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1	Tibetan Book of the Dead more books like this by Karma-Glin-Pa, Professor Robert Thurman (Translator) add to wishlist The most prominent expert on Tibetan Buddhism in the West offers a translation of this essential book of Tibetan philosophy that captures the true spirit and poetry of the original work--a profound book that reveals the nature of the mind and its manifestations and offers pure enlightenment. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $10.78! \| SVS
2	The 12-Step Buddhist: Enhance Recovery from Any Addiction more books like this by Darren Littlejohn, Professor Robert Thurman (Foreword by) add to wishlist A student of Buddhism and recovering addict illuminates a path to holistic recovery that compliments and transcends the traditional 12-step approach. see all copies from $8.93! new only from $9.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Essential Tibetan Buddhism more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman add to wishlist An insider's guide to Tibetan Buddhism written for general readers by the first American Tibetan Buddhist monk. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Circling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure Through the Himalayas more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman, Tad Wise add to wishlist Renowned Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman led a group of students--including co-author Tad Wise--on a spiritual adventure through the forbidding landscape of remote western Tibet. Together the authors take readers to sites few Westerners have seen: sacred graveyards, majestic monasteries, and meditation caves of ancient masters. Chronicling the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Living Yoga: Creating a Life Practice more books like this by Christy Turlington, Professor Robert Thurman (Foreword by) add to wishlist A former supermodel who eventually embraced Eastern thought, Turlington recounts how yoga has affected her life and offers explanations for the philosophy underlying the practice. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Infinite Life: Seven Virtues for Living Well more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman, Dalai Lama (Foreword by) add to wishlist According to Robert Thurman, life is much more than a series of birthdays with a beginning (birth), middle (our prime), and end (death). Following a close examination of Buddhist practices, Thurman presents an alternative to the mindset that life is a "terminal" or "random" experience. INFINITE LIFE is structured around the idea that humans are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman add to wishlist Why the Dalai Lama Matters explores just why His Holiness the Dalai Lama has earned the world's love and respect, and how restoring Tibet's autonomy within China is not only possible, but highly reasonable, and absolutely necessary for all of us together to have a peaceful future as a global community. In the few decades since the illegal Chinese ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	A Simple Monk: Writings on His Holiness the Dalai Lama more books like this by Tom Morgan (Editor), Alison Wright (Photographer), Professor Robert Thurman (Introduction by) add to wishlist This coffee-table book includes photographs by Alison Wright of the Dalai Lama and his fellow Tibetans-in-exile, as well as essays about the Dalai Lama by Orville Schell, Robert Thurman, Diki Tsering (the Dalai Lama's mother), and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.81! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Inner Revolution more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman, Dalai Lama (Foreword by) add to wishlist Robert Thurman, the first American ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, describes the social, political, and ethical messages of Tibetan Buddhism. Thurman was named one of the most influential people of 1997 by "Time" magazine. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman (Translator) add to wishlist This book presents the major teachings of Mahayana Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form. For two millennia this Sutra, called the "jewel of the Mahayana Sutras," has enjoyed immense popularity among Mahayana Buddhists in India, central and southeast Asia, Japan, and especially China, where its incidents were the basis for a ... see all copies from $6.74! new only from $22.00!
11 view cover	Infinite Life more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman (Read by) add to wishlist According to Robert Thurman, life is much more than a series of birthdays with a beginning (birth), middle (our prime), and end (death). Following a close examination of Buddhist practices, Thurman presents an alternative to the mindset that life is a "terminal" or "random" experience. INFINITE LIFE is structured around the idea that humans are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.42! \| SVS
12	Inside Tibetan Buddhism: Rituals and Symbols Revealed more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman add to wishlist Rich in detail and visually powerful, this compelling picture book provides insight into the intricate and profound world of Tibetan Buddhism. Striking images of sacred spaces, participants, art, and ritual choreography are used to explain such precepts as karma, emptiness, compassion, death and rebirth, the Eight Fold Path, and the processes of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.95! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Lost Art of Compassion: Discovering the Practice of Happiness in the Meeting of Buddhism and Psychology more books like this by Lorne Ladner, Ph.D., Professor Robert Thurman (Foreword by) add to wishlist Draws on Buddhist traditions and modern psychology to present ways in which readers can develop compassion, joy, and contentment in the face of a busy lifestyle, providing a definition for healthy compassion as well as arguments as to why compassion is an essential part of life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Good Life, Good Death: Tibetan Wisdom on Reincarnation more books like this by Gehlek Nawang, Rimpoche Nawang Gehlek, Professor Robert Thurman (Foreword by) add to wishlist One of the last reincarnated lamas to be trained in Tibet provides hard-won wisdom on life, death, and what comes after, in this fascinating examination of the four questions most-often asked about death: Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we get there? