Journey of the Mind through Life, Death, the Bardo and Rebirth Thrangu Rinpoche comments on The Mirror of Mindfulness Because we all know that we will eventually die, there is a great interest in how we can prepare for our death. With over 40 years of teaching Westerners, Thrangu Rinpoche has...

Eliminating the Darkness of Ignorance Wangchuk Dorje, the Ninth Karmapa, wrote three definitive teachings on Mahamudra meditation. Thrangu Rinpoche has taught on all three of these texts—Eliminating the Darkness of Ignorance, Pointing out the Dharmakaya, and Ocean of Definitive meaning. ...

For our practice to proceed correctly, we have to possess a proper understanding of the view which is called Mahamudra. Mahamudra is the very essence of all the teachings of the Buddha including the words of the Buddha, the Middle Way teachings practiced in Buddhist universities of India, and the...

This 74 page book gives a clear and concise overview of how to do basic sitting meditation. Thrangu Rinpoche has spent the last 40 years teaching meditation and other Buddhist topics to both Western and Asian students. The process of developing good meditation begins with Shamatha meditation which...

Crystal Clear an important meditation manual on Mahamudra by Thrangu Rinpoche is a commentary to the classic meditation manual on Mahamudra meditation by Tashi Namgyal's Clarifying the Natural State . In his straightforward and lucid style Rinpoche gives us an indispensable guidebook for...

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...

One of the most  often recited prayers in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer , also called the Dorje Chang Prayer combines a supplication to the Mahamudra lineage with a concise guide to Mahamudra practice and the stages of the path to enlightenment. In...

Gampopa was one of the most important Kagyu lineage holders. He was a student of Milarepa and set up the first Kagyu monastery in Tibet. Gampopa is known for combining the Kadampa tradition of Atisha with the Mahamudra teachings of Milarepa, and thus establishing the Kagyu school of Tibetan...

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,...

The meditation of Mahamudra and the meditation of Dzogchen are highly appropriate meditations for Western practitioners, who are engaged in their families and their jobs, because these meditations can be done in ordinary life and without elaborate pujas and visualizations, that is, they are done by...

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...

Thrangu Rinpoche recites The Kagyu Lineage Prayer (Tib. Dorje Chang Tungma ) every single time that he gives a Buddhist teaching. He does because this prayer has immense blessings and it settles the mind into relating to the Dharma because it outlines the whole Mahamudra path in less than a dozen...

One of the most beloved and often recited prayers in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer , also called the Dorje Chang Prayer combines a supplication to the Mahamudra lineage with a concise guide to Mahamudra practice and the stages of the path to enlightenment. In...

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:...

The foundation of all meditation practice are the two types of meditation that form the core of Buddhist spiritual practice: Tranquillity (Shamatha) meditation which aims at stilling the mind and Insight meditation (Vipasyana) meditation produces insight into the nature of all phenomena. Shamatha...

This extensive set of teachings was one of Thrangu Rinpoche's introductions to the basic concepts of the three vehicles of Buddhism. When Buddhism came to Tibet, the great masters of meditation determined that to practice Buddhism properly, all three vehicles, or levels, of Buddhism have to be...

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,...

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 ....

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...