Dilgo Khyentse Books

This illustrated biography explores the life of Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro (1893-1959), a prominent Tibetan Buddhist master and key figure in the Rime movement, which promotes the study and practice of all Tibetan Buddhism schools. His extensive teachings and the diverse list of students he influenced highlight his commitment to the Dharma and his ability to transcend sectarian divides. The first half of the volume features informal anecdotes from Chokyi Lodro's teachers, students, friends, and family, compiled by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche and translated into English for the first time. These intimate, humorous stories, accompanied by sixty-one photographs, provide a heartfelt glimpse into the life of this great master, showcasing the challenges he faced during the Chinese occupation of Tibet. The second half includes an English translation of the spiritual biography, or namtar, by Dilgo Khyentse, a close disciple. In recounting the life and liberation of his revered guru, Dilgo Khyentse portrays Chokyi Lodro as a living Buddha and offers a comprehensive guide to the path of enlightenment.

Why is the practice guru yoga (union with the nature of the guru) so important? Because with the help of the outer teacher, the inner teacher (the true nature of our own mind) is discovered. This particular guru yoga is called "The Wish-fulfilling Jewel," and it is the outer practice of the guru from the Longchen Nyingtik revelation of Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa. It was during a summer retreat in France in 1984 that Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche gave teachings on this text. This is a new commentary and not a re-edit of teachings in the book The Wish-fulfilling Jewel.

The Uru Is Like A Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Granting All The Qualities Of Realization, A Father And Mother Giving Their Love Equally To All Sentient Beings, A Great River Of Compassion, A Mountain Rising Above Worldly Concerns Unshaken By The Winds Of Emotion, And A Great Cloud With Rain To Soothe The Torments Of The Passions. In Brief, He Is The Equal Of All The Buddhas. To Make Any Connection With Him, Whether Through Seeing Him, Hearing His Voice, Remembering Him, Or Being Touched By His Hand, Will Lead Us Toward Liberation. To Have Full Confidence In Him Is The Sure Way To Progress Toward Enlightenment. The Warmth Of His Wisdom And Compassion Will Melt The Ore Of Our Being And Release The Gold Of The Buddha-Nature Within. In The Tibetan Buddhist Tradition, Devotion To The Spiritual Master And Complete Confidence In Him Are Considered To Be Indispensable In The Attainment Of Enlightenment. Based On The Teachings Of The Great Eighteenth-Century Saint And Visionary Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa, The Instructions Of Dilgo Khyentse In This Book Focus On The Devotional Practices Of Guru Yoga, Merging With The Mind Of The Guru. His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991) Was A Highly Revered Meditation Master And Scholar Of The Nyingma Lineage Of Tibetan Buddhism. He Is Also Author Of Heart Treasure Of The Enlightened Ones.

This commentary on Padampa Sangye's classic verses of advise to Tibetan villagers of Tingri—by renowned and beloved meditation master Dilgo Khyentse—offers guidance for people trying to lead a dharmic life in the workaday world. These hundred verses, studied for centuries by Tibetans and students of Buddhism, contain a complete survey of the Tibetan Buddhist path. Dilgo Khyentse's lively explication of each stanza brings to light subtleties and amplifies the richness of the words and their pertinence to our lives. These two venerable teachers advise us in relating to everyday difficulties such as loneliness, craving, family squabbles, competition in business, disagreements with neighbors, and betrayal by friends—as challenging to us as they have been to meditators for centuries.

A meditation master illuminates the path trekchö and provides his commentary on the atiyoga dzogchen instructions from the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism The path of trekchö is the way of directly and thoroughly cutting through the misconceptions of samsara to lay bare the primordial purity of the nature of mind. This powerful practice is illuminated by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in his commentary on an essential text based on the atiyoga dzogchen instructions of the outstanding nineteenth-century master Patrul Rinpoche. Three Words That Strike the Vital Point is the famous seminal statement by Garap Dorje that is said to encapsulate all the myriad dzogchen tantras. The key instructions on it by Patrul Rinpoche—the verses known as "The Special Teaching of Khepa Shri Gyalpo"—form the basis for the discourse in Primordial Purity. It explains that in dzogchen, when one has fully recognized that all the confusion of samsara is the expressive power of great emptiness, confusion is spontaneously liberated into the primordial purity of mind’s essential nature. Compassion spontaneously arises, accomplishing the benefit of sentient beings. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche illuminates this beautifully in this profound work, which will inspire students of Buddhism and deepen their experiential appreciation of the teachings.

Through lively anecdotes and stories this highly revered Buddhist meditation master and scholar tells about his life of study, retreat, and teaching. The formative events of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s life, and those insights and experiences that caused him to mature into the warm, brilliant, and highly realized meditation master and teacher he was, are deeply inspiring. The second half of the book comprises recollections by his wife; his grandson, Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche; Tenga Rinpoche; the Queen Mother of Bhutan; and many prominent teachers.

The Life of Shabkar has long been recognized by Tibetans as one of the masterworks of their religious heritage. Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol devoted himself to many years of meditation in solitary retreat after his inspired youth and early training in the province of Amdo under the guidance of several extraordinary Buddhist masters. With determination and courage, he mastered the highest and most esoteric practices of the Tibetan tradition of the Great Perfection. He then wandered far and wide over the Himalayan region expressing his realization. Shabkar's autobiography vividly reflects the values and visionary imagery of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as the social and cultural life of early nineteenth-century Tibet.

The book features the Rimey Lama Chopa, a significant liturgical text by the revered Tibetan Buddhist teacher Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, emphasizing the Eight Chariots Rimey lineages within Vajrayana Buddhism. Celebrating Khyentse's centenary, this edition includes a foreword by his disciple Matthieu Ricard and personal photographs. Compiled by translator Glenn Mullin, it aims to contribute to spiritual literature while supporting charitable efforts through the Karuna-Shechen Foundation, with half of the profits directed to its initiatives in the Himalayas.

The source of activity is the dakini and there are five kinds of activities, peaceful, increasing, magnetizing, subjugating, and the supreme activity. The primary way to perfect these is through dakini practices, and among dakinis, there are the wisdom dakinis, in space, and worldly dakinis. These vast collections of practices can be condensed into those of the three roots, lama, yidam, and dakini. The source of blessings is the lama, the source of accomplishment is the yidam, and the source of activities is the dakinis. The one who carries out the activities for the lama and the yidam is the dakini, in other words, the virtue of blessings and accomplishment is the activity, which is the dakini. Pema Khandro practice connects us with magnetizing practices. And why do we do magnetizing practice? The real essence that needs to be magnetized is not superficial things; it is to magnetize realization of the view, to magnetize the teachings on how to realize the view, to magnetize the meditation and the conduct