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MEDICINE BUDDHA SADHANA
trans. by Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
The practice was translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the benefit of his students and all sentient beings wishing to be healed of their ills, mental and physical. This practice in English comes with long and short mantras and visualization, as well as explanations of the benefits of the the practice and the mantra.
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MEDICINE BUDDHA: THE WISH-FULFILLING JEWEL
composed by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen, trans. by David Malk
This powerful practice is designed for people who are dying or have already passed away, and also for individual success in all kinds of activities. This concise sutra ritual includes both phoneticized Tibetan and English. Appendices: Extensive bath offering, offering practice, meditation on rejoicing, Tibetan text.
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NATURAL LIBERATION: Padmasambhava's Teachings on the Six Bardos
commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche, translated by B. Alan Wallace
Padmasambhava explains how to turn ordinary circumstances into opportunities for enlightenment. He describes six life processes or bardos and teaches how to transform them (includes meditation instructions).
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OVERVIEW OF THE BARDO TEACHINGS
by Thrangu Rinpoche
This is a brief look at the bardo, (in between state of one life and the next) in which Rinpoche describes the bardo of Dharmata and then goes through what happens to one, and what one sees during the first twelve days (or phases) following death.
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PHOWA COMMENTARY: Instructions for the Practice of Consciousness Transference as Revealed by Rigdzin Longsal Nyingpo
by Chagdud Khadro (Jane Tromge)
P'howa is a Vajrayana Buddhist method by which one's consciousness is intentionally transferred to a pure realm at the moment of death. P'howa training enables one to approach death as an opportunity for liberation from cyclic existence, rather than an experience of fear and uncertainty. Chagdud Khadro explains the process of dying and the steps involved in p'howa training based on the hidden treasure text of the Buddhist meditation master Rigdzin Longsal Nyingpo. Restricted to students who have received p'howa teachings.
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TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
by W. Y. Evans-Wentz
According to legend, this great work is one of the texts that the honored guru Padma-Sambhava concealed during his visit to Tibet in the late eighth century. Because Tibetans of that day and age were not yet prepared for such teachings, Padma-Sambhava was forced to hide his books in stones, lakes, and pillars. Now, in the form of the ever-popular Tibetan Book of the Dead, these teachings are constantly being discovered and rediscovered by Western readers of many different backgrounds--a phenomenon which began in 1927 with Oxford's first edition of Dr.
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THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
by Robert Thurman
Liberation Through Understanding in the Between. The so-called "Tibetan Book of the Dead" has been renowned for centuries as a classic of Buddhist wisdom and religious thought. More recently, it has become highly influential in the Western world for its psychological insights into the processes of death and dying - and what they can teach us about the ways we live our lives. It has also been found to be helpful in the grieving process by people who have recently lost their loved ones.
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THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD: The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo
trans. by Francesca Fremantle and Chogyam Trungpa
In this classic scripture of Tibetan Buddhism - traditionally read aloud to the dying to help them attain liberation - death and rebirth are seen as a process that provides an opportunity to recognize the true nature of mind. This translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead emphasizes the practical advice that the book offers to the living. The insightful commentary by Chogyam Trungpa, written in clear, concise language, explains what the text teaches us about human psychology.
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SECRET DOCTRINES OF THE TIBETAN BOOKS OF THE DEAD
by Detlef Ingo Lauf
The Tibetan Books of the Dead are a diverse collection of Buddhist scriptures that yield valuable insight into the psychology of death and dying and suggest the importance of meditative practice and knowledge as tools for self-understanding. This in-depth study of this rich body of Buddhist literature details the Tibetan Buddhist belief in the bardos, or intermediate states, and serves as an illuminating companion volume to The Tibetan Book of Dead.
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THE SKILL IN MEANS (UPAYAKAUSALYA) SUTRA
by Mark Tatz (Tr)
This rare sutra, ancient but timely has long been treated with circumspection because of its liberal attitude toward sexuality and other ethical concerns. One of the original statements of the early Mahayana school, it is here collated from Chinese and Tibetan translations, and from passages that remain in the original Sanskrit. Originally part of a larger sutra on the six perfections that included the well known Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, the Skill in Means Sutra explicates the other five perfections of the Bodhisattva.
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