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Advice and Practices for Death & Dying

The only thing certain in life is that it will end with the journey of death. Death & Dying contains essential advice in how to prepare for our own death as well as how to help others at tbe time of dying. It includes a clear description of what happens at the time of death and provides various prayers and practices that can be done at this crucial time. Given that death is inevitable, all great practitioners advise us to prepare for it well.

Price $55.40

Atomic Bomb Against Ignorance

In this DVD, Lama Zopa Rinpoche takes us through the different Buddhist schools’ views of what selflessness means and elucidates the subtle and precise distinctions of the Madhyamika Prasangika view, the only understanding of selflessness that can forver and completely cut the root of samsara. This correct view is carefully and clearly explained in an experiential way for mediators to apply it directly to their meditation practice, and for practitioners to apply it to their daily life. If your are serious about getting out of suffering and perfecting your mind to benefit others, there is no choice but to watch these teachings over and over again! Includes advice for how to recite the Heart Sutra for greatest effect and various advices for miscellaneous prayers and practices. These teachings were given during a retreat session at the Lama Tsongkhapa Retreat held in Italy in September 1004. Viewers should be prepared that also on this DVD are a variety of prayers and practices that were performed during the course of the session.

Price $68.95

Benefits and Practices related to Statues and Stupas Part 1

It is said that during times when the person of the Buddha is no longer on this earth, holy objects such as statues and stupas act as mediums to bestow the same blessings of enlightenment. Thus, the benefits of having holy objects in this worlds are immeasurable. This collection outlines the benefits of statues and stupas, together with advice on how to construct, fill and bless them. It also includes extensive advice on "How to Use a Stupa" to bring about realizations on the path, generate the causes for success of all kinds, heal sickness and help others.

Price $30.00

Benefits and Practices Related to Statues and Stupas Part 2

More than 2,500 years ago, Shakyamuni Buddha revealed inconceivably powerful methods for awakening and bringing peace and prosperity to the world: building holy objects.

In the first volume of this series, entitlted Benefits and Practices Related to Statues and Stupas, Part 1, we presented why holy objects like statues and stupas have such a powerful effect – they contain the blessings of holy beings and embody the entire path to enlightenment.

Here in Part 2, you are given the tools you need to create a holy object yourself, including tips from stupa builders, architectural drawings, photographs, and ritual texts needed for building, filling, and blessing a statue or stupa. This book empowers you to create new places of pilgrimage and peace for the benefit of the entire world.

Price $94.50

Bodhisattva Vows

This booklet contains a description of each of the bodhisattva vows, making it possible to practice them correctly. The practice of taking and making effort to keep these precious vows creates greater mindfulness and awareness. These vows provide clear guidance as to what kinds of actions should be practiced and what should be avoided in order to be of greatest benefit to others, develop compassion, and overcome selfish ways of being.

Price $9.00

Chittamani Tara Retreat Sadhana

The Collected Arrangement of Recitations of an Extended Sadhana of Chittamani Tara, the Oral Precepts of the Arya Mother in the Close Lineage Highest Yoga Tantra Tradition of Venerable Green Tara.

Price $19.50

Chod: Cutting Off the Truly Existent I

This practice strikes right at the heart of the selfish attitude. Rather than defend ourselves from potential harm-givers, here, we imagine offering our treasured bodies to those who would seek to harm us. We also give away body and mind to satisfy the needs of all beings. This forces the practitioner to examine carefully how we hold the "I" and thus presents a supreme opportunity to develop both wisdom and compassion simultaneously. Highly recommended for those with experience in lo-jong or mind training, this technique is best practiced under the guidance of a teacher.

Price $13.00

Combined Jorcho and Lama Chopa Puja

The existence of the complete Buddhist path to enlightenment in our world depends solely upon those who have generated both the intellectual understanding of the teachings and the realizations of the path within their minds. Those who have done this are the lineage lamas. During this practice, we invoke all the lamas of the graduated path lineage beginning with Shakyamuni Buddha himself, extending to our present direct teachers who have show us the path. We pay homage to them, make offerings, and request each of them to please bless our minds with the same realizations that they themselves have generated. By offering sincere, heartfelt requests, we make our minds ripe to receive the full blessings of this previous lineage and quickly actualize the realizations we need to attain enlightenment. If we wish to experience realizations quickly, the practice of Lama Chopa/Jorcho is indispensable.

Price $29.00

Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha

This practice booklet is an easy-to-use method for those wishing to establish a daily meditation practice. Written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for use by beginning students, it is a clearly outlined practice complete with guided meditations for developing one's motivation, the mind of refuge, and the thought of bodhichitta. In addition, the practice contains mantra recitation and visualization based on Shakyamuni Buddha and a Lam-rim prayer in the form of a request for blessings to develop all the realizations on the path to full awakening. It contains everything one needs for a complete daily practice.

Price $9.00

Discovering Buddhism DVD

DVD.This thirteen-part teaching series touches on all the vital points of Tibetan Buddhism as presented in the gelug lineage of the Dalai Lama’s tradition. Hosted by Richard Gere and Keanu Reeves, the series includes teachings with some of the great Tibetan lamas of our time as well as experienced Western teachers. Each video also contains personal interviews with student practitioners. A clear and accessible presentation of the Mahayana path for both beginners and experienced students, the series is an excellent resource whether it is used on its own, in conjunction with the Discovering Buddhism at Home. It is also a perfect gift for friends and family who may want to learn more about Buddhism.

Price $69.90

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