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The Struggle for Modern Tibet: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

By: Melvyn C. Goldstein,William R Siebenschuh,Tashi Tsering

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The Struggle for Modern Tibet: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

By: Melvyn C. Goldstein,William R Siebenschuh,Tashi Tsering

This captivating autobiography by a Tibetan educator and former political prisoner is full of twists and turns. Born in 1929 in a Tibetan village, Tsering developed a strong dislike of his country's theocratic ruling elite. As a 13-year-old member of the Dalai Lama's personal dance troupe, he was frequently whipped or beaten by teachers for minor infractions. A heterosexual, he escaped by becoming a drombo, or homosexual passive partner and sex-toy, for a well-connected monk. After studying at the University of Washington, he returned to Chinese-occupied Tibet in 1964, convinced that Tibet could become a modernized society based on socialist, egalitarian principles only through cooperation with the Chinese. Denounced as a 'counterrevolutionary' during Mao's Cultural Revolution, he was arrested in 1967 and spent six years in prison or doing forced labor in China. Officially exonerated in 1978, Tsering became a professor of English at Tibet University in Lhasa. He now raises funds to build schools in Tibet's villages, emphasizing Tibetan language and culture.

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1317454405

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Tantra

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought

By: Tashi Tsering

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Tantra

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought

By: Tashi Tsering

There are a great many books now available describing the complex rituals and esoteric significance of the ancient practices of Buddhist tantra. But none take the friendly, helpful approach of Geshe Tashi Tsering’sFoundation of Buddhist Thoughtseries. Understanding the many questions Westerners have upon first encountering tantra’s colorful imagery and veiled language, Geshe Tsering gives straight talk about deities, initiations, mandalas, and the various stages of tantric development. He even goes through a simple tantric compassion practice written by the Dalai Lama, using it to unpack the building blocks common to all such visualization techniques.Tantrais a fitting conclusion to the folksy and practical wisdom in theFoundation of Buddhist Thoughtseries.

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1614290113

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The Struggle for Modern Tibet: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

By: Melvyn C. Goldstein,William R Siebenschuh,Tashi Tsering

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The Struggle for Modern Tibet: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

By: Melvyn C. Goldstein,William R Siebenschuh,Tashi Tsering

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1317454391

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Resistance and Unity

The Chinese Invasion, Makchi Shangri Lhagyal, and A History of Tibet [1947-1959]

By: Tashi Gelek, Dorjee Damdul, Tashi Dhondup, Carole McGranahan

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Resistance and Unity

The Chinese Invasion, Makchi Shangri Lhagyal, and A History of Tibet [1947-1959]

By: Tashi Gelek, Dorjee Damdul, Tashi Dhondup, Carole McGranahan

This book is an important addition to the history of Tibetan opposition to the Chinese takeover of their country. Shangri Lhagyal was one of many Tibetans who refused to cooperate with the Chinese as they tried to substantiate and legitimate their claim to sovereignty over Tibet. He, like many others, was forced into open opposition as the only honorable option. Although he modestly resisted a leadership role in the Resistance, his competence and reputation for integrity led others to choose him as one of the most important Resistance leaders. Although he did not leave an extensive written record, several members of his family have admirably filled in the historical record of the events in which he played such an important role. As the editors of this account have emphasized, it is important for Tibetans as well as the outside world to know the true history of the Tibetan resistance to China’s forcible imposition of its rule over the formerly independent country. —Warren W. Smith, author of Tibetan Nation: A History of Tibetan Nationalism and Sino-Tibetan Relations This book is inspired by H.H. the Dalai Lama’s idea that each Tibetan refugee, especially the freedom fighters, should document their personal experiences to inspire and to keep coming generations of Tibetan well informed about the true history of Tibet. The book deals brilliantly with many minute and significant details of modern Tibetan history, lived by ordinary citizens, which would have otherwise gone unrecorded and unsung. It is, by all means, a must-read for the new generation of Tibetans as well as their non-Tibetan supporters. —Vijay Kranti, author of Dalai Lama: The Soldier of Peace Resistance and Unity is more than Makchi Shangri Lhagyal’s personal story. It is a condensed modern history of Tibet from a Tibetan perspective. Following Shangri Lhagyal’s life, readers go back to the crucial years of the 1950s-60s when Tibet—a country that was never before ruled by any foreign power—was made part of the People’s Republic of China. Tibetan freedom fighters fought heroically against social transformation programs forcefully imposed by the Chinese Communist Party. Many fought to the last drop of blood. For Chinese readers, this is a must-read book. —Jianglin Li, author of Tibet in Agony: Lhasa 1959

