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Dying with Confidence by Anyen Rinpoche (PDF)
Tulku Thondrup Rinpoche says, "A powerful guidebook and a source of comfort at life's most crucial monment." Every person has to die and since this is a normal transition in life, we should not be terribly frightened, but rather we should prepare for it. Fortunately, the Tibetan Buddhist...
Chenrezig: Lord of Love by Bokar Rinpoche (PDF)
Chenrezig is the most popular deity in Tibet. This is a very easy Vajrayana practice that developes a person's compassion. One high lama has said, "However far you are one the path of compassion, that is how far along you are on the road to enlightement." One does not need an empowerment to...
Day Of A Buddhist Practitioner by Bokar Rinpoche (PDF)
This book by Bokar Rinpoche is something I have rarely seen in any other book. It begins when we wake up each day and what our first thought is, then how we expel the residual breath of the night. Then he gives instructions of setting up a simple shrine and a brief thought of Vajrasattva,...
Death And The Art of Dying by Bokar Rinpoche (PDF)
This 140 page book first of all explains what happens when we die. Bokar Rinpoche describes the process of dying for ordinary beings, practitioners and also great practitioners. After we have stopped breathing, our mind continues on through the bardo of the moment of death, then the...
Meditation Advice to Beginners by Bokar Rinpoche (PDF)
We have a number of books on techniques to do several kinds of meditation, but this book of 150 pages by Bokar Rinpoche in many ways is unique in that it begins talking to the reader as if the reader knows nothing about meditation. For example, he asks the question "what is the sky?" and shows that...
Tara: The Feminine Devine by Bokar Rinpoche
Tara is one of most loved femine deities in India and Tibet. Tara like a good mother main purpose is to provide protection for those who need it. Tara came out of a tear of compassion of Chenrezig and provides protection from things such as poisonous snakes (a serious problem in India and other...
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Center of the Sunlit Sky by Brunnholzl (PDF)
The Center of the Sunlit Sky is a book on the Madhyama from the point of the Kagyu Tradition. The predominate tradition in Tibet was to treat the second turning of the wheel of Dharma as basically proving that everything is empty which became known as the Rongtong view of emptines. In this book...
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Moon of Wisdom Ch 6 of Chandrakirti's Entering Middle Way (PDF)
Over twenty-five hundred years ago, the Buddha described the inconceivable, perfectly pure true nature of reality in his teachings onTranscendent Wisdom (Sanskrit:Prajnaparamita). Some five centuries later, the noble protector Nagarjuna, in his seminal text The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle...
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön (PDF)
Pema Chödrön is one of the three best selling Buddhist authors. She has the amazing ability to take problems and concerns that we ordinary people all have and to show us how to get through this using the wisdom of Buddhism. This is probably Pema Chodron's most popular book which has helped many...
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teaching by Pema Chödrön(PDF)
Pema Chödrön is one of the three best selling Buddhist teachers. She has the amazing ability to take problems and concerns that we ordinary people all have and to show us how to get through this using the wisdom of Buddhism. In this book Pema Chödrön presents 108 short teachings on how to...
Taking the Leap by Pema Chodron (PDF)
Pema Chödrön is one of the three best selling Buddhist teachers. She has the amazing ability to take problems and concerns that we ordinary people all have and to show us how to get through this using the wisdom of Buddhism. We all have problems wiith bad habits, frustrations, fear of situations...
Wisdom of No Escape: Path to Loving-kindness by Pema Chödrön (PDF)
Pema Chödrön is one of the three best selling Buddhist teachers. She has the amazing ability to take problems and concerns that we ordinary people all have and to show us how to get through this using the wisdom of Buddhism. This book covers a number of topics. It begins with loving-kindness,...
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Welcoming the Unwelcome by Pema Chodron (PDF)
Pema Chödrön is one of the three best selling Buddhist teachers. She has the amazing ability to take problems and concerns that we ordinary people all have and to show us how to get through this using the wisdom of Buddhism. The full title of this book is Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted...
