The Jewel Heart
The Jewel Heart

Author: Barbara Helen Berger

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780698116344

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When her musical accompanist, Gemino the doll, has a terrible accident, Pavelle the dancer and the surrounding shadows come to his aid.

The Jewel Heart
The Jewel Heart

Author: Barbara Helen Berger

Publisher: Philomel

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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Gemino has a jewel for a heart. But he has no voice: he can sing only withhis violin. His song is for Pavelle. And when he plays, she dances. One day, Gemino ismissing. How can Pavelle dance without a song? "Ohhh," sigh the shadows. They knowwhere Gemino is, and show Pavelle the way. She finds him in tatters, his jewel heartgone. "Can you fix him?" the shadows whisper. Pavelle can only try. With luminous artand gentle, poetic text, Barbara Helen Berger creates a magical story of transformationand the healing power of love.

The Four Mindfulnesses
The Four Mindfulnesses

Author: Gelek Rimpoche

Publisher: Jewel Heart

Published: 2009-07-14

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 193499409X

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THE FIRST EXTENSIVE COMMENTARY TO BE GENERATED IN ENGLISH ON A TEACHING DELIVERED BY MANJUSHRI TO TSONGKHAPA For generations, The Four Mindfulnesses—of guru, bodhimind, divine body and emptiness—were taught only orally. The First Panchen Lama and Seventh Dalai Lama provided written texts, on which both of them Gelek Rimpoche has taught. The result is a rare combination that illuminates topics so central to practice. Born in Lhasa, Tibet, in 1939, bestselling author and internationally renowned Tibetan Lama Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche brings his traditional Buddhist training into strong dialogue with science, psychology, medicine, metaphysics, politics and the arts; he skillfully addresses the dilemma of living a spiritual life in a material world. His collected works now include over 30 transcripts of his teachings, numerous articles as well as the national bestseller Good Life, Good Death (Riverhead Books, 2001) and The Tara Box: Rituals for Protection and Healing from the Female Buddha (New World Library, 2004). Rimpoche is a U.S. citizen and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1988, Rimpoche founded Jewel Heart, a Tibetan Buddhist Center with chapters in the US, Europe and Asia. Jewel Heart offers a multi-layered program for spiritual development, including weekly webcasts, annual retreats and special events. The organization also supports senior lamas and the training of young monks, a children’s school and orphanage, and Buddhist performing arts tours. Sales from the Jewel Heart Store support Tibetan refugees and monasteries in India and Nepal. Gelek Rimpoche has consistently shown resiliency and flexibility of character and sound understanding of selflessness. He can be an elegant lama in a formal setting . . . a wise advisor in another setting . . . a loyal and creative colleague in the endless work of seeing to the continuing usefulness of the Dharma. —Robert A.F. Thurman Gelek Rimpoche’s mix of astute psychological insight, extraordinary intellect, and great compassion—plus delightful wit—makes him a wonderful, wise spiritual friend and guide. —Daniel Goleman Gelek Rimpoche constantly shows wisdom, gentleness, depth, rascality, humor, spaciousness, and the spiritual side to everyday life. —Ram Dass

Karma
Karma

Author: Gelek Rimpoche

Publisher: Jewel Heart

Published:

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1934994146

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Does karma leave any room for self-deter­mination, or are we totally at the mercy of fate? Does personal responsibility exist, or is even that an illusion? These are questions rising when discussing karma. Also in the West there has always been a notion of the interdependence of deeds and their results, reflected in some of our sayings: As you sow, so shall you reap Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind Nobody pushes your button except you yourself. Gehlek Rinpoche, using four different characteristics explains how the law of karma works within the individual. In that, the part that ego plays, and our habitual patterns are central issues, rendering the key to freedom from (pre)-determination. The theme is clarified by lovely stories from the Indian and Tibetan tradition.