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Title	Flight of the Garuda
Sub-Title	A Complete Explanation of Thorough Cut by Zhabkar
Author	Tony Duff
Details	248 pages, 2 colour plates, 6" X 9", US$25, available in paper format
ISBN	paper book 978-9937-572-05-7, e-book 978-9937-572-04-0
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

Flight of the Garuda is a series of twenty-three songs sung by the Dzogchen master Tshogdrug Rangdrol [1781–1850 C.E.] for the sake of his students.  The songs explain the practice called Thorough Cut (Thregcho), which is one of the two innermost practices of Dzogchen or Great Completion.  Tshogdrug Rangdrol, who is more commonly known as Zhabkar, later compiled the songs into a text.  Over time, this text became one of the most popular texts used to explain Thorough Cut because of its complete and very clear treatment of the practice.

Zhabkar went further and made Flight of the Garuda into the first of a trilogy of texts.  The other two texts in the trilogy explain the second innermost practice of Dzogchen, called Direct Crossing (Thogal).  These two texts are not included in this book, though a clear explanation of all three texts in the trilogy is given in the introduction.  Note that the second text of the trilogy is essentially the famous text by Jigmey Lingpa Guidebook called “Highest Wisdom” (Triyig Yeshe Lama) re-arranged by Zhabkar and put into verse.  Jigmey Lingpa’s text is available in English through PKTC, which means that there is way to obtain the content of the second text of the trilogy without it being translated into English.  The third text of the trilogy contains personal instructions on Thogal which were meant for Zhabkar’s students and which might not be suitable for publication in English.

The translation here is a fresh translation of Flight of the Garuda which improves considerably on two earlier translations.  The translation was made by Lama Tony in Tibet, while receiving an extended teaching on the entire text by the great treasure revealer Ontrul Tenpa’i Wangchuk.  The translation benefits from the exceptional knowledge and high realization of this master and the general atmosphere of pure blessings of the Nyingthig Dzogchen (Quintessential Great Completion) tradition in his retreat centre.

Those who have read either of the other translations available will be surprised and delighted at this translation.  Verse and prose versions of the translation are provided to accomodate all needs.  A summary of topics of the text, by Ontrul Tenpa’i Wangchuk, which has not been seen before and which helps considerably to understanding the many topics within the text itself has been included.

A lengthy introduction helps the reader understand the background to the text.  Extensive footnotes and a long glossary have been provided so that the reader can clearly understand all the details involved.

Ontrul Tenpa’i Wangchuk’s principal lineage of Dzogchen teachings is that of Dzogchen Monastery, Tibet.  Dza Patrul is an early figure of the same lineage who wrote a very famous commentary on Thorough Cut called Feature of the Expert Glorious King; Ontrul Tenpa’i Wangchuk has written a commentary to it which is available from PKTC under the title Relics of Dharmakaya.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	Song of the View of the Thorough Cut of Luminosity Great Completion Called “Flight of the Garuda Capable of Quickly Traversing All the Levels and Paths”
	A Summary of the Guidebook to the Thorough Cut View, Flight of the Garuda, Called “A Key to Unravel the Treasury of the Three Lineages’ Instructions”

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Title	Highest Wisdom
Sub-Title	A Guidebook to The Stages of Path of the Primal Guardian According to Longchen Nyingtig Great Completion by Jigmey Lingpa
Author	Tony Duff
Details	352 pages, 2 colour plates, 6" X 9", hardcover, stitched binding, US$85, available in paper format
ISBN	paper book 978-9937-8386-0-3
Texts	Tibetan text in Tibetan script included

The text here by Jigmey Lingpa is commonly known by its abbreviated Tibetan name, Triyig Yeshe Lama or Guidebook Called “Highest Wisdom”.  It is the central text in the Longchen Nyingthig tradition of Great Completion or Dzogchen, and is used to explain the highest practices of the system.

The author, Lama Tony Duff, has spent much time at Dzogchen Monastery, East Tibet, receiving the complete transmissions of the Longchen Nyingthing system.  He made and verified this translation during attendance at a number of extended teaching retreats on the text.  Thus, the translation bears the blessings of one of the greatest living holders of the Longchen Nyingthig lineage, Padma Kalzang Rinpoche.  The blessings are conveyed to those outside of Tibet through the author, who is one of the very few translators capable of receiving, understanding, and practising teachings in the purely Tibetan environment found in the depths of Tibet.  These blessings are beautified with the ornaments of practical knowledge passed on to the author by the many yogins and khenpos steeped in the tradition, his close friends who live permanently in mountain retreats at the monastery.  Tibetan lamas who know the Longchen Nyingthig teaching and who can speak English sufficiently well to judge the matter say that it is by far the best translation available in English.

It has to be said that this Guidebook Called “Highest Wisdom” is sealed and locked.  The reason for this is that the text is a summation of the key points for practice found in the Seventeen Tantras, the tantras which are the very root of Great Completion.  Those tantras explicitly warn that one must have the necessary empowerments, and so on, before beginning to be instructed in and read about these teachings.  This is not a meaningless requirement; there is great danger in reading this material without first having the necessary empowerments and related instructions.  Therefore, there is a mandate by the lineage that this text is only to be read after having received the Rigpa Liveliness Empowerment (Tib. rigpa’i tsal wang) or by those who are about to receive it during a session of teaching on the text.

The book contains a translation of the following text:

“Highest Wisdom”, A Guidebook to The Stages of Path of the Primal Guardian According to Longchen Nyingtig Great Completion by Jigmey Lingpa

Download Tibetan texts in TibetD format: This text is part of the Root Volumes of Longchen Nyingthig which is available from PKTC by purchase.

Title	The Bodyless Dakini Dharma: The Dakini Hearing Lineage of the Kagyu
Sub-title	The original Vajra Verses, sadhana, and Padma Karpo’s Thorough Explanation
Author	Tony Duff
Details	190 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$25, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-8244-8-4
Texts	Three Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included
	New, highly expanded second edition.  Published March, 2010

Synopsis / back cover text:
The hearing lineage Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini teachings were obtained in person by Tilopa when he stormed the palaces of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi.  The teachings from Vajravarahi became known as the Bodyless Dakini teaching and were passed down through the Kayu lineage.  The Dakini Hearing lineage as it is called is one of the root teachings of the Kagyu.  It is a very important for Kagyu practitioners in general and especially for Vajrayogini and Chakrasamvara practitioners.

This book is a major exposition of the Bodyless Dakini teaching.  A comprehensive introduction lays out the history of the teaching and its transmission, the principal figures involved, the texts of the system, and more.  The body of the book includes translations of the root texts of the system and a major exposition of the system by the fourth Drukchen, All-knowing Padma Karpo.

The book was compiled by Tony Duff, well known teacher and translator, and long time scholar-practitioner of Kagyu and Nyingma lineages.

Full explanation:
Two of the key teachings in the Kagyu system are the hearing lineage Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini teachings which Tailopa obtained in person by storming the palaces of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi respectively.  The instructions received from Vajravarahi became known as the dharmakaya teaching of the Bodyless Dakini and the teachings were passed down in what is known as the Dakini Hearing Lineage.

The Dakini Hearing lineage is one of the root teachings of the Kagyu.  It is a very important teaching for any Kagyu practitioner but especially for anyone doing the Vajrayogini or Chakrasamvara practices.

This book is a major exposition of the Kagyu Dakini Hearing lineage teaching.  It begins with a long introduction to the Dakini Hearing Lineage.  The introduction gives the history of the teachings and its transmission, principal figures involved, the texts of the system, and a great deal of background information.  It also tells the story of the criticisms levelled at the system by the Sakya Pandita and the very strong refutation of his criticisms by the famous fourth Drukchen, Padma Karpo.  Three key texts of the system are presented in the body of the book.  The first text is the very root of the Bodyless Dakini dharma, the original teaching spoken out of empty space by Vajravarahi to Tailopa, and the teachings that he in turn spoke out of empty space to Naropa.  Following that, there is the original Indian sadhana for the practice.  Then comes a very long explanatory text called The Thorough Explanation by Padma Karpo that shows the whole path of realization of these Vajrayogini teachings.

The book is a handbook of the Bodyless Vajrayogini teachings that contains much information that will be of interest to Vajrayogini and Chakrasamvara practitioners.  The book will be of general interest to all Kagyu followers.  It will also be of interest to Sakya followers and to historians interested in Sakya Pandita’s attacks on the Kagyu lineage.  It will be of special interest to followers of the Drukpa Kagyu.

One of the interesting features of the book is the inclusion of a major text of Drukchen Padma Karpo.  The Drukchens have been the heads of the Drukpa Kagyu for many centuries.  All of them are known for their knowledge and realization.  However, Padma karpo stands out as the great writer of the lineage.  His works were so well-written and well-informed that he quickly became one of the greatest authors not just of his own Drukpa Kagyu lineage but of the Kagyu tradition as a whole.  The work of his included in this book is one of his major works.

The book is available through us using the links below and through major book sellers.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	The Root Vajra Verses called “The Dharma of the Bodyless Glorious Vajradakini”, one of the root texts from India that establishes the Bodyless Dakini dharma
	The Sadhana Called “Bodyless Dakini”, another of the root texts from India that establishes the Bodyless Dakini dharma
	“Tincture of Dharma”, A Thorough Explanation of the Bodyless Dakini Dharma by All-Knowing Padma Karpo, one of the most complete and important Tibetan commentaries on the original Indian Bodyless Dakini dharma texts

Download Tibetan texts in TibetD format: available here.  The texts listed immediately above are included.

Entire set of Tibetan texts of the Rechungpa Hearing Lineage is available from our Tibetan texts page.

Title	Gampopa’s Mahamudra
Sub-title	The Five Part Mahamudra of the Kagyus
Author	Lotsawa Tony Duff
Details	204 pages, line drawings, 5.5" X 8.5", US$25, available on paper
ISBN	978-9937-2-0607-5
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script not included

Gampopa taught Mahamudra to his heart disciple Phagmo Drupa in a specific way that made it into a five-part practice.  Phagmo Drupa practised it then taught it widely to his disciples.  From there, “The Five-Part Mahamudra”, as it is called became an important part of the Kagyu approach to Mahamudra. This book is a complete reference to the Five-Part Mahamudra teaching.  It contains translations of several key texts by important authors of Drigung, Drukpa, and Karma Kagyu lineages.  It contains unpublished selections from Gampopa’s Collected Works including his exchanges with Phagmo Drupa that led to the Five-Part system.  It contains texts that explain the entire practice from Jigten Sumgon, The translator from Throphu, Situ Chokyi Jungnay, and the Zhamar Konchog Yanlag.  It ends with a very extensive oral explanation of the system from the current Benchen Tenga Rinpoche. This is the first book to present the Five-Part Mahamudra system in its entirety and is unusual for the extensive translations of source texts contained.  The introduction by the author provides a very clear overview of the tradition and full information on the texts in the book.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	A Written Instruction Coming from the Throphu Kagyu on the Five-Part Mahamudra by The Translator from Throphu, Jampay Pal
	The Source of the Jewels of Experience and Realization, The Ocean-Like Instructions on the Five Parts. The instructions by Jigten Sumgon arranged and commented on by Zhamar Konchog Yanlag
	“Mind Harvest”, An Instruction on the Five-Part Mahamu­dra by All-knowing Padma Karpo
	A Written Instruction on the Five-Part Mahamudra by All-knowing Situ Chokyi Jungnay

Download Tibetan texts in TibetD format: available here

Title	Gampopa Teaches Essence Mahamudra
Sub-Title	Interviews with his Heart Disciples, Dusum Khyenpa and Others
Author	Tony Duff
Details	342 pages, 3 colour plates, 6" X 9", US$30, available in paper format
ISBN	paper book 978-9937-572-08-8, e-book 978-9937-572-09-5
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script not included

This book began as a translation of the “Interviews” section of Gampopa’s Collected Works.  Interviews or “question and answer sessions” as they are literally called in Tibetan are records of the personal interviews of a great teacher with those who come to see him.  These are amongst the most interesting writings to be found in Tibetan literature because of the very personal quality found in them.  The interviews section of Gampopa’s Collected Works consists of interviews with four of his greatest yogin disciples—the first Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa, source of most of the lesser Kagyu lineages Phagmo Drupa, Lord Gomtshul, and Yogin Choyung.

