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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Translations by Patrick Gaffney

Translators Patrick Gaffney

English (5)

Patrick Gaffney was a co-editor of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying and has edited two books by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection, and Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection. As a translator, he worked on the bodhicitta chapter of Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang's A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher (Shambhala, 2004).

Texts translated into English by Patrick Gaffney

Alak Zenkar Rinpoche

by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
Alak Zenkar Rinpoche offers a concise account of the extraordinary life and teaching career of Dza Patrul Orgyen Jigme Chökyi Wangpo (1808–1887), one of the most influential Tibetan masters of the nineteenth century. The biography has been reprinted a number of times since it was first published in the 1980s, and is included in most recent editions of Patrul's most famous work, Kun bzang bla ma'i zhal lung.
11 Aug 2006

Dudjom Rinpoche

by Dudjom Rinpoche
In this commentary on the famous prayer to Guru Padmasambhava popularly known as Dü Sum Sangye (referred to here as the Vajra Verses Prayer) Dudjom Rinpoche explains the outer, inner and secret significance of every line.
20 Mar 2015

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This is a complete set of practices, including taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, visualization, invocation, seven-branch offering, heartfelt prayer—addressed to Guru Padmasambhava, his various manifestations and twenty-five disciples—mantra recitation, and dissolution.
30 May 2013

Nāgārjuna

by Nāgārjuna
This is the version of Dvādaśakārastotra found in the Tengyur (Toh 1135). The text, which is attributed to Nāgārjuna, is a praise of the twelve great deeds performed by the Buddha Śākyamuni.

Trulshik Rinpoche

by Trulshik Rinpoche
Written to coincide with Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to Lerab Gar in France in 2000, this short text pays tribute to His Holiness's qualities and achievements in this and previous lifetimes.
5 Jul 2018

Patrick Gaffney

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