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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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Gently Whispered Oral Teachings by Kalu Rinoche (PDF)
This book is a collection of a variety of Kalu Rinpoche's teachings including teachings on th nature of mind, the refuge vow, the bardo, vajrayana and mantrayana practices, the bodhistaava voews and Mahamudra.
In Love with the World by Mingyur Rinpoche
This is an amazing book because Mingjur Rinpoche a head of an important monastery with dozens of attendants and hundreds of monk attending to his ervery need, one day put on regular clothes and spent the next several years traveling unrecognized as an ordinary person through India. The book is the...
Joyful Wisdom by Mingyur Rinpoche (PDF)
"I realized that the emotional climate (the media) was describing wasn't at all unique to the modern age. From the twenty-five-hundred-year-old perspective of Buddhism, every chapter in human histbry could be described as an "age of anxiety." The anxiety we feel now has been part...
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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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Turning Confusion Into Clarity by Mingyur Rinpoche (PDF)
Myingjur gives a very readable explanation of first how we enter the path of Buddhism. He then explains the Four Common Foundations which are the thoughts we should have before beginning any practice. Finally, he explains the Four Special or Unique Foundations which in Tibetan are called...
Tibetan Medicine On Birth, Life and Death by Namkhai Norbu (PDF)
This is quite a remarkable book by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche in which it elucidates the foundation of Tibetan Medicine. This is the only book we carry on this topic. In the first chapter he gives and then describes the five types of humours, giving the locations, functions, and characteristics of...
Dream Yoga and Practice Natural Light by Namkhai Norbu (PDF)
Dream Yoga is the practice of lucid dreaming which is being aware that you are deaming when you are dreaming. Do this is usually quite difficult for most people but it is an important practice because it trains the mind to realize that all the outer phenomena are also "empty" or we can...
Dzogchen and Zen by Namkhai Norbu (PDF)
There are many, many books on Dogchen, the principle meditation of the Nyingma Lineage. Dzogchen is a meditation of looking directly at one's mind and is similar to Mahamudra. Zen is, of course, a major type of meditation that originated in Japan and this meditation too involves looking at...
Eight Movements of Yantra Yoga by Namkhai Norbu (PDF)
Buddhist practice does not just involve meditation using one's mind. It should also involve some excercises to get one's subtle channels flexible and open so the subtle energy (Skt. prana, Tib. lung) moving in our body to help our meditation. Namkai Norbu Rinpoche has this small booklet...
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...
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...
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Dzogchen Teachings by Namkhai Norbu (PDF)
Namkhai Norbu’s Dzogchen Teachings is a collection of newly edited oral teachings originally published in the Mirror, the newspaper of the international Dzogchen Community established in Italy in 99 by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. For the last twenty-five years, Rinpoche has worked...
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Marvelous Primordial State: the Mejung Tantra by 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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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...
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Dzogchen Teachings on Longsal Terma by Namkhai Norbu (PDF)
DZOGCHEN TEACHINGS ORAL COMMENTARY ON THE LONGSAL TERMA: THE OPENING OF THE GATE TO THE STATE OF ATI (ATI GoNGPA GoJED) is the complete Title. Dzokchen is the main practice of the Nyingma lineage who has produced many enlightened beings. In this book gives a very lucid and detailed of the...
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Introduction to Contemplation Practice by Norbu (PDF)
Among the many topics taught by the Master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu during a retreat at Monte Faito in spring 1980, that the present writer had the good fortune to attend, he gave the transmission ofa complete and progressive method for those wishing to practise contemplation according to the Dzogchen...
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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...
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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...
Twenty-one Taras Practice by Tai Situpa Rinpoche (PDF)
Khentin Tai Situpa was one of the four regents of the Kagyu Lineage and in Thrangu Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsultrim’s first shedra at Rumtek. He has been teaching he speaks fluent English and has been teaching for 40 years, but very few of books of his teachings in English are available. ...
Biography of Tai Situ Rinpoche (PDF)
This short booklet of 27 pages gives a short history of Tai Situ and his lineage as well as monastery of Sherab Ling in India. There are also a number of nice pictures in this booklet.
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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Aspirational Prayer for Mahamudra by Tai Situpa (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 . The...
Bardo Teachings-- Primordial Essence 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 . ...
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Emptiness From TharLam by Tai Situ Rinpoche (PDF)
This teaching publish in Thar Lam in 36 pages with several pages of pictures makes up a teaching on Emptiness which is one of the more difficult Buddhist concepts to explain. Tai Situ speaks fluent English and teaches on Emptiness in a very interesting way with many informal examples.
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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...
Way to Go by Tai Situ Rinpoche (PDF)
This teachings by Kentin Tai Situ Rinpoche covers four main topics. 1. He teachers on the Four Seals 2. He explains the purpose of Reguge 3. He has an extensive teaching on the meaning and purpose of Enlightened Mind (bodhichitta) and the six paramatias 4. He describes the main points of...
