Report July 2020

Thanks again to all our patrons and anyone else who has made contributions to the project or has shown interest in any way. In July we have published 6 new texts.

Firstly we have published the feast-offering (tsok) section of the Avalokiteśvara practice of Dukngal Rangdrol written by the First Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer: The Source of Abundant Merit: A Feast-Offering for the Secret Practice of the Great Compassionate One, Natural Liberation of Suffering.

Another major publication for this month is the daily practice of Palchen Düpa compiled by Khyentse Wangpo: The Single Mudrā: A Daily Practice for the Awesome Ones’ Assembly, the Heart Practice of the Awareness-Holders. As far as we know, this is the first ever publication of this profound and important sādhana focusing on the Eight Herukas (Kagye). The unabridged treasure text is currently in it’s final stages and we hope to be able to publish it in the following period. The daily practice contains two practices, as Khyentse Wangpo explains in the colophon:

The first practice is a daily practice for beginners who have not yet done the approach and accomplishment [on retreat]. For those who have completed the approach and accomplishment, and have attained clarity and stability in the generation phase of the main practice, it would be excellent if they were to follow the approach of the body maṇḍala.

Perhaps we should note there that Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo was recognized as the mind incarnation of Jigme Lingpa, and so theses two masters have a profound connection.

Another publication compiled by Khyentse Wangpo belongs to the Queen of Great Bliss cycle: A Glorious Garland of the Two Accomplishments: An Abridged Feast-Offering for the Female Practice of the Ḍākinī. It is specifically written for when one wishes to repeat the feast-offering several times.

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

After the publications of the Daily Palchen Düpa and the short tsok practice, we were very pleased to hear that they were immediately translated into other languages as well, namely Vietnamese and Chinese. We are glad that the benefit of our translations also extends to other languages.

Another major publication this month is Jigme Lingpa’s Elucidating the Body Maṇḍala: Clarifications on the Recitation Manual of the Female Practice of the Queen of Great Bliss. Jigme Lingpa is known to be, among Tibetan authors, one of the most difficult writers out there, and therefore this translation was no easy task.

Our fifth publication is the Descent of Blessings of the Eight Vidyādharas. This brief liturgy for invoking the inspiration power, or blessings, of the eight vidyādharas (rig 'dzin brgyad) of India was extracted from ‘A Precious Casket: A Framework for Accomplishment, from the Ocean-like Assembly of Awesome Ones’, that belongs to Jigme Lingpa’s Palchen Düpa treasure cycle.

Dodrupchen Rinpoche

Our sixth and final publication is a short feast-offering practice for the Queen of Great Bliss: The Lotus Garland: A Short Feast-Offering for the Female Practice of the Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse, written by the current Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tubten Trinle Pal Zangpo, on the request of Khenpo Dawé Özer (1922–1990). Khenpo Da-zer was from Rahor, a branch of Dzogchen monastery and was a student of Pöpa Tulku. The difference with this brief feast-offering practice and the one by Khyentse Wangpo mentioned above is that this is a complete feast-offering practice in and of itself.

We are also slowly expanding our team with more translators and editors so that we can provide more translations and also improve the quality of our translations by having several people work on them together. Needless to say, all of this takes time and money, and we are still looking for more patrons to support the project. Please support us through Patreon or Paypal.

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