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Notion Press

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1645877981

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A True-Life Story of a Child from Tö

By: Tashi Phuntsok Ngamdung

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A True-Life Story of a Child from Tö

By: Tashi Phuntsok Ngamdung

As many would posit that a distorted historical account can represent its period and witness the historical events. This concise historical account is about the catastrophe of a race amidst tremendous sufferings and difficulties. This book provides a vivid account of hundreds and thousands of Tibetans in the alien land, left with only the earth and the sky as the familiar things, and how every Tibetan in their own capacity have courageously stood from where they had fallen. The book also deals considerably with some crucial official responsibilities the author has taken, ranging from communicator to foreign aid agencies, establishment of new settlement, security to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and His representative, selection and sending of Tibetans to the west and initiate the concept of a reserve fund. The author has also worked as Election Commissioner and Chairman of Public Service Commission. His life reflects vividly the transformation and progress of exile democracy. I sincerely request people to read his enriching personal life account of an important figure in the recent Tibetan history. Ngedon Gyatso

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Library of Tibetan Works and Archives

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9390752760

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9789390752768

Finding Buddhist Paths in 21St Century

Dealing and Overcoming Worldly Distractions

By: Tashi Gelek

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Finding Buddhist Paths in 21St Century

Dealing and Overcoming Worldly Distractions

By: Tashi Gelek

Are you deluded by worldly distractions? Are you distracted from practicing a Buddhist path? Don't give up hope. There are many simple, genuine, and effective methods and paths for us. The book offers many such possibilities.

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Balboa Press

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198227073X

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My Life - Born in Free Tibet, Served in Exile

By: Tashi Wangdi

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My Life - Born in Free Tibet, Served in Exile

By: Tashi Wangdi

Tashi Wangdi devoted his life to serve His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people in their peaceful and nonviolent struggle for truth, justice and freedom. He paints a riveting account of his life, starting with his happy childhood in Tibet, which was shattered in 1959, following the Chinese Communist invasion. After fleeing with his family to India, he was among the initial group of 25 students to be educated at the first school His Holiness established, soon after arriving in India. He dedicated the next 40 years of his life to the Tibetan cause, rising to the top leadership ranks in the Tibetan government in exile, serving as the Minister of 6 different portfolios and also as His Holiness' Representative in New Delhi, New York and Brussels. His detailed and fascinating first-hand account covers many seminal moments in the history of the Tibetan people in exile, including the beginnings of a nascent Tibetan government in exile, its negotiations with the Chinese government, and His Holiness receiving international recognition with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize, the US Congressional Gold Medal, and Honorary Canadian Citizenship, among others.

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Library of Tibetan Works and Archives

