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Buddhism in the World Today

A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages

Modern Adaptation of Buddhism

Recommendations
Sensitivity Training

Fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism

Level 1: Getting Started

General Introductory Material
Approaching Study and Meditation

Level 2: Lam-rim (Graded Stage) Material

Overview
Initial Scope
Intermediate Scope
Advanced Scope (Mahayana)

Level 3: Lojong (Mind Training) Material

General
The Five Types of Deep Awareness (Five Buddha-Families)
Specific Texts

Level 4: Deepening the Understanding of the Path

Rebirth and Karma
Types of Phenomena
Time
Mind and Mental Factors
Buddha-Nature
Interferences
The Five Paths in Hinayana and Mahayana
Types of Meditation

Level 5: Analysis of the Mind and Reality

Cognition Theory
The Four Indian Buddhist Tenet Systems
The Two Truths
Chittamatra (Mind-Only)
Voidness (Emptiness)

Level 6: Major Indian Mahayana Texts

Suhrllekha (Letter to a Friend) - Nagarjuna
Chatuhshataka (Four Hundred Verses) - Aryadeva
Abhisamayalamkara (Filigree of Realizations) - Maitreya
Uttaratantra (The Furthest Everlasting Continuum) - Maitreya
Bodhicharyavatara (Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior) - Shantideva

Advanced Meditation

Tantra Teachings

Level 1: Getting Started
Level 2: Basic Theory
Level 3: Intermediate Theory
Level 4: Advanced Points

Kalachakra

Attending a Kalachakra Initiation
Kalachakra and World Peace
The Actual Kalachakra Initiation
External, Internal, and Alternative Kalachakras
Theory of Kalachakra Practice
Practice Texts
Relation with Islam and Hinduism
Shambhala

Dzogchen

Basic Points
Meditation

Mahamudra

General Introductory Material
Karma Kagyu Mahamudra
Gelug-Kagyu Mahamudra

Daily Practice

Vows and Commitments

Safe Direction (Refuge) and Pratimoksha
Bodhisattva
General Tantra
Kalachakra

Prayers and Tantra Practices

General
Guru-Yogas
Six-Session Yogas
Kalachakra

Historical, Cultural, and Comparative Studies

History of Buddhism and Bon

General Histories
Buddhism in India
Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia
Buddhism in Central Asia
Buddhism and Bon in Tibet

Comparison of Buddhist Traditions

General
Theravada, Hinayana, and Mahayana
The Tibetan Traditions

Buddhism and Islam

General
Kalachakra and Islam
Historical Interaction
Modern Interaction

Asian Non-Buddhist Traditions

Indian Non-Buddhist Traditions

Tibetan Astrology and Medicine

Astrology
Medicine

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Published Books

Taking the Kalachakra Initiation
Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship
The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra

Unpublished Manuscripts

Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior - Shantideva
Developing Balanced Sensitivity: Practical Buddhist Exercises for Daily Life (Revised Second Edition)
The Sensitivity Handbook: Training Materials for Developing Balanced Sensitivity
Making Sense of Tantra
The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire
A Survey of Tibetan History

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Approaching Buddhism

Spiritual Teachers
Introduction to Buddhism

Fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism

Level 1: Getting Started
Level 2: Lam-rim (Graded Stage) Material
Level 3: Lojong (Attitude-Training) Material
Level 4: Deepening the Understanding of the Path
Level 5: Analysis of the Mind and Reality
Level 6: Study of the Major Indian Texts

Advanced Meditation

Tantra Teachings
Kalachakra
Mahamudra

Daily Practice

Prayers and Tantra Practices

Historical, Cultural, and Comparative Studies

Comparison of Buddhist Traditions

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