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Lamp That Dispels Darkness by Mipham (PDF)
This is a text by the greatNyingma scholar-practitioner Ju Mipham Namgyal [1846-1912]. Mipham, as he is usually called, has become the most well known ofNyingma scholars. His text here concerns the practice of the innermost level of Great Completion The innermost level of Great Comple tion has...
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Land of Snows by Tucci (PDF)
This book is an extensive discussion of Tibetan culture. It covers Tibet's history, religion, art, daly life, marriage and death ustoms, literature and political organization. It also has over 100 photographs to augment the narrative. Tucci's made many trips to Tibet between 1927 and 1948 ans so he...
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Legend of the Great Stupa and Story of Padmasambhava (PDF)
The Legend of the Great Stupa, focuses on incarnation, adoration, disaster, and rebirth to convey the power of meritorious action, aspiration, and vow. It is a Tibetan means of instructing the visionary along the spiritual path, a path that begins with an initial flash of insight into the...
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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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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...
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...
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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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Lion's Roar That Proclaims Zhantong (Shentong) (PDF)
The Lion’s Roar that Proclaims Zhantong (Also spelled Shentong) focusses on the issues of emptiness and the two truths as they are proclaimed within the Zhantong system. The text begins with a clear explana- tion of the lineage of teachers through which the Zhantong view came down from the...
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Lions Gaze of Patrul Rinpoche by Palden Sherab (PDF)
A commentary by the Venerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and the Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche on The Special Teaching of the Wise and Glorious Sovereign by Patrul Rinpoche and The Three Words that Strike the Crucial Point by Vidyadhara Garab Dorje.
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Longsal Terma Teachings Vol 2 by Namkhai Norbu
The Longsal Cycle or The Innermost Essence of the Dakinis of the Luminous Clarity of the Universe is the collection of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu's rediscovered teachings. This publication of teachings from theLongsal Cycle contains three upadeshas received through dreams (mnal chos), including the...
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Longsal Terma Teachings Vol 6 by Namkhai Norbu (PDF)
The Longsal Cycle or The Luminous Clarity of the Universe, Heart Essence ofthe Dakinis is the col ection of Namkhai Norbu's rediscovered teachings. This series of publications contains translations ofthe original texts together with the histories of their discovery. This sixth volume...
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....
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Mahamudra Teachings by Tai Situ Rinpoche (PDF)
Khentin Tai Situpa was one of the four regents of the Kagyu Lineage and perticipated in Thrangu Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsultrim’s first shedra at Rumtek. He speaks fluent English and has been teaching for 40 years, but unfortuantely very few of books in English are available in English . We are...
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Marvelous Primordial State: the Mejung Tantra by Namkhai Norbu
THE MARVELOUS PRIMORDIAL STATE OF TOTAL PERFECTION is a profoundly important root text of the Mind series of Dzogchen. These are: The Marvelous Primordial State in forty chapters; The Tantra of the Marvelous Primordial State in eleven chapters; The Section of the Marvelous Primordial...
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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...
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...
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Meditation in Action by Chogyam Trunga (PDF)
In 1973 when Chogyam Thrungpa Rinpoche moved to Boulder, Colorado he taught his first formal teaching of a course in Eastern Religions at the University of Colorado in 1973. I and my wife were there at this teaching and after just a few classes, we both became Buddhist because of Trungpa's...
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.
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Mind Training by Ringu Tulku (PDF)
This book is on the traditional practice of mind traing In Tibetan, lo means “mind” and jong means “training,” and this training is regarded as the most important single teaching in Buddhism. Based on developing a deep compassion for ourselves and for other beings, it gives us a simple...
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Mipam on Buddha Nature Translator Duckworth (PDF)
“The author brings impressive detail and erudition to bear on this topic; he is clearly well read in the relevant Tibetan materials, the Indian background, and relevant contemporary scholarship. This book represents a significant contribution to the fields of Tibetan and Buddhist studies, and it...
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Mipham's Dialectic and Debates on Emptiness (PDF)
This book explores a number of themes in connection with the concept of Emptiness, a highly technical but very central notion in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. It examines the critique by the leading Nyingma school philosopher Mipham (1846–1912), one of Tibet’s brightest and most versatile minds,...