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Liberation Upon Hearing in the Between: Living with the Tibetan Book of the Dead more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman add to wishlist One of the 25 most influential people in America according to "Time Magazine," and "the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism" ("The New York Times"), Thurman illuminates the "Tibetan Book of the Dead" with up-to-date insights for modern audiences. Unabridged. 4 CDs. see all copies from $17.16! new only from $17.16! \| SVS
16 view cover	Worlds of Transformation more books like this by Marylin M Rhie, Professor Robert Thurman, Marilyn M Rhie add to wishlist Devoted to 200 Tibetan thangka paintings from the New York collection of Shelley and Donald Rubin, this book spans the whole range of Tibetan artistic schools over the past eight centuries. Each painting is analyzed in terms of iconography and religious meaning, style, regional lineage and sources. see all copies from $64.95! new only from $99.95! \| first editions
17 view cover	Smile of the Buddha: Eastern Philosophy and Western Art from Monet to Today more books like this by Jacquelynn Baas, Professor Robert Thurman (Foreword by) add to wishlist Smile of the Buddha explores the influences of Asian world-views and particularly Buddhism on the art of Europe and America in the modern era. In an informative and perceptive introduction and essays on twenty well-known artists, Jacquelynn Baas analyzes how the teachings of the Buddha offered alternatives to Western intellectual conceptions of ... see all copies from $32.82! new only from $45.00! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman add to wishlist A once-secret method to generate bliss used only by the great Tibetan masters, the "wish-fulfilling jewel tree" has the power to enlighten all who absorb its teachings. And the image of a gorgeous giant evergreen Christmas-like tree with perennial ornaments of big jewel-like flowers and fruits dominates this book and its revolutionary practice of ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Blessings on the Wind: The Mystery & Meaning of Tibetan Prayer Flags more books like this by Tad Wise, Chronicle Books, Professor Robert Thurman (Foreword by) add to wishlist "Blessings on the Wind" offers a unique way to practice sacred customs and enhance good fortune with a set of five authentic, traditional Tibetan prayer flags accompanied by a beautifully illustrated hardcover book. see all copies from $4.81! new only from $29.19! \| first editions
20 view cover	Buddha Book: A Meeting of Images more books like this by Frank Olinsky, Professor Robert Thurman (Introduction by) add to wishlist BUDDHA BOOK invites readers to contemplate the many faces of enlightenment. From rare museum pieces and exquisite temple art to striking modern interpretations, here are over 90 sacred images of the Buddha--both Eastern and Western, ancient and modern--in the form of paintings, carvings, sculptures, photographs, and drawings. see all copies from $3.72! new only from $5.50! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Central Philosophy of Tibet: A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's "Essence of True Eloquence" more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman, Dalai Lama (Foreword by) add to wishlist This is the paperback edition of the first full study, translation, and critical annotation of the "Essence of True Eloquence" by Jey Tsong Khapa (1357-1419), universally acknowledged as the greatest Tibetan philosopher. Robert Thurman's translation and introduction present a strain of Indian Buddhist thought emphasizing the need for both critical ... see all copies from $6.42! new only from $34.20! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Garden: A Parable more books like this by Michael Roach, Geshe Michael Roach, Professor Robert Thurman (Foreword by) add to wishlist Roach introduces Westerners to the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism through a parable in which a man is lured to a mystical garden to meet the historical figures who have contributed fundamental teachings to the religion. Foreword by Robert Thurman. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.59! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Seeker: The Art of Sohan Qadri more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman add to wishlist Sohan Qadri, one of India's unsung artistic heroes, has had exhibitions at the Tibet House, New York in 2003, and at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York 2004. see all copies from $14.95! new only from $30.62! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Buddhist Stupas in Asia: The Shape of Perfection more books like this by Joe Cummings, Bill Wassman (Photographer), Professor Robert Thurman (Foreword by) add to wishlist Lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs, this book is a pictorial that explores the spread of Buddhism and stupa building across Asia and India. Attempts to encapsulate the durable appeal of the stupa - one of the oldest religious symbols still in use - collide with the vast and varied history of stupa building. see all copies from $31.74! new only from $79.26! \| first editions
25 view cover	Visions of Tibet: Outer, Inner, Secret more books like this by Brian Kistler (Photographer), Professor Robert Thurman (Introduction by) add to wishlist Taken over fifteen years of travel, Kistler's photographs are an homage to moments, people, and places that reveal modern Tibet as never seen before. see all copies from $7.99! new only from $19.24! \| SVS

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