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  • The Rise of Wisdom Moon

    by Krishna mishra ...
    Translated by Matthew Kapstein, J. N. Mohanty ...
    Series Book 1 - Clay Sanskrit Library
    The Rise of Wisdom Moon was composed during the mid-eleventh century by Krishna•mishra, an otherwise unknown poet in the service of the Chandella dynasty, whose cultural and religious capital was Khajuraho. The early popularity of Krishna•mishra’s work led to its frequent translation into the vernaculars of both North and South India, and even Persian as well. Famed as providing the enduring model ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism

    Its Fundamentals and History

    by Dudjom Rinpoche ...
    Written by a great modern Nyingma master, Dudjom Rinpoche's The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism covers in detail and depth both the fundamental teachings and the history of Tibetan Buddhism's oldest school. This, the first English translation of His Holiness' masterwork, constitutes the most complete work of its type in the West.An absolute treasure for students of the tradition, it is also an ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Buddhism Between Tibet and China

    Edited by Matthew Kapstein ...
    Series series Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
    Exploring the long history of cultural exchange between 'the Roof of the World' and 'the Middle Kingdom,' Buddhism Between Tibet and China features a collection of noteworthy essays that probe the nature of their relationship, spanning from the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 CE) to the present day. Annotated and contextualized by noted scholar Matthew Kapstein and others, the historical accounts that ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Reason's Traces

    Identity and Interpretation in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Thought

    by Matthew Kapstein ...
    Series series Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
    Reason's Traces addresses some of the key questions in the study of Indian and Buddhist thought: the analysis of personal identity and of ultimate reality, the interpretation of Tantric texts and traditions, and Tibetan approaches to the interpretation of Indian sources. Drawing on a wide range of scholarship, Reason's Traces reflects current work in philosophical analysis and hermeneutics, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    Longchen Rabjam's Writings on the Great Perfection

    by Longchenpa ...
    Translated by Tulku Thondup ...
    This classic collection of texts on the meditation practice and theory of Dzogchen presents the Great Perfection through the writings of its supreme authority, the fourteenth-century Tibetan scholar and visionary Longchen Rabjam. The pinnacle of Vajrayana practice in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, Dzogchen embodies a system of training that awakens the intrinsic nature of the mind to ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Perfect Clarity

    by Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche, Milarepa yogi, Longchen Rabjam, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche ...
    For practitioners on the paths of Dzogchen and Mahamudra, one of the greatest joys is to personally receive oral instructions from a realized teacher. The excitement of being able to train based on that advice is further enhanced by the stimulation and support that guidance manuals provide. All of the selections presented in Perfect Clarity offer incredible teachings that are inspiring and vital. ... Read more

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  • Teachings from Tibet: Guidance from Great Lamas

    by Nicholas Ribush ...
    Back in the 1970s and '80s most of the great lamas to leave Tibet were still alive and teaching. Those of us who had the good fortune to be in India and Nepal at that time were able to benefit by sitting at their feet, drinking in the nectar of their holy speech. Many of the teachings in this book were given at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Center, New Delhi. Two of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's ... Read more

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  • Buddhism the Religion of No-Religion

    by Alan Watts ...
    Series series Alan Watts Love Of Wisdom
    The widespread influence of Buddhism is due in part to the skill with which a way of liberation was refined by it's teachers and became accessible to people of diverse cultures.In this dynamic series of lectures, Alan Watts takes us on an exploration of Buddhism, from its roots in India to the explosion of interest in Zen and the Tibetan tradition in the West. Watts traces the Indian beginnings of ... Read more

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  • A Leaf in the Wind: A Life's Journey

    by Venerable Adrian Feldmann ...
    Born in Melbourne in 1943, Adrian Feldmann was one of the first Westerners to become a monk in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. On the eve of a three-year, solitary meditation retreat, he recounts the inner and outer journeys that lead him to Nepal where, in the early 1970's, he met two Tibetan lamas, Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. They were among the first lamas to teach Buddhism to ... Read more

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  • Nagarjuna's Middle Way

    Mulamadhyamakakarika

    by Mark Siderits, Shoryu Katsura ...
    Series series Classics of Indian Buddhism
    Winner of the 2014 Khyenste Foundation Translation Prize.Nagarjuna's renowned twenty-seven-chapter Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way (Mulamadhyamakakarika) is the foundational text of the Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. It is the definitive, touchstone presentation of the doctrine of emptiness. Professors Siderits and Katsura prepared this translation using the four surviving ... Read more

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  • The Great Kagyu Masters

    The Golden Lineage Treasury

    For inspiration, Buddhists turn to the life stories of how the great masters of their lineage struggled with their circumstances and achieved enlightenment. This important and very readable volume tells the extraordinary tales of the greatest teachers of the Kagyu the lineage with the widest following in the U.S. ... Read more

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  • A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan

    Autobiographical Reflections

    by Thinley Norbu ...
    In this autobiographical narrative, Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche sets a magical scene as he describes his early years in "Snowland" (Tibet) as one of seven children of the renowned Nyingma master Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche. After touching on his youthful training and experiences, Rinpoche describes how he traveled and taught in many different nations and cities in the East and West. Shifting between ... Read more

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