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Innate Happiness: A Buddhist Guidance Manual for Householder Yogis and Yoginis
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Khenchen Drimed Dawa’s book on the complete path of Tibetan Buddhism for householders. Paperback and eBook versions are available.
Innate Happiness guides busy Westerners on the Buddhist path of liberation from “suffering” and “afflictive emotions” that obscure our Innate Happiness – our deep inner peace. Concise weekly meditation practices are based on the yogi tradition of Tibetan Buddhism as described by Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche, considered to be the Second Buddha by Tibetans. The book includes a brief history of Buddhism in India and Tibet, as well as its major principles. This is followed by clear, concise steps on the Paths of Individual Liberation, Altruism, Tantra, and the Great Perfection. Each path takes the reader through the Three Trainings: ethics, meditation, and wisdom. It provides a complete cycle of for study, contemplation, meditation and liberation, that are highly suitable for the busy lives of Westerners with little time for formal meditation. One advanced student called it “the best book on the practice of Tibetan Buddhism available!” May ALL beings be happy!
Profound Peace by Yogi Khenpo Drimed Dawa (Khenchen Dean)
"Profound Peace" is a concise summary of key principles and practices of Buddhism based on a quotation from the Buddha upon his Awakening under the Bodhi Tree: "Profound peace, natural simplicity, uncompounded luminosity, I have found the nectar-like dharma" (Lalitavistara Sutra, 25.3). Each part of this insightful statement is described and explained through the lens of a long-time Western scholar-teacher-practitioner, explaining the simplicity and beauty of this for Western yogis and yoginis. Available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle.