Stone Vase
Stone Vase
Selected Writings of Lama Doboom Tulku
Lama Doboom Tulku
“Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe is the most eminent Tibetan scholar of Buddhist philosophy of the past century. His studies of Madhyamaka thought are peerless in their depth, clarity, and insight. Geshe-la is also the principal teacher of many of the leading Western scholars of Buddhism active today, each of whom has benefited from his patient, lucid exposition of Buddhist philosophical texts. But up to this point, very little of his work has been available in English. The present translation helps to remedy that situation. Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe’s commentary on the Rice Seedling Sutra exemplifies his precise, profound, yet entirely accessible commentarial style, making the purport of this sūtra immediately available to the reader and demonstrating the power of a great commentary. The translation beautifully captures Geshe-la’s voice. Even his kindness comes through. This text has much to offer to practitioners, beginning students, and advanced scholars alike.”
—Jay L. Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Smith College, and the Harvard Divinity School.
The Rice Seedling Sutra
“Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe is the most eminent Tibetan scholar of Buddhist philosophy of the past century. His studies of Madhyamaka thought are peerless in their depth, clarity, and insight. Geshe-la is also the principal teacher of many of the leading Western scholars of Buddhism active today, each of whom has benefited from his patient, lucid exposition of Buddhist philosophical texts. But up to this point, very little of his work has been available in English. The present translation helps to remedy that situation. Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe’s commentary on the Rice Seedling Sutra exemplifies his precise, profound, yet entirely accessible commentarial style, making the purport of this sūtra immediately available to the reader and demonstrating the power of a great commentary. The translation beautifully captures Geshe-la’s voice. Even his kindness comes through. This text has much to offer to practitioners, beginning students, and advanced scholars alike.”
—Jay L. Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Smith College, and the Harvard Divinity School.
“Dependent arising, one of the Buddha’s most profound teachings, is brought to life in this lucid commentary on the Rice Seedling Sutra by Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe, one of the greatest living scholars of the Tibetan tradition. Drawing upon a wealth of Indian and Tibetan sources, especially the Middle Way philosophy of emptiness, Geshe Thabke shows why dependent arising is at the very core of Buddhist understandings of the conventional world, and why it is considered the ‘king of reasons’ that opens the doorway to the ultimate truth.”
—José Ignacio Cabezón, Dalai Lama Professor of Tibetan Buddhism and Cultural Studies, UC Santa Barbara.
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam rim chen mo) is one of the brightest jewels in the world’s treasury of sacred literature. The author, Tsong-kha-pa, completed this masterpiece in 1402 and it soon became one of the most renowned works of spiritual practice and philosophy in the world of Tibetan Buddhism. Tsong-kha-pa took great pains to base his incisive insights on the classical Indian Buddhist literature, illustrating his points with classical citations as well as with sayings of the masters of the earlier Kadampa tradition.In this way the text demonstrates clearly how Tibetan Buddhism carefully preserved and developed the Indian Buddhist traditions.
TBLC Co-Director and Great Treatise translator Joshua Cutler has written an article describing the journey of this project, which was originally published in Mandala Magazine in 2004. If you wish, you can find the article here.
Originally published in the Snow Lion Newsletter and Catalogue, a historical account of the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center’s project to translate the Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment has been provided for you here.
For a free, downloadable online Vietnamese translation of the Great Treatise by the Prajna Upadesa Foundation, click here
The Jewelled Staircase
The author of this book, Geshe Wangyal, passed away on January 30, 1983 at the age of eighty-one. Geshe-la had profound insight into Buddha’s teaching, and through his great compassion was the unexcelled teacher to many people, myself included. He manifested this knowledge in his everyday life and that life itself serves as a great inspiration to those who aspire to practice Buddha’s teaching.
The book is presently out of print, but several new and used copies can be found at Shambhala publications or on Amazon.com. TBLC Co-Director Joshua Cutler has written an introduction to the Jewelled Staircase,which can be downloaded here.