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Added 13 June 2018
The Key Points of Trekchö, Thorough Cut
| Dzogchen
by Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche
The great Nyingma master Mipham Rinpoche wrote this brief, versified Dzogchen instruction in 1893/4. In it he outlines the key points of Trekchö (khregs chod) or 'Thorough Cut' practice by means of an explanation of the four ways of leaving things as they are (cog bzhag bzhi).
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June 2018
Prayer to Thangtong Gyalpo | Prayers
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Khyentse Wangpo composed this five-verse supplication prayer to the siddha Thangtong Gyalpo (1361?–1485) at the request of the Eighth Sangye Nyentrul Rinpoche by combining and supplementing previous prayers. Read text >
The White Lotus: In Praise of Lumbinī | Pilgrimage
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed this beautiful poem in praise of Lumbinī, the site of Buddha's birth and a major place of pilgrimage, when he visited there in the late 1950s. Read text >
Gateway for the Faithful: A Supplication Recalling the Lives and Liberation of Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche, Ngawang Chökyi Lodrö' | Prayers
by Trulshik Rinpoche
A supplication prayer that recalls the thirty previous incarnations of Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche Ngawang Chökyi Lodrö (1924–2011) and their major accomplishments, as well as the master's own life and future emanations. Read text >
Prayer to the Successive Lives of the Great Trulshik 'Destroyer of Delusion' | Prayers
by Ngawang Tenzin Norbu
A short prayer to the previous incarnations of the famous tertön Trulshik Dongak Lingpa (1862–1922), also known as Kunzang Tongdrol Dorje, rediscoverer of the Yangti Nakpo cycle of Dzogchen teachings. Read text >
Advice for Tenzin Jamchen | Advice
by Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche
Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche composed this short verse instruction on relative and absolute bodhicitta at the request of the English monk, Tenzin Jamchen (Sean Price). Read text >
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Four Great Logical Arguments of the Middle Way | Middle Way
by Mipham Rinpoche
This section of Gateway to Learning (mkhas 'jug) explains the so-called "Four Great Logical Arguments of the Middle Way" (dbu ma'i gtan tshigs chen po bzhi), which are: 1) investigation of the cause: the Diamond Splinters; 2) investigation of the result: refuting existent or non-existent results; 3) investigation of the essential identity: ‘neither one nor many’; and 4) investigation of all: the Great Interdependence. This translation also includes some comments from Khenpo Nüden's celebrated commentary. Read text >
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* Lotsāwa ལོ་ཙཱ་བ་; lo tsā ba n. Title used for the native Tibetan translators who worked together with Indian scholars (or paṇḍitas) to translate the major buddhist texts into Tibetan from Sanskrit and other Asian languages. It is often said that it derives from the Sanskrit lokacakṣu, literally meaning "eyes of the world". See also paṇḍita.
