Exploring crucial points on the path to enlightenment, "Stages of the Path" literature continues to hold its place as one of the great treasures of Buddhist thought. In this volume, Geshe Rabten presents a structured explanation of the popular and practical text, The Essential Nectar of Holy Doctrine, by the 18th century scholar Yeshe Tsondru. Geshe Rabten’s teachings reveal how we may see life’s great value and, by taking up the profound practice described herein, make the most of its abundant opportunity. In a voice both sweet and potent, The Essential Nectar reveals the essence of the path to enlightenment.

The Essential Nectar: Meditations on the Buddhist Path (Wisdom Basic Book)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Rabten, Geshe

Alternative Medicine

Wisdom Publications

Profound, ancient truths captured in pithy sayings to help you transform your mind. Handy size allows you to carry it with you--advice whenever you need it.

Advice from a Spiritual Friend (English, Tibetan and Tibetan Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Ngawang Dhargyey

Tulku, Gonsar

Tulku, Sharpa

Buddhism

Wisdom Pubns

"Do not wish for gratitude. Never strike at the heart. Now if you die, you will have no regrets." - The Seven-Point Thought Transformation Like wise old friends, two Tibetan masters offer down-to-earth advice for cultivating compassion, wisdom, and happiness in every situation. Based on practical Buddhist verses on "thought training" (lojong), Advice from a Spiritual Friend teaches how to develop the inner skills that lead to contentment by responding to everyday difficulties with patience and joy. Following Stephen Batchelor's introduction to the Kadamapa tradition that gave rise to these earthy, pithy instructions, Part One is a commentary by Geshe Dhargyey to Atisha's (982-1054) Jewel Rosary of a Bodhisattva. Part Two includes a commentary by Geshe Rabten to the famous Seven-Point Thought Transformation. First published in 1977, Advice from a Spiritual Friend is a Wisdom classic that has enriched readers in many editions over the years. As Batchelor says in his introduction, "These teachings are as applicable today as they were when Atisha first introduced them to Tibet."

Advice from a Spiritual Friend

Dhargyey, Geshe

Fundamental Buddhist Epistomology, including mental factors.

The Mind and its Functions

BATCHELOR, STEPHEN

Edition Rabten Choeling

The auto-biography of Geshe Rabten, as told to some of his early students, contains not only the intensely vivid recollections of Geshe Rabten about his early life, but beautiful color photos of him and many other great Tibetan masters.  Along with the photos, line drawings by reknowned artis Eva van Dam help to give the reader the impression of getting to know what Geshe was really like. Of all of the many Tibetan Buddhist masters who have come to the west, Geshe Rabten is one of two or three who have had a fundamental impact.  His teaching style was unique, and was able to tailor his teaching to suit a wide variety of students.

The Life of a Tibetan Monk

Edition Rabten

The Venerable Geshe Rabten, one of the outstanding Tibetan Buddhist Masters of our time and pioneer of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, was born in eastern Tibet in 1920. After having accomplished his Geshe Lharampa degree, he served His Holiness the Dalai Lama as philosophical assistant in India, until His Holiness asked him to teach Buddhism to western disciples in Indian and in Europe. Thus Geshe came to Switzerland in 1974, where he lives until his passing away in 1986. In this book, Geshe provides us with a penetrating wisdom with the precise and skillful analysis of the mind and its functions. Like a mirror, it reflects very clearly our mental mark-up with all its faults and qualities. It opens up an understanding of the hidden secrets of the mind. The application of such an understanding leads to a valid inner transformation and thereby to a clear knowledge of the purpose of one's life.

The Mind and Its Functions: Explanations of a Tibetan Meditation Master

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