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Dear Fellow Meditator—

Embark on a transformative journey with our online mindfulness meditation course. This comprehensive program explores the foundations of the practice of mindfulness, which has been proven to transform the mind and reshape how we perceive reality. Through these ancient practices, you’ll gain insights into the roots of suffering and discover effective ways to alleviate it, uncovering a deep-seated happiness you may have never imagined.

Mindfulness is the foundation of true happiness—and this course provides the foundations of mindfulness.

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Tuition: $397

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Wisdom is pleased to host a livestreaming talk with His Holiness the Sakya Trichen Rinpoche at 2:00 PM Eastern Time on Tuesday, January 21. His Holiness will be discussing his forthcoming book Freeing the Heart and Mind, Part 3: Teachings on the Sakya Path, coming out in May. You’ll be able to view the livestream in the Vimeo player above and the video will be recorded so you can watch it here later.

His Holiness the Sakya Trichen is the revered forty-first throneholder of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism, in a long line of great masters that dates back to 1073. He is a member of the Khon family, who have been important teachers of Buddhism in Tibet since the eighth century. A brilliant master, he manifests profound wisdom and compassion, and his command of English renders his teachings particularly beneficial to students in the West. He was born in 1945 in Sakya, Tibet, and in 1959 relocated with tens of thousands of Tibetan people to India, where he continues to live and work tirelessly to rebuild the Sakya tradition. He has guided the establishment of hundreds of monasteries, nunneries, colleges, and Dharma centers around the world. His seat in the Western hemisphere is Tsechen Kunchab Ling in Walden, New York.

Photo courtesy Tsechen Kunchab Ling.

Wisdom is pleased to be hosting a live Q&A with renowned translator Acharya Malcolm Smith on Thursday, January 16 at 6:00 PM EST! He will be taking your questions about this lecture series and other topics related to his work translating Dzogchen texts. You’ll be able to view the livestream in the Vimeo player above, and use the chat feature to enter your questions.

Plus members will have access to the full lecture series until February 14. All-Access members have access to the full series going forward.

The Wisdom Experience is our cutting-edge subscription platform that features a digital reading library, exclusive video content, and more. Through the Wisdom Experience, we are making some of our bestselling and most iconic books more accessible to readers. Our Patrons of the Wisdom Experience have made this project possible through their generous support.

From classics of Tibetan literature, to meditation guides by beloved contemporary teachers, our online reading library is constantly growing with new, authentic Buddhist teachings. Publishing physical books is still at the heart of our mission, but the Wisdom Experience makes our content more accessible, interactive, and educational for audiences around the world. It also allows us to produce and share video content, including some of our popular Wisdom Academy courses, films, and documentaries. We are deeply grateful to our Patrons for enabling us to create the reading, video, and podcast content that enriches the Wisdom Experience for all its members.

You can become a Patron of the Wisdom Experience with a gift of $2,000. To learn more about donating, please see our Support Wisdom page.

Wisdom is pleased to be hosting a live video Q&A with acclaimed scholar John Dunne at 6 PM Eastern Time on Friday, December 6. You’ll be able to view the livestream in the Vimeo player above, and use the chat feature to enter your questions.

John Dunne will be answering questions about his recent Wisdom Academy course, Varieties of Buddhist Meditation, as well as anything else you’d like to ask. John holds the Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and his work focuses on Buddhist philosophy and contemplative practice, especially in dialog with cognitive science and psychology.

When we love deeply, we mourn deeply. Grief expert and Zen priest Dr. Joanne Cacciatore knows firsthand that when a loved one dies, the pain of grief can feel unbearable—especially in the case of a traumatizing death that leaves us shouting, “NO!” with every fiber of our body.

She understands that the process of grieving can feel wild and nonlinear—and often lasts for much longer than other people, the nonbereaved, tell us it should.

In this course, Dr. Jo expands on her bestselling book Bearing the Unbearable, revealing how grief can open our hearts to connection, compassion, and the very essence of our shared humanity.

Scroll down to learn more, or click the “Enroll” button below to start this course today!

Tuition: $247 USD

When you enroll in this course you agree to our terms of use. Enrolled students have lifetime access to course materials. Wisdom is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your tuition supports the creation of more courses like this one. Thank you! For more about our terms, please see the Wisdom Academy FAQ.

