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iw:Lion Snow Lion Publications PO Box 6483, Ithaca, NY 14851 607-273-8519 . Orders: 800-950-0313 Volume 17, Number & SUMMER 2003 NEWSLETTER ISSN 1059-3691 BN:86605 3697 & CATALOG SUPPLEMENT "Dharma Without Compromise" Pointing Out the Dharmakaya by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche POINTING OUT THE NITARTHA INSTITUTE foreword by the Dalai Lama intro. by Lama Tashi Namgyal. DnarmaRaya The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche 232 pp. #POOUDH $16.95 had just finished a talk at a Public Day program at this past summer's At the heart of successful Maha- Nitartha Institute in which he used murdra practice is the ability to get the above phrase. Afterwards, as directly at the nature of mind. The we were walking back to his resi- 9th Karmapa was the acknowledged dence, he turned and said, with the master of this approach. No more usual sparkle in his eye, "Maybe this authoritative instructions exist should be Nitartha's new slogan...." than the three texts he wrote. This Nitartha Institute was founded easy-to-use, practical manual, which in 1996 by The Dzogchen Ponlop serves also as an indispensable com- Rinpoche under the guidance of panion to The Ocean of Definitive Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and Meaning, the most detailed of his texts, is so clearly laid out that the Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. <W.NCHf.N 1'Hft. Wliile many Western Buddhists have instructions are easy to recall and embraced two of the three main l put to use. elements of the Buddhist path, medi- x\$ - Brilliant explanations by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, tutor "A clear and thorough guide."— tation and conduct, the study of Bud- The Dalai Lama dhist view has been underdeveloped of the young 17th Karmapa, make "Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is and undernourished in the West. It the text vividly relevant for contem- porary Western practitioners. is this gap which the Institute aims (Continued on page 23) to fill by making translations, tran- scripts and live oral teachings by master teachers available to Western students through a creative blend of Eastern and Western styles of peda- The Ninth Karmapa's Ocean gogy. The Institute offers Western Combining a systematic course tions of Tibetan Buddhism. Through students an authentic transmission of study with training in Tibetan the transmission of oral teachings of higher Buddhist philosophical Buddhist forms of meditation and and translations of key texts along of Definitive Meaning theory and practice from the monas- debate, the Institute introduces with their commentaries, the Insti- tic college (sliedra) tradition of the Western students to the ancient tute is helping to transplant this The most in-depth and famed Tibetan Kanua Kagyu lineage. Tibetan Buddhist science of mind ancient oral and philosophical tradi- text on Mahamudra ever written, and gives them a sound basis in tion to the West. The Ocean of Definitive Meaning Foundational and Mahayana Bud- Nitartha Institute convenes for by the 9th Karmapa offers a detailed, Above photo: Dzogchen Ponlop dhism for understanding Vajrayana, annual programs each summer in uniquely comprehensive presenta- Rinpoche teaching (photo by Steve Mahamudra, and Dzogchen tradi- tion. Thrangu Rinpoche has distilled Seely) North America and Europe, as well as for shorter programs throughout the essence of the 9th Karmapa's North America. It is envisaged that massive text and gives guidance in the Institute will grow into a year- implementing the instructions. The availability of the translation Forward Snow Ithaca, PO round educational institute that THE NINTH KARMAPA'S of this text has traditionally been will permit students to continue Box Ocean of restricted to advanced students into a course of study designed to Lion NY only. However Khenchen Thrangu 6483 develop fully trained Western acha- Definitive Meaning Service Rinpoche has consented to the 14851 Publications ryas (senior teachers), authorized publication of these core teachings. to teach and represent the tradition Li* * He believes Mahamudra is especially Requested and, thus, to aid in its transplanta- tion to the West. appropriate for Westerners because it can be realized in the context of This summer, for the eighth year in a row, Nitartha Institute virtually any lifestyle, revealing the had a most successful month-long radiant display of mind. Compel- by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche program, for the first time on Van- ling, systematic approach to some edited, introduced and annotated couver Island at Queen Margaret's of the highest teachings in the Kagyu by Lama Tashi Namgyal tradition.The first question posed is, 139 pp. #NIKAOC $14.95 (Continued on page 12) (Continued on page 22) TIBETAN TREASURE VASES Incurable diseases, inescapable elements—earth, air, fire, water, """sKKMiBMKIiMK weapons of mass destruction, and and space. When the outer environ- a weakening of the earth's elements ment is purified, beings are released due to pollutants and poisons in from suffering caused by pollution the environment. Sound familiar? and are therefore rejuvenated. This Padmasambhava, the 9th century restores the energy to all realms. founder of Tibetan Buddhism, For the human realm, the trea- prophesied what sounds a lot like sure vase has the power to magne- our world. tize wealth and abundance, improve Through his wisdom and compas- health, and remove obstacles to long ITHACA, PERMIT sion, Padmasambava gave specific life. Its effects help pacify anger and U.S. PRSRT instructions for the creation of warfare and increase wisdom and PAID POSTAGE treasure vases to assist with the compassion for all. healing of the environment and the Padmasambava prescribed the NY14851 NO. STD restoration of vital energy during sacred objects that fill the treasure 746 these degenerate times. The trea- vase. 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