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A Revolutionary Artist of Tibet

A Revolutionary Artist of Tibet

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The Six Lamps

The Six Lamps

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Grains of Gold

Grains of Gold

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Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol

Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol

Newly Added: Books

1950

Books · Translations, Scholarly Editions

Das Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra - Vol. 1 (Waldschmidt 1950)

Waldschmidt, Ernst, ed. and trans. Das Mahāparinirvānasūtra: Text in Sanskrit und Tibetisch, verglichen mit dem Pāli nebst einer Übersetzung der chinesischen Entsprechung im Vinaya der Mūlasarvāstivādins. Auf Grund von Turfan-Handschriften Herausgegeben. Teil 1, Der Sanskrit-Text im handschriftlichen Befund. Abhandlungen der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse 1949, 1. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1950.on

1981

Books · Art Books

Indo-Tibetan Bronzes

von Schroeder, Ulrich. Indo-Tibetan Bronzes. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, 1981.

1980

Books · Translations

The Divine Madman (Rider)

Dowman, Keith and Sonam Paljor, trans. The Divine Madman: The Sublime Life and Songs of Drukpa Kunley. London: Rider, 1980.

2021

Books · Buddhist Topic Monographs

Tales of A Mad Yogi

Monson, Elizabeth L. Tales of A Mad Yogi: The Life and Wild Wisdom of Drukpa Kunley. Boulder: Snow Lion Publications, 2021.

1987

Books · Translations

The Cycle of Day and Night (1987)

Norbu, Namkhai. The Cycle of Day and Night: Where One Proceeds Along the Path of the Primordial Yoga - An Essential Tibetan Text on the Practice of Dzogchen. Edited and Translated by John M. Reynolds. Barrytown, NY: Station Hill Press, 1987.

2020

Books · Art Books

The Eighty Mahasiddhas of the Mother Tantra

Wangyal, Tsadzin Lopon Geshe Monlam. The Eighty Mahasiddhas of the Mother Tantra: The Sacred Art of Tibetan Thangkas. Kathmandu: Vajra Books, 2020.

2019

Books · Academic Publications

Ocean of Milk, Ocean of Blood

King, Matthew W. Ocean of Milk, Ocean of Blood: A Mongolian Monk in the Ruins of the Qing Empire. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019.

2019

Books · Translations, Academic Publications, Scholarly Editions

Tibetan Pure Land Buddhism

Cook, Lowell. Tibetan Pure Land Buddhism: Mipham Rinpoche on Self-Power and Other-Power. Kathmandu, Nepal: Vajra Books, 2019.

2019

Books · Translations, Edited Dharma Teaching

Refining Gold

Dalai Lama, 14th. Refining Gold: Stages in Buddhist Contemplative Practice. Edited and translated by Glenn H. Mullin. Core Teachings of the Dalai Lama. Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, 2019.

2019

Books · Translations, Buddhist Topic Monographs

Atiśa Dīpamkara: Illuminator of the Awakened Mind

Apple, James B. Atiśa Dīpamkara: Illuminator of the Awakened Mind. Lives of the Masters. Boulder: Shambhala Publications, 2019.

2019

Books · Translations

Seeing the Sacred in Samsara

Lopez Jr., Donald S. Seeing the Sacred in Samsara: An Illustrated Guide to the Eighty-Four Mahāsiddhas. Boulder: Shambhala Publications, 2019.

1996

Books · Translations, Edited Dharma Teaching

The Excellent Path to Enlightenment (Ricard 1996)

Khyentse, Dilgo. The Excellent Path to Enlightenment: Oral Teachings on the Root Text of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Ricard, Matthieu, trans. Edited by The Padmakara Translation Group. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 1996.

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Newly Added: Tibetan Publications

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1994

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Mdo mdzangs blun (1994) - 2 copies available.

mdo mdzangs blun, མདོ་མཛངས་བླུན་. New Delhi, India: bod gzhung shes rig dpar khang, བོད་གཞུང་ཤེས་རིག་དཔར་ཁང་, Sherig Parkhang, 1994.

