MOVIE

Samsara

2011

Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

102 min

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Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America

This book celebrates the flowering of women in American Buddhism. Lenore Friedman set out to explore this phenomenon by interviewing some of the remarkable women who were teaching Buddhism in the United States.

Lenore Friedman

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Buddha’s Daughters: Teachings from Women Who Are Shaping Buddhism in the West

Buddhism began to take root in the West at just the same time that women’s voices were arising to find expression here—after millennia of being relegated to the background.

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The Intelligent Heart: A Guide to the Compassionate Life

Practical instruction in a Tibetan Buddhist method for developing radical compassion from a contemporary master with a gift for making the ancient teachings speak to modern hearts.

Dzigar Kongtrül, Joseph Waxman, Pema Chödrön (foreword)

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A Beginner’s Guide to Meditation: Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary Buddhist Teachers

As countless meditators have learned firsthand, meditation practice can positively transform the way we see and experience our lives.

Rod Meade Sperry (editor), Shambhala Sun (editor)

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The Exercise That Could Help You Transcend Resentment | Super Soul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network

For over 35 years, Buddhist nun and author Pema Chödrön has inspired millions around the world with her teachings on love, kindness, and compassion. Pema believes that beneath anger, confusion and fear is a basic goodness that connects us all.

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Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness

The fifty-nine provocative slogans presented here—each with a commentary by the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa—have been used by Tibetan Buddhists for eight centuries to help meditation students remember and focus on important principles and practices of mind training.

Chögyam Trungpa, Pema Chödrön (foreword)

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The Compassion Book: Teachings for Awakening the Heart

Welcome compassion and fearlessness as your guide, and you’ll live wisely and effectively in good times and bad. But that’s easier said than done.

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Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears

Ever feel trapped in the same old habits and painful emotions time and time again? These are patterns we all face, and sometimes they feel impossible to shake.

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Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

In her first new book of spiritual teachings in over seven years, Pema Chödrön offers a combination of wisdom, heartfelt reflections, and the signature mix of humor and insight that have made her a beloved figure to turn to during times of change.

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The Pocket Pema Chödrön

Pema Chödrön, beloved Buddhist nun and best-selling author, offers this treasury of 108 short selections from her more than four decades of study and writings.

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Buddhism