,Fulltitletib,Ktmcopies,Librarytype,Classification,Subclass,Description,Frontcoverimg,Citation
"Mastering Meditation: Instructions on Calm Abiding and Mahāmudrā",,,Physical,Books,"Translations,Edited Dharma Teaching","''Mastering Meditation'' gives you the experience of studying with one of the greatest meditation masters of the modern age. His Eminence Chöden Rinpoché was not only a celebrated scholar, honored by selection as a debate partner to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, but he was also an accomplished yogi who spent nineteen years in solitary meditation retreat. In this thorough and thoroughly clear book, Rinpoché offers meticulous explanations and profound practical instructions on two essential practices in Tibetan Buddhism: calm abiding and mahāmudrā.
The first part of this book contains instructions for developing calm abiding, an unshakable single-pointedness of mind. The second part, Rinpoché’s direct commentary on the Fourth Paṇchen Lama’s foundational text, offers advanced instructions on using calm abiding as a platform to develop mahāmudrā. Rinpoché elucidates both sūtra-system mahāmudrā—meditation on the emptiness of the mind—as well as mantra-system mahāmudrā, a specialized meditation that uncovers subtle, hidden levels of mind to pierce into the ultimate nature of self and reality, leading finally to complete enlightenment.
Drawing from his vast learning and personal experience, Rinpoché provides readers with an open gateway to remarkable states of lucidity and peace.
[https://wisdomexperience.org/product/mastering-meditation/ (Source: Wisdom Publications)]","File:Mastering Meditation Instructions on Calm Abiding and Mahāmudrā-front.jpg","Chöden Rinpoché. ''Mastering Meditation: Instructions on Calm Abiding and Mahāmudrā.'' Translated by Tenzin Gache. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2020."
"Music of the Sphere of Definitive Meaning",,8,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"A translation of Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche's detailed explanation of the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje's famous Mahāmudrā Aspiration Prayer.","File:Music of the Sphere of Definitive Meaning-front.jpeg","Karmapa, 3rd, and Sangye Nyenpa. ''Music of the Sphere of Definitive Meaning: Detailed Explanation of the Mahamudra Prayer in Accordance with the Philosophy of the Great Emptiness-of-Other.'' Translated by David Molk. Kathmandu: Benchen Publications, 2020."
"Nepāl Maṇḍal: A Pilgrim's Guide to the Kathmandu Valley",,,"Physical and digital",Books,"Buddhist Topic Monographs","Nepal Mandal is an in-depth guide and survey of the principle Buddhist and Hindu monasteries, temples and pīṭhs of the Kathmandu Valley. In seven parts under the rubric of Buddha, Padmasambhava, Gorakhnāth, Śiva, Nārāyaṇ, Mātṛkās and Peaks and Rivers, over one hundred and twenty powerplace are described, many fully described under the heads Myth, Legend, In The Past, and On The Ground. Myth and Legend lay the background; In The Past provides the history; and On The Ground guides the pilgrim-visitor around the site indicating its main features. Many readers will find the sections on Myth and Legend to be the highlight of the book. Retold with a jogi’s insight these sections constitute a radical spiritual dimension to the powerplaces. The last and largest section includes description of the sacred Buddhist and Hindu art and architecture — sometimes in great detail — for the visitor focused on the religious art forms — the objects of veneration. In that way this large book is a guide to the principle cities of the Valley—Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur — at the same time visiting the treasures in the villages between these cities. A practical iconography of the pantheon of the Kathmandu Valley is thereby built-in, with sections of the text dedicated to it. Over a hundred high quality black and white photographs document the stone and metal sculpture of Nepal Mandal. Since most of the work on this book was done in years before the 2015 earthquake it constitutes an historical record of the art ‘gone missing’ and the architectural damage done. The author, a prominent exponent of Tantric Buddhism in both theory and practice, spent four decades of unending pilgrimage through the monasteries and temples of the Kathmandu Valley propitiating their numinous inhabitants and documenting their invaluable contents. An extensive Supplement provides rare pilgrim itineraries for the Kathmandu Valley, a full Glossary defines technical terms, and a detailed Table of Contents and an inclusive Index provide easy access.
[https://www.amazon.com/NEP%C4%80L-MAN%CC%A3%E1%B8%8CAL-Pilgrims-Kathmandu-Valley/dp/1796757071 (Source: Amazon)]","File:Nepāl Maṇḍal-front.jpg","Dowman, Keith. ''Nepāl Maṇḍal: A Pilgrim's Guide to the Kāṭhmāṇḍū Valley.'' n.p.: Pema Publishing, 2020."
