Tharpa Publications: 14 books
by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Introduction and Encouragement<BR> <BR> This eBook Modern Buddhism – The Path of Compassion and Wisdom, in three volumes, is being distributed freely at the request of the author Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. The author says: “Through reading and practicing the instructions given in this...
The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra
The very essence of Buddha's teachings of Sutra and Tantra
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Tharpa Publications is delighted to announce The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra Second Edition. In this special edition, Venerable Geshe-la has made numerous revisions and clarifications to guide the reader ever more confidently through the profound and world-transforming practice of Mahamudra –...
by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
This inspiring book explains how to meditate on eight beautiful verses that comprise one of Buddhism's best-loved teachings, Eight Verses of Training the Mind. Composed by the great Tibetan Bodhisattva, Geshe Langri Tangpa, this short poem shows how we can transform all life's difficulties into valuable...
The New Heart of Wisdom
Profound Teachings from Buddha's Heart
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
This completely new presentation by the author of Modern Buddhism offers truly liberating insights and advice for the contemporary reader. It reveals the profound meaning of the very heart of Buddha’s teachings - the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. The author shows how all our problems and suffering come...
Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
How to enjoy a life of great meaning and altruism
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
How to Understand the Mind
The Nature and Power of the Mind
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
This book offers us deep insight into our mind, and shows how an understanding of its nature and functions can be used practically in every day experience to improve our lives. Part 1 is a practical guide to developing and maintaining a light, positive mind - showing how to recognize and abandon states...
Joyful Path of Good Fortune
The Path to the Supreme Happiness of Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
The New Guide to Dakini Land
The Highest Yoga Tantra Practice of Buddha Vajrayogini
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
The New Guide to Dakini Land is a revised version of Venerable Geshe Kelsang’s original book Guide to Dakini Land. Vajrayogini is a female enlightened Deity of Highest Yoga Tantra, a manifestation of all Buddha’s wisdom. By engaging in the Tantric practice of Vajrayogini under the guidance of...
Clear Light of Bliss
Tantric Meditation Manual
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Within all of us lies a source of infinite bliss, clarity of wisdom, and compassion for others. In this unique and highly praised book, based on Buddha’s Tantric teachings, the contemporary Buddhist Master, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, presents authentic methods for discovering this inner wealth for ourselves....
Great Treasury of Merit
How to Rely upon a Spiritual Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
Great Treasury of Merit provides a full explanation of how to practise Offering to the Spiritual Guide (Lama Chöpa), one of the most important meditation practices of Kadampa Buddhism. A work of unparalleled profundity and clarity, this book contains a wealth of accessible and practical instructions...
Essence of Vajrayana
The Highest Yoga Tantra Practice of Heruka Body Mandala
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2018
With this book, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche explains with clarity and precision how we can practise the sublime meditations of Heruka body mandala, and thereby gradually transform our ordinary world and experiences into those of a Buddha, a fully enlightened being. He follows this with...
Meaningful to Behold
Becoming a Friend of the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2017
Many people have the compassionate wish to benefit others, but few understand how to accomplish this successfully in daily life. Bodhisattvas are friends of the world who have such strong compassion that they are able to transform all their daily activities into ways of benefiting others. The path...
The Mirror of Dharma
How to find the real meaning of human life
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
This book, The Mirror of Dharma — Dharma means the teachings of enlightened beings — gives practical advice on how we can solve our daily problems of uncontrolled desire, anger and ignorance, and how to make our human life meaningful.
The author, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche,...
Ocean of Nectar
The True Nature of All Things
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018