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Do not believe in anything
simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything
simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything
simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything
merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions
because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
~ The Buddha [Kalama Sutra]
Manly P. Hall
Manly Palmer Hall
(18 March 1901 - 29 August 1990)
A world-renowned authority on philosophy, comparative religion and the esoteric doctrines of antiquity.
Founded the Philosophical Research Society in 1934 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the ensoulment of all arts, sciences, and crafts.
He was a Canadian-born author and mystic.
He is perhaps most famous for his work -
The Secret Teachings of All Ages — An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy , published in 1928 at the age of 26, which is widely regarded as his magnum opus.
On 8th December 1973, he was recognized as a 33 degree Mason (the highest honor conferred by the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite) - at a ceremony held at PRS - despite never being initiated into the physical craft.
In his over 70-year career, Mr. Hall authored more than 150 books and essays, and delivered over 8000 lectures in the U.S. and abroad, in his multi-faceted role as a teacher of the universal laws through which the creating principle manifests itself.
Ancient Scriptures
Buddhist Texts Through the Ages - Translated from Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Japanese and Apabhramsa
This unique anthology of Buddhist scriptures traces the development of Buddhism through the ages and around the world.
Conventional Truth
Moonshadows - Conventional Truth in Buddhist Philosophy — by The Cowherds
This book asks: What is true about conventional truth and what are the implications of an understanding of conventional truth for our lives?
Rumours of Realisation
Wisdom Eccentrics - rumours of realisation as told by Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected — by Ngakpa Chogyam
A rare account of remarkable Lamas and their life stories in the final years of a lost era - told by the great Dzogchen master.
Three Tantras
Secret Wisdom - Three Root Tantras of the Great Perfection — by Christopher Wilkinson
This book contains translations of three Tantras on the Great Perfection, or Dzogchen.
Vajrasattva Tantra
The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva - Equal to the End of the Sky — translated by Christopher Wilkinson
A Tantra of the Great Perfection tradition of Buddhism, from a Tibetan manuscript first translated into Tibetan in the 8th Century by Vairotsana Rakshita.
Sun of My Heart
Beyond Secret - The Upadesha of Vairochana on the Practice of the Great Perfection — by Christopher Wilkinson
A translation into English of a unique Tibetan manuscript containing the commentaries of Vairotsana Rakshita.
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Great Image
The Great Image - The Life Story of Vairochana the Translator — compiled by Yudra Nyingpo
Autobiography of the great scholar and translator Vairotsana, as told to a group of his students near the end of his life in the eighth century.
Two Truths Debate
The Two Truths Debate - Tsongkhapa and Gorampa on the Middle Way — by Sonam Thakchoe
This work digs into the debate of how the two truths are defined and how they are related by looking at two figures. It shows how their philosophical positions have dramatic implications for how one approaches Buddhist practice and how one understands enlightenment itself.
View of Emptiness
Freedom From Extremes - Gorampa's Distinguishing the Views and the Polemics of Emptiness — translated by Lobsang Dargyay & Jose Ignacio Cabezon
Fundamental concept of "emptiness" that avoid the traps of eternalism and nihilism.
Empty Sky
Echoes From an Empty Sky - The Origin of the Buddhist Doctrine of the Two Truths — by John B. Buescher
For the first time, eschews an exclusively Mahayana standpoint for the exploration of the two truths in order to examine the doctrine in the context of the Hinayana.
