Recommended Reading

For beginners or advanced students, the most important book to read is a Lam-Rim text -- a complete set of teachings on the path to enlightenment. While a student may read other texts devoted to the clarification of Dharma subjects, Je Pabongka Rinpoche's book "Liberation in the Palm of your Hand" is generally considered to be the primary text for students who are studying at White Conch Dharma Center. Another recommended Lam-Rim text is "The Path to Enlightenment" by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

 

Techniques for studying the Lam Rim effectively are covered in the teaching "How to Study the Lam Rim" by the Venerable Domo Geshe Rinpoche. Please contact the Dharma center to obtain a copy

 

For all student levels

• Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship - Alexander Berzin, Read online
• Words of my Perfect Teacher- Patrul Rinpoche (Author), Dilgo Khyentse (Foreword), His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Foreword), ISBN-10: 1570624127
• Way of the White Clouds - Lama Anagarika Govinda, ISBN 0-7126-5543-3 [NOTE: There are many editions of this book, but it is currently out of print and hard to find. The Dharma center may have a copy in the lending library, and can also make recommendations on where you may find a reasonably priced copy for purchase. ]
• Open Heart, Clear Mind - Thubten Chodron, ISBN 0-93793-8874
• Fullfillment of all Hopes, Guru Devotion in Tibetan Buddhism - Je Tsongkhpa, ISBN 0-86171-153-X
• A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life - Shantideva, ISBN 1-55939-061-1
• Introduction to Tantra, the Transformation of Desire by Lama Thubten Yeshe. Publisher: Wisdom Publications, ISBN 0-86171-162-9

 

For intermediate to advanced students

• Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas - Gyel-tsap on Aryadeva's "Four Hundred", ISBN 1-55939-019-0