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Meeting the Buddhas

Our Closest Friends and Helpers

Everyone needs inspiring friends.

Discover:

  • Who are the Buddhas?
  • Teachings, stories, mantras, and prayers
  • Exquisite and inspiring statues and artwork
  • “A Closer Look” image-seeking game
  • How Kadampa Buddhists are working for world peace
For children and adults.
Formats available
Hardback

The New Meditation Handbook

Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful

These meditations can help us:
  • Find openness and stillness within
  • Fill our life with joy
  • Solve our daily problems through meditation
  • Discover methods to accomplish the highest goals
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Introduction to Buddhism

An Explanation of the Buddhist Way of Life

Discover

  • Who was Buddha?
  • Past and future lives
  • What is karma?
  • Why and how to meditate
  • The path to enlightenment
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Transform Your Life

A Blissful Journey

  • What is the real meaning of human life?
  • How to find the source of happiness
  • The actual methods to solve our daily problems
  • How to accomplish our ultimate goal 
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How to Solve our Human Problems

The Four Noble Truths

  • Learn exactly what problems are and where they come from.
  • Find out how we can respond to difficult people and situations with a positive mind.
  • Discover how to reduce the painful minds of tension, frustation, anger and resentment.
  • Practical, essential advice for everyone.
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Coloring Book: Animal Friends

at the US Kadampa World Peace Temple

Includes

  • a new prayer on behalf of animals and all living beings, written for children by Venerable Geshe-la
  • an explanation of the meaning of the Kadampa Temple to animals
  • Dharma activities and topics children can discuss
  • 20 beautiful illustrations for coloring
Formats available
Paperback

Eight Steps to Happiness

The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness

  • How to develop love based on genuine cherishing of others
  • Practical instructions on transforming life’s difficulties
  • Essential advice for developing compassion and wisdom
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Mahamudra Tantra

An Introduction to Meditation on Tantra

  • A practical manual for gaining deep experience of Tantric meditation
  • How to realize progressively subtler and more blissful states of mind
  • How to unite our subtlest mind with the wisdom that realizes ultimate truth
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Joyful Path of Good Fortune

The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment

  • A complete guide to the essential teachings of Buddha
  • Step-by-step guidance on all the meditations leading to full enlightenment
  • Practical methods for transforming our life and finding lasting peace and happiness
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Clear Light of Bliss

A Tantric Meditation Manual

  • How to awaken our potential for infinite bliss and compassion
  • How to generate a deeply peaceful mind by harnessing our body’s subtle energies
  • An essential aid for those travelling the Tantric path to full enlightenment
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Great Treasury of Merit

How to Rely Upon a Spiritual Guide

  • Clear instructions on relying upon a Spiritual Guide, the foundation of spiritual attainment
  • A wealth of practical instructions on both Sutra and Tantra
  • An indispensable handbook for those wishing to accomplish the quick path to enlightenment
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Guide to Dakini Land

The Highest Yoga Tantra Practice of Buddha Vajrayogini

  • The first complete explanation in English to the practice of Vajrayogini
  • How to transform all daily activities into the quick path to full enlightenment
  • An indispensable guide and authoritative manual for Vajrayogini practitioners
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Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life

How to enjoy a life of great meaning and altruism

  • An acclaimed translation of Shantideva's famous verse masterpiece
  • How to integrate all Buddha's teachings into our daily life
  • A practical guide for developing wisdom and compassion
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Heart Jewel

The Essential Practices of Kadampa Buddhism

  • How to develop compassion, wisdom and spiritual strength
  • How to overcome obstacles and difficulties on the spiritual path
  • How to create the right conditions for our spiritual practice and development
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Heart of Wisdom

An Explanation of the Heart Sutra

  • How to discover the dream-like nature of all things
  • How to realize the truth behind appearances
  • The relationship between our mind and the world
  • How we create our own reality
  • How to cultivate the wisdom that liberates our mind
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Living Meaningfully, Dying Joyfully

The Profound Practice of Transference of Consciousness

  • How to make the most of our human life
  • How to face our own death without fear or denial
  • How we can attain rebirth in a Buddha’s Pure Land
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Universal Compassion

Inspiring Solutions for Difficult Times

  • How to develop universal love and compassion
  • Practical instructions for solving all our daily problems
  • How to transform even the most difficult conditions into opportunities for spiritual growth
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Essence of Vajrayana

The Highest Yoga Tantra Practice of Heruka Body Mandala

  • The first complete explanation in English to the practice of Heruka body mandala
  • Sublime methods for transcending our ordinary minds and attaining pure selfless joy
  • How to accomplish the supreme bliss of full enlightenment in this lifetime
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Ocean of Nectar

The True Nature of all Things

  • The first complete commentary in English to the great Buddhist classic Guide to the Middle Way
  • A comprehensive presentation of Buddha’s profound view of emptiness
  • An indispensable guide for the serious student of Mahayana Buddhism
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Tantric Grounds and Paths

How to Enter, Progress on, and Complete the Vajrayana Path

  • A clear introduction to Tantra and the relationship between Sutra and Tantra
  • A comprehensive guide to the four classes of Tantra
  • How to complete the spiritual path through practising Highest Yoga Tantra
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The Bodhisattva Vow

A Practical Guide to Helping Others

  • A detailed guide to compassionate living
  • How to live a Bodhisattva’s way of life
  • An essential companion for travelling the Mahayana Buddhist path
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Meaningful to Behold

The Bodhisattva's Way of Life

  • Highly acclaimed commentary to Shantideva’s verse masterpiece
  • Essential advice for developing all the qualities needed to attain enlightenment
  • How we can genuinely benefit others in daily life
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Understanding the Mind

The Nature and Power of the Mind

  • What the mind is and how it works
  • How to recognize and abandon harmful minds
  • How to develop and maintain minds that lead to peace and happiness
  • How to attain lasting joy, independent of external conditions
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