Always Maintain a Joyful Mind by Pema Chödrön (PDF)
Pema Chödrön is one of the three most read Buddhist teachers. She has the amazing ability to take problems and concerns that we ordinary people all have and to show us how to get through this using the wisdom of Buddhism. In this book Pema present the Seven Points of Mind Training which are a...
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No Time To Lose by Pema Chodron (PDF)
Pema Chödrön is one of the three best selling Buddhist teachers. She has the amazing ability to take problems and concerns that we ordinary people all have and to show us how to get through this using the wisdom of Buddhism. This book is based on the famous THE WAY OF THE BODHISATTVA was...
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Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron (PDF)
The Places that Scare You has the subtitle A Guide to Frearlessness in Difficult Times. Pema begins with a quote from the famous female yogi Machig Labdron detailing how one should practice and ending with "go to place that scare you." This PDF is an exact copy of the 138 page book which carefully...
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Fail Fail Again Fail Better by Pema Chodron (PDF)
This is a short book that contains the greaduating address that Pema Chodron gave to Naropa University in Boulder Colorado
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The Essential Pema by Pema Chodron (PDF)
This book is a compilation of Pema Chodron's teachings that covers a large number of different topics (many just a few pages long). It covers among other things: taking refuge, maitri, Shamatha, bodhichitta, ming training, obstacles on the path,i mpermanence, emptiness, equanimity, karma, and...
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The Passion Book: Tibetan Guide to Sex by Gendun Chophel
A Treatise on Passion is the most famous, and infamous, work of Gendun Chopel, the most important, and controversial, Tibetan writer of the twentieth century. He was born in the far northeast region of the Tibetan cultural domain in 1903, the year that Brit- ish forces under the command of...
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Advice on Dying by the Dalai Lama (PDF)
This book by the Dalai Lama contains chapters on: Awareness of Death Liberation from Fear Preparing to Die Gaining Favorable Condition for the Time of Death Mediting while Dyaing Clear Light of Death and several other chapters.
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Union of Bliss and Emptiness--Practice of Guru Yoga by Dalai Lama (PDF)
This book is about Guru Yoga which is an important practice in Tibetan Buddhism. "Guru yoga is not just a practice where one visualizes a deity and then makes seven-limbed offerings, but rather it is where one views one’s own root guru as a real buddha from the depths of one’s heart. Having...
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Stages of Meditation by the Dalai Lama (PDF)
The Dalai Lama, of course, is an extremely popular Buddhist and his books are for the layperson, not scholar and are therefore very easy to read. " Stages of Meditation is a landmark work on the subject ofmeditation: a practice that has become popular not only with Buddhist practitioners hut with...
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The Four Noble Truths by the Dalai Lama (PDF)
The Dalai Lama, of course, is an extremely popular Buddhist and his books are for the layperson, not scholar and are therefore very easy to read. The Four Noble Truths are, in fact, the first teaching of the Buddha which was done after reaching enlightenment. This was done at Sarnath and the place...
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Guru Yoga: Union of Bliss and Emptiness by Dalai Lama (PDF)
The Dalai Lama, of course, is an extremely popular Buddhist and his books are for the layperson, not scholar and are therefore very easy to read. This book is an advanced book by the Dalai Lama on the practice of Guru Yoga. Guru Yoga is a practice of guru yoga. "Guru yoga is an important aspect of...
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Practicing Wisdom: 8th chapter Bodhisattva's Way by Dalai Lama
Shantideva's The Way of the Bodhisattva is one of the great books which explains exactly how a bodhisattva should think and speak and act. the eigth chapter explains the concept of emptiness is great deal of detail, but needs an interpretation by a learned lama. The Dalai Lama is obviously such a...
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Wisdom of Forgiveneness by the Dalai Lama (PDF)
This book long account of over 200 pages by Victor Chan who followed the Dalai Lama around to a period of time talking to him and attending his meeting swith practitioners and his public teachings and basically recorded it all and then produced this book. I can't really think of a book that...
