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Transforming the Heart : The Buddhist Way to Joy and Courage

Gueshe Jampa Tektchok

Publié en 1999

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A Commentary to the Bodhisattva Togme Sangpo's The Thrity-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas. Transforming the Heart: The Buddhist Way to Joy and Courage is a practical and inspiring guide for developing our ability to be happy and benefit others. It is a commentary on The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas by Gyalsay Togme Sangpo. Studied by monastics and followers of all schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the root text gives, in 37 short verses, the essential practices leading to enlightenment. Gyalsay Togme Sangpo (1295-1369) was renowned as a bodhisattva in Tibet and revered for living according to the bodhisattva ideals and practices that he taught.

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Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness - A Commentary on Nagarjuna's Precious Garland

Khensur Jampa Tegchok

Publié en 2017

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In Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness, Khensur Jampa Tegchok walks us carefully through a classic of Indian Buddhist philosophy, explaining the implications of its philosophical arguments and grounding its advice in a recognizable day-to-day world. In Precious Garland, the source text for this commentary, Nagarjuna advises his patron king on how best to take advantage of human life to secure a happy rebirth in the next life while making progress toward the goal of enlightenment. Known primarily for his incisive presentation of emptiness, here Nagarjuna shows his wise understanding of how to navigate the intricacies of worldly life to balance everyday needs with spiritual practice. Loaded with equal measures of penetrating explanations of the highest reality and inspiring encouragement towards the bodhisattva practices, Practical Ethics and Profound Emptiness makes the case for living a thoughtful, morally upright life in the world to achieve immediate and ultimate spiritual goals.

Language: English. Translator(s): Steve Carlier.

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The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment - Vol 1

Lama Tsong-kha-pa

Publié en 2000

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The first volume of the 15th-century spiritual classic that condenses Buddhist teachings into one easy-to-follow meditation manual. The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Tib. Lam rim chen mo) is one of the brightest jewels in the world’s treasury of sacred literature. The author, Tsong-kha-pa, completed it in 1402, and it soon became one of the most renowned works of spiritual practice and philosophy in the world of Tibetan Buddhism. Because it condenses all the exoteric sūtra scriptures into a meditation manual that is easy to understand, scholars and practitioners rely on its authoritative presentation as a gateway that leads to a full understanding of the Buddha’s teachings. Tsong-kha-pa took great pains to base his insights on classical Indian Buddhist literature, illustrating his points with classical citations as well as with sayings of the masters of the earlier Kadampa tradition. In this way the text demonstrates clearly how Tibetan Buddhism carefully preserved and developed the Indian Buddhist traditions. This first volume covers all the practices that are prerequisite for developing the spirit of enlightenment (bodhicitta).

Language: English. Translator(s): Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee.

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The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment - Vol 2

Lama Tsong-kha-pa

Publié en 2004

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The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam rim chen mo) is one of the brightest jewels in the world's treasury of sacred literature. The author Tsong-kha-pa (1357–1419) completed this masterpiece in 1402 and it soon became one of the most renowned works of spiritual practice and philosophy in the world of Tibetan Buddhism. Tsong-kha-pa took great pains to base his incisive insights on the classical Indian Buddhist literature, illustrating his points with classical citations as well as with sayings of the masters of the earlier Kadampa tradition. In this way, the text demonstrates clearly how Tibetan Buddhism carefully preserved and developed the Indian Buddhist traditions. Volume Two explains how to train in the six perfections in order to develop the heart of compassion indispensable for any student who wants to put the Dharma into practice.

Language: English. Translator(s): Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee.

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In Praise of Great Compassion

Dalai Lama ; Thubten Chodron

Publié en 2020

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The fifth volume of the Dalai Lama’s definitive Library of Wisdom and Compassion series, which has sold nearly 15,000 copies to date. In Praise of Great Compassion, the fifth volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion, continues the Dalai Lama’s teachings on the path to awakening. While previous volumes focused on our present situation and taking responsibility for creating the causes for the happiness we seek, this volume is about opening our hearts to others and generating the compassion, joy, and fortitude to make our lives meaningful by benefiting them. We are embedded in a universe with other beings, all of whom have been kind to us in one way or another. More than any other time in human history, we depend on one another to stay alive and flourish. We are sometimes oblivious to their kindness, or take it for granted, which leads to feelings of discontent. But when we look closely, it becomes apparent that we have been the recipient of great kindness and naturally we want to repay it. To do this, we begin by cultivating a positive attitude toward others by contemplating the four immeasurables—immeasurable love, compassion, empathic joy, and equanimity—and the altruistic intention of bodhicitta. We learn to challenge the deluded logic of the self-centered attitude that leads to misery and replace it with a more realistic perspective that helps us to remain balanced when we experience either happiness or suffering. This enables us to make all circumstances favorable to the path to awakening.

