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The Quintessence of Rangtong
A long time coming, actually a year to the day since my last January 13th posting, The Quintessence of Zhentong from the collection of 108 Quintessential Instructions, I thought to…
Read MoreSutra Tantra Series
Jonang Sutra and Tantra Series We are glad to announce and make available for purchase the long anticipated publication, The Jonang Sutra and Tantra Series. This 26 volume collection titled,…
Read MoreReflecting ‘The Crystal Mirror’
Maybe its the dark magnetism of impending all hallows’ eve, but I’m feeling a mischievous urge to rile up all the ghouls and goblins of unapologetic dogmatism and have them…
Read MoreOn the Shangpa & Jonangpa
Commentators on earlier posts have asked or made reference to relationships between the Shangpa lineage and the Jonangpa.[1] In response, I thought to sketch some of the overlapping threads among…
Read MoreRongton’s Praise to Dolpopa
Over the summer, I was browsing through a Tibetan book shop and I happened upon the recently reproduced collected works of Rongton Shakya Gyaltsen (1367-1449). As I opened the first…
Read MoreThe Jonangpa Legacy
A PDF version of the transcript from Michael Sheehy’s talk on the oral history and local legacy of the Jonangpa in Tibet on July 17, 2009 is now available for…
Read MoreAt the Great Stupa of Jonang
The following is a transcript of a talk, The Legacy of the Jonangpa by Michael Sheehy at the Great Stupa of Jonang in Tibet on July 17, 2009. So, the…
Read MoreTsoknyi Gyatso on Zhentong
Without jumping the gun (as we continue to set the text), I thought to write a post with the hope to help contextualize a forthcoming publication in the Tibetan language…
Read MoreA Ngor Kalachakra Mandala
One of my favorite themes in tantric Buddhism is the mandala. The replicated symmetry of a perfected space and the implicit dialogue between the deity and the various facets of…
Read MoreJF Newsletter #3: Summer ’09
It has been awhile since our last newsletter. So, I thought to start with a few updates about recent activities of the foundation and then mention a few projects that…
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