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Pema Chödrön, Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and CompassionCompiled and edited by Emily Hilburn Sell
108 short readings from Chödrön’s prior works, arranged as a progressive daily course of study. It explores such topics “such as loving-kindness, meditation, mindfulness, ‘nowness,’ letting go, and working with fear and other painful emotions.” Readers “will learn practical methods for heightening awareness and overcoming habitual patterns that block compassion. Comfortable with Uncertainty, like a set of traditional Buddhist prayer beads, strings together 108 gems that will guide and inspire us.”
Shambhala, 2003. 222 pages, about 5 x 7 inches, paperback. New.
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Pema Chödrön, Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living Shambhala, 1994. 154 pages, about 6 x 9 inches, paperback. New.
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Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times "Included in the book are:
"* ways to use painful emotions to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and courage
"* ways to communicate that lead to openness and true intimacy with others
"* practices for reversing our negative habitual patterns
"* methods for working with chaotic situations
"* ways to cultivate compassionate social action"
"Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if we could only realize it. Nothing ever sums itself up in the way that we like to dream about. The off-center, in-between state is an ideal situation, a situation in which we don't get caught, and in which we can open our hearts and minds beyond limit."—From the book.
Shambhala, 2000. 147 pages, about 6 x 9 inches, paperback. New.
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Pema Chödrön, The Wisdom of No Escape; and the Path of Loving-Kindness "This book is about saying yes to life, about making friends with ourselves and our world, about accepting the delightful and painful situation of 'no exit.' It exhorts us to wake up wholeheartedly to everything and to use the abundant, richly textured fabric of everyday life as our primary spiritual teacher and guide."
Shambhala, 1991. 110 pages, about 6 x 9 inches, paperback. New.
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Lama Surya Das, Awakening the Buddhist Heart: Integrating Love, Meaning, and Connection into Every Part of Your LifeThe author defines "the Buddhist heart as our own inner goodness—our most tender, compassionate, and caring self, our innate Buddha-nature. The Buddhist heart, called Bodhicitta by Tibetans, beats within each and every one of us and is awakened through meaningful connections—connections to our families, romantic partners, colleagues and work, neighbors, society, and extending out to all living creatures, including ourselves. This book tells us how we can use relationships as a vehicle for a sacred life."
"Using everyday experiences and stories, as well as specific ancient Buddhist practices, Surya Das illustrates how to develop authentic presence, how to connect to our own experience, build deeper relationships, embrace life's lessons, and learn how to love what we don't like."
Broadway Books, 2001. 256 pages, about 5 x 8 inches, paperback. New.
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Dharma Publishing Staff (translators), Dhammapada: Translation of Dharma Verses with the Tibetan TextThe Dhammapada is a collection of short but wise and inspiring sayings of the Buddha gathered from numerous Pali texts. They are organized by subjects. This edition is a dual-language text, with a Tibetan translation facing the English translation on the opposite page. The Tibetan translation is modern: it was made by the Tibetan scholar dGe-‘dun Chos-‘phel this past century working with a master of the Pali language tradition in Ceylon. The English version was translated by the staff of Dharma Publishing, which is devoted solely to the propagation of Buddhism (particularly Tibetan traditions).
One other unusual feature of this edition is the inclusion of references which place each saying in the context of its original utterance. For example, on the section on Vigilance, three sayings are labeled “Spoken in the Bamboo Grove to Panthaka the Younger.”
To make this edition even more valuable to students of Tibetan, about 40% of the book is a glossary of Buddhist Terms, giving the English-Tibetan equivalents.
Dharma Publishing, 1985. 381 pages, paperback, about 7 x 10 inches. New.
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Jeremy W. Hayward and Francisco J. Varela, editors, Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind“What is the nature of mind? Could computers ever have consciousness? Can compassion be learned? When does consciousness enter the human embryo? These are just some of the many questions that were discussed during a groundbreaking meeting that took place between several prominent Western scientists and His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet. Gentle Bridges is a chronicle of this extraordinary exchange of ideas. The book not only shows the insight and interest of the Dalai Lama in the sciences but also demonstrates the way that Tibetan Buddhism can contribute to modern research on the mind.”
