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A Repository of Buddhist Literature in Western Languages

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.

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Featured Books

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Chod - The Sacred Teachings on Severance

2017

Books · Translations

The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Book 13

Dorje, Gyurme, trans. The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Book 13: Philosophical Systems and Lines of Transmission. By Choying Tobden Dorje (chos dbying stobs ldan rdo rje). Tsadra Foundation Series. Boulder, CO: Snow Lion, 2017.

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The Just King

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The Wisdom Chapter

Staff Picks

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A Revolutionary Artist of Tibet

A Revolutionary Artist of Tibet

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The Six Lamps

The Six Lamps

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Grains of Gold

Grains of Gold

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Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol

Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol

Newly Added: Books

1996

Books · Translations, Edited Dharma Teaching

The Excellent Path to Enlightenment (Ricard 1996)

Khyentse, Dilgo. The Excellent Path to Enlightenment: Oral Teachings on the Root Text of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Ricard, Matthieu, trans. Edited by The Padmakara Translation Group. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 1996.

2015

Books · Translations

Secret Map of the Body

Guarisco, E. Rgyal ba yang dgon pa, Spyan snga ba rin chen ldan. Chasnoff, J. ed. Secret Map of the Body: Visions of the Human Energy Structure consisting of The Great Mirror: Praise-Biography of the Precious One from Lhadong by Chen Ngawa Rinchen Den and The Hidden Description of the Vajra Body by Gyalwa Yangonpa. Arcidosso: Shang Shung Publications, 2015.

2009

Books · Academic Publications

Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees

Schmithausen, Lambert. Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees. Lumbini, Nepal: Lumbini International Research Institute, 2009. https://archive.org/details/earlyplantsinearlybuddhismfareasternideaofbuddhanatureofgrassestreeslambertschmithausensentinan_218_v/mode/2up.

1997

Books · Buddhist Topic Monographs, Transcriptions

The Buddha Nature: Death and Eternal Soul in Buddhism

Dalai Lama, 14th, and Peter Michel. The Buddha Nature: Death and Eternal Soul in Buddhism. Woodside, CA: Bluestar Communications, 1997.

2014

Books · Translations

The Secrets of Tantric Buddhism

Cleary, Thomas. The Secrets of Tantric Buddhism: Understanding the Ecstasy of Enlightenment. San Francisco: Weiser Books, 2014.

2017

Books · Academic Publications

Khenpo Sangye Tenzin and the Career of Serlo Shedrup Zungdrel Ling Gonpa

Berg, E. Khenpo Sangye Tenzin and the Career of Serlo Shedrup Zungdrel Ling Gonpa, that evolved into one of the Most Important Monasteries Among the Sherpas of NE Nepal. Bhairahawa: Lumbini International Research Institute, 2017.

2016

Books · Translations

The Karmapas and Their Mahamudra Forefathers

Phuntsok, Sherap. The Karmapas and Their Mahāmudrā Forefathers. Translated by Michele Martin. Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2016.

2017

Books · Translations, Academic Publications

Building a Tradition

Ducher, Cécile. Building a Tradition: The Lives of Mar-pa the Translator. Collectanea Himalayica 5. Munich: Indus Verlag, 2017.

2017

Books · Translations

The Essential Jewel of Holy Practice

Dpal sprul rin po che. The Essential Jewel of Holy Practice. Translated by Jay L. Garfield and Emily W. McRae. Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2017.

1999

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Chronicle of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya

Wyatt, David K. Chronicle of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya: The British Museum Version Preserved in the British Library. Bibliotheca Codicum Asiaticorum 14. Tokyo: The Center for East Asia Cultural Studies, 1999.

1995

Books · Translations, Academic Publications

The Devimahatmya Paintings

Mori, Masahide and Yoshiko Mori. The Devīmāhātmya Paintings Preserved at the National Archives, Kathmandu. Translated by Rolf W. Giebel. Bibliotheca Codicum Asiaticorum 9. Tokyo: The Center for East Asian Cultural Studies, 1995.

1992

Books · Translations

Eleven Mon Dhammasat Texts

Hla, Nai Pan and Ryuji Okudaira, ed. Eleven Mon Dhammasāt Texts. Bibliotheca Codicum Asiaticorum 6. Tokyo: The Center for East Asian Cultural Studies, 1992.

