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[[Image:KhenpoSonamTobdenAndGyurme.jpg|thumb|450px|Khenpo [[Sönam Tobden]] and Gyurmé, the translator]]

This page presents<br> 
—the overview of all the available MP3 recordings of teachings given by Khenpo [[Sönam Tobden]] on [[Khenpo Kunpal]]'s commentary of the [[Bodhicharyavatara]], entitled ''[[Drops of Nectar|The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech]]'', as well as<br> 
—recommended additional study material for this text.

The recordings were made during [[Rigpa Shedra]] East 2006/2007 in [[Pharping]], Nepal. Khenpo teaches in Tibetan. The recordings contain English translation by Gyurmé.

[[Image:PharpingShedraClass.jpg|thumb|450px|The Rigpa Shedra East class in [[Pharping]], Nepal]]

The teachings were completed on the 4th of April 2007.

==Overview of Recorded Teachings==
''O sublime and precious bodhichitta,''<br>
''May it arise in those in whom it has not arisen;''

* [[Khenpo Kunpal - Bodhicharyavatara - Introduction and Chapter 1: The Benefits of Bodhichitta (MP3)]]
* [[Khenpo Kunpal - Bodhicharyavatara - Chapter 2: Confessing Negativity (MP3)]]
* [[Khenpo Kunpal - Bodhicharyavatara - Chapter 3: The Thorough Adoption of Bodhichitta (MP3)]]

''May it never decline where it has arisen''
* [[Khenpo Kunpal - Bodhicharyavatara - Chapter 4: Carefulness (MP3)]]
* [[Khenpo Kunpal - Bodhicharyavatara - Chapter 5: Vigilance (MP3)]]
* [[Khenpo Kunpal - Bodhicharyavatara - Chapter 6: Patience (MP3)]]

''But go on increasing, further and further!''
* [[Khenpo Kunpal - Bodhicharyavatara - Chapter 7: Diligence (MP3)]]
* [[Khenpo Kunpal - Bodhicharyavatara - Chapter 8: Meditative Concentration (MP3)]]
* [[Khenpo Kunpal - Bodhicharyavatara - Chapter 9: Wisdom (MP3)]]

''Dedication''
* [[Khenpo Kunpal - Bodhicharyavatara - Chapter 10: Dedication (MP3)]]

==Additional Study Material==
*{{LH|topics/bodhicharyavatara|Bodhicharyavatara Series on Lotsawa House}}

*Andreas Kretschmar's translation of the first five chapters of ''Drops of Nectar'', [[Khenpo Kunpal]]’s commentary on [[Shantideva]]’s ''Entering the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas'' is available as PDF at http://www.kunpal.com (free download, includes Tibetan of commentary as [[Wylie]] text)

*The [http://www.songtsen.org/F/padmakara/apropos.php Padmakara Translation Group] has published a complete English and French translation of [[Khenpo Kunpal]]'s commentary: ''Nectar of Manjushri's Speech—A Detailed Commentary on Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva'', Shambhala Publications 2007, ISBN 159030439X , see [http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=16763 Wisdom-books].

*For chapter 9, Wisdom, there is a translation of Khenpo Kunpal's commentary available in ''Wisdom: Two Buddhist Commentaries'', Editions Padmakara, ISBN 2-906949-22-1 . In addition to the translation of ''The Nectar of Manjushri's speech'', this edition contains the commentary ''The Brilliant Torch Illuminating the Ultimate Nature of Profound Interdependent Origination'' by Minyak Kunzang Sönam: see [http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=15130 Wisdom-books].

*''Practicing Wisdom'' is a commentary by the Dalai Lama on Shantideva's chapter 9 on wisdom from the ''Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life'', drawing on contrasting [[Nyingma]] and [[Gelug]] school viewpoints using the same two commentaries as in ''Wisdom: Two Commentaries'', Wisdom Publications, ISBN 0861711823 , see [http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=14763 Wisdom-books].

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