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8197030472

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9788197030475

HISTORY AND CULTURE OF DARD PEOPLE OF LADAKH

By: Tashi Namgail (Achinapa) Achinathang

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HISTORY AND CULTURE OF DARD PEOPLE OF LADAKH

By: Tashi Namgail (Achinapa) Achinathang

As a son of renowned historian Mr. Sonam Phuntsog specialising on ethnic tribes, ancient art and culture of Ladakh , I was always interested in the rich and unique history of the region. I first got opportunity to closely interact with the distinct Dard(Brokpa) tribe during my first tenure as a teacher at the Govt. Primary School in Dah in 1997. The village is known as the last reserve of the ancient Aryan tribe which first inhabited the Indus Valley in about 2nd century B.C. In recent Years, the culture has been influenced by indigenous Ladakhi Buddhist and Islamic cultures. According to an another folklore, the tribe is descendants of the army of Alexander the Great who left some troops back following the conquest of India in 327 B.C. This and several other legends continue to surround this unique race that resembles Europeans rather than mountainous Ladakhis or people from mainland India. The people of the tribe dress is a unique fashion which is distinct from their colourful attire and adornment. Both men and women wear flowers and jewelery weaved in their headgear called 'Mun-tho-To'. I too developed an interest in the culture of the community and began researching on the history and legend, through verbal conversations. Unfortunately, the research remained incomplete as I was transferred out of Dah village. In 2013, Fate brought me back to the village as a Head master of the same School and I once again enthusiastically revived my research project. I began visiting annual festivals, historical sites of the Brokpa tribe from Batalik to Dah-Hanu villages, documenting conversations and verbal history from the elders and women-part of which is published in the local fortnightly Reach Ladakh in April 2015. Sadly, as modernisation, advancement in technology and communications reached the once isolated part of Ladakh, the tribe's once well preserved culture and history has slowly began to deteriorate. The younger generation is giving up the traditional appearance and habits in favour of modern dressing and prefers to make way to cities of Leh, Jammu, Delhi and even Nepal. Lack of written documentation on the culture of the tribe is now threatening to swallow the last remnants of its tradition. It is in this background I aim to congregate the rich and vast history of the tribe into a written format of a book, to preserve it for many more generations to come. I could not complete my work even in my second tenure in the region. And in 2019 March I was again transferred to Govt. Higher secondary School Biama and which helped me to add few more chapters in my book.

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Booksclinic Publishing

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8194696100

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Being Nobody, Going Nowhere

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering,Ayya Khema

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Being Nobody, Going Nowhere

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering,Ayya Khema

In this new edition of her classic best-selling book, Ayya Khema gives clear, practical instruction on meditation and techniques for overcoming counterproductive mental habits and beliefs. Through the simple practices detailed here, you will develop deeper insight, a sense of calm well-being, and a greater capacity to love and feel loved on a daily basis. Being Nobody also includes an eloquent, sparklingly lucid outline of the Buddhist path that can be understood and enjoyed by everybody

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1458783529

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Mahamudra

The Moonlight -- Quintessence of Mind and Meditation

By: Dakpo Tashi Namgyal

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Mahamudra

The Moonlight -- Quintessence of Mind and Meditation

By: Dakpo Tashi Namgyal

Mahamudra meditation is simultaneously the most profound of meditative disciplines and the most accessible for modern practitioners. Traditionally passed orally from teacher to disciple, mahamudra instructions point the meditator to the innate perfection of every experience. When it first appeared in 1986, Mahamudra: The Moonlight - Quintessence of Mind and Meditation was the first presentation in English of a major Tibetan Buddhist work on meditation. This classic guide was composed in the sixteenth century by an eminent lama of the Kagyu school and is so comprehensive and practical that it is still widely used today as a manual. Divided into two major sections, it presents first the common approach and then the mahamudra approach to tranquility (shamatha) and insight (vipashyana) meditation.

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0861719506

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9780861719501

World of Worldly Gods

The Persistence and Transformation of Shamanic Bon in Buddhist Bhutan

By: Kelzang T. Tashi,Tashi

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World of Worldly Gods

The Persistence and Transformation of Shamanic Bon in Buddhist Bhutan

By: Kelzang T. Tashi,Tashi

In World of Worldly Gods, Kelzang T. Tashi offers the first comprehensive examination of the tenacity of Shamanic Bon practices, as they are lived and contested in the presence of an invalidating force: Buddhism. Through a rich ethnography of Goleng and nearby villages in central Bhutan, Tashi investigates why people, despite shifting contexts, continue to practice and engage with Bon, a religious practice that has survived over a millennium of impatience from a dominant Buddhist ecclesiastical structure. Against the backdrop of long-standing debates around practices unsystematically identified as 'bon', this book reframes the often stale and scholastic debates by providing a clear and succinct statement on how these practices should be conceived in the region. Tashi argues that the reasons for the tenacity of Bon practices and beliefs amid censures by the Buddhist priests are manifold and complex. While a significant reason for the persistence of Bon is the recency of formal Buddhist institutions in Goleng, he demonstrates that Bon beliefs are so deeply embedded in village social life that some Buddhists paradoxically feel it necessary to reach some kind of accommodation with Bon priests. Through an analysis of the relationship between Shamanic Bon and Buddhism, and the contemporary dynamics of Bhutanese society, this book tackles the longstanding concern of anthropology: cultural persistence and change. It discusses the mutual accommodation and attempted amalgamation of Buddhism and Bon, and offers fresh perspectives on the central distinguishing features of Great and Little Traditions.

