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Establishing Appearances as Divine: Rongzom Chözang on Reasoning, Madhyamaka, and Purity
by Heidi I. Köppl
Establishing Appearances as Divine goes beyond the themes addressed by many books on Tibetan Buddhism--mind training, compassion, and proper conduct--aiming to bring the reader face to face with his or her divine and pure nature. Rongom Chokyi Zangpo's concise treatise sets out to prove the provocative point that everything that appears is actually the deity manifest. A magical interplay between rationality, truth, and divinity.
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A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
by John Powers
A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism explains the core Buddhist doctrines and the practices of meditation and tantra, and provides a survey of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Lucid and economical, this is essential reading for those who want to understand the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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Tsong-kha-pa's Final Exposition of Wisdom
by Jeffrey Hopkins, edited by Kevin Vose
Tsong-kha-pa's Final Exposition of Wisdom brilliantly explicates ignorance and wisdom, explains the relationship between dependent-arising and emptiness, shows how to meditate on emptiness, and explains what it means to view phenomena as like illusions.
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The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Eight, Part Four: Esoteric Instructions
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, translated and annotated by Sarah Harding, foreword by Thrangu Rinpoche
Here, Jamgon Kongtrul, the widely-respected scholar-adept, elucidates the meaning of the esoteric instructions found in the eight great lineages. Sarah Harding renders the translation with great skill, adding historical overviews, offering a volume of great benefit to scholars of comparative studies, as well as students of meditation.
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Introduction to Emptiness: As Taught in Tsong-kha-pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path
by Guy Newland
Emptiness is not a mystical sort of "nothingness"--it is a specific truth that can be understood through calm and careful reflection. This magnificent, readable, engaging book is a modern classic in the making, brimming with common sense and apt examples. Learned scholars and beginning students alike will find this to be a great help in understanding a core concept in Mahayana Buddhism--that ultimate reality is "emptiness."
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Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self
by Anne Carolyn Klein
The figure of The Great Bliss Queen, important to Buddhist enlightenment, can help us be at one with ourselves and fully engaged with others. This artful, elegant, and lively book reveals how Buddhist practices such as mindfulness and compassion can be important resources for contemporary women, while the feminist perspective can broaden the range of Buddhist concerns to include social, historical, and psychological issues. An astute and absorbing exploration of the interface between Buddhism and Feminist perspectives.
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A Truthful Heart: Buddhist Practices for Connecting with Others
by Jeffrey Hopkins, foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
In A Truthful Heart, Hopkins uses Buddhist meditations, visualizations, and entertaining recollections from his own life to help us develop an awareness of our capacity for love, and learn to project that love into our world. Anyone seeking release from anger and hurt or desiring to increase love and caring in the world will welcome this timely vision for humanity.
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In Praise of Dharmadhatu
by Nagarjuna, commentary by the Third Karmapa, translated and introduced by Karl Brunnhölzl
This book is a great resource for those who want to explore the teachings on buddha nature. It delves into Nagarjuna's scriptural legacy, and uses commentary by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje and other commentators to reveal the state of ordinary sentient beings, the path of bodhisattvas, and how to achieve the full bloom of buddhahood.
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Great Perfection: Outer and Inner Preliminaries
by the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche, translated by Cortland Dahl, introduction by Dzogchen Ponlop
In the Nyingma School, the Great Perfection is considered the most profound and direct path to enlightenment, a spiritual shortcut, a direct approach that cuts through confusion and reveals the mind's true nature of luminous purity. The preliminary practices provide a foundation for all spiritual progress, helping dislodge deeply ingrained patterns. An inspiring book.
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King of the Empty Plain: The Tibetan Iron-Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo
by Cyrus Stearns
This legendary Buddhist teacher is one of the most intriguing figures in Tibetan history. His long lifespan, profound teachings, unprecedented engineering and architectural feats, eccentric deeds, and creation of Tibetan opera make him one of Tibet's most inspiring and loved personalities. Stearns' careful research and translation beautifully bring Gyalpo's story to life.
