Patrick Carré

Masters and Ph.D. in Chinese (honorable mention) Paris VII; completed a three-year retreat with Pema Wangyal Rinpoché, 1981–1983; poet and author; former director of “Trésors du bouddhisme” collection at Éditions Fayard; member of Padmakara Translation Group. Tsadra Foundation fellow since 2002.

Current Projects as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow
  • Le Trésor de précieuses qualitiés, Book II, by Jigme Lingpa, commentary Kangyour Rinpoche
Completed Projects as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow
  • Une Lampe sur la chemin de la libération, Dudjom Rinpoche
  • Soûtra de l’Entrée dans la dimension absolue, Gandavyuha sûtra

Previously Published Translations as a member of l’Association Padmakara, grantee of Tsadra Foundation
  • Petites instructions essentielles, Dudjom Rinpoche
  • Perles d’ambroisie, (3 vols.), Kunzang Palden (with Christian Bruyat)
  • Bodhicaryavatara, La Marche vers l’Éveil, Shantideva (with Christian Bruyat)
  • Les Stances fondamentales de la Voie médiane, Mûlamadhyamakakârikâ, Nagarjuna
  • Le Trésor de précieuses qualités, Jigmé Lingpa, commentary by Longchen Yéshé Dorjé Kangyour Rinpoche (with Gwénola le Serrec)
  • Le Lotus blanc, Explication détaillée de la Prière en Sept Vers de Gourou Rinpoche, Mipham Namgyal (trans. Patrick Carré)
  • Les Cent conseils de Padampa Sangyé, Dilgo Khyentse (trans. from English)
  • Mahasiddhas, La vie de 84 sages de l’Inde, Abhayadatta (with Christian Bruyat)
  • Les Larmes du bodhisattva, Enseignements bouddhistes sur la consommation de chair animale, Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol (from the English translation by Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher, trans. with Kim-Anh Lim and Vincent Horeau)
  • Au coeur de la compassion, Gyalsé Thogmé Zangpo, commentary by Dilgo Khyentse (with Kim-Anh Lim)