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Mipham's Gateway to Knowledge Vol 1 (PDF)
Gifted with a natural intelligence, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche became extremely learned. He was accomplished in all five fields of knowledge and remains the example of perfect scholarship. When we reflect on him as a practitioner, it seems that he spent his entire life in retreat. Ifwe contemplate his...
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Mipham's Gateway to Knowledge Vol 2 (PDF885)
Gifted with a natural intelligence, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche became extremely learned. He was accomplished in all five fields of knowledge and remains the example of perfect scholarship. When we reflect on him as a practitioner, it seems that he spent his entire life in retreat. If we contemplate his...
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Mipham's Gateway to Knowledge Vol 3 (PDF)
Gifted with a natural intelligence, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche became extremely learned. He was accomplished in all five fields of knowledge and remains the example of perfect scholarship. When we reflect on him as a practitioner, it seems that he spent his entire life in retreat. If we contemplate his...
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Mipham's Gateway to Knowledge Vol 4
Gifted with a natural intelligence, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche became extremely learned. He was accomplished in all five fields of knowledge and remains the example of perfect scholarship. When we reflect on him as a practitioner, it seems that he spent his entire life in retreat. If we contemplate his...
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Mipham's Sword of Wisdom by Palden Sherab PDF
“I am delighted with this translation of Mipham Rinpoche’s Sword of Wisdom. Personally, this text has helped me so much in understanding the system of basic logic and reasoning that elucidates the profound meaning of the two truths. It is a true gem for beginners and learned alike. Time...
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Mo, The Tibetan Divination System by Mipham
The work presented here-MO: Tibetan Divination System-should be seen against the entire backdrop of Tibetan culture. The Mo should not be seen as a spuri ous religious practice, unconnected with the profound teachings of the Buddha which underlie the life of the Tibetan people. Since the Buddhas...
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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...
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...
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No Mud, No Lotus :Transforming Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh was born in Vietnam and is one of the best known Zen Buddhist around the world for his very practical advice on how to live one's life fully and how to deal with one's many problems in Samsara. Unfortunately we passed away quite recently so we thought we could offer a few of...
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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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Old Path White Clouds by Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh's Old Path White Clouds tells the life story of the historical Buddha from select Sutras. It reads as a collection of short stories, and is based on historic records, with practical common language translation. Accessible for...
Opening Door to Madhyamaka School by Palden Sherab
Palden Sherab Rinpoche and his brother Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche have produced a series of very readable books taking on many major Buddhist Topics. If you were able to attend any of their teachings you would see Palden Sherab teaching in Tibetan and his brother translating. This team which...
Opening the Door to Rangtong and Shentong by Palden Sherab
Palden Sherab Rinpoche and his brother Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche have produced a series of very readable books taking on many major Buddhist Topics. If you were able to attend any of their teachings you would see Palden Sherab teaching in Tibetan and his brother translating. This team which...
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Opening to Our Primordial Nature by Palden Sherab PDF
This is a comprehensive book that teaches almost everything one needs to know about meditation: Below are some of the Chapters: Taming the Mind The Causes and Conditions of the Mind The Primordial Nature Taking Refuge Trainingin Discipline, Concentration,and Wisdom Cultivating...
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Padmasambhava's Instructions to Yeshe Tsogyal (PDF)
This book is actually called Treasures of Juniper Ridge and are precious instructions by Padmasambhava who gave them to Yeshe Tsogyal. the book also has a commentray by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and was translated by Erik Pema Kunsang. this booo c0kb9jes ked9tat90j ajd pith practice instructions in a...
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PDF874 The Life of Mipham Rinpoche by Dilgo Khyentse (PDF)
The full Title of this book is Lion of Speech: The life of Mipham Rinpoche. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche composed his biography of Jamgön Mipham in 1939. Incorporating much of the material gathered in an earlier biography by Khenpo Kunzang Pelden, one of Mipham’s closest disciples, Khyentse...
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.
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Pilgrims in the Swat Valley by Tucci (PDF)
The Swat Valley is of great interest to pracitioners in Tibetan Buddhism because this valley, which used to be called Uddiyana, was the birthplace and place where Padmasambhava, who helped found Buddhism in Tibet, recieved many of his teachings along with many other great Buddhist practitioners....
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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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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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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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Preserving the Face of Rigpa (Trecho) by Mipham (PDF)
There are two main branches of the Nyingma lineage path which Togyal and Trecho. This text by Mipham explains the practices of Trecho (which unfortunatley was translated by Duff as "Though Cut")
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...