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Song of Karmapa by Chokyi Nyima (PDF)
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche has a large monastery in Boudha just outside Kathamandu next to Thrangu Rinpoche monastery . He also has centers outside of Nepal and his monastery is both of the Kagyu and the Nyingma lineage. This Song of Karmapa written by the Rangjung Dorje, Third Kamapa which...
Enlightened Courage: 7 Points of Mind Training by Dilgo Khyentse
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was a brilliant practitioner and teacher. He spent years in Tibet many of it in retreat in caves and escaped to Nepal in the 1960s. In Nepal he built a monastery with his wife and son (both also great practioners) and began teaching and giving empowerments from Remi Buddhist...
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Excellent Path to Enlightenment by Dilgo Khyentse
When we take our first steps on the Path, we are not yet capable of helping others. To accomplish the good of others, we must first perfect ourselves, by purifying and transforming our minds. This is the aim of what we call the preliminary practices, which establish the foundations of all spiritual...
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Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones by Dilgo Khentse (PDF)
THE HEART TREASURE OF THE ENLIGHTENED ONES The Practice of View of Meditation and Action A Discourse Virtuous in the Beginning) Middle) and End by Patrul Rinpoche with commentary by Dilgo Khyentse Translated from the Tibetan by The Padmakara Translation Group
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100 Verses Advice of Padampa Sangye Dilgo Khentse (PDF)
Padampa Sangye wrote 100 verses on advice and all aspect of a practitioner's life and Practice. “An extraordinary treasure: a moving and deeply transforming teaching by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, one of the greatest masters of our time.” —Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living...
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Life and Times of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (PDF)
This is the biography of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He was born in Tibet received teachings from many great lamas and spent many years in isolated retreat. When he came to Nepal he established a monastery and began teaching tousands of Rinpoches, Buddhist monks and nuns, and western and Asian...
Primordial Purity by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (PDF)
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was a brilliant practitioner and teacher. He spent years in Tibet many of it in retreat in caves and escaped to Nepal in the 1960s. In Nepal he built a monastery with his wife and son (both also great practioners) and began teaching and giving empowerments from Remi Buddhist...
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Pure Appearance by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (PDF)
Full Title: Pure Appearance: The Development and completion Stages in the Vajrayana Practice. This book includes Rinpoche's teachings on the Four Empowerments, the samadhis of suchness, emptiness, and dharmakaya of the creation stage. For the completion stage Rinpoche discusses the three bardos:...
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Rimey Lama Chopha (tantric feast) by Dilgo Khyentse (PDF)
The Rimey Lama Chopa is a guru yoga practice which was written by Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche in the form of a Rime practice that can be used by all lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. It also contains an excellent Foreword by Matthieu Ricard who was his translator for many years.
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The Heart of Compassion (37 practices) by Dilgo Khyentse (PDF)
Full title: The heart of Compassion: Instructions onf Ngulchu Thogma's 37 Practies of a Bodhisattva This is a commentary on these 37 practices of a Bodhisattva.
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The Wish-fulfilling Jewel by Dilgo Khyentse (PDF)
Full Title: The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel: The Practice of Guru Yoga According to the Longchen Nyingthig Tradition. This is Dilgo Khyentse's commentary on the Guru Yoga practice of the Nyingma lineage.
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Masters of Mahamudra trans by Dowman (PDF)
This book is a translation of stories of the 84 mahasiddhas. These Mahasiddhas were accomplished practitioners who lived outside the monasteries in India and praticed Mahamudra without the constraints of vows and certain behaviors in the 8th to 12th century in India. The stories are fascinating...
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The Sacred Life of Tibet by Dowman (PDF)
Tibet is a country imbued with spiritual significance. Despite the many hardships - distrustful authorities, the severe altitude, the climate, the physical exhaustion these cause - pilgrimage in sacred Tibet is a quest which no external factor can frustrate. This book offers both visionary and...
Buddhist Masters of Enchantment by Dowman and Beer (PDF)
These are more stories on extradinary people achieving enlightenment and madical powers by disregarding ordinary conventions and pradticing outside the monasteries.. Dowman highly readable translation of these legends from Tibetan oral tradition shows the power of meditation in daily life....
