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Click to enlarge	CHOD PRACTICE IN THE BON TRADITION by Alejandro Chaoul, forewords by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Paper, 118 pp. 6 b&w photos, 3 line drawings, 5 pages of images of original sacred texts. #CHPRBO - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion "The dramatic practice of chod, in which the yogin visualizes giving his or her own sacrificed body to the gods and demons as a way to cut the attachment to self and ordinary reality, offers an intense and direct confrontation with the central issues of the spiritual path. The chod practices of the Bon tradition, a tradition that claims pre-Buddhist origins in the mysterious western lands of Zhang-zhung, Tazig, and Olmolungrig, are still almost entirely unknown. Alejandro Chaoul provides a scholarly, well-informed, and illuminating introduction to chod in the Bon tradition, telling us much along the way of other aspects of Bon tantra and spiritual life and of the wider context of the chod practices within Tibet. His work is an important contribution to our knowledge of these fascinating and attractive modes of spiritual practice."—Geoffrey Samuel, author of The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century and Civilized Shamans More ...
Click to enlarge	HEALING WITH FORM, ENERGY AND LIGHT: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, edited by Mark Dahlby 176 pp., 5 photos, 30 line drawings, glossary, bibliography. #HEWIFO - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $11.86 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion In the shamanic world-view of Tibet, the five elements of earth, water, fire, air, and space are accessed through the raw powers of nature and through non-physical beings associated with the natural world. In the Tibetan tantric view, the elements are recognized as five kinds of energy in the body and are balanced with a program of yogic movements, breathing exercises, and visualizations. In these Dzogchen teachings, the elements are understood to be the radiance of being and are accessed through pure awareness. Healing with Form, Energy, and Light offers the reader healing meditations and yogic practices on each of these levels. More ...
Click to enlarge	HEART DROPS OF DHARMAKAYA: Dzogchen Practice of the Bon Tradition by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen, trans. & comm. by Lopon Tenzin Namdak, intro. by Per Kvaerne, ed. by Richard Dixey 200 pp. #HEDRDH - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Here for the first time in English is a complete Dzogchen meditation manual freom the ancient religious tradition of Tibet known as Bon. The Kunzang Nying-tig by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen is a powerful and practical instructional text which cuts to the heart of Dzogchen meditation. Dzogchen is regarded by Bonpos as the highest and most esoteric religious practice. More ...
Click to enlarge	OPENING THE DOOR TO BON by Latri Khenpo Geshe Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche 130 pages, paper. #OPDOBO - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Bon, the ancient pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet, is still practiced today, with a rapidly growing number of readers interested in the shamanism and magic that are part of its complete path to liberation. Full of practical and explicit instructions, this handbook for Westerners details the outer and inner fundamental Bon practices. This volume is part of a first wave of Bon books that are finding an enthusiastic North American audience. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF THE GREAT PERFECTION IN THE TIBETAN BON RELIGION by Donatella Rossi 315 pp., biblio., Tibetan-English glossary, index. #PHVIGR - list price $ 21.95 Our Price $15.36 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion "A fascinating and joyful book to recommend--perceptively edited"--Thomas Peter von Bahr, New Age Retailer More ...
Click to enlarge	TIBETAN YOGAS OF BODY, SPEECH, AND MIND by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, edited by Polly Turner 230 pp., 22 photos, 5 drawings, 12 tables. #TIYOBO - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Understanding how our actions, words, and thoughts interact enhances our ability to progress in spiritual practice and brings us closer to self-realization. In a warm, informal style, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche opens up Tibetan meditation practice to both beginners and experienced students, placing as much emphasis on practice as on knowledge. Depending on the sources of the problems in our lives, he offers practices that work with the body, speech, or the mind—a collection of Tibetan yoga exercises, visualizations, sacred sound practices, and spacious meditations on the nature of mind. Together, he says, knowledge and regular meditation practice can alter our self-image and lead to a lighter, more joyful sense of being. More ...
Click to enlarge	WONDERS OF THE NATURAL MIND: The Essence of Dzogchen in the Native Bon Tradition of Tibet by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, fore. by H.H. the Dalai Lama 224 pp. #WONAMI - list price $ 18.95 Our Price $13.27 (you save 30%) Published by Snow Lion Although the Dzogchen teachings are principally familiar to Westerners through the teachings of the Nyingma school, they also survive in the ancient Bon Religion of Tibet. More ...
Click to enlarge	BO AND BON: Ancient Shamanic Traditions of Siberia and Tibet by Dmitry Ermakov 828 pp. 200 illus. and maps. #BOBON - $ 39.00 A fascinating and unique book, Bo & Bon: Ancient Shamanic Traditions of Siberia and Tibet in Their Relation to the Teachings of a Central Asian Buddha is the first in-depth study of comparing the ancient B�n religion with the Siberian shamanic tradition of Lake Baikal. Combining scholarly research with spiritual insight and with over 200 illustrations, maps and diagrams, the information is presented in a clear and lively way, enabling the reader to navigate easily It is written from the perspective of ‘an insider’ and the author draws on his many years of experience in both Yungdrung B�n and the Bo Murgel tradition of Buryatia to bring this subject to life and help us unlock some hidden aspects of both belief systems. More ...
