Padmakara Translation Group

Counsels from My Heart

• by
• Dudjom Rinpoche

Counsels from My Heart is one of the few volumes of teachings by Dudjom Rinpoche, a legendary meditation master of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, to become available in English. It features talks to students presented in Dudjom…  Read More

• Paperback

The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones

The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action

• by
• Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche,
• Patrul Rinpoche

In this book, two great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries challenge us to critically examine our materialistic preoccupations and think carefully about how we want to spend the rest of our lives. At the same time,…  Read More

• eBook

Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend

With Commentary by Kangyur Rinpoche

• by
• Nagarjuna

Nagarjuna's poetic presentation of the fundamental teachings of the Great Vehicle, or Mahayana—whose followers, driven by compassion, strive to attain Buddhahood for the sake of all beings—is remarkable for its concise style and memorable imagery, making it one of…  Read More

• Paperback
• eBook

A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom

Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices

• by
• Dudjom Rinpoche,
• Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje

The foundations of Vajrayana practice are laid out with eloquence and precision here by one of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of our age. His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche’s commentary on the preliminary practices (ngöndro) is informed by his profound realization…  Read More

• Hardcover

Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book Two

• by
• Longchen Yeshe Dorje, Kyabje Kangyur Rinpoche,
• Jigme Lingpa

This second and concluding volume of Jigme Lingpa’s classic Treasury of Precious Qualities is presented together with a detailed commentary by Kangyur Rinpoche. Composed in the form of a lamrim, or presentation of the stages of the path, the first…  Read More