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Taranatha Pecha Set
Handwritten Works by Taranatha This is a reproduction of handwritten manuscripts of the Collected Works of Jetsun Taranatha in ten volumes. This edition is in cursive Tibetan script in pecha…
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Taranatha’s Collected Works as Book Set The complete set of the Jonang scholar Taranatha’s (1575-1635) Collected Works are now being made available in paperback book form for the first time.…
Read MoreNew Master Bios.
JF’s Masters Database One of the ongoing projects that we have been developing on the main website is our Masters Database in conjunction with the Sites Database. Recently we have…
Read MoreTāranātha’s Travels in Mongolia
There is an intriguing and somewhat mystifying narrative that has been popularized about the Tibetan Jonang master Tāranātha (1575-1635). This narrative suggests an account of Tāranāha’s life story in which…
Read MoreThe Life of Buddhagupta-nātha
The following post is titled, A Brief Sketch of the Life of Buddhagupta-nātha. By Thomas Roth, a contributing author to the Jonangpa blog. Jonang Jetsun Rinpoche, better known as Jonang…
Read MorePraise to Shavaripa
We have recently added a translation of Dolpopa’s poetic tribute to the Indian adept Shavaripa titled, “Praise to the Mahasiddha Shavaripa.” An excerpt from this short piece reads, The dakas…
Read MoreKongtrul’s Jonangpa Connections
One of the most fascinating figures in Tibetan history, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé (1813-1899) is also one of the most studied Tibetan masters. In addition to several articles on his…
Read MoreAre there Geluk Zhentongpas?
Are there Geluk zhentongpas? This is a question that I’ve been asking for some time. Fortunately, a set of rare texts that were recently recovered from Tibet may shed some…
Read MoreThe 21 Tārās of Sūrya-Gupta
The following post is titled, “A Description of the Various Aspects of Tārā as Contained in Jonang Tāranātha’s Ocean of Yidam Deities, the 100 Deities of Narthang and the Vajrāvalī…
Read MoreThe 8 Mahasiddhas
The most recent addition to our online library is a translation of Dolpopa’s “Praise to the Eight Siddhas.” A short poetical tribute to the mahasiddhas or great tantric adepts of…
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