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Reading list

Guest read Dharma books on the Chenrezig Hall deck.

Buddhism and psychology

Aronson, Harvey B. Buddhist Practice on Western Ground: Reconciling Eastern Ideals and Western Psychology. Boston: Shambhala, 2004. Print.

Kolts, Russell L., and Thubten Chodron. Living with an Open Heart: Cultivating Compassion in Everyday Life. London: Robinson Publishing, 2013. Print.

Moacanin, Radmila. The Essence of Jung’s Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism: Western and Eastern Paths to the Heart. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003. Print.

Buddhism and science

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality. New York: Morgan Road, 2005. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and Zajonc, Arthur. The New Physics and Cosmology Dialogues with the Dalai Lama. New York: Oxford UP, 2004. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Herbert Benson, Robert Thurman and Howard Gardner. MindScience: An East-West Dialogue. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1999. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Zara Houshmand, Robert B. Livingston, B. Alan. Wallace, Patricia Smith. Churchland, and Thubten Jinpa. Consciousness at the Crossroads: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Brainscience and Buddhism. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1999. Print.

Hayward, Jeremy W. Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind. Boston, Mass.: Shambhala Publications, 2001. Print.

Goleman, Daniel. Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them?: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. New York: Bantam, 2003. Print.

Ricard, Matthieu, and Xuan Thuan. Trinh. The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet. New York: Crown, 2001. Print.

Varela, Francisco J. Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying: An Exploration of Consciousness with the Dalai Lama; Foreword by H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama; Narrated and Edited by Francisco J. Varela; with Contributions by Jerome Engel, Jr. … [et Al.] ; Translations by B.Alan Wallace and Thupten Jinpa . Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1997. Print.

Wallace, B. Alan. Buddhism & Science: Breaking New Ground. New York: Columbia UP, 2003. Print.

Wallace, B. Alan. Choosing Reality: A Buddhist View of Physics and the Mind. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2003. Print.

Buddhism and women

Allione, Tsultrim. Women of Wisdom. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2000. Print.

Arai, Paula Kane Robinson. Zen Nuns: Living Treasures of Japanese Buddhism. Cambridge, MA: Harvard U, 1993. Print.

Bartholomeusz, Tessa J. Women under the Bō Tree: Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka. New York: Cambridge UP, 1994. Print.

Batchelor, Martine, and Gill Halls. Walking on Lotus Flowers: Buddhist Women Living, Loving and Meditating. London: Thorsons, 1996. Print.

Batchelor, Martine. Women on the Buddhist Path. London: Thorsons, 2002. Print.

Chodron, Thubten. Spiritual Sisters. Singapore: Dana Promotion Pte. Ltd., 1998. Print.

Chodron, Thubten. Ed. and Sylvia Boorstein. Blossoms of the Dharma: Living as a Buddhist Nun. Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic, 1999. Print.

Davids, Caroline A. F. Rhys. Psalms of the Early Buddhists. AMEN CORNER, E.C.: Pub. for the Pali Text Society by H. Frowde, OXFORD UP WAREHOUSE., 1909. Print.

Dresser, Marianne. Buddhist Women on the Edge: Contemporary Perspectives from the Western Frontier. Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic, 1996. Print.

Falk, Nancy Auer. “The Case of the Vanishing Nuns: The Fruits of Ambivalence in Ancient Indian Buddhism.” Unspoken Worlds: Women’s Religious Lives in Non-western Cultures. Ed. Nancy Auer Falk and Rita M. Gross. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1980. Print.

Findly, Ellison Banks. Ed. Women’s Buddhism, Buddhism’s Women: Tradition, Revision, Renewal. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2000. Print.

Giac, Thich Man, M.A. (1988). “Establishment of the Bhiksuni Order in Vietnam.” Dharma Voice, Quarterly Bulletin of the College of Buddhist Studies, (3), 20-22. Print.

Gross, Rita M. Buddhism after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism. Albany: State U of New York, 1993. Print.

Haas, Michaela. Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2013. Print.

Havnevik, Hanna. Tibetan Buddhist Nuns: History, Cultural Norms, and Social Reality. Oslo: Norwegian UP:, 1989. Print.

Horner, I. B. Women under Primitive Buddhism: Laywomen and Almswomen. Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass Publications, 1930. Print.

Ignacio Cabezon, Jose. Ed. Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender. Albany, NY: State U of New York, 1992. Print.

Khema, Ayya. I Give You My Life: The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist Nun. Boston: Shambhala, 1998. Print.

Klein, Anne C. Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self. Boston: Beacon, 1995. Print.

Li, Jung. Biographies of Buddhist Nuns: Pao-chang’s Pi-chiu-ni-chuan. Osaka: Tohokai, 1981. Print.

Mackenzie, Vicki. Cave in the Snow: Tenzin Palmo’s Quest for Enlightenment. New York: Bloomsbury Pub., 1998. Print.

Murcott, Susan. The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentaries on the Therigatha. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax, 1991. Print.

Norman, K. R. The Elders’ Verses II: Therīgāthā. London: Published for the Pali Text Society by Luzac, 1971. Print.

Paul, Diana Y., and Frances Wilson. Women in Buddhism: Images of the Feminine in Mahāyāna Tradition. Revised/Expanded ed. Berkeley: U of California, 1985. Print.