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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...
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Treasury of Knowledge Vol. 1 by Tai Situ Rinpoche (PDF)
The 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche is one of the outstanding teachers of the Kagyu Lineage and is head of Palpung Sherabling. The Tai Situ lineage goes back in an unbroken lineage for twelve generations. Tai Situ teaches in fluent English and also is a calligrapher, author, and geomancer. The Treasury of...
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Treasury of Knowledge Vol. 2 Tai Situ Rinpoche (PDF)
The 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche is one of the outstanding teachers of the Kagyu Lineage and is head of Palpung Sherabling. The Tai Situ lineage goes back in an unbroken lineage for twelve generations. Tai Situ teaches in fluent English and also is a calligrapher, author, and geomancer. The Treasury of...
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Treasury of Knowledge Vol. 3 Commentary by Tai Situ Rinpoche (PDF)
The 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche is one of the outstanding teachers of the Kagyu Lineage and is head of Palpung Sherabling. The Tai Situ lineage goes back in an unbroken lineage for twelve generations. Tai Situ teaches in fluent English and also is a calligrapher, author, and geomancer. The Treasury of...
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Treasury of Knowledge Vol. 4 by Tai Situ Rinpoche (PDF)
The 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche is one of the outstanding teachers of the Kagyu Lineage and is head of Palpung Sherabling. The Tai Situ lineage goes back in an unbroken lineage for twelve generations. Tai Situ teaches in fluent English and also is a calligrapher, author, and geomancer. The Treasury of...
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Treasury of Knowledge Vol. 5 by Tai Situ Rinpoche (PDF)
The 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche is one of the outstanding teachers of the Kagyu Lineage and is head of Palpung Sherabling. The Tai Situ lineage goes back in an unbroken lineage for twelve generations. Tai Situ teaches in fluent English and also is a calligrapher, author, and geomancer. The Treasury of...
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...
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...
Ceaseless Echoes (the Heart Sutra) 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...
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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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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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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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.
Brilliant Moon:Biography of Dilgo Khentse 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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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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Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) His Life and Times
Guru Rinpoché succeeded in implanting the practice of tantric Bud- dhism throughout the Himalayan region, particularly in Tibet. Although he left the region well over a thousand years ago, he is still remembered vividly and invoked regularly by Tibetan-speaking Buddhists, for whom his presence...
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Timeless Treasures by 3rd Jamgon Kongrul (PDF)
Jamgon Kongtrul was a very like Buddhist teacher and unfortuntly pass away at an early age. However he was able to teach widly while he was alive and this is one of the books that contain this teachings. Below are some of his teachings I MEETING THE DHARMA 2 THE BUDDHA'S WAY 3....
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You Are Here by Thich Nhat Hanh (PDF)
This moment is the gateway to enlightenment. It is the only moment we have to be joyful, mindful, and awake. The key is to be there for yourself—to learn to be fully present in your life. This, Thich Nhat Hanh explains, is the heart of Buddhist practice. In this introduction to the practice...
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Zen Keys by Thich Nhat Hanh
THICHNHAT HANH is a Vietnamese Zen monk, a former professor at the University of Saigon, and a noted poet. He is the author of a number of works on Buddhism and has published three books in English: Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire, Vietnam Poems, and Zen Poems. He is internationally known as one of...
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Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm Thich Nhat
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. Unfortunatly we passed away quite recently so we thought we could offer a few of...
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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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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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Interbeing: The 14 Mindfulness Trainings by Thich Nhat Hanh PDF
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 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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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...
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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Trungpa Rinpoche (PDF)
In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism. The universal tendency, he shows, is to see spirituality as a process of...
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Heart of the Buddha by Trungpa Rinpoche (PDF)
One of the first books published in English language by Tibetan Buddhist master Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The teachings presented were drawn from early teachings the author gave to students in North America. In The Heart of the Buddha , the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam...
Journey without a Goal by Trungpa Rinpoche (PDF)
This is one of Trungpa Rinpoche's early teachings in 1982 in which he introduced basic tantra to Western audiences. During this time t Vajrayana practice was little known outside of a few teachers such as Kalu Rinpoche in the US. This book discusses Vajra Nature, the Mandala, the purpose...
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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...
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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...
Sadhana of Mahamudra Sourcebook by Trungpa Rinpoche (PDF)
The Sadhana of Mahamudra (Sourcebook 1979)
Illusions's Game: Life and Teachings of Naropa by Trungpa Rinpoche (PDF)
Illusion's Game: The Life and Teachings of Naropa
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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...
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Always Maintain a Joyful Mind by Pema Chodron (PDF)
This book is a teaching on the Seven Points of Mind Training. There are 59 one line instructions which are sometimes called slogans that one can memorize or refer to when something comes up and it will help answer your doubts.
