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Andy Karr

A clear, in-depth exploration of traditional Buddhist philosophy that unpacks difficult concepts through guided exercises that encourage experiential understandingThis book is for intermediate and advanced Buddhist practitioners who wish to deepen their understanding by joining practice with study of traditional ideas. It introduces the reader to contemplations that investigate a series of views of reality as they evolved in the Buddhist tradition. These views are ...

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Andy Karr

Into the Mirror examines the materialism of the modern world through the profound teachings of Mahayana Buddhism and offers an accessible and powerful method for investigating the way our minds construct our worlds.Into the Mirror combines contemporary Western inquiries into the nature of consciousness, with classical Buddhist investigations into the nature of mind, to offer deep insights into the nature of reality. Andy Karr invites the reader to...

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Shayne K. Keen, Glynn Owen Barrass, Simon Bleaken, Tony Bradbury, Michael Alan Carlyle, Scott J. Couturier, Dean M. Drinkel, John Paul Fitch, Frank Floyd, Dale W. Glaser, Jill Hand, James Harris, Andy Joynes, Chris J. Karr, Roger Keel, Charlotte Munro, Duane Pesice, Christopher Ropes, A.P. Sessler, Robert J. Sodaro, Jay Sturner, R. Scott Uhls, Sarah Walker, Can Wiggins, J. Edward Zuleger

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Weird Fiction Quarterly

The first in a series of exciting new flash weird fiction. This issue features both new and established authors, all writing short tales of weirdness for your pleasure! In this issue, we turn our attention to Winter and all things that go with it. Expect stories that feature ice, snow, cold and maybe even a certain jolly chap.

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Sarah Walker, Andy Joynes, Can Wiggins, Chris J. Karr, Dale W. Glaser, Dean M. Drinkel, Duane Pesice, Erica Ruppert, Frank Floyd, Glynn Owen Barrass, J. Edward Zuleger, Jay Sturner, Jill Hand, John Paul Fitch, Michael Alan Carlyle, Rhys Hughes, Robert J. Sodaro, Roger Keel, Scott J. Couturier, Shayne K. Keen, Simon Bleaken, Steve Stred, Tony Bradbury

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Weird Fiction Quarterly

The second in a series of exciting new flash weird fiction. This issue features both new and established authors, all writing short tales of weirdness for your pleasure! In this issue, we turn our attention to Spring and all things that go with it. A season of growth and re-birth, but for who or what, well, you'll have to read on to see!

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Scott J. Couturier, Chelsea Arrington, Hayley Arrington, Erin Banks, David Barker, Glynn Owen Barrass, James Bennett, Simon Bleaken, Jennifer Caress, John M. F. Colton, Melanie Crew, Denise Dumars, M Ennenbach, John Paul Fitch, Frank Floyd, Emily Loretta Flummox, Dale W. Glaser, Maxwell I. Gold, John Linwood Grant, Jill Hand, John H. Howard, Rhys Hughes, Robert Jeschonek, Andy Joynes, Chris J. Karr, Roger Keel, Shayne K. Keen, Mark McLaughlin, Mark Miller, Nora B. Peevy, Duane Pesice, Erica Ruppert, Jayaprakash Satyamurthy, Sumiko Saulson, Polly Schattel, Robert J. Sodaro, Jay Sturner, Lamont A. Turner, Sarah Walker, Can Wiggins, J. Edward Zuleger

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Weird Fiction Quarterly

Weird Fiction Quarterly continues the tradition of bringing you the finest in 500 word flash-fiction! (We dare you to find better!)In this, our fifth anthology, we bring you 41 wintry tales of weird wonder guaranteed to make you want to pull up a chair before a warm fire and wrap yourself in blanket and cat, because these stories are cold and will chill you to the bone. You won’t have time to do that, though.This is, after all, Weird Fiction Quarterly.You can never ...

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Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang

The definitive companion guide to Patrul Rinpoche’s Words of My Perfect Teacher, the classic text on Tibetan Buddhist practices and teachingsThis guide provides readers with essential background information for studying and practicing with Patrul Rinpoche's *Words of My Perfect Teacher—*the text that has, for more than a century, served as the reliable sourcebook to the spiritual practices common to all the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. By offering ch...

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Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

An enlightening, accessible, and highly entertaining guide to the guru-disciple relationship, the heart of Tibetan BuddhismThe humility and compassionate activity of the Dalai Lama is something many people can connect with, but how can one understand the stories about some other Buddhist teachers’ unorthodox behavior? The centrality of and reliance on a guru is one of most misunderstood elements of Tibetan Buddhism—and one that is most often veiled in mystery. Beca...

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Helen Tworkov, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Advice and encouragement from a leading spiritual teacher and popular author on how to approach the foundational practices of Tibetan BuddhismFor anyone interested in Buddhist practice and philosophy, Turning Confusion into Clarity gives detailed instruction and friendly, inspiring advice for those eager to embark on the Tibetan Buddhist path. By offering guidance on how to approach the process and instruction on specific meditation and contemplation techn...

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Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

From the author of What Makes You Not a Buddhist comes a fresh look at the foundations of Tibetan Buddhist practice, with practical advice and guidance for the modern practitionerDo you practice meditation because you want to feel good? Or to help you relax and be “happy”? Then frankly, according to Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, you are far better off having a full-body massage than trying to practice the Dharma.Genuine spiritual practice, not least t...

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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Quintessential Dzogchen elucidates how our confusion can dawn aswisdom. Arranged for the simple meditator, these pithy instructionsstrike the heart of the Buddha’s teachings by explaining how to bothacknowledge and train in your own enlightened essence.Quintessential Dzogchen is an invaluable handbook replete with sourcematerials for those who seek further guidance. In forty-two writings bysome of the greatest masters, both past and present, as wel...

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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

The collection of teachings presented in As It Is, Volume II, is selected fromtalks given by the Tibetan meditation master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche between1994 and 1995. The emphasis in Volume I was on the development stagepractice; Volume II focuses primarily on the completion stage.Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was someone with extraordinary experience andrealization, a fact known throughout the world. It is evident to everyonethat he was unlike anyone else...

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Jamgon Mipham

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Padmakara Translation Group

The commentary translated in these pages is unusual and rare. But if the commentary is a rarity, its subject matter—the seven-line invocation of Padmasambhava—is one of the best-known prayers in the Tibetan Buddhist world.The overall significance of the Seven-Line Prayer is perhaps best appreciated in relation to a practice called guru-yoga, or "union with the nature of the guru." The purpose of guru-yoga is to purify and deepen the student's relationship with his or her teacher. I...