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Learning from the Dalai Lama: Secrets of the Wheel of Time

Learning from the Dalai Lama: Secrets of the Wheel of Time

Karen Pandell

Introduces Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, the Kalachakra ceremony, and the sand mandala
The Epistles of James, Peter, John and Jude

The Epistles of James, Peter, John and Jude

Dalai Lama

Those of Peter were composed in excellent Greek, James emphasizes the need for good works and Peter berates false prophets. With an introduction by the Dalai Lama.
Year of the Tiger

Year of the Tiger

Jack Higgins

In 1959, British agents masterminded the escape of the Dalai Lama from Tibet.
The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Art of Purring

The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Art of Purring

David Michie

What makes you purr? Of all the questions in the world, this is the most important. It is also the great leveler.
Those Who Light the Way: His Holiness the XIV. Dalai Lama

Those Who Light the Way: His Holiness the XIV. Dalai Lama

Peter Michel

This book explains who he is, his impact on the West in particular, and what his lasting message for the world might be.
Waiting for the Dalai Lama

Waiting for the Dalai Lama

Annelie Rozeboom

The book also shows how history washed over this remote kingdom and how the Tibetans and the Chinese came to take such opposing positions.
The Book of Joy

The Book of Joy

Dalai Lama

This book offers us a rare opportunity to experience their astonishing and unprecedented week together, from the first embrace to the final goodbye.
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

Dalai Lama

This book offers us a rare opportunity to experience their astonishing and unprecendented week together, from the first embrace to the final good-bye.
The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow

The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow

David Michie

Throughout, she shares encounters with familiar inhabitants of Dharamsala, as well as a whole new cast of characters: a senior exec from one of Silicon Valley’s most famous social media companies (hint: the name rhymes with “litter”), ...
The Art of Purring

The Art of Purring

David Michie

The deep down happiness that makes you purr from the heart." In this book, the Dalai Lama sets for his lovable feline companion the task of investigating The Art of Purring.
Philosophy of Human Rights: Readings in Context

Philosophy of Human Rights: Readings in Context

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Sources include authors such as Aristotle, Cicero, Thomas Aquinas, Confucius, Hobbes, Locke, rant. Marx, Gandhi. Hart, Feinberg, Nussbaum, the Dalai Lama, Derrida, Lyocard and Rorty.
For the Love of God: Handbook for the Spirit

For the Love of God: Handbook for the Spirit

Benjamin Shield

A new, inspirational collection of writings from Rabbi Harold Kushner, Mother Teresa, Dalai Lama, and other notable spiritual thinkers shares personal reflections and thoughts on spirituality, universal religious wisdom, and what meaning ...
The Dalai Lama's Cat

The Dalai Lama's Cat

David Michie

Not so much fly-on-the-wall as cat-on-the-sill, this is the warmhearted tale of a small kitten rescued from the slums of New Delhi who finds herself in a beautiful sanctuary with sweeping views of the snow-capped Himalayas.aIn her exotic ...
The Publishers' Trade List Annual

The Publishers' Trade List Annual

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12.50 Dalai Lama, The – Lowell Thomas, Jr. (DSP) ........................... 3.50 Danger on the Mountain — J. ter Haar (DSP) ... ... 3.50 Daughter of the Sky – Paul L. Briand, Jr. (DSP) ............................................... 3.95 Davey — Rubylea Hall (DSP) .
Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders who are ...

Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders who are ...

