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Buddhist Philosophy: A Perspective from the Nyingma Tradition
By: Khenpo Palden Sherab Rinpoche
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This volume consists of edited transcripts of a series of talks given at the Kagyu E-Vam Bud
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Ceaseless Echoes of the Great Silence
By: Palden Sherab Rinpoche
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A Commentary on The Heart Sutra
Prajnaparamita
-" At the same time noble Avalokiteshvara,
the bodhisattva mahasattva, contemplating the profound practice of the Prajnaparamita, saw the five skandhas to be empty in its nature."
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Dark Red Amulet: Oral Instructions on the Practice of Vajrakilaya
By: Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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The wrathful deity Vajrakilaya embodies the enlightened activity of all the buddhas in order to subjugate delusion and negativity that can arise as obstacles to spiritual practice. The Vajrakilaya system of meditation is practiced widely in Tibet as well as in Western Buddhist centers.
Written by the renowned scholars Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, The Dark Red Amulet presents a line-by-line description of this Vajrayana practice and describes the history of its oral transmission lineage. This book conveys the essential meaning of the Vajrakilaya teachings and provides an invaluable guide for Tibetan Buddhist practitioners to "discover the absolute vajra nature that will transform every duality hindrance into clear wisdom and compassion."
The book includes a translation of a brief biography of the text's terton, Tsasum Lingpa, and a chapter of students' questions and the Khenpos' answers.
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Door to Inconceivable Wisdom & Compassion
By: Khenpo Palden Sherab Rinpoche
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Of all the Mahayana Buddhist teachings currently available in the Western hemisphere, none is as seminal as the instruction on Bodhicitta, a sanskrit term symbolizing the union of loving-kindness, compassion and the wisdom of ultimate reality. Khenpo Palden Sherab Rinpoche opens wide the "Door To Inconceivable Wisdom and Compassion" by skillfully presenting a full spectrum of understandings and everyday applications regarding this most powerful, immediate and practical means of spiritual transformation and realization. Both beginners and advanced students of inner transformation will treasure this book for its straightforward explanations and profund insights into the heart of sentient beings, Buddhist practice and Universal Enlightenment.
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Lion's Gaze
By: Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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A commentary on Tsig Sum Nedek
A commentary by the Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and the Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche on The Special Teaching of the Wise and Glorious Sovereign by Patrul Rinpoche and The Three Words that Strike the Crucial Point by Vidyadhara Garab Dorje.
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Opening the Clear Vision of the Mind Only School
By: Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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The Mahayana has seven distinct characteristics that distinguish it from the Hinayana. Here Rinpoches present these characteristics according to the teachings of Longchenpa, along with extensive commetary on the Twenty Verses of the great master Vasubandhu. Buddha Shakyamuni declared, "Oh Bodhisttvas, the three realms are nothing other than mind." The Cittamatrins use these words as their point of departure.
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Opening the Clear Vision of the Vaibhashika and Sautrantika Schools
By: Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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The Vaibhashikas believe that relative truth is that which can be broken down into parts, whereas ultimate truth is indivisible. The Sautrantikas accept the selflessness of persons but not the selflessness of phenomena. The Cittamatrins accept the selflessness of both self and phenomena, but believe in the true existence of mind. Finally, the Madhyamikas claim that things appear to be real and substantial, but are actually without inherent, true existence. The various tenets of these four schools form the basis for understanding the entire scope of the Buddha’s teachings. Thus, it is essential to gain an understanding of the fundamental schools of Vaibhashika and Sautrantika on the road to ultimate insight.
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Opening the Wisdom Door of the Madhyamaka School
By: Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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In this third year of our continuing investigation of Buddhist philosophy, we begin our study of Madhyamaka, the Middle Way school. Madhyamaka is a direct teaching on the essential nature, free from all extremes. It can be divided into two categories: true reality Madhyamaka and word Madhyamaka. True reality Madhyamaka is the absolute, inexpressible nature—the Mother of all the Victorious Ones; word Madhyamaka describes this absolute nature. The practice of true reality Madhyamaka is divided into ground, path and fruit, whereas word Madhyamaka is divided into teachings and commentaries. The commentarial tradition is characterized by Prasangika and Svatantrika Madhyamaka, and Svatantrika itself includes the Sautrantika and Yogachara Madhyamaka schools.
