The Dalai Lama: 61 books
The Middle Way
Faith Grounded in Reason
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2009
The Dalai Lama opens The Middle Way with an elegant argument for the power of compassion in cultivating a happy life. From there, he connects core ideas of Buddhist philosophy to the truths of our shared condition. His Holiness delivers a sparklingly clear teaching on how the Buddhist ideas of emptiness...
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...
How to Be Compassionate
A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Each one of us is responsible for all of humankind, and for the environment in which we live. . . . We must seek to lessen the suffering of others. Rather than working solely to acquire wealth, we need to do something meaningful, something seriously directed toward the welfare of humanity as a whole....
Practicing Wisdom
The Perfection of Shantideva's Bodhisattva Way
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Like the bestselling A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of the Night, Practicing Wisdom focuses on Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva. While the former includes only a brief introduction to Shantideva's complex and crucial ninth chapter on insight, Practicing Wisdom is a full and detailed follow-up...
The Good Heart
A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2005
In this landmark book of interfaith dialogue, the Dalai Lama provides an extraordinary Buddhist perspective on the teachings of Jesus, commenting on well-known passages from the four Christian Gospels including the Sermon on the Mount, the parable of the mustard seed, the Resurrection, and others....
The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra, Volume One
Tantra in Tibet (Revised Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Tantra in Tibet is the first volume in The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra series in which the Dalai Lama offers illuminating commentary on Tsongkhapa’s seminal text on Buddhist tantra. It is followed by Volume II: Deity Yoga and Volume III: Yoga Tantra.
This revised work describes the...
by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature takes up centrally important premises of Buddhism: the unsatisfactoriness (duhkha) of cyclic existence (samsara), the determination to be free of cyclic existence, and the mind as the basis for both the extreme duhkha of samsara and the bliss of nirvana. This volume...
by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
The newest volume in the bestselling series from the Dalai Lama.
The fourth volume of the Dalai Lama’s definitive series on the path to awakening, Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps, delves into the substance of spiritual practice. You’ll first hear His Holiness’s explanation of the...
An Open Heart
Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2008
An introduction to the core of Buddhism by its greatest teacher, "An Open Heart" is the successor to the bestselling "The Art of Happiness", the Dalai Lama's clear and simple guide to finding compassion and happiness. 25 photos. (World Religions)
by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
The Basic Sources of Happiness is part of the Parallax Press Moments series of short ebooks, His Holiness the Dalai Lama illuminates the true foundation of happiness.
Kalachakra Tantra
Rite of Initiation
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Associated with the promotion of world peace, the Kalachakra - or "Wheel of Time" - tantra is one of the most detailed and encompassing systems of theory and practice within Tibetan Buddhism. This book contains a complete translation of the Kalachakra initiation ritual as it was conferred by His Holiness...
Buddhism
One Teacher, Many Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Explore the common ground underlying the diverse expressions of the Buddha's teachings with two of Tibetan Buddhism's bestselling authors.
Buddhism is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves to Tokyo temples to redwood retreats. To an outside viewer, it might...
Mind of Clear Light
And Living a Better Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
"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...
MindScience
An East-West Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
What is the subtle relationship between mind and body? What can today's scientists learn about this relationship from masters of Buddhist thought? Is it possible that by combining Western and Eastern approaches, we can reach a new understanding of the nature of the mind, the human potential for growth,...