Tibetan Quadrisyllabics, Phrases and Idioms is a compilation of Tibet's rich repository of idioms and phrases. These are the important elements of the Tibetan language which creates its life, beauty and melody. This book aims to bridge the gap between the literary and colloquial world. Its creation acts as an aid to the world of Classical and Modern Tibetan language.
Tsepak's Rigzin's Festivals is an invaluable work that captures the true essence of Tibetan festive traditions. Festivals such as Losar The Tibetan New Year, sMon Lam-The Great Prayer Festival, Saga Dawa, Buddha's Descent from Tushita, and the Dalai Lama's Birthday are each colourfully described with their own special charm. Tibet's rich and diverse festivals are explores, both in its historical and Buddhist context. Festivals of Tibet offers to the reader a ...
The Jewel Ladder is a short and comprehensive Nyingma Lamrim for beginners by Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorjee (1643-1714), commonly known as Terdak Lingpa, oneo f the foremost early master-scholars of Tibet, who was both a teacher and disciple of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama. The text introduces us to the preliminaries of the Buddhist practice required for higher spiritual development such as the four basic ways of concentrating one’s mind on the Dharma and the ...
Part One Opening the Mind, consists of a concise survey of Buddhist teaching. Beginning with advice about the importance of religious practice, the work goes on to explain the presentation of the two levels of truth, how to advance upon the paths of Hinayana and Mahayana by practicing the three trainings of ethics meditative stabilization and wisdom as well as describing the result of such practice-Buddhahood. Part two Generating a Good Heart, is as translation ...
This is the first such dictionary in English and is based on the "The Great Volume of Precise Understanding"(Mahavyutpatti)-the first Sanskrit dictionary commissioned by King Tri Ralpachen in the 9th century, supplemented from the works of various Tibetan lamas.