Buddhism Through American Women's Eyes
Edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: December 16, 2010
Price: $16.95
The Buddha's path to human transformation declares women and men equally capable of spiritual realization, yet throughout history most exemplars of this tradition have been men. Now, as Buddhism is transmitted to the West, women are playing a major role in its adaptation and development. The conversation presented here takes place...
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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...
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Encouraging Words
Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students
Written by Robert Aitken
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2010
Price: $14.99
Encouraging Words is a collection of short talks and brief essays that Aitken Rashi has offered his students at meditation retreats during the past two decades. They are arranged according to themes central to all spiritual seekers -- attention, emptiness, coming and going, diligence, death and the afterlife, the sacred self...
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The Courage to Be Present
Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Awakening of Natural Wisdom
Written by Karen Kissel Wegela
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2010
Price: $16.95
The quality of presence a psychotherapist or counselor brings to the therapeutic relationship makes all the difference in effective treatment. With this application of Buddhist practice to psychotherapy, Karen Kissel Wegela offers mental health professionals a new perspective on bringing compassion, patience, generosity, and equanimity to their work with clients. She...
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The Heart of the Buddha
Entering the Tibetan Buddhist Path
Written by Chogyam Trungpa
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2010
Price: $16.95
In
The Heart of the Buddha, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa presents the basic teachings of Buddhism as they relate to everyday life. The book is divided into three parts. In “Personal Journey,” the author discusses the open, inquisitive, and good-humored qualities of the “heart of the Buddha,” an “enlightened...
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Meditation in Action
Written by Chogyam Trungpa
Afterword by Sam Bercholz
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2010
Price: $14.00
This classic teaching by a Tibetan master continues to inspire both beginners and long-time practitioners of Buddhist meditation. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche shows that meditation extends beyond the formal practice of sitting to build the foundation for compassion, awareness, and creativity in all aspects of life.
He explores the six activities associated...
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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...
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Written by Shunryu Suzuki
Afterword by David Chadwick
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2010
Price: $24.95
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”
So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line. In a single stroke, the simple sentence...
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The Undying Lamp of Zen
The Testament of Zen Master Torei
Written by Torei Enji
Translated by Thomas Cleary
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $16.95
This is a complete explanation of Zen practice written by one of the most eminent masters of pre-modern Japan. The author, Torei Enji (1721–1792), was best known as one of two “genius assistants” to Hakuin Ekaku, who was himself a towering figure in Zen Buddhism who revitalized the Rinzai school. Torei...
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Living This Life Fully
Stories and Teachings of Munindra
Written by Mirka Knaster
Foreword by Joseph Goldstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $21.95
“Whatever you are doing should be done mindfully, dynamically, with totality and completeness. Then it becomes meditation. It is not thinking, but experiencing from moment to moment, living from moment to moment, without clinging, without condemning, without judging.”—Munindra
Anagarika Munindra (1915–2003) was a Bengali Buddhist master and scholar who became one...
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Confessions of a Gypsy Yogini
Experience through Mistakes
Written by Marcia Dechen Wangmo
Foreword by Tulku Thondup
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $17.95
Confessions of a Gypsy Yogini is a collection of teachings taken from the author’s own life, gained from “experience through mistakes, learning the hard way.” After an early life as a “quasiradical, hippie, horse trainer, and environmentalist,” Marcia Dechen Wangmo became a Buddhist. Over the next three decades, through encounters with...
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Buddha
Photographed by Jon Ortner
Introduction by Jack Kornfield
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $29.95
In the twenty-five centuries since the Buddha's death, his profound teachings and path have guided and enlightened millions of lives. The Buddha also has inspired some of the most beautiful and magnificent artistic creations ever produced by humanity. Jon Ortner's photographs of over 150 of these extraordinary works of art grace...
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The Four Immeasurables
Practices To Open The Heart
Written by B. Alan Wallace
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2010
Price: $16.95
The Four Immeasurables—the cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity—is a rich suite of practices that open the heart, counter the distortions in our relationships to ourselves, and deepen our relationships to others. Alan Wallace presents a unique interweaving of teachings on the Four Immeasurables with instruction on meditative quiescence...
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Daring Steps
Traversing The Path Of The Buddha
Written by Ringu Tulku
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2010
Price: $16.95
Daring Steps stands out among the multitude of books on Tibetan Buddhism as being a uniquely accessible overview of the Buddhist path that encompasses all three yanas, or traditional Buddhist spiritual paths. Ringu Tulku—renowned for both his insight and approachable style—consistently brings the teachings back to the reader's own experience as...
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How To Realize Emptiness
Written by Gen Lamrimpa
Translated by B. Alan Wallace
Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2010
Price: $15.95
Realizing emptiness or grasping the true nature of reality lies at the heart of the Buddhist path. In this book, Gen Lamrimpa offers practical instruction on Madhyamaka, insight meditation aimed at realizing emptiness. Drawing on his theoretical training as well as his extensive meditative experience, he explains how to use Madhyamaka...
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The Wisdom Of Imperfection
The Challenge Of Individuation In Buddhist Life
Written by Rob Preece
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2010
Price: $18.95
If you have been practicing Buddhism for a while, why do you still have so many problems? And how do you balance the sometimes different needs of spiritual and psychological perspectives? Rob Preece draws on his personal experience—over two decades as a psychotherapist and many years as a meditation teacher—to explore...
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Natural Wakefulness
Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With
Written by Gaylon Ferguson
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $19.95
There are two essential elements to the spiritual path says this popular teacher from the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa: (1) understanding that you’re already enlightened, already perfect in wisdom right here and now, and (2) accessing that natural wakefulness through spiritual practice. These two aspects depend upon each other and work...
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Presence Meditation
The Practice of Life Awareness
Written by Jens-Erik Risom
Introduction by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: August 24, 2010
Price: $15.95
First developed as a short manual for students in a yearlong meditation course,
Presence Meditation offers a step-by-step program for increasing self-awareness through simple but revelatory exercises. The practice of presence meditation involves becoming present to whatever is going on and letting things be just as they are. This awareness is...
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