Suggested Reading Materials
Works by H. E. Choden Rinpoche
An Offering Cloud of Nectar: A Compilation of Mind Training and Other Subjects
Stairway to the State of Union
Hundreds of Deities of Tusita
Taking the Three Bodies Onto the Path
Works by Geshe Gyalten Kungka
Immovable, Like a Mountain: The Mind of Calm Abiding
Miscellaneous Dharma Works
Atisha, Dromton Gyalwe Jungne, and Thupten Jinpa (2008). The Book of Kadam: The Core Texts.
Berzin, Alexander (2000). Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship.
Carter, John Ross, and Mahinda Palihawadana (2008). The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha.
Choephel Ganchenpa, and Jeremy Russell (2001). Stages of Meditation: Commentary.
Dhargyey, Geshe Ngawang (1981). The Wheel of Sharp Weapons.
Gyatso, Khedrup Norsang, Gavin Kilty, and Thupten Jinpa (2004). Ornament of Stainless Light: An Exposition of the Kālacakra Tantra.
Gyatso, Lobsang (1992). The Harmony of Emptiness and Dependent-arising.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (1994). A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (2009). Transcendent Wisdom, Revised Edition.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins (2006). How to See Yourself as You Really Are.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Śāntideva (2009). For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Vyvyan Cayley, Mike Gilmore (2004). Commentary on the Thirty Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (2011). Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (1999). Ethics for the New Millennium.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (1982). Four Essential Buddhist Commentaries.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (1984). Kindness, Clarity, and Insight.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (2001). Stages of Meditation: Commentary.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (1998). The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (1995). The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (2009). Transcendent Wisdom, Revised Edition.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Alexander Berzin (1997). The Gelug/Kagyü Tradition of Mahamudra.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins (2013). The Four Noble Truths.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Herbert Benson, Robert Thurman and
Howard Gardner (1999). MindScience: An East-West Dialogue.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Thubten Jinpa (2004). Practicing Wisdom: The Perfection of Shantideva’s Bodhisattva Way.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Śāntideva (2009). For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Guy Newland (2012). From Here to Enlightenment: An Introduction to Tsong-kha-pa’s Classic Text the Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins (2002). How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and Thupten Jinpa (1991). Path to Bliss: A Practical Guide to Stages of Meditation.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Je Tsong-ka-pa, and Jeffrey Hopkins (1987). Deity Yoga: In Action and Performance Tantra.
H. H. Tenzin, Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Je Tsong-ka-pa, and Jeffrey Hopkins (1987). Tantra in Tibet (Wisdom of Tibet Series).
Hopkins, Jeffrey, and Elizabeth Napper (1983). Meditation on Emptiness.
Kolts, Russell L., and Thubten Chodron (2013). Living with an Open Heart: Cultivating Compassion in Everyday Life.
Komito, David Ross (1987). Nagarjuna’s Seventy Stanzas: A Buddhist Psychology of Emptiness
Mullin, Glenn H. (1997). Meditations on the Lower Tantras: From the Collected Works of the Previous Dalai Lamas.
Nāgārjuna, and Jay L. Garfield (1995). The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way Nāgārjuna’s Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.
Nāgārjuna, and Joseph Loizzo (2007). Nāgārjuna’s Reason Sixty with Candrakirti’s Commentary.
Newland, Guy (2008). Introduction to Emptiness: As Taught in Tsong-kha-pa’s Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path.
Newland, Guy (1992). The Two Truths: In The Madhyamika Philosophy Of The Gelukba Order Of Tibetan Buddhism.
Pabongka Rinpoche, Khri-Byan Blo-Bzan-Ye-Ses-Bstan-Dzin-Rgya- Mtsho, Sera Mey Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, and Artemus B. Engle (1999). Liberation in Our Hands: A Series of Oral Discourses, Part One: The Preliminaries.
Pabongka Rinpoche, Jampa Tenzin Trinley, Yongzin Trijang Rinpoche Losang Yeshe Trinley Gyatso, Sera Mey Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, and Artemus B. Engle (1994). Liberation in Our Hands: Part Two: The Fundamentals.
Pabongka Rinpoche (1990). Liberation in Our Hands: A Series of Oral Discourses Part Three: The Ultimate Goals.
Pabongka Rinpoche and Michael Richards (1997). Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment.
Rinchen, Geshe Sonam, and Ruth Sonam Sonam (2003). The Heart Sutra: An Oral Teaching.
Shantideva, B. Alan Wallace, and Vesna A. Wallace (1997). A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life: Bodhicaryāvatāra.
Sonam, Geshe Rinchen (1994). The Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas: Gyeltsap on Aryadeva’s FourHundred.
Sopa, Geshe Lhundup, Jeffrey Hopkins (1990). Cutting through Appearances: The Practice and Theory of Tibetan Buddhism.
Sopa, Geshe Lhundub, and David Patt (1999). Steps on the Path to Enlightenment: A Commentary on Lamrim Chenmo. Volume 1, 2, 3.
Sopa, Geshe Lhundup (2001). Peacock in the Poison Grove: Two Buddhist Texts on Training the Mind Attributed to Dharmaraksịta.
Tegchok, Jampa and Thubten Chodron (2012). Insight into Emptiness.
Tsong-Kha-Pa, Je, Joshua W. C. Cutler and Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee (2000). The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment; The Lamrim Chenmo. Vol. 1, 2, 3.
Tsondru, Mabja Jangchup, and Nāgārjuna (2011). Ornament of Reason: The Great Commentary to Nagarjuna’s Root of the Middle Way.
Tegchok, Jampa, Thubten Chodron, and Gyalse Thogme (2005). Transforming Adversity into Joy and Courage: An Explanation of The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas.
Thurman, Robert A. F. (2006). The Life and Teachings of Tsongkhapa.
Wallace, B. Alan (2001). Buddhism with an Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-point Mind-training.
Wallace, B. Alan (2011). Minding Closely: The Four Applications of Mindfulness.
Wallace, B. Alan, and Zara Houshmand (1999). Boundless Heart: The Four Immeasurables.
Yeshe Dorje, Longchen, and Nāgārjuna (2005). Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend: With Commentary by Kangyur Rinpoche.