Vajra Publications
Vajra Publications
| Product ID: | 978 9937 506007 |
| Book Name: | Blessing Power of the Buddhas Sacred Objects, Sacred Lands |
| Author Name: | Norma Levine |
| Price: | USD 14.95 |
| Description: | “This is an excellent, carefully researched book written with exactly the right mixture of accuracy and wonder. It should be of use to seekers everywhere.†Andrew Harvey, author of A Journey in Ladakh and Hidden Journey “Blessing Power of the Buddhas could be considered a travel guide to the magical in Himalayan Buddhist culture. Full of descriptions and interesting stories, it is obvious that the author is intimate with the land and people of the Himalayan region. Her description of… |
| Product ID: | 978 9937 506175 |
| Book Name: | Dancing in the Clouds The Mani Rimdu, Dumche and Tsogchen Festivals of the Khumbu Sherpas |
| Author Name: | Jamyang Wangmo |
| Price: | USD 16.95 |
| Description: | The present book Dancing in the Clouds contains accurate information about the history, organization, and rituals of the Mani Rimdu, Dumche, and Kyarog Tsogchen festivals, as well as a short history of the Thangme Gompa and its head lamas. |
| Product ID: | 978 9937 506182 |
| Book Name: | Dharma Wheel of Great Bliss A Guide to the Thangme Gompa Dechen Chokhror Ling |
| Author Name: | Jamyang Wangmo |
| Price: | USD 5 |
| Description: | Ngawang Shedrub Tenpe Gyaltsen Rinpoche is the head lama of Thangme Gompa. Born in Rolwaling in 1958, he spent his early youth studying in Thubten Choling Monastery under the guidance of Kyabje Trulzhig Rinpoche. Under his leadership the Thangme Gompa has been renovated on various occasions. Venerable Jamyang Wangmo (Helly Pelaez Bozzi) was born in Spain in 1945 and trained in law and art. Ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1973, she lives in Nepal. She is the author of… |
| Product ID: | 978 9937 506250 |
| Book Name: | Seeking Nibbana in Sri Lanka |
| Author Name: | Jason Siff |
| Price: | USD 18.95 |
| Description: | “Seeking Nibbana in Sri Lanka is a finely crafted novel that succeeds both as a work of literature and as a profound reflection on the nature of Buddhist spiritual experience. In following the young Western monk Sumana into the Sri Lankan jungle to meet his teacher Aggachitta, we are drawn into a world of conflicting perceptions, in which sincerity and self-doubt, the mundane and the transcendent, are woven together into a poignant and moving tapestry of intersecting human lives.†Stephen… |
| Product ID: | 978-164316089-4 |
| Book Name: | Peasant Studies in Nepal |
| Author Name: | Suresh Dhakal, David Seddon, Janak rai, Jagat basnet, Yamuna Ghale, Madhu Giri, Kapil Babu Dahal |
| Price: | USD 25 |
| Description: | Editors: Laya Prasad Uprety, Suresh Dhakal, Jagat Basnet Book details
The book is an academic attempt to fill the gap of literature on the contemporary peasant society of Nepal which is undergoing rapid transformations due to the penetration of global capitalism-a function of the adoption of neoliberal economic development model by Nepal after the democratic resurgence in 1990 A.D under the… |
| Product ID: | 978-9937-506- |
| Book Name: | A Village Called Self-Awareness, Life and Times in Spiti Valley |
| Author Name: | Benti Banach |
| Price: | USD 14.95 |
| Description: | A Village Called Self-Awareness, Life and Times in Spiti Valley |
| Product ID: | 978-9937-506-02- |
| Book Name: | A Buddhist Guide to Power Places of the Kathmandu Valley |
| Author Name: | Keith Dowman |
| Price: | USD 5 |
| Description: | A Buddhist Guide to Power Places of the Kathmandu Valley Author: Keith Dowman |
| Product ID: | 978-9937-506-04- |
| Book Name: | The Power-Places of Central Tibet The Pilgrims Guide |
| Author Name: | Keith Dowman |
| Price: | USD 10 |
| Description: | Tibet is now open to anyone wishing to explore itsancient culture. This book, based on a nineteenth-century guide for Tibetan pilgrims by the renownedLama Jamyang Kyentse Wangpo, describes thelocation, site, relics and background to places ofmajor religious and historic significance. To compilethe guide, the author followed in Jamyang Kyentse’sfootsteps, visiting 150 temples, monasteries, sacredcaves, lakes and mountains. Some of these areeasily accessible to tourist groups; others have to bereached on foot – certain valleys written about herehad never previously been… |
| Product ID: | 978-9937-506-06- |
| Book Name: | Postcard From Kathmandu: Life Among Gods, Kings and Diplomats |
| Author Name: | Frederick Selby |
| Price: | USD 15 |
| Description: | POSTCARDS FROM KATHMANDU provides a charming and endearing portrait of his family’s adjustment to their new home, but Selby also delivers an elegant but intimate snapshot of this magical land in a time before Western culture and influence had spread around the globe, as well as thoughts about Nepal’s place in the modern world. |
| Product ID: | 978-9937-506-08- |
| Book Name: | The God of Compassion |
| Author Name: | Kesar Lall |
| Price: | USD 2.56 |
| Description: | The God of Compassion Author: Kesar |
| Product ID: | 978-9937-506-434 |
