A Clear Mirror
The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master
Written by Traktung Dudjom Lingpa, Translated by Chonyi Drolma, Foreword by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche
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Personal memoirs are not uncommon in Tibetan Buddhism, but A Clear Mirror offers an unusual variation: three levels of spiritual teachings, conveying outer, inner, and subtle aspects of wisdom, that give readers full access to the rich life of one of Vajrayana Buddhism’s most respected figures. Dudjom Lingpa (1835–1904) was a...
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The Four Global Truths
Awakening to the Peril and Promise of Our Times
Written by Darrin Drda
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With the planet increasingly threatened with catastrophe and perhaps even collapse, many seekers are looking to past, proven models to create meaningful change in their lives. One such model is Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths: the reality of suffering, the root cause of suffering, the end of suffering, and the path to the...
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Freedom in Bondage
The Life and Teachings of Adeu Rinpoche
Written by Adeu Rinpoche, Edited by Marcia Binder Schmidt, Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang, Foreword by Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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Adeu Rinpoche’s life was extraordinary from the beginning. He was recognized by an incarnation of the previous Adeu Rinpoche and enthroned at the age of seven as the Eighth Adeu Rinpoche. As a child and teenager he mastered writing, calligraphy, poetry, astrology, mandala painting, prayer, and meditation. Then, in 1958 at the...
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Sailing Home
Using the Wisdom of Homer's Odyssey to Navigate Life's Perils and Pitfalls
Written by Norman Fischer
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Homer’s Odyssey holds a timeless allure. It is an ancient story for every generation: the struggle of a man on a long and difficult voyage longing to return to love and family. Odysseus’s strivings to overcome both divine and earthly obstacles and to control his own impulsive nature hold valuable lessons...
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The Mirror of Mindfulness, Updated Edition
The Cycle of the Four Bardos
Written by Tsele Natsok Rangdrol
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In The Mirror of Mindfulness, seventeenth-century master Tsele Natsok Rangdröl teaches that there is an identical essence intrinsic to the heart, mind, and spirit in every human being. The realization of this essential oneness in humanity, he said, makes any man or woman a Buddha. The book focuses on how to...
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Confessions of a Gypsy Yogini
Experience through Mistakes
Written by Marcia Dechen Wangmo, Foreword by Tulku Thondup
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Confessions of a Gypsy Yogini is a collection of teachings taken from the author’s own life, gained from “experience through mistakes, learning the hard way.” After an early life as a “quasiradical, hippie, horse trainer, and environmentalist,” Marcia Dechen Wangmo became a Buddhist. Over the next three decades, through encounters with...
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Endless Path
Awakening Within the Buddhist Imagination: Jataka Tales, Zen Practice, and Daily Life
Written by Rafe Martin, Illustrated by Richard Wehrman
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***WINNER, 2011 Storytelling World Resource Award – Best Storytelling Collection
The jataka tales—stories of the Buddha’s past lives (in both human and animal form)—were first said to have been told by the Buddha himself 2,500 years ago. Five hundred and fifty jataka tales comprise part of the oldest Buddhist text, the Pali...
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Presence Meditation
The Practice of Life Awareness
Written by Jens-Erik Risom, Introduction by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.
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First developed as a short manual for students in a yearlong meditation course, Presence Meditation offers a step-by-step program for increasing self-awareness through simple but revelatory exercises. The practice of presence meditation involves becoming present to whatever is going on and letting things be just as they are. This awareness is...
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Mind Body Zen
Waking Up to Your Life
Written by Jeffrey Maitland, Preface by Kendo Hal Roth
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In Mind Body Zen, long-time Zen student, world-renowned Rolfer, and former philosophy professor Jeffrey Maitland combines his expertise across the mind-body-zen spectrum to help bridge the East-West gap in spiritual practice.
Tackling the prevailing misconception that Zen is a philosophy, Maitland provides an in-depth explanation of why Zen is an eminently practical...
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Spiritual Bypassing
When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters
Written by Robert Augustus Masters, Ph.D.
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Spiritual bypassing—the use of spiritual beliefs to avoid dealing with painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs—is so pervasive that it goes largely unnoticed. The spiritual ideals of any tradition, whether Christian commandments or Buddhist precepts, can provide easy justification for practitioners to duck uncomfortable feelings in favor of more seemingly...
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The Book of Not Knowing
Exploring the True Nature of Self, Mind, and Consciousness
Written by Peter Ralston
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Over decades of martial arts and meditation practice, Peter Ralston discovered a curious and paradoxical fact: that true awareness arises from a state of not-knowing. Even the most sincere investigation of self and spirit, he says, is often sabotaged by our tendency to grab too quickly for answers and ideas as...
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Heart Lamp
Lamp of Mahamudra and The Heart of the Matter
Written by Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang
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Tsele Natsok Rangdröl is renowned in the Kagyü and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism for his brilliant scholarship, profound exposition, and meditative accomplishment. Comprised of two of his most important texts, this collection presents four essential Buddhist strands of philosophical viewpoint and meditation technique: the teachings of the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of...
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The Circle of Fire
The Metaphysics of Yoga
Written by P.J. Mazumdar
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The Circle of Fire examines the eternal metaphysical questions “What is God?” and “What is the purpose of life?” The book discusses the answers to these questions given by Western science and different schools of Indian thought, specifically detailing the answers to be found in India's two most developed atheistic traditions...