The outstanding feature of these interviews is that Gampopa [1079–1153] uses them to give private teachings on Essence Mahamudra, the ultimate transmission of Mahamudra within the Kagyu lineage.  In one session after another, Gampopa reveals all the teachings of Essence Mahamudra to his foremost disciples in a thoroughly personal, pointed, and practical manner.  Another feature of these interviews is the very clear picture they paint of how the ultimate Mahamudra teaching was given in the early days of the Kagyu lineage.  Many important points of the teaching, some which seem to have been lost historically, can be understood from them.  Yet another feature of these interviews is that the majority of them are notes that were taken on the spot or written out just after the interviews.  As such, they are historical records which give us a very personal sense of Gampopa and these great disciples and what they went through on their personal journeys to enlightenment.  More than that though, the reader gets a distinct impression of the personalities involved through their own, hand-written records.

Gampopa tells the story of his own dharma journey on two occasions in the book.  Here he tells it in his own words to Dusum Khyenpa who has recorded it for us:

Preview of Dusum Khyenpa’s
Interviews

Because the interviews are so focussed on Gampopa’s presentation of Mahamudra, two more texts from his Collected Works were added to give a further sense of his way of teaching it: first, a short text which is the root of his famous “Four Dharmas of Gampopa” teaching; and second a medium length text which records an oral teaching he gave on the entire path of Mahamudra.  These two texts form a perfect introduction to the teachings contained in the interviews.  A point of interest is that the first addition makes the original teaching of “The Four Dharmas of Gampopa” available in English for the first time.  Gampopa’s explanation of the Four Dharmas differs a little from some modern-day presentations of it, a point which is clarified for the reader in the introduction to the book.

A very lengthy introduction has been provided to help the reader see and understand the many interesting threads contained in this book, including paraphrases of the entirety of Phagmo Drupa’s interviews.  Extensive footnotes and a long glossary have been provided so that the reader can clearly understand all the details involved.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	The Four Dharmas in Brief
	Precious Garland of the Supreme Path
	Lord Dvagpo’s Personal Advice and Lord Gomtshul’s Interviews
	Dusum Khyenpa’s Interviews
	Lord Phagmo Drupa’s Interviews
	Yogin Choyung’s Interview

Download Tibetan texts in TibetD format: These texts can be found in Gampopa’s Collected Works.

Title	Dusum Khyenpa’s Songs and Teachings
Sub-title	A Variety of Songs and Teachings from the First Karmapa’s Collected Works
Author	Translations, biography, and introduction by Tony Duff
Details	80 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-9031-4-1
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

The Collected Works of Dusum Khyenpa, the first Karmapa, consists of about four volumes of texts.  It is very rare, almost non-existent.  We managed to obtain a copy and save it from extinction.  (You can purchase a copy from us at our electronic texts for sale; to the best of our knowledge it is the only place from which it can be obtained).

Much of Dusum Khyenpa’s Collected Works are taken up with complete sets of teachings on the various yidams of the Kagyu lineage that he received and practised.  However, there is a small section containing eight dohas (spontaneous songs of spiritual realization) sung by Dusum Khyenpa.  There is also a short text that gives the transmission of a specific Mahamudra teaching called “Mahamudra, the Thunderbolt”.  We translated seven of the eight dohas and the Mahamudra teaching and put them together into a small book, for the sake of the many followers of the Karmapa and the Kagyu teachings in general.

As a matter of interest, we were amazed to find a text in Dusum Khyenpa’s Collected Works that gives specific details of how to do the practice called “Dead Entry”, a practice which was supposedly eliminated from the Kagyu transmission because of the dangers involved.  It is often said that the teaching disappeared with Marpa the Translator but this entry in the Collected Works shows that it really was transmitted on through the lineage.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	Mahamudra, The Thunderbolt
	Dohas two to nine of the doha collection in the Collected Works

Download Tibetan texts in TibetD format: available.  The entire Collected Works of Dusum Khyenpa with all the texts in this book included is available for purchase from our Tibetan texts page.

Title	Drukchen Padma Karpo’s Collected Works on Mahamudra
Sub-Title
Author	Tony Duff
Details	246 pages, 1 colour plate, 6" X 9", US$25, available in paper format
ISBN	paper book 978-9973-572-01-9, e-book 978-9973-572-00-2
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script not included

This book contains all of Padma Karpo’s writings on Mahamudra as found in his Collected Works.  Padma Karpo [1527-1592 C.E.] was the fourth Drukchen or leader of the Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.  He is one of the most famous of all Tibetan authors, and is well-known for his erudite explanations of difficult subjects.

A few of the smaller texts in this book have been seen in English.  For example, the short but pithy Notes on Mahamudra, which is widely used in all Kagyu lineages these days as an instruction manual on the Four Yogas of Mahamudra, has been translated a number of times, beginning with Evans-Wentz’s famous first effort.  It has been freshly translated to solve various problems with the earlier translations.  This raises an important point.  All the translations in this book are based on extensive personal teaching received from various Drukpa Kagyu masters over the span of a decade, often privately and directly in Tibetan.  The Drukpa Kagyu has its own way of understanding the view and practice; existing translations by followers of other Kagyu lineages go astray in places because of lack of knowledge of the particulars of Drukpa Kagyu view and meditation.  This book does not suffer from that problem.  To the contrary, it is the first major presentation of texts of the Drukpa Kagyu in English done by someone who has studied closely with the Drukpa Kagyu.

Despite the fact that the Drukpa Kagyu view is presented in these texts, the book should be of immense value to anyone who is studying and practising Mahamudra.  There are many explanations of the Four Yogas of Mahamudra in here which show the whole system in a level of detail not seen before.  A bonus is that, in one text, Padma Karpo quotes extensively from his predecessor, the second Drukchen Gyalwang Je, who was famous for the brilliance of his expositions on tantra.  Another gem is Padma Karpo’s explanation of a song of Saraha on the non-dual view which came to Marpa the Translator in a dream.

A lengthy introduction has been provided and ample notes and a long glossary have been provided to explain technical details where needed.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	Jetsun Tillipa’s Instruction to Naropa commonly known as “The Ganges Mahamudra”
	The Guru of All Explanations That Thoroughly Distinguish the Ascertainments of The Four Yogas
	An Explanation of the Four Yogas Called “An Eye to Look at the Definitive Meaning”
	An Explanation of the Four Yogas Points Out Superfact
	Notes on Mahamudra
	“A Mirror on Mind”, Foremost Instructions on the Heart Meaning
	“Mind Harvest”, An Instruction on Five-Part Mahamudra

Download Tibetan texts in TibetD format: The texts in this book are part of the Collected Works of Padma Karpo which occupy 22 to 28 volumes, depending on the edition.  The bulk of the works in Padma Karpo’s Collected Works are available in the Drukpa Kagyu Heritage Project Collection which is available for purchase from PKTC.

The book called A Juggernaut of the Non-Dual View is another major Drukpa Kagyu text being published at the same time as this book.

Title	A Juggernaut of the Non-Dual View
Sub-Title	Ultimate Teachings of the Second Drukchen, Gyalwang Je
Author	Tony Duff
Details	290 pages, 1 colour plate, 6" X 9", US25, available in paper format
ISBN	paper book 978-9937-572-07-1, e-book 978-9937-572-06-4
Texts	Tibetan text in Tibetan script not included

This is a remarkable book with many interesting themes.  It presents a translation of the text entitled “Chariot of Establishment”, Treasure Trove of a Mind Absorbed in the Profound Meaning by the second Drukchen [1428-1476 C.E.] or leader of the Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.  To begin with, it is of interest simply because it is the first major text of Drukpa Kagyu teachings to have been translated into English.

The text is a compilation of over sixty different oral teachings given by the second Drukchen.  The compiler, an attendant, tells us that the teachings included were selected because they establish the ultimate, non-dual view of the Kagyu tradition as it is presented by the Drukpa Kagyu.  The text begins with a long teaching on the view of the Kagyu in general, making it of interest to all Kagyu followers.  An important feature of this teaching is that it clearly shows the Other Emptiness approach which is at the root of the Kagyu view, though does so according to the earliest teachings of the Kagyu lineage in which the name “Other Emptiness” is not mentioned.  Through it, we see how Other Emptiness was taught originally in the Kagyu and we see how the Drukpa Kagyu in particular presents the Other Emptiness view of the Kagyu without using the name “Other Emptiness”.

The text continues to a second long teaching in which the second Drukchen neatly establishes the view of the tantras as non-dual wisdom seen in direct perception.  In doing so, he cleanly chops the Tibetan Buddhist schools who are infamous for insisting that the emptiness of the second turning of the wheel of the sutra teaching is the utltimate non-dual view.  This is a fascinating chapter because it shows a logic to establishing the view which has rarely been seen in the West to this point.  It will certainly give academics who have thought that the emptiness of the Middle Way is the ultimate presentation of the view something to think about.

The text then presents many smaller teachings on the view, always with reference to the non-dual view of Kalachakra as the ultimate way to establish the view.  Thus, the book also contains many teachings on tantra in general as well as many interesting points from the Kalachakra.  For instance, there are clear explanations of mother, father, and non-dual tantra and how each demands a different approach.  One chapter has a fascinating presentation which shows the meaning of Kalachakra; it shows that the commonplace translation of Kalachakra as “Wheel of Time” is mistaken.  It can be previewed here:

Preview Chapter 49
on the meaning of Kalachakra

A long introduction by the author, giving a history of the lineage, a guide to the Other Emptiness view and how it is presented in the various Kagyu schools, and more will be of great help to readers of all levels.  A second chapter by the author is dedicated to clarifying the meaning of the first and largest chapter on the view.

Obviously, the book will be of great interest to Drukpa Kagyu followers.  However, it should be of great interest to a wider audience because it shows how the Kagyus express the ultimate, non-dual view and it also shows how the practice of tantra is the ultimate approach to the Buddha’s teaching.  Personally, I find this a difficult book to summarize because it has so many differing threads, all of which are of interest.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

“Chariot of Establishment”, Treasure Trove of a Mind Absorbed in the Profound Meaning

Download Tibetan texts in TibetD format: This work is part of the Second Drukchen Kunga Paljor’s Collected Works.  Much of his collected works are available in the Drukpa Kagyu Heritage Project Collection which is available through PKTC.

The book called Drukchen Padma Karpo’s Complete Works on Mahamudra is another major Drukpa Kagyu text being published at the same time as this book.

Title	The Theory and Practice of Other Emptiness Taught Through Milarepa’s Songs
Sub-Title
Author	Tony Duff
Details	166 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available in paper format
ISBN	paper book 978-9937-572-10-1, e-book 978-9937-572-11-8
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

Back Cover Text: Other Emptiness, or Zhantong in Tibetan, is the most profound view taught by the Buddha.  It is the very basis of the majority of Tibetan Buddhist schools, though it has been overshadowed by the views of some schools who have argued against it.  As a result, it has not been well understood in the West, where it is often thought of as a complicated and possibly questionable philosophical view.  In fact, Other Emptiness is the penultimate teaching of the sutras and the root of all tantras.  This book shows for the first time that the Buddha did not teach this ultimate of views as a complicated philosophy for scholarly argument but as a practical view to be used for the attainment of enlightenment.

The teachings of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism have been based on Other Emptiness from the beginning.  The early lineage-holder Milarepa sang many songs which present it and two especially important ones are presented in this book.  Fresh translations of the songs come with full explanations based on teachings heard from the Kagyu masters Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso, Thrangu Rinpoche, and others.  These explanations have the special feature of being the actual instructions of the lineage.  They are practical in nature and free of the convoluted philosophical argument often but mistakenly claimed to be the meaning of Other Emptiness.  Thus, for the first time in English, the teaching of Other Emptiness is clearly shown as a practical instruction, using the teachings of the Kagyu lineage.

