The Tao of Books Tibetan Buddhism

EASTERN WISDOM FOR MODERN LIFE Ref: BN31

Joseph Arpaia & Lobsang Rapgay

Caught up in the frantic pace of modern life, inner peace seems to be ever more out of reach. This book aims to solve that by presenting basic techniques for developing specific mental qualities and improving personal growth. This valuable guide teaches the basic meditative techniques - centering, attending, concentrating, and opening - as exercise for the mind, without religious jargon. Practical applications for personal development are explained in an accessible, conversational style that readers will find absorbing and easy to apply.

286pp, 8½x5½ ... Paperback

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THE GOOD HEART: His Holiness the Dalai Lama Explores the Heart of Christianity - & of Humanity Ref: B2B81

The Dalai Lama

In this accessible book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama considers such well-known Gospel passages as the Sermon on the Mount, the Healing of the Sick and the Resurrection. He offers fresh perspectives on these familiar Christian sources of faith, and also considers such widespread concerns as inner transformation, meditation, ritual, and the ideas of reward and punishment, heaven and hell. His exploration of the parallels and differences between Buddhism and Christianity gives us a model of dialogue for the coming era of global spirituality, which will open the windows of understanding for the modern spiritual seeker of any faith.

288pp ... Paperback

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HEALING WITH FORM, ENERGY & LIGHT: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra & Dzogchen Ref: BX58

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

In the Shamanic world-view of Tibetan Bon, the five elements of earth, water, fire, air, and space are accessed through the raw powers of nature and through non-physical beings associated with the natural world. In the Tibetan tantric view, the elements are recognized as five kinds of energy in the body and are balanced with yogic movements, breathing exercises, and visualizations. In the highest teachings, Dzogchen, the elements are understood to be the radiance of being and are accessed through pure awareness. Healing with Form, Energy and Light offers the reader healing meditations and yogic practices on each of these levels. Tenzin Rinpoche's purpose in this book is to strengthen our connection to the sacred aspect of the natural world and to present a guide that explains why certain practices are necessary and in what situations practices are effective. This is a manual for transforming an anxious, narrow, uncomfortable identity into one that is expansive, peaceful and capable. And the world, too, is transformed from dead matter and blind processes into a sacred landscape filled with an infinite variety of living forces and beings.

176pp, 9x6 ... Paperback
Price: £11.50

THE POWER OF BUDDHISM Ref: BN27

The Dalai Lama

Many people have asked the Dalai Lama to speak on the current difficulties facing humanity. In these talks given in London he speaks about a wide range of issues, including war in Bosnia, the population explosion, racial hatred, gender and environmental protection. He describes clearly and simply how to live and die well, and how to infuse one's life with wisdom and compassion.

224pp, 8x5 ... Paperback
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WIDENING THE CIRCLE OF LOVE Ref: B2B91

The Dalai Lama

From the teachings of the world-renowned leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, comes a practical, seven-step guidebook for developing your love for others and transforming each and every one of your relationships in life. Widening the Circle of Love offers readers a simple and illuminating programme for transforming self-centred energy into outwardly directed concern. Basing his views on the human capacity to improve, and drawing on exercises and techniques established in India and then refined in Tibetan monasteries over more than a thousand years, the Dalai Lama’s teachings are supremely relevant to our lives today. In showing us how to widen the circle of our love, he guides us through seven key steps: ·The First Step: Recognising Friends ·The Second Step: Appreciating Kindness ·The Third Step: Returning Kindness ·The Fourth Step: Learning to Love ·The Fifth Step: The Power of Compassion ·The Sixth Step: Total Commitment ·The Seventh Step: Using the above in the service of others.

224pp, 7.25X5.25 ... Hardback

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