{"title":"1. Thrangu Rinpoche's Books and PDFs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrangu Rinpoche taught Buddhism to students in North America, Asia, and Europe for 50 years and his teachings have been collected by Namo Buddha Publications and turned into books and PDFs for all persons interested in Buddhism. His books are available at the lowest price available and also available as PDFs costing only $ 1.25.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you can't find any of his books or can't pay for them, please contact me  (clarkjohnson2011@gmail.com ) and I will send you the PDFs to you for free.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"advice-of-a-yogi","title":"Advice of a Yogi (Book)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #56152F 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent4; padding: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 1.5in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis teaching by Thrangu Rinpoche is on the Tibetan classic by Padampa Sangye called \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Verses\u003c\/em\u003e. Padampa Sangye is best known as Machig Labrang's teacher who was the yogini who developed the widely practiced  Cutting-off or Chod Practice.\u003cspan lang=\"JA\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003eFor example, verse 77 Padampa Sangye states, \"The delusions of samsara and nirvana are just like encounters with an enemy. Practice virtue as your friend and ally, people of Dingri.\"\u003cspan lang=\"JA\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003eThen Thrangu Rinpoche explains this verse in detail explaining what it means and how it relates to Shantideva’s \u003cem\u003eThe Way of the Bodhisattva\u003c\/em\u003e which is on the same topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\"This great text of one hundred profound instructions by the most revered mahasiddha of the noble land of India. Padampa Sangye contains all one needs to know if one aspires to follow the Vajrayana path. And now this timeless volume is made all the more relevant and accessible through an especially illuminating commentary by the Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche, who in my mind is one of the most learned and realize beings here with us.” --Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-bidi-language: BO;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThis book of 126 pages includes Notes and a Glossary. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIF YOU WANT THE FREE PDF OF THIS BOOK, PLEASE EMAIL US AT (clarkjohnson2011@gmail.com)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43817654911112,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TBR05COVERADVICEYOGI.jpg?v=1752190553"},{"product_id":"clarifying-the-natural-state-book","title":"Clarifying the Natural State (Book)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Tibet's greatest masters, Dakpo Tashi Namgyal is famous for writing comprehensive text on The Moonlight of Mahamudra. Clarifying the Natural State is a shorter and more practical manual that covers the path from mindfulness to complete enlightenment using the profound instructions of Mahamudra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrangu Rinpoche recommends this book with: \"The words of Dakpo Tashi Namgyal are unique. It is adorned with plenty of pithy advice out of his personal experience, and many practitioners have greatly benefited by his instructions on how to remove hindrances and progress further along the path. This book is indispensable because it focuses exclusively on practice.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is not by Thrangu Rinpoche but is a great resource because in this book the translator Erik Pema Kunsang gives the Tibetan in Tibetan script on the left page and his English translation of this on the right side. \u003cbr\u003eThis book is 107 pages long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrangu Rinpoche has also given a lengthy commentary on this book in his Clarifying the Natural State which can also be purchased on this website.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43819535859848,"sku":null,"price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB10COVERCLARIFYINGNATURALSTATEcopy.jpg?v=1752268373"},{"product_id":"creation-and-completion-book","title":"Creation and Completion (Book)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eCreation and Completion is a unique guide to the practice of Tibetan Buddhist tantra. Drawing on the experiences from two great masters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eCreation and Completion is both concise and thorough and was drawn on the meditation experiences of two great masters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIn the creation stage of Vajrayana practices, practitioners visualize themselves to be deities and other enlightened beings. This meditation prepares the mind to realize the inherent reality of phenomena and prepares one for the completion stage. In the completion stage comes learns to realize the ultimate nature of mind and reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',serif; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003eCreation and Completion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',serif; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003e represents some of the most profound teachings of Jamgon Kongtrul (1813-99), one of the true spiritual and literary giants of Tibetan history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eJamgon Kongtrul was a master practitioner and one of Tibetan Buddhism's most prolific writers. His guide to tantric Buddhist meditation, translated here by Sarah Harding, was written in the form of a spiritual song. The commentary on this song by Thrangu Rinpoche skillfully clarifies the nuances of Kongtrul's text, making the language come alive in a practical way for the modern reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarding's excellent introduction distills the essential features of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The powerful meditation instructions, traditionally reserved for initiates alone, will be of immense value, both to aspiring and experienced practitioners alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith 106 persons rating this book, Amazon gave it a 4.7 out 5.0 rating.