The Way To Freedom
10 best books like The Way To Freedom (Dalai Lama XIV): The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism, One City: A Declaration of Interdependence, L'alba, My Friend Jesus Christ, Yoga Body, Buddha Mind, The Jewel Ornament of Liberation: The Wish-Fulfilling Gem of the Noble Teachings, Buddhist Scriptures, Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, Present Moment Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living, The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment
| Author | Robert A.F. Thurman |
| ISBN | 0743257634 |
Few teachers in the West possess both the spiritual training and the scholarship to lead us along the path to enlightenment. Robert Thurman is one such teacher. Now, in his first experiential course on the essentials of Tibetan Buddhism, adapted and expanded from a popular retreat he led, Thurman --...
| Author | Ethan Nichtern |
| ISBN | 0861715160 |
What you wear. What you say. What you think/ignore/buy/don't buy... Welcome to One City-Population: Everyone-where EVERYTHING you do matters. You've lived here your whole life, whether you know it or not.
Ethan Nichtern, the charismatic and creative force behind New York's upstart Interdependence...
| Author | L.J. Smith |
| ISBN | 8854135186 |
Il male incombe su Fell's Church. Basterà l'amore a fermarlo?
Stefan è salvo. Elena, con il suo amore, è riuscita a strapparlo alle tenebre. Ma Damon e Bonnie sono ancora nella Dimensione Oscura, e per salvarli Elena e Stefan saranno costretti ancora una volta a scendere in quel mondo infernale....
| Author | Lars Husum |
| ISBN | 1846272092 |
When Jesus Christ arrives uninvited at your flat, and gently but firmly advises you to clean up your life, well, naturally, you do as you’re told When Nick is 13, he loses his parents in a car crash. His sister, seven years his elder, is left to look after him. As he grows up, she longs to lose this brotherly...
| Author | Cyndi Lee |
| ISBN | 1594480249 |
In Yoga Body, Buddha Mind, the first book to give readers the best of both inextricably linked practices, Cyndi Lee -- author of the bestselling series OM Yoga in a Box -- shares her twenty years of experience as a practicing Tibetan Buddhist and one of the country's most famous yoga instructors....
| Author | Gampopa |
| ISBN | 1559390921 |
In all his studies, The Jewel Ornament of Liberation is one of the texts that Khenpo [Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche, the translator of this edition] found to be most inspiring. Lord Gampopa lays out the teachings in a clear and systematic way that is understandable to beginners. At the same time, the work...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0140440887 |
A volume of key writings on the Buddha, collected from a variety of languages and traditions
While Buddhism has no central text comparable to the Bible or Koran, there is a powerful body of scripture from across Asia that encompasses the dharma, or the teachings of the Buddha. In this rich anthology,...
| Author | John Powers |
| ISBN | 1559390263 |
Ommmm, I want to immerse myself in the robed peace of the Tibetan monks. Here's a paraphrased excerpt from the Introduction of this book: A lotus is born in the muck and mud at the bottom of a swamp, but when it emerges on the surface of the water and opens its petals, a beautiful flower appears, unstained...
Last month I attended a women's retreat. At the retreat center, they had these little cards up all over the building with these great little meditations on daily living. All day, the meditations prompted me to pause and reflect as I washed my hands or looked in the mirror or took a step outside the front...
Originally published by the author in 1972, the underground classic Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment teaches how to improve the quality of life, to feel good, and to determine what's real. Golas leads the reader down the path toward enlightenment with simple steps, like memorizing key phrases and...
| Author | Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse |
| ISBN | 1611800307 |
Do you practise meditation because you want to feel good? Or to help you relax and be “happy”? Then frankly, according to Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, you are far better off having a full-body massage than trying to practise the Dharma.
Khyentse shows that genuine spiritual practice, not...
| Author | Dilgo Khyentse |
| ISBN | 0877734933 |
In this book, two great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries challenge us to critically examine our materialistic preoccupations and think carefully about how we want to spend the rest of our lives. At the same time, they provide practical guidance in following the Buddhist...
Based on HAVING THE THREE CONVICTIONS by Lama Je Tsong Khapa (1357-1419 AD), this book examines the renowned Six Yogas of Naropa, a stage in the practice of Yoga Tantra. Through experiential commentary, guided meditation, and practical advice, Lama Yeshe brings the reader a tantalizing taste of the...
Essential Buddhism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs and Practices
| Author | Jack Maguire |
| ISBN | 0671041886 |
Four hundred million people call themselves Buddhists today. Yet most Westerners know little about this powerful, Eastern-spawned faith. How did it begin? What do its adherents believe? Why are so many Westerners drawn to it?
Essential Buddhism responds to these questions and many more, offering...
| Author | Paramananda |
| ISBN | 0760721793 |
OK, there's no way I can go into everything I learned from this book... Actually, it's all very simple, really, and he makes that point over and over. Simple, yet profound. Meditation has never made much sense to me before. Seriously, I never quite understood what was supposed to happen during it, and...
Big Sky Mind: Buddhism and the Beat Generation
| Author | Carole Tonkinson |
| ISBN | 1573225010 |
This book has turned me on to Philip Whalen who I previously thought of as a marginal Beat writer. It has also given me a little bit more of an understanding, though I was already aware, of the Buddhist influence on Jack Keroauc, Allen Ginsberg and especially Gary Snyder's work.
Whalen was a good...
| Author | Namkhai Norbu |
| ISBN | 1559391359 |
In The Crystal and the Way of Light, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu examines the spiritual path from the viewpoint of Dzogchen. He discusses the base path and fruit of Dzogchen practice, and describes his education and how he met his principal master who showed him the real meaning of direct introduction to Dzogchen....
| Author | Pema Chödrön |
| ISBN | 1590304608 |
For centuries Tibetan Buddhists have relied on a collection of fifty-nine pith teachings (called lojong in Tibetan) to help them develop wisdom and compassion amid the challenges of daily living. In this book Pema Chödrön introduces these transformative teachings and offers guidance on how to...
Come diventare un Buddha in cinque settimane
| Author | Giulio Cesare Giacobbe |
| ISBN | 8879287362 |
Questo manuale espone in modo chiaro e semplice l’insegnamento originale del Buddha, che permette di vivere con serenità e allegria, con gioia e amore, la propria vita. Scopo ultimo dell’insegnamento di Siddhartha Gautama Sakyamuni detto il Buddha (l’Illuminato) è infatti lo stato di...
Genuine Happiness: Meditation as the Path to Fulfillment
Discover your personal path to bliss"This book will give anyone interested in the spectrum of core meditative practices stemming from the Buddhist tradition but in essence universal the deepest of perspectives on what is possible for us as human beings as well as excellent guidance in the essential,...
The Bible of Karate Bubishi
| Author | Patrick McCarthy |
| ISBN | 0804820155 |
Named "The bible of karate-do" by Chōjun Miyagi (founder of Gōjū-ryū), having been in the hands of some of the most prominent Masters Karate has had, and being transmitted in secrecy from master to pupils, it's not hard to see the impact this work has had in Karate (even less when you consider that...
The Buddhist Handbook: A Complete Guide to Buddhist Schools, Teaching, Practice, and History
| Author | John Snelling |
| ISBN | 0892817615 |
The most comprehensive guide to Buddhism and its exponents in the Western world--with fully updated information on Buddhist organizations around the world.
• A Who's Who of contemporary teachers, writers, and practitioners.
• Provides thorough summaries of all major Buddhist...
