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Lotsawa* House is a library of over 1900 Tibetan Buddhist texts by more than 180 authors in nine languages
From more than 60 translators and teams working with lamas, khenpos, geshes, editors, designers and many more.
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Latest major translation
Added 14 May 2019
A Garland of Vajra Words: A Prayer to the Guru
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Here Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991) invokes the eight manifestations of Guru Rinpoche (gu ru mtshan brgyad) by drawing on key lines from the famous praise Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti (Chanting the Names of Mañjuśrī).
More recent additions
May 2019
Advice for Beginners: How to Overcome Obstacles to Meditation | Advice
by Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje
Crucial advice from Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje (1895–1969) on how to eliminate three types of obstacle that could imperil beginning-level practitioners of meditation. Read text >
The Ultimate Inexpressible Confession | Confession
from The Immaculate Confession Tantra
This confession liturgy, popularly known as Yeshe Kuchokma (ye shes sku mchog ma), is taken from the fourth chapter of the Immaculate Confession Tantra (Dri med bshags rgyud). Read text >
A Profound and Concise Guru Yoga | Guru Yoga
by Chatral Rinpoche
This short yet profound guru yoga focusing on Chatral Sangye Dorje (1913–2015) was composed at the insistence of close students and is still recited daily by many disciples. The practice incorporates a unique mantra based on Rinpoche's name and employs imagery associated with the Great Perfection. Read text >
Brief Homage to the Twenty-One Tārās | Tārā
by Khenchen Ngawang Palzang
This short prayer by Khenchen Ngawang Palzang (1879–1941), alias Khenpo Ngakchung, is a means of invoking and praising Tārā in her twenty-one emanations and calling upon her to dispel obstacles and assist progress along the path to ultimate realization. Read text >
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A Song of Amazement Inspired by Practice Experience | Meditation
by Sera Khandro
This song of amazement originates in a vision that Sera Khandro had while staying in retreat at Nyimalung in Amdo at the age of twenty-nine. The text is her response to the spirits and demons who appeared to her and asked what she was doing. 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.
