Books on Buddhism

Contes Et Legendes Du Nepal by Eric Chazot Author:Eric Chazot  

Some time ago, while living in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, His Eminence Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche practiced retreat, and in betwe...

A Stranger in Nepal & Tibet The Adventures of a Wandering Zen Monk Author: Scott Berry Author: Scott Berry Weight: 405 grams  

Resonances of Life: The True Happiness by Karma Tashi Ozer Author: Karma Tashi Ozer Weight: 115 grams  

About the Authors MADHAVI KOLHATKAR, M.A. and Ph.D. (University of Pune), has been working at Sanskrit Dictionary Department, Deccan College since ...

Many disenchanted Westerners have gone to the Himalayas in search of renewal, but no one has written about the experience as perceptively and as pe...

This book is a work of fiction, describing a possible future in Nepal. At the date of going to print there has not been a communist or military cou...

Seeking Nibbana in Sri Lanka is a finely crafted novel that succeeds both as a work of literature and as a profound reflection on the nature of Bud...

Ngawang Shedrub Tenpe Gyaltsen Rinpoche is the head lama of Thangme Gompa. Born in Rolwaling in 1958, he spent his early youth studying in Thubten ...

Venerable Jamyang Wangmo (Helly Pelaez Bozzi) was born in Spain in 1945 and trained in law and art. Ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1973, she lives i...

Guide to the Hidden Land of the Yolmo Snow Enclosure and its History Author: Khenpo Nyima Dondrup  

A Cry in the Wilderness and Other Short Stories Srilaxmi Shrestha Author: Srilaxmi Shrestha  

Assessing "Dependency": Food Security and the Impact of Food Aid on Livelihoods in Mugu Miriam Bishokarma Author: Miriam Bishokarma  

This study is an ethnographic exploration of the Masta cult of a Brahman village named Ludku in the Sija Valley in the Karnali Basin of Western Nep...

Reflecting sixteen years of intensive fieldwork, this book is a rich chronicle of the daily lives, belief systems, and healing rituals of four high...

The Dozing Shaman is a collection of essays on the Limbus of eastern Nepal, a Tibeto-Burmese speaking group who live in the valleys located between...

This book is an attempt to elucidate some aspects of the political life of the Fifth Dalai Lama (1617-1682) who established the Ganden Phodrang, hi...

Lama of Lamas is the inspiring and amazing life story of a modern buddha. Born in Tibet in 1919 into a venerable family of religious nobility, Chog...

Nowadays there are two principal philosophical traditions followed by Tibetan Lamas. The first is found among the Sarmapas, or Newer Schools, emplo...

A great compilation of ancient Dzogchen teachings, transmitted by the master Tapihritsa and here beautifully translated along with hagiographies of...

The King of Prayers - The Extraordinary Aspiration of the Practice of Samantabhadra The king of Prayers is the method by which the great saints of...

Life In Relation To Death Originally printed as a booklet, this text describes the dying process and provides brief but profound instructions on p...

Jataka Tales - Birth stories of Buddha by selected and retold by Ethel Beswisk foreword by E. Conze The jataka takes were told by the Buddha durin...

This practice requires the student to have permission/empowerment received from a qualified master in order to engage in the self-generation of the...