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White Lotus (tp) NR (Book)
by Jamgon Mipham & Translation Group Padmakara
9781611802931 (1611802938) Shambhala Publish Date: 2015-09-01
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Strand of Jewels (hc) NR (Book)
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9781559394383 (1559394382) Shambhala Publish Date: 2015-06-16
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Always Present (tp) NR (Book)
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Epic of Gesar of Ling (tp) NR (Book)
by Robin Kornman, Lama Chonam & Sangye Khandro
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Open-Hearted Life (tp) NR (Book)
by Russell Kolts, Thubten Chodron & H H The Dalai Lam
9781611802115 (1611802113) Shambhala Publish Date: 2015-03-03
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Being Taoist (tp) NR (Book)
by Wong, Eva
9781611802412 (1611802415) Shambhala Publish Date: 2015-03-03
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Mindfulness In Action NR (Book)
by Trungpa, Chogyam
9781611800203 (161180020X) Shambhala Publish Date: 2015-04-07
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![](javascript:showDetail('../QuantaCat/images/9781611803167.jpg', '', '9781611803167', '1611803160', '$29.95', 'From beloved writing teacher and author of the best-selling Writing Down the Bones: a treasury of personal stories reflecting a life filled with journeys—inner and outer—zigzagging around the world and home again.<Br><Br>Here, Natalie Goldberg, "a writer both energized and enlightened" (Julia Cameron), shares those vivid moments that have wakened her to new ways of being. We follow alongside her mapless meanderings in the New Mexican desert and her pilgrimages to Bob Dylan\'s birthplace and to Larry McMurtry\'s dusty Texas ghost town of rare books. We feel her deep hunger while she sits zazen in a monastery in Japan, and her profound loss when she hears of the passing of a dear friend while teaching in the French countryside.<Br><Br>Through it all, she remains grounded in a life informed by two constants: the practices of writing and of Zen. With humor and insight, Natalie encircles around the essential questions these paths compel her toward:Where does this life lead? Who are we?<Br><BR>This is a book to be relished one awakening at a time. Each story is a reminder that no matter how hard the situation or desolate you may feel, spring will come again, breaking through a cold winter, bringing early yellow forsythia flowers. And the Great Spring of enlightenment—that sudden rush of acceptance, pain cracking open, obstructions shattering—will also burst forth.'); "Show Product Detail")
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![](javascript:showDetail('../QuantaCat/images/9781611802931.jpg', '', '9781611802931', '1611802938', '$21.95', 'The commentary translated in these pages is unusual and rare. But if the commentary is a rarity, its subject matter—the seven-line invocation of Padmasambhava—is one of the best-known prayers in the Tibetan Buddhist world.<BR><BR>The overall significance of the Seven-Line Prayer is perhaps best appreciated in relation to a practice called guru-yoga, or "union with the nature of the guru." The purpose of guru-yoga is to purify and deepen the student\'s relationship with his or her teacher. It is introduced as one of the preliminary practices, and it remains crucial—in fact, its importance increases—as one progresses through the more advanced levels of the tantric path. The cultivation of devotion to the guru and the blending of one\'s mind with his or her enlightened mind is, in the words of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, "the most vital and necessary of all practices and is in itself the surest and fastest way to reach the goal of enlightenment."<BR><BR>Regarding the origin of this commentary, Mipham refers in the colophon to an event that triggered the abrupt appearance in his mind of the hidden meaning of the prayer. It is interesting to note that the language Mipham uses suggests that the commentary itself is not an ordinary composition but perhaps a treasure teaching, specifically a "mind-treasure" or gongter.'); "Show Product Detail"){kind=spacer}
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. It\'s also the latest offering from well-known Tibetan translator and scholar Anne Carolyn Klein, professor of religious studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas.<BR><BR>For anyone interested in Tibetan Buddhist practice and philosophy, particularly the Dzogchen teachings of the Nyingma lineage, this book gives detailed instruction and friendly and inspiring advice, offering guidance on how to approach the path and giving instruction for specific meditation and contemplation techniques.'); "Show Product Detail"){kind=spacer}
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![](javascript:showDetail('../QuantaCat/images/9781590308882.jpg', '', '9781590308882', '1590308883', '$21.50', 'A jargon-free explanation of two central teachings of the Buddha: karma and rebirth.<BR><BR>By now, we\'ve all heard someone say, "It must have been his karma" or "She had bad karma." But what is karma, really? Does karmic theory say that we are helpless victims of our past? Is all karma bad, or can there be good karma too? Is reincarnation the same as the Buddhist theory of rebirth? In this short and eminently readable book, Traleg Kyabgon answers these questions and more by elucidating the Buddha\'s teachings on karma and rebirth. He distinguishes the Buddhist view of karma and rebirth from related notions of karma and reincarnation found in the Hindu tradition, explains why the notion of karma is indispensable to the theory and practice of Buddhism, and demonstrates how karmic theory provides a foundation for morality that doesn\'t require belief in God. Throughout he shows how to work with karma intelligently to bring about beneficial changes in the way we relate to our thoughts, feelings, and circumstances.'); "Show Product Detail")