Piyadassi, Thera. The Virgin’s Eye: Women in Buddhist Literature. Samadhi Buddhist Society, 1980. Print.

Tsai, Kathryn Ann. Lives of the Nuns: Biographies of Chinese Buddhist Nuns from the Fourth to Sixth Centuries: A Translation of the Biqiuni Zhuan. Honolulu: U of Hawaii, 1994. Print.

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe. Buddhist Women across Cultures Realizations. Albany: State U of New York, 1999. Print.

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe. Ed. Buddhism through American Women’s Eyes. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1995. Print.

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe. Ed. Innovative Buddhist Women: Swimming against the Stream. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2000. Print.

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe. Ed. Sakyadhītā, Daughters of the Buddha. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1988. Print.

Willis, Janice Dean. Feminine Ground: Essays on Women and Tibet. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1989. Print.

Women and Buddhism: A Special Issue of Spring Wind Buddhist Cultural Forum. Vol. 6. Toronto, Ont.: Zen Lotus Society, 1986. 1-3. Print.

Buddhism and women: Web resources

The Committee for Bhiksuni Ordination in the Tibetan Tradition. Web. 5 Feb. 2015.

Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women. Web. 23 Aug. 2014.

Classical texts—sutras, treatises, and their commentaries

Sutras

Bodhi. The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya. Translated from the Pāli by Bhikkhu Bodhi. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2000. Print.

Bodhi, and Ñanamoli. The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya. Translated from the Pãli. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2005. Print.

Bodhi, Nyanaponika, and Bodhi. The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete Translation of the Anguttara Nikaya (Teachings of the Buddha). Somerville, MA: Wisdom, 2012. Print.

Carter, John Ross, and Mahinda Palihawadana. The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha. (Oxford World’s Classics). New York: Oxford UP, 2008. Print.

Cleary, Thomas. The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avantamsaka Sutra. Boulder: Shambala, 1987. Print.

Conze, Edward. Buddhist Texts: Through the Ages. Translated from Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Japanese, and Apabhramsa. Edited by Edward Conze in Collaboration with I.B. Horner, D. Snellgrove A. Waley. New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Print.

Conze, Edward. The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom: With the Divisions of the Abhisamayālaṅkāra. Berkeley: U of California, 1975. Print.

Lopez, Donald S. Buddhist Scriptures. London: Penguin, 2004. Print.

Walshe, Maurice O’Connell. The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995. Print.

Sutras: Web resources

84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha. Web. 6 Aug. 2022. Translations of sutras and other texts from the Tibetan canon.

The Buddhist Digital Archives. Web. 6 Aug. 2022.

Sutta Central. Web. 6 Aug. 2022. Early Buddhist texts, translations, parallels.

Tipitaka: The Pali Canon. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.

Treatises by Indian masters and commentaries on them

By Maitreya

Asaṅga, Maitreyanātha, Shenpen Chokyi Nangwa and Mipham Gyatso. Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sūtras: Maitreya’s Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham. Boston, MA: Snow Lion Publications., 2014. Print.

D’Amato, Mario, Maitreyanātha, and Vasubandhu. Maitreya’s Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes (Madhyāntavibhāga): Along with Vasubandhu’s Commentary (Madhyāntavibhāga-bhāṣya): A Study and Annotated Translation. New York: American Institute of Buddhist Studies, 2012. Print.

Maitreya, Arya, Jamgon Kongtrul, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, and Rosemarie Fuchs. Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2000. Print.

Maitreya, Jim Scott, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, and Mipham Gyatso. Maitreya’s Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2004. Print.

By Nāgārjuna

Brunnhölzl, Karl, and Rangjung Dorje. In Praise of Dharmadhātu: Nāgārjuna and the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2007. Print.

Komito, David Ross. Nagarjuna’s Seventy Stanzas: A Buddhist Psychology of Emptiness. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1987. Print.

Nāgārjuna, Vaśitva, and Dharmamitra. Nāgārjuna’s Guide to the Bodhisattva Path: Ārya Nāgārjuna’s Treatise on the Provisions for Enlightenment (Bodhisaṃbhāra Śāstra): With a Selective Abridgement of Bhikshu Vaśitva’s Early Indian Bodhisaṃbhāra Śāstra Commentary. Seattle, WA: Kalavinka, 2009. Print.

Nāgārjuna, Kumārajīva, and Dharmamitra. Nāgārjuna on the Six Perfections: An Ārya Bodhisattva Explains the Heart of the Bodhisattva Path: Exegesis on the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra Chapters 17-30. Seattle, WA: Kalavinka, 2009. Print.

Nāgārjuna, and Jay L. Garfield. The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way Nāgārjuna’s Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. New York: Oxford UP, 1995. Print.

Nāgārjuna. The Precious Garland: An Epistle to a King. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1997. Print.

Nāgārjuna, and Joseph Loizzo. Nāgārjuna’s Reason Sixty with Candrakirti’s Commentary. New York (N. Y.): Columbia UP, 2007. Print.

Yeshe Dorje, Longchen, and Nāgārjuna. Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend: With Commentary by Kangyur Rinpoche. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2005. Print.

By other masters

Buddhaghosa, and Ñāṇamoli. The Path of Purification: Visuddhimagga. Berkeley, CA: Shambhala Publications, 1976. Print.