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Rje btsun ras chung pa'i lugs kyi dpal 'khor lo sdom pa snyan brgyud gyi gzhung chung til+li pas mdzad pa - copies available.

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Gampopa's Works - copies available.

1999

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Gdams ngag rin po che'i mdzod (Shechen 1999) - 1 copies available.

'Jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas, compiler. Gdams ngag rin po che'i mdzod. Treasury of Spiritual Instructions. 18 Vols. Delhi: Shechen Publications, 1999.

2005

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Grub chen brgyad cu'i rnam thar dang zhal thang - 1 copies available.

tshe dbang ring chen. grub chen brgyad cu'i rnam thar dang zhal thang. Lhasa: bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang, 2005

ཚེ་དབང་རིང་ཆེན། གྲུབ་ཆེན་བརྒྱད་ཅུའི་རྣམ་ཐར་དང་ཞལ་ཐང་། བོད་ལྗོངས་མི་དམངས་དཔེ་སྐྲུན་ཁང་།

Tsering Rinchen. Biographies and scroll paintings of eighty-four mahasiddhas. Lhasa: Tibetan People's Publishing House, 2005.

2009

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Dge 'dun chos 'phel (2009) - 1 copies available.

A sngags tshe ring bkra shis. dge 'dun chos 'phel. Chengdu: si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 2009.

ཨ་སྔགས་ཚེ་རིང་བཀྲ་ཤིས། དགེ་འདུན་ཆོས་འཕེལ། སི་ཁྲོན་མི་རིགས་དཔེ་སྐྲུན་ཁང་།

Anak Tsering Tashi. Biography of Gendun Chophel. Chengdu: Sichuan Ethnic Publishing House, 2009.

1997

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Shes bya kun khyab mdzod - 1 copies available.

'jam mgon kong sprul. shes bya kun khyab mdzod. delhi: zhe chen dpe skrun khang, 1997. འཇམ་མགོན་ཀོང་སྤྲུལ། ཤེས་བྱ་ཀུན་ཁྱབ་མཛོད། ཞེ་ཆེན་དཔེ་སྐྲུན་ཁང་། Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye. The Encyclopedia of Knowledge. 4 Volumes. Delhi: Shechen Publications, 1997.

Newly Added: Articles

2025

Articles · Translations, Editorial Content

The Wheel-Like Path: Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna's Commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva

Forgues, Gregory, and Khenpo Konchok Tamphel, trans. "The Wheel-Like Path: Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna's Commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva." With Introduction, Notes, and Appendices. Bodhicitta: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative, June 17, 2025.

2014

Articles · Chapters in a Book

Preliminary Survey of Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Bodhicaryāvatāra

Stender, Daniel. "Preliminary Survey of Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Bodhicaryāvatāra." In Vol. 2 of Puṣpikā: Tracing Ancient India, through Texts and Traditions; Contributions to Current Research in Indology, edited by Giovanni Ciotti, Alastair Gornall, and Paolo Visigalli, 147–70. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2014.

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Articles · Chapters in a Book

Women on the Way to Enlightenment

Bentor, Yael. "Women on the Way to Enlightenment." In From Bhakti to Bon: Festschrift for Per Kvaerne. Oslo: Novus Press, 2015.

1991

Articles · Journal Articles

A Study of Svatantrika and The Heart Sutra Explained-Review by Dreyfus

Dreyfus, Georges. "Review of A Study of Svatantrika and The Heart Sutra Explained by Donald Lopez." Philosophy East and West 41:3 (July 1991): 431-437.

1988

Articles · Journal Articles

On Monks, Nuns and 'Vulgar' Practices: The Introduction of the Image Cult Into Indian Buddhism

Schopen, Gregory. "On Monks, Nuns and 'Vulgar' Practices: The Introduction of the Image Cult Into Indian Buddhism." Artibus Asiae 49, no. 1/2 (1988 - 1989): 153-168.

