Sacred Chants of Buddha - Craig Pruess

Sacred Chants of Buddha - Craig Pruess

Deep resonant chanting voices are set in an enchanting soundscape of singing bowls, wind chimes, flute, swaramandala. "Buddham Sharanam" shows the power of drums and chanting. Includes "Om Mani Padme Hum" and the "Vajra Guru Mantra". The cinematic soundtrack style of the audio production has created a lot of excitement in India, where the album has sold everywhere, in towns and cities alike. Produced, arranged and performed by Craig Pruess, with special guest vocalist Pundit Vishwa Prakash, appearing on "Buddham Sharanam".

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Hari Prasad Chaurasia - Collection

This is is a kick ass Indian collection; 18 Albums, from dnayak of the flute master Hari Prasad Chaurasia. Its over 2 gig in size so make some room. Peace.
Hari Prasad Chaurasia - Collection
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (born July 1, 1938) is known internationally as a player of the bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute. Chaurasia is a classicist who has made a conscious effort to reach out and expand the audience for classical music.

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A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism - Christmas Humphreys

A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism - Christmas Humphreys
This book, a dictionary as well as a glossary, attempts to cover the entire field of Buddhism. Its terms, chosen from seven languages spoken in ten countries in at least ten major schools of Buddhism, are those that readers are most likely to find in books on Buddhism. Also included are brief biographies of eminent Buddhists and scholars from both East and West, which will provide a ready reference to authorities normally cited. A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism is a useful compilation and a key religious, ethical, and philosophical reference work in an area of study that commands increasing attention in Western society.

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Buddha Dharma: A Collection of Buddhist Mahayana Sutras

Buddha Dharma: A Collection of Buddhist Mahayana Sutras
This is a massive collection of Sutras in PDF format, kudos to uploader.
Contents:
- The Amitabha Sutra
- The Arya Sanghata Sutra
- The Avatamsaka Sutra
- The Brahma Net Sutra
- The Buddha Speaks the Mahayana Sublime Treasure King Sutra
- The Buddha Speaks the Sutra About Karma
- The Demonstration of the Inconceivable State of Buddhahood Sutra
- The Dharani Sutra of Hundred Thousand Seals
- The Dharani Sutra Of The Buddha On Longevity, The Extinction Of Offences And The Protection Of Young Children
- The Diamond Cutter Sutra
- The Filial Piety Sutra
- The Gangottara Sutra
- The Golden Light Sutra

Any many more..
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SEM: The Nature of the Mind - Gehlek Rimpoche

SEM: The Nature of the Mind - Gehlek Rimpoche
Having compassion for yourself is your first priority. Developing love and care for yourselves is your first priority. People will say, "love-compassion is loving oth- ers and caring for others." True! But, that doesn't mean that I'm not included. In the sixty years I have read Tibetan prayers, everywhere it says, "I and all sentient beings, etc." It all begins with "I and all others." It never said, "All beings except me." So, helping yourself and develop- ing compassion for yourself, are the first urgent priorities for us. If we can develop compassion for ourselves, then it is easy to de- velop compassion for others. If you try to develop compassion for others and ignore yourself, I don't think you will ever develop com- passion at all. You will feel pity when looking at people suffering -- at beings suffering, like a dog or a cat when a car runs over them. You'll feel sad, but I don't know if that's being compassionate; it's pity feelings we develop. We may call that compassion, but it's not really true compassion. What true compassion is we'll try to talk about this week. But, already I tell you here: if you don't develop compassion for yourself, it will not appear. It is not an automatic thing. It has to be developed. If you don't develop compassion for yourself, then forget about developing compassion for others; there's no way it's going to happen. Atisha, the famous Bengalian scholar who came to Tibet in the 1100s to bring the true message of the Buddha, said, Until you help yourself, until you develop yourself, and attend to your mind, you'll never be able to attend to others'minds. So, our first priority is to develop love and care for ourselves. We do care for ourselves, but often not in the correct way. Atisha also says, Don't think "I did this. I did that." Think, "Others did this. Others did that." Have respect for everybody.

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GOM: A Course in Meditation - Gehlek Rimpoche

GOM: A Course in Meditation - Gehlek Rimpoche
Based on Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo and Lamrim Chungba given in weekly Thursday classes in the Jewel Heart Center, New York City 2004. We are all running, all the time, physically, mentally and emotionally. That is the life we are in. That is our reality. Buddha's idea of liberation is based on these four. It tells you how people get into it and how they can get out of it. In the Lankavatara sutra Buddha says, Why are people running around and suffer so much? Because they don't get emptiness straight, the nature of reality, what is really going on. They don't get the meaning of peace, [Skt. nirvana] straight. That's why they are circling, life after life. That is very important. Life after life, we're continuously doing the same thing. We may think, "Well, I am okay, I am not doing anything terrible and miserable". In one way it is true. We are greater than many others. But on the other hand, we are not liberated, we are not free. That much we know. For me the goal of spiritual practice, spiritual work, is that first we have to liberate ourselves, then help liberate others. Liberate from what? From running around. The fear combined with confusion is traditionally called ignorance [Tib. marigpa], which might not be exactly ignorance as we understand it. This one beats us so badly. It takes shelter in one of the emotions it can be hatred or obsession. We are running around within that.

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Developing Daily Practice - Geshe Tashi Tsering

Developing Daily Practice - Geshe Tashi Tsering
Geshe Tashi was born in Purang, Tibet in 1958, and his parents escaped to India in 1959. He entered Sera Mey Monastic University in South India when he was 13 years old, and graduated with a Lharampa (the highest possible level) Geshe degree 16 years later. Geshe Tashi then entered the Higher Tantric College (Gyuto) for a year of study. Geshe Tashi's teaching career began at Sera, after which he taught the monks at Kopan Monastery, Nepal for a year. He went on to the Gandhi Foundation College in Nagpur, India and then moved to Europe, initially to Nalanda Monastery in the South of France for 2 years and then in 1994 came to Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London, where he is the resident Geshe. Geshe Tashi teaches in English and is renowned for the warmth, clarity and humour with which he makes complex subjects accessible to Western Students. Besides Jamyang, he is a regular guest lecturer at other Buddhist centres in the UK and around the world as well as creator and teacher of the Foundation of Buddhist Thought, the two-year FPMT correspondence and campus course on the basics of Tibetan Buddhism.

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