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Spring is with us, with its longer, warming days, the blossoms in the gardens and bush, and their scents drifting in the air.

We recently sent out our Spring mail-order catalogue. For those who don't receive it, below we have a few 'picks-of-the-bunch'. However, if you would like view the whole catalogue, you can do so by visiting our website and clicking on the newsletter link or by clicking here. There is also an option to subscribe to future mailed catalogues on that page.

And after the book section below we have quite a special new product line of Tibetan sacred art images. Take a look!

Books on Personal Practice

State of Mind Called Beautiful by Sayadaw U Pandita

Sayadaw U Pandita is one of the foremost teachers of the insight meditation method taught by the late great Burmese Master Mahasi Sayadaw. His first book, In This Very Life, quickly became a classic guide to vipassana. Sixteen years later this book lays out the way and wealth of the Theravadan meditation tradition. U Pandita takes us through an overview of the training, explores two of the ‘guardians of meditation’—the recollection of the qualities of the Buddha and metta or loving-kindness—and details the satipatthana vipasana meditation practice. Presented in a practical and pragmatic way, this book includes headings like ‘metta within the family’, ‘qualities needed during meditation practice’ and ‘how to disentangle yourself through wisdom’. Supporting the practices are a technical discussion on satipatthana, a ‘q & a’ section, and an english-pali and pali-english glossary.
ISBN: 0861713451    paperback   170  pp    225 x 150mm    $32.95    more info...

Attention Revolution: unlocking the power of the focused mind by B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D
Attention is the key that makes personal change possible. Meditation offers a method for achieving previously inconceivable levels of attention and concentration. B Alan Wallace has nearly thirty years' practice in meditation and is an active participant in the much-publicized dialogues between Buddhists and scientists. This book is the definitive presentation of his knowledge. Beginning with the ill effects that follow from our inability to focus, Wallace moves on to explore a systematic path of meditation to deepen our capacity for deep concentration. The result is an exciting, rewarding ‘expedition of the mind’, tracing everything from the confusion at the bottom of the trail to the extraordinary clarity and power that come with making it to the top. Along the way, Alan also provides interludes—complementary practices for cultivating love, compassion, and clarity in our waking and dreaming lives.

ISBN: 0861712765    paperback   224 pp    225 x 150mm    $32.95    more info...

Eight Verses for Training the Mind (four CDs) by HH Dalai Lama, XIV
At the Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture in Washington DC, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a one-day teaching and commentary on the Eight Verses for Training the Mind to over five thousand Western and Tibetan students. These verses were transmitted to His Holiness when he was a small boy, and he has recited them every day since then as part of his personal practice. In these talks he stresses the importance of implementing the teachings in daily life and covers the complete fundamentals of Buddhist thought and practice. Then, drawing from personal experience in practicing these teachings, His Holiness gives a profound and succinct commentary on the entire Eight Verses. He concludes with the bestowal of the vow for the generation of Bodhicitta, the heart-felt motivation to become enlightened in order to benefit all sentient beings. “Characteristically warm and refreshing, the Dalai Lama's candour, humour, and humility shone through.” —NAPRA ReView
ISBN: 1559392401    set of 4 audio CDs   $59.95    more info...

Contemporary Expressions of Buddhist Practice and Thought

Guided Meditations for Busy People (audio CD) by Bodhipaksa
If you want to learn meditation but the prospect of finding the time to meditate is itself stressful, this cd is for you. It offers a series of short meditations—around 8 minutes in length—which can be highly beneficial for busy people. Each practice teaches a specific technique for quickly transforming the mind, encouraging the rapid development of calmness, spaciousness, and relaxation. Meditations include ‘grounding the mind’, ‘interconnectedness’, and ‘meeting pain with compassion’. It concludes with the three-minute breathing space, a highly effective practice to bring ourselves into the moment and back in touch with ourselves.

ISBN: 0972441433    audio CD    59 mins    $24.95    more info...

Awake at Work: 35 practical Buddhist principles for discovering clarity and balance in the midst of work's chaos by Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll, a Buddhist meditation teacher and a corporate executive, shares Buddhist wisdom on how to transform the common hassles and anxieties of life in the work-place into valuable opportunities for personal growth, heightened wisdom, and enhanced effectiveness. He offers thirty-five principles for developing a new way of relating to work that is characterized by honesty, openness, courage, maturity, and endless learning. By contemplating these principles on a regular basis in the context of our daily work lives, we can begin to explore and overturn the misconceptions and mental habits that keep many of us in a state of constant frustration and dissatisfaction and find a path to rediscovering a natural sense of intelligence, confidence, and delight on the job. In an engaging, accessible, and often humourous style, Awake at Work offers readers a path to rediscovering a natural sense of intelligence, confidence, and delight on the job.
ISBN: 1590302729    paperback   176 pp    222 x 145mm    $29.95    more info...

