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  • Fourth Uncle in the Mountain

    A Memoir of a Barefoot Doctor in Vietnam

    Set during the French and American wars, Fourth Uncle in the Mountain is a true story about an orphan, Quang Van Nguyen, who is adopted by a sixty-four year old monk, Thau, who carries great responsibility for his people as a barefoot doctor. Thau manages, against all odds to raise his son to follow in his footsteps and in doing so, saves his son, as well as a part of Vietnam's esoteric knowledge ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

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  • The Secret of the Blue Trunk

    by Lise Dion ...
    Translated by Liedewij Hawke ...
    In this true story, Armande Martel, a young nun from Quebec, is arrested by the Germans in 1940 during a stay at her religious order’s mother house in Brittany. She spends the war years in a German concentration camp. After her return to Canada, she leaves the Church, finds the love of her life in Montreal, and adopts Lise Dion.Growing up, Lise is familiar with only a few facts of her mother’s ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Circus: A Story from Circus

    The CBC Literary Award–winning title story from Claire Battershill’s debut collection, winner of the Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award, and a finalist for the Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award and the PEN International / New Voices Award.For as long as Susan can remember, the circus has been part of her family’s DNA – her mother was a gifted contortionist, and her ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • The Essential Yoga Sutra

    Ancient Wisdom for Your Yoga

    The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali is a classic Sanskrit treatise consisting of 195 “threads,” or aphorisms, describing the process of liberation through yoga. Although little is known about Patanjali (most scholars estimate that he lived in India circa 200–300 B.C.), his writings have long been recognized as a vital contribution to the philosophy and practice of yoga. This new, expert translation of the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

    You hold in your hand an invitation:To remember the transforming power of forgiveness and lovingkindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.In this beautiful and graceful little book, internationally renowned Buddhist teacher and meditation master Jack Kornfield has collected age-old teachings, modern stories, and time-honored practices ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Foundations of Buddhism

    by Rupert Gethin ...
    Series series OPUS
    Buddhism is a vast and complex religious and philosophical tradition with a history that stretches over 2,500 years, and which is now followed by around 115 million people. In this introduction to the foundations of Buddhism, Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism (Thervada, Tibetan, and Eastern) which ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Riding the Dragon

    10 Lessons for Inner Strength in Challenging Times | Twentieth Anniversary Edition

    “Riding the Dragon gives the reader the chance to look for the lessons that are often hidden in our sorrows.”—Goodreads reviewerTwenty years and 70,000 copies after it was first released, Riding the Dragon—by popular author, speaker, and psychologist Robert J. Wicks—continues to help thousands each year to confront the “dragons” of stress, discouragement, burnout, and unexpected change that ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar

    by Thinley Norbu ...
    Like a spontaneous cascade of wisdom nectar, the open and natural words of Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, uncomplicated by scholarly elaboration, flow here in the tradition of the direct transmissions of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the past. Through commentary on the Preliminary Practices (Ngöndrö) prayer from the treasure text of the great master Tragtung Düdjom Lingpa, insights into many central ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation

    Or the Method of Realizing Nirvāna through Knowing the Mind

    Edited by W. Y. Evans-Wentz ...
    The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, which was unknown to the Western world until its first publication in 1954, speaks to the quintessence of the Supreme Path, or Mahāyāna, and fully reveals the yogic method of attaining Enlightenment. Such attainment can happen, as shown here, by means of knowing the One Mind, the cosmic All-Consciousness, without recourse to the postures, breathings, and ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • To Heal a Wounded Heart

    The Transformative Power of Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Action

    Early on in her clinical practice, psychoanalyst Pilar Jennings was presented with a particularly difficult case: a six-year-old girl who, traumatized by loss, had stopped speaking. Challenged by the limitations of her training to respond effectively to the isolating effect of childhood trauma, Jennings takes the unconventional path of inviting her friend Lama Pema—a kindly Tibetan Buddhist monk ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Mindful Money

    Simple Practices for Reaching Your Financial Goals and Increasing Your Happiness Dividend

    Is it possible to be a conscientious citizen of the world and grow wealth? The author, a Buddhist and a financial planner, says yes and explains exactly how. Money drives many of our decisions. We all worry about earning it, spending it, and saving it — regardless of our income level or spiritual perspective. Yet few of us understand money’s true nature. Jonathan K. DeYoe helps you create a unique ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ocean of Reasoning

    A Great Commentary on Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā

    Tsong kha pa (14th-century) is arguably the most important and influential philosopher in Tibetan history. An Ocean of Reasoning is the most extensive and perhaps the deepest extant commentary on Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika (Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way), and it can be argued that it is impossible to discuss Nagarjuna's work in an informed way without consulting it. It discusses ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD