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Christian Charrier

Christian Charrier holds a Masters degree in English and a diploma in psycholinguistics. He was a translator for Geshe Tengye in France, and he completed a three-year retreat under Lama Gendun Rinpoche in le Bost, France. He has been a translation consultant for Tsadra Foundation from 2002–2003 and has been a Tsadra Foundation Fellow since 2004.

Current Projects as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow:
1) sKabs gsum pa: gSang sngags rdo rje theg pa'i sgom rim rgyud gtso bor byed pa sphyir bstan pa'i skabs, vol. 8.3 of the TOK and vol. 5 in the French series. Provisional title: La Pratique des tantras, Padmakara. 2) Le Fruit final: mThar phyin 'bras bu'i rang bzhin rim par phye ba, vol. 10 of the TOK / vol. 6 in the French series. By Jamgön Kongtrul. 3) DNZ in French: gDams ngag rin po che’i mdzod Volume 14: Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance. Length of text to be translated: 646 pages

Completed Projects as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow:

• Marpa, maître de Milarépa, sa vie, ses chants, Tsang Nyeun Hérouka
• Vie de Jamgœun Kongtrul, écrite par lui-même, Jamgön Kongtrul
• L’Ondée de sagesse, Chants de la lignée Kagyu, Karmapa Mikyeu Dorje, Tènpai Nyinjé
• Rayons de lune, Les étapes de la méditation du Mahamudra, Dakpo Tashi Namgyal
• Au Coeur du ciel Vol I and II, Pawo Rinpoche, the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje (from the English translation by Karl Brunnhölzl – The Centre of the Sunlit Sky)
• Lumière de diamant, de Dakpo Tashi Namgyal
• Mémoires: La Vie et l’œuvre de Jamgön Kongtrul, by Jamgön Kongtrul, new edition
• Traité de la Continuité suprême du Grand Véhicule - Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra, avec le commentaire de Jamgön Kongtrul Lodreu Thayé L'Incontestable Rugissement du lion. Plazac: Éditions Padmakara, 2019.
• Les Systèmes Philosophiques Bouddhistes, Trésor de Connaissances - volume 1 (TOK in French). Éditions Padmakara, 2020. Jamgön Kongtrul.
• Les Tantras bouddhistes, Trésor de Connaissances - volume 2 (TOK in French). Éditions Padmakara, 2022. Jamgön Kongtrul.
• Les Instructions cruciales Trésor de Connaissances - volume 3 (TOK in French). Éditions Padmakara. Jamgön Kongtrul.
• Les Terres et les voies, Trésor de Connaissances - volume 4 (TOK in French). Éditions Padmakara, 2024. Jamgön Kongtrul.

Previously Published Translations:

• Kalachakra, Dalai Lama
• La Roue aux lames acérées, Dharmarakshita, commentary by Geshé Tengyé
• La Voie progressive vers l’éveil, Jé Tsong Khapa (Source: Tsadra.org)

Affiliations & relations

• Tsadra Foundation · workplace affiliation
• Geshe Tengye · teacher
• Lama Gendun Rinpoche · teacher

DNZ - The Treasury of Precious Instructions Cataloging Project: Tsadra Foundation's Treasury of Precious Instructions cataloging project includes the full text of all eighteen volumes of the Shechen Publications edition of Jamgon Kongtrul's gdams ngag rin po che'i mdzod. http://dnz.tsadra.org/

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These are the root verses of the Uttaratantra attributed to Maitreya by the Tibetan tradition.

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Kālacakra - Can refer to either the Kālacakra Tantra and its derivative texts or to the systematic tantric tradition based on these texts, as well as the deity Kālacakra upon which the associated practices are centered. Skt. कालचक्र Tib. དུས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ། Ch. 時輪

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