Patience,,,Digital,Books,"Edited Dharma Teaching","The sixth chapter of Shantideva’s classic ''A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life'' is a beacon of inspiration that shows what patience—one of the essential actions of the bodhisattvas—can really mean, leading us to profound self-realization and a heightened determination for awakened action in the world.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche—a teacher whose very name means “patience”—explores Shantideva’s teachings verse by verse, unpacking its lessons for the modern reader:
Overcoming anger
Accepting suffering
Respecting others and finding happiness in their happiness
In explaining this quintessential quality of a bodhisattva, Rinpoche shows us ordinary beings the profundity of the practice of patience and the relevance it has in our everyday lives.
“Shantideva was like us, but he worked on his mind until he became completely free from delusions . . . A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life has inspired countless people since it was written over thirteen hundred years ago. It tells us that we too can develop our mind to the levels of realizations that the great masters have attained—and it shows us how to do it.”—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
(Source: [https://wisdomexperience.org/product/patience/ Wisdom Publications])",File:Patience-front.jpg,"Zopa, Lama Thubten. ''Patience: A Guide to Shantideva's Sixth Chapter''. Compiled and edited by Gordon McDougall. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2020"
"Practicing the Great Perfection",,,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"Shechen Gyaltsap is a renowned master of the Great Perfection, or Dzogchen, the pinnacle of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the teacher of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and is therefore a wellspring of the wisdom and accomplishments of the present generation of teachers. Though he left behind a substantial collection of writings, little of it has been translated and made available to an English readership. His works translated here for the first time are essential instructions for those who practice, or aspire to practice, the teachings of the Great Perfection. Written with a clear simplicity that belies their profundity, these teachings give practical and pointed advice on how to meditate on the nature of mind, self-arisen primordial wisdom, and how to sustain this practice in daily life. They begin with an extensive reflection on the problem of self-clinging and the analytical meditation designed to uproot it, and proceed to more specific instructions for the mind practice itself, at all times insisting on the fundamental, indispensable attitudes of renunciation and bodhichitta—the determination to awaken for the benefit of all beings. [https://www.shambhala.com/practicing-the-great-perfection-15509.html (Source: Shambhala Publications)]","File:Practicing the Great Perfection-front.jpeg","Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurmé Pema Namgyal. ''Practicing the Great Perfection: Instructions on the Crucial Points.'' Translated by the Padmakara Translation Group. Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, 2020."
"Precious Treasury of the Genuine Meaning (2020)",,,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"Root text translation of one of seven treasures or seminal works composed by the illustrious illuminator of the Great Perfection doctrine, the Omniscient Longchenpa.
Light of Berotsna's translators have upgraded the publication by using a more evolved and meaningful translation of text titles, updating style choices, and correcting a few errors. We are confident this revised edition will be beneficial for all who study and contemplate this important Great Perfection text.
Only the Innermost, Unexcelled Cycle of the Upadesha Class contains the complete instructions on togal practice, and the text that gives the clearest and most explicit explanation of them is the Tsig Don Dzod (Precious Treasury of the Genuine Meaning). The treasury itself is composed of eleven themes, or vajra topics, which cover everything from the ground of Dzogchen, the origin of delusion, the buddha nature, its location, the light channels, the gateways, space and wisdom, the practice, signs of realization, dying and the bardo of dharmata, and the “great liberation”. Every single detail is covered, which is what makes this Treasury unique. [https://www.berotsana.org/products/precious-treasury-of-the-genuine-meaning (Source: Berotsana Publications)]","File:Precious Treasury of the Genuine Meaning (2020)-front.jpg","Chönam, Lama and Sangye Khandro (Light of Berotsana). ''Precious Treasury of the Genuine Meaning''. By Longchen Rabjam (Klong chen pa). Ashland, OR: Berotsana Publications, 2020."
"Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics - Vol. 2",,,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"This, the second volume in the Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics series, focuses on the science of mind. Readers are first introduced to Buddhist conceptions of mind and consciousness and then led through traditional presentations of mental phenomena to reveal a Buddhist vision of the inner world with fascinating implications for the contemporary disciplines of cognitive science, psychology, emotion research, and philosophy of mind. Major topics include:
The distinction between sensory and conceptual processes and the pan-Indian notion of mental consciousness
Mental factors—specific mental states such as attention, mindfulness, and compassion—and how they relate to one another
The unique tantric theory of subtle levels of consciousness, their connection to the subtle energies, or “winds,” that flow through channels in the human body, and what happens to each when the body and mind dissolve at the time of death
The seven types of mental states and how they impact the process of perception
Styles of reasoning, which Buddhists understand as a valid avenue for acquiring sound knowledge
In the final section, the volume offers what might be called Buddhist contemplative science, a presentation of the classical Buddhist understanding of the psychology behind meditation and other forms of mental training.
To present these specific ideas and their rationale, the volume weaves together passages from the works of great Buddhist thinkers like Asaṅga, Vasubandhu, Nāgārjuna, Dignāga, and Dharmakīrti. His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s introduction outlines scientific and philosophical thinking in the history of the Buddhist tradition. To provide additional context for Western readers, each of the six major topics is introduced with an essay by John D. Dunne, distinguished professor of Buddhist philosophy and contemplative practice at the University of Wisconsin. These essays connect the traditional material to contemporary debates and Western parallels, and provide helpful suggestions for further reading.
[https://wisdomexperience.org/product/science-and-philosophy-in-the-indian-buddhist-classics-vol-2/ (Source: Wisdom Publications)]","File:Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics - Vol. 2-front.jpg","Jinpa, Thupten, ed. ''Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics - Volume 2: The Mind.'' Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2020."
"Sounds of Innate Freedom - Vol. 5 (Brunnhölzl 2020)",,1,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"Sounds of Innate Freedom: The Indian Texts of Mahāmudrā are historic volumes containing many of the first English translations of classic mahāmudrā literature. The texts and songs in these volumes constitute the large compendium called The Indian Texts of the Mahāmudrā of Definitive Meaning, compiled by the Seventh Karmapa, Chötra Gyatso (1456–1539). The collection offers a brilliant window into the richness of the vast ocean of Indian Mahāmudrā texts cherished in all Tibetan lineages, particularly in the Kagyü tradition, giving us a clear view of the sources of one of the world’s great contemplative traditions.
This first volume in publication contains the majority of songs of realization, consisting of dohās (couplets), vajragītis (vajra songs), and caryāgītis (conduct songs), all lucidly expressing the inexpressible. These songs offer readers a feast of profound and powerful pith instructions uttered by numerous male and female mahasiddhas, yogīs, and ḍākinīs, often in the context of ritual gaṇacakras and initially kept in their secret treasury. Displaying a vast range of themes, styles, and metaphors, they all point to the single true nature of the mind—mahāmudrā—in inspiring ways and from different angles, using a dazzling array of skillful means to penetrate the sole vital point of buddhahood being found nowhere but within our own mind. Reading and singing these songs of mystical wonder, bliss, and ecstatic freedom, and contemplating their meaning in meditation, will open doors to spiritual experience for us today just as it has for countless practitioners in the past.
[https://wisdomexperience.org/product/sounds-of-innate-freedom/ (Source: Wisdom Publications)]","File:Sounds of Innate Freedom - Vol. 5-front.jpg","Brunnhölzl, Karl, trans. ''Sounds of Innate Freedom: The Indian Texts of Mahāmudrā - Volume 5''. By the 7th Karmapa, Chötra Gyatso. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2020."
"The Blazing Lamp Tantra and The Threaded String of Pearls",,,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"“If one knows the Self-Arisen Vidya Tantra, the Self-Liberated Vidya Tantra, and the Tantra Without Syllables, one will have command over the general meaning of the tantras, like a king who has command over his subjects.”—Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle
The eleventh-century Seventeen Tantras are among the most important texts in the tradition of the Great Perfection—and in all of Tibetan Buddhism. This set provides two luminous root texts in crystal-clear translation, along with their commentaries, which break down the tantra passage by passage under headings that contextualize many instructions for the practice of the Great Perfection. The two texts are published together because they contain some of the most detailed expositions on which are based the two essential practices of the Great Perfection: trekchö, the view, and thögal, the meditation.
The Tantra Without Syllables focuses on the theoretical basis for trekchö. The actual tantra discussed in this text is not the words of the tantra, but rather the subject matter that the tantra points to: the continuum of one’s own vidyā confirmed in a direct perception, which cannot be explained in words. The Blazing Lamp Tantra focuses on the theoretical basis of thögal, detailing the four lamps, which are crucial for understanding the contemplative visions unique to the Great Perfection.
