Books
This Unexpected Jewel
In This Unexpected Jewel, Ken McLeod offers a fresh and highly readable translation of the Diamond Sutra, one of the most revered texts in the Buddhist tradition. Trained in the Tibetan tradition and translating from the Tibetan, McLeod approaches the Diamond Sutra not as a philosophical treatise but as a series of pointing out instructions, that is, ways to cut through conceptual thinking to the essence of what we are. In short, it is a translation for practitioners crafted by a long-term practitioner and teacher.
This book is a guide for those who aspire to the bodhisattva ideal and seek to experience life as it is, not as they imagine it to be. It offers a devotional and experiential encounter with a text that for centuries has confounded those who rely on conceptual thinking, stopped the minds of beginners and masters alike, and revealed the possibility of a totally different way of living.
Through clear, natural language and careful word choice that reflect both the text’s spiritual depth and conversational tone, McLeod opens a way for modern readers to experience directly the ineffable clarity that is this sutra’s essential teaching.
Magic of Vajrayana
The Magic of Vajrayana opens new doors and immerses you in one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most vibrant traditions of mystical practice.
Written in simple clear English, the book bridges the gap between classical instruction and idealized descriptions of spiritual insights and understandings. It shows you how to bring a traditional practice text to life for each of Vajrayana’s three pillars.
This intimate portrait of Vajrayana practice is in effect an empowerment. It plants seeds in the reader which, if nurtured, grow into spiritual insight, non-referential compassion, and a changed relationship with life.
A Trackless Path
The 18th century Tibetan mystic Jigmé Lingpa wrote many poems about the practice of Dzogchen, one of the great wisdom traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. One such poem is Revelations of Ever-present Good from Lingpa’s Great Vastness Heart Drop Cycle.
In A Trackless Path Ken McLeod presents a fluid contemporary translation of this poem, accompanied by a deeply moving and insightful commentary. The combination makes Lingpa’s mystical poem relevant and accessible to today’s seeker.
Reflections on Silver River
In this masterful translation and commentary on Tokmé Zongpo’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva, Ken McLeod shines the light of wisdom on the challenges of contemporary life and illuminates a path the modern reader can take to freedom, peace and understanding.
The book is divided into three parts. The first is an introduction to the text and to Tokmé Zongpo. The second is McLeod’s translation of Tokmé Zongpo’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva. The third section is the main part of the book, a traditional verse-by-verse commentary. At 184 pages, Reflections on Silver River is a highly accessible introduction to Tibetan Buddhist practice as well as a valuable resource for the experienced practitioner, regardless of his or her tradition of training.
Reflejos en el Rio Plata
Las treinta y siete prácticas de un bodhisattva es uno de los textos más reverenciados y amados en la tradición budista tibetana. Aunque este texto ha sido traducido muchas veces, el lenguaje llano y sencillo de Ken McLeod refleja maravillosamente la sencillez y franqueza del original tibetano.
El comentario de McLeod está lleno de imágenes impactantes, preguntas provocativas y descripciones inspiradoras sobre lo que significa estar despierto y presente en tu vida. En los comentarios sobre cada verso, se encuentran instrucciones prácticas, breves y al punto, que brindan respuestas directas a la pregunta: “¿Cómo practico esto?” McLeod claramente escribe desde su propia experiencia. Sin embargo, en vez de anécdotas e historias personales, desafía al lector a involucrarse en varios escenarios y a considerar cómo la compasión, la claridad, la presencia y el equilibrio podrían expresarse en su vida.
El libro está dividido en tres partes. La primera es una introducción al texto y a Tokmé Zongpo. El segundo es la traducción de McLeod de Las treinta y siete prácticas de un bodhisattva. La tercera sección es la parte principal del libro, un comentario tradicional verso por verso. En 184 páginas, Reflejos en el Río Plata es una introducción muy accesible a la práctica budista tibetana, así como un recurso valioso para el practicante experimentado, independientemente de su tradición de formación.
An Arrow to the Heart
The Heart Sutra is the most widely known and widely recited scripture in Mahayana Buddhism. This exciting, trail-blazing, non-traditional commentary takes the reader right into the emptiness of all experience through a delightfully irreverent combination of wit, irony, prose and poetry. In the words of Stephen Batchelor, author of Buddhism Without Beliefs, “Written in a voice that is neither pious nor academic, hectoring nor detached, An Arrow to the Heart is a fine example of the new wave in contemporary Buddhist writing. In its quietly relentless way, this pithy and unorthodox commentary to the Heart Sutra leaves you with nowhere to stand but right here.”
Wake Up To Your Life
The key to becoming fully alive and joyful is to develop our natural capacity for attention and to be fully present here and now. In this informative guidebook to practical Buddhism you discover:
- How to live life with equanimity, loving-kindness, compassion, and joy
- How to cut through obsessions with the external world, relationships, harmful emotions, pleasure and power, and self
- Tried-and-true methods for cultivating active attention with your body and mind.
Despierta a Tu Vida
La clave para estar plenamente vivos y alegres en nuestra vida, nos plantea McLeod. es desarrollar nuestra capacidad natural de atención y estar plenamente presentes aquí y ahora. En esta guía -que es una verdadera enciclopedia- sobre el budismo práctico descubrirá
- Cómo vivir la vida con ecuanimidad, bondad amorosa, compasión y alegría.
- Cómo superar las obsesiones con el mundo externo, las relaciones, las emociones dañinas, el placer y el poder, y con el propio ego.
- Métodos probados y efectivos para cultivar la atención activa con el cuerpo y la mente.
The Great Path of Awakening
Here is a practical Buddhist guidebook that offers techniques for developing a truly compassionate heart in the midst of everyday life. For centuries, Tibetans have used fifty-nine pithy slogans—such as “A joyous state of mind is a constant support” and “Don’t talk about others’ shortcomings”—as a means to awaken kindness, gentleness, and compassion. While Tibetan Buddhists have long valued these instructions, recently they have become popular in the West due to such books as Start Where You Are by Pema Chödrön and Training the Mind by Chögyam Trungpa. This edition of The Great Path of Awakening contains an accessible, newly revised translation of the slogans from the famous text The Seven Points of Mind Training. It also includes illuminating commentary from Jamgön Kongtrül that provides further instruction on how to meet every situation with intelligence and an open heart.
