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  • Steps on the Path to Enlightenment

    A Commentary on Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo, Volume 1: The Foundation Practices

    by Geshe Lhundub Sopa ...
    Series series Steps on the Path to Enlightenment
    Steps on the Path to Englightenment: The Foundation Practices marks the first volume of a much-anticipated, comprehensive commentary on the Lamrim Chenmo by the renowned Buddhist scholar, Geshe Sopa.This landmark commentary on what is perhaps the most elegant Tibetan presentation of the Buddhist path offers a detailed overview of Buddhist philosophy, especially invaluable to those wanting to enact ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • An Inside Job: A Frank Recollection of 48th Ward Happenings

    by David Patt ...
    Share the perspective of neighborhood happenings from the inside of city government when Marion Volini served as 48th ward Alderman. Find out why important decisions affecting community events were made the way they were. Uncover details about City Council actions, Housing Court procedures, local development issues, city service delivery, and political doings. Hear stories involving the Mayor, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Steps on the Path to Enlightenment

    A Commentary on Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo, Volume 2: Karma

    by Geshe Lhundub Sopa ...
    Series series Steps on the Path to Enlightenment
    This second volume of the five-volume commentary by the renowned Buddhist scholar Geshe Lhundub Sopa focuses on the key Buddhist concepts of karma, or cause and effect, and dependent origination. Considered one of the finest living Buddhist scholars, Geshe Sopa provides commentaries essential for anyone interested in a sound understanding of Tibetan Buddhist practice and philosophy. Never has a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Steps on the Path to Enlightenment

    A Commentary on Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo, Volume 3: The Way of the Bodhisattva

    by Geshe Lhundub Sopa ...
    Series series Steps on the Path to Enlightenment
    Geshe Lhundub Sopa's Steps on the Path to Enlightenment is a landmark commentary on what is perhaps the most elaborate and elegant Tibetan presentation of the Buddhist path, Tsongkhapa's monumental Lamrim Chenmo. In this third volume of five, readers are acquainted with the bodhisattva's path and the altruistic desire to make service to others the driving force of spiritual development.It begins ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • 200 Practical Decisions for Membership Organizations

    by David Patt ...
    Find out how organizations can be more successful by making practical decisions that work best for their groups, rather than by blindly adhering to rules, customs, or so-called professional "norms." Applying common sense and independent judgment will generate greater success than just doing what everybody else is doing. Practical decisions may sometimes be outside the mainstream. They may often be ... Read more

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  • Walking Devon and Other Childhood Memories

    by David Patt ...
    Here's a memoir about growing up in West Rogers Park, in a world filled with odd family customs, silly school rules, and unusual cultural habits, a place occupied by inventive playmates and explorers and an occasional rebel.It was where parents and teachers told kids what to do and how to act and they usually, sort of, obeyed.And where kids assumed that whatever they ended up doing was probably ... Read more

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  • Chicago Political Stories: Devious, Comical, and Just Plain Memorable

    by David Patt ...
    Peek behind the scenes to see what many politicians did to get what they wanted. Find out how they manipulated the law, stole votes, initimidated constituents, and avoided elections. Learn about City Council antics, racism and anti-Semitism, partisan redistricting, and how easily candidates could be thrown off the ballot.Hear about the Alderman who lost his gun in a City Hall bathroom. The ... Read more

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  • Steps on the Path to Enlightenment

    A Commentary on Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo. Volume 5: Insight

    by Geshe Lhundub Sopa ...
    Series series Steps on the Path to Enlightenment
    The final installment of the Steps on the Path to Enlightenment series examines the nature of reality with a master class in Buddhist Middle Way philosophy and meditation.The late Geshe Sopa was a refugee monk from Tibet sent to the United States by the Dalai Lama in 1963. He became a professor at the University of Wisconsin, training a generation of Western Buddhist scholars, and was a towering ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Steps on the Path to Enlightenment

    A Commentary on Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo, Volume 4: Samatha

    by Geshe Lhundub Sopa ...
    Series series Steps on the Path to Enlightenment
    An exploration of the practice of samatha, the style of meditation devoted to focus and attentionGeshe Sopa continues his elucidation of Lama Tsongkhapa's masterwork on the Buddhist path with an explanation of the core meditative practice of samatha, or calm abiding.Showing how it is absolutely essential for--and goes hand in hand with--the achievement of insight into reality, he gives practical ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Volume 2)

    by Tsong-kha-pa ...
    Translated by Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee ...
    Series Book 2 - The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path, the Lamrim Chenmo
    The second volume of the 15th-century spiritual classic that condenses Buddhist teachings into one easy-to-follow meditation manualThe Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Tib. Lam rim chen mo) is one of the brightest jewels in the world’s treasury of sacred literature. The author, Tsong-kha-pa, completed it in 1402, and it soon became one of the most renowned works of ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Tsongkhapa

    A Buddha in the Land of Snows

    by Thupten Jinpa ...
    Series Book 3 - Lives of the Masters
    The new standard work and definitive biography of Tsongkhapa, one of the principle founders of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism--the school of the Dalai Lamas.In this groundbreaking addition to the Lives of the Masters series, Thupten Jinpa, a scholar-practitioner and long-time translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, offers the most comprehensive portrait available of Jé Tsongkhapa (1357 ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Creating the Causes of Happiness: Lamrim Teachings from Kopan 1991

    Kopan Courses, #2

    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche ...
    Series Book 2 - Kopan Courses
    The second volume of Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings given during the 24th Kopan lam-rim course in 1991explores topics such as the nature of the mind, karma, death, reincarnation and emptiness.The series offers lightly edited transcripts that we hope will convey the feeling of being in Nepal for the one-month Kopan course. You can also find many other annual Kopan teaching course transcripts ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus