The Friends of the Tibetan Library was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1982 to collect, preserve and translate ancient and modern Tibetan texts for the purpose of education in the Vajrayana tradition and to establish an official repository for the safekeeping of these widely esteemed and rare books. After twelve hundred years of development in Tibet, the rich, vast reservoir of knowledge and wisdom contained in these Vajrayana texts and commentaries was threatened when Tibetans fled their homeland in 1959. Like Chagdud Gonpa Foundation, The Friends of the Tibetan Library is part of a worldwide effort to preserve what remains of these precious Vajrayana teachings.
The Library has recently moved from Eugene, Oregon to Rigdzin Ling and holds some of the most important collections of texts in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. These texts address all levels of teaching in Mahayana, Vajrayana and Great Perfection. The Kangyur (Translated Word), in over one hundred volumes, comprises those teachings held in the Tibetan schools of Buddhism to be the authoritative words of the Buddha–the sutras (including the Prajnaparamita or Perfection of Wisdom), tantras, metaphysics, codes of discipline and so forth. The companion collection, the Tangyur (Translated Commentaries), holds two hundred and three volumes of commentaries and other works based upon the texts in the Kangyur. The Library's copies were printed from the Derge edition, considered by eastern and western scholars alike to be one of the finest ever produced in Tibet.
In addition, the Library includes two enormous collections of Nyingma teachings. The Rinchen Terdzod (Treasury of Riches), compiled by Jamgon Kongtrul the Great in the last century, contains the root texts and commentaries on all of the major terma cycles (hidden by Padmasambhava and his close disciples and revealed in later times). The Kama (Oral Transmissions) collection, in forty volumes, consists of those Nyingma teachings which have been passed down in an unbroken historical lineage from the time of Padmasambhava.
The Tibetan Library has also acquired the collected works of several major figures in Nyingma thought: Zhechen Gyaltsab, Mipam Rinpoche (who lived from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century) and the late Dudjom Rinpoche. There is also a large terma cycle entitled the Lama Gongdu, which was revealed by Sang Gyay Lingpa, the first terton of Tibet.
Of these texts, the Tangyur, the Collected works of Zhechen Gyaltsab and the Kama collection were acquired since the Library moved to Rigdzin Ling. The Library is currently raising funds for the purchase of the Nyingma Gyudbum ("One Hundred Thousand Nyingma Tantras"), the thirty-six volume definitive collection of the tantras of the mahayoga, anuyoga and atiyoga vehicles in the Nyingma school.
Your support of the Tibetan Library's efforts is crucial to the continued acquisition and translation of these incomparable works. There are a variety of memberships available including gift membership, all of which are tax-deductible and offer members access to these texts and other related English language books.
For further information, contact Marilyn Montgomery, Friends of the Tibetan Library, P.O. Box 387, Junction City, CA 96048, (916) 623-2714.
The Friends of the Tibetan Library was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1982 to collect, preserve and translate ancient and modern Tibetan texts for the purpose of education in the Vajrayana tradition and to establish an official repository for the safekeeping of these widely esteemed and rare books. After twelve hundred years of development in Tibet, the rich, vast reservoir of knowledge and wisdom contained in these Vajrayana texts and commentaries was threatened when Tibetans fled their homeland in 1959. Like Chagdud Gonpa Foundation, The Friends of the Tibetan Library is part of a worldwide effort to preserve what remains of these precious Vajrayana teachings.
The Library has recently moved from Eugene, Oregon to Rigdzin Ling and holds some of the most important collections of texts in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. These texts address all levels of teaching in Mahayana, Vajrayana and Great Perfection. The Kangyur (Translated Word), in over one hundred volumes, comprises those teachings held in the Tibetan schools of Buddhism to be the authoritative words of the Buddha–the sutras (including the Prajnaparamita or Perfection of Wisdom), tantras, metaphysics, codes of discipline and so forth. The companion collection, the Tangyur (Translated Commentaries), holds two hundred and three volumes of commentaries and other works based upon the texts in the Kangyur. The Library's copies were printed from the Derge edition, considered by eastern and western scholars alike to be one of the finest ever produced in Tibet.
In addition, the Library includes two enormous collections of Nyingma teachings. The Rinchen Terdzod (Treasury of Riches), compiled by Jamgon Kongtrul the Great in the last century, contains the root texts and commentaries on all of the major terma cycles (hidden by Padmasambhava and his close disciples and revealed in later times). The Kama (Oral Transmissions) collection, in forty volumes, consists of those Nyingma teachings which have been passed down in an unbroken historical lineage from the time of Padmasambhava.