In this book, the Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches use Shantarakshita’s famous Madhyamakalankara (The Ornament of the Middle Way) and commentaries by Longchenpa and Mipham Rinpoche to explore Yogachara Madhyamaka. This tradition is generally associated with the “three great masters of the east”: Jnanagarbha, Shantarakshita, and Kamalashila.
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Opening the Wisdom Door of the Outer Tantras: Refining Awareness Through Ascetic Ritual and Purification Practice
By: Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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According to the Outer Tantras, one’s own awareness—known as “self-suchness”—is ultimately beyond all the aggregates, beyond conceptuality, and beyond self-identity. It is free from all dualistic notions. This is the basis of visualizing oneself as the deity. If we don’t maintain such a view in our practice of the tantras, we are simply imagining ourselves to be putting on the ornaments, or façade, of the deity. In other words, we are holding on to our sense of self as well as our strong emotions and limited conceptions. This means our practice is not really coming along. By harmonizing our practice of all the precious Dharma teachings, rather than focusing on their differences, the Outer Tantra techniques will activate and ignite our visualization and meditation practice of the Inner Tantras.
The Samten Chima, or Grand Samadhi Tantra, is among the most important of all the Outer Tantras in general and the Kriya Tantras in particular. It is called “grand” because it describes in detail exact instructions on how to practice with mantras according to the Secret Vajrayana. When we study, contemplate, and meditate on these teachings, we should always recognize that what we are discussing does not just apply to Kriyatantra—it also applies to Upatantra, Yogatantra, and each of the Inner Tantras. Since the Samten Chima includes pith instructions on all the tantra teachings, it establishes the foundation of both the Outer and Inner Tantras.
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Opening the Wisdom Door of the Rangtong and Shentong Views: A Brief Explanation of the One Taste of the Second and Third Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma
By: Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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The principal subject of the 2007 shedra is a famous text by Mipham Rinpoche entitled the Tongthun Senge Ngaro (Lion's Roar That Explains Tathagatagarbha). This treatise explores such topics as the provisional (drangdon) and definitive (ngedon)
meaning of the teachings presented in the three turnings of the wheel of Dharma; the distinguishing features of the Rangtong and Shentong views; and the differences between the Prasangikas and Svatantrikas in
terms of the methods they use to approach and explain the ultimate nature. Of course, the main focus of Mipham Rinpoche’s work is
tathagatagarbha, or buddha-nature.
Many Tibetan Buddhist masters have extensively debated the authentic nature
of mind, known as tathagatagarbha. Generally speaking, Rangtongpas believe tathagatagarbha to be free from all dualities and extremes,
claiming that it is empty of intrinsic reality. Thus they assert buddha-nature to be “empty of itself.” In contrast, Shentongpas claim
that buddha-nature is actually full of the beautiful, natural qualities of mind, which shine forth unobstructedly after the temporary defilements and obscurations have been removed. Shentongpas therefore believe buddha-nature to be “empty of other,” or empty of the habitual negativities and obscurations that cloud the beauty of our inherent nature. As explained by the great Mipham Rinpoche in the Tongthun Senge Ngaro,
the Nyingma school does not see any essential contradiction between these two positions. By uniting these views, Mipham clarifies how
Buddha Shakyamuni’s three turnings of the wheel of Dharma are perfectly compatible and harmonious.
