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Into the Stream: A Study Guide on the First Stage of Awakening
By Thanissaro Bhikkhu

The Pali Canon recognizes four levels of Awakening, the first of which is called stream entry. This gains its name from the fact that a person who has attained this level has entered the “stream” flowing inevitably to nibbana.
He/she is guaranteed to achieve full awakening within seven lifetimes at most, and in the interim will not be reborn in any of the lower realms.
This study guide on stream entry is divided into two parts. The first deals with the practices leading to stream entry; the second, with the experience of stream entry and its results.

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གཞན་ཕན་ཤིང་རྟ།
gzhan phan shing rta
Chariot of Altruism
Author: Chokgyur Dechen Zhikpo Lingpa

The Dredger of the Lower Realms’ Depths (Ngensong Dongtruk) constitutes the Sambhogakaya practice from the Guru’s Heart Practice, Dispeller of All Obstacles (Lamé Tukdrup Barché Künsel). The sadhana is a powerful method for purification and especially for guiding the deceased. Through the purification of the negative karmic causes and conditions, this practice ensures a good rebirth, the fulfillment of wishes, and the accumulation of merit and wisdom.

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Straight from the Heart: Thirteen Talks on the Practice of Meditation, by Venerable Ācariya Mahā Boowa, and translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

The talks in this collection all deal with the practice of meditation, and particularly with the development of discernment. These talks were originally given for the benefit of a follower of Venerable Ācariya Mahā Boowa who had contracted cancer of the bone marrow and had come to practice meditation at Wat Pa Baan Taad in order to contend with the pain of the disease and the fact of her approaching death.

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The Dhāraṇī of the Polished Gem
རིན་པོ་ཆེ་བརྡར་བའི་གཟུངས།

Toh 774
Degé Kangyur, vol. 96 (rgyud, wa), folio 112.b

The Dhāraṇī of the Polished Gem includes a short dhāraṇī and instructions to polish a gemstone while reciting the dhāraṇī, and to imagine that this results in a rain of offering substances, which the reciter should then offer.

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Kamma, The Real Creator
By Dr. Mehm Tin Mon

Who is the Real Creator?
Who create Human beings, celestial beings and woeful beings?
Why are some born rich and some born poor?
Why some are ugly and some are beautiful?
Who are there ups and down in Life?
Who determines your fate and destiny?
How can you be rich and prosperous in every existence?

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Colour illustrated Graphic Novel
The Magic Life of Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa
By Eva Van Dam

From avenging evil sorcerer to devoted Buddhist ascetic to enlighted being—the story of Milarepa’s spectacular life is a powerful testimony to self-knowledge, transformation, and liberation. This artistically rendered graphic novel captures all the grit and drama of Milarepa’s story. It is the year 1050, and Milarepa is seeking vengeance on unscrupulous relatives for mistreating his mother and sister. Trained in dark arts and sorcery, he commands a rain of scorpions, snakes, and lizards to attack the villains. But when his teacher rebukes him for his evil deeds, Milarepa renounces black magic to seek mystic truth. He retreats to a cave where, after years of intense meditation, he acquires the the power to shape-shift. But most importantly he achieves the greatest victory of all—mastery over himself.

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Emptiness and Stillness
By Ajahn Brahm

This book has been produced to commemorate the 60th birthday of Ajahn Brahm. It has been generously sponsored for free distribution by his close lay disciples from Perth, interstate and overseas.
All the text is original material written specially for this publication. Likewise, many of the images were taken during recent Dhamma tours. Special thanks for wonderful pictures are due to supporters in Thailand, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Norway and Germany. Some of the photos are from The Buddhist Society of Western Australia archives and may bring back happy memories. Extracts from two of Ajahn’s Dhamma talks are also included.

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The Bestower of Supreme Wisdom: A Guru Yoga

༄༅། །བླ་མའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར་ཡེ་ཤེས་མཆོག་སྩོལ།

By Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo begins this work by qualifying guru yoga as the ultimate swift path of the great secret Vajrayāna. Most guru yoga texts include the fundamental Buddhist ritual of taking refuge, the bodhicitta foundation of Mahāyāna, the practice of purification and accumulation, the tantric practice of receiving empowerments, the generation and perfection stages, and dedication. In this way, guru yoga comprises a comprehensive, coherent, and rich practice.

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Sixty Songs of Milarepa
By Garma C. C. Chang

Milarepa, a cotton-clad yogi, wandered and taught the dharma, most famously through spontaneously composed songs, a colorful and down-to-earth way to convey the immediacy and depth of the Buddhist teachings. In this work, the songs are woven into a narrative that tells the stories of his most famous encounters with his students, including Gampopa and Rechungpa, and recount his victories over supernatural forces in the remote Himalayan mountains and caves where he meditated.

This translation brings to life the teachings of this extraordinary man. This classic of world literature is important for its narrative alone but is also a key contribution to those who seek inspiration for the spiritual path.

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Facing the Future
By Bhikkhu Bodhi

In this collection of essays, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi uses the Buddha’s teaching as a lens through which to examine some of the confusions about social values that have engulfed us at the dawn of the new century.
The opening essay, “A Buddhist Social Ethic for the New Century,” sets the pace by drawing a contrast between the social system fostered by global capitalism and the type of social organization that might follow from a practical application of Buddhist principles.
“A Buddhist Model for Economic and Social Development” continues the argument by highlighting the economic, social, and ecological costs of industrial-growth society, sketching a more “people-friendly” alternative based on Buddhist values. “The Changing Face of Buddhism” opens with the question why, in traditional Buddhist countries, Buddhism today is losing its appeal to the young, on its way to becoming little more than a fossilized expression of ethnic culture; in attempting to answer this question be proposes some new lines of emphasis that might help to reverse this trend. In “Sangha at the Crossroads” he explores the problems that young monks face in finding a meaningful role in today’s rapidly changing world.

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