Candrakīrti, and Mipham Gyatso. Introduction to the Middle Way: Chandrakirti’s Madhyamakavatara. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 2005. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Geshe Lobsang Jordhen, Losang Choephel Ganchenpa, and Jeremy Russell. Stages of Meditation: Commentary. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2001. Print.

(Kamalashila’s Middle Stages of Meditation/Bhavanakrama)

Jackson, Roger R., and Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen. Is Enlightenment Possible?: Dharmakīrti and RGyal Tshab Rje on Knowledge, Rebirth, No-self and Liberation. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1993. Print.

(Dharmakirti’s Compendium of Valid Cognition/Pramanavartikakarika)

Engle, Artemus B., Vasubandhu, and Sthiramati. The Inner Science of Buddhist Practice: Vasubandhu’s Summary of the Five Heaps with Commentary by Sthiramati. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2009. Print.

Vasubandhu, Vaṅchuga Dorje. Negī, Thrangu, and David Karma. Choephel. Jewels from the Treasury: Vasubandhu’s “Verses on the Treasury of Abhidharma” and Its Commentary “Youthful Play, an Explanation of the Treasury of Abhidharma” by the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje. Woodstock, NY: KTD Publications, 2012. Print.

Blumenthal, James. The Ornament of the Middle Way: A Study of the Madhyamaka Thought of Śāntarakṣita: Including Translations of Śāntarakṣita’s Madhyamakālamkāra (The Ornament of the Middle Way) and Gyel-tsab’s DbU Ma Rgyan Gyi Brjed Byang (Remembering “The Ornament of the Middle Way”). Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2004. Print.

Shantideva, B. Alan Wallace, and Vesna A. Wallace. A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life: Bodhicaryāvatāra. Ithaca, N.Y., USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1997. Print.

Shantideva, Paul Williams, Kate Crosby, and Andrew Skilton. The Bodhicaryāvatāra (Oxford World’s Classics). Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996. Print.

Death and dying

Blackman, Sushila. Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die: Death Stories of Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, and Zen Masters. Boston: Shambhala, 2005. Print.

Byock, Ira. The Four Things That Matter Most: A Book about Living. New York: Free, 2004. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins. Mind of Clear Light: Advice on Living Well and Dying Consciously. New York: Atria, 2004. Print.

Longaker, Christine. Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying. Jackson, TN: Main Street, 1998. Print.

Nairn, Rob. Living, Dreaming, Dying: Practical Wisdom from the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Boston: Shambhala:,2004. Print.

Ponlop, Dzogchen. Mind beyond Death. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2007. Print.

Rimpoche Nawang, Gehlek. Good Life, Good Death: Tibetan Wisdom on Reincarnation. New York: Riverhead, 2001. Print.

General Dharma

Aryashura, Ashvaghosha, and Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey. Fifty Stanzas on the Spiritual Teacher (Gurupanchashika). Revised/Expanded ed. Dharamsala, H.P.: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1992. Print.

Beresford, Brian C. The Confession of Downfalls: The Confession Sūtra. New Delhi: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1993. Print.

Berzin, Alexander. Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2000. Print.

Carter, John Ross, and Mahinda Palihawadana. The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha. (Oxford World’s Classics). New York: Oxford UP, 2008. Print.

Chang, Garma C.C. The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa. Boulder: Shambhala:, 1977. Print.

Chodron, Pema. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult times. Boston: Shambhala:, 1997. Print.

Chodron, Thubten. Buddhism for Beginners. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2001. Print.

Chodron, Thubten. Open Heart, Clear Mind. Ithaca, N.Y., USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1990. Print.

Chodron, Thubten. Pearl of Wisdom: Buddhist Prayers and Practices. Revised/Expanded ed. Newport, WA: Sravasti Abbey, 1991. Print.

Chodron, Thubten. Pearl of Wisdom Book 2: Buddhist Prayers and Practices. 2nd ed. Newport WA: Sravasti Abbey, 1988. Print.

Conze, Edward. The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom: With the Divisions of the Abhisamayālaṅkāra. Berkeley: U of California, 1975. Print.

Dreyfus, Georges B. J. The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan Buddhist Monk. Berkeley: U of California, 2003. Print.

Epstein, Mark. Going to Pieces without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness. New York: Broadway, 1998. Print.

Gaffney, Patrick. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. San Francisco, Calif.: Harper San Francisco, 1992. Print.

Gethin, Rupert. The Foundations of Buddhism. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Ethics for the New Millennium. New York: Riverhead, 1999. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Four Essential Buddhist Commentaries. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1982. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Kindness, Clarity, and Insight. Ithaca, N.Y., USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1984. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Stages of Meditation: Commentary. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2001. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living. N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1998. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. cite>The Opening of the Wisdom-Eye: And the History of the Advancement of Buddhadharma in Tibet. Quest, 1966. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Transcendent Wisdom, Revised Edition. Lanham: Snow Lion Publications, 2009. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Alexander Berzin. The Gelug/Kagyü Tradition of Mahamudra. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1997. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Howard C. Cutler. The Art of Happiness at Work. New York: Riverhead, 2003. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins. The Buddhism of Tibet. Revised/Expanded ed. N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1971. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins. The Dalai Lama at Harvard: Lectures on the Buddhist Path to Peace. Ithaca, N.Y., USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1988. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins. The Four Noble Truths. Thorsons, 2013. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins, and Richard Gere. The Meaning of Life. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2005. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Śāntideva. For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva. Boston: Shambhala, 2009. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Thubten Chodron. Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2014. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Thubten Jinpa. Practicing Wisdom: The Perfection of Shantideva’s Bodhisattva Way. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2004. Print.