Published by Shambhala, 1992 (2001 printing). 272 pages, illus., about 6 x 9 inches, paperback. New, bargain remainder.
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Lobsang P. Lhalungpa (translator), The Life of Milarepa"The most beloved story of the Tibetan people and one of the greatest source books for the contemplative life in all of world literature. This biography . . . presents the quest for spiritual perfection, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint. But it is also a powerful and graphic folk tale, full of magic, disaster, feuds, deceptions, and humor."
"This definitive translation, originally published in 1977, was the first to appear in any Western language in half a century and renders this classic of spiritual literature into a simple modern English that reflects the direct power of the original."
Penguin Compass, 1979. 220 pages, about 5 x 8 inches, paperback. New.
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Rimpoche Nawang Gehlek, Good Life, Good Death: Tibetan Wisdom on ReincarnationWith Gini Alhadeff and Mark Magill; Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"It's what everyone wants to know: Do I survive death? And if so, where do I go? What do I become? Gehlek Rimpoche, educated in a 2,500-year-old study of reincarnation, can help us examine the four questions most of us ask ourselves: Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we get there? He shares his own experience, as well as techniques tested over the course of two and a half millenia that teach us how to take control over our lives and our fears, now and for the future. Good Life, Good Death discusses the physical reality of dying, the mental reality, where we go after death, and how we can know ahead of time where we're going. It shows how Einstein's theories can help us understand Buddhist mechanics of living and dying, and how to create a good life that will ultimately lead to a good death."
Riverhead Books, 2001. 184 pages, about 5½ x 8 inches, hardcover.
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Tarthang Tulku, Mind Over Matter: Reflections of Buddhism in the West"How can the Dharma benefit our lives today? Drawing upon three decades of experience with Western students, Tarthang Tulku discusses issues important to everyone interested in the transmission of Buddhism to western lands. In Mind over Matter, he reviews the differences between traditional and Western views of Dharma study and practice and examines how these differences complicate our efforts to embody the teachings in a meaningul way. Chapters on the attitudes toward authority, academic presentations of Buddhism, and the therapeutic approach clarify deeply ingrained patterns in Western culture that challenge a successful transmission of the teachings."
Dharma Publishing, 2002. 212 pages, about 5½ x 8½ inches, paperback. New.
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Chögyam Trungpa, The Myth of Freedom, and the Way of MeditationEdited by John Baker and Marvin Casper
With a new foreword by Pema Chodron.
"Freedom is generally thought of as the ability to achieve goals and satisfy desires. But what are the sources of these goals and desires? If they arise from ignorance, habitual patterns, and negative emotions—psychologically destructive elements that actually enslave us—is the freedom to pursue them true freedom or just a myth?
"In this book, Chogyam Trungpa explores the meaning of freedom in the profound context of Tibetan Buddhism. He shows how our attitudes, preconceptions, and even our spiritual practices can become chains that bind us to repititive patterns of frustration and despair. He also explains the role of meditation in bringing into focus the causes of frustration and in allowing these negative forces to become aids in advancing toward true freedom."
Shambhala, 1976. 176 pages, about 6 x 9 inches, paperback. New.
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Ye-shes rGyal-mtshan, Mind in Buddhist Psychology: The Necklace of Clear UnderstandingTranslated by Herbert V. Guenther and Leslie S. Kawamura
"What is the mind? And how does it function? Of what does personality consist? And what gives personality its direction and character? From the meditative and analytical tradition of Tibet comes this penetrating insight into the human mind, the basis for self-knowledge. [This book] investigates in clear, simple terms the recurring patterns of human experience, describing which patterns lead to emotional imbalance and which lead to peace and calm. In striking contrast with contemporary Western theories of consciousness and motivation, Mind in Buddhist Psychology presents a practical guide to the functioning of the mind in daily life situations."
Dharma Publishing, 1975. 133 pages, about 5½ x 8½ inches, paperback. New.
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