Presentation of Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the endless cycle of experience, the four bardos: life, death, after-death, and rebirth. Instruction is aimed at inspiring and helping the practitioner achieve liberation from deluded existence and awaken to complete enlightenment for the benefit of others. 

Introductory Reading in Buddhism

What the Buddha Taught
by Walpola Rahula

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
by Thich Nhat Hanh

Mindfulness in Plain English   

by Venerable Henepola Gunaratana

The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation As Taught by S.N. Goenka   

by William Hart

Living Buddha, Living Christ
by Thich Nhat Hanh

General Reading in Tibetan Buddhist Practice

The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice
by the Dalai Lama

How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life

by the Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins (Translator)

Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism

by John Powers [A comprehensive overview of the four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism]

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: Revised and Updated Edition
by Sogyal Rinpoche (Author), et al 

ENLIGHTENED COURAGE: An Explanation of the Seven-Point Mind Training
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, translated by The Padmakara Translation Group

[Former head of the Nyingma lineage, deceased 1991, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was a teacher of both His Holiness Penor Rinpoche and Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche] Highly respected by thousands of students throughout the world, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was one of the foremost poets, scholars, philosophers, and meditation masters of our time. Here he speaks frankly from his heart, drawing on his own life-long experience. Condensing the compassionate path to Buddhahood into practical instructions that use the circumstances of everyday life, Rinpoche presents the Seven-Point Mind Training--the very core of the entire Tibetan Buddhist practice.

THE PRELIMINARY PRACTICE OF ALTAR SET-UP
With instruction from Lama Zopa Rinpoche

This is an updated and revised edition of this very useful handbook that offers a complete explanation of how to set up a personal altar and make water bowl offerings, activities that are an integral part of the preliminary practices taught by the Buddha. Besides full explanations of the objects on the altar, this booklet includes an extensive offering practice and the Light Offering Prayer, by Atisha.

Enlightened Journey : Buddhist Practice as Everyday Life
by Tulku Thondup (Author) 

Tibetan Buddhist Practice and Psychology

A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night : A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
by Dalai Lama (Author) (Paperback) 

The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara by SHANTIDEVA   (Shambhala Dragon Editions) 

Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective
by Dalai Lama, et al 

Gates to Buddhist Practice: Essential Teachings of a Tibetan Master
by Chagdud, Chagdud Tulku 

An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
by The Dalai Lama (Author), The Dalai Lama (Author) 

COMPASSION: Listening to the Cries of the World
by Christina Feldman

Buddhist Tantric Practice

DEITY, MANTRA, AND WISDOM: Development Stage Meditation in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra
by Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche,and Getse Mahapandita, translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee

OPENING TO OUR PRIMORDIAL NATURE
by Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche

[Teachers of Khebchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche]

This book provides clear and deep explanations of how to uncover our inherent wisdom and compassion. The authors explain how our minds function and what our primordial nature is; they show us how to go about cultivating insight, bodhichitta, and devotion so that our true nature can manifest. They give detailed instructions on how to meditate using the tantric techniques of visualization, mantra, and formless meditation. At the same time, the book is simple and accessible, pointing out how we can see our fundamentally enlightened nature. This is a great introduction to Tibetan Buddhism by highly respected teachers from the Nyingmapa Vajrayana tradition.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BUDDHIST TANTRA
by Rob Preece

THE TIBETAN ART OF POSITIVE THINKING: Skillful Thought for Successful Living
by Christopher Hansard

Buddhist Dzogchen Practice

Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection
by Dalai Lama

ZURCHUNGPA'S TESTAMENT
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, translated by Padmakara Translation Group [Former head of the Nyingma lineage, deceased 1991, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was a teacher of both His Holiness Penor Rinpoche and Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche]
The original text consists of almost 580 maxims organized into eighty chapters covering the entire path of Dzogchen, from fundamental teachings on devotion and renunciation through to a whole series of pith instructions that bring the Dzogchen view to life. "Among the senior Tibetan teachers in our generation, it is well known that Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's commentaries are not merely scholarly explanations but interpretations coming directly from the depth of his own personal experience. This wonderful text by Zurchungpa is further enriched by his remarkable commentary."--Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche

This splendid volume gathers the collective wisdom of three of the greatest masters of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism--Zurchung Sherab Trakpa

(1014-1074), Shechen Gyaltsap Rinpoche (1871-1926), and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991). The focal point is Zurchung Sherab Trakpa's work 'Eighty

Chapters of Personal Advice,' which consists of nearly 580 maxims distilled from his own experience and deep study of the Buddha Dharma. These pithy

statements, based on orally transmitted teachings, cover the entire approach of Dzogchen--from faith and discipline to concentration and the flowering of wisdom."