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Like a Waking Dream

The Autobiography of Geshe Lhundub Sopa

By: Geshe Lhundup Sopa

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Like a Waking Dream

The Autobiography of Geshe Lhundub Sopa

By: Geshe Lhundup Sopa

Prior to his thirty-year career in the first-ever academic Buddhist studies program in the United States, Geshe Sopa was the son of peasant farmers, a novice monk in a rural monastery, a virtuoso scholar monk at one of the prestigious central monasteries in Lhasa, and a survivor of the Tibetan uprising and perilous flight into exile in 1959. In "Like a Waking Dream," Geshe Sopa frankly and observantly reflects on how his life in Tibet, a monastic life of yogic simplicity, shaped and prepared him for the unexpected. The account of his years in Tibet preserves, as well, valuable insight and details about a now-vanished era of Tibetan religious culture. His is a tale of an exemplary life dedicated to learning, spiritual cultivation, and the service of others from one of the greatest living masters of Tibetan Buddhism.

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0861713133

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Like a Waking Dream

The Autobiography of Geshe Lhundub Sopa

By: Lhundub Sopa

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Among the generation of elder Tibetan lamas who brought Tibetan Buddhism west in the latter half of the twentieth century, perhaps none has had a greater impact on the academic study of Buddhism than Geshe Lhundub Sopa. He has striven to preserve Tibetan religious culture through tireless work as a professor and religious figure, establishing a functioning Buddhist monastery in the West, organizing the Dalai Lama's visits to the U.S., and offering countless teachings across the country. But prior to his thirty-year career in the first ever academic Buddhist studies program in the United States - a position in which he oversaw the training of many among the seminal generation of American Buddhist studies scholars - Geshe Sopa was the son of peasant farmers, a novice monk in a rural monastery, a virtuoso scholar-monk at one of the prestigious central monasteries in Lhasa, and a survivor of the Tibetan uprising and perilous flight into exile in 1959. In Like a Waking Dream, Geshe Sopa frankly and observantly reflects on how his life in Tibet - a monastic life of yogic simplicity - shaped and prepared him for the unexpected. His is a tale of an exemplary life dedicated to learning, spiritual cultivation, and the service of others from one of the greatest living masters of Tibetan Buddhism.

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1614290369

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Tibetan Literature

Studies in Genre

By: Leonard van der Kuijp,James Burnell Robinson,Paul Harrison

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Tibetan Literature

Studies in Genre

By: Leonard van der Kuijp,James Burnell Robinson,Paul Harrison

Tibetan Literature addresses the immense variety of Tibet's literary heritage. An introductory essay by the editors attempts to assess the overall nature of 'literature' in Tibet and to understand some of the ways in which it may be analyzed into genres. The remainder of the book contains articles by nearly thirty scholars from America, Europe, and Asia—each of whom addresses an important genre of Tibetan literature. These articles are distributed among eight major rubrics: two on history and biography, six on canonical and quasi-canonical texts, four on philosophical literature, four on literature on the paths, four on ritual, four on literary arts, four on non-literary arts and sciences, and two on guidebooks and reference works.

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Shambhala Publications

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1559390441

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Like a Waking Dream

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By: Geshe Lhundup Sopa

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Lectures on Tibetan Religious Culture

By: Geshe Lhundup Sopa

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Lectures on Tibetan Religious Culture

By: Geshe Lhundup Sopa

Lectures on Tibetan Religious Culture authored by one of the foremost Tibetan teachers of modern scholarship, is not only an introduction to the diverse culture of Tibetan Buddhism but also a useful tool and guide to Tibetan literary language. Hence, this book serves as a useful tool for both general and research students pursuing Tibetan studies. Designed as an intermediate Tibetan language textbook, much traditional material is presented in colloquial form, enabling readers to learn to talk about Buddhist culture in Tibetan. The book is divided into two parts. Part one deals with such topics as Buddhist training in Tibet, entering a monastery, studying for a Geshe degree and continuing training at a Trantic college. There are also discussions of Buddhist doctrine and its spread in Tibet Part two presents Lam-rim teachings in a colloquial form, discussing the meditations associated with the three types of persons on topics such as impermanence, casualty, and lower rebirth; miseries of existence, the mind of enlightenment and practice of the six perfections.

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Library of Tibetan Works and Archives

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8185102651

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9788185102658

Calm Abiding and Special Insight

Achieving Spiritual Transformation through Meditation

By: Geshe Gedun Lodro

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Achieving Spiritual Transformation through Meditation

By: Geshe Gedun Lodro

Calm Abiding and Special Insight presents an intimate and detailed picture of the intricacies of meditation so vividly that the reader is drawn into a Tibetan worldview of spiritual development. Geshe Gedün Lodrö, one of the foremost scholars of Tibet, reveals methods for overcoming afflictive states and disorders to create a mind which is stable, calm, and alertly clear. This book illustrates the mind's potential for profound transformation. The dangers of not recognizing states contrary to successful meditation are great, and the possibilities of implementing the wrong antidote, or of overextending an appropriate one until it becomes counterproductive, are many. Through such detail, Geshe Gedün Lodrö makes vividly clear a Tibetan approach to meditative transformation. This is a completely revised new edition of Walking Through Walls.

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1559391103

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Cutting Through Appearances

Practice and Theory of Tibetan Buddhism

By: Geshe Lhundub Sopa,Jeffrey Hopkins

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Cutting Through Appearances

Practice and Theory of Tibetan Buddhism

By: Geshe Lhundub Sopa,Jeffrey Hopkins

This book presents the practice and theory of Tibetan Buddhism. First is a meditation manual written by the Fourth Pan-chen Lama (1781–1852), based on Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Aspects of the Path, which covers the daily practice of Tibetan monks and yogis. It details how to properly conduct a meditation session that contains the entire scope of the Buddhist path. Next is the Presentation of Tenets, written by Gon-chok-jik-may-wang-bo. It covers Indian Buddhist schools, as viewed in Tibet, and provides a solid introduction to the Buddhist theory animating the practice. Topics include the two truths, consciousness, hindrances to enlightenment, paths to freedom, and fruits of practice.

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0937938815

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9780937938812

Lectures on Tibetan Religious Culture

By: Geshe Lhundup Sopa

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The Magic of Empty Teachers: Quiet Retreat Teachings

By: Geshe Michael Roach

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The Magic of Empty Teachers: Quiet Retreat Teachings

By: Geshe Michael Roach

These extraordinary teachings on the spiritual path were given between March 3, 2000 and June 6, 2003, when Geshe Michael Roach engaged in a 3 year silent meditation retreat in the Arizona desert wilderness. In order to fulfill a promise to his students, he came blindfolded to the edge of his retreat boundary to teach. These books are transcripts of those talks, with very little editing, in order to preserve the freshness of his language and the several layers of meaning they convey. Geshe Michael Roach is the first American to pass the rigorous training and exam for the title of Geshe, or Master of Buddhism, after twenty years at Sera Mey Tibetan Buddhist Monastery.

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0983747822

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9780983747826

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Like a Waking Dream

Like a Waking Dream

Like a Waking Dream

Like a Waking Dream

Tibetan Literature

Tibetan Literature

Like a Waking Dream

Like a Waking Dream

Lectures on Tibetan Religious Culture

Lectures on Tibetan Religious Culture

Calm Abiding and Special Insight

Calm Abiding and Special Insight

Cutting Through Appearances

Cutting Through Appearances

Lectures on Tibetan Religious Culture

Lectures on Tibetan Religious Culture

The Magic of Empty Teachers: Quiet Retreat Teachings

The Magic of Empty Teachers: Quiet Retreat Teachings

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