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Welcome to the searchable catalog of the Tsadra Foundation Research Library in Boulder, Colorado. This is a private archive of Buddhist studies material to be used internally by Tsadra Foundation, its staff and fellow translators.
Newly Added: Books
2000
Books · Translations, Scholarly Editions
Civilisation at the Foot of Mount Sham-Po
Gyalbo, Tsering, Guntram Hazod, and Per K Sørensen, trans. Civilisation at the Foot of Mount Sham-Po: The Royal House of lHa Bug-pa-can and the History of g. Ya'-bzang. Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens Nr. 36, Bd. 290. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2000.
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2025
Tibetan Publications · Volume
Gangs can bod chen po'i rgyal rabs 'dus gsal du bkod pa sngon med dwangs shel 'phrul gyi me long (Shechen 2025)
Bdud 'joms 'jigs bral ye shes rdo rje. Gangs can bod chen po'i rgyal rabs 'dus gsal du bkod pa sngon med dwangs shel 'phrul gyi me long. Shechen Shedra Series 8. Kathmandu: Shechen Publications, 2025.
2025
Tibetan Publications · Volume
Snga 'gyur rdo rje theg pa gtso bor gyur pa'i sgrub brgyud shing rta brgyad kyi byung ba brjod pa'i mdor bsdus legs bshad pad+ma dkar po'i rdzing bu (Shechen 2025)
Zhe chen rgyal tshab 'gyur med pad+ma rnam rgyal. Snga 'gyur rdo rje theg pa gtso bor gyur pa'i sgrub brgyud shing rta brgyad kyi byung ba brjod pa'i mdor bsdus legs bshad pad+ma dkar po'i rdzing bu. Shechen Shedra Series 7. Kathmandu: Shechen Publications, 2025.
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Featured Books
2023
Books · Translations
Marpa Kagyu: Methods of Liberation - Part 1
Callahan, Elizabeth M., trans. Marpa Kagyu: Methods of Liberation, Part 1. Vol. 7 of The Treasury of Precious Instructions: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet (gdams ngag rin po che'i mdzod), compiled by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye ('jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas). Tsadra Foundation Series. Boulder, CO: Snow Lion, 2023.
2020
Books · Translations
Les Systèmes Philosophiques Bouddhistes (Charrier 2020)
Charrier, Christian, trans. Trésor de connaissances: Les systèmes philosophiques bouddhistes - Volume 1. By Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé ('jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas). Collection Tsadra. Le Plantou, France: Éditions Padmakara, 2020.
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2025
Tibetan Publications · Volume
Gangs can bod chen po'i rgyal rabs 'dus gsal du bkod pa sngon med dwangs shel 'phrul gyi me long (Shechen 2025)
Bdud 'joms 'jigs bral ye shes rdo rje. Gangs can bod chen po'i rgyal rabs 'dus gsal du bkod pa sngon med dwangs shel 'phrul gyi me long. Shechen Shedra Series 8. Kathmandu: Shechen Publications, 2025.
2025
Tibetan Publications · Volume
Snga 'gyur rdo rje theg pa gtso bor gyur pa'i sgrub brgyud shing rta brgyad kyi byung ba brjod pa'i mdor bsdus legs bshad pad+ma dkar po'i rdzing bu (Shechen 2025)
Zhe chen rgyal tshab 'gyur med pad+ma rnam rgyal. Snga 'gyur rdo rje theg pa gtso bor gyur pa'i sgrub brgyud shing rta brgyad kyi byung ba brjod pa'i mdor bsdus legs bshad pad+ma dkar po'i rdzing bu. Shechen Shedra Series 7. Kathmandu: Shechen Publications, 2025.
2025
Tibetan Publications · Volume
Dbu ma rgyan gyi rnam bshad 'jam dbyangs bla ma dgyes pa'i zhal lung (Shechen 2025)
'jam mgon mi pham rin po che. Dbu ma rgyan gyi rnam bshad 'jam dbyangs bla ma dgyes pa'i zhal lung. (A Teaching to Delight My Master Manjughosha: A Commentary on the Madhyamakālankara) Shechen Shedra Series 5. Kathmandu: Shechen Publications, 2025.
2025
Tibetan Publications · Volume
Grub thob karma gling pa'i zab gter zab chos zhi khro dgongs pa rang grol gyi chos 'khor - Vol. 2
Karma gling pa. Grub thob karma gling pa'i zab gter zab chos zhi khro dgongs pa rang grol gyi chos 'khor (The Profound Termas of Mahasiddha Karma Lingpa the Dharma Cycle of the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities the Natural Freedom of Awakening). Volume 2. New Delhi: Shechen Publications, 2025.