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....
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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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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:...
Rainbow body of Ugyen Tendzin by Namkhai Norbu (PDF)
Tibetan Buddhism is the only religion which has developed an advanced meditation in the practitioners at the end of life tells his students to leave him alone in a room or tent of about seven days and then takes the meditation position. When the students who have surrounded the room praying night...
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Religions of Tibet by Tucci (PDF)
This is a classic book giving a very good account of the History of Tibet which also includes a a great deal of information on the Tibetan Buddhism and the various lineages and famous teachers. The book is 350 page long and well written.
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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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Rinchen Zangpo-Renaiswance of Buddhism by Tucci (PDF)
In Tibet the king Langdarma in 905 tried to destroy all the Buddhist teachings by destroying the Buddhist texts and closing all the Buddhist monasteries. After Longdharma was assinated in 905, Rinchen Zangpo assembled 75 Tibetqn scolars and they began reconstrucint Buddhism in Tibet which took many...
Sadhana of Mahamudra Sourcebook by Trungpa Rinpoche (PDF)
The Sadhana of Mahamudra (Sourcebook 1979)
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....
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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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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...
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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...
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...
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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.
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Supreme Source Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen by Norbu (PDF)
This book The Kunjed Gyalpo can be considered the fundamental tantra of Dzogchen, a teaching that according to tradition has been transmitted for over two thousand years from teacher to disciple. Its aim is to awaken each individual to his or her true nature: the primordial state of...
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...
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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Tathagarta-garbha Sutra by Zimmermann (PDF)
This book is an extensive explanation of the origins of the concept of Buddha Nature. Buddha nature begins with a short sutra of Mahayana Buddhism that revolutionized the understanding of Buddhism. The concept of buddha nature (which is not just confined to Buddhist so a translation of "essential...
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...
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Temples in Western Tibet with Artwork by Tucci (PDF)
Unfortunately, during the cultural revolution in 1959 almost all the Buddhist temples and buildings were destroyed and their contents destroyed. Tucci in this book meticulously catalogues many of these temples years before they were destroyed and made photographys (mostly in black and white...
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.
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The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh was born in Vietnam and is one of the best known Zen Buddhist around the world for his very practical advice on how to live one's life fully and how to deal with one's many problems in Samsara. Unfortunately we passed away quite recently so we thought we could offer a few of...
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The Biographies of Rechungpa by Roberts (PDF)
This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084–1161)—the student of the famous teacher Milarepa—using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how the image of both Milarepa and Rechungpa underwent fundamental transformations over a period of over three centuries. The author...
The Buddhist Path from Nyingma View by Palden Sherab
Palden Sherab Rinpoche and his brother Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche have produced a series of very readable books taking on many major Buddhist Topics. If you were able to attend any of their teachings you would see Palden Sherab teaching in Tibetan and his brother translating. This team which...
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The Circle of the Sun by Natsok Rangdrol (PDF)
The most learned Tsele Perna Legdrub was the body- emanation of the great translator Vairochana, and he attained the pinnacle of learning and accomplishment of the masters of the Land of Snow. Also known as Kongpo Gotsang Natsok Rangdrol, he was 'unmatched in the three qualities of scholarship,...
The Crystal and Way of Light by Namkhai Norbu (PDF)
This is a nice book of 200 pages with about a dozen pages of pictures in which Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche covers a number of topics. 1. My Birth, Early Life, and Education; and How I Came to Meet My Principal Master 2. An Introductory Perspective: The Dzogchen Teachings and the Culture...
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...
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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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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 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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The Golden Letters Gerab Dorje and Dzogchen by Reynolds (PDF)
Gerab Dorje is an important teacher in the Nyingma Lineage. This book has translations of Three Statement that Strike the Essential Points and Life of Garab Dorje . In addition it has a very readable and balanced section on where the Nyingma Practice of Dzogchen originated including in Indian...
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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.
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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The Joy of Living by Mingyur Rinpoche (PDF)
"The experts in Buddhist mind science have been working with neuroscientists to design research that will document the neural impact of these varieties of mental training. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche has been one of the expert practitioners most actively involved in this alliance, working...