1993

Articles · Journal Articles

Aizen-Myōō: The Esoteric King of Lust: An Iconological Study

Goepper, Roger. "Aizen-Myōō: The Esoteric King of Lust: An Iconological Study." Artibus Asiae Vol. 39 (1993): 2-172.

2006

Articles · Journal Articles

Mental Balance and Well-Being: Building Bridges Between Buddhism and Western Psychology

Wallace, B. Alan and Shauna L. Shapiro. "Mental Balance and Well-Being: Building Bridges Between Buddhism and Western Psychology." American Psychologist 61, no. 7 (2006): 690-701.

1994

Articles · Journal Articles

Empiricism and Pragmatism in the Thought of Dharmakirti and William James

Powers, John. "Empiricism and Pragmatism in the Thought of Dharmakirti and William James." American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 15, no. 1 (1994): 59-85.

2000

Articles · Journal Articles

Multilingualism in Tun-huang

Takata, Tokio. "Multilingualism in Tun-huang." Acta Asiatica 78 (2000): 49-70.

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Cross Currents

2010

Articles · Digital Publications

The Dharma's Gatekeepers: Sakya Paṇḍita on Buddhist Scholarship in Tibet-Review by Townsend

Townsend, Dominique. "Townsend on Gold, 'The Dharma's Gatekeepers: Sakya Pandita on Buddhist Scholarship in Tibet'." H-Buddhism, H-Net Reviews. January, 2010. https://networks.h-net.org/node/6060/reviews/16061/townsend-gold-dharmas-gatekeepers-sakya-pandita-buddhist-scholarship

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Articles · Chapters in a Book

Tantric Buddhism in China

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Newly Added: Dissertations

2009

Dissertations · PhD diss.

Shelled: Evocations of a Ghostly Ethics

Burgos, Adam. Shelled: Evocations of a Ghostly Ethics. PhD diss., American University, 2009.

1985

Dissertations · PhD diss.

Tarthang Tulku and the Quest for an American Buddhism

Browning, James Clyde. Tarthang Tulku and the Quest for an American Buddhism. PhD diss., Baylor University, 1985.

2000

Dissertations · PhD diss.

Handprints and Footprints in Tibetan Painting

Brown, Kathryn H. Selig. Handprints and Footprints in Tibetan Painting. PhD diss., University of Michigan, 2000.

1981

Dissertations · PhD diss.

Mahāmudrā Meditation-Stages and Contemporary Cognitive Psychology: A Study in Comparative Psychological Hermeneutics

Brown, Daniel P. Mahāmudrā Meditation-Stages and Contemporary Cognitive Psychology: A Study in Comparative Psychological Hermeneutics. PhD diss., University of Chicago, 1981.

2003

Dissertations · PhD diss.

Possession, Immersion, and the Intoxicated Madnesses of Devotion in Hindu Traditions

Braverman, Marcy Alison. Possession, Immersion, and the Intoxicated Madnesses of Devotion in Hindu Traditions. PhD diss., University of California at Santa Barbara, 2003.

2004

Dissertations · PhD diss.

Saraha's Adamantine Songs: Texts, Contexts, Translations and Traditions of the Great Seal

Braitstein, Lara E. Saraha's Adamantine Songs: Texts, Contexts, Translations and Traditions of the Great Seal. PhD diss., McGill University, 2004.

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Newly Added: Periodical Issues

1994

Periodical Issues · Journal Issues

Pacific World/New Series, No. 10, (1994)

The Pacific World: Journal of The Institute of Buddhist Studies. Special 45th Anniversary Issue on Japanese Religions. New Series Number 10, Fall 1994.

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Acta Indologica/Vol VI (1984)

Newly Added: Multimedia

Multimedia · Video

The Way of the Bodhisattva Workshop (Part 3 of 6)

Fletcher, Wulstan. "The Way of the Bodhisattva Workshop: Session 3, The Bodhicharyavatara; Chapters 1–3." Pt. 3 of 6. Produced by Tsadra Foundation and Shambhala Publications, Boulder, CO, May 21, 2016. Video, 1:53:56. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gca8l16sAqQ.