Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden

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Professor Herbert V. Guenther (1917-2006)

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Main teachers

Published Works

Books

  • Das Seelenproblem im älteren Buddhismus, 1949.
  • Yuganaddha - the Tantric View of Life, 1952
  • Concept of Mind in Buddhist Tantrism, 1956
  • Philosophy and psychology in the Abhidharma, 1957
  • Levels of Understanding in Buddhism, 1958
  • The Philosophical Background of Buddhist Tantrism, 1959-60
  • sGam-po-pa - The Jewel Ornament of Liberation, 1959
  • The Life and Teaching of Naropa, 1963
  • Tibetan Buddhism without mystification: The Buddhist way from original Tibetan sources, 1966
  • The Royal Song of Sahara: a Study in The History of Buddhist Thought, 1969
  • Buddhist Philosophy in Theory & Practice, 1972
  • Tantra als Lebensanschauung, 1974
  • Kindly Bent to Ease Us, vols. 1-3, 1975-6 (Ngal-gso skor-gsum)
  • Treasures on the Tibetan Middle Way: A Newly Revised Edition of Tibetan Buddhism Without Mystification, 1976
  • On Spiritual Discipline, (Dreadnaugt Press) 1975
  • Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Neclace of Clear Understanding", 1975 (with Leslie S. Kawamura)
  • The Dawn of Tantra 1975 (with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche)
  • Tibetan Buddhism in Western Perspective, 1977
  • Looking Deeper: A Swan’s Questions and Answers, 1983
  • Matrix of Mystery: Scientific and Humanistic Aspects of Dzogs-chen Thought, 1985
  • Creative Vision, 1988
  • Visionary Journey: The Story of Wildwood Delights: The Story of The Mount Potala Delights, 1989
  • From Reductionism to Creativity: RDzogs-chen and the New Sciences of Mind, 1989
  • Meditation Differently: Phenomenological-psychological Aspects of Tibetan Buddhist (Mahamudra and sNying-thig) Practices from Original Tibetan Sources, 1992
  • Some Aspects of rDzogs-chen Thought in Tibetan Buddhism: Reason and Revelation, 1992
  • Wholeness Lost and Wholeness Regained: Forgotten Tales of Individuation from Ancient Tibet, 1994
  • Ecstatic Spontaneity: Saraha's Three Cycles of Doha, 1994
  • Klong-chen rab-'byams-pa Dri-med 'Od-zer - The Full-fledged Kyung-chen Bird, 1996
  • The Teachings of Padmasambhava (Brill's Indological Library, Vol 12),1996

Articles

  • "Some Aspects of Tibetan Religious Thought." History of Religions, vol. 3, 1963.
  • "Saraha's Song of Human Action." Middle Way, 1965.
  • "Art and Thought in the Eastern World." Art Journal, Saskatchewan Society for Education Through Art, 1965.
  • "Mentalism and Beyond in Buddhist Philosophy." Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 86, 1966.
  • "Le Maitre Spirituel en Tibet." Hermes, 1966-67.
  • "An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism." The Tibet Society Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 7, 1967.
  • "The Concept of Freedom in Cross-Cultural Perspective." Saskatchewan History Teacher's Newsletter, vol. 5, no. 1, 1968.
  • "Tantra and Revelation." History of Religions, vol. 7, no. 4, 1968.
  • "Tantra - Meaningful Existence" in Maitreya vol. 1, 1970, Shambala
  • "Absolute Perfection" in Crystal Mirror I (Dharma Press, 1971)
  • "Fact and Fiction in the Experience of Being" in Crystal Mirror II (Dharma Press, 1972)
  • "On 'Spiritual Discipline'" in Maitreya vol. 3, 1972, Shambala
  • "The Male-Female Polarity in Oriental and Western Thought" in Maitreya vol. 4, 1973, Shambhala
  • "Early Forms of Tibetan Buddhism" in Crystal Mirror III (Dharma Press, 1974)
  • "The Teacher and the Student" in Maitreya vol. 5, 1974, Shambhala
  • "Tantra and Contemporary Man" in Loka (Anchor/Doubleday 1975)
  • "Towards Spiritual Order" in Maitreya vol. 6, 1977, Shambhala
  • "Buddhist rDzogs-chen Thought and Western 'Daseinsanalyse'" in Nathan Katz (ed.), Buddhist and Western Psychology (Prajna Press, 1983)
  • "'Meditation' Trends in Early Tibet" in Lewis Lancaster and Whalen Lai (eds.), Early Ch'an in China and Tibet (University of California, 1983)
  • "Buddhism in Tibet" in Joseph M. Kitigawa and Mark D. Cummings (eds.) Buddhism and Asian History (Macmillan, 1987)
  • "Basic Features of Buddhist Psychology" in John Pickering (ed.), The Authority of Experience: Essays on Buddhism and Psychology (Curzon 1997)