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43819558666376,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB15COVERCREATIONANDCOMPLETIONcopy.jpg?v=1752269565"},{"product_id":"crystal-clear-book","title":"Crystal Clear (book)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrystal Clear an important meditation manual on Mahamudra by Thrangu Rinpoche. It is a commentary to the classic meditation manual by Tashi Namgyal's Clarifying the Natural State. In his straightforward and lucid style Rinpoche gives us an indispensable guidebook for Tranquility (Shamatha) and Insight (Vipashyana) practice). For people who want more than just theory, this is a handbook that begins with watching the breath and then leads practitioners through the stages of realization, all the way to complete enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In Mahamudra, as one takes the path of direct perception, in which  a person can obtain true and complete enlightenment within the same body and lifetime. Whatever the situation, Mahamudra provides appropriate methods and techniques. So, whether one is able to undertake a lot of hardship or not, whether one is very diligent or not, whichever type of person you might be, there is always great benefit in practicing Mahamudra. This practice can be done in the solitude of retreat or while involved in the daily complexities of modern life. Mahamudra training is always applicable in any situation, at any moment of life.” -- Thrangu Rinpoche\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book translated by Erik Pema Kunsang is 174 pages long and includes a glossary.\u003cbr\u003eClarifying the Natural State which is the root text of Thrangu \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eRinpoche's commentary is also available as a book on this website so the practitioner can read the root text and then read Rinpoche's commentary on it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43819604344968,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB20COVERCRYSTALCLEAR.jpg?v=1752271265"},{"product_id":"cultivating-true-compassion-book","title":"Cultivating True Compassion (book)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 2.0in;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultivating True Compassion: Bodhichitta and the Bodhisattva Vow\u003c\/i\u003e is a concise teaching that begins with a discussion of love and immeasurable compassion which is called bodhichitta. Rinpoche next introduces the reader to methods from the Buddhist tradition for cultivating bodhichitta. Here he distills the essence of \u003ci\u003eAtisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e, which is in itself a concise teaching. Finally, Rinpoche describes the meaning and purpose of the Bodhisattva Vow which is promising to stay in Samsara until all persons have reached enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 2.0in;\"\u003eThe book also includes a modern translation of the root text, \u003ci\u003eA Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Indian scholar and saint Atisha reintroduced pure Buddhism into Tibet in the eleventh century. His \u003ci\u003eLamp for the Path to Enlightenment \u003c\/i\u003esets forth the entire Buddhist path within the framework of three levels of meditation which is the source of the graduated approach of spiritual practice employed by all four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 2.0in;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmazon in 22 ratings found that this book was rated 4.7 out of \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e5.0.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43819607163016,"sku":null,"price":3.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB25COVERCULTIVATINGCOMPASSIONcopy.jpg?v=1752271633"},{"product_id":"distinguishing-consciousness-from-wisdom-book","title":"Distinguishing Consciousness from Wisdom (book)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe main thrust for reaching enlightenment is done through examining and studying how the mind functions in our confused samsaric state and how we can change it into an enlightened mind. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuddhist psychology which is based on meditation and Dharma practice is done by examining the eight different aspects or consciousnesses of mind. In this book there is a translation of the root verses of the Third Karmapa accompanied by a line-by-line commentary by Thrangu Rinpoche, the foremost scholar of this tradition elucidating these verses. Thrangu Rinpoche with his vast experience in meditation then explains how these eight samsaric consciousnesses function and how they are transformed into the five wisdoms at enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are five sensory consciousnesses which simply take sensory information and transfer it from outer stimuli and transform them into messages in the brain without doing any evaluation of the sensory information. There is our constant discursive mental mind which is manufacturing endless thoughts and feelings which may or may not be accurate. Then there is the seventh “klesha” consciousness which constantly oversees the sixth consciousness and creates the illusion of “I and other” which causes all our disturbing emotions. Finally, there is the eighth consciousness acts as a storehouse of information is involved with our karma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book then shows how these eight consciousnesses can be purified and become replaced with the five buddha wisdoms at realization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43819613814920,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB30COVERDISTC_Wcopy.jpg?v=1752272521"},{"product_id":"distinguishing-dharma-from-dharmata","title":"Distinguishing Dharma from Dharmata (PDF)","description":"\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eAsanga was given five treatises from the Buddha Maitreya. \u003ci\u003eDistinguishing Dharma from Dharmata\u003c\/i\u003e was one of these texts. This text which is 1,400 years old and consists of 56 root verses. These root verses are often memorized and studied in the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages. This text is studied even today because it describes in a very lucid form, first of all dharmas or ordinary phenomena in the ordinary world that we live in. It explains how these dharmas leads human beings to adopt suffering and confusion in their lives. 