Language: English.
The Library of Wisdom and Compassion Book 5.

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Approaching the Buddhist Path

Dalai Lama ; Thubten Chodron

Publié en 2017

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been publicly teaching Buddhism for decades. This series collects his presentations of every step of the path to enlightenment, compiled and coauthored by one of his chief Western disciples, the American nun Thubten Chodron. The Buddha wanted his students to investigate, to see for themselves whether what he said were true. As a student of the Buddha, the Dalai Lama promotes the same spirit of investigation, and as the rich tradition of the Buddha makes its way into new lands and cultures, His Holiness has recognized that new approaches are needed to allow seekers in the West to experience the relevance of the liberating message in their own lives. Such an approach cannot assume listeners are free from doubt and already have faith in Buddhism’s basic tenets. The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series, therefore, starts from the universal human wish for happiness and presents the dynamic nature of the mind. This first volume also provides a wealth of reflections on Buddhist history and fundamentals, contemporary issues, and the Dalai Lama’s own personal experiences. It stands alone as an introduction to Buddhism, but it also provides a foundation for the systematic illumination of the path in the volumes to come.

Language: English.
The Library of Wisdom and Compassion Book 1.

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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Dalai Lama ; Thubten Chodron

Publié en 2018

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This second volume of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series, The Foundation of Buddhist Practice, contains the important teachings that will help us establish a flourishing Dharma practice. The Foundation of Buddhist Practice begins with the four seals shared by all Buddhist philosophies, and moves on to an explanation of the reliable cognition that allows us to evaluate the veracity of the Buddha’s teachings. The book provides many other essential Buddhist teachings, including: - the relationship of a spiritual mentor and student, clarifying misunderstandings about this topic and showing how to properly rely on a spiritual mentor in a healthy, appropriate, and beneficial manner; - how to structure a meditation session; - dying and rebirth, unpacking the often difficult-to-understand topic of multiple lives and explaining how to prepare for death and aid someone who is dying; - a fruitful explanation of karma and its results; - and much more. His Holiness’s illumination of key Buddhist ideas will support Western and contemporary Asian students in engaging with this rich tradition.

Language: English.
The Library of Wisdom and Compassion Book 2.

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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Dalai Lama ; Thubten Chodron

Publié en 2018

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This is the third volume in the Dalai Lama’s definitive and comprehensive series on the stages of the Buddhist path, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion. The reader will discover the mind’s infinitely vast potential, its Buddha nature. Knowledge of buddha nature reveals and reconciles the paradox of how the mind can be the basis for both the duhkha of samsara (the unpurified mind) and the bliss and fulfillment of nirvana (the purified mind). To illustrate this, Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature first takes readers through Buddhist thought on the self, the four truths, and their sixteen attributes. It then explains afflictions—including how they arise and their antidotes—followed by an examination of karma and cyclic existence, and, finally, a deep and thorough elucidation of buddha nature. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature shows us how to purify our minds and cultivate awakened qualities.

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The Library of Wisdom and Compassion Book 3.

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Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Dalai Lama ; Thubten Chodron

Publié en 2019

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Delve into the substance of spiritual practice in this fourth volume of the Dalai Lama’s definitive series on the path to awakening, Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps. You’ll first hear His Holiness’s explanation of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, why they are reliable guides on the path, and how to relate to them. His Holiness then describes the three essential trainings common to all Buddhist traditions: the higher trainings in ethical conduct, concentration, and wisdom. These chapters show us how to live a life free of harm to self or others and give us detailed instructions on how to develop single-pointed concentration as well as the higher states of concentration available to an earnest practitioner. In addition, the chapters on wisdom contain in-depth teachings on the noble eightfold path and the four establishments of mindfulness for developing greater awareness and understanding of our body, feelings, mind, and other phenomena. Together, these topics form the core of Buddhist practice. This is a book to treasure and refer to repeatedly as you begin the path, progress on it, and near the final goal of nirvana.

Language: English.
The Library of Wisdom and Compassion Book 4.

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Close Placement of Mindfulness in the Mahayana

Geshe Rabten

Publié en 1978

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This text, "Close Placement of Mindfulness in the Mahayana", is the record of five discourses given by Venerable Geshe Rabten from the 13th to the 15th of May 1978 at Tharpa Choeling. In this teaching, the Venerable Geshe Rabten sets out the practice of the being of intermediate spiritual capacity in terms of the meditative discipline of close placement of the mindfulness (satipatthana) as it is understodd and applied in Mahayana Buddhism. In addition to the transcription of the oral teaching, an appendice presenting a translation of he Tibetan text upon which the Geshe based the discourses is included at the end of this work.

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Lhatse History - Histoire de Lhatsé

Kalsang Khedup

Publié en 2008

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Language: Tibetan.

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Tradition du Bouddhisme Mahayana

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Publié en 1983

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