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The Divine Madman (Drukpa Kunley) by Dowman (PDF)
This is the story of the famous Drukpa Kunley who as a practitioner in Tibet who broke all societal rules, but did so in the interest of Dharma. He is well known by Tibetans because some of his stories use sex to help spiritual development.
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Everything is Light by Dowman (PDF)
This is a translation of a Dzogchen tantra called The Circle of Total Illumination. This tantra explains that everthing that we experience of phenomena is "light." The first 60 pages of the 300 pages of this book is an extensive commentary by Keith Dowam on the tantra. What follows is the...
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Line Drawings of Nyingma Deities and Masters text by Dowman (PDF)
This book has drawings by Gomchen Oleshe, a Sherpa hermit who drew 93 line drawing of all the major Nyingma deities and lineage holders.
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Sky Dancer: Life of Yeshe Tsogyal by Dowman (PDF)
Yeshe Tsogyalworked very closely with Padmasambhava when Buddhism was first introduced to Tibet. She is credited with becoming the first Tibetan to reach enlightenment. (Padmasambhava was not a Tibetan. This book of all the hardships in her life, her realizations, and her work with...
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Flight of the Garuda (Dzokchen teachings) by Dowman
This book includes a numer of translations by Keith Dowman that illusrate the dzogchen Path practice mainly by the Ningmas. It includes Theory and practice of DZogchen Emptying the depths of hell The flight of the Gaaruda the wissh Grnting Prayer of kuntu Zangpo The Secret Instructions in the...
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Eye of the Storm: Vairotsana's Transmissions by Dowman
THIS IS A BOOK OF FIVE DIFFERENT TEXTS ON DZOGCHEN "The five texts translated into English in this book are considered the first transmission of Dzogchen Ati to Tibet. They were transmitted by a Tibetan monk called Vairotsana who distinguished himself not only in the field of translation, emerging...
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Life and Legacy of Dudjom Rinpoche by Dongyal (PDF)
The full title is Light of Fearlesss Indestructible Wisdom: The Life and Legacy of Dudjom Rinpoche by Tsewang Dongyal Dudjom Rinpoche was head of the Nyingma lineage for many years and and did vast teachings and had a miraculous death. A few of his activities are listed below: (1) His writings...
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Theory of Shentong by Milarepa by Duff (PDF)
Tony Duff translates a spiritual song by Milarepa that comes from the 100,000 songs of Milarepa. this song is interesting because it gives the Shentong view of emptiness many years before Dolpopa propogated the Shentong teachings.
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Precious Garland of Sublime Path by Gampopa (PDF)
Gampopa is one of the great Kagyu teachers on The Precious Garland is a collection of oral instrucctions that he gave to his students as oral instructions. These teachings are given in groups of 10 so that there are 10 things you should keep. 10 things to be given up 10 things to be...
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Biography of Padmasambhava (Consensed) by Duff
The actual title of this book is The Condensed Chronicle by Orgyan Padma and is shortener biography that Padmasambha wrote in his lifetime. Tony Duff has translated this biography whic is 12 pages long.
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Gampopa Teaches Essence of Mahamudra by Duff
Duff gives a good description of Gampopa who was a major Kagyu lineage holder and translates 9 ifferent teachings of Gampopa. Interview Text: Lord Dvagpo’s Personal Advice and Lord Gomtshul’s Interviews InterviewText:DusumKhyenpa’sInterviewsInterview Text; Phagmo Drupa’s...
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Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse by Jigme Lingpa (PDF)
The full Title is: CLOUDLESS SKY The Mahamudra Path ol the Tibetan Kagyii Buddhist School. This is the third Jamgong Kongtrul commenting on a spiritual song of 1St Jamgon Kongtrul by explaining Ground,Path and Fruition Mahamudra. What is meant by mahamudra? Mahamudra consists ba- sically of three...