[https://wisdomexperience.org/product/tantra-without-syllables-vol3-and-blazing-lamp-tantra-vol4/ (Source: Wisdom Publications)]","File:The Blazing Lamp Tantra and The Threaded String of Pearls-front.jpg","Smith, Malcolm, trans. ''The Blazing Lamp Tantra and The Threaded String of Pearls: A Translation of the Drönma Barwai Gyü and Its Commentary''. The Seventeen Dzogchen Tantras, Volume 4. Edited by Osa Karen Manell and Michael Tweed. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2020."
"The Buddha's Single Intention",,,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"This book presents an influential and extraordinary teaching of the Kagyü tradition of Tibetan Buddhism known as the Single Intention by the master Drigung Kyobpa Jikten Sumgön (1143–1217), along with its chief commentaries, principally the Light of the Sun by Rikzin Chökyi Drakpa (1595–1659).
Early in the history of the Kagyü school, the teachings of Jikten Sumgön were condensed into 150 core formulations called vajra statements. These pithy, revelatory statements comprise the Single Intention (Dgongs gcig), which presents the thought of the Buddha and the nature of the ineffable (brjod du med pa) in concise and direct expression. The Single Intention weaves the thread of ineffable mahāmudrā through the entire fabric of Buddhism. It presents mahāmudrā as pervading disciplined conduct, meditative concentration, and discriminative knowledge; ground, path, and result; view, practice, and conduct; and the “three vows” of prātimokṣa, of the bodhisattvas, and of mantra. Jikten Sumgön teaches how the fundamental values and insights revealed by the Buddha are woven into reality and therefore accessible to all.
Jan-Ulrich Sobisch manages to convey the unity of the Buddha’s message both in its particulars and in its scope. His deep and authoritative skill makes this the definitive presentation of one of the most unique and compelling works of classical Tibetan literature. [https://wisdomexperience.org/product/buddhas-single-intention/ (Source: Wisdom Publications)]","File:The Buddha's Single Intention-front.jpeg","Sobisch, Jan-Ulrich, trans. ''The Buddha's Single Intention: Drigung Kyobpa Jikten Sumgön's Vajra Statements of the Early Kagyü Tradition''. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2020."
"The Buddhist Nun's Ordination in the Tibetan Canon",,,"Physical and digital",Books,"Academic Publications,Translations","From the foreword of the series editors: We are proud to welcome Carola Roloff’s monograph on the ordination of nuns in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition to the Hamburg Buddhist Studies series. Her contribution is remarkable in at least two regards. Firstly, her critical edition introduces the Tibetan texts and their English translations of two important chapters in the Tibetan Mūlasarvāstivādavinaya: the Chapter on Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī (*Mahāprajāpatīgautamīvastu) and the Manual for Buddhist Nuns’ Ordination (*Bhikṣuṇyupasaṃpadājñapti). Secondly, based on the presented materials, the author discusses ways in which the nuns’ ordination in the Tibetan tradition—from which full ordination for women has been absent for centuries—may be legitimately reinstated. This is a concern Carola Roloff has been supporting for more than two decades. Her edition and exegesis of the Tibetan texts and their Sanskrit parallels constitute a solid foundation for discussing why the Mūlasarvāstivāda bhikṣuṇī lineage should be re-established and how concrete steps in that direction may look like.
The topic has elicited controversial debate, and has often been criticized; in that to advocate full ordination of nuns would mean to rely only on the arguments of interpreters of later centuries, i.e. on secondary authorities and not on the canon itself. The present study, in contrast, evidences that the Mūlasarvāstivādavinaya itself contains chapters of utmost relevance to this issue. These important parts of the Vinaya have been edited and translated in this volume and should be fully taken into account in future exchanges. The publication of these new and momentous insights will contribute to the advancement of these important discussions and serve to promote a view which is, on the one hand, based on solid evidence of the monastic code of the early times, while on the other hand, also addresses central issues of the modern world such as the equality of gender in society and religions.
[https://networks.h-net.org/node/6060/discussions/8858490/new-book-buddhist-nun%C2%B4s-ordination-tibetan-canon-possibilities (Source: H-net)]","File:The Buddhist Nun's Ordination in the Tibetan Canon-front.jpg","Roloff, Carola. ''The Buddhist Nun's Ordination in the Tibetan Canon: Possibilities of the Revival of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Bhikṣuṇī Lineage.'' Hamburg Buddhist Studies 15. Bochum, Germany: Projektverlag, 2020."
