Suzan Doan
Acton Boxborough Regional High School - Acton, Massachusetts.
Tibetan Buddhism and Sakya Masters

 

Suggested Texts:



Training of the Mind:

-The Great Path of Awakening by Jamgon Kongtrul, translated Ken McLeod, Boston, Shambhala Publications.
-Parting from the Four Attachments by Jetsun Drakpa Gyatsen,commentary by Chogye Trichen Rinpoche, New York, Snow Lion Publications, 2003.
-Calming the Mind by Gen Lamrimpa, translated by Alan Wallace, New York, Snow Lion Publications.


Sutra:

-The Diamond Sutra by Red Pine.New York, Counterpoint,2001
-The Prajnaparamita translated by Edward Conze


Light reading and Science/Buddhism


-The Universe in a Single Atom by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
-An Open Heart by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Geshe Nicholas Vreeland
-The Central Philosophy of Tibet by Robert Thurman,New Jersey, Princeton University Press.
-Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment by His Holiness the Dalai Dama.


Classical Texts

-A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life - Bodhycaryavatara by Santideva, translated Alan Wallace, New York, Snow Lion Publications.
-The Wheel of Sharp Weapon by Dharamrakshita, commentary by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey.
-The Fundamental Wisdom of The Middle Way – Mulamadhyamakakarika by Nagarjuna, translation by Jay Garfield. Oxford University Press Publications.
-The Yogic Deeds of the Bodhisattvas- 400 stanzas by Arya Deva.New York, Snow Lion, 1994

-Visions - Volume I, II, III, IV by Acharya Migmar Tseten, Cambridge, MA, Manjushri Press Publications, 1999

 

 

 

 

 

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