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 Wisdom Books Newsletter 29th July 2011 : Iss 108The final newsletter for July is our regular monthly round up of all that is new on the site. Our lead title this month is Minding Closely, an extract of which you can read here. Drawing on wisdom from both the Theravada and Vajrayana traditions and his previous experience as a monk, scientist, and contemplative, Alan Wallace offers a rich synthesis of Eastern and Western traditions, along with a comprehensive range of meditation practices. For a limited period only we have this brand new title available for you to order at 40% discount. We have plenty of other great new releases this month for you to view as listed below, of which special mention must be made of Gone Beyond which contains the first in-depth study of the Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Enjoy the newsletter! |
A Selection of New Releases
 Author(s) : Wallace, B Allan Publishers Price : £16.95, Wisdom Price : £10.17, The ability to sustain close mindfulness is a learned skill that offers profound benefits in all situations. This book explains the theory and applications of the practice the Buddha called the direct path to enlightenment. These simple but powerful techniques to cultivate mindfulness will allow anyone, regardless of tradition, beliefs, or lack thereof, to achieve genuine happiness and freedom from suffering. By closely minding the body and breath, we relax, grounding ourselves in physical presence. Coming face to face with our feelings, we stabilize our awareness against habitual reactions. Examining mental phenomena nakedly, we sharpen our perceptions without becoming attached. Ultimately, we see all phenomena just as they are, and we approach the ground of enlightenment... (more..) |
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 Author(s) : Brunnholzl, Karl Publishers Price : £33.50, Wisdom Price : £25.13, The Abhisamayalamkara, or Ornament of Clear Realization, summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) sutras. To understand this extraordinarily condensed... (more..) |
 Ninth Karmapa's Ocean of Definitive Meaning Author(s) : Thrangu Rinpoche, Khenchen Publishers Price : £11.50, Wisdom Price : £8.63, New edition. The Ocean of Definitive Meaning by the Ninth Karmapa is the most in-depth and famed text on Mahamudra ever written and is of vital... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Lama Thubten Yeshe and edited by Nick Ribush and Josh Bartok Publishers Price : £7.99, Wisdom Price : £5.19, A concise book of pithy advice, a companion volume to Lama Zopa's book How to Be Happy.Lama Thubten Yeshe has long endured as a figure of playful... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Salzberg, Sharon Publishers Price : £10.99, Wisdom Price : £8.24, Beginning with the simplest breathing and sitting techniques, Sharon Salzberg, distilling 30 years of experience teaching, shows how to start and maintain an effective meditation... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Community and illustrated by Wietske Vriezen Publishers Price : £21.99, Wisdom Price : £14.29, This book and accompanying CD is the fruit of decades of development and innovation in the Plum Village community's collective practice with children. Based on Thich Nhat Hanh's over 30 years of... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Alderfer, Lauren and illustrated by Kerry Lee Maclean Publishers Price : £11.99, Wisdom Price : £10.19, This delightful picture book for children introduces the powerful practice of mindfulness in a fun and exciting way. It is illustrated by Kerry Lee Maclean, author of the popular children's... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Leaming, Linda Publishers Price : £8.99, Wisdom Price : £6.74, As one of the few Americans to have lived in Bhutan, Leaming offers a rare glimpse into the quirky remote mountain kingdom. For over ten years she has lived and worked in Thimphu. In this funny,... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Lama Surya Das Publishers Price : £10.99, Wisdom Price : £8.24, UK paperback edition. As an alternative to our ceaseless hustle and bustle, Surya Das offers readers the possibility of living in "Buddha Standard Time". Time is relative - and the minutes and hours... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Morton Busch, Colleen Publishers Price : £21.95, Wisdom Price : £16.46, The true story of how five monks saved the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery in the United States from wildfire.When a massive wildfire surrounded Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, five monks risked... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Bein, Steve Publishers Price : £20.95, Wisdom Price : £19.90, This is the first English translation of Watsuji's landmark book. A text intended to reacquaint Japan with one of its finest philosophers - Dogen, the work delves into the complexities of... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Parks, Tim Publishers Price : £7.99, Wisdom Price : £6.79, New edition. A visceral, thought-provoking and improbably entertaining story of the author's quest to overcome ill health. Bedevilled by a crippling condition which nobody could explain or relieve,... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Johnson, Tim Publishers Price : £18.99, Wisdom Price : £16.14, Award-winning journalist Tim Johnson weaves together an evocative account of China's escalating suppression of the Tibetan people and their traditional way of life.Johnson shows how China's... (more..) |
