Library of Wisdom and Compassion

Teachings on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s commentary on the stages of the path for a Western audience.

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

A framework for the modern reader starting with the universal human wish for happiness and the nature of the mind.

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Volume 2 The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Teachings on the four seals, reliable cognition, relating to a spiritual mentor, dying and rebirth, and karma.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Teachings on duhkha, the determination to be free of samsara, and the mind as the basis for samsara and nirvana.

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Volume 4 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps

Teachings on refuge in the Three Jewels and the Three Higher Trainings.

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Volume 5 In Praise of Great Compassion

How to cultivate great compassion and bodhicitta.

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Volume 6 Courageous Compassion

Exploring bodhisattvas’ activities across multiple Buddhist traditions.

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Volume 7 Searching for the Self

Teachings on emptiness, the Middle Way view, and the higher training in wisdom from the perspective of the Pali tradi...

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Volume 8 Realizing the Profound View

The analysis and meditations necessary to realize the ultimate nature of reality.

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Approaching the Buddhist Path

Volume 1 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion introduces material that sets the context for Buddhist practice: the universal human wish for happiness and the dynamic nature of the mind.

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The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

Volume 2 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion describes the bedrock of Buddhist practice — essential topics that help us to stay focused on what is essential as we establish a flourishing Dharma practice.

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Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Volume 3 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion addresses the unsatisfactory nature of samsara, what it means to renounce our present predicament, and how the mind is the basis for both the problems of samsara and the peace of nirvana.

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Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps

Volume 4 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion delves into the core of Buddhist practice: the Three Jewels and the three higher trainings of ethical conduct, concentration and wisdom.

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In Praise of Great Compassion

Volume 5 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion takes us beyond our present situation and guides us toward opening our hearts and generating the intention to make our lives meaningful by benefiting others.

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Courageous Compassion

The 6th book in the multi-volume collection and the 2nd devoted to compassion. Courageous Compassion shows us how to embody compassion and wisdom in our daily lives.

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Searching for the Self

Volume 7 of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion explores emptiness and leads us to delve deeply into the topic of the ultimate nature of reality, presenting it from a variety of approaches.

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Realizing the Profound View

This 8th volume in The Library of Wisdom and Compassion series, the second of three focusing on emptiness, presents the analysis and meditations necessary to realize the ultimate nature of reality.

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Appearing and Empty

In this third and final volume on emptiness, the authors impart the Prasangika view of the ultimate nature of reality – selflessness of both persons and phenomena – and provide the means to eliminate our own and others’ duhkha.

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Vajrayana and the Culmination of the Path

The final volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron takes us to the uncommon practices and realizations of Vajrayana leading to the full awakening of a buddha.