Tibetan Singing Bowl Cushion
$6.00 – $16.00Beautiful cushions in four color varieties for your singing bowl to rest on. Handmade in Nepal.
21 Taras
$6.99This is a digital download.
Tara is often referred to as āthe mother of all buddhas.ā She is depicted here as having twenty-one forms in which she enacts various kinds of enlightened activities to help all living beings. There are various prayers and praises which enumerate them and describe their appearances and their particular ways of helping beings.
Namchak Refuge Image
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This image is a depiction of Guru Rinpoche, in his form known as āDorje Tƶtreng,ā in union with his consort Mandarava. When practicing the Namchak Preliminary Practices (Ngondro), we visualize our teacher in this form and imagine that he or she is the complete embodiment of all buddhas, bodhisattvas, dakas, and dakinis. The guru and consort in union represents appearance and emptiness, method and wisdom, basic space and pure awareness, and the union of masculine and feminine energies.
Buddha Shakyamuni
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Shakyamuni is the name of the Buddha who was born as the prince Siddhartha in Lumbini, Nepal around 2600 years ago. He later renounced his kingdom and went off in search of enlightenment which he attained after six years of austere practice.
Guru Rinpoche
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Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava, came to Tibet in the eighth century and helped to establish Buddhism and extensively spread the Vajrayana teachings. By many, he is considered āthe second buddhaā and is revered both as an important historical figure and an enduring embodiment of enlightenment. In his biographies, he is described as having appeared in eight different forms which are depicted here in order to tame the minds of various beings.
Sangwa Yeshe
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Sangwa Yeshe is a feminine buddha who is the combined embodiment of the nirmanakaya Yeshe Tsogyal and sambhogakaya Vajravarahi. She is the primary buddha in the Namchak Chƶd practice.
White Tara
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Tara is the embodiment of the wisdom and compassion of all the buddhas and is often referred to as āthe mother of all buddhas.ā She is often depicted as having twenty-one forms in which she enacts various kinds of enlightened activities to help all living beings. In her form as White Tara, she bestows the gifts of longevity and freedom from illness.
Dakini Sangwa Yeshe Daily Chƶd
$7.00In his introduction, Tulku Sangak Rinpoche says, āChƶd is the superb means for [those who have not yet realized the view of the Great Perfection approach] to enhance their practice of the view and cut forcefully through their mental entanglements.ā
Dakini Sangwa Yeshe Concise Daily Practice
$9.00This is the concise practice of Dakini Sangwa Yeshe together with a feast offering practice which combines the feast with the practice of Chƶd.
Wooden Striker with Suede Wrap
$10.00This wooden singing bowl striker and the handle is wrapped in leather and is 7ā long. It was handpicked by our team while in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The Lotus & the Rose Videos
$13.95Whenever they get together, Lama Tsomo and the Reverend Dr. Matthew Fox bring to the conversation their lively passion for their individual spiritual traditions, and a shared personal history as colleagues and long-time friends.
The Lotus & The Rose presents these traditions, these individuals, this friendship in a unique set of conversations that spans a decade and a range of venues and audiences. This volume includes videos of their full presentations to audiences at Stanford University, The Jung Center in Houston, and the Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe. Also included is a private, more casual conversation between just Tsomo and Matthew, as well as two new individual interviews.
Tibetan Sandalwood Mala for Meditation – 108 Beads
$15.00This meditation bead mala is made with 108,Ā 4mmĀ white sandalwood beads. Sandalwood is known for positive energy and alertness. This meditation necklace was handmade and directly purchased by our team while in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The Repository of Triumph Over Disease: The Liturgy of Pema Traktung, Book 2
$16.00This book contains the Pema Traktung ritual for applying the enlightened activity of vanquishing diseaseĀ as well as the short sadhana of Pema Traktung. It can be used as a supplementary phase of application practice for the primary Pema Traktung sadhanaĀ contained in Book 1,Ā or as a stand-alone practice. This is the text which is used in Namchak Khen Rinpocheās annual Pema Traktung teachings.
Liturgies for the Preliminary Practices of the Great Perfection Cycle The Natural Freedom of Samsara and Nirvana
$18.00This is the text for the practice which is commonly referred to as the āNamchak Ngƶndro.ā
The Lotus & The Rose
$18.95A Conversation Between Tibetan Buddhism & Mystical Christianity
By Reverend Matthew Fox, Lama Tsomo
What happens when a Tibetan Buddhist lama and a Christian clergyman sit down to talk? And not just any lama and clergyman, but a renegade Catholic priest silenced by the Church for his progressive and inclusive beliefs and an American-born secular Jew who once embraced Tibetan Buddhism as a student, and now is embraced as a teacher.
These conversations between Lama Tsomo and Matthew Fox over the past years explore the essential principles shared by their traditionsāand the differences that distinguish them. The Lotus & the Rose includes three public dialogues between Matthew and Lama Tsomo during weekend workshops at Stanford University, The Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, and The Jung Center in Houston. Also included is a more personal conversation with no audience except each other. And, finally, individual interviews with both of them, revealing more about their own lives and worldview. Also available to the reader are video excerpts from the presentations, conversations, and interviews.
Buddhists, Christians, followers of other spiritual traditionsāand perhaps no spiritual tradition at allāwill be intrigued by the range of ideas, and impressed and enlightened by the knowledge and experience that Matthew and Lama Tsomo bring to their exchanges. In this perilously contentious world, all viewers will be heartened by the admiration, respect, humor, and warmth that flows between these two friends who celebrate their common ground and delight in their differences.
Purchase of the book includes free access to the videos using the information on page 16.