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Oxford University Press

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0197669867

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Mahāmudrā

The Quintessence of Mind and Meditation

By: Bkra-śis-rnam-rgyal (Dwags-po Paṇ-chen),Takpo Tashi Namgyal

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Mahāmudrā

The Quintessence of Mind and Meditation

By: Bkra-śis-rnam-rgyal (Dwags-po Paṇ-chen),Takpo Tashi Namgyal

Mahamudra is the first English translation of a major Tibetan Buddhist presentation of the theory and practice of meditation-a manual detailing the various stages and practices for training the advanced student. The original Tibetan text of nearly 800 pages was composed by Takpo Tashi Namgyal (1512-1587), a great lama and a scholar of the kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism. His text is so vast and thorough in scope that it is still the primary source used by living Tibetan meditation masters in instructing their disciples. The first major text representing the meditational methods of both mahayana and vajrayana Buddhism to appear in English, Mahamudra is an invaluable guide for advanced students, scholars, and Buddhist practitioners. Mahamudra is the first english translation of a major Tibetan Buddhist presentation of the theory and practice of meditation-a manual detailing the various stages and practices for training the advanced student. The original Tibetan text of student. The original Tibetan text of nearly 800 pages was composed by Takpo Tashi Namgyal (1512-1587) a great lama and a scholar of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The first major text representing the meditational methods of both mahayana and vajrayana Buddhism to appear in english. Mahamudra is an invaluable guide for advanced students, scholars, and buddhist practitionaers.

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Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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8120810740

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9788120810747

Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth

A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea

By: Jaimal Yogis,Geshe Tashi Tsering

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Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth

A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea

By: Jaimal Yogis,Geshe Tashi Tsering

Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth is a clear and remarkably practical presentation of a core Buddhist teaching on the nature of reality. Geshe Tashi Tsering provides readers with an excellent opportunity to enhance not only thier knowledge of Buddhism, but also a powerful means to profoundly enhance their view of the world. The Buddhist teaching of the''two truths'' is the gateway to understanding the often-misunderstood philosophy of emptiness. This volume is an excellent source of support for anyone interested in cultivating a more holistic and transformative understanding of the world around them and ultimately of their own conciousness

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1458783847

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Emptiness

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering

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Emptiness

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering

In Emptiness, the fifth volume in The Foundation of Buddhist Thought series, Geshe Tashi Tsering provides readers with an incredibly welcoming presentation of the central philosophical teaching of Mahayana Buddhism. Emptiness does not imply a nihilistic worldview, but rather the idea that a permanent entity does not exist in any single phenomenon or being. Everything exists interdependently within an immeasurable quantity of causes and conditions. An understanding of emptiness allows us to see the world as a realm of infinite possibility, instead of a static system. Just like a table consists of wooden parts, and the wood is from a tree, and the tree depends on air, water, and soil, so is the world filled with a wondrous interdependence that extends to our own mind and awareness. In lucid, accessible language, Geshe Tashi Tsering guides the reader to a genuine understanding of this infinite possibility.

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145878360X

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The Awakening Mind

By: Tashi Tsering

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The Awakening Mind

By: Tashi Tsering

Bodhichitta, often translated as "great compassion," is the gem at the heart of Buddhism. From this altruistic desire to serve others, all other Buddhist practices naturally flow, therefore, this state of mind is one Buddhists should understand and cultivate. In The Awakening Mind, Geshe Tashi Tsering leads us through the two main methods to develop bodhichitta that have been developed by the great Indian and Tibetan Buddhists over the centuries: the seven points of cause and effect, and equalizing and exchanging the self with others. This is the fourth release from Geshe Tashi's Foundation of Buddhist Thought series, which individually and collectively represent an excellent introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. These unique and friendly books are based on the curriculum of a popular course of the same name, developed by Geshe Tashi himself. Geshe Tashi's presentations combine rigor and comprehensiveness with lucidity and accessibility, never divorced from the basic humanity and warmth of his personality. In Geshe Tashi, we encounter the new generation of Tibetan monk-scholars teaching in the West who are following in the footsteps of such revered and groundbreaking teachers as Geshe Wangyal and Geshe Sopa.

