Teachings of the Mountain Hermit of Mandong

Features a text on taking refuge and arousing enlightenment mind (bodhichitta) by a hermit who lived in the mountains near Mandong, Tibet, in the 20th century. He was very famous for his compassion for and assistance given to the very poor people of the Mandong region who were suffering mightily because of the horrors of the Communist Chinese invasion of Tibet. His explanations in this text follow the teachings of Atisha's lineage, with a strong emphasis on taking refuge and arousing love and compassion for all. The great point of this text though, is his teaching on compassion. The title may not sound like much, but reading this book has brought Westerner's to tears because of his heart-felt explanations of other's sufferings. The book called "Hinting at Dzogchen" forms a useful companion to this book; it is available in this store. Introduction, translations, ample footnotes, glossary, and book design by Tony Duff.

Maitreya's Sutras and Prayer with Commentary by Padma Karpo

This book features two sutras of the Buddha that were discourses given for Maitreya's benefit. It also contains a popular prayer that was composed by Maitreya and a commentary to the prayer by the renouned Tibetan author, Drukchen Padma Karpo. Introduction, translations, ample footnotes, glossary, and book design by Tony Duff.

The Sutra Petitioned by the Householder Uncouth

This book features a lengthy discourse of the Buddha from the sutras of the third turning of the wheel. The sutra is regarded as one of the key sutras that present the Other Emptiness view. The sutra also contains lengthy explanations of how on the one hand being a lay Buddhist is a difficult journey compared to being an ordained practitioner, but on the other hand how lay bodhisatvas can be much more advanced in their practice than ordained the ordained practitioners. It is a very thought-provoking and interesting sutra. A long explanation is provided in a lengthy introduction. Introduction, translations, ample footnotes, glossary, and book design by Tony Duff.

Shantideva's Entering the Conduct of a Bodhisatva with Commentary by Drukchen Padma Karpo

Features Shantideva's famous text Bodhisatvacaryavatara or "Entering the Bodhisatva Conduct", one of the favorite texts amongst followers of Buddhism. It is very popular because it presents a completely selfless view of how to live one’s life, which many have found very inspiring. Therefore, several translations of it have been made into English and other languages.  The text is in very beautiful but terse verse, making it hard at times for the reader to understand. Therefore, Indian and Tibetan masters wrote commentaries to clarify its meaning.  Many of them are long and hard to read, so have not been translated for Westerners. However, there is a very nice commentary by the great Tibetan author Padma Karpo, which takes the approach of inserting sufficient words into the text that its meaning is clarified while not adding so many words that they detract from the original.  The book features the complete text of Shantideva set up for recitation and the text with commentary set up for study.  Introduction, translation, ample footnotes, glossary, and book design by Tony Duff.