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Everyday Consciousness and Primordial Awareness sets forth the nature of mind and human potential and presents meditation practices that can powerfully influence and ultimately transform the mind into the purified mind of a buddha. Rinpoche clearly describes how consciousnesses operate in everyday perception and how at the time of Buddhahood, these same consciousnesses express the five primordial wisdoms of the five Buddha families.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, a pre-eminent Tibetan master, has presented an accessible and precise introduction to the inherently awakened mind at the heart of confusion and suffering. While this text is invaluable for the scholar, it is even more crucial for the Vajrayana practitioner.\" —Judith Simmer-Brown,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With the help of this introduction to Buddhist psychology, successful meditation practice is distinctly possible...\"  —Mandala Magazine\u003cbr\u003eThis book is 125 pages long and includes an introduction, extensive notes, an excellent Tibetan glossary, a bibliography and index.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIF YOU WANT THE FREE PDF OF THIS BOOK, PLEASE EMAIL US AT (clarkjohnson2011@gmail.com)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAmazon Rated this book as being  4.8 OUT OF 5.0 with 22 RATINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43820477251720,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB50COVEREVERYDAYCONScopy.jpg?v=1752335736"},{"product_id":"essential-practice-the-stages-of-meditation","title":"Essential Practice: the Stages of Meditation (Book)","description":"\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eEssential Practice- Kamalashila's Stages of Meditation (Book)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',serif; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003eEssential Practice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',serif; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kamalashila’s Stages of Meditation\u003c\/i\u003e is an easy-to-read description of a bodhisattva's view, meditation, and conduct based on Kamalashila's treatises outlining the stages of meditation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',serif; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003eThe Seventeenth Karmapa, the head of the Kagyu lineage has said of this book:: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e\"The great Indian master Kamalashila's \u003ci\u003eStages of Meditation\u003c\/i\u003e in the Middle Way School opens the door of philosophy and practice to meditators at all levels. With brevity and clarity, it covers all the main topics one needs to know from developing compassion, through numerous methods of meditation, to the ultimate realization of full awakening. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche has an unique ability to bring forth the central issues of a text and make them available to a contemporary audience. This text will certainly bring great benefit to all those who encounter it.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eKhenpo Tsultim has described this book as: \"Centuries ago, the Indian master Kamalashila taught Tibetans the essential points of Mahayana practice in a clear, step-by-step, and easy-to-follow way. Now, the great scholar and meditation master Thrangu Rinpoche makes these profound teachings readily accessible to Western students. I encourage all those interested in beginning or deepening their practice of the Mahayana path of wisdom and compassion which leads to the highest enlightenment for the benefit of all beings to read this book.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIF YOU WANT THE FREE PDF OF THIS BOOK, PLEASE EMAIL US AT (clarkjohnson2011@gmail.com)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eAmazon gave this book 4.8 out of 5.00 possible rating with 10 persons doing the rating.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43820761612424,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB40.COVERESSENTIALPRACTICEcopy_70e9b12b-68d0-421b-be88-a70628e0c0cc.jpg?v=1752343553"},{"product_id":"four-teachings-of-thrangu-rinpoche","title":"Four Teachings of Thrangu Rinpoche (Book)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrangu Rinpoche, an eminent Buddhist teacher, has written over 40 books on Buddhism and is known for taking complex subjects and making them easily understandable to his students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese four teachings are four complete teachings by Rinpoche to help his students completely understand some important Buddhist concepts.\u003cbr\u003eThey are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Twelve Links of Dependent Arising\u003c\/em\u003e help us understand how each outside perception and each internal thought and feeling leads us to either a positive or a negative karmic outcome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Eight Consciousnesses\u003c\/em\u003e are basically a description of Buddhist psychology showing exactly how outside perceptions and internal thoughts are processed by the mind. This is not only valuable for dealing with our disturbing emotions (kleshas), but also for dealing with our discursive mind in meditation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Five Buddha Families\u003c\/em\u003e is an explanation of the basic energies in Buddhism, often called deities. 