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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Translations by Lowell Cook

Translators Lowell Cook

English (13)

Lowell Cook holds a MA in Translation, Textual Interpretation, and Philology from the Rangjung Yeshe Institute. He translates Buddhist scripture and contemporary Tibetan literature and writes poetry in both English and Tibetan. He is a big fan of Padmasambhava and has been occasionally known to disappear to Amdo.

Texts translated into English by Lowell Cook

Atiśa Dīpaṃkara

by Atiśa Dīpaṃkara
In response to a question from his heart-disciples Tsöndrü Yungdrung, Ngok Lekpé Sherab, and Dromtön Gyalwé Jungné, Jowo Atiśa outlines the core principles of mind training or lojong in twenty-one pithy statements. The advice was recorded in a work entitled Miscellaneous Sayings of the Kadam Masters (bka' gdams gsung thor).

Buddha

from the Words of the Buddha
The Vajrakīla Root Tantra Section (or Fragment) (Tōh. 439), the remains of a much larger Vajrakīla tantra, was discovered and translated into Tibetan by Sakya Paṇḍita (1182–1251). According to the text's colophon, it was Guru Padmasambhava who brought the original to Tibet. The tantra contains several famous verses that appear in most Vajrakīlāya sādhanas and is the only Vajrakīlāya text included within the Kangyur. The edition translated here includes a colophon by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and benedictory verse by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
from the Words of the Buddha
In the sūtra The Question of Maitreya (Toh. 85, Maitreya­paripṛcchā, byams pas zhus pa), Buddha Śākyamuni recounts this prayer that Maitreya made as a bodhisattva aspiring to accomplish the six perfections and attain the ten bodhisattva levels. The prayer is also included in the Miscellaneous section of the Tengyur (Toh 4378).
from the Words of the Buddha
This popular canonical work, which is included in the Kangyur (Tōh. 591), teaches the incantation (dhāraṇī) and rituals associated with the goddess Sitātapatrā, who is renowned for her power to avert or repel all types of spirits, demons, obstacles, misfortune and disease and is thus invoked by many Tibetan Buddhists on a daily basis.
from the Words of the Buddha
In response to a question from the bodhisattva Ākāśagarbha, the Buddha explains how a bodhisattva should view the mind at the moment of death. It is important, the Buddha says, to cultivate the perception of insubstantiality, great compassion, referencelessness and non-attachment, and not to seek buddhahood anywhere other than in the mind's own wisdom.
from the Words of the Buddha
In this sūtra (Toh. 311) the Buddha teaches eleven perceptions to be cultivated at the time of death to the assembled monks as his final testament.

Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa revealed this Gesar practice on the 25th day of the Monkey month in the Fire Rabbit year (1867) following a pure vision. The Second Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Könchok Gyurme Tenpé Gyaltsen (1871–1939), later compiled and arranged the treasure text as a sādhana.

Jigme Tenpé Wangchuk

by Jigme Tenpé Wangchuk
In these two verses of aspiration, the celebrated throneholder of Labrang Tashikhyil extols the virtues of electric lamps (glog sgron), which unlike traditional butter lamps (mar me) do not emit smoke or unpleasant burning smells.

Khenpo Chime Rigdzin

by Khenpo Chime Rigdzin
A poem warning monk-scholars of the risk of pursuing the path of intellectual study alone at the expense of the kind of deeper practice that brings genuine attainment.

Lama Zhang Tsöndrü Drakpa

by Lama Zhang Tsöndrü Drakpa
Noted for its unusual verse form, this little song (glu chung) by Lama Zhang expresses wonder at encountering the path of Dharma and successfully following it to completion.

Milarepa

by Milarepa
In this spiritual song (mgur), the great yogi Milarepa praises the qualities of Kyangpen Namkha Dzong or Jangphen Namkha Dzong (rkyang phan nam mkha' rdzong), which he likens to a palace, and explains why it is so conducive to meditative retreat. The place is listed among the six well-known outer 'fortresses' associated with Milarepa.

Ngakchang Shakya Zangpo

by Ngakchang Shakya Zangpo
In this famous history of the sacred stūpa of Boudha, Guru Padmasambhava recounts the stūpa's origins. In response to a request from King Trisong Deutsen, he tells how a humble poultry-woman first extracted a promise from the king and then built the stūpa together with her four sons, who were all later reborn as prominent figures in the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet. Padmasambhava also describes the benefits to be gained from circumambulating the stūpa and making offerings before it, and concludes with a series of prophecies concerning the stūpa's restoration.

Ngawang Tendar

by Ngawang Tendar
Extracted from The Sunlight of Eloquent Explanation: A Presentation of Exposition, Debate, and Composition ('chad rtsod rtsom gsum gyi rnam gzhag legs bshad nyin byed snang ba), this brief analysis discusses the qualities of an author, classifications of literary treatises and process of composing a treatise.

Lowell Cook

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