Snow Lion imprint: 135 books
The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Six, Parts One and Two
Indo-Tibetan Classical Learning and Buddhist Phenomenology
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Jamgön Kongtrul’s encyclopedic Treasury of Knowledge presents a complete account of the major lines of thought and practice that comprise Tibetan Buddhism. Among the ten books that make up this tour de force, Book Six is by far the longest—concisely summarizing the theoretical fields of knowledge...
Great Perfection
Outer and Inner Preliminaries
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
In the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, the Great Perfection is considered the most profound and direct path to enlightenment. The instructions of this tradition present a spiritual shortcut—a radically direct approach that cuts through confusion and lays bare the mind's true nature of luminous...
Establishing Appearances as Divine
Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo on Reasoning, Madhyamaka, and Purity
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Establishing Appearances as Divine, a concise treatise by the eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist philosopher Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo, sets out to prove the provocative point that everything that appears is actually deity manifest. Many books on Tibetan Buddhism address the important themes of mind training,...
by Thubten Chodron
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
This user’s guide to Buddhist basics takes the most commonly asked questions—beginning with "What is the essence of the Buddha’s teachings?"—and provides simple answers in plain English. Thubten Chodron’s responses to the questions that always seem to arise among people approaching...
Chod: The Sacred Teachings on Severance
Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet, Volume 14
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, one of Tibet’s greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the entire spectrum of practice lineages that existed in Tibet. In its eighteen volumes, Kongtrul brings...
by Jerome Edou
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Machig Labdron is popularly considered to be both a dakini and a deity, an emanation of Yum Chenmo, or Prajnaparamita, the embodiment of the wisdom of the buddhas. Historically, this Tibetan woman, a contemporary of Milarepa, was an adept and outstanding teacher, a mother, and a founder of a unique...
Straight from the Heart
Buddhist Pith Instructions
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2007
Straight from the Heart brings together an inspiring collection of Buddhist teachings, songs of realization, meditation instructions, and enlightened poetry—all chosen for their power to speak directly to the student. Drawn from Indian Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism as well as from all four schools...
As Long as Space Endures
Essays on the Kalacakra Tantra in Honor of H.H. the Dalai Lama
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2009
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 from observations of the cosmos to investigations of meditative states and vital bodily energies. In the Tibetan-speaking...
by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
The most in-depth and famed text on Mahamudra ever written, The Ocean of Definitive Meaning by the Ninth Karmapa offers a detailed, uniquely comprehensive presentation. Thrangu Rinpoche has distilled the essence of the Ninth Karmapa’s massive text and gives guidance in implementing the instructions....
by Sarah Harding
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Providing a rare glimpse of feminine Buddhist history, Niguma, Lady of Illusion brings to the forefront the life and teachings of a mysterious eleventh-century Kashmiri woman who became the source of a major Tibetan Buddhist practice lineage. The circumstances of her life and extraordinary qualities...
by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
This beloved classic brings together in one volume all the major themes of the Dalai Lama’s teachings. Drawn from the lectures he gave during his first three visits to North America, the book covers the core subject matter of Tibetan Buddhism, as presented for the first time to an English-speaking...
Enough!
A Buddhist Approach to Finding Release from Addictive Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
All of us are caught up in addictions—big or small. Enough! presents a practical path that releases us from the grip of negative habits and addictions that block a full and meaningful life. We can learn how to undo our habits and addictions, but to do this we have to first find their triggers. With...
The Nature of Mind
The Dzogchen Instructions of Aro Yeshe Jungne
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Patrul Rinpoche, the beloved nineteenth-century master best known for Words of My Perfect Teacher, collected the teachings of the tenth-century adept Aro Yeshe Jungne and synthesized them into the short text translated here as Clear Elucidation of True Nature. How to put these essential teachings...
A Beginner's Guide to Tibetan Buddhism
Notes From A Practitioner's Journey
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2004
This is a ground-level, practice-oriented presentation of Tibetan Buddhism—personal and very accessible. The book begins with the awakening of students' interest in spirituality and the initial encounter with Tibetan Buddhism, then leads us through all the steps necessary for successful practice...