THE TSADRA FOUNDATION SERIES

"To experienced practitioners, the Tsadra Foundation Series is more precious than gold dust."—Tricycle Magazine

The Tsadra Foundation is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that was founded in 2000 in order to support the activities of advanced Western students of Tibetan Buddhism, specifically those with significant contemplative experience. Taking its inspiration from the nineteenth century non-sectarian Tibetan scholar and meditation master Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Tayé, the Tsadra Foundation is named after his hermitage in eastern Tibet, Tsadra Rinchen Drak. The Foundation's various program areas reflect his values of excellence in both scholarship and contemplative practice, and the recognition of their mutual complementarity.

Tsadra Foundation's Translation Program aims to make authentic and authoritative texts from the Tibetan traditions available in English. The Foundation is honored to presents the work of its fellows and grantees, individuals of confirmed contemplative and intellectual integrity; however, their views do not necessarily reflect those of the Foundation.

Tsadra Foundation is delighted to ally with Snow Lion Publications in making these important texts available in the English language.

Snow Lion newsletter article on the Tsadra Foundation

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Snow Lion Publications has published the following titles as part of the Tsadra Foundation Series:

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JAMGÖN KONGTRUL A Gem of Many Colors		GURU RINPOCHÉ His Life and Times
MACHIK'S COMPLETE EXPLANATION Clarifying the Meaning of Chöd		SACRED GROUND Jamgön Kongtrul on "Pilgrimage and Sacred Geography"
TIMELESS RAPTURE Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters		WISDOM NECTAR Dudjom Rinpoche's Heart Advice
KING OF THE EMPTY PLAIN The Tibetan Iron-Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo

The Tsadra Foundation is supporting the publication of The Treasury of Knowledge series. Currently available titles are:

• THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE- Book One: Myriad Worlds



• THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE- Book Five: Buddhist Ethics



• THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE- Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra



• THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE, Book Six, Part Three: Frameworks of Buddhist Philosophy



• THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE, Book Eight, Part Four: Esoteric Instructions, A Detailed Presentation of the Process of Meditation in Vajrayana



• THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE, Book Eight, Part Three: The Elements of Tantric Practice (September, 2008)

Traditional Yoga Studies review of all three volumes: "Review of the Treasury of Knowledge"

For many years, the Tsadra Foundation has been, and continues to be, a major sponsor of the work of the members of The Padmakara Translation Group.