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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > Tibetan Buddhism

Funken (German, Hardcover): James Low Funken (German, Hardcover)
James Low; Translated by Lea Pabst
R724 Discovery Miles 7 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Yogi's Joy - Three Songs of Milarepa (Paperback): Ven Sangharakshita The Yogi's Joy - Three Songs of Milarepa (Paperback)
Ven Sangharakshita
R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Milarepa was a yogi and Tibetan Buddhist mystic of great learning and turbulent worldly experience. His "hundred thousand songs" are read and loved by many, but examinations of them are few. Here, three of these songs are explored by Sangharakshita, a well-respected Buddhist teacher and author, in such a way that the wisdom and teachings Milarepa drew out in his songs are made relevant to life for us today. Known by some as both the Robin Hood and Shakespeare of Tibetan Buddhism, Milarepa and his songs offer a magical and thoughtful way into the wisdom and compassion sought on the Buddhist path. The Yogi's Joy reveals how these ancient teachings can ring true for us--here and now.

Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness (Paperback, 2): John Myrdhin Reynolds Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness (Paperback, 2)
John Myrdhin Reynolds; Foreword by Namkhai Norbu; Padmasambhava, Karma Lingpa
R546 Discovery Miles 5 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A text belonging to the same cycle as "The Tibetan Book of the Dead," this instruction on the method of self-liberation presents the essence of Dzogchen, "The Great Perfection," regarded in Tibet as the highest and most esoteric teaching of the Buddha. Teaching the attainment of Buddhahood in a single lifetime, this text was written and concealed by Guru Padmasambhava in the eighth century and rediscovered six centuries later by Karma Lingpa. The commentary by the translator is based on the oral teachings of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and Lama Tharchin Rinpoche.

Essence of Mind - An Approach to Dzogchen (Paperback): Jes Bertelsen Essence of Mind - An Approach to Dzogchen (Paperback)
Jes Bertelsen; Translated by Marianne Bentzen; Foreword by Martijn van Beek, Jens-Erik Risom
R418 R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Save R40 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Essence of Mind' outlines the author's approach to Dzogchen, the natural primordial state of human consciousness that is timeless and untouched by suffering. He describes different methods for pointing out the essence of consciousness and the techniques related to them. Then he outlines key principles of a training system suited to Western students that can lead to realisation. The final section outlines the significance of continuous exercises, and describes the way spiritual practice slowly permeates daily life.

A voz do silencio (Portuguese, Hardcover): Helena Petrovna Blavatsky A voz do silencio (Portuguese, Hardcover)
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
R900 Discovery Miles 9 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Into the Heart of Life (Paperback): Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo Into the Heart of Life (Paperback)
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
R482 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Save R61 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The real test of our Buddhist practice happens not on the cushion or in the protected space of retreat but moment-to-moment in daily life, particularly when we find ourselves in uncomfortable situations. How do we respond? In this book, one of the most respected Western figures of contemporary Buddhism, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, offers insights gleaned from more than forty years of engagement with Buddhist practice. Her perspective is vast, with a well-grounded understanding of how the timeless Buddhist teachings apply to the demands and challenges of modern life. Down-to-earth, approachable, and deeply informative, this collection of talks and dialogues covers a wide range of topics, always returning to practical reflections on how we can enhance the quality of our lives and develop more sanity, fulfillment, wisdom, and compassion. Into the Heart of Life is addressed to a general audience and presents practical advice that can be applied whether or not one is a Buddhist.

The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Mysticism - The Essential Teachings (Paperback): Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Mysticism - The Essential Teachings (Paperback)
Dalai Lama 2
R256 Discovery Miles 2 560 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

Mysticism is popularly understood as becoming one with God or the Absolute. Here in this inspirational book are the Dalai Lama's thoughts on: The nature and meaning of mysticism How we can live lives infused with mystical experience How mysticism can result in both personal and social change. The book consists of four sections that provide an accessible introduction to the Dalai Lama's core teachings on the mystical path: Introduction Quotations Lecture on mysticism by the Dalai Lama Glossary This is a book for fans of His Holiness and anyone interested in developing a rich and meaningful inner life.

