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Holiday Gift Guide

GIFTS TO CAPTIVATE, FASCINATE, AND GENUINELY TRANSFORM

Embark on a journey of thoughtful giving this season with Wisdom’s curated selection of offerings. Our gift guide is designed to inspire the mind and nurture the heart, offering truly meaningful presents for your loved ones. Plus, by choosing Wisdom, you not only give a unique gift to your loved on, but also support our nonprofit mission and the dedicated authors and teachers who enrich our community.

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Learn from His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Appearing and Empty
His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Venerable Thubten Chodron
$39.95 | ebook $26.99

The Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s Stages of the Path, Vol. 2: Guidance for the Modern Practitioner
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
$54.95 | ebook $26.99

Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Volume 4: Philosophical Topics
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
$29.95 | ebook $19.99

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The Extraordinary Life of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Narrated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama,
text and art by Rima Fujita
$19.95 | ebook $11.99

Essence of the Heart Sutra
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama, translated by Thupten Jinpa
$22.95 | paperback $16.95 | ebook $12.99

Mind in Comfort and Ease
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
$24.95 | ebook $18.99

The Life of My Teacher
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
$29.95 | ebook $19.99

Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Edited and Narrated by Francesco J. Varela
$19.95 | ebook $14.99

The Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s Stages of the Path, Vol. 1: Guidance for the Modern Practitioner
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
$54.95 | ebook $26.99

Illuminating the Mind
Join His Holiness the Dalai Lama in an exploration of the nature of mind with leading researchers, philosophers, and Buddhist scholars.
$397.00

✨Wisdom Staff Picks✨

Most Staff Picks are mixed in with other categories, while a few additional picks can be found here. Look for ✨ in the other categories. It indicates a staff pick.

Histories of Tibet
Edited by Kurtis Schaeffer, Jue Liang, and William McGrath
$59.95 | ebook $40.99

Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Volume 3: Philosophical Schools
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
$29.95 | ebook $19.99

Living Treasures
Edited by Holly Gayley and Andrew Quintman
$59.95 | ebook $40.99

Realizing the Profound View
His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Venerable Thubten Chodron
$39.95 | ebook $26.99

Mind Sky
Jakusho Kwong Roshi, edited by Sally Scoville
$18.95 | ebook $13.99

Like a Yeti Catching Marmots
Pema Tsewang, Shastri
$15.95 | ebook $11.99

Emptiness
This eight-lesson, self-paced course with renowned insight meditation teacher Guy Armstrong explores the teachings on emptiness and their application in our lives in a way that makes them practical and accessible.
$247.00

In-Depth Membership
A new way to study with renowned masters and beloved teachers at you own pace, and develop a rich, comprehensive, and powerful understanding, deepening your practice.
$597.00

Core Buddhist Teachings

The Two Truths in Indian Buddhism
Sonam Thakchoe
$34.95 | ebook $25.99

Impermanence in Plain English
Bhante Gunaratana and Julia Harris
$17.95 | ebook $12.99

The Signless and the Deathless
Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayao
$34.95 | ebook $22.99

Nāgārjuna’s Middle Way
Mark Siderits and Shōryū Katsura
$29.95 | ebook $19.99

Ornament of Precious Liberation
Gampopa, translated by Ken Holmes and Thupten Jinpa
$18.95 | ebook $23.99

Nāgārjuna’s Advice For Buddhists
Geshe Lhundub Sopa with Beth Newman
$49.95 | ebook $33.99

Reality and Wisdom
Lama Migmar Tseten
$18.95 | ebook $13.99

Approaching the Buddhist Path
His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Venerable Thubten Chodron
$29.95 | paperback $21.99 | ebook $17.99

The Middle Way
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
$19.95 | paperback $17.95 | ebook $12.99

Beloved Translations

Light of Samantabhadra
Gorampa Sönam Sengé, Translated by Gavin Kilty
$59.95 | ebook $40.99

Noble Truths, Noble Path
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
$44.95 | ebook $29.99