Click to enlarge	BONPO DZOGCHEN TEACHINGS according to Lopon Tenzin Namdak, ed. & intro by John Myrdhin Reynolds 268 pp. #BODZTE - $ 22.95 The two Older Schools of Tibet, the Nyingmapa and the Bonpo, emphasize the Dzogchen point of view in elucidating their understanding of the Higher Tantras. Among the Older Schools, Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, which lies beyond the process of Tantric transformation, is regarded as the quintessential teaching of the Buddha, pointing directly to the Nature of Mind and its intrinsic awareness, known as Rigpa. However, according to Lopon Tenzin Namdak Yongdzin Rinpoche, the leading Dzogchen master among the Bonpo Lamas living today, "It is necessary for us as practitioners to know what Dzogchen is, how to practice it, and the result of this practice." Lopon Rinpoche undertakes this task in a series of nine teachings. Here the Lopon compares the Dzogchen view with the views of Madhyamaka, Chittamatra, Tantra and Mahamudra, clearly indicating the similarities and the differences among them. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE LIGHT OF KAILASH: A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, Volume 1, The Early Period by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, trans. and ed. by Donatella Rossi 257 pp., 40 line drawings, 9 b&w illus., charts. #LIKAHI - $ 34.00 Before the revelations that the B�n traditions provided when some of its historical and literary material came to light in the 1960s, little was known of the early history of Tibet; and until Buddhism was introduced, it was even lacking a written language. Fortunately, the emergence of Bon literature has provided historians with a clearer picture of ancient Tibet. This book, Volume 1, explores the early period of Tibet's history and the rise of the Bon lineages, and studies the human generations of Zhang Zhung, its dynasties, language and culture. More ...
Click to enlarge	MASTERS OF THE ZHANG ZHUNG NYENGYUD: Pith Instructions from the Experiential Transmission of Bonpo Dzogchen teachings by Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak, transcribed and edited by Carol Ermakova and Dmitry Ermakov 158 pp., 45 gloss color portraits, foldout lineage tree diagram, hardbound. #MAZHZH - $ 29.99 Here, available in English for the first time, are the heart teachings of ancient Bonpo Dzogchen masters, translated and commented on by Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, the current holder of this unique lineage. Part of a living heritage, Masters of the Zhang Zhung Nyengyud carries not only words of instructions and stories but also blessings, and as such it can become a key to unlocking the doors of our mind, a guide on the path to realizing the true Nature of Mind. More ...
Click to enlarge	ORAL TRADITION FROM ZHANG- ZHUNG: An Introduction to the Bonpo Dzogchen Teachings of the Oral Tradition from Zhang-zhung known as the Zhang-zhung snyan-regyud by John Myrdhin Reynolds, fore. by Lopon Tenzin Namdak 577 pp., b & w photos. #ORTRFR - $ 34.95 A great compilation of ancient Dzogchen teachings, transmitted by the master Tapihritsa and here beautifully translated along with hagiographies of ancient masters and explanations of the preliminary ngondro practices of this Bon presentation of the tradition. Invaluable material on the practice of this formerly secret oral tradition concerning the unconditioned state of being. More ...
Click to enlarge	SACRED LANDSCAPE AND PILGRIMAGE IN TIBET: In Search of the Lost Kingdom of Bon by Geshe Gelek Jinpa, Charles Ramble and Carroll Dunham, photog. by Thomas L. Kelly, ed. by Susan Costello 204 pp., with 60 min. DVD. #SALAPI - $ 65.00 Geshe Gelek Jinpa, a monk of the little-known Bon faith, takes us on a fascinating pilgrimage, visually and spiritually, through the spectacular landscape of western Tibet in search of the lost, sacred Bon homeland of Zhangzhung. This spiritual adventure is the first book to document the living tradition of Bon, whose origins predate Buddhism in Tibet by hundreds, if not thousands, of years. What makes this narrative so compelling is that it features the voice and perspective of the monk Gelek, giving it an intimacy and knowledge of Bon not found in religious texts. More ...
Click to enlarge	TIBETAN SOUND HEALING: Seven Guided Practices to Clear Obstacles, Cultivate Positive Qualities, and Uncover Your Inherent Wisdom by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche 102-page book includes 71 min. CD. #TISOPA - $ 14.95 One of the world's oldest unbroken spiritual traditions is that of the Bon people—the indigenous people of Tibet whose teachings predate the arrival of Buddhism. These traditions have survived political persecution and upheaval thanks to the efforts of a handful of dedicated lamas such as Bon lineage holder Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. Now with Tibetan Sound Healing, practitioners can connect to the ancient sacred sounds of the Bon practice—and through them activate the healing potential of the natural mind. More ...
Click to enlarge	UNBOUNDED WHOLENESS: Bon, Dzogchen, and the Logic of the Nonconceptual by Anne C. Klein and Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche 396 pp. #UNWHBO - $ 35.00 In this book, Anne Carolyn Klein, an American scholar and teacher of Buddhism, and Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, a rigorously trained Tibetan Lama who was among the first to bring Bon Dzogchen teaching to the West, provide a study and translation of the Authenticity of Open Awareness, a foundational text of the Bon Dzogchen tradition. This is the first time a Bon philosophical text of this scope has been translated into any Western language, and it is thus a significant addition to the study of Tibetan religion and Eastern thought. The authors provide extensive introductory, explanatory, and historical material that situates the text in the context of Tibetan thought and culture, making it accessible to nonspecialists. This is an essential reference for scholars and practitioners alike. More ...
Click to enlarge	ZHANG ZHUNG: Images from a Lost Kingdom by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, translated from the Tibetan by Andriano Clemente, compiled and collated by Alex Siedlecki 104 pp., paper, 40 color and b&w images and maps. #ZHZHIM - $ 34.00 The Kingdom of Zhang Zhung, with the venerated Mount Kailash as its center and heart, was an ancient realm which originated more than three thousand years ago, corresponding geographically to the western Tibet of today. Rooted in Bon, the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet, the kingdom was famed in its time, but subsequently its name became virtually unknown even to Tibetans, who regarded it only as the unreal setting of myths or legends. However, this realm was the true cradle of Tibetan culture. More ...