 Life of the Great Mahasiddha Virupa Author(s) : Dagmo Kalden D Sakya Publishers Price : £6.95, Wisdom Price : £5.21, A book on the life of the great Indian master Virupa, who is especially important in the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, adapted and illustrated for children by... (more..) |
 Lives of the Great Spiritual Leaders Author(s) : Whitbread, Henry Publishers Price : £12.95, Wisdom Price : £11.66, An illustrated introduction for children aged ten and over, which includes inspirational tales of twenty of the most influential spiritual leaders the world has ever known.The spiritual leaders... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Valli, Eric Publishers Price : £23.95, Wisdom Price : £19.16, An epic adventure of survival. The visually stunning oscar nominated film of an ancestral duel between man and mountain. In a far flung village in Dolpo, Nepal, Tinle - a charismatic old chieftain,... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Campbell, Joseph with Bill Moyers Publishers Price : £19.99, Wisdom Price : £17.99, New edition. A set of six highly acclaimed television programmes with the renowned expert on mythology, Joseph Campbell, which includes a bonus interview with Star Wars creator George Lucas. An... (more..) |
 Collected Works of Dilgo Khyentse [Vol 1] Author(s) : Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Publishers Price : £55.00, Wisdom Price : £46.75, This first volume presents the collected works in English that have so far been published of one of the great luminaries of Tibetan Buddhism in modern times, produced to mark his centennial... (more..) |
 Collected Works of Dilgo Khyentse [Vol 2] Author(s) : Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Publishers Price : £55.00, Wisdom Price : £46.75, This second volume presents the collected works in English that have so far been published of one of the great luminaries of Tibetan Buddhism in modern times, produced to mark his centennial... (more..) |
 Collected Works of Dilgo Khyentse [Vol 3] Author(s) : Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Publishers Price : £55.00, Wisdom Price : £46.75, This third volume presents the collected works in English that have so far been published of one of the great luminaries of Tibetan Buddhism in modern times, produced to mark his... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Dalton, Jacob P. Publishers Price : £28.00, Wisdom Price : £26.60, Forthcoming due July 2011. Despite its reputation as a tradition utterly opposed to violence, Tibetan Buddhism has long been associated with seemingly violent themes in tantric rituals and demon... (more..) |
Current Bestselling Special Offers
 Author(s) : Dalai Lama Publishers Price : £12.99, Wisdom Price : £4.55, Sale edition of the USA version of Widening the Circle of Love. As human beings, we are born to love but we may not know how to do so unconditionally. In this remarkable book, His Holiness the Dalai... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Sutin, Lawrence Publishers Price : £19.99, Wisdom Price : £6.00, A new history of the spread and development of Buddhism in the West and its influence on Western culture.From the early exchanges between the classical Greeks and the Buddhists of India, to the... (more..) |
A Selection of Forthcoming Titles Available for Pre-Order
 Author(s) : Garson, Sandra and illustrations by Michelle Antonisse Publishers Price : £14.99, Wisdom Price : £12.74, Forthcoming due September 2011. Wholesome food from the whole wide world. The kitchen is the most vital place on Earth, because even now in the age of iPads and Hadron colliders, survival still... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Preece, Rob Publishers Price : £12.95, Wisdom Price : £10.36, Due August 2011. It is now very common for people in the West to receive empowerments into extraordinary and complex tantric practices. However, to embark upon them without having first prepared the... (more..) |
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The Buddha tells the following story in the Khuddaka Nikaya (Udana 6.4): Once upon a time in the city of Shravasti there lived a king. One day, the king instructed a servant to round up in one place a gathering of men who had been blind since birth. “The blind men have been assembled, your majesty,” said the man. The king further instructed him to introduce an elephant to this group of men, such that each could examine it for himself. “This, sir, is an elephant,” the servant said to each of the blind men in turn. But to the first he presented the head of the elephant, to the second, the ear, and so in turn to the rest of the blind men he presented the tusk,...
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