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Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
(revised edition)
by John Powers
Newly revised and expanded, this most comprehensive, authoritative introduction to Tibetan Buddhism covers a wide variety of topics--origins and history, doctrines, meditation practices, schools, religious festivals, and major figures. Added material includes Tibet's recent history, tantra, and important new publications. Systematic and wonderfully clear.
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Tara's Enlightened Activity: An Oral Commentary on The Twenty-one Praises to Tara
by Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
Tara helps all beings to reach enlightenment by clearing away fears and overpowering negative emotions, transforming practitioners' minds into her enlightened qualities. Illuminated with humor, stories, and wisdom, this book takes readers of all traditions through progressively more subtle levels--from basic Buddhism to inner Tantras and Dzogchen.
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The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Three: Frameworks of Buddhist Philosophy
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, translated by Elizabeth M. Callahan
This book surveys the broad themes and subtle philosophical points found in Buddhist philosophical writings. Clear and systematic, it sets out the framework of Buddhism's three vehicles and four philosophical systems, providing an overview of the key points of each system. Well-suited for scholar-practitioners seeking a combination of analytical inquiry and meditation.
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Guided Meditations on the Stages of the Path
by Ven. Thubten Chodron
This clear and accessible book and CD help you explore your own consciousness. Through outlining points and asking questions of the reader in a workbook style, the concepts and meaning of the LamRim ChenMo gradually unfold in a profound and personal way. It's a wonderful companion for deepening your daily meditations. Excellent for beginner and advanced student alike.
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Tibetan Cooking
by Elizabeth Esther Kelly
There is no better way to experience the flavor of an exotic culture than through its food--and no better guide to the recipes and gustatory culture of Tibet than Elizabeth Kelly, long-time cook for lamas and other Tibetans.
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Straight from the Heart
translated and introduced by Karl Brunnhölzl
Miraculous deeds, magnificent songs, and pithy instructions distinguish this collection. Drawing on Indian mahayana and vajrayana Buddhism as well as all lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, Brunnholzl's work among dharma texts and his skill as a translator yield a rich mine of teachings, all chosen for their ability to speak directly to the heart.
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Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom
by Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche,and Getse Mahapandita, translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee
Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom contains four of the most cherished Tibetan Buddhist commentaries on the practices of visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative absorption, forming the core of development stage meditation, one of the most important practices of Buddhist Tantra. The authors of these timeless classics have profoundly shaped Tibetan Buddhism with their vast scholarship and deep spiritual realization.
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Chöd Practice Manual and Commentary
by The Fourteenth Karmapa Thekchok Dorje and Jamgon Kongtrul Lodo Taye
This splendid resource for Chod practitioners contains the Chod sadhana written by the Fourteenth Karmapa, a daily practice text in three versions: Tibetan, phonetic, and English translation. Jamgon Kongtrul's commentary is included, along with illustrations. This is an essential practice tool and reference guide for the serious Chod practitioner.
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Compassionate Action
by Chatral Rinpoche
The Christian sage, Thomas Merton, described Chatral Rinpoche as "the greatest man I ever met." A yogi now in his 90s, Chatral Rinpoche is one of the greatest meditation masters in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, and is highly revered throughout South Asia. This, his first English-language book, includes narrative about his life, six essays and five prayers written by him, an exclusive interview, and pages of photos chronicling his life.
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Mind Training
by Ringu Tulku
Mind Training is an accessible book that requires no prior training or preparation, and does not ask practitioners to change their lifestyles. Nevertheless, through breathing practice, this important book helps readers to develop compassion, altruism, acceptance and joy in their lives. Elucidates the true meaning of the "The Seven Point Mind Training."
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Mind Beyond Death
by Dzogchen Ponlop
With warm informality, and profound understanding of the Western mind, Dzogchen Ponlop makes the intervals of life, death, and beyond completely available to the modern reader. Conquering death can enable us to take hold of life and learn how to live with fearless abandon. This scholar and educator offers us this great, secret way to enrich our lives, enabling us to live more vibrantly, happily, and lovingly.