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Each verse is short and many monks have memorized these verses to remind them when they have strayed from the path of compassion and bodhichitta. This teaching covers relative and ultimate bodhichitta, meditation and practice, abandoning the disturbing emotions and the practice of the six paramitas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Seventeenth Karmapa has said, \"The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva is considered both deep and broad, comprehensive and concise. It includes all the necessary points for understanding the practices of a bodhisattva.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor example verse 9 says:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll suffering begins with wanting happiness for yourself\u003cbr\u003ePerfect Buddhas arise with the intention to help others\u003cbr\u003eTherefore, to fully exchange your happiness\u003cbr\u003eFor the suffering of other is the practice of a bodhisattva\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43822562279560,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB210COVERTHIRTY-SEVENPRACTICEScopy.jpg?v=1752446460"},{"product_id":"the-three-vehicles-of-buddhist-practice-book","title":"Three Vehicles of Buddhist Practice (Book)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first path or vehicle, the Shravaka or Foundation Path practitioner begins with the Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path. Thrangu Rinpoche present the Five Paths and discusses the meditation at this level including why understanding selflessness is important and how this relates happiness in our life and to reincarnation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second major vehicle is the Mahayana in which Thrangu Rinpoche discusses the bodhisattva ideal and the four immeasurable. Then he discusses the concept of emptiness of self and emptiness of phenomena and how this affects our practice. To understand this we need to understand the interdependence of phenomena. Finally, the Mahayana vehicle only makes sense if we understand relative and ultimate truth, the mind's luminous clarity, and buddha nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe third vehicle of the Vajrayana is the most difficult to understand and Rinpoche gives an excellent explanation of how this vehicle is based mainly on understanding the mind and developing techniques to look directly into it. The meditation at this level is described clearly and is a valuable addition to developing one's meditation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43822564049032,"sku":null,"price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB215COVERTHREEVEHICLEScopy.jpg?v=1752446672"},{"product_id":"tilopas-wisdom","title":"Tilopa's Wisdom (Book)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe lineage of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism begins with Tilopa, who is said to have received the teachings of Mahamudra directly from the buddha Vajradhara. Tilopa expressed his realization in the form of spiritual songs, pithy yet beautiful poems that he sang spontaneously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Khenchen Thrangu first tells the story of Tilopa's life and explains the lessons we can learn from it. Second, he provides verse-by-verse commentary on one of Tilopa's greatest spiritual song the Ganges Mahamudra. This song explains the precious instructions for realizing Mahamudra, the pinnacle of the Buddhist path to enlightenment. This song focuses on the direct experience of the nature of one's mind, which in this tradition is the primary means to realize ultimate reality and thus attain buddhahood. Thrangu Rinpoche explains this in plain, direct, language that is without using technical jargon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Thrangu Rinpoche says, \"Mahamudra is a practice that can be done by anyone. It is an approach that engulfs any practitioner with tremendous blessings that make it very effective and easy to implement. This is especially true in our present time and especially true for Westerners because in the West there are very few obstacles in the practice of Mahamudra.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book consists of 208 pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIF YOU WANT THE PDF OF THIS BOOK, PLEASE CONTACT US (clarkjohnson2011@gmail.com)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43822564540552,"sku":null,"price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB225COVERTILOPASWISDOMcopy.jpg?v=1752446837"},{"product_id":"the-uttaratantra-supreme-continuum-book","title":"Uttaratantra Shastra (Supreme Continuum) Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the fourth century CE Asanga, a practitioner who did a 12-year Maitreya retreat and he was able to meet the Maitreya Buddha directly and receive this particular text. This book lays the foundation for understanding Buddha Nature which is the essence that pervades all sentient beings and that allows them to reach enlightenment. Thrangu Rinpoche considers the study of Buddha nature to be important and there he gave an extensive teaching on this text which includes the a translation of the root text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book of 283 pages contains a translation of the original 404 root verses and Thrangu Rinpoche's verse by verse commentary on this text. 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The book also includes translations of both root texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe instructions in this book are a distillation of the essential points of the esoteric Tibetan Buddhist practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. Intended to help people to face life’s difficulties, they include essentials of Buddhist philosophy, contemplation on the ephemeral nature of both joy and suffering, meditations for resting the mind, and guidance for maintaining equanimity in real-life circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrangu Rinpoche, in this book describes his studies with a teacher of great renown who remained in Tibet after the Chinese invasion. The deceased elder master, known as Khenpo Gangshar, is still renowned as a dynamic, unconventional teacher, widely respected for his spiritual achievement. He foresaw the difficulties coming in Tibet and realized that he had to give people some straightforward instructions that would be easy to remember and to use, because the country would soon be engulfed in turmoil and be in need of spiritual help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“These instructions are exceptionally concise and easy to follow. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche received this distillation of the essential points of Mahamudra from the renowned master Khenpo Gangshar, and he credits them with saving his life. They could save your life too—giving you the tools to stabilize the mind even in the most terrifying and challenging of circumstances.”—Pema Chödrön, author of \u003cem\u003eTaking the Leap\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book of 242 pages is one of the most important teachings by Khenpo Gangshar who was an important teacher of Thrangu Rinpoche and Ch\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmazon gives Vivid Awareness 4.7 out of 5.0 stars based on 102 customer reviews.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIF YOU WANT THE PDF OF THIS BOOK, PLEASE CONTACT US (clarkjohnson2011@gmail.com)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43822566047880,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB232COVERVIVIDAWARENESScopy.jpg?v=1752447325"},{"product_id":"milarepa-tames-rechungpa-his-second-major-disciple","title":"Milarepa Tames Rechungpa: His Second Major Disciple (Book)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eMilarepa had two main disciples: Gampopa and Rechungpa. 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The book also has some good descriptions of what life was like in 13th century Tibet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThis book was rated a 4.8 of 5.00 points by 23 of its Amazon readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43869709664392,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/MilarepaTamesRechungpaCoverforweb.jpg?v=1753330518"},{"product_id":"cultivating-true-compassion-pdf","title":"Cultivating True Compassion (PDF)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultivating True Compassion: Bodhichitta and the Bodhisattva Vow\u003c\/i\u003e is a concise teaching that begins with a discussion of love and immeasurable compassion which is called bodhichitta. 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By explaining the origin, the characteristics, and our misconceptions about dharma or phenomena as it actually is by giving dharmata’s characteristics and explaining how we can develop a correct perception of the world so we that can begin to experience as it actually.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an important text also in understanding the Mind-only school and also for understanding the Shentong view which aids us in the practice of Mahamudra and Dzogchen meditation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith three ratings, Amazon rates this book as having 4.8 rating out of 5.0.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44322980921480,"sku":null,"price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/COVERDOLPOPAMTDHARMA.jpg?v=1759087414"},{"product_id":"four-teaching-by-thrangu-rinpoche-book","title":"Four Teaching by Thrangu Rinpoche (PDF)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eFour Teachings by Thrangu Rinpoche (PDF)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThrangu Rinpoche, an eminent Buddhist teacher, has written over 40 books on Buddhism and is known for taking complex subjects and making them easily understandable to his students.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book we have collected \u003cb\u003efour complete teachings\u003c\/b\u003e by Rinpoche to help his students completely understand some important Buddhist concepts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThese are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe Twelve Links \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ehelp us understand how each outside perception and each internal thought and feeling leads us to either a positive or a negative outcome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Eight Consciousnesses\u003c\/b\u003e are basically a description of Buddhist. psychology showing exactly how outside perceptions and internal thoughts are processed by the mind. This is not only valuable for dealing with our disturbing emotions (kleshas), but also for dealing with our discursive thoughts in meditation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Five Buddha Families\u003c\/b\u003e is an explanation of the basic energies in Buddhism, often called deities. The Amitabha buddha family, for example, is the best known for its involvement in the process of gaining a positive rebirth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe Ten Virtuous Actions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e Rinpoche explains in detail the four conditions which lead us towards negative or positive karma.