Thomas Roth

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Main teachers

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Published Works

1. Trainings in Compassion: Manuals on the Meditation of Avalokiteshvara,[1] Snow Lion Publications, 2004

This book includes translations of the following texts:

• Thangtong Gyalpo's Avalokiteshvara sadhana All-Pervading Benefit of Beings (Tibetan title: 'gro don mkha' khyab ma)
• Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye's ('jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas) commentary to the sadhana
• The Fifteenth Karmapa Khakhyab Dorje's (mkha' khyab rdo rje) commentary to the sadhana
• Chandrakirti's (zla ba grags pa) Lamenting Praise to Avalokiteshvara (Tibetan title: smre ngag gi bstod pa)
• Ngulchu Thogme's (dngul chu thogs med) Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (Tibetan title: rgyal sras lag len so bdun ma) -- based on a previous translation by Michele Martin

2. The Karmapa's Middle Way: a Commentary on Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara (forthcoming on Snow Lion Publications, March, 2008)

A translation of Feast for the Fortunate, the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje's commentary to the Madhyamakavatara. (Tibetan title: 'jug T'ik dvags rgyud grub pa'i shing rta bde bar 'dren byed skal bzang dga' ston) Includes extensive introduction, notes, and appendices.

Active Projects

1. The Ocean of Texts on Reasoning (rigs gzhung rgya mtsho)

I am currently working on a translation of selected sections of this valid cognition or pramana text by the Seventh Karmapa. The sections were selected by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and mirror the order in which the text was taught at the Karma Shri Nalanda monastic shedra at Rumtek by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche.

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