The Secret Revelations of Chittamani Tara
Pabongkha Rinpoche, Translated by David Gonsalez
$49.95 | ebook $33.99

Sounds of Innate Freedom, Volume 3
Translated by Karl Brunnhölzl
$79.95 | ebook $53.99

The Preliminary and Main Practices of the Sakya Lamdré Tradition
Ngorchen Könchok Lhundrup
Translated by Cyrus Stearns
$120.00

The Sublime Continuum and Its Explanatory Commentary
Translated by Bo Jiang
$79.95 | ebook $53.99

 

The Illustrated Lotus Sutra
Translated by Gene Reeves
Illustrations by Demi
$107.00

Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki
Eihei Dōgen
Translated by Shohaku Okumura
$49.95 | ebook $33.99

The Self-Arisen Vidya Tantra (Vol 1) and the Self-Liverated Vidya Tantra (Vol 2)
Translated by Malcolm Smith
$120.00

 

Wisdom Academy’s Online Courses

Explore more of Wisdom Academy’s offerings here.

How the Mind Works
Thupten Jinpa
In the second of our six-course series with Thupten Jinpa, Jinpa guides you through abhidharma, providing key insights into Buddhist psychology. You’ll learn about the aggregates, mind and mental factors, the virtuous factors, how to apply abhidharma in our life and practice, and much more.
$397.00

Shila, Samadhi, and Prajna
Chokyi Nyim Rinpoche
Deepen your practice as Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, world-renowned teacher and meditation master, guides you through this ten-lesson course on meditation and the pith instructions on buddha nature.
$397.00

Beyond Distraction
Shaila Catherine
Learn how to overcome distraction in meditation practice and develop clarity in your relationships, work, and other activities in this course with highly respected teacher, author, and jhana expert Shaila Catherine.
$397.00

Dzogchen: Ten Key Terms
Malcolm Smith
In this course, master translator Ācārya Malcolm Smith guides you through some of the most important and often-misunderstood terms in Dzogchen, helping you to hone a more advanced understanding that will enhance and deepen your Dzogchen practice.
$397.00

Abiding in Emptiness
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo
In this Wisdom Academy online course, you’ll receive profound teachings on emptiness and witness a rare and remarkable meeting between two beloved Buddhist teachers.
$397.00

Freedom through Correct Knowing
Geshe Tenzin Namdak
Renowned teacher Geshe Tenzin Namdak explores how the mind shapes perceptions into an understanding of what we perceive, and the possibility of radical positive transformation.
$397.00

Deepen Your Practice

The Swift Path
Translated by Szegee Toh
$44.95 | ebook $29.99

The Kālachakra Mandala
Edward Henning
$108.00 | ebook $73.99

Being Human and a Buddha Too
Anne C. Klein
$19.95 | ebook $14.99

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Reading the Buddha’s Discourses in Pali
Bhikkhu Bodhi
$49.95 | ebook $39.99

Making Sense of Mind Only
William S. Waldron
$29.95 | ebook $21.99

The Six Perfections
Lama Zopa Rinopche
$29.95 | paperback $19.95 | ebook $14.99

On Zen Practice
Taizan Maezumi Roshi and Bernard Tetsugen Glassman
$20.95 | ebook $15.99

Mastering Meditation
By His Eminence Chöden Rinpoché
$39.95 | ebook $19.99

Manual of Insight
Mahasi Sayadaw
$59.95 | ebook $40.99

Alejandro Chaoul - Tibetan Yoga Course - Buddhism online course

Tibetan Yoga
While yoga has been popularized in the West as a practice for physical health and well-being, the ancient practices of Tibetan yoga have often remained secretive. Join Dr. Alejandro Chaoul as he illuminates the trul khor, or magical movements. You’ll be guidedthrough a series of yogic postures and movements with exceptional detail and expertise, discover how to work with the anatomy of the subtle body, and learn how to engage your breath to serve the practice of meditation and the cultivation of genuine well-being.
Dr. Alejandro Chaoul
$247.00

 

