Adam S. Pearcey

📚 We published 40 new translations on the site in July. This included texts by Mañjuśrīkīrti, Atiśa (982–1054), Longchenpa (1308–1364), Jigme Losal Özer, Jamgön Mipham (1846–1912), Sera Khandro (1892–1940), Pema Kunzang Rangdrol (1916–1984), Khenmo Dawa Drolma (b. 20th C.) & Kelsang Lhamo (b. 1973).

Part of a thangka depicting the main deities of Longchen Nyingtik

NEW TRANSLATION: An Illuminating Ornament of Brilliant Sunlight: A Catalogue of the Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse
by Jigme Losal Özer

This catalogue of the treasures of the Longchen Nyingtik was written in 1802 at the Lhundrup Teng temple in Derge.

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Buddha Shakyamuni giving his first teaching

TODAY (28 July 2025) we celebrate Chökhor Düchen, the festival of Buddha Śākyamuni's first turning of the Wheel of Dharma ☸️.

Journal of Tibetan Literature

📚 Publication of Vol. 4.1 of the Journal of Tibetan Literature. The JTL is an open-access academic journal dedicated to publishing research, translations, and criticism on all aspects of Tibetan-language texts.
More details here
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1 July 2025 (6th day of the 5th Tibetan month) marks the anniversary of the parinirvāṇa of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959).

📚 Learn about the incredible life & works of this great master by exploring our series of more than 500 texts in translation.

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TODAY (11 June 2025) we celebrate Saga Dawa Düchen, the anniversary of Buddha Śākyamuni's enlightenment and parinirvāṇa.

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Painting of Tibetan landscape together with this month's translations totals

📚 We added 33 new translations in April, incl. texts by Garab Dorje, Śrī Siṃha, Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798), Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892), Khenchen Ngawang Palzang (1879–1941), Drimé Özer (1881–1924), Sera Khandro (1892–1940), Gendün Chöpel (1903–1951), Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991)...

India overhauls teaching in Himalayan Buddhist monasteries to counter China India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education programmes and foster patriotism in Himalayan religious centers near its border with China.

India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education programs and foster patriotism in Himalayan religious centers near its border with China reut.rs/3GcHd27

Trust Trump to trump Truss

Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering

Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering
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Great resources for Tibetan Buddhist studies turning up on Bluesky:

@buddhistarchive.bsky.social
@sakyaresearch.bsky.social
@lotsawahouse.org
@translate84000.bsky.social
@treasuryoflives.bsky.social

Give them a follow. And lmk who I missed.

Wait, the latest episode of Severance is called Chikhai Bardo?

Happy Losar card with greetings for Wood Snake year

༈ ཤིང་སྦྲུལ་གནམ་ལོ་གསར་ཚེས་དགའ་སྟོན་ལ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ།

🎉 HAPPY LOSAR everyone! With best wishes to all our followers for the Tibetan New Year 2152, year of the Wood Snake! 🐍

First suggestion in the Quick Reads section on the 84000 mobile app: The Good Eon (estimated read time: 74 hours). #quickreads

David Lynch

“So I say: Peace to all of you.
May everyone be happy. May everyone be free of disease.
May auspiciousness be seen everywhere. May suffering belong to no one.
Peace.”

— Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity

Thank you, David Lynch 🙏🏻

In 2024 we published 508 new translations on the site: 220 in English, 117 in French, 56 in Spanish, 53 in German, 30 in Chinese, 23 in Portuguese, eight in Italian, & one in Dutch.

Thank You for the Light, A Turkic Loanword

Dan Martin’s latest Tibeto-logic blogpost is 🔥https://tibeto-logic.blogspot.com/2024/12/thank-you-for-light-turkic-loanword.html

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Lotsawa House Newsletter News on the latest publications, this edition's highlight from the archive, and looking ahead to the next 20 years.

Lotsawa House Newsletter: News on the latest publications, this edition's highlight from the archive, and looking ahead to the next 20 years. mailchi.mp/4ca21883e8ff...

📚 We published 30 new translations on the site in November.

Agent Cooper outlining the plight of the Tibetan people. Twin Peaks S01E03 - Zen or the Skill to Catch a Killer.

Twin Peaks: Agent Cooper outlining the plight of the Tibetan people.

Gorampa Sonam Senge

NEW PUBLICATION: Response to Denma Tsegyal Kyab
by Gorampa Sonam Senge (1429–1489)

In this reply to a question, Gorampa explains how to establish the correct view, according to the Vehicle of Perfections & the Vajrayāna.

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📚🧑🏻‍💻 Transl. by Lopön Sonam Jamtsho

Close-up of share section on Lotsawa House website featuring old Twitter logo

Close-up of new share section on Lotsawa House featuring Bluesky logo

Lotsawa House (@lotsawahouse.org) has gone from bird to butterfly – now with Share to Bluesky buttons on all translation pages.

Swedish Chef/Rapper’s Delight…

Patrul Rinpoche from mural at Shechen Monastery

NEW PUBLICATION: Advice from Me to Myself
by Dza Patrul Rinpoche (1808–1887).
Patrul Rinpoche does not mince words in this pithy, plainspoken advice for himself. The text could hardly be more direct or uncompromising.
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When speaking English, Alak Zenkar Rinpoche refers to his daily recitations as “reading”.

📚“A student makes hundreds of pages of photocopies and takes them home, and the manual labor he exercises in doing so gives him the impression that he possesses the work. Owning the photocopies exempts the student from actually reading them.”
— Umberto Eco, How to Write a Thesis

📚"When you don’t have a text, you long for it;
Then when you’ve finally gotten it, you hardly look at it."
— Patrul Rinpoche, Advice from Me to Myself (trans. Constance Wilkinson)

Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche

NEW PUBLICATION: Heart-Essence of the Great Masters: An Aspiration Encapsulating the Key Points of the Oral Instructions by Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987).

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