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 Wisdom Books Newsletter 14th October 2011 : Iss 110This October newsletter is our regular monthly round up of all that is new on the site. We now have stock of the new and enhanced edition of Brilliant Moon the film on the life of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. This DVD now includes interviews with Sogyal Rinpoche, Sechen Rebjam Rinpoche and Matthieu Ricard as well as film of Dilgo Khyentse in meditation, the enthronement of Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche and film of Yangsi Rinpoche's teachings in America in 2010. As you can also see from the list below we have plenty of other great new releases now in stock and available to order. Enjoy the newsletter! |
A Selection of New Releases
 Brilliant Moon [DVD/New Extended Edition] Author(s) : Neten Chokling Rinpoche Publishers Price : £15.99, Wisdom Price : £12.79, New UK/European extended special edition of this DVD with extras. |
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 Author(s) : Garson, Sandra Publishers Price : £14.99, Wisdom Price : £9.74, 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 depends on wholesome, nutritious... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Gunaratana, Bhante Henepola Publishers Price : £10.99, Wisdom Price : £8.24, Due October 2011. New edition. A practical, step-by-step guide to insight meditation written in simple English with a minimum of technical terms. Venerable Gunaratana's... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje Publishers Price : £11.50, Wisdom Price : £9.78, This book not only focuses on how love and compassion are the root of all Buddhist practices, but is a call to put these compassionate feelings into action in the world. Based on a teaching given in... (more..) |
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 Author(s) : Namkhai Norbu and translated and edited by Elio Guarisco Publishers Price : £23.95, Wisdom Price : £20.36, This manual is the first of its kind to focus on the Tibetan technique of moxibustion, an external therapy that uses the power of heat to stimulate a curative effect. A widespread form of... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Namkhai Norbu and translated by Adriano Clemente Publishers Price : £11.50, Wisdom Price : £10.35, Integrating the practice of Dzogchen into every-day life. Presents the quintessence of this most sophisticated and refined, yet simple and direct path to spiritual... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Bayda, Ezra Publishers Price : £12.99, Wisdom Price : £8.44, New paperback edition. Western Zen meditation teacher and author Ezra Bayda explains that true happiness can only be found by dropping our idea about happiness and learning to live fully and... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Kornfield, Jack Publishers Price : £15.99, Wisdom Price : £10.39, New paperback edition. A collection of inspiring Buddhist teachings, interpreted for a new generation by contemporary teachers. Selected and edited by Jack Kornfield.Following the success of his... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Miller, Andrea and editors of the Shambhala Sun Publishers Price : £14.99, Wisdom Price : £9.74, In recent years scientists have discovered that mindfulness can reduce stress, improve mood, and enhance our sense of well-being. In this book, readers can learn how mindfulness can be brought to... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Piver, Susan Publishers Price : £12.99, Wisdom Price : £9.74, When a relationship ends, the anguish and disappointment can be devastating. A broken heart can be genuinely traumatic. Typical recommendations to keep busy, move on, repair your hidden flaws, and... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Baker, Ian and Photographs by Thomas Laird Publishers Price : £24.95, Wisdom Price : £21.21, New paperback edition. The beautiful murals of the Lukhang temple behind the Potala Palace in Lhasa have for centuries been revered as the greatest depictions of the highest spiritual... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Piccus, Robert P Publishers Price : £45.00, Wisdom Price : £40.50, Rugs have been woven and used in Tibet for centuries, but until recent years, have been ignored by collectors and scholars alike because available examples were generally brightly coloured... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Rigdzin Shikpo Publishers Price : £12.95, Wisdom Price : £10.36, In this series of talks the author stresses the importance of having confidence in the nature of mind - the indestructible heart essence of our being. He helps us to dispel our own self doubt and... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Dzogchen Pema Kalsang Rinpoche and translated by Christian A.Stewart Publishers Price : £18.00, Wisdom Price : £12.60, Illusion is our life, our death. We are stuck in a dream world, but this is not a sweet dream. There is hope, but we must change. We must help ourselves... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Watts, Alan W Publishers Price : £8.99, Wisdom Price : £7.19, New edition. Watts shows how modern culture and technology are inextricably bound into belief in the existence of a self as a separate entity, distinct from and in conflict with the external world.... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Watts, Alan W and Al Chungliang Huang Publishers Price : £12.00, Wisdom Price : £9.60, The Tao is the way of man's cooperation with the natural course of the natural world, its principles can be found in the flowing patterns of water. Alan Watts captures the... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Dalai Lama and edited by Ven.Nicholas Vreeland. Afterword by Richard Gere Publishers Price : £14.99, Wisdom Price : £11.99, The mind is central to all human experience. Whether one is in harmony with the world depends upon one's relative emotional and spiritual health. For this reason, the core teachings of Buddhism have... (more..) |