Halls, Gill. The World of the Dalai Lama: An inside Look at His Life, His People, and His Vision. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical House – Quest, 1998. Print.

Hanh, Thich Nhat. For a Future to Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Wonderful Precepts. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax, 1993. Print.

Hanh, Thich Nhat. Old Path, White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax, 1991. Print.

He-ru-ka, Tsangnyon, and Lobsang Phuntshok Lhalungpa. The Life of Milarepa. New York: Dutton, 1977. Print.

Khyentse, Jamyang. What Makes You Not a Buddhist. Boston: Shambhala, 2007. Print.

Lamrimpa, Gen. Realizing Emptiness: Madhyamaka Insight Meditation. Revised/Expanded ed. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion, 2002. Print.

Lamrimpa, Gen, Ellen Posman, and B. Alan Wallace. How to Realize Emptiness. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2010. Print.

Landaw, Jonathan, and Andy Weber. Images of Enlightenment: Tibetan Art in Practice. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1993. Print.

Lekden, Kensur, and Jeffrey Hopkins. Meditations of a Tibetan Tantric Abbot: The Main Practices of Mahayana Buddhist Path. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2001. Print.

Mackenzie, Vicki. Reborn in the West: The Reincarnation Masters. New York: Marlowe, 1996. Print.

McDonald, Kathleen, and Robina Courtin. How to Meditate: A Practical Guide. Boston, MA: Wisdom Pub., 1984. Print

Mingyur, Yongey, Eric Swanson, and Daniel Goleman. The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness. New York: Harmony, 2007. Print.

Mullin, Glenn H. Gems of Wisdom from the Seventh Dalai Lama. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1999. Print.

Nyanaponika, Bodhi, and Hellmuth Hecker. Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1997. Print.

Palmo, Tenzin. Reflections on a Mountain Lake: Teachings on Practical Buddhism. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2002. Print.

Powers, John. Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. Ithaca, NY, USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1995. Print.

Prebish, Charles S., and Martin Baumann. Westward Dharma: Buddhism beyond Asia. Berkeley: U of California, 2002. Print.

Rabten, Geshe. The Life of a Tibetan Monk: Autobiography of a Tibetan Meditation Master. Revised/Expanded ed. Le Mont-Pelerin: Edition Rabten, 2000. Print.

Rabten, Geshe, and Brian Grabia. Treasury of Dharma. Switzerland: Editions Rabten Choeling, 1987. Print.

Rabten, Geshe, Stephen Batchelor, and Ruedi Hofstetter. The Mind and Its Functions. Switzerland: Editions Rabten Choeling, 1992. Print.

Rinchen, Geshe Sonam, and Ruth Sonam. The Bodhisattva Vow. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2000. Print.

Rinchen, Geshe Sonam, and Ruth Sonam. The Six Perfections. Lanham: Snow Lion Publications, 1998. Print.

Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima, and David R. Shlim. Medicine & Compassion a Tibetan Lama’s Guidance for Caregivers. Boston, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, 2006. Print.

Shantideva, B. Alan Wallace, and Vesna A. Wallace. A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life: Bodhicaryāvatāra. Ithaca, N.Y., USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1997. Print.

Shantideva, Paul Williams, Kate Crosby, and Andrew Skilton. The Bodhicaryāvatāra (Oxford World’s Classics). Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996. Print.

Stewart, Jampa Mackenzie. The Life of Gampopa: The Incomparable Dharma Lord of Tibet. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1995. Print.

Tegchok, Jampa, Thubten Chodron, and Gyalse Thogme. Transforming Adversity into Joy and Courage: An Explanation of The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2005. Print.

Tsering, Tashi, and Gordon McDougall. The Awakening Mind: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 4. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008. Print.

Tsering, Tashi, and Gordon McDougall. The Four Noble Truths: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 1. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008. Print.

Thurman, Robert A. F. Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness. New York: Riverhead, 1998. Print.

Thurman, Robert A. F. The Life and Teachings of Tsongkhapa. Revised/Expanded ed. Dharamsala, H.P.: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 2006. Print.

Rinpoche, Lama Zopa, and Lillian Too. Ultimate Healing: The Power of Compassion. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001. Print.

Wallace, B. Alan. Minding Closely: The Four Applications of Mindfulness. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2011. Print.

Wallace, B. Alan, and Zara Houshmand. Boundless Heart: The Four Immeasurables. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion, 1999. Print.

Yeshe, Lama. Wisdom Energy: Basic Buddhist Teachings. Revised/Expanded ed. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2000. Print.

General Dharma: Web resources

Berzin, Alexander. Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives. Web.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Featured Webcasts. H.H. The Dalai Lama. Web. 6 Aug. 2022.

Lamrim

Chodron, Bhikshuni Thubten. Guided Meditations on the Lamrim: The Gradual Path to Enlightenment. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2001. Print.

Chodron, Thubten. Taming the Mind. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2004. Print.

Chogye Trichen Rinpoche. Parting from the Four Attachments: Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen’s Song of Experience on Mind Training and the View. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2003. Print.