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Opening to Our Primordial Nature
By: Khenchen Palden Sherab & Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal
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This book provides clear and deep explanations of how to uncover our inherent wisdom and compassion. The authors explain how our minds function and what our primordial nature is, they show us how to go about cultivating insight, bodhichitta, and devotion so that our true nature can manifest. It gives detailed instructions on how to meditate using the tantric techniques of visualization, mantra, and formless meditation. At the same time, it is simple and accessible, pointing out how we can see our fundamentally enlightened nature. This is a great introduction to Tibetan Buddhism by highly respected teachers from the Nyingmapa Vajrayana tradition.
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Prajnaparamita: The Six Perfections
By: Palden Sherab Rinpoche
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Based on his teachings given at the Padmasambhava Buddhist Society in Florida during 1989, Palden Sherab Rinpoche reveals in "Prajnaparamita: The Six Perfections," ancient knowledge as a step by step process in training the mind of enlightenment. Written in a clear and sublime manner, this profound work illuminates the six paramitas (perfections) of generosity, self-discipline, tolerance or patience, joyful effort, concentration and wisdom in a universal, dynamic and practical template for cultivating a new way of being.
Prajnaparamita: The Six Perfections, Palden Sherab Rinpoche, Sky Dancer Press, 102 pages, $15.
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Sherpa Dumji Masked Dance Festival
By: Eberhard Berg
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An ethnographic description of the great liturgical performance as celebrated annually according to the tradition of the Lamaserwa clan in the village temple of Gonpa Zhung, Solu
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Smile of Sun and Moon, Commentary on The Praise to the 21 Taras
By: Palden Sherab Rinpoche
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The twenty-one emanations of Tara, the mother of all the buddhas, manifest swiftly to protect sentient beings from all fears, pacify evils, disease and misfortune, increase longevity, wealth and merit, overpower the deluded perception, and destroy the enemy of five poisons, one's disturbing emotions.
The Praise to the Twenty-One Taras, connecting the practitioner to Tara's enlightened activity, was memorized and recited by almost every Tibetan regardless of school or tradition.
In this book, Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche clarifies each word of The Praise according to the four levels of meaning: the outer, inner, secret, and the ultimate meaning explained according to Prajnaparamita, Mahayoga, Anuyoga and Dzogchen. The visualization instructions follow the inner practice of The Queen of Great Bliss revealed by Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa as part of Longchen Nyingthig terma cycle.
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Tara’s Enlightened Activity
By: Khenchen Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal
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Tara is an object of devotional worship and meditative practice for Tibetan Buddhists everywhere. Tara clears away fears, overpowers negative emotions, and enables all beings to reach enlightenment. As she has vowed to take rebirth as a female throughout infinite lifetimes, Tara also has special resonance as a source of female spiritual wisdom. Tibetans of all schools and traditions recite the verses on which this commentary is based.
Sought-after teachers throughout the West for over twenty-five years, the authors illuminate the practice of the Praises to the Twenty-one Taras with humor and wisdom, making the material accessible not only to Buddhist practitioners, but also to a general audience and those specifically interested in female manifestations of the divine.
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Turning the Wisdom Wheel of the Nine Golden Chariots
By: Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
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Buddha Shakyamuni laid out many categories and levels of teaching according to the particular needs, desires, intelligence, and sensibilities of practitioners. In response to these differences, the Buddha gave a wide variety of teachings that were specifically suited to the unique characteristics of individuals. In this way, the Buddha skillfully ensured that all beings could benefit from the Dharma. But despite the inconceivably vast scope of these instructions, the purpose of each one is the same: to remove the obscurations and suffering of all beings and reveal our innate nature, which is the nature of everything.
Although the teachings of the Dharma can be summarized in many ways, the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism—also known as the “Ancient Translation school”—divides them into nine yanas or “vehicles.” This special book includes teachings from one of the most qualified Nyingma masters of our times, in which he explains the view, meditation, conduct, and fruition of each of the nine yanas from an authentically Nyingma perspective. Due to the comprehensive yet condensed nature of this book, it serves as both a general outline for those initiating their study of the Dharma, as well as a valuable aid for those wishing to better understand the essential meaning of each of the nine levels of Buddhist meditation and philosophy.
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