Not so long ago, a young and very curious girl lived in a snow-covered mountain village. Like everyone else in her village, she loved the Snow Lion. Like everyone else in her village, she prayed to the Snow Lion. But because she was so curious, she wanted to SEE the Snow Lion. The sacred stories said that if the villagers sang the sacred songs, read the sacred books, and went to the place of prayer and learning, someday they would see the Snow Lion. So that's what the little girl did. But one day the girl heard the Snow Lion's voice . . . and what the voice told her took her by surprise.
Lion, finding the jungle too hot for comfort, visits the mountains and falls in love with the cold fluffy white snow that covers the ground there.
In this thoughtful analysis, a distinguished professor presents a balanced historical view of the conflict among the Dalai Lama, Tibet, and China. Illustrations.
This volume opens a window onto an ancient enduring culture, bound by shared ethnicity and religion and challenged by daunting geography.
This remarkable book brings together more than 150 authentic Buddhist teaching tales from the Hidden Kingdom of Tibet — most never before translated into English.
Despite Chinese censorship, this collection of writing shows that Tibetan literature explores the pressing questions facing their country in the early 21st century.
This first book of The Treasury which serves as a prelude to Kongtrul's survey describes four major cosmological systems found in the Tibetan tradition—those associated with the Hinayana, Mahayana, Kalachakra, and Dzogchen teachings.
"Featuring all-new bonus material!"--Cover.
How can Mia and Ben stay best friends if they are so far apart? And how will they ever realise their dream of making a plane that can fly across their lake? Find out in this moving, lyrical story of friendship and flight.
The fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet offers his views on world peace and environmental responsibility in a collection of essays accompanied by photographs of his beloved Tibet.
Goodness belongs to all, inherently. In fact, we are goodness itself, in our bones and in our heart. We possess natural warriorship--bravery and gentleness. However, we are often obscured from...