Döné Sangwa “Basic Goodness and Künsang “All good”
Döné Sangwa Künsang Basic goodness is fundamental to the Shambhala tradition. It was a primary focus of the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa [...]
Shir Sheng
Shir Sheng (gzhir bzhengs) Arising as Ground In September 2010, we worked with Lama Tenzin, a senior chöpön of Namkha Drimed Rinpoche, who is well-versed [...]
Much Ado About Namdak
Nam Dak (rnam dag) In 2009, we presented a conversation that we had with Changling Rinpoche on the Tibetan term “nang-si” (the phenomenal world). This [...]
Nang Si
A Phenomenal Conversation (with Changling Rinpoche) Photo by Indranila Nowakowski Nang Si (snang srid) In last year’s newsletter, we offered a discussion we [...]
Right or Rang?
Rang (rang) In the history of the translation of Tibetan into English, translators have spent much time puzzling over how to translate the term rang [...]
Glimpses of Alaya
A Discussion with the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and the Translation Committee. Kunshi (kun gzhi) The character and style of translation meetings with the Vidyadhara [...]
Lobur
Lobur (glo bur) Adventitious, Incidental, Accidental, Temporary, Sudden, Fleeting One of the central tenets of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages is that everyone has Buddha’s [...]
Tsal
Expressive Power / Manifestation / Display Previously, we discussed the meaning of rikpa (Tib. rig pa), or “awareness,” which is a key term used in the teachings [...]
Rikpa
Rikpa (rig pa) Rikpa is a key term within Buddhism and in particular within the tradition of the “great perfection” (Tib. dzokchen, San. ati or [...]
Dependent Arising / Tendrel
Tendrel (rten 'brel) The Tibetan word tendrel (rten ‘brel) is an abbreviation of the term ten-ching drelwar jungwa (rten cing ‘brel bar ‘byung ba). It [...]