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Translations from 2025
Total: 43
2025
Books · Translations
Buddhist Epistemology in the Geluk School
Samuels, Jonathan (Sherab Gyatso) trans. Buddhist Epistemology in the Geluk School: Three Key Texts. By Khedrup Gelek Palsang, Gyaltsab Darma Rinchen and Jamyang Shepa. Library of Tibetan Classics Volume 21. New York: Wisdom Publications, 2025.
2025
Books · Translations, Scholarly Editions, Art Books
Forms of Awakening
Bogin, Benjamin, Ariana Maki, and Rachel Seligman, eds. Forms of Awakening: Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection. Translated by Rongwo Lugyal. Tang Teaching Museum, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College; Williams College Museum of Art. New York: DelMonico Books D.A.P., 2025.
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Translations from 2024
Total: 43
2024
Books · Translations
Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu (Light of Berotsana 2024)
Chonam, Lama, and Sangye Khandro (Light of Berotsana Translation Group), trans. Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhātu (chöying rinpoche'i dzöd): With the Autocommentary, A Treasury of Citations. By Omniscient Longchen Rabjam. Ashland, OR: Berotsana Publications, 2024.
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Translations from 2023
Total: 48
2023
Books · Translations, Buddhist Topic Monographs
A Journey to the West - Vol. 1 (Sodargye 2023)
Sodargye, Khenpo, ed. A Journey to the West - Vol.1 : Recollections of Accompanying My Guru to Europe and North America in 1993. Translated by the International Translation team. Taipei: DeKi Publishing, 2023.
2023
Books · Translations, Buddhist Topic Monographs
A Journey to the West - Vol. 2 (Sodargye 2023)
Sodargye, Khenpo, ed. A Journey to the West - Vol.2 : Recollections of Accompanying My Guru to Europe and North America in 1993. Translated by the International Translation team. Taipei: DeKi Publishing, 2023.
2023
Books · Translations, Academic Publications
A Study of the Life and Works of Go-rams-pa bSod-nams-seng-ge and a Translation and Critical Edition of his sDom gsum kha skong (Jamtsho 2023)
Jamtsho, Sonam. A Study of the Life and Works of Go-rams-pa bSod-nams-seng-ge and a Translation and Critical Edition of his sDom gsum kha skong. New Delhi, India: Dev Publishers & Distributors, 2023.
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Newly Added: Tibetan Publications
Published 2025 & 2024
2024
Tibetan Publications · Volume
'jug pa sems bskyed drug pa'i skabs rang 'grel tshig gsal gyi 'dogs mchan thig gsal gyi dgongs don rab gsal
Sangs rgyas mnyan pa Rin po che. 'jug pa sems bskyed drug pa'i skabs rang 'grel tshig gsal gyi 'dogs mchan thig gsal gyi dgongs don rab gsal. Illuminating the Intended Meaning of the Clear Words: Annotations On the Chapter Six of Chandrakirti's Entering the Middle Way. Ban chen bshad grwa deb phreng 31. Kathmandu: Benchen Publications, 2024.
2024
Tibetan Publications · Volume
Bka' 'gyur gyi bsdus don dang phyogs bcu'i mun sel gyi mdo
Skyabs rje Sangs rgyas mnyan pa Rin po che. Bka' 'gyur gyi bsdus don dang phyogs bcu'i mun sel gyi mdo. Overview of Kangyur and The Sutra of Dispelling the Darkness of the Ten Directions. Kathmandu: Benchen Publications, 2024.
2024
Tibetan Publications · Volume
Bka' khrid dang bka' slob gces btus bzhi pa
Skyabs rje Sangs rgyas mnyan pa Rin po che. Bka' khrid dang bka' slob gces btus bzhi pa. Collected Transcripts of His Eminence Sangyes Nyenpa Rinpoche's Advices and Teachings, Volume Four. Kathmandu: Benchen Publications, 2024.
2024
Tibetan Publications · Volume
Bka' khrid dang bka' slob gces btus gsum pa
Skyabs rje Sangs rgyas mnyan pa Rin po che. Bka' khrid dang bka' slob gces btus gsum pa. Collected Transcripts of His Eminence Sangyes Nyenpa Rinpoche's Advices and Teachings, Volume Three. Kathmandu: Benchen Publications, 2024.
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Newly Added: Articles
2012
Articles · Digital Publications
Chekhawa Yeshe Dorje (Chhosphel 2012)
Chhosphel, Samten. "Chekhawa Yeshe Dorje." Treasury of Lives, accessed November 06, 2025, http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Chekhawa-Yeshe-Dorje/5791.
2017
Articles · Journal Articles
Dazzling Displays and Hidden Departures: Bodhisattva Pedagogy as Performance in the Biographies of Two Twentieth Century Tibetan Buddhist Masters
Pitkin, Annabella. "Dazzling Displays and Hidden Departures: Bodhisattva Pedagogy as Performance in the Biographies of Two Twentieth Century Tibetan Buddhist Masters." Religions 8, no. 9 (2017): 173. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel8090173.
