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Tara’s Enlightened Activity: An Oral Commentary On The Twenty-One Praises To Tara

March 22, 2015

The female Buddhist deity Tara is an object of devotional worship and meditative practice for Tibetan Buddhists everywhere, both male and female. She clears away fears, overpowers negative emotions, and enables all beings to reach enlightenment. She has special resonance as a source of female spiritual wisdom. Tibetans of all schools and traditions recite the […]
Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun

March 22, 2015

Himalayan Hermitess is a vivid account of the life and times of a Buddhist nun living on the borderlands of Tibetan culture. Orgyan Chokyi (1675-1729) spent her life in Dolpo, the highest inhabited region of the Nepal Himalayas. Illiterate and expressly forbidden by her master to write her own life story, Orgyan Chokyi received divine […]
Jesuit on the Roof of the World: Ippolito Desideri’s Mission to Tibet

March 22, 2015

Jesuit on the Roof of the World is the first full-length study in any language of Ippolito Desideri (1684-1733), a Jesuit explorer and missionary who traveled in Tibet from 1715 to 1721. Based on close readings of a wide range of primary sources in Tibetan, Italian, and Latin, Jesuit on the Roof of the World […]
The Quintessence Tantras of Tibetan Medicine

March 22, 2015

The Quintessence Tantras of Tibetan Medicine is a thorough, detailed, and systematic analysis of the characteristics of healthy and diseased bodies. Discussed are the diagnostic techniques of pulse and urine analysis, principles of right diet, right lifestyle, and behavioral factors—and a treasury of knowledge about the beneficial applications of herbs, plants, spices, minerals, gems, etc. […]
Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan

March 22, 2015

This life story of Milarepa–the important Tibetan religious leader who lived over 800 years ago–is part of a remarkable four-volume series on Tibetan Buddhism produced by the late W.Y. Evans-Wentz, all four of which are being published by Oxford in new editions. While there are many parochial differences among the several sects of Tibetan Buddhism, […]
Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness

March 22, 2015

While the Western world was launching the scientific revolution that would ultimately produce an industrialized society, parts of India, Tibet and China launched a revolution of inner science that began a social revolution that we now have an opportunity to complete. Based on his in-depth knowledge of Tibet and a 30-year relationship with the Dalai […]
The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds: The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug

March 22, 2015

The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds: The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug presents an engaging account of the life of Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug, a realized Tibetan tulku (reincarnated lama or teacher). The book’s historical references provide a detailed portrait of Tibet on the verge of invasion and occupation by […]
Folk Tales from Tibet (With original Early 20th-Century Tibetan Illustrations)

March 22, 2015

Excerpt:HOW THE HARE GOT HIS SPLIT LIPA Hare was going along a road one day, when suddenly, on turning a corner, he came upon a large Tiger. The Tiger at once seized the Hare, and said that he was going to eat him.”Please, please, Uncle Tiger,” said the Hare, holding up his thumbs in supplication, […]
Steps on the Path to Enlightenment, Karma: Steps on the Path to Enlightenment: A Commentary on Tsongkhapa’s Lamrim Chenmo, Volume 2: Karma (Vol.2)

March 22, 2015

This second volume of the five-volume commentary by the renowned Buddhist scholar Geshe Lhundub Sopa focuses on the key Buddhist concepts of karma, or cause and effect, and dependent origination. Considered one of the finest living Buddhist scholars, Geshe Sopa provides commentaries essential for anyone interested in a sound understanding of Tibetan Buddhist practice and […]
Practicing Wisdom: The Perfection of Shantideva’s Bodhisattva Way

March 22, 2015

Like the bestselling A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of the Night, Practicing Wisdom focuses on Shantideva’s Way of the Bodhisattva. While the former includes only a brief introduction to Shantideva’s complex and crucial ninth chapter on insight, Practicing Wisdom is a full and detailed follow-up commentary, making it an invaluable statement on the […]

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