Publications

Books

Training the Wisdom Body: Buddhist Yogic Exercise

By Rose Taylor Goldfield
Forward by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso

Description:
This book contains complete instructions on seated meditation, the movement meditation practice of lujong, Tibetan yoga, and the fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhist practice.

“Anyone interested in the internal path of yoga or Buddhism knows that as you work with the body you can’t help but work with emotional and mental holding patterns as well. Rose Taylor Goldfield’s new book integrates the psychological aspects of practice with practical advice about staying grounded in your body. For meditators this book will help root the mind in the body, and for people familiar with physical yoga, this book will help you work with the mental chatter, old emotional patterns, and distractions that inevitably arise as you go deeper. I wish I had read this book when I started on this path.” —Michael Stone, author of The Inner Tradition of Yoga

“Drawing from her in-depth immersion in Tibetan Buddhism, Rose Taylor Goldfield offers an accessible, comprehensive guide to yogic interconnection of the body, breath, and mind in a way that renders these ancient methods applicable to anyone, whether Buddhist or not.” —Sarah Powers, author of Insight Yoga

“Rose Taylor Goldfield opens up words and ideas to shed new light on the practice of traditional Buddhist yoga. This is a clear, thoughtful, and practical book that reflects years of study and practice. It is a unique guide for anyone wanting, as Rose writes, to ‘look into their own being to fully understand themselves.’” —Elizabeth Mattis-Namgel, author of The Power of an Open Question

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The World's Great Wisdom: Timeless Teachings from Religions and Philosophies

Editor Roger Walsh
Contributing Author Ari Goldfield

Description:
What is wisdom and how is it cultivated? These are among the most important questions we can ask, but questions that have been routinely ignored in modern times. In the twentieth century, the search for wisdom was replaced by a search for knowledge as science and technology promised answers to life’s ills. However, along with scientific achievements came disasters, particularly the devastation of the planet through the accelerating use of modern technology. In an era drenched in data, a desire for wisdom has been reborn. Where can we go to learn about wisdom? The answer is clear: to the world’s great religions and their accompanying philosophies and psychologies. The World’s Great Wisdom makes these treasuries available. Practitioners from each of the great religions—as well as from Western philosophy and contemporary research—provide summaries of their traditions’ understandings of wisdom, the means for cultivating it, and its implications for the modern world. This book offers distillations of the world’s accumulated wisdom—ancient and modern, religious and scientific, philosophical and psychological. It is a unique resource that for the first time in history brings together our collective understanding of wisdom and the ways to develop it.

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Dancing with Dharma: Essays on Movement and Dance in Western Buddhism

Editor Harrison Blum

Contributing Author: Rose Taylor Goldfield

Description:
Both Buddhism and dance invite the practitioner into present-moment embodiment. The rise of Western Buddhism, sacred dance and dance/movement therapy, along with the mindfulness meditation boom, has created opportunities for Buddhism to inform dance aesthetics and for Buddhist practice to be shaped by dance.
This collection of new essays documents the innovative work being done at the intersection of Buddhism and dance. The contributors—scholars, choreographers and Buddhist masters—discuss movement, performance, ritual and theory, among other topics. The final section provides a variety of guided practices.

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Freeing the Body Freeing the Mind: Writings on the Connections between Yoga and Buddhism

Edited by Michael Stone
Foreword by Robert Thurman
Contributing Authors: Ari Goldfield and Rose Taylor Goldfield

Description:
In this collection of provocative essays by prominent teachers of Yoga and Buddhism, the common ground of these two ancient traditions becomes clear. Michael Stone has brought together a group of intriguing voices to show how Buddhism and Yoga share the same roots, the same values, and the same spiritual goals. The themes addressed here are rich and varied, yet the essays all weave together the common threads between the traditions that offer guidance toward spiritual freedom and genuine realization.

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Stars of Wisdom: Analytical Meditation, Songs of Yogic Joy, and Prayers of Aspiration

By Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Translated by Ari Goldfield and Rose Taylor
Foreword by H. H. the Dalai Lama, The XVII Karmapa

Description:

This book he explains how to gain clarity, peace, and wisdom through step-by-step analysis and meditation on the true nature of reality. He also introduces readers to the joy and profundity of yogic song, and reveals the power of aspiration prayers to inspire, transform, and brighten our hearts.

“When we consider the remarkable achievements of Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and his contribution to the Dharma, he is, without doubt, one of the great guides of our time.” —The Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa

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The Sun of Wisdom:Teachings on the Noble Nagarjuna’s Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way

By Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso
Translated by Ari Goldfield

Description:

The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way was written in the second century and is one of the most important works of Nagarjuna, the pioneering commentator on the Buddha’s teachings on the Madhyamika or Middle Way view. The subtle analyses presented in this treatise were closely studied and commented upon by many realized masters from the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

Using Nagarjuna’s root text and the great modern master Ju Mipham’s commentary as a framework, Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso explains the most important verse from each chapter in the text in a style that illuminates for modern students both the meaning of these profound teachings and how to put them into practice in a way that benefits both oneself and others.

“Consummately readable . . . a unique combination of scholarly acumen and spirited engagement towards what might otherwise seem like dry and difficult material to the average reader.” —Buddhadharma

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