The Dharma that Illuminates all by Kalu Rinpoche (PDF)
The Very Venerable Kalu Rinpoche a beloved world-wide for his gentle, sincere, and straightforward way of presenting the Buddhist teachings, the Very Venerable Kalu Rinpoche is universally revered as one of the greatest Tibetan yogis of the century. Spending over 30 years meditating in hermitages...
Secret Buddhism: Vajrayana Practices by Kalu Rinpoche (PDF)
Clear Point Press published three excellent books as a series by Kalu Rinpoche. The first was Excellent Buddhism which contains practice in daily life and some background to Kalu Rinpoche. The second book was Profound Buddhism which were teachings on the Foundation and the Mahayana vehicles....
Luminous Mind: Way of the Buddha by Kalu Rinpoche (PDF)
Luminous Mind : The Way of the Buddha by Kalu Rinpoche Foreword by HH The 14th Dalai Lama. : Thinking of the forefathers of the Kagyu tradition, we remember Marpa Lotsawa for the hardships he underwent in obtaining Buddhist teachings from India and his scholarship in translating them into Tibetan....
Teachings at Sonada by Kalu Rinpoche (PDF)
Dharma Teachings at Sonada 1973 From the Introduction : As human beings we all have body, speech, and mind and the wish for happiness. But as the Buddha taught, all things are impermanent, and as such they are permeated by disappointment and the sorrow of degeneration. There is a way to transcend...
Foundation of Buddhist Meditation by Kalu Rinpoche (PDF)
From the publisher : The Foundation of Buddhist Meditation by Yen. Kalu Rinpoche was first published as a pamphlet by us in 1973. In 1981 it was included in an anthology Four Essential Buddhist Texts, which was reprinted in 1982 and in booklet form in 1992. Now we are pleased to bring out this new...
Gem Ornament of Oral Instructions by Kalu Rinpoche (PDF)
In this book Kalu Rinpoche teaches on the three yanas (Foundation, Mahayana, and Vajrayana), then goes through the four Ngondro Practices (Prostrations, Vajrasattva, Mandala, and Guru Yoga) practices. He also explains the layperson's vows, the Bodhisattva vow, and the tantric vows. Finally,...
Profound Buddhism:Hinayana to Vajrayana by Kalu Rinpoche (PDF)
Clear Point Press published three excellent books as a series by Kalu Rinpoche. The first was Excellent Buddhism which contains practice in daily life and some background to Kalu Rinpoche. The second book was Profound Buddhism which were teachings on the Foundation and the Mahayana vehicles....
Excellent Buddhism by Kalu Rinpoche (PDF)
Clear Point Press published three books as a series by Kalu Rinpoche. The first was Excellent Buddhism which contains practice in daily life and some background to Kalu Rinpoche. The second book was Profound Buddhism which were teachings on the Foundation and the Mahayana vehicles. This book...
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In Praise of Dharmadhatu by Nagarjuna (PDF)
This is a huge book of over 400 pages in which Brunnholzl in which he explores in detail writings by the famous Nagarjuna which are rarely examined. Nagarjuna is known for founding the Middle Way (Madyamaka) school which is the foundation of second turning of the Wheel of Dharma explaining...
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Gently Whispered Oral Teachings by Kalu Rinoche (PDF)
This book is a collection of a variety of Kalu Rinpoche's teachings including teachings on the nature of mind, the refuge vow, the bardo, vajrayana and mantrayana practices, the bodhisattva vows, and on Mahamudra which is the main practice of the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
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3rd Karmapa Ranjung Dorje The Profound Inner Principles (PDF)
Th e p r o f o u n d and visionary world of the Karmapa Rangjung Dorje is on display in his monumental Profound Inner Principles. The self- proclaimed, and recognized, incarnation of Karmapa Karma Pakshi, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339) studied with the great masters of his time, absorbing the immense...
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1st Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa's Songs and Teachings (PDF)
This is a collection of works by the first Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpo. they are: MAHAMUDRA,THE THUNDERBOLT DoHA2 FROM THE DOHA CoLLECTION DoHA3 FROM THE DOHA CoLLECTION DoHA4 FROM THE DOHA CoLLECTION DoHA 5F FROM THE DOHA CoLLECTION DoHA 6 FROM THE DOHA CoLLECTION DoHA 7 FROM THE DOHA...
