6 must-read biography books like The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö: The Great Biography by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Other Stories by Dilgo Khyentse

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The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö: The Great Biography by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Other Stories

By: Dilgo Khyentse

4.79

Format: 632 pages, Hardcover

An biography of one of the most outstanding Tibetan Buddhist masters of the twentieth century. The…

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1. Seven Years in Tibet

By: Heinrich Harrer

4.10

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Recounts how the author, an Austrian, escaped from an English internment camp in India in 1943 and … read more

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"The name Kyirong means “the village of happiness,"

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

"There are times when visible poverty has its advantages."

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

"There were only three names on the map of the region we had brought with us, but we now filled in more than two hundred."

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

"Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet. I often think I can still hear the cries of wild geese and cranes and the beating of their wings as they fly over Lhasa in the clear, cold moonlight.…"

-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet

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2. Born in Tibet

By: Chögyam Trungpa

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Chogyam Trungpa--meditation master, scholar, and artist--was identified at the age of only thirteen… read more

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3. Enlightened Vagabond: The Life and Teachings of Patrul Rinpoche

By: Matthieu Ricard , None , Constance Wilkinson

4.02

Format: 426 pages,

Colorful stories about and profound teachings of Patrul Rinpoche, one of the most impactful teacher… read more

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4. Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

By: Marcia Binder Schmidt , Erik Pema Kunsang , Tulku Urgyen , Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

3.95

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Blazing Splendorpaints an intimate portrait of the lost culture of Old Tibet and of a remarkable ma… read more

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5. As It Is, Volume I: Essential Teachings from the Dzogchen Perspective

By: Erik Pema Kunsang , Tulku Urgyen

4.12

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

The teachings presented in As It Is, Volume I are primarily selected from talks given by the Dzogch… read more

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6. Norse Mythology

By: Neil Gaiman

4.10

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780393356182 Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient … read more

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"Ragnarok is coming."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"And the game begins anew."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"Rebirth always follows death."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"Of course it was Loki. It's always Loki."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

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7. Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep

By: Andrew Holecek

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Lucid dreaming―waking up and becoming fully conscious in your dreams―has intrigued legions of those… read more

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"Just like we don't take responsibility for how we actualize our confusion and its resulting view of duality, we don't take responsibility for actualizing wisdom and its view of nonduality."

-Andrew Holecek, Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep

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8. A Step Away From Paradise

By: Thomas K. Shor

4.18

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

IN THE EARLY 1960S, a Tibetan lama, a charismatic and learned visionary mystic named Tulshuk Lingpa… read more

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9. Lord of the Dance: Autobiography of Chagdud Tulku Lama

By: Tulku Chagdud

4.53

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Son of Dawa Drolma, one of Tibet's most renowned female lamas, Chagdud Rinpoche was recognized earl… read more

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10. The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö: The Great Biography by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Other Stories

By: Dilgo Khyentse

4.79

Format: 632 pages, Hardcover

An biography of one of the most outstanding Tibetan Buddhist masters of the twentieth century. The… read more

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11. Karmamudra: The Yoga of Bliss

By: Nida Chenagtsang

4.59

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

Karmamudra refers to the ancient Buddhist practice of partnered sexual yoga. Also known as 'The Pat… read more

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12. Meditation, Transformation, and Dream Yoga

By: Gyatrul Rinpoche

4.53

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The three traditional Nyingma texts and Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche's commentary included in this bo… read more

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3.77

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