The Tibetan Library has also acquired the collected works of several major figures in Nyingma thought: Zhechen Gyaltsab, Mipam Rinpoche (who lived from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century) and the late Dudjom Rinpoche. There is also a large terma cycle entitled the Lama Gongdu, which was revealed by Sang Gyay Lingpa, the first terton of Tibet.
Of these texts, the Tangyur, the Collected works of Zhechen Gyaltsab and the Kama collection were acquired since the Library moved to Rigdzin Ling. The Library is currently raising funds for the purchase of the Nyingma Gyudbum ("One Hundred Thousand Nyingma Tantras"), the thirty-six volume definitive collection of the tantras of the mahayoga, anuyoga and atiyoga vehicles in the Nyingma school.
Your support of the Tibetan Library's efforts is crucial to the continued acquisition and translation of these incomparable works. There are a variety of memberships available including gift membership, all of which are tax-deductible and offer members access to these texts and other related English language books.
For further information, contact Marilyn Montgomery, Friends of the Tibetan Library, P.O. Box 387, Junction City, CA 96048, (916) 623-2714.
The Friends of the Tibetan Library was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1982 to collect, preserve and translate ancient and modern Tibetan texts for the purpose of education in the Vajrayana tradition and to establish an official repository for the safekeeping of these widely esteemed and rare books. After twelve hundred years of development in Tibet, the rich, vast reservoir of knowledge and wisdom contained in these Vajrayana texts and commentaries was threatened when Tibetans fled their homeland in 1959. Like Chagdud Gonpa Foundation, The Friends of the Tibetan Library is part of a worldwide effort to preserve what remains of these precious Vajrayana teachings.
The Library has recently moved from Eugene, Oregon to Rigdzin Ling and holds some of the most important collections of texts in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. These texts address all levels of teaching in Mahayana, Vajrayana and Great Perfection. The Kangyur (Translated Word), in over one hundred volumes, comprises those teachings held in the Tibetan schools of Buddhism to be the authoritative words of the Buddha–the sutras (including the Prajnaparamita or Perfection of Wisdom), tantras, metaphysics, codes of discipline and so forth. The companion collection, the Tangyur (Translated Commentaries), holds two hundred and three volumes of commentaries and other works based upon the texts in the Kangyur. The Library's copies were printed from the Derge edition, considered by eastern and western scholars alike to be one of the finest ever produced in Tibet.
In addition, the Library includes two enormous collections of Nyingma teachings. The Rinchen Terdzod (Treasury of Riches), compiled by Jamgon Kongtrul the Great in the last century, contains the root texts and commentaries on all of the major terma cycles (hidden by Padmasambhava and his close disciples and revealed in later times). The Kama (Oral Transmissions) collection, in forty volumes, consists of those Nyingma teachings which have been passed down in an unbroken historical lineage from the time of Padmasambhava.
The Tibetan Library has also acquired the collected works of several major figures in Nyingma thought: Zhechen Gyaltsab, Mipam Rinpoche (who lived from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century) and the late Dudjom Rinpoche. There is also a large terma cycle entitled the Lama Gongdu, which was revealed by Sang Gyay Lingpa, the first terton of Tibet.
Of these texts, the Tangyur, the Collected works of Zhechen Gyaltsab and the Kama collection were acquired since the Library moved to Rigdzin Ling. The Library is currently raising funds for the purchase of the Nyingma Gyudbum ("One Hundred Thousand Nyingma Tantras"), the thirty-six volume definitive collection of the tantras of the mahayoga, anuyoga and atiyoga vehicles in the Nyingma school.
Your support of the Tibetan Library's efforts is crucial to the continued acquisition and translation of these incomparable works. There are a variety of memberships available including gift membership, all of which are tax-deductible and offer members access to these texts and other related English language books.
For further information, contact Marilyn Montgomery, Friends of the Tibetan Library, P.O. Box 387, Junction City, CA 96048, (916) 623-2714.
The Friends of the Tibetan Library was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1982 to collect, preserve and translate ancient and modern Tibetan texts for the purpose of education in the Vajrayana tradition and to establish an official repository for the safekeeping of these widely esteemed and rare books. After twelve hundred years of development in Tibet, the rich, vast reservoir of knowledge and wisdom contained in these Vajrayana texts and commentaries was threatened when Tibetans fled their homeland in 1959. Like Chagdud Gonpa Foundation, The Friends of the Tibetan Library is part of a worldwide effort to preserve what remains of these precious Vajrayana teachings.
The Library has recently moved from Eugene, Oregon to Rigdzin Ling and holds some of the most important collections of texts in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. These texts address all levels of teaching in Mahayana, Vajrayana and Great Perfection. The Kangyur (Translated Word), in over one hundred volumes, comprises those teachings held in the Tibetan schools of Buddhism to be the authoritative words of the Buddha–the sutras (including the Prajnaparamita or Perfection of Wisdom), tantras, metaphysics, codes of discipline and so forth. The companion collection, the Tangyur (Translated Commentaries), holds two hundred and three volumes of commentaries and other works based upon the texts in the Kangyur. The Library's copies were printed from the Derge edition, considered by eastern and western scholars alike to be one of the finest ever produced in Tibet.
