Product Description: Also translated by Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.D.A New York Times Bestselling Author "Everyone dies, but no one is dead," goes the Tibetan saying. It is with these words that Advice on Dying takes flight. Using a seventeenth-century poem written by a prominent scholar-practitioner, His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws from a wide range of traditions and beliefs to explore the stages we all go through when we die, showing us how to prepare for that time and, in doing so, enrich our time on earth...read more

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Men and women who have won the world's highest honor for peacemakers share their unique perspectives on achieving peace in this groundbreaking book, with contributions from Jose Ramos-Horta of East Timor, Betty Williams of Northern Ireland, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and many others. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Texts especially written or chosen for Westerners explain the central ideas and practices of Buddhism.

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Product Description: Calm Abiding and Special Insight presents an intimate and detailed picture of the intricacies of meditation so vividly that the reader is drawn into a Tibetan worldview of spiritual development. Geshe Gedün Lodrö, one of the foremost scholars of Tibet, reveals methods for overcoming afflictive states and disorders to create a mind which is stable, calm, and alertly clear...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is a book offered in tribute to Jeffrey Hopkins by colleagues and former students. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Drawing on the tenets of Buddhism, a leading Buddhist scholar offers an insightful handbook that explains how to cultivate the spirit of kindness in oneself and others, live from a more compassionate perspective, and reawaken our individual capacity for caring in order to interact with others in a more meaningful, positive way. 20,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Drawing on the tenets of Buddhism, a leading Buddhist scholar offers an insightful handbook that explains how to cultivate the spirit of kindness in oneself and others, live from a more compassionate perspective, and reawaken our individual capacity for caring in order to interact with others in a more meaningful, positive way. Reprint.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a series of lectures at Harvard University which fulfilled magnificently his intention of providing an in-depth introduction to Buddhist theory and practice. He structured the presentation according to the teachings of the Four Noble Truths and expanded their meaning to cover most of the topics of Tibetan Buddhism. The Dalai Lama's combination of superb intellect, power of exposition, and practical implementation are evident in these lectures. He covers a broad spectrum of topics, including:    •  The psychology of cyclic existence    • Consciousness and karma    • Cessation and Buddha Nature    • Paths and the utilization of bliss    • Techniques for meditation    • Altruism    • Valuing enemies    • Wisdom    • And much more

Product Description: Deity Yoga describes the profound process of meditation in Action and Performance Tantras. It is composed of three parts: Heart of Mantra by the Dalai Lama is a lucid exposition of the meditative rites of deity yoga—the distinctly tantric process in which yogis visualize themselves in the form of a Buddha's divine body as a manifestation of compassionate wisdom...read more

Product Description: Dzong-ka-ba's (1357-1419) The Essence of Eloquence is the one book on wisdom that the Dalai Lama carries with him wherever he goes. Composed by Tibet's great yogi-scholar and founder of the Ge-luk-ba school, it stands as a landmark in Buddhist philosophy...read more

Hopkins deserves congratulations on making this difficult material on the nature of emptiness as transparent as possible.—Religious Studies Review

Product Description: Hopkins deserves congratulations on making this difficult material on the nature of emptiness as transparent as possible.—Religious Studies Review

Product Description: The most systematic and extensive course system available for learning the Tibetan language independently.Fluent Tibetan was developed by language experts working in conjunction with indigenous speakers at the University of Virginia...read more