Preview: Table of Contents and
two sections of the introduction

The author has received extensive explanations on the Middle Way view during nearly forty years of close association with eminent teachers of all four Tibetan Buddhist schools, so has an unusually clear and comprehensive understanding of the Other Emptiness view.  He has recently written a series of books to clarify the meaning of Other Emptiness.  This book has an extensive introduction which will go far towards clarifying the view and meditation of Other Emptiness for scholars and practitioners alike.  Practitioners who are scared off by books on philosophy should not be put off by talk of the view—this is a book for every practitioner because it shows how to use the ultimate view and meditation taught by the Buddha a path to enlightenment.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	Milarepa’s Song: “An Authentic Expression of the Middle Way”
	Milarepa’s Song: “Ultimate Ground, Path, Conduct, and Fruition”

Download Tibetan texts in TibetD format: These songs can be found in Life and Songs of Milarepa available here.

Title	Instructions for Practising the View of Other Emptiness
Sub-Title	A Text of Oral Instructions by Jamgon Kongtrul
Author	Tony Duff
Details	150 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available in paper format
ISBN	paper book 978-9973-572-03-3, e-book 978-9973-572-02-6
Texts	Tibetan text in Tibetan script included

This is the translation of a text written by Jamgon Kongtrul Yontan Gyatso after receiving the teachings of the Jonang lineage from the Jonang throne-holder of his time.  It is a manual on how to actually practice Other Emptiness, and puts to rest once and for all the idea which has developed that Other Emptiness is merely a difficult philosophy.  Thrangu Rinpoche asked me to translate it many years ago because it is one of the few texts available that actually shows the practice of Other Emptiness.

Back Cover Text: Other Emptiness, or Zhantong in Tibetan, is the most profound view taught by the Buddha.  It is the very basis of the teaching of the majority of Tibetan Buddhist schools, though has been overwhelmed by some reactive Tibetan Buddhist schools who have argued against it.  As a result, it has not been well understood in the West, where it is often thought of as a complicated philosophical view enshrouded in argument.  In fact, Other Emptiness is the penultimate teaching of the sutras and the root of all tantras.  This book unequivocally shows that the Buddha did not teach this ultimate of views as a complicated philosophy for scholarly argument but as a practical view to be used for the attainment of enlightenment.

The author has received extensive explanations on the Middle Way view during nearly forty years of close association with eminent teachers of all four Tibetan Buddhist schools, so has an unusually clear and comprehensive understanding of the Other Emptiness view.  He has recently written a series of books which show Other Emptiness from Kagyu, Nyingma, and Jonang perspectives.  This book showcases an instruction manual for the actual practise of the Other Emptiness view.  The manual was written by Jamgon Kongtrul, one of the great masters of the Kagyu school.  He wrote the manual after going to the throne-holder of the Jonang school, who gave him the entire Jonang transmission of Other Emptiness.

This book has an extensive introduction which will go far towards clarifying Other Emptiness for scholars and practitioners alike.  The introduction examines Other Emptiness from many sides, so that even readers who are not technically inclined can understand it.  For those who are technically inclined, the text itself provides a wealth of detail on how to develop the view and do the meditation of Other Emptiness.

The book contains a translation of the following text:

Instructions for Practising the View of the Other Emptiness Great Middle way, “Light Rays of Stainless Vajra Moon” by Jamgon Kongtrul Yontan Gyatso

Download Tibetan text in TibetD format: This text can be obtained from Jamgon Kongtrul Yontan Gyatso’s Collected Works.

Title	The Noble One Called “Point of Passage Wisdom”, A Great Vehicle Sutra
Sub-Title
Author	The Word of the Buddha from the Kangyur, translated by Tony Duff and Sergey Dudko
Details	32 pages, 0 colour plates, 5.5" X 8.5", US$15, available in e-book (PDF) format
ISBN
Texts	Tibetan text in Tibetan script

This book contains a translation of an actual sutra of the Buddha.  It is a very short but particularly important sutra from the Great Vehicle teachings given in the third turning of the wheel.  The sutra is important for two reasons.  Firstly, it is one of the five “condensed” sutras, sutras which sum up the five very large sutras of the Great Vehicle sutras—the Avatamsaka, and so on.  This sutra sums up the meaning of the major sutra called The Nirvana Sutra in which the Buddha gives many final instructions before passing away.  Therefore, it is regarded that the Point of Passage Wisdom sutra teaches final teachings of the Buddha in a very condensed way.  This sutra is so important that the early Dharma Kings of Tibet recited it daily.

Secondly, this sutra is one of the ten sutras cited by the Other Empty (Zhantong) school in support of their position.  These ten sutras are called the “Profound Meditation System” sutras by the Other Empty school because they are considered to convey the ultimate approach to view and meditation taught by the Buddha to his regent Maitreya.  Of the ten sutras, this sutra, despite is very short length, is one of the most interesting.  It gives, in an economy of words, a complete instruction on the view and meditation of the profound meditation system.  In doing so, it explicitly shows the ultimate meaning of the third turning sutras and explicitly shows that the Other Empty or Zhantong approach is the ultimate intent of the Buddha.  As a point of further interest, the seeds of Mahamudra and Dzogchen practice can be very clearly seen in this sutra and practitioners of those systems will also find it very interesting to see what the Buddha says about this.

All the pertinent threads of understanding are clearly brought out and tied together in a nice introduction by the author.  Anyone interested in these matters will find this book to be essential reading.  Amongst other things, it acts as a very nice, ultimate touch to our other books on Other Emptiness, such as The Writing of Maitripa and Mipham’s Lion’s Roar Proclaiming Zhantong.  It is the ultimate touch because it is the word of the Buddha itself, the person who is the final arbiter of the view and meditation for Buddhists, and because his meaning is undeniable.

Title	Unending Auspiciousness
Sub-Title	The Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels with Commentaries by Ju Mipham, Taranatha, and Tony Duff
Author	Tony Duff
Details	306 pages, 2 colour plates, 6" X 9", US$30, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-9031-0-3
Texts	Tibetan text in Tibetan script: Derge edition of the extended recollections of the Three Jewels, and Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels

The Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels is a compilation of the Buddha’s teachings called “the recollections”.  The recollections are widely used throughout all Buddhist traditions as a way of remembering the Three Jewels and deepening faith in them.  This book is a particularly complete collection of everything needed to study, practice, and even translate the Sutra.

The book starts with three chapters of introduction which explain: the origins of the Sutra; the many translation issues raised by the Sutra; and how to study and practise the Sutra.  These chapters contain a wealth of material gathered and arranged in one place by the author after years of study of the Sutra.  They contain something for everyone.  There are discussions of faith and how to arouse it using the Sutra.  There are extensive discussions of translation which are a must-read for anyone doing translation work from Tibetan Buddhist texts; they cover important issues of translation that have not been seen in print to date.  Then there is helpful guidance on how to study and understand the Sutra.  There is also a section on how to access the magic of fundamental reality using the Sutra.

View or Download Preview Text: The second introductory chapter entitled Translation Issues raised by the Sutra contains ground-breaking explanations of the translation process that was followed in Tibet and the process that needs to be established for translating Tibetan texts into English and other languages.  Clearly, it will be of great interest to almost anyone seriously involved with Tibetan studies.  However, the chapter also contains in-depth explanations of the meanings of terms such as buddha, Three Jewels, arhat, and so on and should be of wide interest, even to non-scholars.  It is of such interest that we are providing it for free as an independent document.

The body of the book follows.  It starts with all of the source materials needed to understand, study, and translate the Sutra (see below for the list of texts included).  The sources are backed with information on them and how they relate to the Sutra in the first introductory chapter.  Following that, the Sutra itself in Tibetan and English is provided.  The book culminates in three major commentaries to the Sutra.

The first commentary, by the author himself, was written directly in English to make it easy for English speakers to understand all the details of the Sutra and the many issues surrounding it.  At the same time, it is very extensive, covering issues that even the Tibetan commentaries do not consider.  For example, the author presents a number of insights taught by the vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa when he explained the Sutra in 1982 but which seem to have been lost.  It also gathers into one place the many issues surrounding the Sutra raised by the two Tibetan commentaries.  The second commentary, by the extremely learned Tibetan Taranatha, has the advantage of being a shorter commentary that it is relatively to understand.  The third commentary is the very extensive and rather complicated one by Ju Mipham Namgyal that has become very famous in general these days as the way to study the Sutra.  Mipham’s commentary is very technical and can be hard to understand in places unless one is already very well versed in Buddhist philosophy.  Therefore, the author has provided extensive notes to make it accessible.

The administration of Gangteng Tulku’s shedra for his Western students has reviewed our book and the translation of Mipham’s commentary in particular and called it "superb".  They are strongly recommending it for all the shedra students.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	The recollections of buddha, dharma, and sangha as originally taught by the Buddha, in Pali, Sanskrit, and English
	The recollections of buddha, dharma, and sangha as extended by Great Vehicle followers, from the Derge edition of the Tibetan Tangyur, in Tibetan
	The Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels, edition from Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje’s Collected Works, in Tibetan and English
	A Complete Commentary to The Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels by Tony Duff, in English
	A Little Explanation of The Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels by Taranatha, in English
	A Complete Commentary to The Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels called “A Melody of Unending Auspiciousness” by Ju Mipham Namgyal, in English

Title	Oryoki and the Oryoki Chant
Author	Tony Duff
Details	146 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available on paper and PDF
ISBN	978-9937-9031-0-3
Texts	Tibetan text in Tibetan script: meal liturgy and sutra included

Oryoki is the Japanese way of turning meals into meditation practice. The Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche introduced it to his Shambhala community of Western Buddhists in 1980.  He adapted it slightly, putting a Tibetan monastic meal liturgy with it.  Accordingly, the book starts with a history of Oryoki going from its beginnings in the East through its early development in the West under the guidance of the Vidyadhara.  Following that, the book explains the meaning of the whole liturgy, step by step so that every part of it can be understood and applied to the practice of eating.

Recommended additional reading: Unending Auspiciousness, The Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels with Commentaries by Ju Mipham, Taranatha, and Tony Duff.

The book was originally written to provide a full explanation of Oryoki practice for members of the Shambhala community.  And the Shambhala Office of Practice and Study has encouraged the book’s use within the Shambhala community given the author’s extensive knowledge of Oryoki and his first hand experience of the Vidyadhara’s teaching of it at several seminaries.

However, as the book took form, the author was asked by members of various other Buddhist communities to write about the practice in way that would give them access to the practice too.  The result is a book that could easily be used as a starting point for any Buddhist practitioner or group, Tibetan or otherwise, wanting to make meals into meditation practice.

The monastic meal liturgy translated and explained in the book is a standard liturgy for the purpose compiled by Dudjom Rinpoche.  The book will be of specific interest to followers of his tradition, too.

The liturgy begins with a sutra called “Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels”.  The Buddha gave the teaching in the sutra for the use of all of his disciples.  It is the means for developing faith and strength of refuge in the Three Jewels.  This sutra is so fundamental to Buddhist practice that it is used in one form or another in all schools of Buddhism.  The author has translated the sutra, together with the rest of the liturgy, and has also written an extensive commentary to it that should be of great value to every Buddhist, quite aside from the rest of the book.  Some Tibetan commentaries on the sutra can be hard to understand because of the technical detail that they go into.  The author wrote his commentary specifically so that the sutra is fully explained but in a way that anyone could understood it.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	The monastic liturgy for meals as arranged by Dudjom Rinpoche
	The Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels

The author, well-known translator and teacher Tony Duff has practised extensively with Gelug, Kagyu, and Nyingma traditions for over thirty-six years at the time of writing.  He is well known for his teaching, contributions to the translation of Tibetan Buddhism, and major works in preserving and re-publishing Tibetan Buddhist texts.  Tony was one of the main figures in the development of Oryoki in the early 1980’s, hearing extensive teachings on it from the Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.  He presents a number of insights that seem to have been lost since the days of the Vidyadhara’s teaching.  In particular, there are many notes and observations on how the view and practice can be applied to eating, whether the meal is taken in a formal context such as Oryoki or in one’s own home.  The author also passes on teaching from the Vidyadhara on how to do Oryoki at home and in other places where the full formality of a monastic style meal cannot be followed.

