The Library of Wisdom and Compassion
A comprehensive guide for learning about Buddhism or refreshing your understanding of foundational teachings. Through this multi-volume book series and in-depth video teachings, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron share the Buddha’s teachings that they themselves practice. A definitive course on the complete path to full awakening.
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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.
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Venerable Chodron summarizes the first nine volumes in this interview with LA Yoga: His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama of Tibet and Venerable Thubten Chodron; Two Truths
A student expresses her appreciation: I want to express my deep heartfelt gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Thubten Chodron and all the Sravasti Abbey Monastics who have supported her to produce this amazing series of books. I have always wanted to delve deeply into many Buddhist subjects but simply found a lot of the traditional buddhist books very difficult to read or comprehend. Thanks to the “Library of Wisdom and Compassion,” it has provided an important bridge so that I can begin to understand these subjects better and then use it as a stepping stone to access more traditional texts and books. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
~ Demi Kehoe, Brisbane, Australia
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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