  1. "The Spiritual Guide as Mystical Experience." The R.M. Bucke Memorial Society Newsletter-Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 1968.
  2. "Guilt and Purification in Buddhist Tantrism." Proceedings of the XIth International Congress for the History of Religions, vol. 2, Leiden, 1968.
  3. "Tantra :Meaningful Existence." Maitreya, vol. 1, 1969.
  4. "Mind, Space and Aesthetic Awareness" Anjali Peradanya, 1970.
  5. "Absolute Perfection" Crystal Mirror, vol. 1, Emeryville: Dharma Publishing, 1971.
  6. "The Path and the Goal." The American Theosophist, vol. 60, no. 5, 1972.
  7. " 'On' 'Spiritual Discipline' " Maitreya, vol. 3, 1972.
  8. "Fact and Fiction in the Experience of Being." Crystal Mirror, vol. 2, Emeryville: Dharma Publishing, 1972.
  9. "Buddhist Metaphysics and Existential Meditation" Sciences Religieuses Studies in Religion, vol, 1, no. 4, 1972.
  10. "Samvriti and Paramartha in Yogacara According to Tibetan Sources." Two Truths in Buddhism and Vedanta, Ed. M. Sprung, Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing, 1973.
  11. "Forward." Calm and Clear, Lama Mipham, Emeryville: Dharma Publishing, 1973.
  12. "The Male-Female Polarity in Oriental and Western Thought." Maitreya, 4, 1973.
  13. "Buddhist Mysticism." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974.
  14. "Buddhist Sacred Literature." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974.
  15. "Forward" An Introduction to Tantric Buddhism, S.B. Dasgupta, Berkeley:Shamhala, 1974.
  16. "The Development of Tibetan Art." Sacred Art of Tibet, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1974.
  17. "Early Forms of Tibetan Buddhism." Crystal Mirror vol. 3, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1974.
  18. "The Teacher and the Student." Maitreya, 5, 1974.
  19. "Mind is the Root." Crystal Mirror 3, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1974.
  20. "A Look Into the Sky Like Mirror." Crystal Mirror 3, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1974.
  21. "Mahamudra - The Method of Self - Actualization." The Tibet Journal 1, 1975.
  22. "The Natural Freedom of Mind." Crystal Mirror 4, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1975.
  23. "Three Paths with a Single Goal." Gesar vol. 2, no. 4, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1975.
  24. "Tantra and Contemporary Man." Loka, Garden City, N.Y.:Anchor Press Doubleday, 1975.
  25. "Towards an Experience of Being Through Psychological Purification." A Study of Klesa, ed. Genjun H. Sasaki, Tokyo:Shimizukobundo Ltd., 1975.
  26. "A Journey Through Life: Five Stages on the Budhist Path." Gesar vol. 3, no. 2, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1975.
  27. "Conversations with Herbert Guenther." Gesar vol. 3, no. 1, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, Fall 1975.
  28. "The Activation of Inner Potential." Gesar vol. 3, no. 4, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, Summer 1976.
  29. "The Road to Growth:The Budhist Way." Gesar vol. 3, no. 3, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1976.
  30. "The Prepatory Stage." Garuda IV, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Boulder:Shambala Publications, 1976.
  31. "Towards Spiritual Order." Maitrey 6, Boulder:Shambhala, 1977.
  32. "Now That I Come to Die." Crystal Mirror 5, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1977.
  33. "The Fine Art of Translating, Interview with Dr. H.V. Guenther." Gesar vol. 4, no. 4, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1978.
  34. "Absolute Perfection." Crystal Mirror - Journal of Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center, Berkeley, CA , Emeryville:Dharma Publishing,
  35. "The Experience of Being:The Trikaya Idea in its Tibetan Interpretation." In Developments in Budhist Thought, ed. Roy C. Amore, SR Supplements 9, Waterloo:Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion, 1979.
  36. "Bodhisattva - The Ethical Phase in Evolution." In The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Budhism, ed. Leslie S. Kawamura, SR Supplements 10, Waterloo:Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion, 1981.
  37. "The Old and the New Vision." In The Evolutionary Vision, ed. Erich Jantsch, American Association for the Advancement of Science Selected Symposium no. 61, 1981.
  38. "Tasks Ahead." Presidential Address Given on the Occasion of the Third Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Winnipeg, Canada, August 1980.
  39. "Meditation Trends in Early Tibet." In Early Ch'an in China and Tibet, ed. Whalen Lai and Lewis R. Lancaster, Berkeley Buddhist Studies Series 5, 1983.
  40. "Buddhist rDzogs-chen Thought and Western 'Daseinsanalyse'." In Buddhist and Western Psychology, ed. Nathan Katz, Boulder: Prajna Press, 1983.
  41. "The Existential Import of Dynamic Structures in rDzogs-chen Bu

Other Translations

  • "The Natural Freedom of Mind" in Crystal Mirror IV (Dharma Press, 1975)
  • "Now That I Come to Die" in Crystal Mirror V (Dharma Press, 1977)


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