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Replies to Questions

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A selection of replies, responses or answers to questions (dris lan; zhus lan):

Bhutan

by Je Khenpo Jigme Choeda
The Kuri Chhu River answers a series of questions, conveys a message from Marpa Lotsawa's home in Lhodrak, and makes aspirations for the flourishing of the Dharma.
Bhutan 11 Dec 2024

Biography

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This commentary to Jamgön Kongtrul’s biographical prayer to Chokgyur Lingpa, The Melody of the Auspicious Spiralled Conch, discusses the great tertön's life and legacy, celebrating, in particular, his terma revelations and accomplishments.
Biography Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö 7 Feb 2023

Dzogchen

by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
Answers to twenty-four questions on the theme of Dzogchen, which were apparently put to Jigme Tenpe Nyima by a youthful Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959).
Dzogchen 10 Feb 2025
revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal
In response to Yeshe Tsogyal's questions, Guru Padmasamabhava explains the potential mistakes (or ways of going astray) to which a Dzogchen practitioner is especially susceptible—errors related to the three aspects of essence, nature and compassion as well as the view, meditation, conduct and fruition. The dialogue between master and amanuensis also touches upon bodhicitta, obstacles, and the qualities of a genuine consort, or karma-mudrā.
Khandro Nyingtik Advice 26 Aug 2026

General

by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
Answers to a series of questions on the distinction between ordinary mind (sem) and pure awareness (rigpa), the dissolution of dualistic perception, mindfulness in Dzogchen, the phases of dissolution at death, and how to practise Dzogchen meditation.
Dzogchen Meditation Mindfulness Dying & the Bardos 8 Dec 2017
by Gorampa Sonam Senge
In this reply to a question from a devoted disciple, Gorampa explains how to establish the correct view, both according to the Vehicle of Perfections (pāramitā) and according to the Vajrayāna.
Middle Way Advice 26 Nov 2024
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
In response to a question from his spiritual consort, Khandro Tsering Chödrön, Jamyang Khyentse explains the essence of the path in just a few lines. (Khandro's question is in the form of an acrostic poem, the opening syllables of its four lines being the first four syllables of the Tibetan alphabet).
Advice Abecedarian Songs and Poems 27 Apr 2015
by Nyangral Nyima Özer
One of the better known instructions from the collection known as Responses to Questions, Advice from the Guru's Direct Instructions (bla ma dmar khrid kyi zhal gdams zhus lan skor), which is included in the Precious Treasury of Revelations (rin chen gter mdzod). The text contains simple advice from Guru Padmasambhava for his elderly disciple, Ngok Sherab Gyalpo.
Advice Dzogchen Termas Rinchen Terdzö 26 Mar 2020

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Kawa Paltsek & Tāranātha

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BDRC T28 (dris lan)

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