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The Essence of Other Emptiness
by Taranatha, trans. & annot. by Jeffrey Hopkins
Jeffrey Hopkins continues his groundbreaking exploration of the Jo-nang-ba sect of Tibetan Buddhism with this revelatory translation of one of the seminal texts from that tradition. Also included is a supplementary text by Taranatha which presents the opinions of a prominent fifteenth-century Sakya scholar, Shakya Chok-den, and contrasts them with those of the leading Jo-nang-ba scholar, Dol-bo-ba.
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The Dalai Lamas on Tantra
trans. & intro. by Glenn H. Mullin
Glenn Mullin's work presents authentic translations that are both hard-to-find and also accessible to a wider audience, offering the most extensive collection of tantric materials available in print. Includes works on the powerful and profound systems of Avalokiteshvara, Kalachakra, Chakrasamvara, Hayagriva and Yamantaka, and other lesser-known practices. This is a must for readers wishing to encounter authentic Tantric Buddhist texts.
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Middle Beyond Extremes
translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee
"This is the most readable translation I have ever seen of Maitreya's profound text Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes, together with two of the most incisive commentaries from Tibet. The translation is so lucid and precise, even one sentence can pull the reader toward deep experience of meaning. Invaluable for scholars and meditators, this is a work to be celebrated."—John Makransky, Boston College
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Nagarjuna's Precious Garland
analyzed, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins
In the Precious Garland, Nagarjuna offers intimate counsel on how to conduct one's life and how to construct social policies that reflect Buddhist ideals. The advice for discovering personal happiness covers improving one's condition over the course of lifetimes, achieving release from suffering, and ultimately, attaining Buddhahood.
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Everyday Consciousness and Primordial Awareness
by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, translated by Susanne Schefczyk
With clarity and vividness, Rinpoche describes how consciousnesses operate in everyday perception and how, at the time of Buddhahood, these can be linked with the five primordial wisdoms of the five Buddha families. "...an accessible and precise introduction to the inherently awakened mind at the heart of confusion and suffering."—Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D.
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The Psychology of Buddhist Tantra
by Rob Preece
This book masterfully succeeds in clarifying the nature of tantric practice. Unlike in conventional religions, the tantric practitioner chooses to confront the bewildering and chaotic forces of fear, aggression, desire, and pride, to work with them in such a way that they are channeled into creative expression, loving relationships, and wisely-engaged forms of life.
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Chöd in the Ganden Tradition
by Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, edited by David Molk
Explores the life and teachings of one of the greatest Tibetan masters in modern times, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, and offers instructions in Chod, one of the most interesting Tibetan techniques for working with basic fears. Detailed explanations are offered with the engaging directness, wit, and stories for which Rinpoche was legendary.
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Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra
by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
With deep compassion, sharp observations, and arresting metaphors, The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche explains "The Aspiration of Samantabhadra", which explores rigpa, our basic awareness in daily life, and offers instructions for refining our path of practice. Rinpoche gives lively commentary and lucid answers to questions posed by his students. Offers "methods to wake ourselves up."
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Images of Enlightenment: Tibetan Art in Practice
by Jonathan Landaw and Andy Weber
A clear and straightforward guide to the inner world of Tibetan Buddhist sacred art, this richly illustrated book introduces us to the tradition of spiritual self-transformation embodied by these depictions of enlightened energy through clear iconographic representations and descriptions.
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Tibetan Thangka Painting: Methods & Materials
by David and Janice Jackson
This work distills research carried out over a period of ten years, providing detailed descriptions of hundreds of techniques and principles used in sacred Tibetan scroll painting. Presents step-by-step techniques used to make thangkas, along with a wealth of drawings and photos to illustrate methods.
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She Still Lives: A Novel of Tibet
by Bill Magee
She Still Lives is an action-love story set in a fictional Tibet of the future. This proficient novel adds highly unusual elements to a story of love, adventure and politics, and is an imaginative novel about a female Dalai Lama written by Tibetan scholar, Bill Magee.