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThis book of 117 pages includes pictures, charts, appendices, glossary, bibliography, and index and is a collection of all his smaller booklets in one place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44322990882952,"sku":null,"price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/COVER4TEACHINGScopy.jpg?v=1759087893"},{"product_id":"guide-to-shamatha-and-vipashyana-pdf","title":"Guide to Shamatha and Vipashyana (PDF)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eGuide to Shamatha and Vipashana Meditation (PDF)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003eThis 74 page PDF gives a clear and concise overview of how to do basic sitting meditation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003eThrangu Rinpoche has spent the last 40 years teaching meditation and other Buddhist topics to both Western and Asian students. The process of developing good meditation begins with Shamatha meditation which is to settle the mind and to gradually train it so that we can rest without becoming overly distracted by thoughts and emotions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003eThe second step to developing good meditation is Vipashyana which is to learn how to look directly at the mind and see its true nature. When we are able to do this, we can begin to reduce our disturbing emotions and thoughts and anxieties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003eBoth of these meditations can be done anywhere without any special settings, implements, or empowerments. Shamatha and Vipashyana can be practiced in sitting meditation and also in the daily activities such as working, commuting, eating, explaining things. In other words, the meditation explained by Rinpoche is very useful to the modern practitioner who is very busy with family and work. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0f1111; background: white;\"\u003eIn this book Rinpoche explains meditation in a simple, non-technical language based on a tradition that is over 1,000-year-old that has produced many enlightened individuals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003eTranquility and Insight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"\u003e is a 170 page book by Thrangu Rinpoche available on this website that gives extensive descriptions of Shamatha and Vipashyana. This book includes a discussion of the purpose of these meditations, their different levels of practice, the obstacles and antidotes to these obstacles that can arise, and the accomplishments that can come out of each practice. As a result this book is a careful study of the mind from the point of view of actual meditation practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323005792392,"sku":null,"price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB70COVERGUIDESHVIPcopy_2fe8afb8-d6ab-43cf-ae91-a42be2a02e30.jpg?v=1759089889"},{"product_id":"history-of-buddhism-by-thrangu-rinpoche-pdf","title":"History of Buddhism by Thrangu Rinpoche (PDF)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eHistory of Buddhism in India (PDF)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eIn 1991 Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche accompanied a group of western Buddhist students to each of the four major pilgrimage sites from the life of the Buddha (Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Kushinagar and Lumbini). This book contains the teachings Rinpoche gave to the group at each pilgrimage site. So here the reader not only sees history and pictures of these major Buddhist sites but also Rinpoche’s teaching of the significance of each.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eThe History of Buddhism in India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e includes Rinpoche’s teaching on the twelve great deeds of the Buddha’s life; the subsequent Buddhist councils which recited and then compiled all the words of the Buddha, and universities which oversaw the development of the sutras, shastras and tantras and finally the emergence of the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions of Buddhism in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrangu Rinpoche’s teachings are accessible to new students while at the same time offering new insights to advanced students. The teachings are supplemented by a 64- page guide to the many sites of Buddhist pilgrimage that includes historical and archaeological information, maps, and photographs of major places making this a valuable companion to Buddhist pilgrims.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323006808200,"sku":null,"price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB85COVERHISTORUOFBUDDHISMcopy_083389ae-12cd-4c12-8cd7-7e5da3d8023b.jpg?v=1759090207"},{"product_id":"milarepa-tames-recungpa-his-second-major-student-pdf","title":"Milarepa Tames Recungpa, his Second Major Student (PDF)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMilarepa, Tibet's greatest saint, had two major disciples: Gampopa, who established the monastic foundation of the Kagyu lineage, and Rechungpa, who traveled to India and brought back profound teachings which were absorbed into several lineages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRechungpa's biography stands out because of the unorthodox unfolding of his realization. His pride and arrogance caused him to go against Milarepa's advice three times, putting his practice at risk. Even with this obstacle, Rechungpa's undying devotion to Milarepa served as the cause for his enlightenment as evidenced by Rechungpa's achievement of rainbow body at his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At this time, as the precious teachings of the incomparable Buddha spread throughout the world, the numbers of the faithful grow daily. These various people want to know of the great learned and accomplished beings who arose impartially in the past–– the chronicles of their legacy of good activity for the doctrine, their deeds, their songs, and so forth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With these needs and aspirations in mind, Namo Buddha Publications and Kamtsang Shrab Choling have collaborated to translate and publish this essential summary of the activities of Jetsun Rechung Dorje Drakpa. I rejoice in their efforts in this virtuous activity for which they have the highest altruistic intentions.