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1st Karmapa The Life and Teachings of Dusum Khyenpa (PDF)
The First Karmapa, Dusum K.hyenpa, was famous as the first person in history to reincarnate in a recognizable way so that he could continue caring for his disciples. This collection of teachings and biographies allows us to see what is less well known: how someone could develop a skillful...
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2nd Karmapa (Karma Pakshi) Tibetan Mahasiddha
Karma Pakshi is known as being a very early example in Tibetan history of such a child. In his case, his predecessor was a veritable saint: Düsum Khyenpa (1110–1193). As an adult, Karma Pakshi wrote several times that he was “no different” from Düsum Khyenpa, his teacher’s teacher’s...
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3rd Karmapa Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism by Ruth Gamble (PDF)
This book is a complete description of the life of Rangjung Dorje the Third Karmapa. The book is 300 pages long and covers his entire life. "When Rangjung Dorjé was five, Orgyenpa recognized him as the reincarnation of Karma Pakshi (1204–1283). Karma Pakshi, known as “the Karmapa,” had, in...
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3rd Karmapa Consciousness, Wisdom, and Buddha Nature by Brunnholzl (PDF)
The Title of this book is actually Luminous Heart: The Third Karmapa of Consciousness, Wisdom, and Buddha Nature. It is 475 page book on the translation and commentary on: The autocommentary on The Profound Inner Reality The ornament That explains the Dharmadharmatāvibhāga Four Poems by...
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3rd Karmapa (Rangjung Dorje) Master of Mahamudra by Ruth Gamble (PDF)
Ruth Gample has a biography of the 3rd Karmapa and then translations of 11 short writings of Rangjung Dorje. These are: 1. The Liberation Story of Past Lives and The Liberation Story of the In- Between State 2 A Dream of Saraha 3. A Mālā of Mountain Dharma’s Siddhis 4. The Dancer, from...
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7th Karmapa (Chodra Gyatso) Establishing Validity (PDF)
This book is a commentary on the Pramana which is the Buddhist logical way of establishing if something is valid or not by the 7th Karmapa . . It is the First Chapter of Karmapa Chodrak Gyatso's Ocean ofLiterature on Logi,c and the Corresponding Chapter from Dha.rmak1rti's Commentary on...
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9th Karmapa Middle Way Feast for the Fortunate (PDF)
All Buddhist philosophical systems explain how they adhere to a “mid- dle way” or middle path, whether that middle way is one of view, medita- tion, or conduct. However, it is only the system of Nāgārjuna outlined in his six treatises on reasoning, along with the tradition of exposition...
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9th Karmpa Mahamudra: Ocean of True Meaning (PDF)
This is a translation by Henrik Havlat. Thrangu Rinpoche also has a book on this topic. The book covers the Four Prelminaries, then the Four Uncommon Preliminaries (Ngondro). then Shamatha (Calm Abiding), then Vipahsyana (Intuitive Iinsight), Dispelling of obstacles to practice and finally...
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9th Karmapa (Wangchuk Dorje) Ocean of Certainty with Traleg Rinpoche
This is another book on the 9th Karmapa's Ocean of Certainty with a translation of the root text and a commentry by Traleg Rinpoche.
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10th Karmapa Golden Swan:Life of 10th Karmapa by Shamar Rinpoche
Shamar Rinpoche points out that there is very little written about the 10th Karmapa and so this book is an extensive biography of the tenth Karmapa. "This book is divided into three parts. The first surveys Tibetan history from the 13'h through the 17'h centuries. It provides the context for the...
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15th Karmapa Former Lives of the Karmapa (PDF)
"First and foremost of the Tibetan tulkus, the 17th Gyalwa Karmpa have long been famous as th guiding light of the Karma Kagyu tradition and erstwhile gurus of the empoerors of China. The 15th Karmapa one told Khuentse Rinpoche about ten former lives that the had mainly in other time-space...