In addition, the Library includes two enormous collections of Nyingma teachings. The Rinchen Terdzod (Treasury of Riches), compiled by Jamgon Kongtrul the Great in the last century, contains the root texts and commentaries on all of the major terma cycles (hidden by Padmasambhava and his close disciples and revealed in later times). The Kama (Oral Transmissions) collection, in forty volumes, consists of those Nyingma teachings which have been passed down in an unbroken historical lineage from the time of Padmasambhava.
The Tibetan Library has also acquired the collected works of several major figures in Nyingma thought: Zhechen Gyaltsab, Mipam Rinpoche (who lived from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century) and the late Dudjom Rinpoche. There is also a large terma cycle entitled the Lama Gongdu, which was revealed by Sang Gyay Lingpa, the first terton of Tibet.
Of these texts, the Tangyur, the Collected works of Zhechen Gyaltsab and the Kama collection were acquired since the Library moved to Rigdzin Ling. The Library is currently raising funds for the purchase of the Nyingma Gyudbum ("One Hundred Thousand Nyingma Tantras"), the thirty-six volume definitive collection of the tantras of the mahayoga, anuyoga and atiyoga vehicles in the Nyingma school.
Your support of the Tibetan Library's efforts is crucial to the continued acquisition and translation of these incomparable works. There are a variety of memberships available including gift membership, all of which are tax-deductible and offer members access to these texts and other related English language books.
For further information, contact Marilyn Montgomery, Friends of the Tibetan Library, P.O. Box 387, Junction City, CA 96048, (916) 623-2714.
The Friends of the Tibetan Library was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1982 to collect, preserve and translate ancient and modern Tibetan texts for the purpose of education in the Vajrayana tradition and to establish an official repository for the safekeeping of these widely esteemed and rare books. After twelve hundred years of development in Tibet, the rich, vast reservoir of knowledge and wisdom contained in these Vajrayana texts and commentaries was threatened when Tibetans fled their homeland in 1959. Like Chagdud Gonpa Foundation, The Friends of the Tibetan Library is part of a worldwide effort to preserve what remains of these precious Vajrayana teachings.
The Library has recently moved from Eugene, Oregon to Rigdzin Ling and holds some of the most important collections of texts in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. These texts address all levels of teaching in Mahayana, Vajrayana and Great Perfection. The Kangyur (Translated Word), in over one hundred volumes, comprises those teachings held in the Tibetan schools of Buddhism to be the authoritative words of the Buddha–the sutras (including the Prajnaparamita or Perfection of Wisdom), tantras, metaphysics, codes of discipline and so forth. The companion collection, the Tangyur (Translated Commentaries), holds two hundred and three volumes of commentaries and other works based upon the texts in the Kangyur. The Library's copies were printed from the Derge edition, considered by eastern and western scholars alike to be one of the finest ever produced in Tibet.
In addition, the Library includes two enormous collections of Nyingma teachings. The Rinchen Terdzod (Treasury of Riches), compiled by Jamgon Kongtrul the Great in the last century, contains the root texts and commentaries on all of the major terma cycles (hidden by Padmasambhava and his close disciples and revealed in later times). The Kama (Oral Transmissions) collection, in forty volumes, consists of those Nyingma teachings which have been passed down in an unbroken historical lineage from the time of Padmasambhava.
The Tibetan Library has also acquired the collected works of several major figures in Nyingma thought: Zhechen Gyaltsab, Mipam Rinpoche (who lived from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century) and the late Dudjom Rinpoche. There is also a large terma cycle entitled the Lama Gongdu, which was revealed by Sang Gyay Lingpa, the first terton of Tibet.
Of these texts, the Tangyur, the Collected works of Zhechen Gyaltsab and the Kama collection were acquired since the Library moved to Rigdzin Ling. The Library is currently raising funds for the purchase of the Nyingma Gyudbum ("One Hundred Thousand Nyingma Tantras"), the thirty-six volume definitive collection of the tantras of the mahayoga, anuyoga and atiyoga vehicles in the Nyingma school.
Your support of the Tibetan Library's efforts is crucial to the continued acquisition and translation of these incomparable works. There are a variety of memberships available including gift membership, all of which are tax-deductible and offer members access to these texts and other related English language books.
For further information, contact Marilyn Montgomery, Friends of the Tibetan Library, P.O. Box 387, Junction City, CA 96048, (916) 623-2714.