Oeuvres Choisies de C. R. Lama (French, Hardcover): Chimed Rigdzin Lama Oeuvres Choisies de C. R. Lama (French, Hardcover)
Chimed Rigdzin Lama; Edited by James Low; Translated by Manon Widmer
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Love Letters from Golok - A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet (Paperback): Holly Gayley Love Letters from Golok - A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet (Paperback)
Holly Gayley
R758 Discovery Miles 7 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Love Letters from Golok chronicles the courtship between two Buddhist tantric masters, Tare Lhamo (1938-2002) and Namtrul Rinpoche (1944-2011), and their passion for reinvigorating Buddhism in eastern Tibet during the post-Mao era. In fifty-six letters exchanged from 1978 to 1980, Tare Lhamo and Namtrul Rinpoche envisioned a shared destiny to "heal the damage" done to Buddhism during the years leading up to and including the Cultural Revolution. Holly Gayley retrieves the personal and prophetic dimensions of their courtship and its consummation in a twenty-year religious career that informs issues of gender and agency in Buddhism, cultural preservation among Tibetan communities, and alternative histories for minorities in China. The correspondence between Tare Lhamo and Namtrul Rinpoche is the first collection of "love letters" to come to light in Tibetan literature. Blending tantric imagery with poetic and folk song styles, their letters have a fresh vernacular tone comparable to the love songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama, but with an eastern Tibetan flavor. Gayley reads these letters against hagiographic writings about the couple, supplemented by field research, to illuminate representational strategies that serve to narrate cultural trauma in a redemptive key, quite unlike Chinese scar literature or the testimonials of exile Tibetans. With special attention to Tare Lhamo's role as a tantric heroine and her hagiographic fusion with Namtrul Rinpoche, Gayley vividly shows how Buddhist masters have adapted Tibetan literary genres to share private intimacies and address contemporary social concerns.

The Little Book Of Tibetan Rites And Rituals - Simple Practices for Rejuvenating the Mind, Body, and Spirit (Hardcover): Judy... The Little Book Of Tibetan Rites And Rituals - Simple Practices for Rejuvenating the Mind, Body, and Spirit (Hardcover)
Judy Tsuei
R506 R457 Discovery Miles 4 570 Save R49 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
A Collection of Commentaries on the Four-Session Guru Yoga - Compiled by the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje... A Collection of Commentaries on the Four-Session Guru Yoga - Compiled by the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje (Paperback)
Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje, Fifth Shamar Konchok Yenlak, Karmay Khenchen Rinchen Dargye, Fifteenth Karmapa Khakhyap Dorje
R251 R234 Discovery Miles 2 340 Save R17 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Pocket Pema Choedroen (Paperback): Pema Choedroen The Pocket Pema Choedroen (Paperback)
Pema Choedroen
R267 R243 Discovery Miles 2 430 Save R24 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
How to Free Your Mind - The Practice of Tara the Liberator (Paperback): Thubten Chodron How to Free Your Mind - The Practice of Tara the Liberator (Paperback)
Thubten Chodron
R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title provides down-to-earth, practical meditation instructions and advice, presented in a conversational style. It will appeal to Buddhist practitioners and to readers specifically interested in female manifestations of the divine.

Caves, Huts and Monasteries - Finding the Deeper Self Along the Footpaths of Asia (Paperback): Mark Kacik Caves, Huts and Monasteries - Finding the Deeper Self Along the Footpaths of Asia (Paperback)
Mark Kacik
R617 Discovery Miles 6 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (Paperback, Revised Ed): Longchen Yeshe Dorje Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (Paperback, Revised Ed)
Longchen Yeshe Dorje; Translated by Padmakara Translation Group; Jigme Lingpa; Foreword by Hh the Dalai Lama
R831 Discovery Miles 8 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is a translation of the first part of Jigme Lingpa's Treasury of Precious Qualities, which in a slender volume of elegant verses sets out briefly but comprehensively the Buddhist path according to the Nyingma school. The concision of the root text and its use of elaborate poetic language, rich in metaphor, require extensive explanation, amply supplied here by the commentary of Kangyur Rinpoche.
The present volume lays out the teachings of the sutras in gradual stages according to the traditional three levels, or scopes, of spiritual endeavor. It begins with essential teachings on impermanence, karma, and ethics. Then, from the Hinayana standpoint, it describes the essential Buddhist teachings of the four noble truths and the twelve links of dependent arising. Moving on, finally, to the Mahayana perspective, it expounds fully the teachings on bodhichitta and the path of the six paramitas, and gives an unusually detailed exposition of Buddhist vows.
The paperback edition includes Jigme Lingpa's root text in verse, which was not included in the hardcover edition.

Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition): Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)
Chogyal Namkhai Norbu; Edited by Michael Katz
R476 R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Save R39 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In "Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light," Chogyal Namkhai Norbu gives instructions for developing clarity within the sleep and dream states. He goes beyond the practices of lucid dreaming that have been popularized in the West by presenting methods for guiding dream states that are part of a broader system for enhancing self-awareness called "Dzogchen." In this tradition, the development of lucidity in the dream state is understood in the context of generating greater awareness for the ultimate purpose of attaining liberation.
This revised and expanded edition includes additional material from a profound and personal Dzogchen book, which Chogyal Namkhai Norbu wrote over many years. This material deepens the first edition's emphasis on specific exercises to develop awareness within the dream and sleep states. Also included in this book is a text written by Mipham, the nineteenth-century master of Dzogchen, which offers additional insights into this extraordinary form of meditation and awareness.

Wondrous Dance of Illusion - The Autobiography of Khenpo Ngawang Palzang (Hardcover): Khenpo Ngawang Palzang Wondrous Dance of Illusion - The Autobiography of Khenpo Ngawang Palzang (Hardcover)
Khenpo Ngawang Palzang; Translated by Heidi L. Nevin, J. Jakob Leschly
R1,088 R902 Discovery Miles 9 020 Save R186 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Chogyam Trungpa - His Life and Vision (Paperback): Fabrice Midal Chogyam Trungpa - His Life and Vision (Paperback)
Fabrice Midal
R1,091 R906 Discovery Miles 9 060 Save R185 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Midal steers a middle way between Western biography & Tibetan hagiography to provide a detailed portrait of Chogyam Trungpa, a Tibetan lama who is best known for his teaching in the West. Midal reveals Trungpa as a traditional teacher, who places great emphasis on the practice of sitting meditation.

The Dharma in DNA - Insights at the Intersection of Biology and Buddhism (Hardcover): Dee Denver The Dharma in DNA - Insights at the Intersection of Biology and Buddhism (Hardcover)
Dee Denver
R1,278 R955 Discovery Miles 9 550 Save R323 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There are more connections between spirituality and science than you might think... In 2004, biologist Dee Denver heard the Dalai Lama speak in Bloomington, Indiana. The famous Tibetan monk's speech that day exposed him to the centrality of impermanence in Buddhist thinking, a topic that directly connected to his mutation research in evolutionary biology. He left the event shocked and startled by the unexpected parallels between Buddhism and biology. This experience is not wholly unique to Denver. Spirituality and science are two inherently humane ways to approach our world. Why shouldn't more people look at them in tandem? In this book, Denver shares Buddhist ideas and the tradition's colonial and more recent interactions with biology. He then applies the scientific method to Buddhist principles and draws connections between Buddhist ideas and current research in biology. In doing this, he proposes a new approach to science, Bodhi science, that integrates Buddhist teachings and ethical frameworks. Denver's research supports a connected synergy between biological and Buddhist thinking. This scientific approach to Buddhism offers strong evidence supporting the validity of fundamentally Buddhist principles and logic. The book builds on historical evidence from Sri Lanka, Japan, and Tibetan Buddhism to illustrate these connections.

The Buddha Party - How the People's Republic of China Works to Define and Control Tibetan Buddhism (Hardcover): John Powers The Buddha Party - How the People's Republic of China Works to Define and Control Tibetan Buddhism (Hardcover)
John Powers
R1,343 Discovery Miles 13 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Buddha Party tells the story of how the People's Republic of China employs propaganda to define Tibetan Buddhist belief and sway opinion within the country and abroad. The narrative they create is at odds with historical facts and deliberately misleading, but, John Powers argues, it is widely believed by Han Chinese. Most of China's leaders appear to deeply believe the official line regarding Tibet, which resonates with Han notions of themselves as China's most advanced nationality and as a benevolent race that liberates and culturally uplifts minority peoples. This in turn profoundly affects how the leadership interacts with their counterparts in other countries. Powers's study focuses in particular on the government's "patriotic education" campaign-an initiative that forces monks and nuns to participate in propaganda sessions and repeat official dogma. Powers contextualizes this within a larger campaign to transform China's religions into "patriotic" systems that endorse Communist Party policies. This book offers a powerful, comprehensive examination of this ongoing phenomenon, how it works and how Tibetans resist it.

