Yeshe - Becoming Your Own Therapist and Make Your Mind an Ocean

An Introduction to the Buddhist Way of Thought

..and..

Aspects of Buddhist Psychology

Edited by Nicholas Ribush

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Becoming Your Own Therapist, by LamaYeshe

Advice for Monks and Nuns, by Lama Yeshe andLama Zopa Rinpoche

Virtue and Reality, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Ego, Attachment and Liberation by LamaYeshe

Teachings from the Vajrasattva Retreat, byLama Zopa Rinpoche

The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism, by LamaYeshe Daily Purification:

A Short Vajrasattva Practice, by Lama ZopaRinpoche

Making Life Meaningful, by Lama ZopaRinpoche

Teachings from the Mani Retreat, by Lama ZopaRinpoche

The Direct and Unmistaken Method, by LamaZopa Rinpoche

The Yoga of Offering Food, by Lama ZopaRinpoche

The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind, byLama Yeshe

Teachings from Tibet, by various greatlamas

The Joy of Compassion, by Lama ZopaRinpoche

The Kindness of Others, by Geshe JampaTegchok

Ego, Attachment and Liberation, by LamaYeshe

How Things Exist, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Universal Love, by Lama Yeshe

The Heart of the Path, by Lama ZopaRinpoche

Teachings from the Medicine Buddha Retreat,by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Freedom Through Understanding, by Lama Yesheand Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Kadampa Teachings, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Life, Death and After Death, by LamaYeshe

Bodhisattva Attitude, by Lama ZopaRinpoche

How to Practice Dharma, by Lama ZopaRinpoche

The Perfect Human Rebirth, by Lama ZopaRinpoche

For initiates only:

A Teaching on Heruka, by Lama ZopaRinpoche

A Teaching on Yamantaka, by Lama ZopaRinpoche

In association with TDL Publications, LosAngeles:

Mirror of Wisdom, by Geshe TsultimGyeltsen

Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment, byHis Holiness the Dalai Lama

In association with Amitabha Buddhist Centre,Singapore:

A Commentary on the Praises to the Twenty-oneTaras, by Lama Lhundrup

How to Generate Bodhicitta, by RiburRinpoche

Lama Yeshe DVDs

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