In 1991 Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche began teaching mahamudra shamatha and vipashyana, based upon The Ocean of True Meaning (Ngedön Gyatso) by Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje. He continued teaching this text in 1993 and 1994, completing his commentary in 1997. Wangchuk Dorje composed three important treatises on mahamudra, of which The Ocean of True Meaning is the most elaborate and Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance (Marik Münsel) is of medium length. Pointing Out the Dharmakaya (Chöku Dzuptsuk), the shortest, is used most frequently as a practice text and is published by the Translation Committee.
In 1995 and 1996 Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche presented The Gradual Path of the Heart of Wisdom (Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo) by Guru Rinpoche and its commentary by Jamgön Kongtrül, Fully Spreading the Light of Wisdom. In 1995 he focused on sections of the text related to the practice of ati trekchö. In 1996 he would finish the text by teaching the sections on ati tögal.
In addition, Khenpo Rinpoche gave teachings on The Naked Seeing of Awareness by Padmakara, a terma text of the Karling Shitro cycle, and on two topics from Jamgön Kongtrül’s Treasury of Knowledge (Sheja Dzö): the eight modes of arising and dissolving and the youthful vase body. He also taught instructions of the vidyadharas Prahevajra (Garab Dorje), Mañjushrimitra, Shri Simha, and Jñanasutra, as well as sections of two texts by Jamgön Kongtrül: Treasury of Knowledge (Sheja Dzö) and Complete Liberation from the Three Realms (Khamsum Yongdröl).
In 1997 Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche presented the six dharmas of Naropa according to Jamgön Kongtrül’s Treasury of Knowledge (Sheja Dzö); the concluding section of Wangchuk Dorje’s Ocean of Definitive Meaning (Ngedon Gyatso), which he had begun teaching in 1991; the six applications according to the Kalachakra tradition, also from the Treasury of Knowledge; the section on eliminating obstacles to practice from The Gradual Path of the Heart of Wisdom (Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo) by Guru Rinpoche; the purification of the four states from The Profound Inner Reality (Sabmo Nangdön); and a text by Jamgön Kongtrül on dark-retreat practice.
In 1998 Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche presented several of his own verse commentaries on songs by Milarepa; a commentary on chapter 23 of Nagarjuna’s Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (Mula-madhyamika-karika); a translation of Jamgön Kongtrül’s Complete Liberation of the Three Realms (Khamsum Yongdröl), dealing with the completion stage of Könchok Chidü; Karmapa Rangjung Dorje’s terma, Marvelous Guide to Actual Practice (Karma Nyingtik); a mahamudra doha composed by Rinpoche himself; and a text by Jamgön Kongtrul on dark-retreat practice.
These reading transmissions are self-administered and should be received in order. In accordance with the instructions of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, 1991-1994 materials are for tantrikas, those who have received pointing-out instructions from a qualified teacher, and have been given the preliminary practices. 1995-1998 materials are restricted to sadhakas, those who have begun a niruttara yidam practice (i.e., any yidam practice from the higher tantras) under the guidance of a qualified teacher. For further questions, please contact
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