Tsadra Foundation Series

Snow Lion, imprint of Shambhala Publications

The Tsadra Foundation Series is a collection of Tibetan Buddhist texts from different traditions for which both the translation and publication have been sponsored by the Foundation.

Sponsorship of Translation and Printing

• Sacred Ground: Jamgön Kongtrul on Pilgrimage and Sacred Geography, Jamgön Kongtrul (trans. Hugh Thompson / Ngawang Zangpo)
• Guru Rinpoche: His Life and Times, Taranatha, Jamgön Kongtrul, and Sera Khandro (trans. Ngawang Zangpo)
• The Autobiography of Jamgön Kongtrul, Jamgön Kongtrul (trans. Richard Barron)
• Machik’s Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of Chöd, Machik Lapdrön (trans. Sarah Harding)
• Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters, compiled by Jamgön Kongtrul (trans. Ngawang Zangpo)
• Wisdom Nectar: Dudjom Rinpoche’s Heart Advice, Dudjom Rinpoche (trans. Ron Garry)
• King of the Empty Plain: The Tibetan Iron-Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo, Lochen Gyurmé Dechen (trans. Cyrus Stearns)
• The Inner Science of Buddhist Practice: Vasubandhu’s “Summary of the Five Heaps” with Commentary by Sthiramati (trans. Artemus B. Engle)
• The Buddha from Dölpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, rev. ed. (Cyrus Stearns)
• Niguma: Lady of Illusion (trans. Sarah Harding)
• Gone Beyond: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, “The Ornament of Clear Realization,” and its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyü Tradition (vol. 1 & 2), Maitreya, commentaries by the Fifth Shamarpa and the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje (trans. Karl Brunnhölzl)
• Groundless Paths: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, “The Ornament of Clear Realization,” and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Nyingma Tradition (trans. Karl Brunnhölzl)
• Mining for Wisdom Within Delusion, Maitreya’s Distinction between Phenomena and the Nature of Phenomena and its Indian and Tibetan Commentaries (trans. Karl Brunnhölzl)
• Treasury of Esoteric Instructions, Lama Dampa Sonam Gyaltsen, (Restricted title) (trans. Cyrus Stearns)
• Butön’s History of Buddhism and Its Spread to India, (trans. Ngawang Zangpo)
• Refining Our Perception of Reality: Sera Khandro’s Commentary on Dudjom Lingpa’s Account of His Visionary Journey, Sera Khandro (trans. Ngawang Zangpo)
• Wondrous Dance of Illusion, the Autobiography of Khenpo Ngawang Palzang (trans. Heidi L. Nevin and J. Jakob Leschly)
• The Profound Inner Principles, Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, with commentary by Jamgön Kongtrul, (2015, trans. Elizabeth Callahan)
• When Clouds Part, the Uttaratantra and Its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sutra and Tantra, (2014, trans. Karl Brunnhölzl)
• The Bodhisattva Path to Unsurpassed Enlightenment: A Complete Translation of the Bodhisattvabhumi, (2016, trans. Artemus Engle)
• A Compendium of the Mahāyāna: Asaṅga’s Mahāyānasaṃgraha and Its Indian and Tibetan Commentaries, Asanga, (2019, trans. Karl Brunnhölzl)
• Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā with Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance (2019, trans. Elizabeth Callahan)
• The Emanated Scripture of Manjushri: Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol’s Meditation Instructions (2019, trans. Sean Price)
• Guhyasamāja Practice in the Ārya Nāgārjuna System. Vol. 1, The Generation Stage. By Gyumé Khensur Lobsang Jampa (2019 trans. Art Engle)