Teachings and Texts

Rinpoche's writings

An illustration of an open book of scripture beneath a dharma wheel, framed by lotuses
The teachings — an illustration in the thangka style

Rinpoche's teachings, practices and scholarship, free to read and download.

Upadesha I: Distilling the Quintessential Nectar of Rigpa

Meeting the Lama's Mind in Non-dual Union · Nyönpa Publishing, 2022 · also in hardcover and paperback

A concise upadesha: a simple yet profound guide for vajrayana practitioners preparing to receive dharma teachings, oral transmission and empowerments, and a support for daily sadhana practice and for retreat.

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The Spontaneous Refuge and Bodhichitta Practice that Tames the Windhorse Through Natural Splendor

A sadhana, compiled from Rinpoche's Lungta Zilgnon

The outer, inner and secret refuge of the Mahasiddha Thangtong Gyalpo, the four immeasurable wishes, the six paramitas, and the visualization of Chenrezig.

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Sadhanas and daily practice book

Rinpoche's book of sadhanas and daily practices

Daily practices for general use by students of Rinpoche's Foundations of Vajrayana for Western Students course.

An Extremely Abbreviated Overview of the Teachings of Refuge, Bodhichitta, and Dedicating the Merit

The Simple Path of the Gomchen · quintessentialized from Lungta Zilgnon (1994)

The Four Noble Truths, the three types of faith and of refuge, the four thoughts that turn the mind, the four immeasurable wishes, and the dedication of merit.

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Parmenides on Physis: The Proem

A translation of the ancient Greek to liturgical Tibetan · 1997 · presented at the 17th annual Society of Phenomenology and Media, 2015

Rinpoche's paper comparing the living oral tradition of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism with the ancient Greek tradition, with his line-by-line Tibetan translation of the Proem.

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The Legend of the Great Stupa

Adapted for the screen by Ngakchang Yeshe Namgyal Dorje Rinpoche and Changchub Trime Pema Wangchuk · the teaser

The opening of the screenplay of the animated film, from the legend told by Guru Padmasambhava and the Wisdom Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal.

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In preparation

Rinpoche is working very hard on writing a new cycle of teachings for Foundations of Vajrayana for Westerners.

We are working to digitize Rinpoche's book of Dohas as well as a small book of aphorisms and a guidebook for Western students.

Rinpoche's books

Prayers of the sangha

Long life and aspiration prayers of the Do Ngak Dzong Sangha, and a liturgy of offering.

Sangha prayers

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