OCEAN OF WISDOM: Guidelines for Living by H.H. the Dalai Lama
This book contains excerpts of the unusually beautiful and inspiring words of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. His message of the universal need for kindness and consideration at every level of human relations, from person-to-person to global concerns, is one that transcends all cultural and religious boundaries. The book has been compiled from talks the Dalai Lama has made at various universities, monasteries, and interfaith services around the world.
THE WISDOM OF FORGIVENESS: Intimate Conversations and Journeys by H.H. the Dalai Lama and Victor Chan
What does the Dalai Lama fear? How does he experience pain? In this series of intimate conversations spanning two decades, the Tibetan leader answers these unusually personal questions. Chan, an old friend of His Holiness', recounts travels with him from Ireland, to Czechoslovakia, to Buddhist holy sites.
THE WISDOM OF FORGIVENESS: Intimate Conversations and Journeys, Audio CD by H.H. the Dalai Lama and Victor Chan
When Victor Chan first visited the Dalai Lama in the 1970s, he assumed that, since he is a member of the race responsible for destroying Tibet, the Dalai Lama would treat him with disdain. Instead, they developed a close relationship, out of which Victor was able to pose some of the most personal questions ever asked of or answered by the Dalai Lama.
GENEROUS WISDOM: Commentaries by H.H. the Dalai Lama XIV on the Jatakamala by H.H. the Dalai Lama
Four teachings on the Jatakamala: Garland of Birth Stories of Buddha were given by His Holiness during the Great Prayer Festival in Dharamsala. The theme is the bodhisattvas' perfection of generosity--but His Holiness also speaks on the perfection of ethics and patience, dependent-arising and karma.
MIND OF CLEAR LIGHT: Advice on Living Well and Dying Consciously by H.H. the Dalai Lama
"Everyone dies, but no one is dead," goes the Tibetan saying. The Dalai Lama draws from a wide range of traditions and beliefs to explore the stages we all go through when we die, which are the very same stages we experience when we go to sleep, faint, or reach orgasm. His Holiness vividly shows us how to prepare for death, the ultimate journey of transformation.
ADVICE ON DYING AND LIVING A BETTER LIFE by H.H. the Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins
"Everyone dies, but no one is dead", goes the Tibetan Saying. It is with these words that Advice on Dying takes flight. Using a seventeenth-century poem written by a prominent scholar-practitioner, His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws from a wide range of traditions and beliefs to explore the stages we all go through when we die, which are the very same stages we experience in life when we go to sleep, faint, or reach orgasm (Shakespeare's "little death").
The stages are described so vividly that we can imagine the process of traveling deeper into the mind, on the ultimate journey of transformation. In this way, His Holiness shows us how to prepare for that time and, in doing so, how to enrich our time on earth, die without fear or upset, and influence the stage between this life and the next so that we may gain the best possible incarnation. As always, the ultimate goal is to advance along the path to enlightenment. Advice on Dying is an essential tool for attaining that eternal bliss.
ADVICE ON DYING AND LIVING A BETTER LIFE, Audio CD by H.H. the Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins (Narrator)
"Everyone dies, but no one is dead", goes the Tibetan Saying. It is with these words that Advice on Dying takes flight. Using a seventeenth-century poem written by a prominent scholar-practitioner, His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws from a wide range of traditions and beliefs to explore the stages we all go through when we die, which are the very same stages we experience in life when we go to sleep, faint, or reach orgasm (Shakespeare's "little death").
The stages are described so vividly that we can imagine the process of traveling deeper into the mind, on the ultimate journey of transformation. In this way, His Holiness shows us how to prepare for that time and, in doing so, how to enrich our time on earth, die without fear or upset, and influence the stage between this life and the next so that we may gain the best possible incarnation. As always, the ultimate goal is to advance along the path to enlightenment. Advice on Dying is an essential tool for attaining that eternal bliss.
THE JOY OF LIVING AND DYING IN PEACE by H.H. the Dalai Lama, ed. by Donald S. Lopez
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings--a beautiful and accessible presentation of the time-honored path to enlightenment--are one of the world's great spiritual treasures.
The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace is the third volume in the landmark Libraey of Tibet series.Bringing us closer to the essence of Buddhist teachings, and to his own peerless insight, the Dala Lama offers his thoughts on achieving a meanful life and death. At the heart of his eloquent presentation is this lesson: by cultivating compassion, wisdom, and positive thought and action--in short, by living a good life--we can approach death without fear or regret, and welcome our passage and rebirth.
COMMENTARY ON THE THIRTY SEVEN PRACTICES OF A BODHISATTVA by H.H. the Dalai Lama, trans. by Acharya Nyima Tsering, ed. by Vyvyan Cayley & Mike Gilmore
One of Tibetan Buddhism's most popular texts, incorporating mind training and Lam-rim teachings. His Holiness elucidates each stanza and gives introductory talks on living one's Buddhism.
THE DALAI LAMA'S BOOK OF AWAKENING by H.H. the Dalai Lama
A little book for those in search of words to calm and inspire. In this gift book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaches us how to deal with suffering. It also contains His Holiness' thoughts on The Four Noble Truths - the very foundation of Buddhist teaching.
The Four Noble Truths - the truth of suffering, of the origin of suffering, of the cessation of suffering, of the path leading to this cessation - were the theme of the first sermon the Buddha gave after he was enlightened. In this little book, His Holiness presents a comprehensive explanation of the subject, helping us to gain a better understanding of the Four Noble Truths.
'Whenever I have been given the opportunity to introduce Buddhism I always make it a point to explain Buddhism in terms of two principles. One is the development of a philosophical viewpoint based on the understanding of the interdependent nature of reality. And the second principle is that of non-violence which is the actual action of a Buddhist practitioner and which derives from that view of the interdependent nature of reality' - His Holiness the Dalai Lama.