It has always been a central part of Wisdom’s mission to preserve and publish the rich and profound source texts of Buddhism. Many of the most important of these source texts can be found in our Classics of Indian Buddhism and Library of Tibetan Classics series. These series have been created by some of the most prominent and knowledgeable scholars in the field, and each represents a significant contribution not only to Buddhist scholarship, but to the cultural and literary histories of India and Tibet. The Classics of Indian Buddhism and Library of Tibetan Classics series contain a rich collection of essays, stories, and teachings brimming with timeless human experience and wisdom that transcends the centuries and forms a vital part of the human story.

We hope you will consider becoming part of Wisdom’s story, and part of the story of humanity’s spiritual and literary heritage, by becoming a sponsor of these important works. Your support helps sustain the creativity, wisdom, and intelligence of centuries past, so that it may help illuminate the world for centuries to come.

Below you’ll find more information about each series.

Library of Tibetan Classics

When the Dalai Lama’s translator Thupten Jinpa first approached Wisdom Publications to collaborate with him and his Institute of Tibetan Classics in Montreal, Canada on the monumental Library of Tibetan Classics, we were honored to accept. The thirty-two-volume series will span nearly a millennium and a half, and will cover the entire expanse of Tibet’s classical literary heritage, from religion and folklore to art and poetry, philosophy and psychology to medicine and much more. The texts have been selected in close consultation with preeminent lineage holders and with senior Tibetan scholars, especially His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

In every way, the series has been designed with a broad audience in mind—while being “…of great value to scholars, the translations are accessible to nonspecialists as well, and thus should allow a wide audience to gain access to the treasures of the Tibetan tradition” (Georges Dreyfus, Williams College). The series includes the works of many great Tibetan teachers, philosophers, scholars, and practitioners, representing all major Tibetan school and traditions. It is our privilege to play a part in the preservation and sharing of their invaluable writings, with their ability to teach, enrich, and inspire. With eight volumes published and several in the works, we are in the midst of an extraordinary journey, and we would like to invite you to join us.

“I have no doubt that, when combined with the methods and insights of modern science, the Tibetan Buddhist cultural heritage and knowledge will help foster a more enlightened and compassionate human society, a humanity that is at peace with itself, with fellow sentient beings, and with the natural world at large.”

—His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

We welcome donations of any size. With a donation of $2,000 or more, you will become a Subscribing Benefactor, and your name will be listed in future volumes of the series. You will receive a gift copy of each future volume, and will be able to purchase published volumes at a 50% discount. We have funded much of the Library from our general operating revenues, and are also immensely grateful to all the generous supporters who have helped make the series possible, helping us to advance this mission-oriented work.

Thank you for considering this opportunity to become a supporter of Tibet’s cultural legacy. The remarkable depth and breadth of that legacy finds the expression it deserves in this series—and while it may be contained in thirty-two volumes, its potential for good in the world is boundless.

Classics of Indian Buddhism

Wisdom’s Classics of Indian Buddhism is a landmark translation series devoted to making the wealth of classical Indian Buddhism accessible to modern readers. Each title is vetted by leading scholars with the assistance of an active editorial board. Carefully reviewed to meet the highest standards of reliability and readability, these classic works explore the full extent of the human condition and the limits of language and reason, and have the power to edify and intrigue a wide variety of readers.

To date, Wisdom has published two volumes in the Classics of Indian Buddhism series: Andy Rotman’s translation of part I of the Divyāvadāna, the Divine Stories, and Mark Siderits and Shoryu Katsura’s Nagarjuna’s Middle Way (Mūlamadhyamakakārikā). The Divine Stories “…are to the Buddhist tradition what the Arabian Nights is to the Arabic, an ocean of stories from which Buddhist storytellers and artists throughout Asia drew their inspiration. The translation—precise, elegant, vernacular—flows clear as water in a mountain stream” (Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, University of Chicago).

“At last! At last we have a translation of the Madhyamakakarikas that can be enthusiastically recommended to students! This translation is sensitive to text-critical issues, felicitous, academically rigorous, and it incorporates a useful introduction with an admirable and philosophically sensitive summary of Nagarjuna’s intellectual background and method. This translation has the authentic flavour of Nagarjuna. It should certainly become the first translation of choice for all English language work on the Madhyamakakarikas in the foreseeable future.”

—Paul Williams, Emeritus Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy, University of Bristol, author of Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition

We welcome donations of any size, and thank you for considering this opportunity to help preserve and share the treasures of India’s literary heritage. The stories and teachings contained in the Classics of Indian Buddhism series offer a wealth of inspiration and wisdom as vibrant in today’s world as they were two and a half millennia ago in the land of the Buddha.