Jamgön Mipham (1846–1912), one of the great luminaries of Tibetan Buddhism in modern times, has had a dominant and vitalizing influence on the Nyingma School and beyond. He was an important member of the Rimé, or nonsectarian movement, which did much to strengthen and preserve the entire tradition. A scholar of outstanding brilliance and versatility, his translated works are eagerly anticipated by English-language readers.
Shantarakshita's Madhyamakalankara with Commentary by Jamgon Mipham
Buddhism, General / Buddhism, Tibetan / Eastern Philosophy
Hardcover / Shambhala Publications / 464 pages / 6 x 9
ISBN 978-1-59030-241-5 / June 2005
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Madhyamaka, or the Middle Way, is accepted by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism as the most profound expression, in philosophical terms, of emptiness, the true nature of phenomena. Emptiness is the basis on which the whole of Mahayana practice is founded, from the mind-training meditations on bodhichitta...
Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara with Commentary by Ju Mipham
Buddhism, General / Buddhism, Tibetan
Paperback / Shambhala Publications / 432 pages / 6 x 9
ISBN 978-1-59030-009-1 / February 2005
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Introduction to the Middle Way presents an adventure into the heart of Buddhist wisdom through the Madhyamika, or "middle way," teachings, which are designed to take the ordinary intellect to the limit of its powers and then show that there is more.
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An Explanation of the Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava
Buddhism, General / Buddhism, Tibetan
Hardcover / Shambhala Publications / 144 pages / 5 x 7 3/4
ISBN 978-1-59030-511-9 / December 2007
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The commentary translated in these pages is unusual and rare. But if the commentary is a rarity, its subject matter—the seven-line invocation of Padmasambhava—is one of the best-known prayers in the Tibetan Buddhist world.
The overall significance of the Seven-Line Prayer is perhaps...