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On the Path to Enlightenment

(Available June 25, 2013)
On the Path to Enlightenment
Written by Matthieu Ricard
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781611800395
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On the Path to Enlightenment
Heart Advice from the Great Tibetan Masters
Written by Matthieu Ricard


Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: June 25, 2013
Price: $18.95

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche inspired Matthieu Ricard to create this anthology by telling him that “when we come to appreciate the depth of the view of the eight great traditions [of Tibetan Buddhism] and also see that they all lead to the same goal without contradicting each other, we think, ‘Only ignorance... Read more >
A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, Volume One
The Early Period
Written by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Edited by Donatella Rossi and Nancy Simmons
Translated by Donatella Rossi


Format: eBook, 264 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.95

A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, Volume One explores ancient Tibet's Zhang Zhung kingdom and Bon religion that preceded the advent of Buddhism in the seventh century. Countering the long-held idea that Tibet's pre-Buddhist indigenous culture was primitive and undeveloped, this book shares the rich cultural origins of the kingdom... Read more >
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A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, Volume One
A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, Volume One
Written by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, Edited by Donatella Rossi and Nancy Simmons, Translated by Donatella Rossi
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ISBN: 9781583946107
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A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, Volume One
The Early Period
Written by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Edited by Donatella Rossi and Nancy Simmons
Translated by Donatella Rossi


Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $19.95

A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, Volume One explores ancient Tibet's Zhang Zhung kingdom and Bon religion that preceded the advent of Buddhism in the seventh century. Countering the long-held idea that Tibet's pre-Buddhist indigenous culture was primitive and undeveloped, this book shares the rich cultural origins of the kingdom... Read more >
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Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781590309353
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Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo
Edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi


Format: Hardcover, 1280 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $100.00

This monumental work is considered to be one of the most profound expressions of Zen wisdom ever put on paper, and also the outstanding literary and philosophical work of Japan. It is a collection of essays by Eihei Dogen (1200–1253), founder of Zen’s Soto school.

Kazuaki Tanahashi and a team of... Read more >
The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion
The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion
Written by Chogyam Trungpa, Edited by Judith L. Lief
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781590308035
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The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Two
Written by Chogyam Trungpa
Edited by Judith L. Lief


Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2013
Price: $59.95

The second volume in this landmark series presents the bodhisattva teachings of the mahayana. At this point, having trained and seen the benefits of looking within, the student begins to shift their focus outward to the broader world. Formal entry into the mahayana occurs with taking the bodhisattva vow. Mahayana practitioners... Read more >
The Path of Individual Liberation
The Path of Individual Liberation
Written by Chogyam Trungpa, Edited by Judith L. Lief
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781590308028
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The Path of Individual Liberation
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume One
Written by Chogyam Trungpa
Edited by Judith L. Lief


Format: Hardcover, 680 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2013
Price: $69.95

The first volume of this landmark series presents the teachings of the hinayana. The hinayana introduces core Buddhist teachings on the nature of mind, the practice of meditation, the reality of suffering, and the possibility of liberation. It examines the nature of suffering, impermanence, and egolessness, with an emphasis on personal... Read more >
The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness
The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness
Written by Chogyam Trungpa, Edited by Judith L. Lief
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781590308042
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The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three
Written by Chogyam Trungpa
Edited by Judith L. Lief


Format: Hardcover, 944 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2013
Price: $79.95

The third volume of this landmark series presents the vajrayana teachings of the tantric path. The vajrayana, or “diamond vehicle,” also referred to as tantra, draws upon and extends the teachings of the hinayana and mahayana. As with the hinayana and the mahayana, the formal acceptance into the vajrayana is marked... Read more >
No Time to Lose
No Time to Lose
Written by Pema Chodron, Read by Joanna Rotte
Format: Compact Disc
ISBN: 9781611800357
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No Time to Lose
A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva
Written by Pema Chodron
Read by Joanna Rotte


Format: Compact Disc
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $54.95

The great Buddhist classic known as The Way of the Bodhisattva has long been treasured as an indispensable guide to enlightened living. Written in the eighth century by the scholar and saint Shantideva, it has inspired many of the Mahayana tradition’s greatest teachers—and despite its antiquity, it remains a remarkable source... Read more >
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Written by Padmasambhava and Karma Lingpa, Translated by Elio Guarisco and Nancy Simmons, Introduction by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
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ISBN: 9781583945551
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Awakening Upon Dying
Written by Padmasambhava and Karma Lingpa
Translated by Elio Guarisco and Nancy Simmons
Introduction by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $17.95

