Product Description: The First Panchen Lama's Easy Path (de lam), written nearly four hundred years ago, is like a chest of jewels that has, until now, been locked to English speakers. This translation, with Gyumed Khensur Lobsang Jampa's commentary, unlocks that chest and holds each jewel up to the sunlight to reveal its great beauty and value...read more

Product Description: In "Mindful Therapy", Lorne Ladner discusses his approach to incorporating mindfulness techniques into psychotherapy. The benefits of using mindfulness practices in therapy have been well documented: These techniques have been shown to be clinically effective in treating stress and anxiety and as part of treatment for personality disorders and depression...read more

Draws on Buddhist traditions and modern psychology to present ways in which readers can develop compassion, joy, and contentment in the face of a busy lifestyle, providing a definition for healthy compassion as well as arguments as to why compassion is an essential part of life. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

The Wheel of Great Compassion is the first book to provide Western readers with a complete understanding of the prayer wheel--an ancient and mystical practice that has long been popular with Buddhists throughout Tibet and Mongolia for its ability to bless the environment, promote healing, increase compassion, and assist practitioners on their journeys to enlightenment. This book offers a clear description of prayer wheel practice, its meaning and benefits, and its role as an essential ritual and symbol of Tibetan Buddhism. It contains a general introduction to the prayer wheel, photographs and illustrations, six commentaries by Tibetan lamas (including Lama Zopa Rinpoche), and instructions for both prayer wheel construction and proper use. (view table of contents)

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