Collected works of C.R. Lama
The texts gathered in Collected Works of C.R. Lama present a wide range of short works that C. R. Lama engaged with over his years as Reader in Indo-Tibetan Studies at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, when Western student lived in and around his family home, and he taught and translations were produced. Some are original writings, some are translations and some are brief teachings which he gave while working on other texts. The aim of this book is to give a glimpse of the range of interests and styles of one of the first Lamas to freely communicate with the modern world.
While living in India he introduced himself as C.R. Lama. Indians generally addressed him as Lamaji. Among Tibetan people he was known as Khordong Terchen Tulku, Chimed Rigdzin and was addressed as Rinpoche.
This book can be bought from various booksellers, such as Amazons and the German from Wandel Verlag.
English. Collected works of C.R. Lama. Compiled and edited by James Low. (Simply Being, 2013) ISBN 9780956923929. Also as Kindle.
French. Oeuvres Choisies de C.R. Lama. Translated by Manon Widmer. (Simply Being, 2016). ISBN 978 0956923936
German. Gesammelte Schriften von Chimed Rigdzin Rinpoche (C.R. Lama). Translated by Robert Jaroslawski. (Wandel Verlag, 2016). ISBN 978 3942380225
Polish Antologia wykładów Czime Rigdzina Rinpocze. Translated by Grażyna Litwińczuk. (Wydane nakładem Simply Being, 2015) ISBN 9780956923912
Polish Free download
Portuguese Obras Reunidas de C.R. Lama Translated into Portuguese by Madalena Gomes Pedroza in 2022 and reviewed by João Vale Neto. Free download
Spanish. Obras reunidas do C.R. Lama. Translated by Juan B. Garćia Lázaro and prepared as a Kindle by Alicja Żmigrodzka (2021)
Contents Page
Preface
Introduction
- Vajrayāna in Tibet
- The Nyingma Tradition
- Bardo Instructions Radiating Clarity like the Sun
- The Root Verses of the Bardos
- Vajrasattva Meditation Purifying All Errors and Obscurations
- Padmasambhava Introduces Himself
- Padmasambhava: Meaningful to Behold
- Padmasambhava’s Predictions
- Prefaces
- Brief Teachings
- Khordong Monastery
- Education in Khordong Monastery
- Khordong Monastery: Annual Cycle of Rituals
- New Year Celebrations
- Comments on Culture
- Rigdzin Godem and Sikkim