New Releases by Tenzin Norbu

Golden Phoenix: An Epic in Silence and Threads is a modern myth for a fractured world-a lyrical, philosophical journey that reimagines the ancient legend of the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd for our time. Rooted in compassion, vow, and moral clarity, this epic poem follows two celestial lovers who return to Earth not for their own salvation, but to heal the wounds of humanity. Separated by fate yet bound by vow, Zh¿n¿ and Niúláng descend from the heavens to walk through the Seven Realms of Sorrow: landscapes scarred by conquest, anger, forgetting, despair, and silence. In each realm, they confront the suffering born of illusion and the fragile threads that bind all beings. Along their journey they learn-and teach-that true strength arises not from power, but from clarity, patience, and the courage to love without domination. Through stanzas shaped by stillness, fire, and vow, Golden Phoenix blends mythopoetic storytelling with philosophical insight. The poem draws from Mah¿y¿na Buddhism, moral psychology, and world literature to reveal a universal truth: that compassion is not sentiment, but a discipline; not an escape, but a path; not a single act, but a vow carried across lifetimes. At the heart of the journey stands the Golden Phoenix-symbol of rebirth, memory, and transformation-who witnesses their path and guides them through the silence between worlds. As the heroes cross continents, poles, and inner thresholds, they discover that healing begins with seeing clearly, listening deeply, and choosing love again and again, even when the world fractures. Written with lyric force and moral clarity, Golden Phoenix is both an epic for readers of myth, poetry, and philosophy, and a meditation for anyone who seeks hope, renewal, and a way forward in difficult times. A story of vow.¿A story of love.¿A story for a world in need of healing.

A fresh translation and commentary to Tibet''s most famous text on living like a bodhisattva Who are bodhisattvas and what do they practice? In the fourteenth century, the Tibetan Buddhist master Gyalse Tokmé Zangpo answered these questions in a now classic teaching called the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva. This text, consisting of inspiring verses distilling the entire Mahayana path of compassion, continues to inspire modern-day Buddhist masters, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama. One of the most important commentaries on the Thirty-Seven Practices is by the twentieth-century master Dzatrul Ngawang Tenzin Norbu, known as the Buddha of Dza Rongphu, and is translated here along with associated meditation instructions for the first time. Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, who requested this translation by Christopher Stagg, provides an informative overview to the history of the text and commentary, introducing the reader to the world of one of Tibet''s most widely studied texts.

Calling the Guru from Afar (extensive and brief versions) are heartfelt requests for blessings from the guru to realize all the stages of the path to enlightenment, as well as a meditation on the guru’s nature. The extensive version was composed by Phabongkha Rinpoche, author of Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, at the request of Ven. Losang Rabya. Lama Zopa Rinpoche suggests that the brief version was composed by Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche’s root guru, Rongphu Sanggye (Ngawang Tenzin Norbu, 1867–1940/42). 2020 edition.