About the Sources

Sources are listed by translator. This is unusual, but translations are being compared here, not source texts. At some point, I might provide a bibliography in standard order, but for now such an apparatus seems beside the point. Links are to current publishers when available, though I sometimes have (and list) an older edition and/or an edition from a different publisher.

Listing of Sources

Alphabetical by translator

Barron, Richard (Chökyi Nyima)

• Buddhahood Without Meditation, A Visionary Account Known as Refining Apparent Phenomena (Nang-jang) by Dudjom Lingpa, 1994
• The Precious Treasury of Philosophical Systems (grub mtha’ rin po che’i mdzod) by Longchen Rabjam, 2007
• The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding (gnas lugs rin po che’i mdzod ces bya ba) and The Exposition of the Quintessential Meaning of the Three Categories, A Commentary on the Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding (sde gsum snying po’i don ‘grel gnas lugs rin po che’i mdzod ces bya ba’i ‘grel pa), by Longchen Rabjam, 1998
• A Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmissions, A Commentary on The Precious Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena (chos dbyhings rin po che’i mdzod ces bya ba’i ‘grel pa) by Longchen Rabjam, 1994

Bodhi, Bhikkhu

• The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, A Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, 2001

Bodhi, Bhikkhu and Nanamoli, Bhikkhu

• The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, 2000

Brunnhölzl, Karl

• Groundless Paths: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Nyingma Tradition, 2012
• The Heart Attack Sutra: A New Commentary on the Heart Sūtra, 2012
• A Lullaby to Awaken the Heart: The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra and Its Tibetan Commentaries, 2018

Coleman, Graham

• A Handbook of Tibetan Culture: A Guide to Tibetan Centres and Resources throughout the World, 1994

Cozort, Daniel

Unique Tenets of the Middle Way Consequence School, 1998

Dorje, Gyurme

• The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Books 15 to 17, The Essential Tantras of Mahayoga, Volume Two (This volume has the glossary for the entire set), 2016
• The Tibetan Book of the Dead, First Complete Translation: The Great Liberation by Hearing in the Intermediate States by Padmasambhava, Revealed by Karma Lingpa, 2007

Dorje, Gyurme and Kapstein, Matthew

The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism by Dudjom Rinpoche, 1991

Dowman, Keith

• The Flight of the Garuda, Teachings of the Dzogchen Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, 1994
• Masters of Mahamudra: Songs and Histories of the Eighty-Four Buddhist Siddhas, 1985
• The Yeshe Lama, Jigme Linpa’s Dzogchen Ati Yoga Manual, by Jigme Lingpa, 2014

Duff, Lama Tony

• The Feature of the Expert, Glorious King: Teaching on the Three Lines that Strike the Key Points, root text and commentary by Dza Patrul (Patrul Rinpoche), 2008
• Five-Part Mahamudra with Elegant Commentary by Drukchen Padma Karpo, 2008, Kindle Edition 2008
• Flight ,of the Garuda: A Complete Explanation of Thorough Cut by Zhabkar (Shabkar), 2011
• Gampopa Teaches Essence Mahamudra: Interviews with His Heart Disciples, 2011
• “A Lamp for the Path of the Middle Way”, A Bitwise Commentary on Entering the Conduct by Drukchen Padma Kaerpo (detailed commentary on Shantideva’s Bodhicharyavatara), 2013
• Maitreya’s Sutras and Prayer with Commentary by Padma Karpo, 2013
• A Practical Guide to the Great Vehicle View, the Two Truths Fully Clarified: Teachings of Dza Patrul, 2014
• The Sutra Petitioned by the Housholder Uncouth: A Teaching of the Buddha Showing All-Knowing Wisdom and the Householder’s Way, 2013
• The View and Practice of Quintessential Dzogchen: Three Rare Texts on Nyingthig Dzogchen from Dza Patrul’s Collected Works, 2018
• Way of the Realized old Dogs: Advice that Points Out the Essence of Mind Called “A Lamp that Dispels Darkness” by Ju Mipham Namgyal, 2012

Francesca Fremantle and Chögyam Trungpa

• The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Bardo, 1987

Hopkins, Jeffrey

Meditation on Emptiness, 1996

ITCKC – International Translation Committee of Kunkhyab Choling

Myriad Worlds: Buddhist Cosmology in Abhidharma, Kalacakra and Dzog-chen by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, 1995

Jinpa, Geshe Thupten and Barron, Richard (Chökyi Nyima)

• Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, 2000

Kornman, Robert; Sangye Khandro, and Lama Chönam

• The Epic of Gesar of Ling: Gesar’s Magical Birth, Early Years, and Coronation as King, 2015

Kungsang, Erik Pema

• The Bardo Guidebook by Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, 1991
• Empowerment and the Path of Liberation by Tsele Natsok Rangdröl, 1993-a
• The Lotus-Born: The Life Story of Padmasambhava by Yeshe Tsogyal, Revealed by Nyang Ral Nyima Öser, 1993-b
• The Mirror of Mindfulness: The Cycle of the Four Bardos by Tsele Natsok Rangdröl, 1993-c
• The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen: A Commentary on the Quintessence of Spiritual Practice, The Direct Instructions of the Great Compassionate One by Karma Chagmey Rinpoche by Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, 1994

Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee

• The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Lam Rim Chen Mo, by Tsong-kha-pa, 2000

Norbu, Thinley

• White Sail, Crossing the Waves of Ocean Mind to the Serene Continent of the Triple Gems, by Thinley Norbu, 1992

Padmakara Translation Group

• Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book 1, A Commentary on the Root Text of Jigme Lingpa by Longchen Yeshe Dorje, Kangyur Rinpoche, 2001
• Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book 2: Vajrayana and the Great Perfection, Commentary on the Root Text of Jigme Lingpa by Longchen Yeshe Dorje, Kangyur Rinpoche, 2013
• Words of My Perfect Teacher, kunzang lama’i shelung, by Patrul Rinpoche (Dza Patrul), 1994
• Zurchungpa’s Testament, A Commentary on Zurchung Sherab Trakpa’s Eighty Chapters of Personal Advice by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Based on Shechen Gyaltsap’s Annotated Edition, 2006

Perdue, Daniel E.

• Debate in Tibetan Buddhism, 1992

Pettit, John Whitney

• Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty Illuminating the View of Dzogchen, The Great Perfection, 1999

Ponlop, Dzogchen

• Mind Beyond Death, 2006-a
• Penetrating Wisdom, The Aspiration of Samantabhadra, 2006-b

Powers, John

• Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, 1995

Reynolds, John Myrdhin

• Self-Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness, Being an Introduction to the Nature of One’s Own Mind from The Profound Teaching of Self-Liberation in the Primordial State of the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities, A Terma Text of Guru Padmasambhava Expounding the View of Dzogchen, ediscovered by Rigdzin Karma Lingpa, 1989

Rhoton, Jared

• The Three Levels of Spiritual Perception, A Commentary on the Three Visions, by Deshung Rinpoche

Smith, Malcolm

• Buddhahood in this Life: The Great Commentary by Vimalamitra, 2016

Thurman, Robert

• The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Liberation Through Understanding in the Between, 1994

Tsewang, Lopon Sonam and Amtzis, Judith

• The All-Pervading Melodious Sound of Thunder: The Outer Liberation Story of Terton Migyur Dorje, 2008

Wallace, B. Alan

• Heart of the Great Perfection: Dudjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfection, Volumes 1 – 3, 2015
• Natrural Liberation: Padmasamhava’s Teachings on the Six Bardos, Commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche, 1998

Walshe, Maurice

• The Long Discourses of the Buddha, A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya, 1995