Tibetan calligraphy online course Tashi Mannox

Tibetan Calligraphy
Enter the world of Tibetan calligraphy with Tashi Mannox, Dharma artist and one of the world’s foremost contemporary Tibetan calligraphers. In this course, Tashi will guide you through setting up and constructing each of the Tibetan letters in the popular Uchen script, including how to make and use the foundational grid that serves as the basis for each letter.
Tashi Mannox
$247.00

The Library of Tibetan Classics

Stages of the Path and the Oral Transmission
Translated by Thupten Jinpa
$89.95 | ebook $60.99

The Tradition of Everlasting Bön
Translated by J. F. Marc des Jardins
$69.95 | ebook $46.99

A History of Buddhism in India and Tibet
Translated by Dan Martin
$97.95 | ebook $66.99

Beautiful Adornment of Mount Meru
Changkya Rölpai Dorjé, translated by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
$79.95 | ebook $54.34

Illuminating the Intent Tsongkhapa Thupten Jinpa

Illuminating the Intent
Tsongkhapa, translated by Thupten Jinpa
$79.95 | ebook $54.99

Four Tibetan Lineages
Translated by Sarah Harding
$79.95 | ebook $54.99

Ornament of Abhidharma
Chim Jampaiyang, translated by Ian James Coghlan
$79.95 | ebook $35.99

A Lamp to Illuminating the Five Stages
Tsongkhapa, translated by Gavin Kilty
$59.95 | ebook $34.99

The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems
Thuken Losang Chökyi Nyima, translated by Geshé Lhundub Sopa, edited by Roger Jackson
$59.95 | ebook $34.99

Ornament of Stainless Light
Khedrup Norsang Gyatso
$59.95 | ebook $34.99

Mahāmudra and Related Instructions
Translated by Peter Alan Roberts
$59.95 | ebook $34.99

The Tibetan Book of Everyday Wisdom
Translated by Beth Newman, edited and introduced by Thupten Jinpa
$59.95 | ebook $34.99

 

Dharma for the Littlest Readers

The Brave Little Parrot
Rafe Martin, illustrated by Demi
$22.95 | ebook $14.99

Lumi
Molly Coxe
$19.95 | ebook $12.99

The Secret of the Sand Castle
Demi
$19.95 | ebook $12.99

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Peaceful Piggy’s Guide to Sickness and Death, Sadness and Love
Kerry lee MacLean
$19.95 | ebook $12.99

No Ordinary Pizza
Sara Marlowe
Illustrated by Philip Pascuzzo
$17.95 | ebook $11.99

Shantideva
Dominique Townsend and Tenzin Norbu
$22.95 | ebook $11.99

Prince Siddhartha
Jonathan Landaw and Janet Brooke
$24.95 | ebook $16.99

Ziji: The Puppy Who Learned to Meditate
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Torey Hayden
$16.95 | ebook $11.99

Sitting Together
By Sumi Loundon Kim
$64.95

Little Treasures, Big Ideas

Cards for Bearing the Unbearable
Joanne Cacciatore
$24.95

Dharma Talk
John Brehm
$12.95 | ebook $9.99

Start Here, Start Now
Bhante Gunaratana
$34.95 | ebook $19.99

The Compassionate Life
His Holiness the Dali Lama
$14.95 | ebook $9.99

Ornament of Dakpo Kagyü Thought
Rangjung Dorjé and Mendong Tsampa Rinpoché,
translated by Sarah Harding
$16.95 | ebook $12.99

When the Chocolate Runs Out
Lama Thubten Yeshe
$9.95 | ebook $7.99

Wholehearted
Koshin Paley Ellison
$11.95 | ebook $7.99

A Heart Full of Peace
Joseph Goldstien
$9.95 | ebook $9.99

How to Be Sick: Your Pocket Companion
Toni Bernhard
$12.95 | ebook $9.99

The Dharma of Poetry
John Brehm
$15.95 | ebook $10.99

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Meditations on the Trail
Christoper Ives
$14.95 | ebook $10.99

The Zen of R2-D2
Matthew Bortolin
$16.95 | ebook $11.99

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