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Click to enlarge	CHOD PRACTICE IN THE BON TRADITION by Alejandro Chaoul, foreword by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Pre-order Now--Available February 2009. 118 pp. 12 b&w photos. #CHPRBO - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion This book is the first to trace the history of Chöd practice in Tibet's indigenous Bön tradition. Chod ("cutting through") is a meditative practice in which the practitioner imagines offering his or her body in sacrifice through elaborate contemplative visualization. Although a meditative practice, Chod is not done sitting comfortably on a cushion in a shrine room, but instead is often practiced in terrifying places like cemeteries or charnal grounds. The feelings of fear that result are used by the Chod practitioner to "cut through" his or her own ego. Chod contains elements of early shamanism, of sutric and tantric teachings also found in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, and of the Tibetan highest school of Dzogchen. More ...
Click to enlarge	HEALING WITH FORM, ENERGY AND LIGHT: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche 176 pp., 5 photos, 30 line drawings, glossary, bibliography. #HEWIFO - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 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 - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 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 - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 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 - regular price $ 21.95 Our Price $17.56 Published by Snow Lion "A fascinating and joyful book to recommend--perceptively edited"--New Age Retailer 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 - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 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 Bön 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 Bön 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	DRUNG, DEU AND BON: Narrations, Symbolic Languages and the Bon Traditions in Ancient Tibet by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche 348 pp. #DRDEBO - $ 21.95 Explores pre-Buddhist Tibetan culture as presented within the three categories described as the foundation of the kingdom of Tibet. Prof. Norbu investigates the epic poems and legends of Tibet's secular culture (drung), explains the mysteries of the ancient symbolic languages that conveyed wisdom inexpressible in conventional terms (deu), and elucidates the complexities of the pre-Buddhist Bon tradition.
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	TIBET'S ANCIENT RELIGION: Bon by Christoph Baumer Cloth. 200 pp., 9.5" x 12.5". #TIANRE - $ 60.00 Few people realize how deeply Tibetan Buddhism has been influenced by the ancient Bon tradition, which is marked by shamanism and practices such as the use of prayer flags, circumambulations, oracles and rituals. Filled with over hundreds of color photos, this wonderful book introduces the myths, culture, monasteries and a lot more of this living tradition. Introduction by the spiritual head of the Bonpo. More ...
Click to enlarge	THE TIBETAN ART OF POSITIVE THINKING: Skillful Thought for Successful Living by Christopher Hansard 240 pp. #TIARPO - regular price $ 14.00 Our Price $11.20 Written by a master physician of the ancient Tibetan Bon Medicine tradition, this practical volume teaches us how to use the power of thought to help us flourish in many life arenas--from health to work to relationships. Having trained in Tibetan Bon since he was four years old, Hansard provides a map of how to use the spiritual and medical traditions through simple meditations and exercises.
Click to enlarge	TIBETAN SOUND HEALING by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche 75-min. CD, including 104-page cloth book. #TISOHE - $ 19.95 The "Five Warrior Syllables" of Tibet's oldest tradition, Bon, are taught here to activate the healing potential of the natural mind. This ancient sacred tradition of using "seed" sounds helps to clear obstacles on the body and energetic dimensions of our being. This integrated book and CD set is by the author of the best-sellers Healing with Form, Energy, and Light, and Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is a master of the Bon Buddhist tradition, with centers around the world.
Click to enlarge	UNBOUNDED WHOLENESS: Bon, Dzogchen, and the Logic of the Nonconceptual by Anne C. Klein and Tenzin Wangyal 396 pp. #UNWHBO - $ 25.00 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 ...