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Wisdom Publications Inspiration. Adventure. Awakening. Wisdom Publications is the leading publisher of books and online courses on Buddhism, mindfulness, and meditation.
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Wisdom Publications is the leading publisher of books, podcasts, and online courses on contemporary and classic Buddhism, mindfulness, and meditation. We’re also now the premier membership platform for Buddhists, having launched the Wisdom Experience in 2019 and now providing hundreds of hours of video and thousands of pages of books for members to read online. Wisdom is a 501(c)3 nonprofit charit

able organization dedicated to cultivating writers and teachers the world over, advancing critical scholarship, preserving and sharing the literary culture of various contemplative traditions, and helping people find and engage with the teachers, teachings, and practices for a wise and compassionate life.

Calm and concentration are valuable, but they are not the same as seeing reality clearly.Ordinary perception can feel li...
08/21/2026

Calm and concentration are valuable, but they are not the same as seeing reality clearly.

Ordinary perception can feel like clarity, even while we are in fact actively misknowing the nature of things. This confusion is not merely philosophical: our perception of reality impacts our lives every day, shaping our emotional responses, attitudes, and actions, and keeping us caught in patterns of suffering.

In The Nature of Reality in the Four Schools of Buddhist Philosophy, Thupten Jinpa guides a disciplined study of how we perceive reality through the lens of some of Buddhism's most influential traditions.

The new online course looks beyond temporary periods of calm to examine the deeper confusion that clouds everyday experience—and provides the training through which it can be dispelled.

Enroll before September 1 to save $100 on your enrollment. No code is needed. Includes teaching videos and guided audio practices from Jinpa, 3 live Q&As, lifetime access, and much more.

Learn more and save your seat: https://bit.ly/4guWdHr

Don’t Miss A BUDDHIST GUIDE TO LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN AND ILLNESS with Toni Bernhard, online Sunday, August 23!Chronic...
08/20/2026

Don’t Miss A BUDDHIST GUIDE TO LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN AND ILLNESS with Toni Bernhard, online Sunday, August 23!

Chronic pain or illness can feel overwhelming. Join acclaimed author Toni Bernhard (How to Be Sick) for a special two-hour online program at the New York Insight Meditation Center.

Learn how to use the Buddha’s teachings to navigate:
- Uncertainty about the future
- Relentless physical symptoms
- Feeling dismissed by doctors
- Managing loneliness and burnout

WHEN: Sunday, August 23, 2026
WHERE: Online via New York Insight Meditation Center
REGISTER: Register at https://www.nyimc.org/event/chronic-pain-8-2026/
EXPLORE: Find more of Toni’s books at https://rebrand.ly/Toni-Bernhard-Books

READ A BIOGRAPHY OF EXTRAORDINARY SCHOLARSHIP AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE.In THE AMAZING TREASURY OF THE SAKYA LINEAGE, VOLUM...
08/18/2026

READ A BIOGRAPHY OF EXTRAORDINARY SCHOLARSHIP AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE.

In THE AMAZING TREASURY OF THE SAKYA LINEAGE, VOLUME 2, Ameshab Ngakwang Kunga Sönam (1597–1659), a member of the Khön aristocracy and the twenty-seventh throne holder of Sakya Monastery, gives a thorough history of the major Sakya lineage holders up to the time of his writing in the seventeenth century. This fascinating volume is 20% OFF WITH CODE AT20 only through today.

Where the first volume of this history, published last year, focused on the celestial origins and the founders of the Khön lineage, as well as their interactions with the Mongol Empire, volume 2 tells the stories of the major figures of the four monastic residences, or labrang, from the early fourteenth to seventeenth centuries, and how they persevered through a time of religious and political reorientation in Inner Asia and were able to strengthen the Sakya lineage after a period of waning influence.

GET BOTH VOLUMES of THE AMAZING TREASURY OF THE SAKYA LINEAGE for $97 ($35 off) with code SAKYA97 at checkout, or both ebooks for $73 ($26 off) with code SAKYA73.

Read an excerpt at https://rebrand.ly/atvol2
Learn more and get your copy at https://rebrand.ly/atsl-vol2

Wisdom is pleased to announce that we have opened enrollment for The Nature of Reality in the Four Schools of Buddhist P...
08/15/2026

Wisdom is pleased to announce that we have opened enrollment for The Nature of Reality in the Four Schools of Buddhist Philosophy, the exciting new course from renowned scholar and translator Thupten Jinpa.

In this course, Thupten Jinpa will take you on an eight-lesson journey through some of the most fascinating and consequential ideas in Buddhist philosophy.

Enroll before September 1, 2026 to get a special reduced tuition rate ($100 off). Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4wWAija

In the course, you'll discover how four schools of Buddhist thought—Vaibhāṣika, Sautrāntika, Yogācāra, and Madhyamaka—progressively dismantle the assumptions ordinary perception makes about reality, each school exposing what the last left unquestioned.

Examining each school’s core arguments and increasingly refined accounts of reality, you’ll deepen your understanding of grasping, emptiness, and how view is brought into meditation and action.

The course begins September 25 and includes 3 live Q&As with Jinpa.

Enroll today and save $100 on your enrollment: https://bit.ly/4wWAija

A quick reminder about a precious opportunity: these are the last 2 days to save $120 on Thupten Jinpa’s new course and ...
08/13/2026

A quick reminder about a precious opportunity: these are the last 2 days to save $120 on Thupten Jinpa’s new course and watch lesson 1 early. → This special offering ends at 12 AM EST on August 15. ←

Your tuition gets you access to teaching videos, readings, guided practices, and 3 live Q&As with Jinpa. Save your seat today: https://bit.ly/4wXTxcf

✨ How This Course Supports the Path of Liberation ✨

In the first lesson of this course, Jinpa tells us how there's a danger to practitioners— “a danger of thinking that if I just close my eyes and keep my mind peaceful, eventually I’m going to get enlightened.”

