Books of Interest
Essential Mind Training (Tibetan Classic)
Essential Mind Training is the first volume in the Tibetan Classics series, which aims to make available accessible paperback editions of key Tibetan Buddhist works drawn from Wisdom Publications' Library of Tibetan Classics.
The key to happiness is not eradicating all problems but rather developing a mind capable of transforming any situation into a cause of happiness. Essential Mind Training provides guidance on cultivating new mental habits and mastering our thoughts and emotions.
This volume contains eighteen individual works selected from Mind Training: The Great Collection, the earliest compilation of mind-training (lojong) literature. The first volume of the historic Tibetan Classics series, Essential Mind Training, includes both lesser-known and renowned classics such as Eight Verses on Mind Training and The Seven-Point Mind Training. These texts offer methods for practicing the golden rule of learning to love your neighbor as yourself and are full of practical and down-to-earth advice.
The techniques explained here can give us the freedom to embrace the world by enhancing our capacity for compassion, love, and perseverance.
Guide to Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Tibetan Classic)
In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, there is no single treatise more deeply revered or widely practiced than A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life. Composed in the eighth century by the Indian Bodhisattva Santideva, it became an instant classic in the curricula of the Buddhist monastic universities of India, and its renown has grown ever since. Santideva presents methods to harmonize one's life with the Bodhisattva ideal and inspires the reader to cultivate the perfections of the Bodhisattva: generosity, ethics, patience, zeal, meditative concentration, and wisdom.
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (20th Anniversary Edition)
How can we live our lives when everything seems to fall apart—when we are continually overcome by fear, anxiety, and pain? The answer, Pema Chödrön suggests, might be the opposite of what you expect. In her most beloved and acclaimed work, Pema shows that moving toward painful situations and becoming intimate with them can open up our hearts in ways we never imagined. Drawing from traditional Buddhist wisdom, she offers life-changing tools for transforming suffering and negative patterns into habitual ease and boundless joy.
Human beings desire happiness and meaning in their lives, and according to His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the ability to find true fulfillment lies within each of us. In this very special book, Tibet's spiritual and temporal leader, Nobel Prize winner, and bestselling author helps readers embark upon the path to enlightenment with a stunning illumination of timeless wisdom and an easy-access reference for daily practice.
Divided into a series of steps that will lead spiritual seekers toward enlightenment, How to Practice is a constant companion in our quest to practice morality, meditation, and wisdom. This accessible book will guide you toward opening your heart, refraining from harming, and maintaining mental tranquility as the Dalai Lama shows you how to overcome everyday obstacles, from anger and mistrust to jealousy, insecurity, and counterproductive thinking. Imbued with His Holiness' vivacious spirit and sense of playfulness, How to Practice offers sage and practical insight into the human psyche.
Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso offers step-by-step guidance on meditation practices that will lead us to lasting inner peace and happiness. With extraordinary clarity, he presents Buddha's teachings in the order they are to be practiced, enriching his explanation with stories and illuminating analogies. Following these practical instructions, we will experience the joy of progressing on a clear and structured path to full enlightenment.
Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment (Tibetan Classic)
Pabongka Rinpoche was one of the twentieth century's most charismatic and revered Tibetan lamas, and in Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, we can see why. In this famous twenty-four-day teaching on the lamrim, or stages of the path, Pabongka Rinpoche weaves lively stories and quotations with frank observations and practical advice to move readers step by step along the journey to Buddhahood. When his student Trijang Rinpoche first edited and published these teachings in Tibetan, an instant classic was born. The flavor and immediacy of the original Tibetan are preserved in Michael Richards' fluid and lively translation, which is now substantially revised in this new edition.
Cutting Through Appearances: Practice And Theory Of Tibetan Buddhism
This book presents the practice and theory of Tibetan Buddhism. First is a meditation manual written by the Fourth Panchen Lama (1781–1852), based on Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Aspects of the Path, which covers the daily practice of Tibetan monks and yogis. It details how to properly conduct a meditation session that contains the entire scope of the Buddhist path. Next is the Presentation of Tenets, written by Gon-chok-jik-may-wang-bo. It covers Indian Buddhist schools, as viewed in Tibet, and provides a solid introduction to the Buddhist theory animating the practice. Topics include the two truths, consciousness, hindrances to enlightenment, paths to freedom, and fruits of practice.
