Khenpo Namdrol 2008 Teachings on Buddha Nature
Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche is currently teaching the Rigpa Shedra on Mipham Rinpoche's work on buddha nature (Skt. sugatagarbha): The Lion's Roar of the Great Harmony of Emptiness and Sugatagarbha.
We will update this page on a daily basis with recordings of the teachings as we progress. The recordings contain the Tibetan teaching and its live English translation.
Recorded during Shedra East 2008-2009 in Pharping, Nepal
Study Material
Douglas Duckworth has recently published an English translation of the text we are studying:
Douglas S. Duckworth: Mipam on Buddha-Nature. The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition, State University of New York Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7914-7521-8. The translation is contained in appendix 1.
The Tibetan is contained in Mipham Rinpoche's collected works (gsung 'bum), Volume pod 4 pa
- bde gshegs snying po'i stong thun chen mo seng ge'i nga ro p. 563-608. See TBRC
The Lion's Roar of the Great Harmony of Emptiness and Sugatagarbha
By Jamgön Mipam Rinpoche
Prologue
- 1st teaching, 16-Dec-2008: How is buddha nature taught in sutra, tantra and Dzogchen? online: 20081216PH0930KN.mp3
Introduction
Namo Guruwé—Homage to the Guru!
The definitive, ultimate reality is the primordial untainted nature of mind;
It manifests in the form of the glorious Mañjushri
Who constantly cuts through the net of the existence arising from mental afflictions
With the sword of reasoning that leads to certainty.
- 2nd teaching, 17-Dec-2008: xxx NOT online yet (upload is incomplete, please wait) 20081217PH0930KN.mp3