus, by His Holiness Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, was composed for the annual Kagyu Monlam to accord with our present needs and to be accessible to all people. It is a carefully constructed compilation of selected Gurupujas from many different traditions. More ... | |
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CHARIOT OF THE FORTUNATE: Life Story of Mingyur Dorje Drakpo Nuden Tsal by Je Tukyi Dorje, Surmang Tendzin Rinpoche & Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye #CHFO - $ 19.95 An inspiring glimpse of Mingyur Dorje's wisdom, kindness, and ability, from Lives of the Hundred Treasure-Revealers by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro. | |
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CHOGYAM TRUNGPA: His Life and Vision by Fabrice Midal, foreword by Diana Mukpo 550 pp. cloth. #CHTR - regular price $ 26.95 Our Price $20.21 A wealth of anecdotes, unpublished material, photos, reminiscences by students help round out this fascinating portrait of one of the most unconventional and influential teachers in the West. Trungpa was a crazy wisdom guru, artist, poet, social visionary and proponent of a secular approach to spiritual practice. More ... | |
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DRAGON THUNDER: My Life with Chogyam Trungpa by Diana J. Mukpo with Carolyn Rose Gimian Cloth, 406 pp. #DRTH - regular price $ 24.95 Our Price $19.96 "It was not always easy to be the guru's wife," says Mukpo, who began her marriage to Chogyam Trungpa at the age of 16. "But I must say, it was rarely boring." This intimate, fascinating memoir takes us behind the scenes of life with this enigmatic, powerful teacher who left such an impact on Tibetan Buddhism in the West. More ... | |
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DRAGON THUNDER: My Life with Chogyam Trungpa by Diana J. Mukpo with Carolyn Rose Gimian 432 pp. #DRTHMY - $ 19.95 "It was not always easy to be the guru's wife," says Mukpo, who began her marriage to Chogyam Trungpa at the age of 16. "But I must say, it was rarely boring." This intimate, fascinating memoir takes us behind the scenes of life with this enigmatic, powerful teacher who left such an impact on Tibetan Buddhism in the West. More ... | |
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DREAMING ME: Black, Baptist, and Buddhist, One Woman's Spiritual Journey by Jan Willis 330 pp. #DRMEBL - $ 16.95 A brilliant child growing up in the Jim Crow South, Jan Willis escaped the Ku Klux Klan only to face racism of another kind in an Ivy League university. Recruited by the Black Panther Party, she chose instead to travel to India and Nepal, where she encountered Lama Yeshe, a Tibetan monk who would become her mentor and later one of the most influential Buddhist teachers in the West. Through his guidance, Jan Willis learned to face down the demons of her past and embrace her whole identity--Black, Baptist, and Buddhist. Dreaming Me is her story, one that "will move anyone who is compelled by the examined life" (Publishers Weekly). More ... | |
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ENLIGHTENED BEINGS: Life Stories from the Ganden Oral Tradition compiled, trans., and annotated by Janice D. Willis 248 pp., 8 line drawings. #ENBE - $ 18.00 In the Gelugpa tradition there are many great tantric masters. Here are the liberation life stories of the first six lineage holders of the Ganden Oral Tradition, the system of highest yoga tantric practice designed and developed by the great Tsongkhapa. More ... | |