It Is Up to You by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche (PDF)
Have you ever wondered it you could explain all the important ideas and beliefs in Buddhism without using any complicated Buddhist words, not using concepts such as bodhichitta, disturbing emotions Shamatha and so on, Well, this has been done by Dzigar Kongtrul in his book It is Up to You ....
Light Comes by Dzigar Kongtrul (PDF)
In this book of 123 pages Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche devotes the first half of the book to a chapter each on the five disturbing emotions that must be overcome to make progress on the Buddhist path. These are not dry Dharma teachings about the characteristics of these emotions, but are written with...
Peaceful Heart: Patience by Dzigar Kongtrul (PDF)
In Peaceful Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Patience Dzigar Kongtrul gives a very lucid verse by verse explanation of the Sixth Chapter of Shantideva's A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life on the third paramita of patience.
The Intelligent Heart: Mind Training by Dzigar Kongtrul (PDF)
There are a number of books explaining the practice of MInd Training (Tibetan lojong ) that use The Seven Points of Mind Training. In this book Dzigar Kongtrul carefully follows the Mind Training practice and explain how one can develop true Compassion in one's practice. Thrangu Rinpoche also...
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Sup. The Mirror of Mindfulness The Four Bardos by Rangdrol
This book is a an invaluable book on the bardo or the time between this life and we are reborn in the next. Thrangu Rinpoche used this book as a text for his bardo teachings. This book published in 1987 is out of print and we offer it as a PDF that is an exact copy of the paperback.
Training in Tenderness (Tsewa) by Dzigar Kongtrul (PDF)
This book whose full title is Training in Tenderness: Buddhist teachings on tsewa, The radical openness of heart that can change the world is a unique teaching in that it explains the whole length and breadth of the Tibetan word tsewa (Tib. brtse ba) which can roughly be translated as...
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Guru Pema: Mythology of Lotus-Born by Dowman (PDF)
Guru Pema (Padmasambhava a wondering yogin from Orgyen who became Tibet's great Guru. He is the precious buddha of the heart center who emanates tulkus to demostrate Dzogchen. In this original work Keith Dowman brings the guru myths together and gives a brilliant introduction showing his...
Dharma Paths by Khenpo Karthar (PDF)
Dharma Paths by Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche Translated by Ngodup Burkhar and Chójor Radha. First published in 1992. This book is Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche's classic introduction to Buddhist path and practice. Khenpo Karthar is well known as abbot of Karma...
Instructions of Gampopa by Khenpo Karthar (PDF)
Gampopa one of the founders of the Kagyu Lineage was asked to give advice to his many students. He then came up with a unique set of 28 lists each which had 10 different instructions in them make a set of 280 instructions. Here Khenpo Kathar explains each of these items in detail so these are not...
Bardo: Interval of Possibility by Khenpo Karthar (PDF)
The Bardo is the interval that everyone goes through when they die and are reborn. This is an excellent book of 130 pages on this subject which is based on the commentary on this complex subject by Chokyi Wangchuk who was the sixth Shamar Rinpoche. This book gives and explanation in a very...
White Tara: Wish Fulfilling Wheel by Khenpo Karthar (PDF)
White Tara is practiced by all four major schools in Tibet. There are actually several Tara practices, but White Tara's special function is to promote long life both for the practitioner and for all others. Ultimately, White Tara is the nature of Dharmakaya and accomplishing her practice leads to...
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Karma Chagme's Mountain Dharma by Khenpo Karthar Vol. 1 (PDF)
Karma Chagme was a brilliant practitioner and teacher who was of great help to the Tenth Karmapa. He held the teachings of both the Kagyu and Nyingma Lineage. Khenpo Karthar on Karma Chagme's Mountain Dharma at the request of the 17th Karmapa over four years. These teachings covered on...
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Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma by Khenpo Karthar Vol. 2 (PDF)
Karma Chagme was a brilliant practitioner and teacher who was of great help to the Tenth Karmapa. He held the teachings of both the Kagyu and Nyingma Lineage. Khenpo Karthar on Karma Chagme's Mountain Dharma at the request of the 17th Karmapa over four years. These teachings covered on...