2006
Articles · Digital Publications, Translations
The Thirty-Seven Practices of All the Bodhisattvas
Pearcey, Adam, trans. "The Thirty-Seven Practices of All the Bodhisattvas." By Gyalse Tokme Zangpo. Lotsawa House, 2006. https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/gyalse-thogme-zangpo/37-practices-all-bodhisattvas.
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Articles · Digital Publications, Translations
37 Bodhisattva Practices
Berzin, Alexander, trans. "37 Bodhisattva Practices." By Tokme Zangpo. Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives. https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/original-texts/sutra-texts/37-bodhisattva-practices.
2004
Articles · Journal Articles
The Distinction between Svātantrika and Prāsaṅgika in Late Madhyamaka: Atiśa and Bhavya as Prāsaṅgikas
Nagashima, Jundo. "The Distinction between Svātantrika and Prāsaṅgika in Late Madhyamaka: Atiśa and Bhavya as Prāsaṅgikas." Nagoya Studies in Indian Culture and Buddhism: Sambhāṣā 24 (2004): 65–98.
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Newly Added: Dissertations
2024
Dissertations · PhD diss.
Transgression, Conversion, Reformation: Atiśa Dīpaṃkara and Tantric Hermeneutics in the Later Propagation of Tibetan Buddhism
Lambelet, Patrick G. "Transgression, Conversion, Reformation: Atiśa Dīpaṃkara and Tantric Hermeneutics in the Later Propagation of Tibetan Buddhism." PhD diss., UC Santa Barbara, 2024. ProQuest ID: Lambelet_ucsb_0035D_16396. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m5q92p2x. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/86v0x46f
2022
Dissertations · Translations, PhD diss.
An Early Tibetan Perspective on the Hermeneutical Scheme of the Three Wheels of Dharma: The Case of 'Jig-rten gsum-mgon and the Early Exponents of the dGongs gcig
Querl, Katrin. "An Early Tibetan Perspective on the Hermeneutical Scheme of the Three Wheels of Dharma: The Case of ’Jig-rten gsum-mgon and the Early Exponents of the dGongs gcig." PhD Diss, University of Vienna, 2022. https://www.academia.edu/115666678/An_Early_Tibetan_Perspective_on_the_Hermeneutical_Scheme_of_the_Three_Wheels_of_Dharma_The_Case_of_Jig_rten_gsum_mgon_and_the_Early_Exponents_of_the_dGongs_gcig?source=swp_share
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Newly Added: Periodical Issues
2025
Periodical Issues · Journal Issues
Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines/Vol. 75 (2025)
Liang, Jue, Natasha Mikles, Andrew Taylor and Eben Yonnetti, eds. "New Directions and Emergent Conversations in Tibetan Studies: Papers Presented at the Sixth International Seminar of Young Tibetologists." Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines 75 (March 2025).
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Newly Added: Multimedia
Multimedia · Video
Tibet and the Himalayas: Remembering Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen Rinpoche
Voice of Tibet. "Tibet and the Himalayas: Remembering Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen Rinpoche." Produced by Voice of Tibet, May 1, 2022. Video, 30:18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkOVIH74llo&t=205s.
Multimedia · Video
White Lotuses and Spring Rains: The Poems of Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen with Annabella Pitkin
Pitkin, Annabella. "White Lotuses and Spring Rains: The Poems of Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen." Presented by Loyola Marymount University, BCLA Yoga Studies, Oct 8, 2024. Video, 59:16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImQlMhMdGA.
Multimedia · Video
The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta by the 14th Dalai Lama (5 of 5)
Dalai Lama, 14th. "The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta." Part 5 of 5. Teaching given on June 14th-16th, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Presented by Dalai Lama in Australia. Video, 3:36:34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr_OeyWcaos.
Multimedia · Video
The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta by the 14th Dalai Lama (4 of 5)
Dalai Lama, 14th. "The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta." Part 4 of 5. Teaching given on June 14th-16th, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Presented by Dalai Lama in Australia. Video, 2:26:53. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kxSppoXNB4.
Multimedia · Video
The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta by the 14th Dalai Lama (3 of 5)
Dalai Lama, 14th. "The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta." Part 3 of 5. Teaching given on June 14th-16th, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Presented by Dalai Lama in Australia. Video, 2:15:18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA0untVELsQ.
Multimedia · Video
The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta by the 14th Dalai Lama (2 of 5)
Dalai Lama, 14th. "The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta." Part 2 of 5. Teaching given on June 14th-16th, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Presented by Dalai Lama in Australia. Video, 2:18:01. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iu2gYgreQU.
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