Dargye, Geshe Ngawang and Berzin, Alexander. An Anthology of Well-Spoken Advice on the Graded Path of the Mind. Dharamsala, India, H.P.: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1982. Print.

Gampopa and Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche. The Jewel Ornament of Liberation: The Wish-fulfilling Gem of the Noble Teachings. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1998. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. The Path to Enlightenment. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1995. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Guy Newland. From Here to Enlightenment: An Introduction to Tsong-kha-pa’s Classic Text the Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. Boston: Snow Lion, 2012. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins. Becoming Enlightened. New York: Atria, 2009. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins. How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life. Snow Lion Publications, 2002. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and Thupten Jinpa. Path to Bliss: A Practical Guide to Stages of Meditation. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1991. Print.

Khandro Rinpoche. This Precious Life: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on the Path to Enlightenment / Khandro Rinpoche. Boston: Shambhala, 2003. Print.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche. A Daily Meditation Practice: How to Meditate on the Graded Path to Enlightenment. Boston: Wisdom Pub., 1997. Print.

Pabongka Rinpoche, Khri-Byan Blo-Bzan-Ye-Ses-Bstan-Dzin-Rgya- Mtsho, Sera Mey Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, and Artemus B. Engle. Liberation in Our Hands: A Series of Oral Discourses, Part 1: The Preliminaries. Howell, N.J.: Mahayana Sutra and Tantra, 1999. Print.

Pabongka Rinpoche, Jampa Tenzin Trinley, Yongzin Trijang Rinpoche Losang Yeshe Trinley Gyatso, Sera Mey Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, and Artemus B. Engle. Liberation in Our Hands: Part Two: The Fundamentals. Howell, N.J.: Mahayana Sutra and Tantra, 1994. Print.

Pabongka Rinpoche. Liberation in Our Hands: A Series of Oral Discourses Part 3: The Ultimate Goals. Howell, N.J.: Mahayana Sutra and Tantra, 1990. Print.

Pabongka Rinpoche and Michael Richards. Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment. Pbk. ed. Boston, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, 1997. Print.

Patrul Rinpoche and The Padmakara Translation Group. The Words of My Perfect Teacher: A Complete Translation of a Classic Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. Snow Lion Publications. Print.

Rinchen, Geshe Sonam, Ruth Sonam, and Tsongkhapa Losang Drakpa. The Three Principal Aspects of the Path: An Oral Teaching. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1999. Print.

Sherburne, Richard. The Lamp For the Path, The Commentary and The 25 Key Texts. Wisdom Publications. Print.

Sopa, Geshe Lhundub, and David Patt. Steps on the Path to Enlightenment: A Commentary on Lamrim Chenmo. Volume 1, 2, 3. NY: Snow Lion Publications. Print

Tsong-Kha-Pa, Je, Joshua W. C. Cutler and Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment; The Lamrim Chenmo. Vol. 1, 2, 3. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2000. Print.

Yangsi Rinpoche. Practicing the Path: A Commentary on the Lamrim Chenmo. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003. Print.

Yeshe, Tsondu. Essence of Nectar. Paljor Publications, 1979. Print.

Lamrim: Video resources

Discovering Buddhism. Boxed set of 13, 30-minute videos. Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. Snow Lion Publications. DVD.

(The first 8 videos are available for viewing online on the FPMT website.)

Lamrim: Web resources

Berzin, Alexander. Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives. Web.

Language

Chonjore, Tsetan, and Andrea Abinanti. Colloquial Tibetan: A Textbook of the Lhasa Dialect. Dharamsala, India, India: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 2003. Print.

Magee, William A., Elizabeth Napper, and Jeffrey Hopkins. Fluent Tibetan: A Proficiency Oriented Learning System, Novice and Intermediate Levels. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1993. Print.

Preston, Craig. How to Read Classical Tibetan Vol. 1, A Summary of the General Path. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2003. Print.

Wilson, Joe. Translating Buddhism from Tibetan: An Introduction To The Tibetan Literary Language And The Translation Of Buddhist Texts From Tibetan. Ithaca, N.Y., USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1992. Print.

Philosophy

Blumenthal, James. The Ornament of the Middle Way: A Study of the Madhyamaka Thought of Śāntarakṣita: Including Translations of Śāntarakṣita’s Madhyamakālamkāra (The Ornament of the Middle Way) and Gyel-tsab’s DbU Ma Rgyan Gyi Brjed Byang (Remembering “The Ornament of the Middle Way”). Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2004. Print.

Buescher, John B. Echoes from an Empty Sky: The Origins of the Buddhist Doctrine of the Two Truths. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2005. Print.

Cozort, Daniel. Unique Tenets of the Middle Way Consequence School. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1998. Print.

Cozort, Daniel, and Craig Preston. Buddhist Philosophy: Losang Gönchok’s Short Commentary to Jamyang Shayba’s Root Text on Tenets. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2003. Print.

Dunne, John D. Foundations of Dharmakīrti’s Philosophy. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004. Print.

Fenner, Peter G. Reasoning into Reality: A System-cybernetics Model and Therapeutic Interpretation of Buddhist Middle Path Analysis. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995. Print.

Gyatso, Lobsang. The Harmony of Emptiness and Dependent-arising. New Delhi, India: Paljor Publications, 1992. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1994. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Transcendent Wisdom, Revised Edition. Lanham: Snow Lion Publications, 2009. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins. How to See Yourself as You Really Are. New York: Atria, 2006. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Thubten Jinpa. Practicing Wisdom: The Perfection of Shantideva’s Bodhisattva Way. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2004. Print.