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Karma Chagme's Mountain Dharma by Khenpo Karthar Vol. 3 (PDF)
Karma Chagme was a brilliant practitioner and teacher who was of great help to the Tenth Karmapa. He held the teachings of both the Kagyu and Nyingma Lineage. Khenpo Karthar on Karma Chagme's Mountain Dharma at the request of the 17th Karmapa over four years. These teachings covered on...
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Karma Chagme's Mountain Dharma by Khenpo Karthar Vol 4 (PDF)
Karma Chagme was a brilliant practitioner and teacher who was of great help to the Tenth Karmapa. He held the teachings of both the Kagyu and Nyingma Lineage. Khenpo Karthar on Karma Chagme's Mountain Dharma at the request of the 17th Karmapa over four years. These teachings covered on...
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Progressive Stages of Meditation by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
Progressive Stages of Meditation by Khenpo Tsultrim is one of his most popular books. It is hard to get so we offer it as a PDF. Thrangu Rinpoche with Khenpo Tsultrim have taught the four regents of the Kagyu school of Buddhism and in this book Khenpo Tsultrim presents the main school of Buddhist...
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Ascertaining Certainty About the View by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
Khenpo Tsultrim and Thrangu Rinpoche taught the four Kagyu regents of the Kagyu lineage in Rumtek, India after the 1959 cultural revolution. Khenpo Tsultrim spent many years before as a yogi wandering in Tibet, but was also a Khenpo having studied the classic texts in Buddhism. He has always tried...
Buddha Nature by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
Buddha Nature by Khenpo Tsultrim is a very detailed examination of the Uttaratantra Shatra which is also known as the Sublime Coninuum . The Uttaratantra is one of the five books of the Maitreya Buddha which were given to Asanga in the Fourth Century CE. This book is considered to be one of the...
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Chandrakirti Entrance to Middle Way - Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
The Buddha taught three turnings of the wheel of Dharma--the Foundation vehicle, the Mahayana vehicle, and the Vajrayana vehicle. The second turning founded by Nagarjuna based a great deal of their additions and expositions on the concept of emptiness. If a praactitioner does not understand the...
Beautiful Song of Marpa by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
In 1991 Khenpo Tsultrim Rinpoche gave a far ranging teaching on the Shentong view or reality and Buddha nature. So the first half of this book is devoted to this topic. In 1994 Khenpo Tsultrim gave a set of talks at Karma Ling in which he discussed four Spritual Songs by Milarepa. The first was...
Nagarjuna's 60 Stanzas on Reasoning by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
Nagarjuna was the founder of the Middle Way (Skt. Madhyamaka) school who was given the vast Prajanaparamita teachings which basically discussed the meaning of emptiness. These are teachings which are studied for a year or more in the Tibetan Monastic Colleges. Khenpo Tsultrim Rinpoche is know for...
Nagarjuna's Praise of Dharmadhatu by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
Nagarjuna, the founder of the Middle Way school and author of many texts on emptiness which became the foundation of the Rangtong view in Tibet. However, in this text he actually presents the opposing Shentong view. Khenpo Tsultrim, an exponent of the Shentong view gives a very illuminating...
Milarepa's Seven Ways Things Shine by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
Khenpo Tsultrim is well known for his commentaries on the Spritual Songs of Milarepa, Tibet's greatest yogi. In this teaching he describes and gives a commentary on Milarepa's song which he spontaneously sang to his students.
Stars of Wisdom by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
This is a book of 159 pages and this is what several reviewers have said about it. “When we consider the remarkable achievements of Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and his contribution to the Dharma, he is, without doubt, one of the great guides of our time.”—The Seventeenth...
The 18 Kinds of Yogic Joy of Milarepa by Khenpo Tsultrim
Khenpo Tsultrim was famous for Explaining the Spiritual Songs of Milarepa. In this text he takes this song of Milarepa and explains its profound meaning and then the text has a translation of this song.