Chicago Karma Thegsum Choling

The following books, transcripts and other materials can be purchased at Namse Bangdzo Bookstore. For a more complete and regularly updated list for books and transcripts (categorized by topic) please see this page.

Fundamental:

• Dharma Paths, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (Snow Lion)
• The Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Gampopa (Snow Lion)
• Living in Compassion, Bardor Tulku Rinpoche (Rinchen)
• The Kagyu Lineage and Activity of the Karmapas, Bardor Tulku Rinpoche (Rinchen)
• Turning Towards Liberation: The Four Reminders, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche (Siddhi)
• Luminous Mind: The Way of the Buddha, Kalu Rinpoche (Wisdom)
• Abandoning What Is Not Worthwhile, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (Transcript - Available at Namse Bangdzo Bookstore)
• Relative World, Ultimate Mind, Situ Rinpoche (Available at Namse Bangdzo Bookstore)
• Awakening the Sleeping Buddha, Situ Rinpoche (Shambhala)
• Buddha Nature, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Rangjung Yeshe)
• Three Vehicles of Buddhist Practice, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Namo Buddha)
• The Four Ordinary Foundations of Buddhist Practice, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Sri Satgura)
• The Life of the Buddha and The Four Noble Truths, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal)
• The Four Dharmas of Gampopa, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal)
• Buddhist Conduct: The Ten Virtuous Actions, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal)
• Essence of Buddhism, Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche (Shambhala)
• The Myth of Freedom, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (Shambhala)
• Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (Shambhala)

Intermediate:

• A Teaching on the Tashi Prayer, Bardor Tulku Rinpoche (Rinchen)
• The Instructions of Gampopa, Gampopa (Snow Lion)
• Enthronement, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye (Snow Lion)
• Heart Sutra, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (Transcript - Available at Namse Bangdzo Bookstore)
• Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche (Zhyisil Chokyi Gyatsal)
• The Two Truths, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche (Zhyisil Chokyi Gyatsal)
• Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva, Ngulchu Thogme (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra)
• A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Shantideva (Bodhicharyavatara) (Shambhala)
• Showing the Path of Liberation, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal)
• The Middle-Way Meditation Instructions of Mipham Rinpoche, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Namo Buddha)

Advanced:

• Creation and Completion, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye (Zhyisil Chokyi Gyatsal)
• Cloudless Sky, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye (Shambhala)
• Myriad Worlds, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye (Snow Lion)
• Buddhist Ethics, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye (Snow Lion)
• The Teacher-Student Relationship, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye (Snow Lion)
• The Beautiful Song of Marpa the Translator, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche (Zhyisil Chokyi Gyatsal)
• Ascertaining Certainty About the View, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche (Zhyisil Chokyi Gyatsal)
• Mahamudra Teachings, Situ Rinpoche (Zhyisil Chokyi Gyatsal)
• Mahamudra: The Quintessence of Mind and Meditation, Takpo Tashi Namgyal (Motilal Banarsidass)
• Songs of Naropa, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Rangjung Yeshe)
• Journey of the Mind, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Karme Thekchen Choling)
• Mahamudra Teachings, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal)
• The Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal)

Biographies:

• The Awakened One, Sherab Chodzin Kohn (Shambhala)
• Tilopa (Some Glimpses of His Life), Tai Situ Rinpoche (Dzalendara)
• The Life and Teaching of Naropa (Shambhala)
• The Life of Marpa the Translator, Tsangnyon Heruka (Shambhala)
• The Life of Milarepa (Penguin/Arkana)
• The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa (Shambhala)
• The Rain of Wisdom (Shambhala)
• Karmapa: The Sacred Prophesy (Kagyu Thubten Choling)
• The Lotus Born, Yeshe Tsogyal (Shambhala)