"The Chakrasamvara Root Tantra",,,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"A key text for one of the most important Buddhist tantric traditions, the Chakrasamvara Root Tantra has been passed down to us from the ancient mahasiddhas and yogis of India. This foundational ritual text is one of the earliest of the yogini tantras—tantric scriptures that emphasize female deities. This melodic translation by David Gonsalez maintains the poetic structure of the original, making it ideal for practitioners and harmonious to recite. It is at once an object of devotion, a profound instruction, and a beautiful poem meant to inspire spiritual seekers. [https://wisdomexperience.org/product/chakrasamvara-root-tantra/ (Source: Wisdom Publications)]","File:The Chakrasamvara Root Tantra-front.jpg","Gonsalez, David, trans. ''The Chakrasamvara Root Tantra: The Speech of the Glorious Heruka.'' The Dechen Ling Practice Series. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2020."
"The Diamond Prajna Paramita Sutra",,,,Books,"Translations,Digital Publications","An English translation of the ''Vajracchedikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra'' by the Chung Tai Translation Committee from the Chinese edition of Kumārajīva, T235. Published by the Chung Tai Shan Buddhist Foundation, 2020.","File:The Diamond Prajna Paramita Sutra-front.jpg","Chung Tai Translation Committee, comp. and trans. ''The Diamond Prajna Paramita Sutra''. Puli, Taiwan: Chung Tai Shan Buddhist Foundation, 2020. https://www.ctworld.org.tw/Buddhist%20e-Books/Books01/index.html."
"The Extremely Secret Dakini of Naropa",,,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"''The Extremely Secret Dakini of Naropa'' has become the basis for almost every subsequent Vajrayogini commentary in the Gelug tradition. Kyabje Pabongkha’s commentary is both very thorough in its presentation and deeply inspiring, providing rich detail on essential elements of Vajrayogini practice:
*all eleven yogas of the generation stage
*the transference of consciousness
*tsok offering
*left-sided conduct
*and many other auxiliary practices
There is also a stunning explanation of the completion stage that provides many extraordinarily profound methods unique to the practice of Vajrayogini. The second half of the book contains several sadhanas for the practice of Vajrayogini, including six-session guru yoga as well as two sadhanas on the transference of consciousness.
[https://wisdomexperience.org/product/extremely-secret-dakini-of-naropa/ (Source: Wisdom Publications)]","File:The Extremely Secret Dakini of Naropa-front.jpg","Gonsalez, David, trans. ''The Extremely Secret Dakini of Naropa: Vajrayogini Practice and Commentary.'' By Pabongkha Rinpoche (Pha bong kha). The Dechen Ling Practice Series. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2020."
"The First Free Women",,,Physical,Books,Translations,"Composed around the Buddha’s lifetime, the Therigatha (Verses of the Elder Nuns) contains poems by the first Buddhist women. Here you’ll find princesses and courtesans, tired wives of arranged marriages and the desperately in love, those born into limitless wealth and those born with nothing at all. Their voices are all here. Matty Weingast revives this ancient collection with a contemporary and radical adaptation that remains true to the essence of each poem and highlights the struggles and doubts, as well as the strength, perseverance, and profound compassion, embodied by these courageous women.
[https://www.shambhala.com/the-first-free-women.html (Source: Shambhala Publications)]","File:The First Free Women-front.jpg","Weingast, Matty. ''The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns.'' Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, 2020"
"The King of Noble Prayers Aspiring to the Deeds of the Excellent (Tseten 2020)",,,Physical,Books,"Dharma Practice Booklets,Translations",,"File:The King of Noble Prayers Aspiring to the Deeds of the Excellent-front.jpg","Tseten, Migmar, trans. ''The King of Noble Prayers Aspiring to the Deeds of the Excellent.'' Cambridge, MA: Mangalamkosha Publications, 2020."
"The Rice Seedling Sutra",,,Physical,Books,"Translations,Edited Dharma Teaching","In the Rice Seedling Sutra, the Buddha unpacks the law of cause and effect. He notes how in the natural world, a seed becomes a sprout, which produces a flower, which bears fruit. A seed has no intention to sprout; when the right conditions are assembled the fruit arises. Similarly, when our senses encounter an object, a sense consciousness arises naturally, without our intending it. This, says the Buddha, is also how karma works and how actions performed out of ignorance create suffering, whether we want it or not. And this same law of causality also governs enlightenment—when the right conditions are assembled, awakening is assured.
