Lives of the Masters
The Lives of the Masters series offers lively and reliable introductions to the lives, works, and legacies of key Buddhist teachers, philosophers, and contemplatives. Each volume in the Lives series tells the story of an innovator who embodied the highest ideals of Buddhism, crafted a dynamic living tradition during his or her lifetime, and transmitted a vibrant TSONGKHAPA S. N. GOENKA legacy of wisdom to future generations. By THUPTEN JINPA By DANIEL M. STUART 9781611806465 • $29.95 US / $39.95 CAN 9781611808186 • $26.95 US / $35.95 CAN The new standard work and definitive S. N. Goenka is an eye-opening, comprehensive biography of Tsongkhapa, one of the account of the Burmese teacher Goenka’s most important figures in Tibet’s history role in the revival of Buddhism in India and and founder of the Dalai Lama’s his emergence as one of the most influential tradition of Buddhism. meditation masters of the twentieth century.
GENDUN CHOPEL ATIŚA DĪPAṂKARA THE THIRD KARMAPA By DONALD S. LOPEZ, JR. By JAMES APPLE RANGJUNG DORJE 9781611804065 • $22.95 US / $29.95 CAN 9781611806472 • $24.95 US / $33.95 CAN By RUTH GAMBLE The most comprehensive work This succinct biography of the Indian 9781611807080 • $24.95 US / $33.95 CAN available on the life and writings of master Atiśa Dīpamkara,. who reenergized The first comprehensive Tibet’s most famous modern visionary, Buddhism in Tibet. This work covers his life, overview of the life and writings artist, poet, iconoclast, philosopher, together with a collection of translations, of the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, master of the arts of love, tantric represents for the first time the full range a revolutionary figure in the Kagyu yogin, and Buddhist saint. of Atiśa’s contribution to Buddhism. tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.