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Newly Added: Tibetan Publications

1997

Tibetan Publications · Collection

Shes bya kun khyab mdzod

'jam mgon kong sprul. shes bya kun khyab mdzod. delhi: zhe chen dpe skrun khang, 1997. འཇམ་མགོན་ཀོང་སྤྲུལ། ཤེས་བྱ་ཀུན་ཁྱབ་མཛོད། ཞེ་ཆེན་དཔེ་སྐྲུན་ཁང་། Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye. The Encyclopedia of Knowledge. 4 Volumes. Delhi: Shechen Publications, 1997.

Newly Added: Articles

2025

Articles · Translations, Editorial Content

The Wheel-Like Path: Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna's Commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva

Forgues, Gregory, and Khenpo Konchok Tamphel, trans. "The Wheel-Like Path: Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna's Commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva." With Introduction, Notes, and Appendices. Bodhicitta: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative, June 17, 2025.

2000

Articles · Journal Articles, Reviews

We Are All Gzhan stong pas: Reflections on the Reflexive Nature of Awareness-Review by Kapstein

Kapstein, Matthew. "We Are All Gzhan stong pas: Reflections on The Reflexive Nature of Awareness: A Tibetan Madhyamaka Defence by Paul Williams." Journal of Buddhist Ethics 7 (2000): 105–25.

1983

Articles · Journal Articles

A "Nonreferential" View of Language and Conceptual Thought in the Work of Tsoṅ-kha-pa

Huntington, C. W. "A "Nonreferential" View of Language and Conceptual Thought in the Work of Tsoṅ-kha-pa." Philosophy East and West 33, no. 4 (1983): 325-339.

1998

Articles · Journal Articles

The problem of the historical Nāgārjuna revisited

Mabbett, I. "The problem of the historical Nāgārjuna revisited." The Journal of the American Oriental Society 118, no.3 ( July 1998 ) 332.

1994

Articles · Journal Articles

For Sarvāstivāda

Bastow, D. For Sarvāstivāda. Philosophy East and West, Vol. 44 No. 3 (1994): 489-499.

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Bhāviveka and the early Mādhyamika theories of language

2007

Articles · Journal Articles

A Look at the Diversity of the Gzhan stong Tradition

Burchardi, Anne. “A Look at the Diversity of the Gzhan stong Tradition.” Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies 3 (2007): 1–24. http://www.thlib.org?tid=T3128

Newly Added: Dissertations

1997

Dissertations · PhD diss.

Kālacakra: Textual and Ritual Perspectives

Andresen, Jensine. Kālacakra Textual and Ritual Perspectives. PhD Diss., Harvard University, 1997.

1995

Dissertations · MA Thesis

The Enlightened Heart of Buddhahood

Schaeffer, Kurtis R. "The Enlightened Heart of Buddhahood: A Study and Translation of The Third Karma pa Rang byung rdo rje's Work on Tathāgatagarbha, The De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po gtan la dbab pa." MA thesis, University of Washington, 1995.

2007

Dissertations · PhD diss.

The Gzhan stong Chen mo

Sheehy, Michael. "The Gzhan stong Chen mo: A Study of Emptiness according to the Modern Tibetan Buddhist Jo nang Scholar 'Dzam thang Mkhan po Ngag dbang Blo gros Grags pa (1920-75)." PhD diss., California Institute of Integral Studies, 2007.

2005

Dissertations · PhD diss.

The Doxographical Genius of Kun mkhyen kLong chen rab 'byams pa

Butters, Albion Moonlight. The Doxographical Genius of Kun mkhyen kLong chen rab ’byams pa. PhD diss, Columbia University, 2005.

2006

Dissertations · PhD diss.

RNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab's Summary of the Ratnagotravibhāga

Kano, Kazuo. "rNgog Blo-ldan-shes-rab's Summary of the Ratnagotravibhāga: The First Tibetan Commentary on a Crucial Source for the Buddha-Nature Doctrine." PhD diss., University of Hamburg, 2006.

1980

Dissertations · PhD diss.

Mahāyāna Buddhist Religious Practice and The Perfection of Wisdom

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Newly Added: Periodical Issues

1994

Periodical Issues · Journal Issues

Pacific World/New Series, No. 10, (1994)

The Pacific World: Journal of The Institute of Buddhist Studies. Special 45th Anniversary Issue on Japanese Religions. New Series Number 10, Fall 1994.