Hopkins, Jeffery. Emptiness Yoga. S.l.: Snow Lion, 1987. Print.

Hopkins, Jeffrey. Maps of the Profound: Jam-yang-shay-ba’s Great Exposition of Buddhist and Non-Buddhist Views on the Nature of Reality. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2003. Print.

Hopkins, Jeffrey, and Elizabeth Napper. Meditation on Emptiness. London: Wisdom Publications, 1983. Print.

Hopkins, Jeffrey, and Tsong Khapa. Emptiness in the Mind-only School of Buddhism. Berkeley, Calif.: U of California, 1999. Print.

Huntington, C. W., and Geshe Namgyal Wangchen. The Emptiness of Emptiness an Introduction to Early Indian Mādhyamika. Honolulu: U of Hawaii, 1989. Print.

Jackson, Roger R., and Rgyal-tshab Dar-ma-rin-chen. Is Enlightenment Possible?: Dharmakīrti and RGyal Tshab Rje on Knowledge, Rebirth, No-self and Liberation. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1993. Print.

Karr, Andy. Contemplating Reality: A Practitioner’s Guide to the View in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Shambhala, 2007. Print.

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. The Uttaratantra: A Treatise on Buddha-essence: A Commentary on The Uttaratantra Shastra of Maitreya. Glastonbury, CT: Namo Buddha Publications & Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal, 2004. Print.

Klein, Anne C. Knowledge and Liberation: Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology in Support of Transformative Religious Experience. Ithaca, N.Y., USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1986.

Klein, Anne C. Knowing, Naming, and Negation: A Sourcebook on Tibetan Sautrāntika. Ithaca, N.Y., USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1991. Print.

Komito, David Ross. Nagarjuna’s Seventy Stanzas: A Buddhist Psychology of Emptiness. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1987. Print.

Lati Rinbochay and Elizabeth Napper. Mind in Tibetan Buddhism. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1986. Print.

Lodro, Geshe Gendun, and Jeffrey Hopkins. Walking through Walls: A Presentation of Tibetan Meditation. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1992. Print.

Lopez, Donald S. A Study of Svātantrika. Ithaca, N.Y., USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1987. Print.

Losang Drakpa, Tsongkhapa, Ngawang Samten, Jay L. Garfield, and Nāgārjuna. Ocean of Reasoning: A Great Commentary on Nāgārjuna’s Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. New York: Oxford UP, 2006. Print.

Maitreya, Arya, Jamgon Kongtrul, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, and Rosemarie Fuchs. Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2000. Print.

Maitreya, Jim Scott, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, and Mi-pham-rgya-mtsho. Maitreya’s Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2004. Print.

McClintock, Sara, and Georges B. J. Dreyfus. The Svatantrika-Prasangika Distinction: What Difference Does a Difference Make? Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003. Print.

Newland, Guy. Introduction to Emptiness: As Taught in Tsong-kha-pa’s Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2008. Print.

Newland, Guy. The Two Truths: In The Madhyamika Philosophy Of The Gelukba Order Of Tibetan Buddhism (Studies in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism). Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1992. Print.

Perdue, Daniel D. Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth in Tibetan Buddhism. Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.: Snow Lion, 1985. Print.

Perdue, Daniel. The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: An Asian Approach to Analytical Thinking Drawn from Indian and Tibetan Sources. Ithacya, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2014. Print.

Perdue, Daniel, and Phur-bu-lcog Byams-pa-rgya-mtsho. Debate in Tibetan Buddhism. Ithaca, NY, USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1992. Print.

Rinchen, Geshe Sonam, and Ruth Sonam Sonam. The Heart Sutra: An Oral Teaching. Boston, MA: Snow Lion Publications, 2003. Print.

Sonam, Geshe Rinchen. The Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas: Gyeltsap on Aryadeva’s Four Hundred. Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications, 1994. Print.

Tsondru, Mabja Jangchup, and Nāgārjuna. Ornament of Reason: The Great Commentary to Nagarjuna’s Root of the Middle Way. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2011. Print.

Sopa, Geshe Lhundup, Jeffrey Hopkins, Bstan-paʼi-ñi-ma, and Dkon-mchog ʼJigs-med-dbaṅ-po. Cutting through Appearances: The Practice and Theory of Tibetan Buddhism. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1990. Print.

Tegchok, Jampa and Thubten Chodron. Insight into Emptiness. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2012. Print.

Tillemans, Tom J. F. Scripture, Logic, Language: Essays on Dharmakirti and His Tibetan Successors. Boston, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, 1999. Print.

Tsering, Tashi, and Gordon McDougall. Buddhist Psychology: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 3. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008. Print.

Tsering, Tashi, and Gordon McDougall. Emptiness: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 5. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008. Print.

Tsering, Tashi. Relative Truth, Absolute Truth: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 2. Somerville, MA: Wisdom, 2008. Print.

Wilson, Joe. Chandrakīrti’s Sevenfold Reasoning: Meditation on the Selflessness of Persons. Dharamshala, India: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1983. Print.

Philosophy: Web resources

Berzin, Alexander. Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives. Web.

Tantra

Berzin, Alexander. Introduction to the Kalachakra Initiation. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2010. Print.

