All LYWA print books, except Big Love, are free, with postage charged at checkout. To help keep your shipping costs low, we encourage ordering multiple books at once. You can also read our books online, listen to audiobooks, purchase ebooks, download free PDFs or order select print-on-demand titles. We now offer free book shipments to FPMT centers, study groups and services. You can download our catalog here.
Begin with our "Starter Pack", a selection of four of our most popular titles:
This collection contains teachings Lama Yeshe gave in England in 1976 and the Netherlands in 1980. Lama taught mainly on refuge and bodhicitta and also gave a public lecture on the nature of the mind.
Lamrim Year is a unique study program which provides a 365-day outline of the graduated path to enlightenment in a clear, practical format that is suitable for both individual and group practice. A free Lamrim Year Companion website is also available, making it easy for you to engage with the daily meditations in both text and audio formats on any device.
This five-book set is designed for students seeking to deepen their understanding and practice. The Study Pack includes:
• The Perfect Human Rebirth,by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Daily Purification: A Short Vajrasatttva Practice,by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Abiding in the Retreat,by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• How Things Exist, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Life, Death and After Death by Lama Yeshe
This expanded edition contains both of the very popular Lama Yeshe booklets, Becoming Your Own Therapist and Make Your Mind an Ocean. This book contains public talks on Buddhism and the mind, and includes question and answer sessions, as well as a lecture on the Buddhist approach to mental illness.
The collected teachings in this book demonstrate Lama Yeshe’s understanding of the Western psyche and his ability to express profound truths in simple terms.
In Lama Yeshe’s and Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s first trip to Europe in 1975 they offered a weekend seminar based on their famous month-long Kopan meditation courses. Preceded by Lama Yeshe’s lecture on meditation at Kensington Town Hall, these teachings at Royal Holloway College, Surrey, encompass the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment.
A compilation of teachings on the path to enlightenment (lamrim) given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, Khunu Lama Rinpoche, Tsenshab Serkong Rinpoche, Zong Rinpoche, Geshe Lhundub Sopa, Geshe Rabten and other great Tibetan lamas.
This book contains the teachings and meditations Lama gave at a five-day retreat he led near Melbourne, Australia. It is dedicated to the awakening of inner freedom within the minds of its readers and all other sentient beings.
The first teaching in this book, The Three Principal Aspects of the Path, is an introduction to the path to enlightenment. The second teaching, Introduction to Tantra, comprises the first two lectures of a commentary on the Chenrezig yoga method and is a wonderful explanation of the fundamentals of tantric practice.