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Words of My Perfect Teacher by Patrul Rinpoche (PDF762)
The W ords of My Perfect Teacher, a Guide to the Preliminaries for the Heart-essence of the Vast Expanse from the Great Perfection , sets out the paths of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism without any conflict between them. It contains all the teachings, including the Steps of the Path for...
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King of the Empty Plain by Tongtong Gylpo (PDF)
Countless Buddhist teachers and practitioners have appeared over the centuries in the snowy land of Tibet. None have made a deeper impact on the combined religious, artistic, and technological his- tory of the country than the great adept (mah›siddha, grub chen) Tangtong Gyalpo, “King...
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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...
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Meditation on Emptiness by Khenpo Tsultrim (PDF)
Khenpo Tsultrim has always stressed the importance of the Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness. Whenever Rinpoche was invited for dharma expositions for the first time, he taught the meditation on emptiness. Rinpoche has mentioned repeatedly that, before the dharma spread in Tibet, the...
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A Practice of Padmasambhava by Gyaltsap IV (PDF)
IN THIS VOLUME, the reader will find translations of two commentaries on the practice of the enlightened teacher, Padmasambhava. This great master, also known as Guru Rinpoche, is accredited with establishing the Buddhist tantric teaching in Tibet during the golden age in the ninth century, a time...
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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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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...
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Lady of the Lotus Born by Yeshe Tsogyal (PDF)
When Padmasambhava (Tib. Guru Rinpoche) was invited by the King of Tibet to help build a Buddhist country, he set up what is now the Nyingma lineage and was involved in bringing many, many Vajrayana texts and practices to Tibet. He could not do this without having 25 close deciples and an...
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...
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16th Karmapa Incredible Encounters with Black Crown Buddha by Levine
In this book Norma Levine compiled over 100 stories by many individuals of what the Karmapa taught them, not in big lectures, but personally. The 16th Karmapa also performed many amazing miracles. To give an example one story i heard from his long time secretary was that the Karmapa was asked to...
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17th Karmapa Interconnected Embracing Our Global Society (PDF)
The full title is Interconnected: Embracing Life in our Global Sociery. “This important book will convince you that a commitment to social and environmental justice flows naturally from mindfulness of interdependence. The Karmapa’s vision of a heart-centered spiritual practice fills one...
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17th Karmapa Music in the Sky by Michele Martin (PDF)
"Like the Dalai Lama, the Karmapa is regarded as an embodiment of com- passion, represented by the deity Chenrezik. The sole purpose of the Karmapa’s incarnation is to lead living beings from the suffering of samsara into freedom— the realization of mind’s deepest, pure...
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17th Karmapa Heart is Noble: Changing the World (PDF)
"I am encouraged that this book came about as a consequence of the interaction between the Karmapa Rinpoche and a group of young, intelligent American university students. The result is not so much a presentation o f a Buddhist point o f view, but an example of the contribution Buddhist ideas...
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17th Karmapa The Dance Of 17 Lives by Mick Brown
The full title is: The Dance of 17 Lives: the Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa. This book tells the story of the Karmapa and most of the story centers around his escape from Tibet and arival in Nepal where the 17th Karmapa has a monastery about a mile from the Dalai Lama's...
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17th Karmapa Traveling the Path of Compassion (PDF)
The full title is Traveliing the Path of Compassion: A commentary on the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva by Ngutchu Thogme. A Buddhist is encouraged to develop compassion as an important part of their religion. A person who does this can follow the bodhisattva way and become a bodhisattva. The 37...
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Beacon of Certainty By Mipham Rinpoche (PDF)
This is an exploration ofthe critical philosophi- cal approach of Tibetan scholasticism,~ especially its traditions of interpretation of Madhyamaka (Middle Way) philosophy, and the relationship of Madhyamaka to Dzogchen (rdzogs chen) or the Great Perfection, one of the most important and...
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Yeshe Lama by Jigme Lingpa (PDF)
This teachings is from the Nyingma lineage and covers the nyingma practices from the very beginnin to the most advanced. It is over 200 pages long. "According to the Great Perfection teachings of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, all ofBuddhism is classified into two divisions:...
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Four Logical Arguments of Middle Way by Mipham (PDF)
Thrangu Rinpoche has a book on understanding the Buddhist concept of emptiness entitled Open Door to Emptiness. In this book he reviews the Four Logical Argument used to prove that things are empty or one could say insubstantial
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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")
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Essence of Clear Light by Mipham (PDF)
"THE ROOT CAUSE for the perpetual wandering of beings in sa~psara, tormented by endless suffering, is to hold to an incorrect understanding of the fundamental nature• of phenomena. For this misunderstanding to be purified, the compassionate and skillful Buddha turned the wheel of dharma on...
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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...
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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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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'd 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...