Medicine and Memory in Tibet - Amchi Physicians in an Age of Reform (Paperback): Theresia Hofer Medicine and Memory in Tibet - Amchi Physicians in an Age of Reform (Paperback)
Theresia Hofer
R818 Discovery Miles 8 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295743004 Only fifty years ago, Tibetan medicine, now seen in China as a vibrant aspect of Tibetan culture, was considered a feudal vestige to be eliminated through government-led social transformation. Medicine and Memory in Tibet examines medical revivalism on the geographic and sociopolitical margins both of China and of Tibet's medical establishment in Lhasa, exploring the work of medical practitioners, or amchi, and of Medical Houses in the west-central region of Tsang. Due to difficult research access and the power of state institutions in the writing of history, the perspectives of more marginal amchi have been absent from most accounts of Tibetan medicine. Theresia Hofer breaks new ground both theoretically and ethnographically, in ways that would be impossible in today's more restrictive political climate that severely limits access for researchers. She illuminates how medical practitioners safeguarded their professional heritage through great adversity and personal hardship.

The Essential Dalai Lama (Paperback): The Dalai Lama, Edited By Rajiv Mehrotra, Howard C. Cutler The Essential Dalai Lama (Paperback)
The Dalai Lama, Edited By Rajiv Mehrotra, Howard C. Cutler
R330 R124 Discovery Miles 1 240 Save R206 (62%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A huge international success, the Dalai Lama's books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Now, for the first time, this inspirational new book brings together the Dalai Lama's writings on all sides of life from work to meditation, in his highly appealing and unique voice that applies the principles of ancient Buddhist thought to contemporary issues. For all fans of the Dalai Lama's writings, and for anyone yet to be introduced to his thinking, this is the perfect collection.

The Four Noble Truths (Paperback): Ven Lobsang Gyatso The Four Noble Truths (Paperback)
Ven Lobsang Gyatso
R411 R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Save R42 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

After his enlightenment, the Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths--the foundation and essence of all forms of Buddhism. The first truth diagnoses the nature of our existential illnesses and neuroses. The second explores their causes and conditions for arising. The third shows that the causes of our problems can be removed and that we can be free of suffering. The fourth includes the many paths Buddhism offers to realize that goal. The Buddha has shown that the spiritual path is pragmatic and works directly with everyday experience in order to fundamentally transform the practitioner. This presentation is a succinct and a very clear introduction to the Buddha's core teaching.

Women of Wisdom (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition): Tsultrim Allione Women of Wisdom (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)
Tsultrim Allione
R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Women of Wisdom" explores and celebrates the spiritual potential of all women, as exemplified by the lives of six Tibetan female mystics. These stories of great women who have achieved full illumination, overcoming cultural prejudices and a host of other problems which male practitioners do not encounter, offer a wealth of inspiration to everyone on the spiritual path.
In this revised and expanded edition, Tsultrim Allione's extensive autobiographical preface and introduction speak directly to the difficulties and triumphs of women in the West who pursue a spiritual life, as she shares her own stories and experiences. "Women of Wisdom" offers valuable insights to all those interested in women's spirituality, regardless of background or tradition.

This new edition includes Tsultrim's expanded autobiography, covering the last fifteen years since the first edition appeared.

Crystal Clear - Practical Advice for Mahamudra Meditators (Paperback): Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Crystal Clear - Practical Advice for Mahamudra Meditators (Paperback)
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche; Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang; Edited by Michael Tweed
R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Crystal Clear, by the learned and realized Tibetan Master Thrangu Rinpoche, is a companion volume to the classic medi¬tation manual--Clarifying the Natural State. In his straightfor¬ward and lucid style Rinpoche gives us an indis¬pen¬sable guidebook for insight practice (vipashyana). For people who want more than just theory, this is a handbook that begins with watch¬ing the breath and leads practitioners through stages of realization, all the way to complete enlightenment.

"In Mahamudra, as one takes the path of direct percep¬tion, a per¬son can obtain true and complete enlightenment within the same body and lifetime. Whatever the situation, Mahamudra provides appropriate methods and techniques. So, whether one is able to undertake a lot of hardship or not, whether one is very diligent or not, whichever type of person you might be there is always great benefit in practic¬ing Mahamudra. The practice can be done in the solitude of retreat or while involved in the daily complexities of mod¬ern life. Mahamudra training is always applicable in any situation, at any moment of life."
--Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

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