Recommended books for beginning Dharma students

The Great Path of Awakening : The Classic Guide to Using the Mahayana Buddhist Slogans to Tame the Mind and Awaken the Heart

 by Jamgon Kongtrul

Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life 

by Shantideva

The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas 

by Rgyal-Sras Thogs-Med Bzan-Po-Dpal

The Words of My Perfect Teacher 

by Patrul Rinpoche

The Jewel Ornament of Liberation : The Wish-Fulfilling Gem of the Noble Teachings  

by Gampopa

The Dharma That Illuminates All Beings Like the Light of the Sun and the Moon 

by Kalu Rinpoche

The Big Questions: How to Find Your Own Answers to Life's Essential Mysteries

by Lama Surya Das

Buddha Is As Buddha Does

by Lama Surya Das

Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World

by Lama Surya Das

Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists 

by Sumi Loundon and Jack Kornfield
 

Foundations, monasteries, places

Dzogchen Foundation Website

http://www.dzogchen.org/

Kagyu Thubten Choling Monastery

http://www.kagyu.com/

Karma Triyana Dharmachakra

http://www.kagyu.org/

Sukhasiddhi Foundation

http://www.sukhasiddhi.org/util/flash_check.htm#

Buddhism in the Boston Area

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pluralsm/98wrb/budd_int.htm

Barre Center for Buddhist Studies

http://www.dharma.org/bcbs/

Shambhala Center Boston

http://www.primordialdot.org/main.asp

Tilokpur Nunnery in India

http://www.simhas.org/kdtl6.html

 

People

Lama Surya Das' Website

http://www.surya.org/

Lama Surya Das' Teaching Schedule

http://www.dzogchen.org/teachings/cal-lsd.html

Lama John Makransky's Website

http://johnmakransky.org/

Lama John Makransky's Teaching Schedule

http://www.dzogchen.org/teachings/cal-ljm.html

Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso Rinpoche's Teaching Schedule

http://www.ktgrinpoche.org/t1.htm


 

Engaged Buddhism

Haley House

http://www.haleyhouse.org/


 

Academic study and language

Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center

http://www.tbrc.org/

Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library

http://www.thdl.org/

Nitartha International

http://www.nitartha.org/home.html

Nitartha Institute

http://www.nitarthainstitute.org/home.html

Courses on Buddhism in the Boston Area

http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hbc/courses.php

Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~csrel/oldsite/bsf/index.html

Harvard University Sanskrit, Indian and Himalayan Studies Department

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~sanskrit/

Tibet Journal Issues

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/Tibet/Tserials/TibetJour/tibJou.html

Sanskrit Dictionary Online

http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/~tjun/sktdic/

Journals of Himalayan Studies

http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/journals/


 

Buddhist publications

Snow Lion

http://www.snowlionpub.com/

Wisdom Publications

http://www.wisdompubs.org/

Shambhala Publications

http://www.shambhala.com/

Paljor Publications

http://www.paljorpublications.com/

The Dzogchen Bookstore

http://dzogchenbookstore.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/index.html

Namse Bangdzo Bookstore

http://www.namsebangdzo.com

Pali Canon Online

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/

Journal of Buddhist Ethics

http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/8/current8.html

Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies

http://www.iabsinfo.org/jiabs.htm

The Tibet Journal

http://www.tibet.com/Language/ltwa/tibet-journal.html

Journal of Global Buddhism

http://www.globalbuddhism.org/

Tricycle

http://www.tricycle.com/new.php?p=home