Title	Teachings of the Mountain Hermit of Mandong
Sub-title	Taking Refuge and Arousing Bodhichitta Explained According to Atisha’s Lineage
Author	Translations and introduction by Tony Duff
Details	148 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-9031-8-9
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script not included

A book of teachings given according to Atisha’s lineage of explanation as passed through the Kadampa.  There are two teachings in the book: one on taking refuge in the Three Jewels and one on the development of bodhichitta.  Both teachings contain many stories and quotes from the early Kadampa masters.  The teachings are translated from the Collected Works of the Hermit of Mandong.  The hermit was a Kagyu master who lived in caves in the Mandong area of Tibet.  He lived during the latter half of the 20th century after the Communist Chinese invasion and was particularly well-known for making sure that the local and very impoverished people received teachings on Buddha dharma that they really could understand and practice.  Thus, the teachings are very oriented to traditional Tibetan mind but they come with a tremendous amount of love and sincere concern for the audience.  This alone makes them very interesting.  In addition though, his teaching here is a very complete teaching on refuge, something that seems to get passed over these days in Western Buddhism.  It is a very interesting book for these reasons.

We offer a money-back guarantee on the PDF version of this book.  We do this because the book really is a good read, not to mention helpful with refuge and bodhicitta, however, it tends to be overlooked because these days people are tending to forget about refuge and bodhicitta and seek only the hot topics of Dzogchen … which we also have in plenty.  So, we’ve put this here as a reminder that refuge and bodhicitta are indispensable for all.  And we are offering you a money back guarantee (only on the PDF version) so that you don’t just skip by this book!  This is one of Lotsawa Tony’s personal favourites…

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	From the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment: A small instruction on Taking Refuge called “The Great Entrance to the Excellent House of the Conqueror‘ Precious Teaching”
	From the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment: For Beginners in the Great Vehicle, The Method of Meditating on Compassion that References Sentient Beings called “An Ornament for the Minds of Young Conquerors&lsquo Sons”

Download Tibetan text in TibetD format: not available.  However, we would recommend the electronic edition of Tsongkhapa’s Great Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, which you can get from our free Tibetan texts page, as a complete source of teachings on refuge and bodhichitta that follows Atisha’s style of explanation.

Title	Maitripa’s Writings On The View
Sub-title	The Main Indian Source of the Tibetan Views of Other Emptiness and Mahamudra
Author	Translations and extensive commentary to each text by Tony Duff
Details	102 pages, line drawings, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-9031-7-2
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

Maitripa was a great Indian Buddhist master who was a contemporary of Naropa.  He was regarded as one of the most knowledgeable people of his time on the Buddhist view.  For that reason, Naropa told Marpa the Translator that he should not get the view from him but should go to Maitripa and get it from him.  Thus Maitripa became the source of the view for the Kagyu lineage.  Maitripa is also famous for having re-discovered the Uttaratantrashastra of Maitreya which had been lost till that time.  Having recovered the text from an old stupa, Maitreya appeared to him and transmitted the profound meaning associated with that text.  In that way, Maitripa became a central figure in the transmission of what is called “the profound meditation system of Maitreya”.  In many ways, he was the source of the Other Emptiness (gzhan stong) style teaching of Maitreya and Asanga that came into Tibet.  For all these reasons, he is regarded as an important figure within Tibetan Buddhist history and is particularly important to the Kagyu and Nyingma.

A number of Maitripa’s writings were included in a compilation of important Indian Buddhist texts which is simply called “The Main Texts of India”.  It is a very old compilation, dating from the early days of the second wave of dharma that came into Tibet.  Maitripa’s writings are mostly very short and pithy and have the quality of oral teaching.  These writings always deal with the view and are very important to followers of the Other Emptiness teaching because they definitely show that view.

This book is a compilation of several of these writings.  They were selected from the whole set of Maitripa’s writings because they very clearly show his presentation of the Other Emptiness view in both sutra and tantra contexts.  There are texts on Madhyamaka, Co-emergence, Chakrasamvara practice, and so on.  The book has the texts in translation with a full set of notes and commentary by the author to make the meaning of the very terse writing clear.  Kagyu practitioners who are interested in the view will find the book very useful and Chakrasamvara practitioners in general will appreciate the Chakrasamvara text.  The book can be previewed by downloading a free version of the book that does not have the notes and commentary from our free texts page.

We strongly recommend reading Point of Passage Wisdom, A Great Vehicle Sutra and Mipham’s Lion’s Roar that Proclaims Zhantong as supports for this book.

The following writings of Maitripa are included in the book:

	Great Bliss Clarified
	Sixty Verses on Co-Emergence
	Utterly Clear Teaching of Unification
	Definitive Teaching on Dreams
	Clear Teaching on Utter Non-Dwelling
	Full Teaching of Suchness
	Six Verses on Madhyamaka

Download Tibetan texts in TibetD format: available here.  Maitripa’s works are part of a three volume collection of works on Mahamudra by early Indian Masters called The Indian Texts of Mahamudra

Title	The Lion’s Roar That Proclaims Zhantong by Ju Mipham Namgyal
Author	Translation, introduction, and commentarial notes by Tony Duff
Details	88 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$15, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-8244-6-0
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

Ju Mipham Namgyal is one of the best known authors of the Nyingma tradition.  He was a prolific writer with an extraordinary knowledge of his own and others’ dharma traditions.  He wrote many texts on philosophical issues including a pair of commentaries on Zhantong (Other Emptiness).  Of them, the first focusses on the meaning of Other Emptiness and the second focusses on the meaning of sugatagarbha taken from an Other Emptiness perspective.  The book here contains a translation of the first of the two texts.

Lama Tony has had many teachings on Other Emptiness from various important teachers both Kagyu and Nyingma and is very knowledgeable of the subject.  In particular, he received extensive commentaries on this text in private from Khenpo Palden Sherab, Khenpo Thrangu Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso, and Traleg Rinpoche.  The translation in this book reflects Lama Tony’s considerable knowledge of Zhantong in general and his deep understanding gained through the commentaries received from these very learned Tibetan teachers and the many texts on the subject that he has read.  Although there are other translations available, the reader will find this one particularly clear.  Also, the reader will find that the threads of logic running through the long section of very difficult philosophical argument are outstandingly clear.  Lama Tony has become well-known for his careful use of innovative terminology, all based in traditional explanations of the meaning of the terms, and this text on the view is greatly helped by it.

We strongly recommend reading Point of Passage Wisdom, A Great Vehicle Sutra and Maitripa’s Writings on the View as supports for this book.

A major work is in progress which will put together the translation contained in this book with a very extensive commentary to the text written by Lama Tony.  The commentary will be based especially on detailed commentaries received from Khenpo Palden Sherab and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche.  It will not be available for some time so this book, containing the root text, has been published to help the many students who are now studying this text.

In addition, another major work on Other Emptiness is being readied for publication.  This work explains Other Emptiness very extensively, presenting many texts from the Kagyu tradition.  Many Westerners have developed the idea, from reading texts like this of Mipham, that Other Emptiness is all about extremely difficult philosophy.  In fact, it is not; it is a teaching meant for practice!  This other major work will show the practical side of Other Emptiness.

Download Tibetan text in TibetD format: available here.

Title	The Condensed Chronicle by Orgyan Padma
Author	Translation and introduction by Tony Duff
Details	38 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$15, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-8244-0-8
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script not included

Padmasambhava himself gave two verbal accounts of his life and who he was.  One is a very long exposition, known simply as the Chronicles of Padma.  The other is a much shorter version of the same, known as The Condensed Chronicle by Orgyab Padma.

The condensed version was told by Padmasambhava as a story to King Mutri Tsanpo, son of King Trisong Deutsen, at the King’s request.  Padmasambhava recounts in his unique style who he is, his life story, practices, and accomplishments.  Then, at a further request of the king, Padmasambhava makes many predictions into the far future.  The predictions are interesting because many of them are about past events and every prediction can be seen to have been exactly correct.  Padmasambhava commanded that his story should be recorded and hidden as treasure.  That was done and the record of it was revealed much later on; the details are also included in the text.

The book is a translation of the text with introduction and some notes as necessary to clarify certain parts of the text.  The events around the work of translation were quite interesting.  The work was done during a major set of empowerments given at Zhechen monastery in 2005.  Zhadeu Thrulzhig Rinpoche, who was giving the empowerments, introduced the reading of the entire text as part of the daily prayers for the entire assembly.  He explained that reading it out loud once a day or even once a month, etcetera, had profound power to avert obstacles and problems and bring auspiciousness.  At the time there was no translation in English and the large Western contingent was unable to do the practice.  Therefore, I did the translation the next day, printed it, and offered it to the Westerners who were pleased to be able to join in.  On its presentation, Thrulzhig Rinpoche was especially pleased, and there were unusual signs in the environment that showed the dakinis likewise were very pleased!

Download Tibetan text in TibetD format: available here. However, note that the electronic edition is not the same as the one used for the translation.  The one used for the translation is from the original revealed treasure, the one provided here had been incorporated in the New Termas of Chogling and was extracted from that.  There are slight differences between the two editions; the original edition is slightly better.

Title	The Feature of the Expert, Glorious King
Sub-title	Teaching on the Three Lines That Strike the Key Points, Root Text and Commentary by Dza Patrul
Author	Translations and extensive introduction by Tony Duff
Details	108 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-8244-3-9
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

The first Patrul Rinpoche is one of the important lineage holders of the Longchen Nyingthig transmission of innermost Great Completion (Dzogpa Chenpo).  He wrote many texts on Great Completion practices.  One of them has become particularly famous as a manual for the practice of Thorough Cut (Thregcho).  It is treasured for its particularly clear and complete explanation of the practice from the very beginning all the way to the very end of the practice.  These days, it is the text most commonly used to explain the practice

The actual title of this text is “The Feature of the Expert, Glorious King”.  The Expert, Glorious King is Patrul’s description of himself as someone who has the lineage and means to provide this explanation of one of the most profound practices of dharma.  The lineage of innermost Dzogchen has several root teachings on Thorough Cut practice and all of them can be used as a basis for a manual of how to practice Thorough Cut.  One of the most popular ones is a teaching that came from Garab Dorje after he had passed away.  This teaching was given as a set of three lines of instructions to his disciple Manjushrimitra and is generally known as the “Three Lines”.  Patrul’s text is actually an explanation of the Three Lines teaching from Garab Dorje.  Patrul used the three lines as a basis and then expanded on them so that their meaning could be more easily understood.  For that reason, the text has become known as The Three Lines that Strike the Key Points.  It is so commonly called by this name that many people do not know the actual name of the text.

There are a number of translations of the text floating around but all of them are lacking in various ways.  One of biggest problems with these translations is that most of them were made by translators who were not fully familiar with the material.  The result is that most translations make major mistakes in the translation and all of them miss out on the subtleties of meaning involved.  Proof of this is contained in the fact that most of them even mistranslate the title, not understanding its words or their significance!  Because of this Tsoknyi Rinpoche asked Lotsawa Tony, who had already heard, practised, translated, and explained this text and the teachings on Thorough Cut in general for many years, to make a very careful translation of the text.

Patrul Rinpoche not only wrote this text but wrote his own, short commentary to it as well.  The commentary certainly will help anyone to understand the very terse words of the original text.  Therefore this book contains translations both of the root text and Patrul’s own commentary to it.  The book also includes an introduction that tells more about the text, notes and a glossary that provide significant help with the unique terminology involved, and an explanation of what the title actually says!

Download Tibetan text in TibetD format: available here.

Title	The Key Issues of Visualization: Four Nails Pinning the Life-Forces
Sub-title	“A Melody of Brahma Playing Throughout the Three Realms” by Dza Patrul
Author	Translation and introduction by Tony Duff
Details	88 pages, 2 colour plates, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-8386-5-8
Texts	Tibetan text in Tibetan script included

The first Patrul Rinpoche (Dza Patrul Chokyi Wangpo) was a very learned and accomplished master of the 19th century in Tibet.  He wrote widely on all aspects of practice.  In this text, he explains the most important foremost instruction taught in the Nyingma tradition for Development Stage practice.  It is a Nyingma teaching but it is completely applicable to the Development Stage practice taught in all of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

The name of the foremost instruction explained in the text is “Four Nails Pinning the Life-Forces”.  This instruction is a set of four headings which cover all the main topics of Development Stage practice and which are, at the same time, a complete set of instructions for the practice.  It goes even further than that: because they are the main topics of Development Stage practice, they also include all of the many sub-topics of the practice.  Patrul Rinpoche explains all of this clearly and then enumerates forty different sub-topics, each one being an instruction for Development Stage practice.  Moreover, when Dza Patrul explains the Four Nails, he also explains it in terms of the other main instructions for Development Stage practice; for example, he gives an excellent explanation of the subject called “Purifying, Completing, Ripening” in relation to the first nail.  Altogether the text is a very rich source of instruction for anyone doing Development Stage practice and an excellent resource for those trying to understand its various details.