 Dalai Lama's Little Book of Compassion Author(s) : Dalai Lama and translated by Geshe Thubten Jinpa Publishers Price : £10.95, Wisdom Price : £8.54, This delightful gift book is based on a series of public talks given by the Dalai Lama in London in 1993 and originally published under the title the Power of Compassion.Life is hard. In... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Austin, James H Publishers Price : £10.95, Wisdom Price : £8.76, New paperback edition. In this new book, the author of Zen and the Brain reminds us why Zen meditation is not only mindfully attentive, but evolves to become increasingly selfless and intuitive.... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Adeu Rinpoche and translated by Erik Pema Kunsang Publishers Price : £17.99, Wisdom Price : £11.69, Far more than just a prison memoir, this book is infused with the Drukpa Kagyu master Adeu Rinpoche's remarkable compassionate response to the hardship he and others endured and how the realization... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Sangharakshita Publishers Price : £16.99, Wisdom Price : £13.59, New edition. A work that casts its net over the entire Buddhist tradition and offers an informal guide to a path that is open for all. In this highly readable anthology a leading Western Buddhist... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Adamek, Wendi Publishers Price : £19.00, Wisdom Price : £15.20, The Record of the Dharma Jewel Through the Generations (Lidao fabao ji) is a little known Chan (Zen) Buddhist text of the eighth century, rediscovered in 1900. It is the only remaining artifact of... (more..) |
 Publishers Price : £6.00, Wisdom Price : £5.40, Includes: Special 20th Anniversary Issue: Celebrating Two Decades of Tricycle: 20 Years, 20 Stories; True Dharma Eye: Translator, teacher, and calligrapher Kazuaki Tanahashi; the Need of the Hour: a... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Thich Nhat Hanh Publishers Price : £10.99, Wisdom Price : £8.57, What does healthy intimacy look like? How do we keep the energy and passion alive in long term relationships? What practices can help us forgive our partner when he or she has hurt us? How can we... (more..) |
Current Bestselling Special Offers
 Author(s) : Ajahn Chah Publishers Price : £18.50, Wisdom Price : £5.92, Ajahn Chah was a beloved Thai master whose teachings were refreshingly uncompromising in their clarity and certainty - the certainty of a practitioner who has achieved a deep... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Pema Chodron Publishers Price : £12.50, Wisdom Price : £5.00, Down-to-earth and practical, this book reveals how to root through hard times to find the secret of happiness. Life is full of difficulties and instead of avoiding them, if... (more..) |
A Selection of Forthcoming Titles Available for Pre-Order
 Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom Author(s) : Dudjom Rinpoche and translated by the Padmakara Translation Group Publishers Price : £34.00, Wisdom Price : £27.20, Forthcoming due November 2011. In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the ngondro, or preliminary practices, are widely recognized as being fundamentally... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Geshe Thubten Jinpa Publishers Price : £12.99, Wisdom Price : £11.69, Forthcoming due November 2011. Time-tested wisdom for developing authentic compassion in the here and now. Mind Training, or Lojong in Tibetan, is a practical and down-to-earth set of altruistic... (more..) |
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Colin Beavan writes in the Fall 2011 edition of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review that you don't check, just do it. Subscriptions to Tricycle for European customers are available exclusively through Wisdom Books.
Some time ago, Zen Master Soeng Hyang (Bobby Rhodes), the guiding teacher of the Kwan Urn School of Zen, gave a talk to a group of students. Afterward, during questions and answers, one of her students began to ask about all the problems in her life and how sad and perturbed she was. “I don’t know what to do,” she said.
When the student had finished, Zen Master Soeng Hyang looked at her kindly and simply asked, “Well, can you just trust all that?” In other words, instead of deciding that this experience is good or bad, can you just be with it and see where it wants to guide you? Can you ask what the experience and thoughts are telling you instead of trying to make them...
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