Reflecting the insights and intentions of the original work, this text includes one of the most detailed and compelling descriptions of the after-death state and practices that transform the experience of daily life and the process of dying.
Based on three days of teaching in London May 1999, this book is an edited version of the Dalai Lama's discourse on one of the most profound and sacred texts in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The "Eight Verses on Generating Compassion" are known in Tibetan as "lojong" - literally, transforming your mind. In this commentary on these teachings, His ...
Paperback version of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's bestselling book The Art of Living, which has sold almost 56,000 copies in hardback. This full-colour book is illustrated throughout with beautiful images Tibet, from photographer Ian Cumming. The Dalai Lama is one of the most beloved spiritual leaders of our age. In this book, he brings his ...
The Tibetan practice of "mind training," or "lojong", stretches back for hundreds of years and encompasses a variety of techniques for cultivating altruistic thoughts and coping with the inevitable challenges of everyday life. "Mind Training: The Great Collection" is an English adaptation of the first anthology of these techniques. Presenting 44 ...
The poetic path to Tibetan spiritual insight collection * The first collection of its kind available in English - a comprehensive anthology of Tibetan spiritual poetry * Includes 52 poems, a lengthy introduction on the role of poetry in Tibetan Buddhism, commentary and a helpful glossary * Communicates spiritual insight with grace and precision * ...
Before Buddhism, there was Bon. This book is a fascinating journey, visually and spiritually, through western Tibet by a monk of the little-known Bon faith, who is searching for the lost, sacred Bon homeland of Zhangzhung. This spiritual adventure is the first book to document the living tradition of Bon. What makes this narrative so compelling is ...
The Kalachakra (literally, "Wheel of Time") tantra, a core practice of Tibetan Buddhism, is a method for transforming the universe by working with the body and mind. This first volume of the Library of Tibetan Classics series was hand-picked by the Dalai Lama -- who recognized it as the finest possible explication of this practice.
Lamrim is a system of Buddhist philosophy and meditation know as the gradual path to enlightenment. Through the generations, this tradition has been honed and passed on through verbal instruction and a few well-placed texts. PATH OF BLISS is based on a series of talks the Dalai Lama gave in India in 1998, explaining Lamrim's methods.
The Tibetan spiritual tradition is unique because it combines Buddhism with the beliefs and practices of Tibet's ancient Bon religion. John Peacocke explores the roots of this fascinating combination and conveys its deeper meanings as never before. In beautifully illustrated chapters with such titles as "The Bell and the Thunderbolt," "The Secret ...
Reflecting the insights and intentions of the original work, this text includes one of the most detailed and compelling descriptions of the after-death state and practices that transform the experience of daily life and the process of dying.
This book reconstructs and appropriates in contemporary language the Middle Way (Madhyamaka) philosophy of Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), arguably Tibet's greatest philosopher. It reconstructs Tsongkhapa's theories on a number of cross-cultural philosophical topics such as issues relating to self, persons and reality, which are of primary concern to all ...
For nearly 2,000 years, Nagarjuna's teachings have occupied a central position in Mahayana Buddhism. An essential part of the study and practice in the great Indian Buddhist monastic universities, these teachings were later incorporated into the Tibetan monastic programs that modeled their curricula on their Indian predecessors. In "The Middle Way ...
The Kadam school, which emerged from the teachings of the Indian master Atisha and his principal student, Dromtonpa, is revered for its practical application of the bodhisattva's altruistic ideal in daily life. This book presents the Book of Kadam's core texts, including the 23-chapter Jewel Garland of Dialogues between Atisha and Dromtonpa, ...
Lamrim is a system of Buddhist philosophy and meditation known as the gradual path to enlightenment. Through the generations, this tradition has been honed and passed on through verbal instruction and a few well-placed texts. PATH OF BLISS is based on a series of talks the Dalai Lama gave in India in 1998, explaining Lamrim's methods.
Photographer Don Farber has followed His Holiness, the Dalai Lama for 30 years. This documentary and inspirational work celebrates the life and work of a leader unique in the modern world. Farberas photographs capture the charismatic spiritual figure, highlighting the reverence shown him wherever he goes. Of equal interest are the quieter moments ...
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