Bokar Rinpoche. Chenrezig, Lord of Love: Principles and Methods of Deity Meditation. San Francisco, CA: ClearPoint, 1991. Print.

Chodron, Thubten. Cultivating a Compassionate Heart: The Yoga Method of Chenrezig. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2005. Print.

Cozort, Daniel. Highest Yoga Tantra: An Introduction to the Esoteric Buddhism of Tibet. Ithaca, N.Y., USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1986. Print.

Gyatso, Khedrup Norsang, Gavin Kilty, and Thupten Jinpa. Ornament of Stainless Light: An Exposition of the Kālacakra Tantra. Boston, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, in Association with the Institute of Tibetan Classics, 2004. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Je Tsong-ka-pa, and Jeffrey Hopkins. Deity Yoga: In Action and Performance Tantra. Ithaca, N.Y., USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1987. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Je Tsong-ka-pa, and Jeffrey Hopkins. Tantra in Tibet (Wisdom of Tibet Series). Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1987. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Longchenpa Drime Ozer, and Patrick Gaffney. Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection: Including Longchen Rabjam’s Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation on the Great Perfection. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2007. Print.

Hopkins, Jeffrey. The Tantric Distinction. London: Wisdom Publications, 1985. Print.

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, and Clark Johnson. Essentials of Mahamudra: Looking Directly at the Mind. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004. Print.

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and Tashi Namgyal. Medicine Buddha Teachings. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2004. Print.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Ailsa Cameron. Teachings from the Mani Retreat, Chenrezig Institute, December 2000. Boston, MA: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, 2001. Print.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Teachings from the Vajrasattva Retreat. Weston, MA: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, 2000. Print.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The Preliminary Practice Of Vajrasattva: Practice and Instructions for Retreat. Revised/Expanded ed. Portland, OR: Foundation for Preservation of Mahayana Tradition, 2003. Print.

Lodoe, Yangchen Gawai. Paths and Grounds of Guhyasamaja According to Arya Nagarjuna. Dharamsala, H.P.: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1995. Print.

Mullin, Glenn H. Meditations on the Lower Tantras: From the Collected Works of the Previous Dalai Lamas. Dharamsala, H.P.: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1997. Print.

Preece, Rob. Preparing for Tantra: Creating the Psychological Ground for Practice. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2011. Print.

Tsenshap, Kirti. Principles of Buddhist Tantra. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2014. Print.

Tsering, Geshe Tashi. Tantra: the Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 6. Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2012. Print.

Willson, Martin. In Praise of Tārā: Songs to the Saviouress: Source Texts from India and Tibet on Buddhism’s Great Goddess. London: Wisdom Publications, 1986. Print.

Yeshe, Lama Thubten, Jonathan Landaw, and Philip Glass. Introduction to Tantra : The Transformation of Desire. London: Wisdom Publications, 2001. Print.

Yeshe, Lama Thubten, Nicholas Ribush, and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. Becoming Vajrasattva: The Tantric Path of Purification. Boston, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, 2004. Print.

Yeshe, Lama Thubten, Robina Courtin, and Geshe Lhundub Sopa. Becoming the Compassion Buddha: Tantric Mahamudra for Everyday Life. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003. Print.

Thought training

Atisha, Dromton Gyalwe Jungne, and Thupten Jinpa. The Book of Kadam: The Core Texts. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008. Print.

Bardor Tulku Rinpoche. Rest for the Fortunate: The Extraordinary Practice of Nyungne: Its History, Meaning and Benefits. Kingston, NY: Rinchen Publications, 2004. Print.

Chodron, Pema. The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult times. Boston: Shambhala, 2001. Print.

Chodron, Thubten. Working with Anger. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2001. Print.

Dhargyey, Geshe Ngawang. The Wheel of Sharp Weapons. New Delhi, India: Paljor Publications, 1981. Print.

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and Padmakara Translation Group. Enlightened Courage: An Explanation of the Seven Point Mind Training. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2006. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Śāntideva. For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva. Boston: Shambhala, 2009. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Thupten Jinpa. Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1997. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Vyvyan Cayley, Mike Gilmore, and Rgyal-Sras Thogs-Med Bzan-Po-Dpal Bzan-Po-Dpal. Commentary on the Thirty Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva. Dharamsala, Distt. Kangra, H.P., India: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 2004. Print.

Hanh, Thich Nhat. Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames. New York: Riverhead, 2002. Print.

Rinpoche, Lama Zopa. The Door to Satisfaction: The Heart Advice of a Tibetan Buddhist Master. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1994. Print.

Rinpoche, Lama Zopa. Transforming Problems into Happiness. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2001. Print.

Pel, Nam-Kha, and Jeremy Russell. Mind Training like the Rays of the Sun. New Delhi, India: Paljor Publications, 2002. Print.

Rinchen, Geshe Sonam, and Ruth Sonam. Eight Verses for Training the Mind: An Oral Teaching. Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications, 2001. Print.

Ringu Tulku, and B. M. Shaughnessy. Mind Training. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2007. Print.

Sopa, Geshe Lhundup. Peacock in the Poison Grove: Two Buddhist Texts on Training the Mind Attributed to Dharmarakṣita. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001. Print.

Thurman, Robert A.F. Anger: The Seven Deadly Sins. Revised/Expanded ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2011. Print.

Trungpa, Chögyam, and Judith L. Lief. Training the Mind & Cultivating Loving-kindness. Boston: Shambhala, 1993. Print.