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The Light of Wisdom Vol. 4 by Padmasambhava (PDF)
The main focus of Light ofWisdom, Vol IV, is the practice of Ati Yoga, the completion stage devoid of conceptual attributes. Here Padmasambhava's precious pith instructions are clarified by Jamgan Kongrul one of the greatest masters of Tibetan Buddhism. As previ- ously mentioned, with the consent...
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The Lion's Gaze by Palden Rinpoche
Lion's Gaze - Palden Sherab CONTENTS 1. Dzogchen Lineage 2. Preliminary Practices 3. The Three Words That Strike the Crucial Point (Garab Dorje) 4. The Special Teaching of the Wise and Glorious Sovereign 5. Directly Cutting Through and Leaping Over 6. Lion's Gaze 7. Review of the...
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The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh was born in Vietnam and is one of the best known Zen Buddhist around the world for his very practical advice on how to live one's life fully and how to deal with one's many problems in Samsara. Unfortunately we passed away quite recently so we thought we could offer a few of...
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The Miraculous Key by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
We are pleased to make this text by Khenpo Tsultrim available. It was compiled and translated by Tony Duff who offered this book for free distribution and so we honor that and offer this PDF of the book also for free. The full title of this 87 page book is "A partial Commentary to...
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The Myth of Freedom by Chogyam Trungpa (PDF)
Chögyam Trungpa's unique ability to express the essence of Buddhist teachings in the language and imagery of modern American culture makes his books among the most accessible works of Buddhist philosophy. Here Trungpa explores the true meaning of freedom, showing us how our...
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The Nature of Mind by Patrul Rinpoche
Patrul Rinpoche was a living buddha, a bodhisattva in the flesh, so of course his teaching can be trusted and relied on completely. He wouldn’t lie to us! Moreover, Khenchen Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal are exceptional, compassionate masters of our time, not ordinary lamas. I...
The Origin of the Tara Tantra (PDF)
This is a book byTaranatha who collected a lot of stories about Tara and these were translated by Templeman. Taranatha apparently through together 89 references to Tara of mostly non-scholars had never heard of. It is a testament to Taranatha's apparent photographic memory, but it is a rather...
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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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The Path to Buddhahood (Jewel Ornament of Liberation) by Ringu Tulku
" Path to Buddhahood constitutes one of the best introductions to the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism available today. In simple, intelligent language, using images that appeal to our everyday experience and yet are surprisingly subtle, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche guides us with clarity to the discovery of...
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The Profound Wisdom of the Heart Sutra by Bokar Rinoche
The Heart Sutra is a condensation of the vast Pajnaparamita sutras on emptiness. This 5 minute sutra is recited in many Buddhist centers across the world. While being short, it is extremely profound and here Bokar Rinpoche explains its meaning and how it relates to understanding emptiness. In the...
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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...
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The Shangpa Kagyu Teachings by Tai Situ Rinpoche (PDF)
The Shangpa Kagyu lineage is one of the lesser known lineages but was made prominent by Kalu Rinpoche. This is an incredible book in which Tai Situpa discusses many topics not discussed by other lamas. Each one is short and insightful. These topics described below are not in the order they are...
The Six Perfections (Paramitas) by Tai Situ Rinpoche (PDF)
This brief text gives a good description of the Six Perfections ( Paramitas in Sanscrit)
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The Sun of Wisdom by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
The Sun of Wisdom is Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso's extensive teaching on Nagarjuna's great masterpiece The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way . Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom is the foundation of the reasoning and proof of the second turning of the wheel of dharma that all phenomena are...
The Two Truths by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
One of the foundations of the second and third turning of the Wheel of Dharma is the two truths. These are the two realities that we experience. The first truth or reality is the conventional reality in which all appearances in this world appear to us as solid and real. This is the reality of...
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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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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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Three Vehicles of Buddhism by Ringu Tulku (PDF)
The Actual Title of this book is Daring Steps Toward Fearlessness: The Three Vehicles of Buddhism. The book presented here is quite unique in that it provides an insight into the entirety of the Buddha’s teachings, doing so in a manner equally suited to those with an initial interest in Buddhism...
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Thus have I seen: Early visualization practice by Rotman
Andy Rotman maintains that early Buddhist practice involved the practice of Visualization in additions to the Chanting and prayers. This very comprehensive books of 300 pages traces the whole practice of visualization in Buddhism up to the present.