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MOUNTAIN DHARMA
An Ocean of Definitive Meaning
The Library of Tibetan Classics – Volume 7

Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen

Translated by Cyrus Stearns

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MIND TRAINING
The Great Collection
The Library of Tibetan Classics - Volume 1

Translated by Thupten Jinpa

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THE TRADITION OF EVERLASTING BÖN
Five Key Texts on Scripture, Tantra, and the Great Perfection

Translated by J. F. Marc des Jardins

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Dilgo Khyentse and Padampa Sangye
THE HUNDRED VERSES OF ADVICE
Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most

Translated by Padmakara Translation Group

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SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE INDIAN BUDDHIST CLASSICS

VOL IV - PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS

Conceived and Introduced by

HH the XIVth Dalai Lama

Edited by

Thupten Jinpa

Translation and Introductory Essay by

Dechen Rochard

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VAST AS THE HEAVENS,

DEEP AS THE SEA

Verses in Praise of Bodhicitta

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Khunu Rinpoche

Foreword

HH the XIVth Dalai Lama

English Translation

Gareth Sparham

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SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE INDIAN BUDDHIST CLASSICS

VOL III - PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS

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Conceived and Introduced by

HH the XIVth Dalai Lama

Edited by

Thupten Jinpa

Introductory Essay by

Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

Translated by

Hyoung Seok Ham

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SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE INDIAN BUDDHIST CLASSICS

VOL II - THE MIND

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Conceived and Introduced by

HH the XIVth Dalai Lama

Edited by

Thupten Jinpa

Contextual Essays by

John D. Dunne

Translated by

Dechen Rochard

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SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE INDIAN BUDDHIST CLASSICS

VOL I - THE PHYSICAL WORLD

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Conceived and Introduced by

HH the XIVth Dalai Lama

Edited by

Thupten Jinpa

Translated by

Ian Coghlan

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF CHÖKYI NYIMA RINPOCHE

Volume One

- The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen

- Bardo Handbook

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Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche

BEYOND THE ORDINARY MIND

Dzogchen, Rimé, and The Path of Perfect Wisdom

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Adam Pearcey

Introductions and Translations

Monks Of The Monastery Of Gyütö, Tibet

TIBETAN BUDDHISM

Tantras of Gyütö

Tsongkhapa

THE MIDDLE-LENGTH TREATISE ON THE STAGES OF THE PATH OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Translated by Philip Quarcoo

JAMGÖN MIPHAM
The Wisdom Chapter - Commentary on the Ninth Chapter of The Way of the Bodhisattva
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When phenomena are indeed seen to be devoid of true existence, great compassion will well up effortlessly, a compassion that will never abandon living beings who circle in samsara through their clinging to true existence. For as it has been taught, it is in the nature of things that such an attitude is born.

CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA
“The Nameless Child”

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There is a mountain of gold. When the sun’s rays strike it, it is irritating to look at. It is surrounded by red, green, yellow, orange, pink and liver-colored clouds, wafted gently by the wind. Around the mountain fly thousands of copper-winged birds with silver heads and iron beaks. A ruby sun rises in the East and a crystal moon sets in the West. The whole earth is covered with pearl-dust snow. Upon it a luminous child without a name instantaneously comes into being.

The golden mountain is dignified, the sunlight is blazing red.
Dreamlike clouds of many colors float across the sky.
In the place where iron birds croak,
The instantaneously-born child can find no name.

Because he has no father, the child has no family line. Because he has no mother, he has never tasted milk. Because he has neither brother nor sister, he has no one to play with. Having no house to live in, he cannot find a crib. Since he has no nanny, he has never cried. There is no civilization, so he cannot find toys. Since there is no point of reference, he doesn’t know a self. He has never heard spoken language, so he has never experienced fear.

The child walks in every direction, but does not come across anything. He sits down slowly on the ground. Nothing happens. The colorful world seems sometimes to exist and sometimes not. He gathers a handful of pearl dust and lets it trickle through his fingers. He gathers another handful and slowly takes it into his mouth. Hearing the pearl dust crunch between his teeth, he gazes at the ruby sun setting and the crystal moon rising. Suddenly a whole galaxy of stars wondrously appears and he lies on his back to admire their patterns. The nameless child falls into a deep sleep, but has no dreams.

The child’s world has no beginning or end.
To him, colors are neither beautiful nor ugly.
The child’s nature has no preconceived notion of birth and death.
The golden mountain is solid and unchanging.
The ruby sun is all-pervading.
The crystal moon watches over millions of stars.
The child exists without preconceptions.

PRACTICING THE GREAT PERFECTION
Instructions On The Crucial Points

Shechen Gyaltsap IV
The Padmakara Translation Group

Shambhala, 2020

STEPS TO THE GREAT PERFECTION
The Mind-Training Tradition of the Dzogchen Masters

Jigme Lingpa
Translated by Cortland Dahl

Snow Lion, 2016

NĀGĀRJUNA'S WISDOM - A PRACTITIONER'S GUIDE TO THE MIDDLE WAY

Barry Kerzin, MD
Watson Publications, 2019

HH the XIVth DALAI LAMA

There is an Indian saying: if you are struck by a poisonous arrow, it is important first to pull it out, there is no time to ask who shot it, what sort of poison it is, and so on. First handle the immediate problem, and later we can investigate.

Similarly, when we encounter human suffering, it is important to respond with compassion rather than question the politics of those we help. Instead of asking whether their country is enemy or friend, we must think, “These are human beings, they are suffering, and they have a right to happiness equal to our own.’’