Wallace, B. Alan. Buddhism with an Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-point Mind-training. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2001. Print.

Monastic Life

Bhikkhu, Thanissaro. The Buddhist Monastic Code 1. Valley Center, CA: Metta Forest Monastery, 1994. Print. (Available online on The Internet Archive)

Bhikkhu, Thanissaro. The Buddhist Monastic Code 2. Valley Center, CA: Metta Forest Monastery, 1994. Print. (Available online on The Internet Archive)

Buddhist Text Translation Society. The Essentials Of The Shramanera Vinaya and Rules of Deportment. Vinaya for Daily Use: The 53 Verses and Mantras. Burlingame, California: Buddhist Text Translation Society, 2010. Print.

Chodron, Thubten, ed. Preparing for Ordination: Reflections for Westerners Considering Monastic Ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. Newport, WA: Sravasti Abbey. Print.

Chodron, Thubten, and Sylvia Boorstein. Blossoms of the Dharma: Living as a Buddhist Nun. Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic, 1999. Print.

Davids, T. W. Rhys, and Hermann Oldenberg. Vinaya Texts: Volumes 1,2,3. S.l.: Forgotten, 2007. Print.

Dhirasekara, Jotiya. Buddhist Monastic Discipline: A Study of Its Orgin and Development in Relation to the Sutta and Vinaya Pitakas. Colombo: Ministry of Higher Education, 1982. Print.

H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Advice from Buddha Shakyamuni Concerning a Monk’s Discipline: An Abridged Exposition of the Bhikshu’s Precepts. Revised/Expanded ed. Dharamsala, H.P.: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1986. Print.

Hanh, Thich Nhat. For a Future to Be Possible. Berkeley, CA: Parallax, 2007. Print.

Hirakawa, Akira. Monastic Discipline for the Buddhist Nuns: An English Translation of the Chinese Text of the Mahāsāṃghika-Bhiksuni-Vinaya. Patna: Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute, 1982. Print.

Horner, I. B. The Book of the Discipline (Vinaya-piṭaka). London: Published for the Pali Text Society by Luzac, 1983. Print

International Kagyu Sangha Association, C/o Gampo Abbey C/o Gampo Abbey, Pleasant Bay, N.S. BOE 2PO, Canada. The Profound Path of Peace . 12 (1993). Print.

Kabilsingh, Chatsumarn. A Comparative Study of Bhikkhunī Pāṭimokkha. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia, 1984. Print.

Kabilsingh, Chatsumarn. The Bhikkhunī Pātimokkha of the Six Schools. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1998. Print.

Panchen, Ngari, Pema Wangyi Gyalpo, Dudjom Rinpoche, Khenpo Gyurme Samdrub, and Sangye Khandro. Perfect Conduct: Ascertaining the Three Vows. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1996. Print.

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. The Tibetan Vinaya: A Guide to Buddhist Conduct. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1998. Print.

Tegchok, Geshe Jampa. Monastic Rites: A Commentary on the So.jong, Yar.na and Gar.ye Ceremonies. London: Wisdom Publications, 1985. Print.

Tsedroen, Jampa. A Brief Survey of the Vinaya: Its Origin, Transmission, and Arrangement from the Tibetan Point of View with Comparisons to the Theravāda and Dharmagupta Traditions. Hamburg: Dharma Edition, 1992. Print.

Tsering, Tashi, and Philippa Russell. “An Account of the Buddhist Ordination of Women.” Cho-Yang 1.1 (1986): 21-30 – PDF, EPUB, DOC Free Download EBook and Audiobook. 1 Jan. 1986. Web. 24 Aug. 2014.

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe. Sakyadhītā, Daughters of the Buddha. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1988. Print.

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe. Sisters in Solitude Two Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Ethics for Women: A Comparative Analysis of the Chinese Dharmagupta and the Tibetan Mūlāsarvāstivada Bhikṣuṇī Prātimokṣa Sūtras. Albany: State U of New York, 1996. Print.

Upasak, Chandrika Singh. Dictionary of Early Buddhist Monastic Terms Based on Pali Literature. Varanasi: Bharati Prakashan, 1975. Print.

Wijayaratna, Mohan, Claude Grangier, and Steven Collins. Buddhist Monastic Life: According to the Texts of the Theravāda Tradition. Cambridge [England: Cambridge UP, 1990. Print.

Wijayaratna, Mo. Buddhist Monastic Life: According to the Texts of the Theravāda Tradition. Cambridge [England: Cambridge UP, 1990. Print.

Wu Yin (Bhikṣuṇī) Community Life in a Bhikshuni Sangha: Boundary Setting, Rains Retreat, Pravarana and Karma. Taiwan: Gaya Foundation, 2014. DVD.

Wu Yin (Bhikṣuṇī). Choosing Simplicity: A Commentary on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksha. Trans. Bhikṣuṇī Jendy Shih. Ed. Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Chodron. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2001.

Wu Yin (Bhikṣuṇī). “Teachings of the Bhiksuni Pratimoksa of Dharmaguptaka” at the Life As a Western Buddhist Nun’s Conference in India, February 10-25,1996. Taiwan: Gaya Foundation Luminary International Buddhist Society, 1996. Web. 29 Nov. 2014. MP3 audio files in Chinese with English translation and a PDF file. .

Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.