Dalai Lama

Activating Bodhichitta and a Meditation on Compassion There is no more powerful mind than bodhicitta. There is no more joyous mind than bodhicitta. For the accomplishment of one's own ultimate purpose, the awakening mind is supreme

In India, at the place where the Buddha attained enlightenment, it became a well-established tradition for the Dalai Lama to spend several days each year giving teachings to Buddhists from all over the world. Following his teachings, he held informal group discussions with Western students of Buddhism. In these lively exchanges the Dalai Lama exhibits clear and...

AS LONG AS SPACE ENDURES: Essays on the Kalacakra Tantra in Honor of H.H. the Dalai Lama ed. by Edward A. Arnold on behalf of Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, fore. by Robert A. F. Thurman The Kalacakra Tantra—Kalacakra means "wheel of time"—is a tradition of Buddhist theory and practice whose root text treats a fantastic expanse of knowledge ranging...

Combined volume comprimising the Buddhism of Tibet and the Key to the Middle Way , by the Dalai Lama, the Precious Garland , by Nagarjuna and the Song of the Four Mindfulnessess , by the Seventh Dalai Lama. An introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, a layman's guide to enlightment and instructions for meditations on emptiness.

This book adresses some of the most fundamental and troublesome questions that have driven a wedge between the realms of Western science and religion for centuries. Consciousness at the Crossroads is the result of a series of meetings between the Dalai Lama and a group of eminent neuroscientists and psychiatrists.

Series of lectures given by His Holiness at Harvard University, providing an introduction to Buddhist theory and practice and covering a wide spectrum of important issues.

Interest in Tantric Buddhism has grown tremendously in recent years, but authentic translations from classical sources remain difficult to find. The great popularity achieved by the early Dalai Lamas was due in part to the clarity and power of their tantric writings. Glenn Mullin's translations present this rich resource to a wider audience, offering a wealth of...

This is the most informative and thorough book on Dzogchen available. These teachings are on Dzogchen, the heart essence of the ancient Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Exploring this esoteric subject in print for the first time, His Holiness offers the reader insights into one of Buddhism's most profound systems of meditation. He discusses both the philosophic...

Four Essential Buddhist Commentaries The Thirty-seven Practices of All Buddha's Sons by Thogme Zangpo The Three Principle Aspects of the Path by Tsongkhapa Eight Verses of Training of Mind by Langri Thangpa Song of the Four Mindfulness by the VII Dalai Lama.

The Seventh Dalai Lama was one of the most beloved Buddhist masters--he had an outrageous sense of humor which found its way into his spiritual compositions. His popular Gems of Wisdom contains spontaneous verses employing earthy metaphors to illustrate key points--he uses metaphors like farts, body odor, slimy monsters and mindless lunatics to present the teachings....