Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

Buddha Nature

The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary

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• Arya Maitreya

All sentient beings without exception have buddha nature—the inherent purity and perfection of the mind, untouched by changing mental states. Thus there is neither any reason for conceit in deeming oneself better than others nor any reason for self-contempt,…  Read More

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Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual

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• 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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Timeless Rapture

Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters

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• Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

Throughout history awakened ones have celebrated the rapture of mystical states with inspired verse sung extemporaneously. This book offers a rare glimpse into the mysticism of the Shangpa Kagyu lineage a tradition based mainly on the profound teaching of…  Read More

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The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Eight, Part Three

The Elements of Tantric Practice

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• Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

Jamgön Kongtrül's Treasury of Knowledge in ten volumes is a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were presented in Tibet. Tibetan Buddhist teachers expected their students to study Buddhist philosophical texts as well as…  Read More

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The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Seven and Book Eight, Parts One and Two

Foundations of Buddhist Study and Practice

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• Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

Jamgön Kongtrul’s ten-volume Treasury of Knowledge is a unique encyclopedic masterpiece embodying the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were preserved in Tibet. Tibetan Buddhist teachers expected their students to study Buddhist philosophical texts as well as practice…  Read More