\"\u003cbr\u003e––His Holiness, The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323009986696,"sku":null,"price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRPDF170COVERMilarepaTamesRechungpa.jpg?v=1759091258"},{"product_id":"four-foundations-of-buddhist-practice-pdf","title":"Four Foundations of Buddhist Practice (PDF)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #0f1111; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;\"\u003eFour Foundations of Buddhist Practice (PDF)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #0f1111;\"\u003eThrangu Rinpoche discusses The Four Common Foundations of Buddhist Practice which are often called “the four thoughts” that we should contemplate before beginning a spiritual practice. Contemplating this even just briefly with bring meaning to our practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first foundation which is a precious human birth, explains in detail why practice is important. All beings have a precious birth, but only a very few animals and other human beings have a situation in which they can receive and actually practice the teachings to improve their life and future lifetimes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #0f1111;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #0f1111;\"\u003eThe second foundation, impermanence. We must realize that no one can predict their death or any drastic change in their life situations. So we should practice as if might be our last practice and not get caught up in meaningless daily activities. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #0f1111;\"\u003eThe third foundation of karma, cause and effect is the most difficult to understand. This is lucidly explained by Thrangu Rinpoche because if we understand karma properly, we can change our behavior so that in the long-term our life situation will be much more pleasant and fruitful. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #0f1111;\"\u003eThe fourth foundation is the difficulties of Samsara. Samsara is our viewing the world in the view of relative reality so we end up with great frustrations and disappointment and unfilled desires. I we can begin to see reality in a dharmic way in our practice and wife, we will be able to achieve true realization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thrangu Rinpoche's fine new book will be a great support to anyone making the effort to study, reflect upon, and put the teachings of the four foundations into practice.\"–– David Curtis, Director, Tibet Language Institute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323290087560,"sku":null,"price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB60COVER4COMMONPRELIM.jpg?v=1752338777"},{"product_id":"jewel-ornament-of-liberation-pdf","title":"Jewel Ornament of Liberation (PDF)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eJewel Ornament of Liberation of Gampopa (PDF)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eOne of the shining jewels of the Kagyu Lineage is Gampopa (1079-1153) who is well-known for merging the Dharma the Kadampa lineage of Atisha with the Mahamudra lineage that he received from his root guru Milarepa. \u003ci\u003eThe Jewel Ornament of Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e is a an extensive set of teachings all the way a vast number of Buddhist concepts from the sutra path ut to the Mahamudra path of direct examination of the mind. t.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eThrangu Rinpoche in this excellent commentary of the The \u003ci\u003eJewel Ornament of Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e which covers most of the major concepts in Buddhism. He has covered the entire text carefully but in a manner that it does not become a long list of categories of items but rather gives explanations of how these facts and concepts relate to ordinary Buddhist practice and living. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 3; background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eThis book contains also an extensive outline of this text, a set of notes, a glossary, and index so information can readily be found.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323291758728,"sku":null,"price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB95COVERJEWELORNAMENTcopy.jpg?v=1752353658"},{"product_id":"journey-of-the-mind-preparing-for-the-bardo-pdf","title":"Journey of the Mind: Preparing for the Bardo (PDF)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eJourney of the Mind: Preparing for the Bardo in Life, Dreams, Meditation, while Dying, and Rebirth (book)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eThe Bardo is the interval between when we die and when we are reborn. 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We have experiences that in fact appear, but when they are examined closely in four careful analyses of the Middle-way (Madhyamaka) they are found to have no substantiality or inherent reality. This fact has led the Buddha and many highly realized masters to declare that our reality is like a mirage, a dream, a drop of dew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eThis is important because if we don't fully comprehend the insubstantiality of phenomena, we cannot really reduce our attachment to the world. Without this, we cannot develop true, universal compassion for all sentient beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eIn this book, Thrangu Rinpoche gives a careful evaluation of the four great analyses of Mipham Rinpoche in his \u003cem\u003eGateway to Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e in a simple, direct and practical manner.