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6613789860

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The Awakening Mind

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 4

By: Tashi Tsering

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The Awakening Mind

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 4

By: Tashi Tsering

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Simon and Schuster

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0861719050

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9780861719051

Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 2

By: Tashi Tsering

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Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 2

By: Tashi Tsering

Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth is a clear and remarkably practical presentation of a core Buddhist teaching on the nature of reality. Geshe Tashi Tsering provides readers with an excellent opportunity to enhance not only thier knowledge of Buddhism, but also a powerful means to profoundly enhance their view of the world. The Buddhist teaching of the "two truths" is the gateway to understanding the often-misunderstood philosophy of emptiness. This volume is an excellent source of support for anyone interested in cultivating a more holistic and transformative understanding of the world around them and ultimately of their own conciousness.

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0861719476

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The Four Noble Truths

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 1

By: Tashi Tsering

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The Four Noble Truths

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 1

By: Tashi Tsering

The first step toward a solid foundation in Buddhist thought! The Foundationf Buddhist Thought series is the curriculum of a popular course developed byhe teacher Geshe Tashi Tsering especially for his Western students. Thisolume, the first of four, presents the Buddha's well-known Four Noble Truths,hich summarize the fundamentals of the Buddhist worldview. Indeed, theyrovide an essential framework within which to understand all of the othereachings within Buddhism.

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0861712706

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9780861712700

Emptiness

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering

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The Foundation of Buddhist Thought

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering

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Buddhist Psychology

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 3

By: Tashi Tsering

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Buddhist Psychology

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 3

By: Tashi Tsering

This new volume from the Foundation of Buddhist Thought series, provides a stand-alone and systematic - but accessible - entry into how Buddhism understands the mind. Geshe Tashi, an English-speaking Tibetan monk who lives in London, was trained from boyhood in a traditional Tibetan monastery and is adept in communicating this classical training to a modern Western audience. Buddhist Psychology addresses both the nature of the mind and how we know what we know. Just as scientists observe and catalog the material world, Buddhists for centuries have been observing and cataloging the components of inner experience. The result is a rich and subtle knowledge that can be harnessed to the goal of increasing human well being.

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0861719611

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9780861719617

Buddhist Psychology

The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering,Tenzin Gyatso

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Buddhist Psychology

The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering,Tenzin Gyatso

This new volume from the Foundation of Buddhist Thought series, provides a stand-alone and systematic -but accessible!- entry into how Buddhism understands the mind. Geshe Tashi, an English-speaking Tibetan monk who lives in London, was trained from boyhood in a traditional Tibetan monastery, but he is adept in communicating this classical training for a modern Western audience. Buddhist psychology addresses both the nature of the mind and how we know what we know. Just as scientists observe and catalog the material world, Buddhists for centuries have been observing and cataloging the components of our inner experience. The result is a rich and subtle knowledge that can be harnessed to the goal of increasing human well being.

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1458783561

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Disciples of a Crazy Saint

The Buchen of Spiti

By: Patrick Sutherland,Tashi Tsering

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Disciples of a Crazy Saint

The Buchen of Spiti

By: Patrick Sutherland,Tashi Tsering

Extrait de la page d'avant-titre: The Buchen of Spiti in the Indian Himalayas are performers of rituals, actors and disciples of the fourteenth / fifteenth-century "crazy saint" Thang Tong Gyalpo. They are renowned for performing an elaborate exorcism called the Ceremony of Breaking the Stone. They also enact a local form of the Tibetan Opera for village audiences. These Buddhist morality plays illustrate the principles of karma and ideas of impermanence but also offer a space for uninhibited speech and earthy humour. Photographer Patrick Sutherland has been photographing the Buchen for many years. When he recently gave them some prints he was told that they were so awful that the performers had torn them up and thrown them in the fire. Disciples of a Crazy Saint describes Sutherland's further return to Spiti to investigate Buchen ideas about photography and to negotiate a form of documentation more appropriate to the Buchen self-image as specialist religious practitioners.

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0902793519

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9780902793514

The Buddha's Medicine for the Mind

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering

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The Buddha's Medicine for the Mind

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering

The first part of this book discusses the mind and its potential. Part Two introduces and explains the three principal aspects of the path - renunciation, the mind of enlightenment, and the correct view of reality. This commentary on the essence of Buddhism shows us how to lead more meaningful lives, so that we can help ourselves and others.

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0734405650

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9780734405654

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