On Malas from The Art of Awakening: A User’s Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice This is the fifth of a series of articles on The Art of Awakening: A User's Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice  is an extraordinary resource and essential for practitioners and artists. Topics for these short excerpts and

On the Eight Great Stupas from The Art of Awakening: A User’s Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice This is the fourth of a series of articles on The Art of Awakening: A User's Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice  is an extraordinary resource and essential for practitioners and artists. Topics for these

On the Symbolism of Deities from The Art of Awakening: A User’s Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice This is the third of a series of articles on The Art of Awakening: A User's Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice  is an extraordinary resource and essential for practitioners and artists. Topics for these

On the Vajra and Bell from The Art of Awakening: A User’s Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice This is the second of a series of articles on The Art of Awakening: A User's Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice  is an extraordinary resource and essential for practitioners and artists. Topics for these

On Wrathful Deities from The Art of Awakening: A User’s Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice This is the first of a series of articles on The Art of Awakening: A User's Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice  is an extraordinary resource and essential for practitioners and artists. Topics for these short excerpts

Buddhist History after the Buddha An Excerpt from Guru Rinpoché His Life and Times By Ngawang Zangpo About This Title This book recounts Guru Rinpoche’s historic visit to Tibet and explains his continuing significance to Buddhists. Through a series of historical texts written by prominent Tibetan Buddhist masters, this book recounts the life and legacy

10 Books on the Life and Teachings of Renowned Tibetan Buddhist Teachers #1 Enlightened Vagabond by Matthieu Ricard $29.95 - Paperback Add to Cart4 reviews on Amazon The life and teachings of the wandering yogi Patrul Rinpoche—a highly revered Buddhist master and scholar of nineteenth-century Tibet—come alive in true stories gathered and translated by the French

A Brief Biography of Guru Rinpoche An Excerpt from White Lotus An Explanation of the Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava By Jamgon Mipham Translated by Padmakara Translation Group About This Title The text called the “Seven-Line Prayer” is said to contain the most sacred and important teachings of the Nyingma school and is recited daily by many

Saraha's Images and Symbols An Excerpt from Saraha Poet of Blissful Awareness By Roger R. Jackson About This Title The life and works of the mysterious Indian yogin, Saraha, who has inspired Buddhist practitioners for over a thousand years. Saraha, “the Archer,” was a mysterious but influential tenth-century Indian Buddhist tantric adept who expressed his spiritual

Remembering Jeffrey Hopkins (1940-2024) Jeffrey Hopkins, PhD, served for a decade as the interpreter for the Dalai Lama. A Buddhist scholar and the author of more than thirty-five books, he is Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia, where he founded the largest academic program in Tibetan Buddhist studies in the West. Jeffrey Hopkins, a