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Uncommon Happiness
The Path of the Compassionate Warrior
Written by Dzigar Kongtrul, Rinpoche, Foreword by Marcia Binder Schmidt
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From 2005 to 2007, teacher Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche gave classes on Buddhist scholar Shantideva’s The Way of the Boddhisattva at a noted retreat center in Northern California. His commentaries revealed such a deep understanding that practitioner Marcia Binder Schmidt decided to collect them for other students of Buddhism as an independent...
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Treasures from Juniper Ridge
The Profound Treasure Instructions of Padmasambhava to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal
Written by Padmasambhava and Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Edited by Marcia Binder Schmidt, Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang
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Treasures from Juniper Ridge is a collection of “hidden” or terma teachings given by Padmasambhava, the Tantric master who brought Vajrayana Buddhism to Tibet. According to Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Padmasambhava hid many teachings to be uncovered later by “revealers of hidden treasures.” The special quality of the terma teachings is that...
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The Great Gate
A Guidebook to the Guru's Heart Practice
Written by Chokling Dewey Dorje, Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and Dudjom Rinpoche
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Vajrayana Buddhism differs from other branches of Buddhism in providing an accelerated path to enlightenment based on Dzogchen principles. The word dzogchen, translated variously as Great Perfection and Great Completeness, conveys the idea that our nature as intrinsic awareness has many qualities that make it “perfect”: indestructibility, incorruptible purity, non-discriminating openness...
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Skillful Grace
Tara Practice for Our Times
Written by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and Trulshik Rinpoche Adeu, Edited by Marcia Binder Schmidt, Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang, Foreword by Tara Bennett-Goleman
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Tara is one of the most inspiring of Buddhist deities, embodying the most compelling and vital qualities of the feminine: beauty, grace, and the ability to nurture, care for, and protect. This complex goddess, whose practice transcends sect and class, is also a true warrior, vanquishing fear and ignorance–in a sense...
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Orthodox Chinese Buddhism
A Contemporary Chan Master's Answers to Common Questions
Written by Master Sheng Yen, Translated by Otto Chang and Douglas Gildow
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As a well-known scholar and meditation master—His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama called him “extremely modest, a true spiritual practitioner of deep and broad learning”—Sheng Yen is uniquely qualified to guide Western seekers into the world of contemporary Chinese Buddhism. Written while the author was secluded in solitary retreat in southern...
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Buddha Takes No Prisoners
A Meditator's Survival Guide
Written by Patrick Ophuls, Foreword by Jack Kornfield
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This insightful, easy-to-read handbook offers a non-traditional perspective on meditation. Written primarily for American insight meditation students, it delivers the Buddha's essential teachings clearly, straightforwardly, and without spiritual jargon, and helps make sense of practices often laden with traditional terminology. Practical explanations of the meditation process, its benefits and applicability to...
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Quintessential Dzogchen
Confusion Dawns as Wisdom
Written by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Translated by Marcia Binder Schmidt and Erik Pema Kunsang
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This hands-on guidebook adapts the Dzogchen path for the modern student while adhering to traditional principles. The book is based on the direct, accessible style of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and offers a thorough grounding in how to study, contemplate, and meditate in this rich spiritual environment. Guided by an introductory teaching...
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Repeating the Words of the Buddha
Written by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang, Foreword by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche spent many years in retreat, assimilating the teachings within his experience. He spoke with humor and true understanding, expressing plainly and simply what he himself had undergone. Consequently, his teachings are uniquely accessible, with a powerfully beneficial impact on those who hear or read his words. This book...
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Blazing Splendor
The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Written by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Foreword by Sogyal Rinpoche, Introduction by Daniel Goleman
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With unsurpassed honesty and humility, the highly influential meditation master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche offers a glimpse into the remarkable reality of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as an in depth portrait of the lost culture of old Tibet. This grand narrative stretches across generations, providing an inspiring glimpse into a realm of...
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Getting the Buddha Mind
On the Practice of Chan Retreat
Written by Master Sheng-Yen
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Chan—or in Japanese, Zen—involves studying, practicing, acting, and being, but beyond words and ideas, the true Chan cannot be described, only learned. Under the guidance of authentic teachers like Chan Master Sheng Yen, many students in the West have learned how to follow the path. Collected from a series of talks...
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Dzogchen Essentials
The Path That Clarifies Confusion
Written by Padmasambhava, Edited by Marcia Binder Schmidt, Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang
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Dzogchen Essentials offers a collection of teachings which are principally about clarifying confusion, the mistaken ways we normally relate to our perceptions of environment, body, and senses. Rather than continue the habits of insisting on a solid reality, we are given skillful alternatives and practices and the method to integrate them...
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The Lotus-Born
The Life Story of Padmasambhava
Written by Yeshe Tsogyal, Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang, Foreword by Dilgo Rinpoche
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In English for the first time is the complete story of how Buddhism was planted in Tibet. The Lotus-Born is a translation of a biography that was concealed as terma treasure—as protection from the changes of time—and revealed centuries later ba a tertön, a reincarnation of an accomplished student of Padmasambhava...
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