Kerry Kennedy

Presents a collection of fifty profiles of individuals, both famous and unsung, who are struggling to make a difference in the world, including Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Helen Prejean, Desmond Tutu, and Elie Wiesel.
Krishnamurti: Reflections on the Self

Krishnamurti: Reflections on the Self

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Described by the Dalai Lama as "one of the greatest thinkers of the age", Jiddu Krishnamurti has influenced millions throughout the twentieth century -- including such notables as Joseph Campbell, Dr. Jonas Salk, Aldous Huxley, Van Morrison ...
Shattering the Great Doubt: The Chan Practice of Huatou

Shattering the Great Doubt: The Chan Practice of Huatou

Shengyan

A Chan Master who has co-led retreats with the Dalai Lama presents the Chinese Zen meditational practice of asking an answerless question, called huatou, a traditional method for breaking through the trap of habitual thinking and finding a ...
Light from the East: Eastern Wisdom for the Modern West

Light from the East: Eastern Wisdom for the Modern West

Harry Oldmeadow

This is a collection of writings about the spiritual meeting of East and West in the modern world including articles by the Dalai Lama, Huston Smith, Frithjof Schuon, Thomas Merton, Titus Burckhardt, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Diana Eck, Gary ...
The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China: A Political History ...

The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China: A Political History ...

Peter Schwieger

A. Millward, Ruth W. Dunnell, Mark C. Elliot, and Philippe Forêt (London: Routledge Curzon, 2004), 33–52; Philippe Forêt, Mapping Chengde: The Qing Landscape Enterprise (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2000); Wang 2000; Patricia ...
Transforming Problems into Happiness

Transforming Problems into Happiness

Thubten Zopa

The FPMT was founded in 1975 by Lama Thubten Yeshe and is now under the spiritual direction of Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. It is composed of Dharma teach— ing centers, monasteries, retreat centers, publishing houses, healing ...
Glück empfangen und schenken

Glück empfangen und schenken

Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

»Jeder Augenblick auf Erden ist kostbarer als ein Himmel voller Juwelen.« Lama Zopa Rinpoche Glück ist unser natürlicher Seinszustand.
Salvador Dalí and the Surrealists: Their Lives and Ideas : ...

Salvador Dalí and the Surrealists: Their Lives and Ideas : ...

Michael Elsohn Ross

Examines the lives and creative work of the surrealist artist Salvador Dalâi and other artists and friends who shared his new ways of exploring art.
Taranatha''s History of Buddhism in India

Taranatha''s History of Buddhism in India

Tāranātha (Jo-nang-pa)

Born in A.D. 1575, Lama Taranatha wrote this book in 1608.
Quest for Kim

Quest for Kim

Peter Hopkirk

Having seen all he wanted for the moment, Kim led the bemused lama, who had never witnessed anything like this before, back to the Sahiba's little camp. But later that evening Kim again slipped out, bent on discovering more about his Red  ...
Uda & Dara:

Uda & Dara:

Aisya Sofea

Sekian lama terpisah kerana masing-masing mengejar cita-cita, tidak mungkin Siti Mariam menerima cinta Izzat Hilman.
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa ...

Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa ...

Peter Zuckerman

Presents the stories of the sharps who have acted as expert consultants to Westerners climbing the Himalayas, focusing in particular on Chhiring Dorje Sherpa and Pasang Lama, who survived when 11 other climbers died on K2 in August 2008. 15 ...
The Path of Relaxation

The Path of Relaxation

Patrick Baigent

Lama Rigdzin Shikpo Born Michael Hookam, author of Openness Clarity Sensitivity, he has spent over 50 years studying and practising Buddhism. Hookam was one of the first Western students of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who he met in ...
How to Be Happy

How to Be Happy

Thubten Zopa

In How to Be Happy, Lama Zopa Rinpoche helps us find our good heart, the heart that rejoices in the happiness of others.
Ultimate Healing: The Power of Compassion

Ultimate Healing: The Power of Compassion

Thubten Zopa

In Ultimate Healing, internationally renowned meditation master Lama Zopa Rinpoche helps us to recognize the root of illness and gives us the tools to create our future happiness.
East and West

East and West

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... Soggin Sante Spadavecchia Stefania Stafutti Elisabetta Steinmann Gabriella Sulli Adolfo Tamburello Kuniko Tanaka Lama Chodup Tchiring Aurora Testa Aldo Tollini Fabrizio Torricelli Gustavo Traversari Sebastiano Tusa Maria Luisa Uberti ...

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