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In Praise of Tsaritra
Khenchen Rinpoché, as many know, was born in the area of Tsari -
a famous pilgrimage site for all Tibetan Buddhists in southeastern
Tibet. Aside from being a major pilgrimage-mountain (nekhor-ri), Tsari - also known as the "Pure Crystal Mountain" - has been a powerful site for yogic practice since the twelfth century.
In 2003, Khenchen Rinpoché composed In Praise of the Great Holy Place Tsaritra
and this was subsequently translated into English by Terence Barrett in
2005. Click here to download a PDF copy of this translation.
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Tea-offering prayer
An evocative tea-offering prayer composed by Chenga Drigung Lingpa
(Chenga Sherab Jungné, one of Jigten Sumgön's
heart-disciples). This prayer is usually chanted in the context of a
formal tea-offering ritual to a spiritual teacher. First translated into
English in 2007 by Terence Barrett, Terry has recently updated it. Click here to download the latest version.
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Permissions and Prohibitions
Composed by Khenchen Rinpoché in
2008, this verse contains the essential points for training in the
Three Vows (of individual liberation, bodhisattva and secret mantra)
and in particular presents the view of Jigten Sumgön on this
important matter. Also included is a new Guru Yoga text composed by Rinpoché known as A Guru Yoga that Brings the Dharmakaya Onto the Path. Click here to download both texts in regular letter-sized format. Click here to download both texts as a booklet and here for the cover page.
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A brief biography of Gelong Rinpoché (1924-2006)
Since the 16th century, Drikung Thil Monastery has always had a realized-master designated as the tripön
or "master of oral-instructions." This lama becomes the main teacher of
the retreatants at Drigung and is highly regarded by others who come
from farway places to be instructed. The previous tripön, Gelong Tenzin Nyima was the 36th tripön and is regarded by many as this generation's Kyobpa Rinpoché. Click here to download a copy of his biography.
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Life and Liberation of Phagmodrupa
This traditional biography of Pakmodrupa was written by Takpo Chenga Rinpoché and published in 2004 in A Dharma-history of Drikung. This translation is by Terence Barrett, quoted from: Phagmodrupa: Engaging by Stages in the Teachings of the Buddha.
Copyright: Tara Foundation, distributed by Otter Verlag, ISBN
978-3-933529-21-3. Posted with kind permission from both Terence
Barrett and Tara Foundation.
Click here to download a copy of his biography.
[Picture: Pakmodrupa's stupa at present-day Densa-til]
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Mani Dedication Prayer
This MP4 recording of the Mani Dedication Prayer was done by Bakula
Rangdol Nyima Rinpoché of Lamayuru Monastery, Ladakh. This
prayer was composed by Drubwang Könchok Chökyab (b. 1834), an
important lama
during the time of the 5th - 6th Chetsang and
Chungtsang Rinpochés and its use has been made popular in
recent times by the late Drubwang Könchok Norbu (d. 2007).
Click here to download soundfile.
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Heartsongs of Nyangrel
Nyangrel Nyima Özer (1124-1192) was an important lineage-master in the transmission of the Mani Kabum
according to the Royal Tradition - the tradition of the Our Vast Noble
Heart Chenrezik Mani Drupchen practiced at Drikung Thil Monastery and
at TMC.
Click here to download a selection of heartsongs by Nyangrel in praise of the mani-mantra.
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Black-hat Dance at Lamayuru
This video-clip was recorded in June 2008 at Lamayuru Monastery's annual cham
(monastic ritual-dances) festival in Ladakh, Tibet. The Black-hat Dance
is performed towards the end of the second day of the 2-day cham program. Recorded by Brianna Quick during a pilgrimage trip to Ladakh led by Dr. Hun Lye.
Click here to download (This is a large file - almost 40 MBs).
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Two Sides of the Same Hand
Khenchen Rinpoché's most recent composition, first given at
TMC's 14th Annual Spring Retreat, May 23-June 7, 2009. In the colophon,
Rinpoché writes: "Perceiving the stainless and precious,
unsurpassable and sublime Dharma of the Teacher to be the source of all
relative and ultimate benefit and happiness, I have spent many long
years, with pure altruistic intention, obtaining whatever of it I have
been able in the far-flung countries of this world. Unfortunately,
these days both my body and mind are sometimes overpowered by a strong
exhaustion that does not respond much to medicine or treatment, and so
I recently took some time to rest and recover in the American city of
Madison. While there, in early spring of 2009, with an altruistic mind
hoping to benefit those who seek the meaning of the Dharma, and
contemplating how the demarcation between samsara and nirvana is
delineated by virtue and non-virtue, I, Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen,
composed this text, entitled Samsara and Nirvana, Two Sides of the Same
Hand, in dependence upon Kyobpa Jigten Sumgön’s profound
Dharma and skilled teachings...."
Click here to download a PDF file of this text.
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