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Argues that Tibetan Buddhists deliberately organize their debates into formal structures that both empower and constrain thinking, skillfully using logic as an interactional tool to organize their reflections. This book is accompanied by a CD-ROM that offers examples of debating strategies, videos of actual debates, and an interactive debate.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Outlines and discusses the methods for transforming both bosy and mind through the highest forms of trantric practice.

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One of the most inspiring teachers of Tibetan Buddhism shares important teachings on compassion and enlightenment from this ancient wisdom tradition.

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Teachings on meditation and Buddhist philosophy from the Western nun portrayed in Vicki Mackenzie's best-selling biography, Cave in the Snow.

(Paperback, Abridged Edition)

Presents an array of works that together offer a view of the Tibetan religious landscape over the centuries. Organized thematically, the twenty-eight chapters in this work are testimony to the vast scope of religious practice in the Tibetan world. It is intended for scholars, students, and general readers.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Sayings, prayers and stories drawn from the life and teachings of one of the world's greatest spiritual teachers are here brought together - for the first time - as reflections for each day of the year.

(Hardback)

This is the Dalai Lama's story - his early family life, his education as the 14th incarnation of the Lama, his exile in India, and his struggles to help Tibet regain independence from China. The book offers an historical overview of the Tibetan crisis after the Chinese invasion.

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(Paperback)

Presents a road map to how we might end our experience of suffering and discover happiness. This title explains the three turnings of the wheel of dharma; the purpose and the means of generating the mind of enlightenment; and, the twelve links of dependent arising, among other things. It provides a glimpse into the core of Tibetan Buddhism.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

He highlights the role of mind in health in The Spiritual Heart of Tibetan Medicine, delving into the practices of 'lojong' - training the mind - and meditation, and the ultimate healing that comes through recognizing the nature of mind.

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(Paperback)

Robert Thurman, the charismatic, pre-eminent Western expert on Tibetan Buddhism presents his most important teaching and meditation practices for everyday life, for the first time in trade paperback.

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Tells the story of the Tibetan people. This title offers an introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. It presents a quest for purification and buddhahood in a single lifetime, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Popular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presents the 'other side of Zen', by examining the movement's growth during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867) in Japan and by shedding light on the Japanese religious landscape during the era.

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Exploring key concepts and metaphors, Bernard Faure guides readers to an appreciation of some of the more elusive aspects of the Chinese traditions of Chan Buddhism and Japanese Zen. Faure focuses on Chan's insistence on "immediacy"--its denial of all traditional meditations, including scripture, ritual, good works--and yet shows how these mediations have always been present in Chan.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

"The Sun of Wisdom" is a commentary on a famous text by an early Indian Buddhist known as Nagarjuna. He is credited with discovering the Buddha's Vajrayana, or Tantric, teachings, 400 years after his death.

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Attempts to penetrate the core of spirituality and consciousness by employing a psychological approach to the understanding of religious experience.

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Examines the state of those experiencing suffering, those engaged in the methods leading towards freedom from unhappiness and misery, and those fully enlightened ones who have attained the highest goal of omniscient awakening.