Detox Your Heart by Valerie Mason-John
Have you ever felt angry, resentful or even revengeful? Drawing on her own life, personal stories, and current work as an anger management trainer, Mason-John explores why we can experience such emotions and how we can transform toxins like anger, hatred, and fear. Our ability to love and be open is often blocked by toxins inside the heart –jealousy, hatred, anger, prejudice, fear, resentment. With short exercises that encourage pausing, connecting, feeling, and loving, Detox Your Heart helps us to renew and open our heart.
ISBN: 1899579656    hardcover    200 pp   210 x 165mm    $28.95    more info...

Tibetan Buddhist books: Bodhisattvas, Buddhist Masters and Buddhist philosophy

Yogis Joy: three songs of Milarepa, Tibetan Yogi by Sangharakshita
Milarepa was a much-loved Tibetan yogi, poet and teacher whose life and teachings have inspired and guided Buddhist practitioners for centuries. His ‘hundred thousand songs’ , and are a treat to read, but the depths of his teachings are not always explicit. The Yogi’s Joy explores some of these songs—The Tale of Red Rock Jewel Valley, Song of a Yogi’s Joy and The Meeting at Silver Springs—and in exploring them helps to show us just how relevant their lessons are to us today. In the songs we find themes such as fear, honesty, self-respect, practising with others, the student- teacher relationship, and how we can make teachings our own. Sangharakshita, Buddhist teacher and writer, draws out these elements, bringing alive the delight, joy and challenges of this revolutionary guru.
ISBN: 1899579664    paperback   256 pp    215 x 140mm    $32.95    more info...

Ri-me Philosophy of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great: a study of the Buddhist lineages of Tibet by Ringu Tulku
The Ri-me movement was a unifying effort to cut through inter-scholastic divisions and disputes that were occurring between the different lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. Jamgön Kongtrül the Great (1813–1899) was a giant in Tibetan history. Led by Kongtrül and several other leading scholars of the time, the Ri-me movement sought an appreciation of the differences and acknowledgment of the importance of variety in benefiting practitioners with different needs. They took great care that the teachings and practices of the different schools and lineages, and their unique styles, did not become confused with one another. This book, comprehensive and accessible, includes an introduction to the history and philosophy of the Ri-me movement; a biography of the movement's leader, Jamgön Kongtrül; helpful summaries of the eight lineages' practice-and-study systems; an explanation of the most hotly disputed concepts; and an overview of the old and new tantras.
ISBN: 1590302869    hardcover   304 pp    225 x 150mm    $59.95    more info...

Essentials of Mahamudra: looking directly at the mind by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
What would you see if you looked directly at your mind? The Tibetan Buddhist teachings on mahamudra are known for their ability to lead to profound realization. ‘Essentials of Mahamudra’ is a commentary on Tashi Namgyal's famous Moonlight of Mahamudra—a text that the sixteenth Karmapa had identified as the most valuable for Westerners. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche recognized that Western meditators don't just need to know how to maintain our meditation practice—we need to know why we should do it. Unmatched in its directness, Essentials of Mahamudra addresses both these needs, rendering this most adaptable to our everyday lives. Peaceful and infinitely adaptable, these teachings are as useful for today's busy world as they have been for centuries.
ISBN: 0861713710    paperback   352 pp    228 x 152mm    $32.95    more info...

Giclees—Thanka Prints on Canvas
 

Dharma Publishing has produced some beautiful reproductions of original thanka paintings using a method called 'giclee'.

"These giclee reproductions replicate antique Tibetan thanka paintings, many originally housed in temples in Tibet and viewed only by lamas and senior monks. These masterfully painted, iconographically accurate works of art are printed using archival, pigment-based inks on waterproof, coated canvas, engineered to give the highest resolution and colour saturation achievable with current digital printing technology. The exquisite colour and detail replicate the original paintings so closely that it is often difficult to see that you are looking at a reproduction and not an original. They are therefore perfect for meditation, inspiration and aesthetic appreciation."

—from Dharma Publishing

The giclees come in three types:

Large unmounted giclees: all around 600 x 450 mm, these are suitable for mounting or framing in either a traditional brocade or more western frame. The full range are available in this size.

Medium mounted giclees: images are 250 x 200. They are mounted on white foam-core, and are bordered by a coloured, double acid-free matte board, taking the full size to 350 x 275mm. They come in durable protective bag and have clear plastic tabs for hanging or can be framed. There is a detailed description of the image on the back.

Adorned mounted giclees: as in the medium mounted giclees but adorned with stunning Swarovski crystals

 more info on thanka prints on canvas...

 more info on children's jataka pictures on canvas...

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