Dear friends near and far,
As always, I hope this message finds you well, healthy and happy. On this Guru Rinpoche day, I would like to share with you some pithy advice from my late root guru, Kyapchok Soktsé Rinpoche.
First of all, you should know that the two main qualities that practitioners need are faith and diligence. Here, faith refers to understanding the meaning and value of your practice instructions, as well as their key points. Based on this understanding, following these instructions and applying them in your practice is diligence.
Second, the main obstacles for practitioners are pride and jealousy. Please beware of these negative emotions.
Third, in order to support the practices that we undertake with faith and diligence, we need the right conditions. These supportive conditions are what we traditionally refer to as the accumulation of merit. This consists in practicing generosity by making offerings to the Three Jewels and giving to sentient beings; being disciplined and patient; reading Dharma texts, reciting mantra, performing circumambulations and prostrations—in brief, the seven-branch practice. All such practices constitute the accumulation of merit, or supportive conditions, which is like paving a good road. Your Dharma practice, and in particular your meditation, is like having a good car. If you don’t have a good road, you might have the most expensive and high-performance car, but your journey will still be bumpy. In order to make your journey as smooth and swift as possible, you therefore need a good road, which is paved through your accumulation of supportive conditions.
These are the key points of advice from my root guru Kyapchok Soktsé Rinpoche which I would like you to please take to heart today, and keep in mind.
With all my love and prayers,
Sarva Mangalam.
Phakchok Rinpoche
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Samye Translations is delighted to announce the launch of our new website, coinciding auspiciously with Guru Rinpoche Day in the third month. We extend heartfelt gratitude to each of you for your generous support of Samye Translations. Without you, this would not have been possible. Below is a brief overview of our new website:
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On our homepage, you will find our latest news, updates, and translations.
Chokling Tersar Library
Our ever-growing Chokling Tersar Library offers booklets containing a diverse array of traditional Tibetan Buddhist practices and commentary, primarily drawn from the Profound Treasures of Chokgyur Lingpa (Chokling Tersar). These texts are intended to provide essential study and practice materials for followers of the Chokling Tersar tradition and are conveniently downloadable for free in PDF format.
Individual Translations
Here, you will find over two-hundred individual translations of classical works from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition arranged alphabetically according to the treasure revealer or main author. These include prayers, practices, and commentaries, all conveniently available for free download in PDF format.
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In our book publication section, you can find our publications in both print and electronic formats. Over the past couple of years Samye Translations has been able to publish seven books.
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Current Main Projects
Our current main projects include completing the Chokter Chöchö, the Chokling Tersar Prayer Book, and translating Tsakang Lotsawa Rinchen Namgyal’s Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo commentary. We aim to complete these projects by the end of 2024.
Future Projects
Prioritizing translations into languages beyond English, we intend to make many more translations available in languages such as Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Ukrainian, Russian, Nepali, French, and German.
In 2025, Samye Translations will focus on publishing revised editions of all three Guru Rinpoche books.
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