| Book Name: | Impressions of Bhutan and Tibetan Art |
| Author Name: | John Ardussi & Henk Blezer |
| Price: | USD 27.95 |
| Description: | The Proceedings of the Seminars of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) have developed into the most representative world-wide cross-section of Tibetan Studies. They are an indispensable reference-work for anyone interested in Tibet and capture the cutting edge of Tibet related research. This volume is the last of three volumes general proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the IATS. It is a richly illustrated book, containing a careful selection of scholarly and academic articles that open sur-prising perspectives on… |
| Product ID: | 978-9937-506-465 |
| Book Name: | Guide to the Hidden Land of the Yolmo Snow Enclosure and its History |
| Author Name: | Khenpo Nyima Dondrup |
| Price: | USD 5 |
| Description: | Guide to the Hidden Land of the Yolmo Snow Enclosure and its History |
| Product ID: | 978-9937-506-496 |
| Book Name: | Poems to and from the Vastness |
| Author Name: | Nicholas M. Czernin |
| Price: | USD 10 |
| Description: | Poems to and from the Vastness Single Brush Strokes on Empty Space and in the Realm of the Vastness |
| Product ID: | 978-9937-623-57- |
| Book Name: | Nepal Himalaya: A Journey Through Time |
| Author Name: | Lisa Choegyal (Text) Sujoy Das (Photographer) |
| Price: | USD 35 |
| Description: |
Nepal Himalaya: A Journey Through Time About the Authors SUJOY DAS: A seasoned trekker and photographer, Sujoy Das (www.sujoydas.com) feels most at home in the high Himalaya. Founder of South Col Expeditions, he has introduced many trekkers to the magic of the Everest and Annapurna regions in Nepal, where he has been photographing for more than 25 years. His images and accompanying essays have featured in The Washington Post, Insight Guides, Outdoor Journal, Outlook Traveller and many other publications. He has co-authored and photographed several books… |
| Product ID: | 978-99375-060-14 |
| Book Name: | Monument Conservation in Nepal My Experience with the World Heritage Sites of the Kathmandu Valley. |
| Author Name: | Dr. Shaphalya Amatya |
| Price: | USD 20 |
| Description: | Monument Conservation in Nepal My Experience with the World Heritage Sites of the Kathmandu Valley. Author: Dr. Shaphalya Amatya |
| Product ID: | 978-99375-061-0- |
| Book Name: | The Ecstatic Body |
| Author Name: | Martino Nicoletti |
| Price: | USD 15 |
| Description: | The shaman who entertains the gods by dancing and music, is the same man who entertains the audience through the more performative aspects of the seance. Here, it is ordinary people who exploit the situation, coming to attend a performance that, in primis, has been organised for the gods. A singular performance, to which, besides the chance of direct witness of the epiphany of gods, spirits and demons, is added the no less stimulating possibility of witnessing human destinies suspended… |
| Product ID: | 978-99375-061-3- |
| Book Name: | Northern Buddhism in History |
| Author Name: | edited by Shanker Thapa |
| Price: | USD 20 |
| Description: |
| Product ID: | 978-9937623100 |
| Book Name: | Tibetans who Escaped the Historian's Net: Studies in the Social History of Tibetan Societies |
| Author Name: | Edited by Charles Ramble, Peter Schwieger & Alice Travers |
| Price: | USD 40 |
| Description: | This collection of articles is the outcome of a conference, "Recapturing the Tibetans who Escaped the Historian\'s Net", that was held in Bonn in May 2013. Most of the contributors are directly associated with the Franco-German project "The Social History of Tibetan Societies, 17th to 20th Centuries". As the title of the work suggests, the broad focus of interest is provided by "the sort of people who usually escape the historian\'s net" (a phrase borrowed from William Dalrymple\'s The Last… |
| Product ID: | 978-99933-695-8- |
| Book Name: | The Healthy Mind Interviews : Khenpo Tsewang Gyatso (VOL II) |
| Author Name: | Henry M. Vyner |
| Price: | USD 4 |
| Description: | What makes for a healthy mind? Each pocket-sized volume in this well-conceived series asks this very pertinent question, and other probing questions, of a different master. Edited by an MD interested in practical descriptions of how lamas experience and describe mental health on all levels. Very interesting material on Dzogchen and subtle states. Four different volumes of interviews with: Khenpo Tsewang Gyatso Khenpo Nyima Wangyal Lopon Tegchoke His Holiness Dalai lama, Lopon Tenzin Namdak and Lopon Thekchoke |
| Product ID: | 978-99946-644-2- |
| Book Name: | The Healthy Mind Interviews : Lopon Tegchoke (VOL III) |
| Author Name: | Henry M. Vyner |
| Price: | USD 4 |
| Description: | Edited by an MD interested in practical descriptions of how lamas experience and describe mental health on all levels. Very interesting material on Dzogchen and subtle states. Four different volumes of interviews with: Khenpo Tsewang Gyatso Khenpo Nyima Wangyal Lopon Tegchoke His Holiness Dalai lama, Lopon Tenzin Namdak and Lopon Thekchoke |