In many sutras like this one, the Buddha explains that to understand his Dharma is to understand dependent arising. Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe explores dependent arising, and the corollary teaching of emptiness, through this sutra and others. Commenting on the works of Indian masters such as Śāntarakṣita, he shows how belief in a creator god is incompatible with dependent arising, and by illuminating the teachings of Nāgārjuna and Candrakīrti, he shows how we do—and do not—exist. (Source: [https://wisdomexperience.org/product/rice-seedling-sutra/ Wisdom Publications])","File:The Rice Seedling Sutra-front.jpg","Thabkhe, Geshe Yeshe. ''The Rice Seedling Sutra: Buddha's Teachings on Dependent Arising.'' Translated by Joshua and Diana Cutler. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2020."
"The Rice Seedling: Śālistamba (Raktrul, 6th)",,,Digital,Books,"Translations,Digital Publications","In this sūtra, at the request of venerable Śāriputra, the bodhisattva mahāsattva Maitreya elucidates a very brief teaching on dependent arising that the Buddha had given earlier that day while gazing at a rice seedling. The text discusses outer and inner causation and its conditions, describes in detail the twelvefold cycle by which inner dependent arising gives rise to successive lives, and explains how understanding the very nature of that process can lead to freedom from it. (Source: [https://read.84000.co/translation/toh210.html#summary 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha])","File:The Rice Seedling Śālistamba 84000-front.jpg","Ngawang Kunga, Raktrul, Rebecca Hufen, Jason Sanche, Arne Schelling, and Sonam Spitz (Dharmasāgara Translation Group), trans. ''The Rice Seedling'' (''Śālistamba''). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2020. https://read.84000.co/translation/toh210.html."
"The Royal Seal of Mahamudra Volume Two",,,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"The concluding volume of a Tibetan meditation classic for realizing our buddha nature.
This second and final volume of a treasured meditation manual outlines the major teachings and practices of the Tibetan Mahamudra tradition. This esoteric tradition focuses on the realization of our minds as naturally pristine and clear as a direct means to true awakening.
While part one focuses on the basic practices of calm abiding (shamatha) and insight (vipashyana), the second volume explains how Mahamudra is pointed out and cultivated, how to overcome obstacles to meditation, and how buddhahood is ultimately attained. Refreshingly readable and concise, this volume is a source of inspiration for practitioners and anyone wishing to learn about the tradition of Mahamudra.
[https://www.shambhala.com/the-royal-seal-of-mahamudra-volume-two.html (Source: Shambhala Publications)]","File:The Royal Seal of Mahamudra Volume Two-front.jpg","The Third Khamtrul Rinpoche, Ngawang Kunga Tenzin. ''The Royal Seal of Mahamudra Volume Two: A Guidebook for the Realization of Coemergence''. Translated by Gerardo Abboud. Boulder, CO: Snow Lion Publications, 2020."
"The Strength of the Elephant: Hastikakṣya (Forgues, G.)",,,Digital,Books,"Translations,Digital Publications","This sūtra contains a Dharma discourse on the profound insight into the emptiness of all phenomena, also known as transcendent insight. Following a short teaching in verse by Śāriputra, the Buddha delivers the primary discourse at the behest of Ānanda and Mañjuśrī amid a vast assembly of monks, bodhisattvas, and lay devotees. He specifically addresses hearers and so-called “outcast bodhisattvas” who have not realized transcendent insight and who thus remain attached to phenomenal appearances. Responding to a series of questions posed by Mañjuśrī and Śāriputra, the Buddha explains that all phenomena are as empty as space, with nothing to be either affirmed or rejected. Yet that very emptiness is what makes everything possible, including the bodhisattvas’ altruistic activities. (Source: [https://read.84000.co/translation/toh207.html#summary 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha])","File:The Strength of the Elephant Hastikakṣya-front.jpg","Forgues, Gregory (Buddhavacana Translation Group), trans. ''The Strength of the Elephant'' (''Hastikakṣya''). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2020. https://read.84000.co/translation/toh207.html."
