The Spiritual Song of Lodro Thaye

176 Pages·2008·7.09 MB·English

by  Thrangu Rinpoche

HIS EMINENCE
THE FOURTH jAMGON KONGTRUL RiNPOCHE,
LODRO CHOKYI NYlMA

DJe SplRJCUAL SoN~
o~ LooRo DlA~e
HIS EMINENCE
THE THIRD ]AMGON KONGTRUL RJNPOCHE,
KARMA LODRO CHOKYI SENGE
Lhe SplRl'CUAL SoN~
o~ LooRo LhAUe
by
]AMGON KoNGTRUL, THE GREAT
Commentary by
KHABJE KHENCHEN THRANGU R.INPOCHE
Originally Translated by
SARAH HARDING
Retranslated by
CORNELIA WEISHAAR-GUNTER
Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Charitable Trust
Publicatiom
Ack1wwledgme1tt
We would like to thank the many persons who helped make
this book possible. First and foremost, Khabje Khenchen
Thrangu Rinpoche for giving these profound teachings and
Clark Johnson for his tireless work in collecting, preserving
and making the teachings of Rinpoche avaiable.
Also we would like to thank Lodro Zangpo who first
transcribed, edited, and published this text in the Profound
Path ofP urity. Secondly, we would like to thank Sarah Harding
who not only translated the original teaching, but then went
back over a large part of the text correcting and editing it.
Finally, we would like to thank Cornelia Weishaar-Gunter for
her tremendous work in helping us with the translation.
Cover photo. Thangka of Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye from a
collection of the Jamgon Kongtrul Lab rang, currently displayed at the
Rigpe Dorje Institute at Pullahari Monastery.
Photo of the fourth Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche courtesy of Sangye.
May this supreme, peerless teaching,
The precious treasure oft he Victorious Ones,
Spread and extend throughout the world
Like the sun shining in the sky.
Copyright © 2008
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche &
Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Charitable Trust
All rights reserved. No part of this book, either text or art, may be
reproduced in any form, electronic or otherwise, without written
permission from the Namo Buddha Publications or Thrangu Rinpoche.
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National Library of New Zealand Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Thrangu, Rinpoche, 1933-
The spiritual song of Lodro Thaye I by Jamgon Kongtrul, The
Great; commentary by Khabje Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche;
originally translated by Sarah Harding ; retranslated by Cornelia
Weishaar-Giimher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-877294-40-2
I. Kon-sprul Blo-gros-mtha'-yas, :j:d 1813-1899. Song of
LodroThaye. 2. Mahamudra (Tantric rite) 3. Meditation
Buddhism. I. Weishaar-Giinter, Cornelia. II. Harding, Sarah,
1951-III. Tide.
294.3443-dc 22
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