The importance of the Four Nails instruction can be understood from the fact that, whenever authors in the Nyingma tradition need to summarize the points of Development Stage practice in one place, they refer either to the Four Nails or to the “Purifying, Completing, Ripening” instruction mentioned above.  Because this text explains both sets of instructions it is an ideal way to learn the key points of Development Stage practice.

This teaching is also covered, but in a different way, in the Longchen Nyingthig text on deity practice, which we have also published, called A Presentation of Instructions for the Development Stage Deity; you will want to read both books together.

To the best of our knowledge this is the first time that a clear instruction on the Four Nails and “Purifying, Completing, Ripening” instructions has been translated and published.  The Tibetan text, from the Derge Edition of Dza Patrul’s Collected Works is unclear in many places and has a number of mistakes in it.  Lama Tony carefully edited the text to repair it, then included it in the book with the thought that students could take the book to their teachers and ask for instruction on it.  We think the book will be quite useful and popular in this regard.

Download Tibetan text in TibetD format: available here.

Title	About The Three Lines That Strike Key Points
Sub-title	An Explanation of Thorough Cut With Direct Crossing Woven In by Dodrupchen III, Tenpa’i Nyima
Author	Translation and introduction by Tony Duff
Details	126 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$35, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-8244-4-6
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

The Dodrupchens are well-known as one of the main holders of the Longchen Nyingthig lineage.  The first Dodrupchen, Jigmey Thrinley Ozer was a direct disciple of Jigmey Lingpa.  After spending many years with Jigmey Lingpa, he returned to East Tibet and established a monastery at Dodrupchen.  The third Dodrupchen declared that he would write extensively as a way to provide support for transmission of the lineage.  Later, he was known especially for his writings in support of the system.

The text here contains a teaching given when he was quite young and shows the extent to which he understood the depths of the system even at that early age.  He was asked to give some clarification of Garab Dorje’s Three Lines teaching and this text is the result.  This text of the Dodrupchen’s is particularly interesting because it was not included in the original Collected Works of this Dodrupchen but was discovered much later and included only in recent editions of the Collected Works.

The Three Lines teaching is one of the main ways that Dzogchen view is transmitted these days.  The Three Lines teaching is essentially a teaching on Thorough Cut.  This can be clearly seen from Patrul’s explanation of the teaching in his text called Feature of the Glorious, Expert King.  In fact, Patrul’s text is a pithy presentation of the way that the Dzogchen lineage transmits the meaning of Garab Dorje’s Three Lines.

Dodrupchen’s explanation of the Three Lines Teaching is particularly interesting because, as he himself says, the teaching does not follow the time-honoured style of explanation of Garab Dorje’s teaching.  It is clear from reading the text that Dodrupchen was explaining the subject from his own realization.  This makes the text a particularly interesting complement to a text like Patrul’s Feature of the Expert, Glorious King and we would strongly recommend that the two be read in conjunction with each other.  Moreover, Dodrupchen’s explanations cover important points that are not covered or not clearly covered in Patrul’s text.  It is for these various reasons that Lama Tony felt that this text should be translated and added to PKTC’s collection of texts made specifically for the sake of Dzogchen practitioners.

One of the features of the transmission of Dzogchen in Tibet, as Lama Tony has experienced it personally, is that the teaching of Thorough Cut is never really divorced from the teaching of Direct Crossing (thogal).  Therefore, it is no surprise that Dodrupchen does not stop merely with an explanation of Thorough Cut in this book but continues by showing how it connects to Direct Crossing and then gives a short teaching on the main points of Direct Crossing.

The book contains the Dodrupchen’s text in English.  It includes extensive notes from Lama Tony to clarify difficult points in the text, a complete glossary to help clarify the meaning of the unique terminology of the system, and the Tibetan text as well.

Download Tibetan text in TibetD format: not available yet.

Title	Relics of the Dharmakaya by Ontrul Tenpa’i Wangchuk
Sub-title	A Detailed Explanation of The Three Lines that Strike the Key Points
Author	Translation and introduction by Tony Duff
Details	166 pages, 2 colour plates, 5.5" X 8.5", US$35, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-8386-2-7
Texts	Tibetan text in Tibetan script included

Ontrul Tenpa’i Wangchuk is regarded at the time of writing (2010) as the greatest living master cum scholar of Dzogchen in Tibet.  His lineage is Longchen Nyingthig and he has written a number of commentaries on important texts of the system.  His commentaries are very unusual; they show his extraordinary knowledge of the system and, magically, his realization is very easy to connect with while reading them.  He is clearly a highly accomplished master.

Patrul Rinpoche wrote a small but especially important commentary to Garab Dorje’s original “Three Lines that Strike the Key Points” Teaching called Feature of the Expert Glorious King.  It is the most-used commentary these days on Thorough Cut within the Longchen Nyingthig lineage but needs explanation.  There are a number of commentaries to it but they also tend to be short because they are intended as supports for oral instruction.  This text is a commentary to Dza Patrul’s text but is unusual in being very long and detailed.  It explains every single word of the text step by step so that there can be no doubt over the meaning of the words in Dza Patrul’s text.  It is hard to emphasize how rare it is to be able to find an explanation as detailed and also as clear as this.  In Lama Tony’s mind, this is the very best commentary on the Three Lines teaching available.  This is the first of Ontrul Tenpa’i Wangchuk’s commentaries that we have translated though more are on the way.

For those who are practising Thorough Cut and also those interested in Longchen Nyingthig, these books naturally form a set: Dza Patrul’s Feature of the Expert Glorious King text, Dodrupchen III’s explanation About the Three Lines, and this explanation by Tenpa’i Wangchuk.  Collectively, they give an excellent coverage of the Three Lines teaching.  Also, the teaching by Dudjom Rinpoche called Alchemy of Accomplishment forms an excellent support for them.  All of these texts are available just above.

Here is a review by a reader:

“I’ve just now completed Relics of the Dharmakaya, and was overjoyed at the clear and concise presentation.  Well done!  Things as explained are congruent with my experience, and it illuminates very well where one is in one’s practice.  The glossaries in this and PKTC’s other books have been very helpful in my understanding, and I find the translations quite subtle.”

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Title	Longchen Nyingthig Preliminaries, “The Excellent Path to Omniscience”
Sub-title	A Rich Collection of Texts, Commentaries, and Prayers for the Practice
Author	Tony Duff.  Tibetan authors included are Padmasambhava, Jigmey Lingpa, Jigmey Trinley Ozer, Khyentse Wangpo, Yukhog Chadralwa, and Dodrupchen
Details	292 pages, 2 colour plates, 6" X 9" (larger size), US$25, available on paper
ISBN	978-9937-8244-9-1
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included
	New, highly expanded second edition, March 2010

This book centres on the liturgy for doing the preliminary practices of Longchen Nyingthig.  It was written by the first Dodrupchen, one of the heart disciples of Jigmey Lingpa.  The book features a fresh translation of the liturgy that corrects the many mistakes, omissions, and un-necessary additions found in the several translations available at the moment.  At the same time, it words the liturgy in a way that is convenient for recitation in English.

The Tibetan liturgy assumes a high level of understanding of the system and its terminology.  Therefore, several Tibetan commentaries have been written to explain it.  Four of them are included in the book.  The commentary of the first Khyentse Rinpoche, Khyentse Wangpo is presented in order to explain the procedures involved.  It is regarded as one of the root texts of the Longchen Nyingthig scriptures.  It focusses on the procedures and does not delve into the theory or terminology involved.

To explain the terminology and the theory where needed, the author was encouraged by his lineage gurus to write a major commentary in English.  His commentary, the first written by an English lama, has been included.  This commentary clarifies the unique terminology of the system and also the meaning of the liturgy in a straightforward but precise way.  It also clarifies several very difficult points of the liturgy, such as the refuge section, showing how they should be understood according to the lineage.  To write the commentary, the author relied on the extensive oral instructions he has received from a variety of lineage gurus and his extensive reading of Tibetan commentaries.  These sources are quoted throughout the commentary.

To make the book even more complete, two commentaries by a great Nyingthig master who lived in East Tibet in the 20th century, Yukhog Chadralwa, have been included.  Yukhog Chadralwa was known for having heard an enormous amount of teaching from various masters and having practised it to completion.  His writings are filled with oral instructions obtained from various Longchen Nyingthig lineage holders, giving the reader access to the tradition in ways not normally possible.  Excerpts from one of his commentaries give very clear presentations of important but little-known aspects of the theory behind the refuge verse, the Vajrasatva practice, and the mandala practice.  The other commentary is particularly interesting because it highlights the meditational aspect of the preliminaries, showing how the practice of the preliminaries is really a practice of the innate wisdom mind and how to connect with that key point when doing the practices.  This text alone will make the book of interest to practitioners at all levels and not only those who are working on the preliminary practices.  His written works are very hard to obtain; these are the first translations of his works to appear in English.

There are a number of prayers and supplications that are usually done with the preliminary practices.  Therefore, several prayers and support practices are included.  There is the waking practice by Jigmey Lingpa, the speech blessing, and the Prayer that Spontaneously Fulfills Wishes by Padmasambhava.  The translation of the Padmasambhava’s prayer includes historical material of interest that is part of the original prayer but which is mostly excluded from English translations; this contextual material is important because it helps to arouse faith and devotion so it has been included.

The book contains an extensive introduction that explains the meaning of Longchen Nyingthig Great Completion and all other matters relevant to the book.  It also includes a summary of Jigmey Lingpa’s encounters with Longchenpa taken from his autobiographies.  All parts of the book are copiously footnoted and there is an extensive glossary, too.

If you are doing the Longchen Nyingthig preliminary practices, you will find that this is the clearest and most complete presentation of the practice available.  For others, this compilation of materials will give considerable insight into the theory and practice of the Longchen Nyingthig system and clarification of the Dzogchen dharma in general.  In addition, there are many comments, definitions, and explanations which will be of great use to translators.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	The waking practice by Jigmey Lingpa
	The speech blessing
	The preliminaries’ liturgy by Jigmey Thrinley Ozer called “The Excellent Path to Omniscience” An Ordered Recitation for the Longchen Nyingthig Great Completion Preliminaries
	The commentary by Tony Duff called An explanation of the words of “The Excellent Path to Omniscience”
	The commentary by Khyentse Wangpo called “The Nectar of Profound Meaning” the Visualization Procedures of the Preliminaries of Longchen Nyingthig Great Completion Wrapped Up
	The commentary by Yukhog Chadralwa called “A Summary Arranged in Note Form of Streams of Oral Teaching on the Preliminaries”
	Excerpts from the commentary to the practice by Yukhog Chadralwa called “A Compendium of the Preliminaries”
	The prayer by Padmasambhava called “The Prayer That Spontaneously Fulfils Wishes”

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Title	Longchen Nyingthig Chod, Sound of Dakini Laughter
Sub-title	Text by Jigmey Lingpa, Instructions by Dza Patrul, and Commentary by the Author
Author	Tony Duff.  Tibetan authors included are Jigmey Lingpa and Dza Patrul
Details	180 pages, 2 colour plates, 6" X 9" (larger size), US$25, available on paper
ISBN	978-9937-8244-7-7
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included
	New, highly expanded second edition, March 2010

The root texts of Longchen Nyingthig contain a text for Chod practice.  The text is part of the root transmission of the Longchen Nyingthig dharma that Jigmey Lingpa received as mind treasure from Longchenpa.  The text includes both an explanation of the practice and a liturgy for doing it.  The text is popularly known by its Tibetan name “khadro gayjang”, or “Sound of Dakini Laughter”.  This book contains a fresh translation of the liturgy, one that corrects the many mistakes, omissions, and un-necessary additions found in most translations available at the moment, and especially in the ones that are available free on the internet.  The translation was intended to be used as a practice text, and the rhythms and poetry of the Tibetan original have been retained as far as possible.

