Dilgo Khyentse Tashi Peljor Bücher

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.

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 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.

Dispeller of Obstacles is the first in a new series that will include video, audio, photos, and commentaries to support practice and is the heart essence of the accomplished 9th-century master Padmasambhava. This hidden treasure is a revelation with a rich history that is explained in the book. In addition to the root text and classical commentaries by Chokgyur Lingpa and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, the treasure-revealers themselves, there are also explanations by modern-day masters such as Tulku Urgyen and Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoches. This extensive cycle contains teachings and practices for the preliminaries up to and including Dzogchen. Linking to a fresh treasure has the power to imbue us with hot and juicy blessings that invigorate our being and generate devotion and joy. Just as we prefer to have fresh food, these treasure teachings are endowed with a very special quality that has not been interpolated by anyone else, but has come directly from Padmasambhava by means of one of his disciples appearing as a present-day incarnation. The teaching is then spread to people for their immediate practice.

The vow to perfect oneself in order to perfect others is called the thought of enlightenment or bodhichitta. This implies that every single action word or thought even the most trivial is dedicated to the good of all beings. To accomplish the good of others, we must first perfect ourselves by purifying and transforming our minds. This is the aim of what we call the preliminary practices, which establish the foundations of all spiritual progress. In this book, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche explains a key practice text composed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892) on the Vajrayana preliminaries: taking refuge, generating the thought of achieving enlightenment for the sake of all beings, performing the meditation, and recitation of Vajrasattva to remove hindrances on the path to enlightenment, offering the mandala to accumulate merit and wisdom, and developing proper reliance on a spiritual teacher. Clear, direct, and personal, these instructions illuminate the heart of Vajrayana practice. Included here are the Tibetan text as well as the mantras and prayers commonly recited in conjunction with this practice.

Since its initial publication, Dharma Paths has quietly gained a reputation as one of the most useful introductory texts on Tibetan Buddhism. Assuming no prior background or knowledge of Buddhist terminology, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche presents Buddhist ways of working with anxiety and frustration, the nature and development of love and compassion, and the profound methods of the vajrayana. The Four Noble Truths, taking refuge, and the Stages of the Path are concisely explained, and clear instructions for shamatha ("calm abiding") meditation are provided. Question-and-answer sections follow each chapter, anticipating common problems and addressing them in a direct, accessible style.