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying, with introductory commentary by Dzogchen Buddhist master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, is a new translation of the ancient text also known as The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediate State. Both a practical guide and intriguing historical, cultural, and spiritual document, this new version incorporates... Read more >
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Awakening Upon Dying
Written by Padmasambhava and Karma Lingpa
Translated by Elio Guarisco and Nancy Simmons
Introduction by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $14.95

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Awakening Upon Dying, with introductory commentary by Dzogchen Buddhist master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, is a new translation of the ancient text also known as The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediate State. Both a practical guide and intriguing historical, cultural, and spiritual document, this new version incorporates... Read more >
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Don't Believe Everything You Think
Don't Believe Everything You Think
Written by Thubten Chodron
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781559393966
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Don't Believe Everything You Think
Living with Wisdom and Compassion
Written by Thubten Chodron


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $16.95

It can be hard for those of us living in the twenty-first century to see how fourteenth-century Buddhist teachings still apply. When you’re trying to figure out which cell phone plan to buy or brooding about something someone wrote about you on Facebook, lines like “While the enemy of your own... Read more >
From Here to Enlightenment
From Here to Enlightenment
Written by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Translated by Guy Newland
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781559393829
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From Here to Enlightenment
An Introduction to Tsong-kha-pa's Classic Text The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
Written by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Translated by Guy Newland


Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $24.95

When the Dalai Lama was forced to go into exile in 1959, he could take only a few items with him. Among these cherished belongings was his copy of Tsong-kha-pa’s classic text The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. This text distills all of the essential points... Read more >
Groundless Paths
Groundless Paths
Written by Karl Brunnholzl
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781559393751
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Groundless Paths
The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Nyingma Tradition
Written by Karl Brunnholzl


Format: Hardcover, 904 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $54.95

The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the prajñaparamita sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the prajñaparamita sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas—but also serve... Read more >
Gone Beyond
Gone Beyond
Written by Karl Brunnholzl
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781559393577
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Gone Beyond
The Prajnaparamita Sutras The Ornament Of Clear Realization And Its Commentaries In The Tibetan Kagyu Tradition (In 2 Volumes)
Written by Karl Brunnholzl


Format: Hardcover, 688 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2012
Price: $44.95

The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the Prajnaparamita Sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the Prajnaparamita Sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas—but also serve... Read more >
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Pointing Out The Dharmakaya
Pointing Out The Dharmakaya
Written by Khenchen Thrangu, Foreword by Dalai Lama
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781559393881
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Pointing Out The Dharmakaya
Teachings On The Ninth Karmapa's Text
Written by Khenchen Thrangu
Foreword by Dalai Lama


Format: Trade Paperback, 172 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2012
Price: $19.95

At the heart of successful Mahamudra practice is the ability to understand the nature of mind. The Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje (1556–1603) was the acknowledged master of this approach. No more authoritative or useful instructions exist than in his three definitive texts on Mahamudra, of which this easy-to-use manual is the... Read more >
The Dhammapada
The Dhammapada
Written by Buddha, Preface by Ram Dass, Translated by Thomas Byrom
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307950710
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The Dhammapada
The Sayings of the Buddha
Written by Buddha
Preface by Ram Dass
Translated by Thomas Byrom


Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: December 20, 2011
Price: $11.99

Trembling and quivering is the mind,
Difficult to guard and hard to restrain.
The person of wisdom sets it straight,
As a fletcher does an arrow.

The Dhammapada introduced the actual utterances of the Buddha nearly twenty-five hundred years ago, when the master teacher emerged from his long silence to illuminate for his followers the... Read more >
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The Best Buddhist Writing 2011
The Best Buddhist Writing 2011
Edited by Melvin McLeod and editors of the Shambhala Sun
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781590309339
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The Best Buddhist Writing 2011

Edited by Melvin McLeod and editors of the Shambhala Sun


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $17.95

A thought-provoking mix of the most notable and insightful Buddhism-inspired writing published in the last year. 

