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Buddha's Lions:
The Lives of the Eighty-Four Siddhas
Abhayadatta, translated by James B. Robinson
This book chronicles the life stories of eighty-four Tantric masters who achieved the highest results of the Vajrayana path and inspired generations of practitioners. By relying on a qualified teacher, devoted men and women of different backgrounds: cobblers, princes, blacksmiths, and wood-gatherers, were able to take everyday experience as the path and reach enlightenment in a single lifetime. Filled with subtle, concise teachings expressed in the poetic songs of realization of the siddhas. Excellent introduction to the Vajrayana and a good resource for the study of Tibetan. Includes the Tibetan text, iconographical notes, and 84 detailed line drawings.
BOBLION $19.95
Online Price $15.96 
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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
A Brand-New Edition of the Classic--Expanded and Updated
Betty Edwards
Because only a few individuals seem to possess the ability to see and draw, artists are often regarded as persons with a rare, God-given talent. To many people, the process of drawing seems mysterious and somehow beyond human understanding. However, by studying this book you will learn how to process visual information in the special way used by artists which is different from the way you usually process visual information.
Recent research has begun to throw new scientific light on that marvel of capability and complexity, the human brain. Whether you feel you have little talent and you doubt you could ever learn, or you enjoy drawing but have not been able to get much beyond a child-like level, this book will show you how to gain the skill you have always wanted. If you are already drawing as a professional artist or as an artist-in-training, it will give you greater confidence in your ability and deepen your artistic perception.
This revised edition includes recent developments in brain research that relate to drawing; new insights on the use of drawing teechniques in the corporate world and in education; instruction on self-expression through drawing; ways to step beyond black and white into color; and detailed advice on applying the five basic skills of drawing. Softcover.
BODOTRS $16.95
Online Price $13.56
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The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols
and Motifs
Robert Beer
This study of the sacred art of Tibet is the result of a lifetime spent researching and reflecting upon the inner meanings and origins found in such a highly complex iconographical tradition. Several thousand individual brush drawings, requiring 8 years to complete, illustrate the many variations in style and individual expression of ritual objects, while the text interweaves the origins, meanings, and functions of these symbols into a conceptual framework. An absolutely beautiful book!
BOEOTSA $65.00
Online Price $52.00
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The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols
and Motifs
Robert Beer
Robert Beer provides a deep and encompassing insight into the vast array of symbols and attributes that appear within the complex iconography of Tibetan Buddhism. Drawn largely from Beer's monumental work, The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs, the meticulous and beautiful brush drawings depict all of the major Buddhist symbols and motifs, including the various groups of auspicious symbols, natural and mythical animals, the entire assembly of ritual tantric implements, and mudras, or ritual hand gestures.
BOHOTBS $27.95
Online Price $22.36
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The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa
Translated by Garma C.C. Chang
Milarepa was an eleventh century Buddhist poet and saint, a cotton clad yogi who avoided the scholarly institutions of his time and wandered from village to village, teaching enlightenment and the path to Buddhahood through his spontaneously composed songs. According to the translator, this book "has been read as the biography of a saint, a guide book for devotions, a manual of Buddhist yoga, a volume of songs and poems, and even a collection of Tibetan folklore and fairy tales." This is the first complete version of this classic to appear in the West. Hardcover, 727 pgs.
BOHTSOM $55.00
Online Price $44.00
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The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History
H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche
Now reprinted as one volume, this book is His Holiness's legacy to all practitioners of Vajrayana Buddhism. It is the most complete and detailed reference source in English for the Nyingma tradition and its great masters.
BONSOTB $90.00
Online Price $72.00
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With a Measure of Grace: The Story and Recipes of a Small Town Restaurant
Blake Spalding and Jennifer Castle
With a Measure of Grace recounts with sensitivity and humor the tale of a Buddhist-based restaurant becoming a community anchor in a small Mormon town. Within the book's 160 color-photographed pages, Blake Spalding and Jen Castle share their trials, tribulations, and successes as the co-owners and chefs of Hell's Backbone Grill, a remote culinary gem in Boulder, Utah, which despite all odds has won the acclaim of the national press, and the respect of its neighbors for its seasonally-oriented, place-based cuisine. Signature recipes, lively anecdotes, and a healthy dose of old-fashioned rural wisdom make With a Measure of Grace a colorful, delightful, unforgettable read. Hardcover. All copies are signed by one of the authors, our sangha member Blake Spalding!
BOWMOGR $30.00
Online Price $24.00
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