"Tibetan Buddhism teaches us to understand the death process and trains us to deal with it so that when the time of crisis arrives and the various illusory visions arise, instead of being confused, we’ll know what’s going on and will recognize illusions as illusions, projections as projections and fantasies as fantasies." - Lama Yeshe.
A compilation of teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other great Tibetan lamas on the path to enlightenment (lam-rim.)
A "must-read" for all Buddhists, this ebook presents a detailed discussion in support of vegetarianism and animal welfare.
Print-on-Demand and ebook versions now available! In this book, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the importance of the spiritual teacher and advises how to train the mind in guru devotion, the root of the path to enlightenment.
In this book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gives a commentary to Atisha's seminal text, A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, and Lines of Experience, a short text written by Lama Tsongkhapa, who was perhaps the greatest of all Tibetan lam-rim authors.
These teachings offer valuable advice related to our Dharma studies and practice: how to check whether our practices are Dharma, the need for study and constant reflection on the Buddha’s teachings, and how to overcome our afflictions and problems so that we can truly benefit others.
This book presents the classic framework of Buddhist mind and mental factors, explains how they operate, offers insightful commentary based on personal experience and explores how Western psychological concepts such as the super-ego can work with Buddhist psychological concepts.
While in Mongolia, Venerable Gyatso wrote this wonderful series of short essays exploring topics such as anger, desire, loneliness and freedom, through the clarifying lens of his own personal experience.
This book comprises several motivations taught by Lama Zopa Rinpoche called “bodhicitta motivations for life,” intended for us to use first thing every morning to generate the mind of bodhicitta and dedicate our life to numberless sentient beings.
On the eve of his three-year solitary retreat, Adrian Feldmann (Ven. Thubten Gyatso) recounts the inner and outer journey that led him to become a Buddhist monk. He gives a humorous account of his search for happiness.