The Tibetan text assumes a high level of understanding of the system and its terminology.  Therefore, several Tibetan commentaries have been written to explain it.  The most popular one is by Dza Patrul and is called Profound Foremost Instructions for the Chod Practice Sound of Dakini Laughter.  This commentary explains the details of all the visualizations involved in the practice and makes some very important comments about the right and wrong way to practice Chod.  Amongst Tibetans, it is regarded as the best companion to Jigmey Lingpa’s text.  Therefore, the author has translated it, included notes as necessary to clarify it, and included it in the book.

Furthermore, new editions of both Tibetan texts have been made and included.  These new editions of the Tibetan texts carefully correct mistakes found in the main Tibetan editions that are available at the moment and especially in the copies of Jigmey Lingpa’s text that are floating around on the internet.

Jigmey Lingpa’s text contains much which is not explained in Dza Patrul’s text.  Therefore, the author was encouraged by several lineage holding gurus to write a long commentary that would explain the whole text in a way that would make it accessible to English speakers.  The commentary has been included in the book.  It is the first true commentary to this text written by a qualified Western teacher.

The author has added an introduction that clarifies many points, a glossary, and many notes to ensure that all details are fully explained.  The author explains in detail how this particular practice of Chod is unusual because of being based in Nyingthig Dzogchen dharma.  The author knows well, through personal experience of the practice done in one of the main Dzogchen monasteries of Tibet, how the view and practice of this Nyingthig Chod differs from the normal view and practice of Chod.  He explains the difference very clearly and extensively in the introduction.  His authentic experience and knowledge of the Longchen Nyingthig system has guided the translation of these texts so that they correctly reflect the view of the Longchen Nyingthig Chod practice.  If you are a Chod practitioner, you will find this book invaluable.  For others who are interested in Dzogchen practice, there are many insights to be gained from the text and the explanations provided with it.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	From Longchen Nyingthig: The Chod Practice Sound of Dakini Laughter by Jigmey Lingpa
	Commentary to the Chod Practice Sound of Dakini Laughter by Tony Duff
	Profound Foremost Instructions for The Chod Practice Sound of Dakini Laughter by Dza Patrul

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	Jigmey Lingpa’s From Longchen Nyingthig: Chod Practice Sound of Dakini Laughter available here.
	Dza Patrul’s Profound Foremost Instructions on Chod Practice Sound of Dakini Laughter available here.

Title	A Presentation of Instructions for the Development Stage Deity
Sub-title	“A Stairway Leading to Akanishtha” by Jigmey Lingpa
Author	Tony Duff.  Tibetan author is Jigmey Lingpa
Details	180 pages, 2 colour plates, 5.5" X 8.5", US$25, available on paper
ISBN	978-9937-8386-3-4
Texts	Tibetan text in Tibetan script included

The Root Volumes of Longchen Nyingthig Great Completion contains specific texts for the various topics that need to be covered during the transmission of the teaching.  One of them is a text by Jigmey Lingpa that gives a complete set of instructions on Development Stage practice, that is, the practice of visualizing a deity.  The text, which is one of the core texts of the Longchen Nyingthig transmission of Great Completion, provides an extensive level of instruction in deity practice using a ground, path, and fruition presentation of the subject.  The instruction is based on the root tantra of Mahayoga, the Core of the Secret (in Sanskrit, Guhyagarbha), in Tibetan gsang ba snying po.  However, it adds instructions on applying the view of Great Completion to the visualization practice.  The text is popularly known by its name “Stairway Leading to Akanishtha”.

Jigmey Lingpa’s text presents many different instructions of Development Stage practice, including the key instruction called The Four Nails Pinning The Life-Forces.  The full teaching on the Four Nails should be read in conjunction with it, hence PKTC has published a book of Dza Patrul’s teaching on it called Key Issues of Visualization: Four Nails Pinning the Life Forces, “A Melody of Brahma Playing Throughout the Three Worlds”.

The author has added an introduction that clarifies many points, a glossary, and many notes to ensure that all the many details of visualizing a deity are fully explained.  The introduction clearly shows the special value of this text for those who are practising Great Completion.  The differences between deity practice in the Mahayoga and Atiyoga are clearly shown.  The author’s authentic experience and knowledge of the Longchen Nyingthig system has guided the translation of these texts so that they correctly reflect the view of Longchen Nyingthig.

A new edition of the Tibetan text has been made and included.  The new edition carefully correct mistakes found in the main Tibetan editions that are available at the moment.

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Title	Empowerment and Atiyoga
Author	Tony Duff
Details	96 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-8244-5-3
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script not included

This book was composed to assist Western students who are taking empowerments in general.  The book pays attention in particular to the meaning of the fourth empowerment, which itself is the direct meaning of Mahamudra and Maha Ati (Dzogpa Chenpo).  It presents translations of the ritual texts used to give key empowerments in the Nyingma system and, especially, presents the root empowerment text of the Longchen Nyingthig cycle of innermost Dzogchen.

The book starts with an introduction that clearly explains empowerment.  The introduction uses quotations from Padma Karpo’s explanation of the Bodyless Dakini cycle of the Kagyu, which is the ultimate Dharmakaya practice given to Tailopa directly by Vajravarahi.  Although this comes from the Mahamudra teachings, it is a teaching at the dharmakaya level, therefore it has the same meaning as innermost Dzogchen.  The introduction continues by making particular reference to the Ati way of empowerment.

The book continues with the root empowerment text of the Longchen Nyingthig cycle, The King‘ Coronation Anointing Vase Empowerment.  This text is from the root volumes of the Longchen Nyingthig Dzogchen transmission; anyone receiving the empowerments of the Longchen Nyingthig cycle will want the book just for this text.  There are copious notes that explain the particular language of this empowerment and which show the unique approach of innermost Dzogchen in the process.

Following that text, the text for the fourth empowerment of The Narrow Fortress of the Eight Logos is presented.  This is one of the central empowerments of the collected Kama empowerments of the Nyingma system.  It shows the meaning of the fourth empowerment especially clearly and in Ati style.  Again, there are copious notes to help bring out the meaning.

Once empowerment has been obtained, it is necessary to get the instructions on the practice and then to do the practice.  Therefore, in order to make the book complete, the empowerment texts are followed by a teaching from Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche on how to practice at this level.  It was written as a letter to one of his Tibetan lady disciples.  The letter contains a beautiful exposition of the Great Completion path, in purely practical style, and provides an excellent summary of the actual practice of the whole path of Thorough Cut.

The book overall consistently uses the unique language of Great Completion and the selection of texts shows how that language is used by the tradition when giving the empowerments and instructions on how to practice.  Altogether, the book gives an overview of the path, all from an Ati perspective, in a way that notseen so far in the West.  The commentary on empowerment was written entirely by Lama Tony Duff based on his years of experience with this particular dharma.  All of the translations were done either during the empowerments themselves, for the sake of the other practitioners present, or, in the case of the final teaching, during the teachings on the letter given by Rabjam Rinpoche during the annual Zhechen seminar at Bodhgaya.  The text carries the full weight of the blessings of the various empowerments and instructions that prompted the translations and ultimately, composition of the book.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	From Longchen Nyingthig: The Entire Text of the Root Empowerment, “The King‘ Coronation Anointing Vase Empowerment”
	From the Collected works of the Nyingma Kama Transmission: The Fourth Empowerment section of “The Narrow Fortress of the Eight Logos”
	From the Collected Works of the Nyingma Kama Transmission: The Suchness Empowerment Section of “The Six-Faced Yamantaka”
	Dilgo Khyentse‘ Advice To a Lady Disciple

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Title	Essential Points of Practice
Sub-title	A Manual of Basic Instructions on Thorough Cut by Zhechen Gyaltshab
Author	Translation and extensive introduction by Tony Duff
Details	80 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-9031-5-8
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

Zhechen Gyaltshab was one of the principal masters of Zhechen Monastery in East Tibet, the monastery where Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche made his home before leaving Tibet.  The Zhechen Gyaltsabs have always been regarded as highly learned and accomplished and this comes through in the clarity of the instructions in his text.

The text is a short but very clear presentation of the essential points of practice of Thorough Cut (Tregcho) of innermost Great Completion (Dzogpa Chenpo).  We provide many texts of the Thorough Cut practice and each one adds something to the understanding of that practice.  Zhechen Gyaltsab’s text transmits the same meaning as Patrul’s Feature of the Expert, Glorious King which is also available from us.  However and just as the title suggests, Zhechen Gyaltshab writes in a very practical way and in doing so, makes a number of points that other authors do not.  His text is well-known in the Tibetan tradition as one of several texts that are particularly useful to anyone who is practising Thorough Cut.

An introduction explains the place of the text and extensive notes to the text form a commentary to the text.  An extensive glossary is provided to help clarify the meaning of the unique terminology of this system.  The book is ideal for anyone who is practising Thorough Cut.  As with our other books on innermost Dzogchen, we strongly advise that you not purchase the book unless you have had the necessary instructions.

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Title	Words of the Old Dog Vijay
Sub-title	Practical Instructions on Thorough Cut by Zhechen Gyaltshab IV
Author	Translation and introduction by Tony Duff
Details	66 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$15, not in paper (out of stock) available in e-book (PDF) format
ISBN	978-9937-8386-4-1
Texts	Tibetan texts (two teachings in one text) in Tibetan script included

Zhechen Gyaltshab IV, Padma Namgyal, was one of the principal masters of Zhechen Monastery in East Tibet, the monastery where Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche made his home before leaving Tibet.  The Zhechen Gyaltsabs have always been regarded as highly learned and accomplished and this comes through in the clarity of the instructions in his text.

We provide many texts about Thorough Cut practice and this one adds something further.  This text is very well-known in the Tibetan tradition as one of several texts that are particularly useful to anyone who is practising Thorough Cut of innermost Great Completion (Dzogpa Chenpo).  The text consists of two short teachings of very practical instruction.  Both teachings give a strong feeling of no-nonsense dharma and each one provides another take on the practice of Thorough Cut.  For instance, the second teaching emphasizes the point of letting mind be as it is.

The book is ideal for anyone who is practising Thorough Cut.  As with our other books on innermost Dzogchen, we strongly advise that you not purchase the book unless you have had the necessary instructions.

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Title	The Way of the Realized Old Dogs, Advice that Points Out the Essence of Mind, called “A Lamp That Dispels Darkness” by Ju Mipham Namgyal
Author	Translation and commentary by Tony Duff
Details	68 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-8244-2-2
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

Ju Mipham Namgyal is one of the best known authors of the Nyingma tradition.  He was a prolific writer with an extraordinary knowledge of his own and others’ dharma traditions.  He wrote several texts on the topics of innermost Great Completion (Dzogpa Chenpo).  The one here is one of his texts on Thorough Cut (Tregcho). The wording of the title “Way of the Realized Old Dogs” is explained in the introduction by the author.  Briefly though, it means that this is a text that lays out the way of practice of those who just practise the essence of their own minds and who develop realization that way.  Through this, they eventually become realized in the system and wise to it; they become “Realized Old Dogs”.

The text is a favourite of tantrikas, or, in Tibetan, ngagpas.  It is a favourite for them because it is specifically for practitioners who do not live in a monastery or other dharma institution and who do not spend their lives developing a vast scholastic knowledge of Buddhism.  In modern, Western terms, it is a text written specifically for the urban yogi.  As the text says,
The text is short but has become one of the core texts used in Tibet to teach Thorough Cut.  Because it is so popular within the Tibetan tradition and because it was specifically written for the urban yogi, we felt that it was a worthy addition to our selection of texts on the subject of Thorough Cut.  Therefore, we have translated it and made a book out of it.

As with each of our texts on Thorough Cut, this one has its own flavour and does emphasize certain aspects of the path.  As it lays out the approach of the urban yogi, it has to present the introduction (often called pointing out) to the nature of mind.  It does this in using what are called “differentiations”.  This is unusual because differentiations are usually transmitted orally from the teacher to the student and mostly are not written down.  There are many differentiations; in this case Mipham sets out the differentiation between alaya and dharmakaya.  The presence of this teaching is another reason for adding this to a library of teachings on Thorough Cut.

