Fremont, CA: Jain Publishing Co, 2015. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xxx+ 328pp. Sanskrit to English Glossary, index. From the publisher: "There are two systems of Abhidharma, according to Tibetan tradition, lower and higher. The lower system is taught in the Abhidharmakosa, while the higher system is taught in the... More
New York, NY: Samuel Weiser Inc. 1976. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Tall slim octavo. 102 pp. Original printed wrappers; frontis. A collection of Meher Baba's ( aka Merwan Sheriar Irani, 1894-1961 ) teachings; includes a short biography of the author. Covers a bit rubbed, chafed at edges, lower spine a.... More
New York: New York University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xii + 104pp, xxxiv plates. Original gilt titled red cloth, frontis and b&w plates, glossary and bibliography. A study of the iconography of the flaming wheel (Sudarsana-Cakra - "wheel beauteous-to-behold") which Krsna is often pictured wielding on the battlefield... More
New Delhi, India: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1992. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xx + 476 pp. Black cloth with yellow titling to spine; b&w illustrations, glossary, index. According to the publisher the author, B. Bhattacharya, was born in 1910 in Varanasi, and "received his first education in traditional toles in Sanskrit and... More
Berlin: Edition Khordong, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxiv + 372pp. Illustrated papered boards. B&w illustrations, appendix, bibliography and index. Sewn, ribbon marker. Text in English, Sanskrit, Tibetan. From the publisher: "Included in this book are two short tantras of Vajrakila and a full translation of the most important commentary... More
Berlin: Edition Khordong, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xl + 396pp. Illustrated papered boards, bibliography. Sewn, ribbon marker. Text in English & Tibetan. From the publisher: "This important collection of teachings from the Northern Treasures Vajrakila cycle includes liturgical practice texts (sadhana) from the original treasure revelations, together with explanatory... More
Berlin: Edition Khordong, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 218pp. Illustrated papered boards. B&w illustrations, appendix. Sewn, ribbon marker. Text in English, Sanskrit, Tibetan. From the publisher: "Together with a perusal of the historical role of sacrificial and magical fire rituals (homa) in the tantric Buddhist communities of medieval... More
Berlin: Edition Khordong, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 410pp. Illustrated papered boards. B&w illustrations, appendices, bibliography and index. Text in English, Sanskrit, Tibetan. A revised and expanded edition of the work formerly published as "The Cult of the Deity Vajrakila", Institute of Buddhist Studies (1993). From the publisher... More
Lawrence, KS / Seattle and London: Spencer Museum of Art & University of Washington Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. x + 214pp. Charcoal cloth with gilt lettering to spine, b&w illustrations, bibliography and index. From the publisher: "Illuminates the role of icons and relics in Buddhist writing and... More
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xx + 302 pp. Decorated printed papered boards with white titling to spine; frontis, b&w illustrations, appendix, index. From the publisher: "Rooting itself in Kashmir Shaivism, Srividya became a force in South India no later than... More
Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawai'i Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xvi + 468 pp. Index. Glossary, bibliography, character list and index. Frontis plate, tables. The collected writings of Bojo Jinul (1158–1210), called Jinul or Chinul for short, a Korean monk of the Goryeo period considered to be the most... More
Ithaca NY: Snow Lion, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 372pp. Blue cloth spine with grey papered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Glossary, list of works cited, notes and index. Parallel text. From the publisher: "The tantra of the Glorious Secret Essence (the Guhyagarbha Tantra) primarily belongs to... More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo viii + 192 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt decoration to upper board; index. Patterned endpapers. A series of eight essays in which the author explores different aspects of the development of Taoism and its... More
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. x + 264pp. Charcoal cloth with silver lettering to spine, b&w illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, list of illustrations and index. From the publisher: "DeCaroli explores the questions of how and why the earliest verifiable images of the historical Buddha... More
San Francisco: The Dharma Fellowship of his Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa, 2012. POD. Softcover. Octavo. x + 290pp. + iv. Tibetan text, endnotes, suggested reading. From the publisher: "the highest approach to immediate enlightenment via the rapid path of Natural Mind Meditation, this text begins at the very beginning while leading... More
Kathmandu: Padma Karpo Translation Committee, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. x + 64pp. Glossary, Tibetan text, index. From the publisher: "Presents a text called "A Lamp's Illumination" Condensed Advice on Great Completion's Thorough Cut, written by the Tibetan master Jigmey Tenpa'i Nyima, the third Dodrupchen [1849-1907]. The text is an... More
Kathmandu: Padma Karpo Translation Committee, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xlviii + 166pp, b&w illustrations, index. English / Tibetan text. From the publisher: "The text Foremost Instructions called "A Garland of Views" by Padmasambhava is regarded as one of the very important texts of the Nyingma tradition. It is an... More
Kathmandu: Padma Karpo Translation Committee, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xxx + 266pp, b&w illustrations, glossary, index. From the publisher: "The Prayer of Samantabhadra, also known as 'a prayer of excellent conduct' is one of the five great prayers of the Great Vehicle tradition and one of the most popular... More
Kathmandu: Padma Karpo Translation Committee, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xxx + 192pp, b&w illustrations, glossary, index. From the publisher: "The Prayer of Samantabhadra, also known as 'a prayer of excellent conduct' is one of the five great prayers of the Great Vehicle tradition and one of the most popular... More
Ithaca NY: Snow Lion, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 560pp. Cloth spine with papered boards, spine lettered in gilt. B&w illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. From the publisher: "The Inner Science of Buddhist Practice contains translations of texts by two historically important Indian Buddhist scholars: Vasubhandhu's "Summary of... More
London / New York: Routledge, 2011. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxvi + 390pp. Papered boards, Index. Kegan Paul Library of Religion and Mysticism series. Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz (1878 – 1965) was an American anthropologist who was a pioneer in the study of Tibetan Buddhism, and was perhaps best known for... More
Mongolia/London/New York: Centre for Cultural Heritage Mongolia/Tibet Foundation/Serindia, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Two volumes in slipcase. Vol. I: 664 & Vol II.: 665 -1016pp. Bright blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Lavishly illustrated in full colour. Table of Diety names, Chronology, Glossary, Bibliography. From the... More
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Salt Lake City, UT: Passage Press, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 275pp + adverts. Glossary, bibliography, index. B&w illustrations. From the publishers: "The Rig Veda is not only one of the oldest sacred scriptures of the world, but also one of the most misunderstood. Past scholarship has dismissed the hymns... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Passage Press, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 396pp. Appendix, notes, index and bibliography. From the publishers: "represents a remarkable accumulation of evidence pointing to the existence of a common spiritual culture in the ancient world from which present civilization may be more of a decline than... More
![Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses [ Spiritual Secrets of Ayurveda ]. Dr. David FRAWLEY, Pandit Vamadema Shastri, Dr. George Feuerstein.](/pictures/thumb/57639.jpg?v=1492791475)
Twin Lakes, WI: Lotus Press, 2010. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 256pp + 4pp of adverts, Glossary & index. From the publisher: "Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses is an excellent introduction to the essence of Hindu Tantrism. The author discusses all the major concepts and offers valuable corrections for many existing... More