He then adds, “I don’t think enlightenment is that simple...The only way in which we can counter the active misknowing of ignorance is to cultivate a perspective that will proactively and directly challenge fundamental ignorance.”

That’s what you’ll find in this course.

Through 8 lessons, Jinpa provides a guided progression through increasingly subtle accounts of reality.

As he does so, the course naturally stimulates your inquiring mind and leads you toward the clear, expansive, and profound view that can transform your entire life.

Learn more and save your seat today: https://bit.ly/4wXTxcf

20% OFF MASTERING THE SIX-SESSION GURU YOGA BY H. E. CHÖDEN RINPOCHÉWe’re honored to announce today is the official publ...
08/11/2026

20% OFF MASTERING THE SIX-SESSION GURU YOGA BY H. E. CHÖDEN RINPOCHÉ

We’re honored to announce today is the official publication day of MASTERING THE SIX-SESSION GURU YOGA: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE* by H. E. Chöden Rinpoché. This volume is an illuminating commentary on a bedrock Geluk daily practice by one of the most venerated contemporary teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, accompanied by essential supplementary materials. And today is the LAST DAY TO SAVE 20% with code GURUYOGA20 at checkout.

Six-session guru yoga is a succinct but comprehensive daily practice that supports practitioners in keeping the commitments of “anuttarayoga ta**ra”, or highest yoga ta**ra: the three sets of vows and the pledges of the five buddha families. In less than thirty short verses, the root text encompasses the breadth of these requirements.

This volume is also supplemented with supportive materials such as excerpts from commentaries by Akhu Sherap Gyatso (1803–75) and Khenchen Namkha Tenkyong (1799–?), an oral commentary by Khen Rinpoché Geshe Gyalten, rich explanations of the vows, illuminating commentaries on the eight-line praises specifically, metered translations of the texts to support recitation, and much more, making this a truly invaluable resource for the anuttarayoga practitioner.

*Please note the material in this book is restricted and is intended only for readers who have received an empowerment into highest yoga ta**ra.

Learn more and get your copy at https://rebrand.ly/guru-yoga

In celebration of our fourth Wisdom Academy online course with Thupten Jinpa, The Nature of Reality in the Four Schools ...
08/11/2026

In celebration of our fourth Wisdom Academy online course with Thupten Jinpa, The Nature of Reality in the Four Schools of Buddhist Philosophy, launching September 25, we're re-releasing this special episode featuring Thupten Jinpa, originally released as episode 109 in April 2021.

In this episode, we celebrate the release of Jinpa’s translation of Tsongkhapa’s Illuminating the Intent, discuss conventional vs ultimate analysis, disciplined reasoning and mind training, the Four Schools of Buddhist Philosophy, and so much more!

After the episode, get started with episode 1 of Nature of Reality in the Four Schools of Buddhist Philosophy and enjoy a special discount from the Wisdom Academy. See the show notes for more information.

🎧 See comments for episode link

SAVE ON WISDOM FOR NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY!Today is NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY, and it's your last chance to SAVE 40% ON ...
08/09/2026

SAVE ON WISDOM FOR NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY!

Today is NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY, and it's your last chance to SAVE 40% ON ALL BACKLIST* books with code NBLD40. Through the end of today, enjoy 40% off hardcover editions, paperbacks, boxed sets, and ebooks published before August 1, 2025.

At Wisdom, we believe books do more than inform—they transform. They deepen our understanding, inspire meaningful conversations, and connect us with timeless teachings that can enrich our lives and the lives of others. Every book you purchase also helps support our nonprofit mission to create and share authentic Buddhist teachings for the benefit of all beings.

Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate National Book Lovers Day and save 40% WITH CODE NBLD40 before the sale ends tonight. Thank you for being part of the Wisdom community, and happy reading!

*Backlist books are titles released before August 1, 2025. This offer does not include back-ordered, out-of-stock, or print-on-demand titles.

Learn more and get your books at https://rebrand.ly/NBLD40

CELEBRATE NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY WITH 40% OFF FROM WISDOMThis Sunday, August 9, is National Book Lovers Day, a perfect...
08/08/2026

CELEBRATE NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY WITH 40% OFF FROM WISDOM

This Sunday, August 9, is National Book Lovers Day, a perfect reason to spend time with a great book. To celebrate, we're offering 40% OFF ALL BACKLIST* titles released before August 1, 2025. Through Sunday, use code NBLD40 to save on hardcover editions, paperbacks, boxed sets, and ebooks by many of your favorite authors, including series such as THE LIBRARY OF WISDOM AND COMPASSION, THE LIBRARY OF TIBETAN CLASSICS, and THE TREASURY OF THE BUDDHIST SCIENCES.

No one knows exactly how National Book Lovers Day began, but the joy of discovering wisdom in the pages of a good book is timeless. At Wisdom, we're honored to continue that tradition by publishing books that support the study and practice of Buddhism for readers around the world.

Over the next few days, we'll highlight a handful of outstanding backlist titles you may have missed—but that's just the beginning. Browse our full collection at WISDOM.ORG and rediscover beloved classics, uncover hidden gems, or finally pick up the book that's been on your reading list.

*Backlist books are titles released before August 1, 2025. This offer does not include back-ordered, out-of-stock, or print-on-demand titles.

Learn more and get your books at https://rebrand.ly/NBLD40

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