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Title	The Method of Preserving the Face of Rigpa, The Essence of Wisdom
Sub-title	An Aspect of Training in Thorough Cut by Ju Mipham Namgyal
Author	Translation and commentary by Tony Duff
Details	44 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$15, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-8244-1-5
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

Ju Mipham Namgyal is one of the best known authors of the Nyingma tradition.  He was a prolific writer with an extraordinary knowledge of his own and others’ dharma traditions.  He wrote several texts on the topics of innermost Great Completion (Dzogpa Chenpo).  The one here is one of his texts on Thorough Cut (Tregcho). The wording of the title “Preserving the Face of Rigpa” is explained in the introduction by the author.  Briefly though, it is saying that this is a text that focusses on one specific aspect of Thorough Cut practice called “preserving rigpa”.  The remainder of the title, “The Essence of Wisdom”, refers to the fact that this technique of preserving rigpa really is the essential technique for developing wisdom.

The text is short but has become one of the core texts used in Tibet to teach this specific aspect of Thorough Cut practice.  Because it is so popular within the Tibetan tradition and because it is one of the few texts that deals specifically with this subject, we felt that it was a worthy addition to our selection of texts on the subject of Thorough Cut.  Therefore, we have translated it and made a book out of it.  Note that, although this text was written as part of Dzogchen instruction, it is equally applicable to the practice of essence Mahamudra.  Thus the text is ideal for anyone who is practising either of the two.  A short but clear introduction makes the content of the text accessible.

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Title	Differentiating Non-Distraction and So Forth
Sub-title	An Aspect of Training in Thorough Cut
Author	Translation and commentary by Tony Duff
Details	42 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$15, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-9031-2-7
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

The author of this text is unknown but the text is regarded within Tibetan circles as one of a number of particularly useful texts that deal with specific aspects of innermost Great Completion (Dzogchen) practice.  This text deals with the specific aspect of Thorough Cut (Thregcho) practice called “differentations”.

The text is unusual in that “differentiations” are usually transmitted orally from the teacher to the student and mostly are not written down.  There are many differentiations.  The author of this text lays out three of the most important ones.  He also adds some further oral instruction connected with the general practice of Thorough Cut.  This is another important text to have in a library of teachings on Thorough Cut.

Note that, although this text was written as part of Dzogchen instruction, it is equally applicable to the practice of essence Mahamudra.  Thus, the text is ideal for anyone who is practising either of the two.  A short but clear introduction makes the content of the text accessible.

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Title	Key Points of Direct Crossing, called “Nectar of the Pure Part”
Sub-title	From the Collected Works of Khenchen Padma Namgyal of Zurmang College
	A text about Direct Crossing (thogal) practice
Author	Translation and introduction by Tony Duff
Details	44 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$25, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-9031-1-0
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

Khenchen Padma Namgyal was one of the great khenpos of Zurmang Monastery in Kham (Zurmang is the seat of the Trungpa Rinpoches).  Khenchen Padma Namgyal travelled to Dzogchen monastery where he entered the famous Shri Singha College to gain a deep Buddhist education.  He also learned the practices of Great Completion (Dzogpa Chenpo) while he was there.  After completing his studies, he returned to Zurmang where he became renowned as a particularly knowledgeable khenpo who also had a deep practical understanding of innermost Great Completion practice.

One day, Khenchen Padma Namgyal had gone out onto a mountain side for a session of Direct Crossing (thogal) practice with his students.  He started the session, as is usually done, with some instruction.  The instruction turned into a summary of the whole practice of Direct Crossing.  Lama Tony, while receiving these same instructions in places formerly visited by the Khenchen, was given the text.  The auspicious connection was overwhelming so he translated the text immediately in the hope that it would be useful to others.  The text is very short but the instruction is complete and will definitely be helpful to anyone who is genuinely doing Direct Crossing practice.

The book can be purchased by writing to Lotsawa Tony and asking for a copy.  It will only be sold to those who are actually doing the practice and who do have proper instructions.  Please present your credentials at that time.  Needless to say, this kind of material is very hard to come by!

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Title	Alchemy of Accomplishment
Sub-title	Instructions of Mountain Dharma, Heart Guidance on the Practice Expressed in an Easy-to-Understand Way by Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje
Author	Translation and extensive introduction by Tony Duff
Details	110 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$25, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-9031-3-4
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje was one of the great masters of the Nyingma tradition who lived during the 1900’s.  At one time, he was asked to give the basic instructions for Great Completion (Dzogpa Chenpo) practice to the members of a three year three month retreat that had just started.  His discourse was recorded in writing and included in his Collected Works.  The text of his discourse has become another of the several texts that have become very important for and are used frequently to present the teaching on Thorough Cut (Tregcho) of innermost Dzogchen.  It has become popular not only in the Dudjom lineage but in Nyingma traditions in general because of its exceptionally clear and easy-to-understand explanation that comes right from the heart and goes straight to the heart.

The text contains full details of Thorough Cut practice explained in a way that is very easy to understand but which does not avoid any of the unique and beautiful technical language of the system.  Here is a small quote from the book.  It is what he says to the retreatants just after he has given the introduction (sometimes called pointing out instruction) to them:
The book starts with an introduction that gives the context for the text.  It continues with the translation which is fully footnoted and contains extensive explanations of the unique language of this teaching.  An extensive glossary is included so that even the technical language can be fully understood.  This text together with Patrul’s Feature of the Expert, Glorious King, Dodrubchen’s About the Three Lines, and Zhechen Gyaltshab’s Essential Points of Practice are recommended as “must-read” texts for anyone doing any Great Completion practice and Thorough Cut practice in particular.

We found that the original edition of the text as found in Dudjom’s Collected Works has many errors in it.  Therefore, we made a new, correct edition that was checked by Gan Rinchen, the former head of Dudjom Rinpoche’s centres in the United States.  The new edition is included in the book for all concerned and is available as a free electronic edition from our site (see below).

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Title	Peak Doorways to Emancipation
Sub-title	Great Completion Texts on the Introduction to the Nature of Mind and Thorough Cut from the Collected Works of Shakya Shri
Author	Translations, extensive introduction, and commentarial notes by Tony Duff
Details	104 pages, 1 colour plate, 5.5" X 8.5", US$20, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-9031-9-6
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included
	New, highly expanded second edition.  Published March, 2010

Shakya Shri was one of the greatest masters of the Drukpa Kagyu around the end of the nineteenth century.  He was renowned for having practised and accomplished both the Mahamudra traditions of the Drukpa Kagyu and the Great Completion (Dzogpa Chenpo) tradition that had come to him through his root guru, Khamtrul Rinpoche.  He taught students either Mahamudra or Great Completion or a mixture of both, whatever was suitable for them.

This book presents two texts from his Collected Works.  Each one presents a specific aspect of innermost Dzogchen practice though the first text, on the introduction to the nature of mind, is fully applicable to essence Mahamudra, too.  We chose the two texts because they highlight specific aspects of these practices that are not explained in any other texts available from us.  As with several other texts on Thorough Cut, each text offers instruction on a key aspect of the teaching.

The first text is specifically on the topic of introduction to the nature of mind (sometimes called pointing out instruction).  It is hard to find a text which, like this one does, specifically discusses this key technique of the higher tantras.  The text will be of interest to anyone who is practising Mahamudra or Dzogpa Chenpo.

The second text continues by giving instruction on how to realize the nature of mind after it has been introduced to the disciple.  This text specifically explains the practices of the Thorough Cut (Tregcho) of Great Completion.  This text also includes specific instructions on the special preliminary practice of innermost Great Completion called Parting into Sides (Tibetan, rushen).

Both texts are very explicit and will be of real interest to anyone engaged in Mahamudra or Great Completion.  The texts are Drukpa Kagyu so they will be of special interest to Drukpa Kagyu followers.  The book includes a very complete introduction and extensive notes to help understand the texts.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	““Opening the Door to Emancipation”, A Very Abbreviated Uncommon Guide to Mind”
	“Thorough Cut‘ Secret Path, The Second Core Piece, Instruction on Nakedly Seeing Rigpa”

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Title	“The Complete Path for the Ocean of Profound Meaning”, An Extensive Liturgy for the Visualization Procedures of the Mahamudra Preliminaries with a Listing of the Key Topics of the Main Practice
Sub-title	The Drukpa Kagyu Mahamudra Preliminary Practices by Khamtrul III, Kunga Tenzin
Author	Translation and introduction by Tony Duff
Details	108 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$15, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-9031-6-5
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

There are a number of branches of the Drukpa Kagyu and each has it own liturgies for doing the preliminary practices (Tib. ngondro).  The Kham (East Tibetan) tradition of the Drukpa Kagyu, headed by the Khamtrul Rinpoches has a number of these liturgies.  However, the one composed by Kunga Tendzin, the third Khamtrul Rinpoche is the one most often used.  It is the liturgy used for example at Tashi Jong in India, the present-day seat of Khamtrul Rinpoche.

The text of the liturgy was translated into English by Lotsawa Tony at the request of Tsoknyi Rinpoche.  It is a standard, Mahamudra style preliminaries liturgy in which there are four sets of one hundred thousand preliminaries to be done.  The liturgy is extensive.  Kunga Tenzin included a lot of material in his liturgy and this makes it useful as a reference for anyone.  For example, the whole laying aside practice done with the practice of The Thirty-five Buddhas, and the Sutra of the Three Heaps is contained in it.  There is also a magnificent guru yoga section for the Drukpa Kagyu, which is exceptionally beautiful.  There is also a nice collection of dedication prayers at the end.

The translation was done by Lotsawa Tony during a three-month session at Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s Ngedon Osel Ling in Nepal, when a large group of Drukpa Kagyu lamas and rinpoches of the East Tibetan tradition gathered together for a Drukpa Kagyu Dharma Festival.  The translation went very nicely and it was generally felt that the poetic qualities of the Tibetan came out well into English, which was pleasing to all concerned.

The liturgy should be of special interest to all Drukpa Kagyu followers.  More than that, it should be of interest to anyone doing the preliminary practices.

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Title	Ground, Path, and Fruition
Sub-title	Teachings of Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Author	Translation, extensive introduction, and commentarial notes by Tony Duff
Details	206 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$25, available on paper
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Texts	No Tibetan texts included

A companion to the Hinting at Dzogchen book.  This is a restricted publication because it contains the profound oral instructions of Great Completion (Dzogchen) and Essence Mahamudra.  It consists of three complete teachings given by Tsoknyi Rinpoche and translated by Lotsawa Tony Duff.  The teachings focus on Essence Mahamudra in general and the Thorough Cut practice of Dzogchen Nyingthig in particular.

Title	Hinting at Dzogchen
Sub-title	Teachings of Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Author	Translation, extensive introduction, and commentarial notes by Tony Duff
Details	302 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$25, available on paper
ISBN	978-9937-2-0224-4
Texts	No Tibetan texts included

A companion to the Ground, Path, and Fruition book.  This is a restricted publication because it contains the profound oral instructions of Great Completion (Dzogchen).  Lotsawa Tony was the personal translator to Tsoknyi Rinpoche throughout the 1990’s.  This book is a compendium of teachings that he heard during that time.  These teachings are not available elsewhere nor are they available as recordings.  All of them deal with the practice of Great Completion (Dzogchen), and Thorough Cut in particular.

Title	Meditator’s Guide to Great Completion
Sub-title	Teachings of Mingyur Rinpoche
Author	Translation and short introduction by Tony Duff
Details	304 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$35, available in e-book (PDF) format
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Texts	No Tibetan texts included

A complete set of teachings on the path of Great Completion as given by Mingyur Rinpoche.  The teaching covers every topic, from beginning to end, for a person wanting to do the practice.

