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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Book cover of Approaching the Buddhist Path

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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Book cover of The Foundation of Buddhist Practice

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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Book cover of Samsara Nirvana and Buddha Nature

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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Equality of samsara and nirvana

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Dormant and manifest consciousnesses

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Unborn clear light mind

Comparing how the primordially pure mind is understood in the New Translation School (clear light…

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Primordially pure awareness

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Rigpa

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Afflictions and the nature of the mind

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Excellent qualities can be enhanced

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