Also Try Tibet Tibetan Language Lists Tibetan Books (NamseBangdzo.com) Provides books by Tibetan authors. 9-04 Materials Chenrezig Screensavers (Dharma-Haven.org) Provides pictures, screensavers, and more related to Chenrezig. 8-04 Tibetan Buddhism Software (Tibetan Clipart) Provides screensavers, Web page corners, and other software for persons interested in Tibetan Buddhism. Papers Bon Religion (TibetanBon.com) Describes Tibet's ancient religion and provides biographical information about current teachers. Bon came before Buddhism. 9-02 Bon Tradition (Government of Tibet in Exile) Bon came before Buddhism. Dalai Lama Debates at Harvard (Time.com) "The Dalai Lama is a lot more playful than your average Harvard professor, which is one reason his appearance at a Harvard psychology conference on Friday was so entertaining." 05-09 Dalai Lama's Succession (Time.com) "The buzz among the delegates is the idea that it is possible to know the reincarnation of a senior lama while he is still alive. The Dalai Lama mentioned it recently, stirring up hopes that he would name a direct successor, as well as a fair bit of theological head-scratching. 'It's something about the body, mind and spirit being split in two,' one delegate told me." 11-08 Interview With the Dalai Lama (Progressive.org) "The Dalai Lama is perhaps one of the most in-demand personalities in the world." 02-07 Medicine, Tibetan Buddhist (The Office of Tibet) Tibetan Buddhism - Timeline (Simhas.org) Provides the history of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. 12-04 Tibetan Buddhist Art (HimalayanArt.com) Provides paintings, blockprints, and sculptures. 12-04 Tibetan History and Buddhism (Government of Tibet in Exile) Projects Buddhist Game - Teacher's Section (MCEL, Pacific University) Teaches basic concepts of Buddhism through an online board game and chat area. 11-99 Purchase Resources Meditation Cushions (Chopa) Sells gomdens, zabutons, and zafus. 2-06 Meditation Cushions (Namse Bangdzo) Sells gomdens and zafus. Also has malas, counters, prayerflags, offering bowls, incense, thangkas, and more. 2-06 Meditation Cushions (Samadhi) Sells gomdens, zabutons, and zafus. Also provides a cushion guide to help you decide which height you need. 3-00 Teachers Bardor Tulku Rinpoche (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) Includes a biography and a picture. 8-04 Bokar Rinpoche (KDK.org) Includes a biography and a picture. He passed away on August 17, 2004. 8-04 Bokar Rinpoche (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) Includes a biography and a picture. He passed away on August 17, 2004. 8-04 Gelug Tradition (Government of Tibet in Exile) Gelugpa Lineage (Simhas.org) Provides the history of the Gelugpa tradition. 12-04 H.E. Khyabje Kalu Rinpoche (Karmapa Trust) Provides a picture of Rinpoche and his current incarnation. HH Karmapa and Karma Kagyu Teachers (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) Kagyu - Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche (Kagyu Trust) Provides two pictures and a short comment on each, one in English. 1-00 Kagyu - Tai Situpa Rinpoche (Kagyu Trust) Provides a short history of Tai Situ Rinpoche. 1-00 Kagyu Lineage (Kagyu Trust) Provides a history of the Karma Kagyu lineage, including the Karmapas. 1-00 Kagyu Lineage (Simhas.org) Provides the history of the Kagyu tradition. 12-04 Karma Kagyu Home Page (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) Karma Kagyu Lineage (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) Karma Kagyu Lineage (Karmapa Trust) Provides information about Karma Kagyu teachers and study groups world wide. Karma Kagyu Lineage Study Groups (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) Provides information about study groups and centers, Karma Thegsum Cholings, in the United States. Karma Kagyu Teachers (Karmapa Trust) Provides pictures of Karma Kagyu teachers and Bodhisattvas. Karma Pakshi (KagyuOffice.org) Provides a biography of the second Karmapa, Karma Pakshi. Karmapa - Seventeenth (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) Provides a biography, information on the prediction letter, and other information on the life of His Holiness, the 17th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage. 1-06 Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (Kargyu.org) Provides a picture of Rinpoche and a biography. 11-05 Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) Includes a biography and a picture. 