Books

Wheel of Great Compassion
The Practice of the Prayer Wheel in Tibetan Buddhism
Lorne Ladner, Editor
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Foreword

The Wheel of Great Compassion is the first book to provide Western readers with a complete understanding of the prayer wheel—an ancient and mystical practice that has long been popular with Buddhists throughout Tibet and now in the West - for its ability to bless the environment, promote healing, increase compassion, and assist practitioners on their journeys to enlightenment.

This book offers a clear description of prayer wheel practice, its meaning and benefits, and its role as an essential ritual and symbol of Tibetan Buddhism. It contains a general introduction to the prayer wheel, photographs and illustrations, six commentaries by Tibetan lamas (including Lama Zopa Rinpoche), and instructions for both prayer wheel construction and proper use.

The Compassionate Life
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Author

"The key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion."—His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Giving and receiving affection is the key to happiness, and compassion is the key that opens our hearts to affection. Illuminating themes touched upon in The Good Heart The Art of Happiness, this generous and gentle book contains some of the most beloved teachings on compassion that the Dalai Lama has ever offered. Touching and transformative, The Compassionate Life is a personal invitation from one of the world's most gifted teachers to live a life of happiness, joy, true prosperity.

Collected here for the first time are four of the Dalai Lama's most accessible and inspiring teachings on compassion. The purpose of life is to be happy, His Holiness reminds us. To be happy, we should devote ourselves to developing our own peace of mind; the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own peace of mind. Therefore, we must develop compassion for others in order to be truly happy.

In these four teachings—imbued with the gentle humor and extraordinary kindness of this incomparable teacher—His Holiness explores altruism and the need for compassion on an individual as well as a global scale. He offers specific practices for developing loving-kindness and compassion in even the most difficult situations.

Drinking the Mountain Stream
Songs of Tibet’s Beloved Saint, Milarepa
Milarepa, Author
Brian Cutillo, Translator

The prayer wheel lineage was brought to Tibet by the renowned eight century Indian Buddhist teacher Padmasambhava and later practiced by the great Indian tantric Buddhist masters Tilopa and Naropa. Naropa’s disciple Marpa later renewed the lineage in Tibet and past it on to Tibet’s most well known yogis Milarepa.

Milarepa,Tibet's renowned and beloved saint, wandered the terrain of eleventh-century Tibet guiding countless followers along the Buddhist path. Milarepa's songs and poems are bold and inspiring, his language direct and immediate. Lama Kunga Rinpoche and Brian Cutillo render a faithful translation of this rare collection.

Ultimate Healing
The Power of Compassion
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Author
Ailsa Cameron, Editor_|_Lillian Too, Foreword

Ultimate Healing shows us that by transforming our minds, especially through the development of compassion, we can eliminate the ultimate cause of all disease. In addition to relating stories of people who have recovered from disease through meditation, Lama Zopa presents practical healing meditations, including white-light healing, compassion meditation, "taking and giving," and techniques to cure depression. Ultimate Healing shows that by opening up to the truths of impermanence, interdependence, and the suffering of others, we can heal our bodies, our lives, and the world around us.

We experience illness on a physical level, but in order to be healed, we must understand where true healing begins: within our hearts and minds. In Ultimate Healing, internationally renowned meditation master Lama Zopa Rinpoche helps us to recognize the root of illness and gives us the tools to create our future happiness. Beginning with stories of people who have recovered from disease through meditation, Rinpoche addresses the central role played by karma and by the mental habit of "labeling" in causing illness, and shows how meditation and other techniques for developing compassion and insight can eliminate the ultimate cause of all disease.

Medicine and Compassion (Paperback)
A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Author
David R. Shlim, Author

 In Medicine and Compassion, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and David R. Shlim, M.D., introduce a training in compassion, with proven methods based on classic Tibetan Buddhist teachings. Caregivers will not only find their patience and kindness re-energized, they will learn to sustain them with less effort. Those in their care will, in turn, feel more at ease and better able to contribute to their own healing.

The first section of the book touches on universal truths, as well as classic Buddhist teachings. However, a central theme of this section is the profound influence of emotions and mental attitude on the experience of aging, sickness, and death. The second section of the book examines our potential for and various means of achieving a greater level of compassion. In the third section, come simple but profound thoughts on how to render the best possible care to all patients-including the aged, irritable, aggressive, or uncooperative- as well as how to nurture lifelong attitudes that ease the process of dying.

Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture
An Investigation of the Nine Best-Known

Groups of Symbols
Dagyab Rinpoche, Author
Robert Thurman, Foreword

In this fascinating study, Dagyab Rinpoche not only explains the nine best-known groups of Tibetan Buddhist symbols but also shows how they serve as bridges between our inner and outer worlds. As such, they can be used to point the way to ultimate reality and to transmit a reservoir of deep knowledge formed over thousands of years.

 As Dagyab Rinpoche defines each symbol, he further illuminates the concepts inherent in Tibetan Buddhism which is, in its earthly manifestation, voluptuously visible. Symbolism is the language of the human spirit and this book is the most systematic study of its Tibetan idiom that has yet appeared. Dagyab Rinpoche combines Western scholarship with the depth of the wisdom of being a Tibetan lama.

Love Is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals (Paperback) 726 pages, Updated
by Melody (Author), Julianne Guilbault (Illustrator)

For more than a thousand years crystals have been recognized in the Tibetan Buddhist and Ayurvedic healing systems as extremley precious and beneficial substances. Love Is In The Earth considered by many to be the most comprehensive and best english reference book available describing the metaphysical properties of the mineral kingdom. Full of detailed information, clear and inspiring, there is a complete descriptions of hundreds of crystals including; Rose quartz, Amethyst, Jade, Tourmaline, Agate, Amber, Lapis Lazuli and many more, as well as the benificial properties of Gold, Silver and other minerals.

Internationally known best selling author Melody holds bachelor of science and masters of Arts degree is mathematics. She has been working with gemstones since she was a child and always evidencing an interest and profound understanding of the geological and mystical properties of these incredible healing gifts from the earth.

Prince Siddhartha
The Story of Buddha, Second Edition
Jonathan Landaw, Author
Janet Brooke, Illustrator

This is the story of Prince Siddhartha and how he became Buddha, the Awakened One, told in lyrical prose. Beautiful full-color illustrations depict each major life event in Siddhartha's development. His timeless message of nonviolence, loving-kindness, and unselfishness is vitally necessary for today's-and tomorrow's-children.

The fascinating story of the Buddha has been narrated so vividly as to inspire the imagination of children of all ages. Written by Buddhist scholar Jonathan Landaw, with vivid watercolors by artist Janet Brooke, the book is written in language preschoolers can easily absorb, laid out in short chapters perfect for bedtime reading.