Selected bibliography of Western secondary literature on the spread of Buddhism in Asia, with special emphasis on its spread to Central Asia.

The Way to Gain a Decisive Determination of the Correct View of Voidness  This is divided into two sections: The Stages for Entering into (the Determination of) the Very Nature of Reality  The Actual Decisive Determination of the Very Nature of Reality The Stages...

Learn about the many new developments that have taken place in the Buddhist institutions in Mongolia by 2023.

This meditation manual by the Second Dalai Lama explains the visualization practices for the “Three Essential Moments” – this life, the time of death, and the in-between rebirth state – as a step-by-step guide to cultivating compassion, wisdom and preparation for liberation.

Review: First Level of the Four-Point Analysis: Refuting the Coarse Impossible “Me” and the Subtle Impossible “Me” We have refuted the coarse impossible “me,” which is doctrinally based, and coming together with that are the 20 forms of this deluded attitude towards the...

Review of the First Level of Recognizing the Object to Be Refuted: The Coarse Impossible “Me” We were working on the first point of the four-point analysis, which is to recognize the object to be refuted. We saw that there are many levels of the object to be refuted, and we...

The Tantra Tradition of Mahamudra The text continues, As for the actual basic methods, although there are many ways of asserting mahamudra, there are two when divided according to the sutras and tantras. On the basis of our efforts to eliminate obstacles and build up...

Having a Quiet Mind and Caring Attitude In the development of balanced sensitivity, there are many different variables involved in overcoming the extremes of being either insensitive or oversensitive regarding ourselves and others. This has to do with how we...

The ten far-reaching attitudes are states of mind that bring bodhisattvas to enlightenment. Although shravakas may also develop these attitudes, they are not considered “far-reaching” unless they are conjoined with a bodhichitta aim.

“Hinayana” has become a collective term for 18 Buddhist schools, only one of which is currently extant and with scriptures in Pali, Theravada. “Mahayana” similarly spans several schools, not all of which have scriptures in classical Sanskrit.