The Best Buddhist Writing 2011 includes:

   • Karen Miller's story of love, marriage, and dishes
   • Joanna Macy on the First Noble Truth and healing from the legacy of Chernobyl
   • Brian Haycock's taxi ride on... Read more >
Gone Beyond
Gone Beyond
Written by Karl Brunnholzl
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781559393560
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Gone Beyond
The Prajnaparamita Sutras The Ornament Of Clear Realization And Its Commentaries In The Tibetan Kagyu Tradition (In 2 Volumes)
Written by Karl Brunnholzl


Format: Hardcover, 876 pages
On Sale: July 16, 2011
Price: $54.95

The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the Prajnaparamita Sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the Prajnaparamita Sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas—but also serve... Read more >
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Ornament Of Reason
Ornament Of Reason
Written by Mabja Jangchub Tsondru, Translated by Dharmachakra Translation Committee
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781559393683
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Ornament Of Reason
The Great Commentary To Nagarjuna's Root Of The Middle Way
Written by Mabja Jangchub Tsondru
Translated by Dharmachakra Translation Committee


Format: Hardcover, 612 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2011
Price: $44.95

In the Root of the Middle Way, Nagarjuna presents a magical method of reasoning, inviting everyone who encounters these lucid and fearless contemplations to follow him on a journey to the heart of transcendent insight. Inspired by the Buddha's teachings on profound emptiness in the Prajnaparamita Sutras, Nagarjuna sets out to... Read more >
The Buddha Speaks
The Buddha Speaks
Edited by Anne Bancroft
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781590308271
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The Buddha Speaks
A Book of Guidance from the Buddhist Scriptures
Edited by Anne Bancroft


Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $14.00

Here is the core of the Buddha’s teaching in his own words, as it was memorized word-for-word by his disciples and written down two hundred years after his death. These selections from the Buddhist scriptures deal with the search for truth, the way of contemplation, life and death, living in community... Read more >
The Treasury Of Knowledge Books 9 And 10
The Treasury Of Knowledge Books 9 And 10
Written by Jamgon Kongtrul, Translated by Richard Barron
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781559393607
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The Treasury Of Knowledge Books 9 And 10
Journey And Goal
Written by Jamgon Kongtrul
Translated by Richard Barron


Format: Hardcover, 704 pages
On Sale: December 16, 2010
Price: $49.95

Jamgön Kongtrul's ten-volume Treasury of Knowledge is a unique, encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were preserved in Tibet. Tibetan Buddhist teachers expected their students to study Buddhist philosophical texts as well as practice reflection and meditation; present-day students have also realized that awakening has its... Read more >
Self-Liberation Through Seeing With Naked Awareness
Self-Liberation Through Seeing With Naked Awareness
Translated by John Myrdhin Reynolds, Foreword by John Myrdhin Reynolds
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781559393522
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Self-Liberation Through Seeing With Naked Awareness

Translated by John Myrdhin Reynolds
Foreword by John Myrdhin Reynolds


Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: November 16, 2010
Price: $18.95

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... Read more >
The Treasury Of Knowledge Books 2, 3, And 4
The Treasury Of Knowledge Books 2, 3, And 4
Written by Jamgon Kongtrul, Translated by Ngawang Zangpo
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781559393454
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The Treasury Of Knowledge Books 2, 3, And 4
Buddhism's Journey To Tibet
Written by Jamgon Kongtrul
Translated by Ngawang Zangpo


Format: Hardcover, 696 pages
On Sale: August 16, 2010
Price: $49.95

Jamgön Kongtrül’s ten-volume Treasury of Knowledge is a unique, encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were preserved in Tibet. Tibetan Buddhist teachers expected their students to study Buddhist philosophical texts as well as practice reflection and meditation; present-day students have also realized that awakening has its... Read more >
Introduction To Emptiness
Introduction To Emptiness
Written by Guy Newland
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781559393324
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Introduction To Emptiness
As Taught In Tsong-Kha-Pa's Great Treatise On The Stages Of The Path
Written by Guy Newland


Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2009
Price: $14.95

Readers are hard-pressed to find books that can help them understand the central concept in Mahayana Buddhism—the idea that ultimate reality is emptiness. In clear language, Introduction to Emptiness explains that emptiness is not a mystical sort of nothingness, but a specific truth that can and must be understood through calm... Read more >
The Inner Science Of Buddhist Practice
The Inner Science Of Buddhist Practice
Written by Artemus B. Engle
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781559393225
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The Inner Science Of Buddhist Practice
Vasubhandu's Summary Of The Five Heaps With Commentary By Sthiramati
Written by Artemus B. Engle


Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2009
Price: $34.95

The Inner Science of Buddhist Practice contains translations of texts by two historically important Indian Buddhist scholars: Vasubhandhu's "Summary of the Five Heaps" and Sthiramati's commentary on Vasubandhu's root text. These works present the traditional Buddhist analysis of ordinary experience and provide rich resources for studying Buddhist and Western interpretations of... Read more >
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