Author: Marcus Perman

  • Karmapa Bibliography

    Karmapa Bibliography

    A friend of mine, Charles Manson of Harvard and Oxford University, is creating a list of all works attributed to each of the Karmapas. At the moment he has done little more than collect what is available via TBRC, but he plans to create a website with information as he gathers more. His studies are focused on Karma Pakshi’s life and philosophy, references for སྐུ་གསུམ་ངོ་སྤྲོད་ (about which Mikyo Dorje wrote 4 volumes) and the beginning of the Mahakala Bernagchen tradition in the Kagyu lineage. if you are interested in any of his projects, or want to add to his list of works by the Karmapa’s, you can email him at : charles.manson@orinst.ox.ac.uk

    ~Marcus

  • 6th Annual Symposium on Buddhist Studies

    6th Annual Symposium on Buddhist Studies

    http://www.shedrub.org/news.php?nid=40

    There are four interesting videos on translation on the page above: one talk from John Dunne, one from Sara McClintock, one from Tom Tillemans, and another from Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche.

    Enjoy!

    Andreas Doctor and all the staff at Kathmandu University’s Centre for Buddhist Studies have been very busy so if you would like more information you can take a look at:

    ryi.blogspot.com

    www.cbs.edu.np

    www.shedra.org

    Or contact me, Marcus@tsadra.org, if you want more information or if you would like to talk with Andreas, the director of studies at the Center for Buddhist Studies in Kathmandu.

  • Query About Jetsun Milarepa Instruction on Bardo

    Query About Jetsun Milarepa Instruction on Bardo

    I have come across a passage which reads:

    རྗེ་བཙུན་མི་ལའི་གསུང་བགྲོས་བར་དོའི་དྲིས་ལན་གྱི་སྐོར།

    I have only read portions of Jetsun Milarepa’s biography and songs. Does anyone know of a source text that this phrase might be referring to?

    Thanks,

  • Text IDs Needed

    If anyone has any information on these texts in sgyu ma lam rim ‘grel pa that are not yet found other than what is mentioned here, I’d appreciate any leads.

    Sutras

    Questions of Four Girls (Bu mo bzhis zhus pa) x1

    >>> text not identified. Checked Lha mo bzhis yongs su zhus pa and Bu mo zhus pa from Kun brtsegs (KT checked)

    The Questions of Lodro Jungné Sutra (blo gros ‘byung gnas kyis zhus pa’i mdo) x2

    >>> text not identified. Someone named Matyākara mentioned in Bu‑ston, Yogatantra, p. 126.4, 127.1, but I don’t have access to this text. (KT read Blo gros rab gnas zhus pa’i mdo, not found there, also not all kun mchog tshegs pa, phal poche, mdo sde).

    Stainless Essence Sutra (Dri med snying po’i mdo) x1

    >>> text not identified. Searched in ‘Phags pa dri ma med par grags pas bstan pa

    Sutra of Teaching the Unimaginable (bsam gyis mi khyab pa bstan pa’i mdo) x3

    >>> not found in D. 47 ‘phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa’i gsang ba bsam gyis mi khyab pa bstan pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo; or in ‘phags pa sangs rgyas kyi yul bsam gyis mi khyab pa bstan pa (D 79) (KT) searched ‘phags pa sangs rgyas gyi yul bsam gyis mi khyab par bstan pa vol. ca

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  • Dakpo Tashi Namgyal

    Dakpo Tashi Namgyal

    Christianc wrote : I have found this drawing which says Dakpo Panchen Tashi Namgyal but to me he looks very much like Gampopa. Is it intentional as he was the holder of Dakla Gampo seat ? What is your impression ?

    By the way, if you happen to read, hear, see or know of any biographical information (or picture) about the author of the ‘Od zer skor gsum, would you kindly let me know ? Thanks.

  • Those basic buddha-nature terms…

    Those basic buddha-nature terms…

    John says: As threatened in my speech last week, I’m posting the following little list of very basic terms for which I’d really like to find a coherent set of English words to use in the context of the buddha-nature teachings. I have included a few common renderings and some random jottings, and would be most grateful for any suggestions (even negative ones) or other forms of input: clues, references, definitions, whatever. Thanks!

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  • Tsadra Fellows: Another Photo

    Tsadra Fellows: Another Photo

    slightly less blurry ?

  • Hommage à Mañjushrî

    Hommage à Mañjushrî

    Tashima

    Louange à Mañjushrî

    Om

    Immuable source de bonheur sont les Trois Joyaux
    Dont tu émanes et rejaillis
    Comme « Refuge sacré, digne refuge,
    « Suprêmement glorieux Douce Gloire. »

    Tu danses tes danses de fantasmagorie
    Selon les perceptions des êtres des espaces et des temps,
    Mais l’examen révèle que tu ne te fixes
    Dans aucun objet intelligible, et je te rends hommage.

    Tu es la plus paisible des déités paisibles,
    Douce Gloire au comble de l’absence de misère,
    Ton corps de grande compassion emplit l’espace :
    Hommage à toi qui joues comme un enfant !

    Tu es la plus terrible des déités terribles,
    Bourreau de la Mort, à tout tu mets un terme
    En avalant le devenir et la paix dans la Dimension :
    Hommage à toi, suprême ennemi du temps !

    Ton corps adamantin, où l’apparence est inséparable de la vacuité,
    Incarne la sagesse de tous les Vainqueurs,
    Perfection de Toujours, omniprésent seigneur,
    Diamant de Douce Gloire, hommage à toi !

    Par le mérite de ces hommages et louanges
    Puissent les lumières de la sagesse de Douce Gloire
    Rafraîchir le lotus de notre cœur
    Jusqu’au cœur de l’Eveil !

    Lama Mipham
  • Learning Tibetan in India / Nepal / Tibet

    Learning Tibetan in India / Nepal / Tibet

    Question from John: Do any of you have information that might be useful for a young friend, likely to end up as a Padmakara translator, who has been advised by the lamas to go and study more Tibetan in India or Nepal? He is French but almost bilingually English, and has already done 2 years’ Tibetan in Paris.