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Dza Patrul Rinpoche’s Pith Instruction
A concise, five-verse guide highlighting the essence of Dharma practice.
The Perfection of Wisdom, Mother of All Tathagatas, ‘In One Syllable’
In this (Toh. 23), the shortest of the Prajñaparamita or Perfection of Wisdom sutras, the Buddha teaches the syllable ‘A’, which encapsulates the transcendent perfection of wisdom and all the...
Ornamented with Precious Names, In Praise of the Thirty-Five Sugatas
A poetic eulogy (Toh. 1142) that extols the thirty-five Buddhas who feature in confession practices such as the Bodhisattvas’ Confession of Downfalls (Jangchup Sempé Tungshak), also known as the Sutra...
Four Pieces of Advice
In these four short lines, Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa encapsulates, as the colophon reveals, the four qualities that all contemporary tantric practitioners should have.
A Praise to the Lotus King
This four-line praise may be the earliest prayer to Padmasambhava preserved in writing. It forms the colophon of the Noose of Methods (IOL Tib J 321, Tapshag, or Upayapasha), a...
In Praise of the Stupas at the Eight Great Sacred Places (1)
This text (Toh. 1133) is the longer of Arya Nagarjuna’s two short eulogies praising the stupas at the eight great sacred places commemorating significant events in the life of the...
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Lama Norlha
On the tenth day of the ninth month of the Earth Monkey Year (November 7, 1848), Chokgyur Lingpa was only twenty years old, yet the time was ripe to reveal...
A Shower of Precious Blessings
A Shower of Precious Blessings (Jinlap Norbu Drucha) is a collection of thirty-five prayers by the Great Tertön Chokgyur Dechen Zhikpo Lingpa, composed at the request of various disciples on...
The Essential Amrita of Profound Meaning
The Essential Amrita of Profound Meaning is a collection of twenty-four pieces of heart advice that the Great Tertön Chokgyur Dechen Zhikpo Lingpa gave upon the request of various disciples...
Concise Daily Practice with Sang and Tsok
On the tenth day of the ninth month of the Earth Monkey Year (November 7, 1848), Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa was only twenty years old, yet the time was ripe to...
Liberation Upon Hearing
Liberation Upon Hearing (Thödrol) is an extraordinary text that serves as a singular guide for practitioners, leading them through the intricate stages (bardos) they encounter during the journey after death....
Sangtik Phurba
Vajrakilaya is the wrathful form of Vajrasattva, the embodiment of the awakened activity of all the buddhas—manifesting in an intensely wrathful yet compassionate form in order to subjugate the delusion...
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Treasure Trove of Sacred Sites
Nekhor, meaning “pilgrimage” in Tibetan (or literally, “circling the sacred”), was first envisioned nearly a decade ago, in 2014 by Phakchok Rinpoche. An initiative of Samye Translations, guided by Rinpoche,...
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Revision of the Guru Rinpoche Book Series
After ten years of hard work, Samye Translations has published a three-part series of pilgrimage guides chronicling the life and deeds of Guru Rinpoche. This series traces his journey across...
Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo Commentary Translation
The Gradual Path of the Wisdom Essence (Lamrim Yeshé Nyingpo) is a complete and unparalleled presentation of the entire Vajrayana path, which Guru Padmasambhava initially entrusted to his closted disciples and...
Chokter Chöchö
The Chokter Chöchö, The Chokling Tersar Prayer Book, stands as an indispensable compilation of all the vital practice liturgies within the Chokling Tersar tradition. Encompassing more than 1700 pages, it...