Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

Jamgön Kongtrü Lodro Taye (1813–1899) was a versatile and prolific scholar. He has been characterized as a "Tibetan Leonardo" because of his significant contributions to religion, education, medicine, and politics.

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Chod Practice Manual and Commentary

by
The Fourteenth Karmapa Thekchok Dorje,
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

This splendid resource for Chöd practitioners contains the Chöd sadhana written by the Fourteenth Karmapa. This daily practice text is given in three versions: Tibetan, a phonetic rendering of the Tibetan, and English translation. Jamgön Kongtrül's commentary on the sadhana… Read More

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Cloudless Sky

The Mahamudra Path of the Tibetan Buddhist Kagyu School

by
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

This book opens the way to a deeper knowledge of mahamudra, a Buddhist system of meditation on the nature of the mind. In providing a detailed commentary on the Vajra Song of the first Jamgön Kongtrül (1813–1899), the author elucidates… Read More
Cloudless Sky
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Enthronement

The Recognition of the Reincarnate Masters of Tibet and the Himalayas

by
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

Even the most casual contact with the culture, politics, or religion of Tibet and the surrounding region brings outsiders face to face with the institution of reincarnate spiritual masters. Past masters are identified as small children installed in their… Read More
Enthronement
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The Great Path of Awakening

The Classic Guide to Lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist Practice for Cultivating the Heart of Compassion

by
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

Here is a practical Buddhist guidebook that offers techniques for developing a truly compassionate heart in the midst of everyday life. For centuries, Tibetans have used fifty-nine pithy slogans—such as "A joyous state of mind is a constant support" and… Read More
The Great Path of Awakening
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Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual

by
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

The Kagyu and Nyingma traditions of Himalayan tantric Buddhism require a long period of intensive training in meditation—a three-year, three-month retreat—before a practitioner is considered to be a qualified teacher. Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual was written in the mid-nineteenth… Read More

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Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual
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The Teacher-Student Relationship

by
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

It is crucial for students of Vajrayana Buddhism to find an authentic wisdom teacher and know how to properly rely upon that teacher in order to awaken to their buddha nature and thereby attain full enlightenment. Fortunately, the topic has… Read More
The Teacher-Student Relationship
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The Torch of Certainty

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Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

This translation of a fundamental Tantric text reveals the richness and profundity of the intellectual and contemplative traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. The text describes the Four Foundation Practices that all practitioners of Vajrayana Buddhism must complete. The nature of impermanence,… Read More
The Torch of Certainty
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Trainings in Compassion

Manuals on the Meditation of Avalokiteshvara

edited by
Meg Miller

This work includes translations of key Kagyu lineage meditation manuals for the practice of the deity of compassion Avalokiteshvara, one of the main introductory meditation practices presented in scores of Tibetan Buddhist centers across North America and Europe.The manuals included… Read More

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