Lama Chonam and Sangye Khandro: Longchenpa's Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu

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Lama Chonam and Sangye Khandro
Book Launch: Longchenpa's Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu
29 June 2024 · 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
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Book Launch: Longchenpa's Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu
29 June 2024 · 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

Join us in celebration of a long-awaited translation of Longchenpa's masterpiece, the Choying Dzöd (ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མཛོད།). Lama Chonam and Sangye Khandro will speak with Karma Phuntsho about their new publication, a translation of an extremely important Dzogchen text by the great Longchen Rabjam called the Choying Dzöd, or Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu. This special translation was refined by the translators after years of oral teachings given by Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche on this important text. Longchen Rabjam composed the Seven Treasures as his crowning achievement, and the Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu is the pinnacle of them all. This astonishing masterpiece sets forth the structure and practice of the Great Perfection path known as trekcho, cutting through to original purity. This publication also includes the Omniscient Longchenpa's autocommentary called A Treasury of Citations, which is an indispensable guide to the root verses that are woven throughout this shastra, to illuminate how they refer to the context of the ground, path, and fruition, as well as the view, meditation and conduct of this exceptional Great Perfection path. True to the title, this commentary disseminates the most crucial information by citing the original speech of Buddha Vajradhara found in the seventeen Great Perfection upadesha tantras, as well as including many quotations from the sutras, tantras, and shastras in general. Lama Chonam Sangye Khandro prayerwheels Official.png

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Sangye Khandro
Sangye Khandro became a practicing Buddhist in 1972 and a translator of the dharma in 1976. Under the guidance of her root masters Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche and Sangyum Kusho, together with Gyatrul Rinpoche, she established dharma centers in the United States and Mexico. She has been a translator for many prominent masters and is now an accomplished teacher. Sangye was the spiritual companion of the Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche for over thirty years, studied with and translated for Kyabjé Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, and has been the principal translator for Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche since 1996. Sangye Khandro is one of the founders of Light of Berotsana and translates classical Tibetan literature into English.(Source:Light of Berotsana Official Communication, June 14, 2024.)
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Klong chen pa
Also known as Klong chen pa (Longchenpa). An esteemed master and scholar of the Rnying ma sect of Tibetan Buddhism known especially for his promulgation of rdogs chen. Klong chen pa is believed to be the direct reincarnation of Padma las 'brel rtsal, who revealed the Rdzogs chen snying thig, and also of Padma gsal, who first received those teachings from the Indian master Padmasambhava. Born in the central region of G.yo ru (Yoru), he received ordination at the age of twelve. At nineteen, he entered Gsang phu ne'u thog monastery where he engaged in a wide range of studies, including philosophy, numerous systems of sūtra and tantra, and the traditional Buddhist sciences, including grammar and poetics. Having trained under masters as diverse as the abbots of Gsang phu ne'u thog and the third Karma pa, Rang 'byung rdo rje, he achieved great scholarly mastery of numerous traditions, including the Rnying ma, Sa skya, and Bka' brgyud sects. However, Klong chen pa quickly became disillusioned at the arrogance and pretention of many scholars of his day, and in his mid-twenties gave up the monastery to pursue the life of a wandering ascetic. At twenty-nine, he met the great yogin Kumārarāja at Bsam yas monastery, who accepted him as a disciple and transmitted the three classes of rdzogs chen (rdzogs chen sde gsum), a corpus of materials that would become a fundamental part of Klong chen pa's later writings and teaching career . . . Among the most important and well-known works in Klong chen pa's extensive literary corpus are his redaction of the meditation and ritual manuals of the heart essence (Snying thig), composed mainly in the hermitage of Gangs ri thod dkar. Other important works include his exegesis on the theory and practice of rdzogs chen, such as the Mdzod bdun (“seven treasuries”) and the Ngal gso skor gsum (“Trilogy on Rest”). (Source: “Klong chen rab 'byams.” In The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, 439. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.)
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