![](javascript:showDetail('../QuantaCat/images/9781611800951.jpg', '', '9781611800951', '1611800951', '$47.00', 'The first and only English translation of the centuries-old Tibetan spiritual allegory of King Gesar, a tale on a par with The Arabian Nights or the King Arthur stories. <BR><BR>For hundreds of years, versions of the Gesar of Ling epic have been sung by bards in Tibet, China, Central Asia, and across the eastern Silk Route. King Gesar, renowned throughout these areas, represents the ideal warrior. As a leader with his people\'s loyalty and trust, he conquers all their enemies and protects the peace.<BR><BR>The example of King Gesar is also understood as a spiritual teaching. The "enemies" in the stories represent the emotional and psychological challenges that turn people toward greed, aggression, and envy and away from the true teachings of Buddhism.<BR><BR>The epic of Gesar is the longest single piece of literature in the world canon, encompassing some 120 volumes; here the first three volumes are translated, telling of Gesar\'s birth, his mischievous childhood and his youth spent in exile, and his rivalry for the throne with his treacherous uncle.'); "Show Product Detail"){kind=spacer}
![](javascript:showDetail('../QuantaCat/images/9781611801941.jpg', '', '9781611801941', '161180194X', '$19.95', 'Zen teachings—infused with elements of memoir—by a popular modern teacher who "grew up" at the feet of two of the great figures who brought Zen to America, Shunryu Suzuki and Dainin Katagiri. He employs his reminiscences of those two great masters as teaching anecdotes.<BR><BR>Tim Burkett was twenty when he met Suzuki Roshi, and it was love at first sight. He immediately quit pursuing the career in law to which his illustrious family of jurists inclined him, and became a serious Zen student. He went on to become a licensed psychotherapist and then followed Katagiri Roshi to Minneapolis to become a founder of the Zen scene there. He never left. Now that he\'s himself a revered Zen teacher, he\'s decided to articulate his own view of Zen. He structures the teaching according to five not-necessarily sequential levels on the road to enlightenment: (1) commitment to the path, (2) studying the self, (3) cultivating compassion and equanimity, (4) perseverance, and (5) emptiness. This is an introduction to Zen teaching that reads like an intriguing memoir, as the author discovers the teaching in the people, places, and experiences he encounters in the course of his practice.'); "Show Product Detail")
, happiness, and suffering. Through these tales, the reader learns that Buddhism is a path of knowledge that leads to liberation from suffering.'); "Show Product Detail")
 provide practical methods for living a life filled with compassion.<BR><BR>A life overflowing with compassion. It sounds wonderful in theory, but how do you do it? This guide provides practical methods to living with this wonderful quality, based on traditional Buddhist teachings and on methods from modern psychology--particularly a technique called Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT). The methods presented by the two authors--a psychotherapist and a Tibetan Buddhist nun--turn out to have a good deal in common. In fact, they complement each other in wonderful ways. Each of the 64 short chapters ends with a reflection or exercise for putting compassion into practice in various life situations.'); "Show Product Detail")
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![](javascript:showDetail('../QuantaCat/images/9781611802283.jpg', '', '9781611802283', '1611802288', '$22.50', 'Teachings on the practice of things-as-they-are, through commentaries on a legendary Chinese Zen figure.<br><br>The ninth-century Tang dynasty Chinese master Dongshan is an important ancestor of the Zen tradition that has spread widely throughout the world in the twentieth century. He features prominently in koan texts and teaching stories, but he\'s not been written about or translated much in English yet. Dan Leighton comes to the rescue with this excellent book that takes the texts and teachings attributed to Dongshan, as well as the teaching stories and koan cases about him, and provides commentary for understanding the teaching of the House of Caodong he\'s associated with, particularly as it relates to "suchness"--tathata, the absolute and true nature inherent in all appearance--focusing on the practical relevance of the teachings Dongshan represents to the practice and life of us folks today.'); "Show Product Detail"){kind=spacer}
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 to explain the essential concepts. She then gives voice to these texts--simplifying them, removing barriers to understanding, and making them completely accessible and relevant to the modern reader.<BR><BR>Wong is a clear and enthusiastic guide to this intriguing spiritual Way, and she challenges us to stop, reflect, and ask ourselves: Do we balance the public, domestic, private, and spirit aspects in our lives? Do we emphasize some at the expense of the others? Do we ever think about unifying worldly and spiritual wisdom in our lives?'); "Show Product Detail"){kind=spacer}
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