Keith Dowman

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Short description

Since meeting Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa in Nashville, Indiana in 1974, I have had the good fortune to study with teaachers across all schools of Tibetan Buddhism as well as with teachers from Shaiva traditions. A scientist by training I have never focused on sectarian differences or disputes but have tried to identify and focus on the key principles underlying each tradition.

I began my study of the Tibetan language at Indiana University in 1979 and had the good fortune to read dozens of folio with the Dalai Lama's elder brother Tagster Rinpoche as well as with Prof. Helmut Hoffman. My Tibetan studies continued with Geshe Lozang Jamspal and Jared Rhoton. My language studies intensified when I moved to Berkeley and over the last decade I have read hundreds of folio of Sakya writings with Lama Kunga here. Most recently I have plunged into the Bon scripture of the Zhang Zhung Oral Transmission with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche.

Main Teachers

The following gives my main teachers in the traditions that I have studied. They are listed according to the age that the traditions ascribe to themselves.

• The Dzogchen tradition of the Oral Transmission of Zhang Zhung;

My teacher: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

• The Dzogchen tradition of the Longchen Nyingtig;

My teachers: Kunzang Dechen Lingpa, Kahtog Khenpo Lama Loga. Mentors/senior spiritual friends: Ngagpa Pema Wangdi

The Dzogchen traditions of the Chogyur Lingpa My teacher: Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. Mentors/senior spiritual friends: Erik Schmidt

The Path and Result Tradition of Virupa My teachers: Ngor Thartse Lama Kunga, Luding Khen Rinpoche, HH Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche. Mentors/senior spiritual friends: Cyrus Stearns

The Tradition of Naropa's Khecari from the Sakya Tradtion My teachers: Ngor Thartse Lama Kunga, Luding Khen Rinpoche, HH Sakya Trizin, Jetsun Kushogs. Sakya mentors/senior spiritual friends: Cyrus Stearns

The Tradition of Naropa's Khecari from the Gelugpa Tradtion My teachers: Zong Rinpoche, Khensur Losang Tharchin. Gelugpa mentors/senior spiritual friends: Art Engles, David Molk, Glenn Mullin, Geshe Michael Roach

The Six Yogas/Doctrines of Naropa as Taught within the Gelugpa Tradition; My teachers: Lati Rinpoche, Lithang Rinpoche (Yelo Tulku). Mentors/senior spiritual friends: Glenn Mullin

The Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra My teachers: Thrangu Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche

The Gelug/Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra My teachers: Geshe Losang Jamspal, Geshe Losang Tarchin. Mentors/senior spiritual friends: Alex Berzin

The Practice of the Rwa Tradition of Vajrabhairava My teachers: Ling Rinpoche, Denma Locho Rinpoche, Geshe Ngawang Dhargye, Takster Rinpoche, Lati Rinpoche, Kirti Tshenzhab Rinpoche. Mentors/senior spiritual friends: Alex Berzin

Madhyamaka and the Perfection of Wisdom My teachers: HH the Dalai Lama, Geshe Lozang Jamspal, Geshe Gedun Samdup, Jeffrey Hopkins

Published Works

Bon: Oral Transmission of Zhang Zhung: All Translations are with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche , and edited by Laura Shekerjian and Marcy Vaughn. Privately Published and Circulated at the Ligmincha Institute: The following is available to those who have received the transmission of the 21 Nails: The Twenty-One Nails: A Dzogchen Text from the Oral Transmission of Zhang Zhung (rdzogs pa chen po zhang zhung snyan rgyud las gzer bu gnyis shu rtsa gcig) (instructions from Tapihritsa to Nangzer Löpo).

From: History and doctrine of Bon-po Nispanna-yoga : original Tibetan texts on the transmission, teaching, rites, and deities of the Rdzogs chen Zhan Zhun school of the Bon-po’s, Collected by Tenzin Namdak and Lokesh Chandra, Sata-pitaka series; Volume 73, International Academy of Indian Culture, New Delhi 1968, pages 503-519. of that text. A commentary on the Twenty-One Nails that was used in this translation follows on pages 521-582 of that volume.

The following are available to those who have received the transmission and commentary on the Foundation practices, Actual Practices, and Supplemental Practices of the Experiential Transmission of Zhang Zhung:

Chapters from the Practice Manual of Dru Gyalwa by Dru Gyalwa Yungdrung nyams rgyud rgyal ba’i phyag khrid by ‘bru rgyal ba g.yung drung (Tibetan published by Tenzin Dargye At Triten Norbutse Bonpo Monastery. 280 pages)

• The Base: Guidance on the View of Seeing Nakedly, pages 185 – 199.

• The Path: Guidance on Meditation on Clear Light, pages 200 – 214.

• Guidance on Behavior: Training in Dynamic Energy, pages 216 – 234.

• The Instructions of Li Shu, pages 276 – 280.

Sakya: Vajrayogini: Privately Circulated to Ngor Thartse Lama Kunga’s students at Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center All translations are with Lama Kunga An Uncommon Sadhana of Nāropa’s Khecarī, the Exalted Vajrayogini, Arranged for Daily Recitationby Nesarwa Kunga Leg pay Jung Nay rje btsun rdo rje rnal ‘byor ma na ro mkha’ spyod kyi sgrub thabs thun mong ma yin pa’i rgyun khyer ngag ‘don bklags chog tu bkod pa bzhugs so. (from an undated manuscript, number folios 1a-23a) By gnas gsar ba kun dga' legs pa'i 'byung gnas

External Links

Email: kkeutzer@yahoo.com