The book starts with an explanation of the truth of suffering and proceeds through the basic sutra teachings that have to be contemplated in order to re-orient the mind so that it turns away from cyclic existence towards enlightenment.  The teachings here are simple but precise and very clear.  The teaching then goes through the basics of the Vajra Vehicle: the preliminary practices, followed by the need for empowerment, followed by the practice of development stage.  In these teachings, Mingyur Rinpoche gave and taught the practice of Vajrasatva, which is the most universal practice that works for the whole Vajra Vehicle.  This practice is also closely tied to the teaching of Great Completion so it is very fitting.  Each of the subjects involved is again taught very clearly and precisely.  The teaching then spends considerable time on the practices of shamatha and vipashyana which are taught in a way that is consistent with the Parting Sides (Tib. rushen) practice of Great Completion.  This part of the teaching is very extensive.  It can be understood equally as the general practice of emptiness that is taught in the Great Vehicle as well as a particular precursor to the main practices of Great Completion.  The teachings here correspond exactly to what Mingyur Rinpoche has set out as the first level of practice for all of his students.  The teaching then proceeds to the main practice of Thorough Cut (Tregcho) of Great Completion.  The teachings here are well set out and taught in a way that eliminates the doubts that people who have practised the Lesser Vehicle often have when confronted with these higher teachings.  This style of teaching happened because most of the students in the audience were the students of Tsoknyi Rinpoche who had been practising the Vipassana system taught by Jack Kornfield and his group.  The teachings here are not diluted but are taught in a way that clears away misconceptions about the practice.  The book ends with various subjects related to the practice of Thorough Cut.  The teaching does not include teachings on Direct Crossing (Tib. thod rgal).

This teaching was Rinpoche’s first teaching in the West.  It was given in California in 1997 with Lotsawa Tony as the translator.  Tsoknyi Rinpoche asked Lotsawa Tony to go to translate for Mingyur Rinpoche because of Tony’s many years of experience with the whole of the Buddhist teaching in general and particularly with translating Great Completion.  Tony offered to make a book out of the teachings for Mingyur Rinpoche who was pleased with the idea.  The book is unusually clear and complete because of the combined abilities of the teacher and translator.

Mingyur Rinpoche asked that the book be restricted because of the explicit teachings on Thorough Cut.  It can be purchased from us by contacting us and indicating that you are qualified to receive the book.  To qualify, you have to have heard Mingyur Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, or Tulku Ugyen’s teachings on Thorough Cut or you have a letter or other proof of authorization from Mingyur Rinpoche himself.  Those who have obtained complete instruction in Thorough Cut from another teacher can also apply.

Title	A Complete Session of Meditation
Sub-title	Featuring teachings of Mingyur Rinpoche
Author	Tony Duff
Details	164 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$25, available in e-book (PDF) format
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Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script not included

This is a book of teachings on how to do a complete session of meditation.  The book is a compilation made by Lama Tony to help those who would like to practise meditation in the Kagyu or Nyingma way.  It emphasizes the practical style of instruction found in the Kagyu tradition for those who actually want to do something with the mind.  It deliberately avoids the scholarly style taught in some other Tibetan Buddhist traditions and focusses directly on working directly with one’s own mind.  Nonetheless, the book is very precise and clear about all of the key points involved in meditation practice.

The book emphasizes the Kagyu approach in particular.  Lama Tony has received teachings from many Kagyu masters and used his knowledge of the tradition as a basis for making the book for his own students.  Tony selected important texts from Gampopa and other early masters to set explain the basis for meditation.  Tony was Mingyur Rinpoche’s first translator and translated many of his teachings so a number of them were used for the actual instructions on meditation contained in the book.  Lama Tony added other, necessary teachings according to the extensive teachings he has received over many years from many, different Kagyu masters, such as Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.  The result is a book that contains a complete teaching on how to do a complete session of meditation in the style of the Kagyu tradition.

The book begins with a length introduction by Lama Tony which is a teaching in its own right.  Mingyur Rinpoche likes to teach science and learned a lot of what he does know from much time spent with Lama Tony, who has a Ph.D. in molecular biology.  Lama Tony writes a lengthy piece about what can and cannot usefully be obtained from science in terms of dharma practice.  This should be of real interest to Westerners, especially those who believe that science has something to offer Buddhist practice.  Following the introduction, there is a long chapter on buddha nature, which is presented by using a significant portion of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen’s explanation of the ground in his famous Mountain Dharma text.  This text is often taught by Kagyu gurus in order to show the meaning of buddha nature.  This is the first time that this part of Dolpopa’s text has been fully translated and published.  Following that, there is a chapter containing an unpublished work of Gampopa that lays out the whole Kagyu path.  Following that is the seminal text written by Gampopa that sets out his teaching of the four Dharmas of Gampopa.  This also has not been published to date.  The next chapter is a clear teaching on the whole Kagyu path by Mingyur Rinpoche that is based on Gampopa’s Four Dharmas.  All the chapters so far have been for setting the stage for the actual teachings on meditation.

The remainder of the book is taken up with actual teachings on how to do a complete session of meditation.  This part of the book is structured around the teaching on what is called “The Three Excellences”.  Any complete set of meditation will begin with the preliminary practices of taking refuge and arousing enlightenment mind.  Lama Tony has written a chapter on this.  Following that, there is the main practice, which in the Kagyu system of meditation, will be shamatha-vipashyana practice that ultimately leads to Mahamudra realization.  There are several, substantial chapters that cover all the topics involved.  These chapters rely for the most part on Mingyur Rinpoche’s teaching.  A complete session of meditation will end with the third excellence, which is dedication.  For this, there is a short chapter written by Lama Tony based on teachings received from many Kagyu gurus.

The book is quite different from most of the books on meditation that are available to date.  Lama Tony has used his extensive knowledge of the Kagyu tradition and of Tibetan literature to compile a book that presents the tradition accurately by including seminal works of early masters and combining them with modern-day teachings.  Anyone who practises meditation will find this book useful in many different ways and Kagyu practitioners in particular will find it most useful.  Moreover, the whole book corresponds to what Mingyur Rinpoche has set out as his first level of teaching for his own students; it will be a “must read” for them.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

“Mountain Dharma, An Ocean of Definitive Meaning” by Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsan, ground section

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Title	Kunzang Thugtig, Samantabhadra’s Mind Essence; the Texts for the Practice of Thorough Cut and Direct Crossing (Thregcho and Thogal)
Author	Translations and introduction by Tony Duff
Details	68 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$25, available in e-book (PDF) format
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Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script not included

The Chogling Tersar (New Treasures of Choggyur Lingpa) contains a number of anthologies that come from the treasures revealed by Choggyur Lingpa and which contain everything needed for a complete practice from beginning to end of the Vajra Vehicle.  One of the most profound anthologies is the one popularly called “Kunzang Thugthig” in Tibetan, Samantabhadra’s Mind Essence.

Kunzang Thugtig contains everything needed for a complete practice of Great Completion.  It has empowerments, texts, and oral instructions that provide everything needed to do a complete practice of both Thorough Cut (Tregcho) and Direct Crossing (Thogal).  The book here contains two of the key texts of this system.  The first is the revealed treasure of the anthology which sets out the entire path of Great Completion practice.  It is a whole teaching in verse by Padmasambhava that shows the whole path of Great Completion starting from the ordinary preliminaries and going all the way through Parting into Sides, Thorough Cut, and Direct Crossing.  It is a particularly beautiful work to read.  The second is the main commentary that is used to clarify Guru Rinpoche’s instructions in that revealed treasure.  It is a commentary written by Karmey Khenpo who is one of the important figures connected with Choggyur Lingpa.

The two texts were translated at the request of Tsoknyi Rinpoche, who gave all the necessary empowerments and instructions to the translator, Lotsawa Tony.  There was another translation available at the time but Tsoknyi Rinpoche felt it was not clear and asked Lotsawa Tony to make new translations of both texts ssying specifically that a clearer and more accurate translations were needed.

You cannot purchase this text unless you have had the empowerments, instructions, and necessary transmissions from a qualified teacher; this will usually be someone in Tulku Ugyen’s family such as Tulku Ugyen, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Chogling Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche, and so on.  Alternatively, you must have had significant instruction in Thorough Cut and Direct Crossing.  If you are in doubt DO NOT purchase the book but write to us first seeking permission to purchase.

If you have a special need for a paper edition of the text, please contact us first.

The book contains translations of the following texts:

	The Treasure Revealed by Choggyur Lingpa: “From The Refined Gold of Great Completion, the Essence of Samantabhadra‘ Enlightened Mind: Wish-Fulfilling Jewel of a Guide to the Meaning, Whose Essence is the Self-Illuminating Mind”
	The Commentary by Karmey Khenpo: “A Profound Guide, Condensed yet Utterly Clear, to Supreme‘ Treasure, “The Essence of Samantabhadra‘ Enlightened Mind””

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Title	A Complete Manual for the Practice of Miyowa Trulkhor In Chogling Tersar
Author	Translations, compositions, and explanations by Tony Duff
Details	40 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$125, available in paper and e-book (PDF) formats
ISBN	978-9937-2-0224-4
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script not included

The Chogling Tersar (New Treasures of Choggyur Lingpa) contains a number of anthologies that come from the treasures revealed by Choggyur Lingpa and which contain the practices of Thrulkhor (postures) and Tsa lung thigle (channels, winds, and drops).  These practices are at the completion stage with signs level.  Of them, the Achala (Tib. miyowa) anthology is particular famous for its effectiveness.  Lama Godi is a highly accomplished yogi of the system.  At his request, Lotsawa Tony translated all of the necessary practice texts and, in addition, some commentaries made by earlier masters of the system.  Lama Godi also asked Lotsawa Tony to write a complete commentary on how to do the preliminaries that go with the main practice.  This commentary was also included in the book, together with a translation of the preliminaries text.

This text is available only to people who have specific permission from one of the senior people of the Chogling system; it can be Lama Godi, Chogling Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche, etc.  Contact Lotsawa Tony by e-mail concerning this text.

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Title	Commentary on the Barchay Kunsel Condensed Preliminaries of the Chogling Tersar
Sub-title	Teachings by Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Author	Translated and compiled by Tony Duff
Details	44 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$15, available in e-book (PDF) format
ISBN	978-9937-2-0224-4
Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script not included

The Chogling Tersar (New Treasures of Choggyur Lingpa) contains a number of anthologies that come from the treasures revealed by Choggyur Lingpa and which contain everything needed for a complete practice from beginning to end of the Vajra Vehicle.  The one most practised these days is the one popularly called “Barchay Kunsel” in Tibetan, Total Dispeller of Obstacles.  It has become very popular because the late Tulku Ugyen taught it extensively.

The Barchay Kunsel is a particularly large anthology and has several texts for doing the preliminary practices: long, middling, and short length forms.  The late Tulku Ugyen, father of the current Tsikay Chogling Rinpoche was asked by his Western students to make an exceptionally short version of the already short version so that they could manage to do it in their busy Western lives.  Tulku Ugyen accomodated their requests by writing a super-condensed version of the short length text.  There was no official commentary on this super-condensed version until one day some students of Tsoknyi Rinpoche came and asked for an explanation of how to do it.  At that time, Tsoknyi Rinpoche asked Lotsawa Tony to translate his explanation and additionally to produce a handbook for people wanting to practice it.  Tsoknyi Rinpoche mentioned that his commentary was applicable to all versions of the Barchey Kunsel preliminaries, regardless of length.

The book starts with Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s commentary.  After that, there is a short introduction to the main practice to be done after the preliminaries are complete, the Great Completion (Tib. Dzogpa Chenpo) practice of the Thorough Cut (Tregcho).  The short introduction is a teaching given by Tsoknyi Rinpoche to some of his students at around the same time.

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Title	Tulku Ugyen’s Guru Yoga and Commentaries on the Practice
Sub-title	Practice text by Tulku Ugyen with two commentaries by Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Author	Translated and compiled by Tony Duff
Details	62 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$15, available in e-book (PDF) format
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Texts	Tibetan texts in Tibetan script included

The late Tulku Ugyen wrote a guru yoga for himself in 1980 at the request of one of his long-time students.  The text is very short but exceptionally profound, incorporating all the elements of Great Completion (Tib. Dzogpa Chenpo) practice.  The text became very important at the time of Tulku Ugyen’s passing when it was practised very extensively by a large number of people.  At that time, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a medium-length commentary on how to do the practice and just after that, a further commentary on the meaning of Thorough Cut.

The book includes the guru yoga in Tibetan script, in transliteration, and in translation to accomodate all needs.  Both Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s commentaries are included following that.  The guru yoga sums up the path of Great Completion so there are many points in the commentary that will be interesting to practitioners of Great Completion in general, quite aside from their application to the guru yoga itself.  The teaching on Thorough Cut will be of interest to all practitioners of Great Completion.

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