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How Karma Works
by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, translated and edited by Ruth Sonam
We all want to find happiness and be free from suffering. The twelve-part process of dependent arising shows how actions underlain by ignorance propel us from one rebirth into another, keeping us trapped in suffering, and how we can break this cycle.
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Eight Verses for Training the Mind
by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, translated and edited by Ruth Sonam
How do we free ourselves from the demon of self-concern? The instructions are in this book--one of the most important texts from the lojong ("mind training") spiritual writings. The Dalai Lama refers to this work and includes it in his daily meditations.
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Mountain Doctrine
by Dol-bo-ba Shay-rap-gyel-tsen, translated and introduced by Jeffrey Hopkins
For nearly 700 years Dolpopa's work has been an inspiration for practitioners of the Buddha's teachings. Now this profound message is finally available to students of the Dharma outside Tibet. This is a detailed and accurate treatment on the interpretation of emptiness.
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The Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa
translated, edited and introduced by Glenn H. Mullin
This book contains important texts on the esoteric doctrine of the Six Yogas, including original Indian works by Tilopa and Naropa, writings by great Tibetan lamas, a practice manual, and other works that discuss practices, context and historical continuity of this important tradition.
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Enlightened Courage
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, translated by the Padmakara Translation Group
Condensing the compassionate path to Buddhahood into practical instructions that use the circumstances of everyday life, Rinpoche presents the Seven Point Mind Training—the very core of the entire Tibetan Buddhist practice. Inspired and very clear.
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Dzogchen Teachings
by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, edited by Jim Valby and Adriano Clemente
Dzogchen Teachings is a rich collection of precious teachings given by the renowned Dzogchen master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu to his students around the world in order to benefit their understanding of the Dzogchen tradition and its value in the modern world. Dzogchen, the path of Total Perfection, is the essence of Tibetan Buddhism--not a religion, tradition, or philosophy, but the path of self-liberation that enables one to discover one's true nature.
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The Wisdom of Imperfection
by Rob Preece
The Wisdom of Imperfection explores the journey of individuation in Buddhist life, looking at the psychological process beneath the traditional path of the Bodhisattva. Rob Preece draws on his eighteen years as a psychotherapist and many years as a meditation teacher to explore and map the psychological influences on our struggle to awaken. Acceptance of imperfection, for both psychological and spiritual health, is key.
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Fundamental Mind
by Mi-pam-gya-tso, commentary by Khetsun Sangpo Rinbochay, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins
Fundamental Mind includes a biography of Mi-pam-gya-tso and an explanation of the differentiation of mistaken mind and fundamental mind. The main theme is primordial enlightenment in the basal clear light, self-arisen pristine wisdom, emphasizing the role of a lama's quintessential instructions.
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Opening to Our Primordial Nature
by Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
Provides clear and deep explanations of how to uncover our inherent wisdom and compassion. The authors explain how our minds function and what our primordial nature is; they show us how to go about cultivating insight, bodhichitta, and devotion so that our true nature can manifest.
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The Union of Dzogchen and Bodhichitta
by Anyen Rinpoche, translated by Allison Graboski
This practical and interesting book illuminates key aspects of Tibetan Buddhist practice. Through demonstrating the interrelationship of the outer, inner, and secret teachings and a textual analysis of the words of four renowned Dzogchen yogis, it makes it clear that the practice of Bodhichitta is a necessary aspect of every practice within Tibetan Buddhism.
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Kindness, Clarity, and Insight: 25th Anniversary Edition
by The Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, translated by Jeffrey Hopkins
This new, revised edition of the very first book by the Dalai Lama in the English-speaking world coincides with the twenty-fifth anniversary of his historic first teaching series in North America. It is widely considered the most readable, substantive and wide-ranging of His Holiness' works. These teachings display the depth of his knowledge and his message, covering a broad range of topics.
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