"The Tara Tantra (Landesman)",,,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"This volume contains an English translation of the “root text” of the ''Tārā-mūla-kalpa'', a scripture-ritual compendium that captures an important Buddhist tantric tradition in mid-formation. In this regard it is utterly unique and unlike any other text in the Buddhist canon. Its contents document the emergence of the quintessential female Buddha Tārā in seventh-century India. As her popularity grew, her cult spread throughout Southeast Asia, as well as Tibet, where she became revered as the “Mother” of the Tibetan people. Tārā is worshiped for a variety of reasons, from health and long life, to wealth, protection from enemies, and ultimately, the mind of enlightenment. Her presence pervades the evolution of Buddhism in Tibet, including within royal circles, as well as mentor and guide to many important Buddhist scholars, practitioners, and lineage holders.
[https://wisdomexperience.org/product/the-tara-tantra/ (Source: Wisdom Publications)]","File:The Tara Tantra (Landesman)-front.jpg","Landesman, Susan A. ''The Tārā Tantra: Tārā's Fundamental Ritual Text - Tārā-mūla-kalpa. Part 1: The Root Tantra.'' Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2020."
"The Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje: Master of Mahāmudrā",,,"Physical and digital",Books,"Buddhist Topic Monographs,Translations","Known for his mastery of teachings across sectarian lines, his treatises on medicine and astrology, and his work as spiritual advisor to the last Yuan emperor of China, Rangjung Dorje (1284–1339) is considered one of the most important and influential figures in Tibetan Buddhist history. First recognized as a tulku, or reincarnated Buddhist master, at the age of five, Rangjung Dorje became a major Kagyu lineage holder and instituted the Tibetan system of reincarnation-based inheritance that led to the formation of important lineages of tulkus such as the Dalai Lamas.
In this groundbreaking work, Ruth Gamble brings together her extensive research on Rangjung Dorje into a sweeping biography covering his life, legacy, and important selected writings. Included in her discussions are Rangjung Dorje’s synthesis of Dzogchen and Mahāmudrā in his writings, his devotion to spreading the teachings of buddha nature, and several works never before translated into English. As the most comprehensive work available on Rangjung Dorje, this book is an indispensable resource for scholars and Buddhist practitioners alike.
[https://www.shambhala.com/the-third-karmapa-rangjung-dorje-15721.html (Source: Shambhala Publications)]","File:The Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje Master of Mahāmudrā-front.jpg","Gamble, Ruth. ''The Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje: Master of Mahāmudrā.'' Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, 2020."
"The Vajra Rosary Tantra",,,"Physical and digital",Books,Translations,"''The Vajra Rosary Tantra'' (Śrī Vajramālā Vyākhyā Tantra) is one of the most significant and detailed tantras attributed to the Buddha, in his emanation as Vajradhara. It instructs a practitioner how to overcome the 108 energies and their related instinctual conceptions that circulate in the subtle body and mind and drive continued rebirth in cyclic existence, in order to attain the freedom of enlightenment. One of the explanatory tantras of the Buddhist ''Esoteric Community (Guhyasamāja) Tantra'', its unexcelled yoga tantric system is among the most advanced systems described in Tibetan Buddhist literature. It mainly focuses on the final stage of Buddhist tantric practice, the perfection stage by means of which a person is said actually to become a buddha.
There is no more authoritative endorsement than that of the great Tibetan renaissance scholar, Lama Tsong Khapa, who strongly recommended the ''Vajra Rosary Tantra'' as follows: “Nāgārjuna, in condensing the perfection stage into the five stages, follows this tantra; he also follows it regarding the creation stage three samadhis, four yogas, thirty-two deities, and so forth. . . . It explains the many stages of creation and dissolution of the body in terms of the channel structure, wind energy movement, and enlightenment-spirit substance as a factor in the decisive ascertainment of the internal and external life-energy controls for bringing forth the four voids and the magic body, depending on . . . the hidden discipline of desire and of the vajra recitation . . . and the limitless ways for the dawning of realization. . . . It seems that such excellent elucidation is rarely seen.”
[https://wisdomexperience.org/product/the-vajra-rosary-tantra/ (Source: Wisdom Publications)]","File:The Vajra Rosary Tantra-front.jpg","Kittay, David. ''The Vajra Rosary Tantra (Śrī Vajramālā Tantra): An Explanatory Tantra of the Glorious King of Tantras, The Esoteric Community Tantra (Śri Guhyasamāja Tantrarājā).'' Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2020."