8-04 Mikyo Dorje (KagyuOffice.org) Provides a biography of the eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje. Nagarjuna (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Provides a biography and a summary of teachings. Although Nagarjuna was Indian, he heavily influenced Tibetan Buddhism. "Often referred to as 'the second Buddha' by Tibetan and East Asian Mahayana (Great Vehicle) traditions of Buddhism, Nagarjuna proffered trenchant criticisms of Brahminical and Buddhist substantialist philosophy, theory of knowledge and approaches to practice. Nagarjuna’s central concept of the 'emptiness (sunyata) of all things (dharmas),' which pointed to the incessantly changing and so never fixed nature of all phenomena, served as much as the terminological prop of subsequent Buddhist philosophical thinking as the vexation of opposed Vedic systems. The concept had fundamental implications for Indian philosophical models of causation, substance ontology, epistemology, conceptualizations of language, ethics and theories of world-liberating salvation, and proved seminal even for Buddhist philosophies in India, Tibet, China and Japan very different from Nagarjuna’s own. Indeed it would not be an overstatement to say that Nagarjuna’s innovative concept of emptiness, though it was hermeneutically appropriated in many different ways by subsequent philosophers in both South and East Asia, was to profoundly influence the character of Buddhist thought." 12-04 Nyingma Lineage (Simhas.org) Provides the history of the Nyingma tradition. 12-04 Sakya Lineage (Simhas.org) Provides the history of the Sakya tradition. 12-04 Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (Office of Tibet) 2-00 Tibetan Buddhist Lineages (TibetanLama.com) Provides short biographical information about current teachers of the four Buddhist lineages and the ancient Bon tradition. Bon came before Buddhism. 9-02 Tibetan Buddhist News - Karma Kagyu (NalandaBodhi.org) Provides news related to the Karma Kagyu Lineage. Tibetan Buddhist News - Karma Kagyu (NalandaBodhi.org) Provides news related to the Karma Kagyu Lineage. Tibetan Buddhist Teachers - Karma Kagyu (KagyuOffice.org) Provides biographies of the Karmapas and lineage holders. Includes a biography of the first Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa, on this page. Teachings Basic Teachings (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) Provides the basic teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, including reasons for meditation, how to meditate and more. Bodhisattva - The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva (Buddhism.Kalachakranet.org) Provides the thirty-seven thoughts or practices of a Bodhisattva. Book of the Dead (BuddhistInformation.com) Describes the different states of mind that occur after death, according to Tibetan Buddhist teachings. 6-04 Book of the Dead (Evans-Wentz) Provides the practice for the benefit of those who have just died. Book of the Dead (Lycaeum.org) Provides the practice for the benefit of those who have just died. Book of the Dead (Near-Death.com) Describes the different states of mind that occur after death, according to Tibetan Buddhist teachings. 6-04 Book of the Dead (University of Virginia) Discusses the practice for the benefit of those who have just died. Compassion (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) Provides instructions on the practice of taming the mind in loving-kindness and compassion. Includes engendering bodhicitta and the path of the bodhisattva. Glossary (Simhas.org) Defines key terms in Tibetan Buddhism. 12-04 Heart of Mindfulness (Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche) Discusses the seven points of mind training, how to start meditation practice. Rinpoche follows the Kagyu tradition and has been recognized as a master by H.H. Karmapa, head of the lineage. Meditation is sometimes called Shamatha or Shamata. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche - Teachings (Kagyu.org) Provides articles by Rinpoche. 11-05 Loving Kindness and Compassion (Kargyu.org) "Loving-Kindness and compassion play such an important role in the Buddhist approach to spirituality that we can say that a genuine practice of the Dharma is actually based on the development of these qualities." 11-05 Meanings of Om Mani Padme Hum (Yakrider.com - Bokar Rinpoche) Provides an explanation of the mantra associated with Chenrezig practice. Visitors sometimes spell "Hum" as "Hung." 8-04 Shamatha Meditation (Kalachakranet) Discusses meditation practice, including the danger of becoming attached to the happiness that comes with calmness. Shamatha Meditation (Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche) Discusses the seven points of mind training, how to start meditation practice, and how to prepare for meditation. Rinpoche follows the Kagyu tradition and has been recognized as a master by H.H. Karmapa, head of the lineage. Sometimes visitors spell as Shamata or call meditation Vipassana. Sunyata - Recognizing True Nature of Mind (Kargyu.org) "Realized beings, when they see anything, understand it as a reflection of the mind, and they get neither bored with it nor excited about it. Ordinary beings, thinking that what they see is real and permanent, run off with their perceptions and compulsively try to possess this and reject that. This is how confusion piles up. One of the highest experiences is to understand that reality is not fixed." 11-05 Tonglen (LojonMindTraining.com) Provides commentary from teachers regarding the text, The Great Path of Awakening, by Jamgyon Kongtrul. 11-05

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