\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The teachings of Thrangu Rinpoche, the supreme lord of refuge and great abbot, are to be taken not as mere commentary upon the words and an explanation of their meaning, but rather as actual blessings and instructions drawn from his experience ornamented by love, compassion, and realization.––Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes a translation of the source text\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmazon gives Open Door to Emptiness 4.5 out of 5.0 stars based on 31 customer reviews.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323316400264,"sku":null,"price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB150COVEROPENDOORcopy_72dd676a-2397-4e03-b2c2-f03e0ff07c2b.jpg?v=1752443570"},{"product_id":"shentong-and-rangtong-pdf","title":"Shentong and Rangtong (PDF)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShentong and Rangtong (PDF)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mahayana path of Buddhism requires the development of vast loving-kindness and compassion. The foundation for developing impartial compassion is based on understanding the emptiness of self and the emptiness of phenomena. In this book Thrangu Rinpoche begins with a lucid description of the four major schools of Buddhism and their tenants. Each school had its own view of reality and Rinpoche describes the similarities and differences of these views. The Middle-way path had two different understanding of phenomena when they came Tibet:.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst we must understand the word “emptiness” (Skt. \u003ci\u003eshunyata\u003c\/i\u003e) which has a special meaning in Buddhism. We naturally say our cup is “empty” we mean there is no tea in it. But when we say a tree is “empty” we mean that this thing is made up thousands of different parts (cells, branches, leaves, etc. and none of these are the actual tree. Rather the tree is “empty” because our mind this huge configuration and mentally “sees” and “believes” it is a tree. 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They encourage us by showing the conditions which they began with, how they were able to practice and obstacles they encountered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 31.5pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt 427.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eDuring Marpa's training he transformed his defects, such as his short temper and arrogance, into good qualities such as courage and compassion that could benefit others. By this process, the qualities expanded so that by the end they actually became his experience and realization of completeness; he become a siddha (an enlightened being).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 31.5pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt 427.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eMarpa was a businessman with a family of nine children. His example and teachings remain alive today in the unbroken lineage of the Kagyu lineage, of which Thrangu Rinpoche is a recognized master. He has realized these teachings directly so that when he teaches about Marpa he conveys not only the words but also their meaning. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 31.5pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt 427.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAmazon gives Biography of Marpa 5.0 out of 5.0 stars based on 4 customer reviews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323332685960,"sku":null,"price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/TRB195COVERBIOGOFMARPAcopy.jpg?v=1752446191"},{"product_id":"three-vehicles-of-buddhist-practice-pdf","title":"Three Vehicles of Buddhist Practice (PDF)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree Vehicles of Buddhist Practice (PDF)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe first path or vehicle, the Shravaka or Foundation Path practitioner begins with the Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path. Thrangu Rinpoche present the Five Paths and discusses the meditation at this level including why understanding selflessness is important and how this relates happiness in our life and to reincarnation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second major vehicle is the Mahayana in which Thrangu Rinpoche discusses the bodhisattva ideal and the four immeasurable. Then he discusses the concept of emptiness of self and emptiness of phenomena and how this affects our practice. To understand this we need to understand the interdependence of phenomena. Finally, the Mahayana vehicle only makes sense if we understand relative and ultimate truth, the mind's luminous clarity, and buddha nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe third vehicle of the Vajrayana is the most difficult to understand and Rinpoche gives an excellent explanation of how this vehicle is based mainly on understanding the mind and developing techniques to look directly into it. 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But if they don't match their meditation with compassion, unselfish behavior and engaging in virtuous actions, their meditation will never go well. To encourage his students to engage in these positive behaviors he has recommended that they study the Bodhisattva Path.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eRinpoche has published a translation Shantideva's The Bodhisattva's Wav of Life with an extensive commentary which details how we can actually develop these important day-to-day behaviors. The Bodhisattva's Way of Life, which covers compassion, bodhichitta, and each of the six paramitas is very long and detailed. So some of his students asked him if there was something a little shorter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIn this book the great practitioner, Tokme Zangpo condensed these teachings on the Bodhisattva's Way into 37 profound verses. Each verse is short and many monks have memorized these verses to remind them when they have strayed from the path of compassion and bodhichitta. 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