A translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, with a commentary by Lama Tharchin and Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, and an appendix that critically examines the original translation by Evans-Wentz.

This book is based on meditation seminars of Lama Vajranatha given in Europe over the past years. The appendix provides an interlinear translation of the text of “The Rainfall of Blessings,” by Mipham Rinpoche, together with the accompanying Ganapuja practice.

Lopon Tenzin Namdak compares the Dzogchen view with the views of Madhyamaka, Chittamatra, Tantra and Mahamudra, indicating the similarities and the differences among them.

Article explores how the development of Buddhism in Tibet was influenced by the Mahasiddha tradition that evolved in Northern India in the early Medieval Period (3-13 cen. CE).

This excerpt from The Golden Letters contains an exposition of the four kinds of Buddhist teaching prevalent in Tibet in the 8-9 cen. CE.

The historical origin of the Dzogchen meditation teachings and the relationship of Dzogchen meditation to certain other Buddhist teachings and traditions, such as Yogachara and Ch’an or Zen, has puzzled scholars not only in the West, but in Tibet itself.

Here is a preliminary survey of the Bonpo tradition of Dzogchen meditation known as the Zhang-zhung Nyan-gyud. This Bonpo tradition is especially important for research into the historical origins of Dzogchen meditation.

Explores ancient shamanism through the lens of the pre-Buddhist spiritual and religious culture of Tibet known as Bon, the practitioners of shamanic techniques of ecstasy and ritual magic.

Article looks at how Tibetan culture and religious tradition approaches the existential fact of our mortality.

This core Buddhist teaching directly introduces the meditation practitioner to the Nature of Mind, or innate Buddha-nature, which has been there from the very beginning.