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Dragon Thunder: My Life with Chogyam Trungpa

10 best books like Dragon Thunder: My Life with Chogyam Trungpa (Diana J. Mukpo): Escape from the Land of Snows: The Young Dalai Lama's Harrowing Flight to Freedom and the Making of a Spiritual Hero, The Words of My Perfect Teacher, My Land and My People: The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Born in Tibet, Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life, Indestructible Truth: The Living Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path, Women Of Wisdom, The Great Path of Awakening: The Classic Guide to Lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist Practice for Cultivating the Heart of Compassion, Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light

Escape from the Land of Snows: The Young Dalai Lama's Harrowing Flight to Freedom and the Making of a Spiritual Hero
AuthorStephan Talty
ISBN0307460959
On the evening of March 17, 1959, as the people of Tibet braced for a violent power grab by Chinese occupiers—one that would forever wipe out any vestige of national sovereignty—the twenty-four-year-old Dalai Lama, Tibet’s political and spiritual leader, contemplated the impossible. The...
The Words of My Perfect Teacher
AuthorPatrul Rinpoche
ISBN1570624127
My favorite quote so far...

There is not a single being in samsara, this immense ocean of suffering, who in the course of time without beginning has never been our father or mother. When they were our parents, these beings' only thought was to raise us with the greatest possible kindness, protecting...
My Land and My People: The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet
AuthorDalai Lama XIV
ISBN0446674214
I'm kind of torn on what I think about this book. On one hand I feel kind of jipped. The first few chapters were marvelous, and ridiculously interesting, but then it became 100% political. I feel as though I can recount every single detail of the struggle between Tibet & China. I feel as though I bought...
Born in Tibet
AuthorChögyam Trungpa
ISBN1570627142
Chögyam Trungpa—meditation master, scholar, and artist—was identified at the age of only thirteen months as a major tulku, or reincarnation of an enlightened teacher. As the eleventh in the teaching lineage known as the Trungpa tulkus, he underwent a period of intensive training in mediation,...
Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life
AuthorSakyong Mipham
ISBN0767920805
You’re stuck in the airport security line, late for a flight. The line isn’t moving. You’re angry at the security personnel for taking so long, you’re irritated at the other passengers for having so much stuff, you’re mad at your boss for sending you on this trip in the first place. By the time...
Indestructible Truth: The Living Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism
AuthorReginald A. Ray
ISBN1570629102
Indestructible Truth is one of the most thorough introductions to the Tibetan Buddhist world view ever published; at the same time it is also one of the most accessible. The author presents complex and sophisticated teachings and practices in nontechnical language, using engaging stories and personal...
It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path
AuthorDzigar Kongtrül III
ISBN1590303814
On the spiritual path we speak of enlightenment. But how do we reconcile the idea of enlightenment with what we see when we look in the mirror—when insecurities, doubts, and self-centered tendencies arise in our minds? Dzigar Kongtrül suggests that we need not feel "doomed" when these experiences...
Women Of Wisdom
AuthorTsultrim Allione
ISBN1559391413
Women of Wisdom explores and celebrates the spiritual potential of all women, as exemplified by the lives of six Tibetan female mystics. These stories of great women who have achieved full illumination, overcoming cultural prejudices and a host of other problems which male practitioners do not encounter,...
The Great Path of Awakening: The Classic Guide to Lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist Practice for Cultivating the Heart of Compassion
AuthorJamgon Kongtrul
ISBN1590302141
Here is a practical Buddhist guidebook that offers techniques for developing a truly compassionate heart in the midst of everyday life. For centuries, Tibetans have used fifty-nine pithy slogans—such as "A joyous state of mind is a constant support" and "Don't talk about others' shortcomings"—as...
Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light
AuthorNamkhai Norbu
ISBN1559390077

Dictionary's definition of DREAM:

- series of thoughts, visions, or feelings that happen during sleep

- an idea or vision that is created in your imagination and that is not real

- something that you have wanted very much to do, be, or have for a long time


स्वप्नदर्शन

Dreams,...
The Guru Drinks Bourbon?
AuthorDzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
ISBN1611803748
"It's easy to differentiate between shit and gold but much more difficult to differentiate between highly polished brass and gold."

As per his usual style, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse writes with a clear “zero fucks were given today” attitude about a very complicated and delicate aspect...
Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine
AuthorRichard H. O'Kane
ISBN0891415726
The career of the USS Wahoo in sinking Japanese ships in the farthest reaches of the Empire is legendary in submarine circles.

Christened three months after Pearl Harbor, Wahoo was commanded by the astonishing Dudley W. "Mush" Morton, whose originality and daring new techniques led to results...
Turtle Feet
AuthorNikolai Grozni
Nikolai Grozni was a music prodigy, a jazz pianist training at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, when suddenly he decided to transform his life. He moved to India to become a Buddhist monk: shaving his head, learning Tibetan, and donning long traditional robes. In the Himalayas, living...
Invisible: A Memoir
AuthorHugues de Montalembert
ISBN1416593667

The impressionistic memoir of an artist who was blinded in a sudden act of violence, leading to a profound meditation on what it means to see and be seen

“You live in a city like New York. You read the papers. You look at the television. But you never think it will happen to you. It happened...
A History Of Western Society
AuthorJohn P. McKay
ISBN0395904315
A bestseller in its field, A History of Western Society examines the lives of both historical figures and ordinary people, using an engaging, lively writing style to capture students' interest. The authors pay careful attention to traditional political and cultural developments, providing a balanced,...
The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known: Dramatic Readings Celebrating the Enduring Spirit of Dissent
AuthorHoward Zinn
ISBN0060578262
To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's great People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast at an event held at the 92nd Street YMHA in New York...
In the Slender Margin: The Intimate Strangeness of Dying
AuthorEve Joseph
ISBN1443426717
A journey into the land of death and dying seen through the lens of art and the imagination

Part memoir, part meditation on death itself, In the Slender Margin is an exploration of death from an “insider’s” point of view. Using the threads of her brother’s early death and her twenty years...
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