Norbu Publishing House

Norbu Publishing House

Wydawnictwo Norbu (Norbu Publishing House) is a small, specialist Polish publishing house focused almost exclusively on Tibetan Buddhism and related spiritual traditions. Its catalogue concentrates on religion, esotericism, philosophy and ethics, and biography/autobiography. It is a niche but well-regarded press in Polish Buddhist circles.

Its published titles include Polish translations of significant Buddhist texts and teachers, including:

• Ozdoba drogocennego wyzwolenia (The Jewel Ornament of Liberation) by Gampopa — one of the most highly rated books on the Polish reader site Lubimyczytać, scoring 9.9/10

• Przewodnik na Ścieżce Bodhisattwy (Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life) by Śāntideva

• Płomień Chwały (Blazing Splendor), the memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

• Cenna Esencja (Precious Essence), the autobiography of Terton Barley Dorje (2008), and Masaż tybetański Kunje w praktyce (Tibetan Ku Nye Massage in Practice) by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu (2009)

• Works by Longchenpa, Keith Dowman, and James Low on Dzogchen

The press is quite small — only 12 books are catalogued on the main Polish books database — suggesting it operates as a dedicated boutique publisher rather than a large commercial house.

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Bodhisattva - A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses. Skt बोधिसत्त्व  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ།  Ch 菩薩  

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Dzogchen - Dzogchen is an advanced system of meditation techniques to reveal the innate state of perfection primarily, but not exclusively, espoused by the Nyingma Buddhist tradition and the Tibetan Bön tradition. Skt महासन्धि  Tib རྫོགས་ཆེན།  

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