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Words of My Perfect Teacher (དམ་པའི་ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཉམས་ལེན་ཀུན་བཏུས་ཀུན་བཟང་བླ་མའི་ཞལ་ལུང་) — Patrul Rinpoche's foundational Nyingma text covering the entire path from Four Mind Reversals through Ngöndro.
14 chapters • 300+ glossary terms • Full commentary
The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva (རྒྱལ་སྲས་ལག་ལེན་སོ་བདུན་མ།) — Gyalse Thogme Zangpo's concise, practical verses on living the bodhisattva path.
37 verses • Complete glossary • Widely memorized and recited
The Way of the Bodhisattva (སྤྱོད་འཇུག་) — Shantideva's beloved masterpiece on cultivating compassion and bodhicitta, studied across all schools.
10 chapters • Full glossary • One of the most studied texts in Tibetan Buddhism
Jewel Ornament of Liberation (དམ་ཆོས་ཡིད་བཞིན་ནོར་བུ།) — Gampopa's comprehensive presentation of the path to enlightenment, synthesizing Kadampa lamrim with Mahamudra.
21 chapters • Full glossary • The foundational Kagyu lamrim text
Precious Garland of the Sublime Path (ལམ་མཆོག་རིན་ཆེན་ཕྲེང་བ།) — Gampopa's essential manual of pith instructions in 28 categories, from renunciation to spontaneous great bliss.
11 chapters • Full glossary • Concise oral advice on the complete path
Phase 1: Foundation Texts — Complete ✅
Phase 1 Complete!
All foundation texts are now available: Words of My Perfect Teacher, 37 Practices, The Way of the Bodhisattva, Jewel Ornament of Liberation, and Precious Garland of the Sublime Path.
Phase 2: Mind Training & Lamrim
Seven Points of Mind Training
བློ་སྦྱོང་དོན་བདུན་མ། • blo sbyong don bdun ma • Atisha / Chekawa
The foundation of all lojong practice — pithy, memorable slogans for transforming adversity into the path. “Be grateful to everyone.” “Don't be so predictable.”
Wheel of Sharp Weapons
བློ་སྦྱོང་མཚོན་ཆ་འཁོར་ལོ། • blo sbyong mtshon cha 'khor lo • Dharmarakshita (10th century)
Powerful karma teachings — an unflinching look at how our actions return to us. Complements the gentler lojong texts with its direct, uncompromising approach.
Eight Verses of Training the Mind
Liveབློ་སྦྱོང་ཚིགས་བརྒྱད་མ། • blo sbyong tshigs brgyad ma • Geshe Langri Tangpa
HH Dalai Lama's favorite mind training text. Only 8 verses — extremely short and can be added quickly as bonus content.
Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand
རྣམ་གྲོལ་ལག་བཅངས། • Pabongka Rinpoche • Gelug lamrim
Most accessible Gelug lamrim — based on a 24-day teaching with a narrative structure. Balances library toward Gelug tradition. Extremely popular but long text requiring significant effort.
Lamrim Chenmo (Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path)
Je Tsongkhapa • 3 volumes • Gelug
THE comprehensive lamrim — studied in all Gelug monasteries. Incredibly detailed and systematic reference work for serious students. May add Volume 1 first or create an abridged “Essentials” version.
Phase 3: Practice Manuals
The Torch of Certainty
ངེས་དོན་སྒྲོན་མེ། • nges don sgron me • Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye
The practice manual for ngöndro — step-by-step instructions from Jamgon Kongtrul. Perfect companion to Words of My Perfect Teacher.
Clarifying the Natural State
ཕྱག་ཆེན་གནས་ལུགས་གསལ་བྱེད། • Dakpo Tashi Namgyal • Kagyu
Practical mahamudra meditation instructions — highly valued by serious meditators. Clear, systematic approach to advanced practice.
Moonbeams of Mahamudra
Dakpo Tashi Namgyal • Kagyu • Advanced Mahamudra
More comprehensive than “Clarifying the Natural State” — for advanced practitioners.
Treasury of Precious Qualities
ཡོན་ཏན་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མཛོད། • Jigme Lingpa • Nyingma
Comprehensive Nyingma presentation of the complete path. Balances Kagyu practice manuals. Jigme Lingpa is hugely important in the Nyingma tradition.
Phase 4: Dzogchen & Advanced
Important Note
These texts traditionally require transmission from a qualified teacher. Chitta provides study support, not transmission. Please seek proper guidance from a qualified lama.
Flight of the Garuda
Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol • Nyingma • Dzogchen songs
Accessible Dzogchen introduction through poetic, inspiring songs. Shabkar is a beloved figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
Self-Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness
Padmasambhava (attributed) • Nyingma • Dzogchen
Classic Dzogchen text — often requested by practitioners.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ། • bar do thos grol • Padmasambhava (attributed) • Nyingma
Famous worldwide for its bardo teachings on death and dying. Practical importance for death preparation — many people searching for this text.
Crystal and the Way of Light
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu • Nyingma / Dzogchen
Modern, accessible Dzogchen introduction written for Western audience. Good bridge to traditional texts.
Phase 5: Philosophy
Introduction to the Middle Way (Madhyamakāvatāra)
Chandrakirti • Madhyamaka philosophy
Foundation of Buddhist philosophy education — often taught in dharma centers. Complements practice-oriented texts with deep philosophical analysis.
Gateway to Knowledge
Mipham Rinpoche • Nyingma • Abhidharma
Accessible Abhidharma — Mipham made it understandable. Reference work for technical Buddhist terms and concepts.
Ornament of Clear Realization (Abhisamayālaṅkāra)
Maitreya/Asanga • Prajnaparamita structure
Core monastic curriculum text — maps the entire path. For serious students of Buddhist philosophy.
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| Phase | Texts Available | Price |
|---|---|---|
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| 6 months | 8-10 texts | $10/month |
| 1 year | 12-15 texts | $10/month |
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Serving All Lineages
Our goal is to serve practitioners from all Tibetan Buddhist traditions, not just one lineage.
Nyingma
Strong coverage
WOPMT, Dzogchen texts, Treasury of Precious Qualities
Kagyu
Growing
Jewel Ornament, Torch of Certainty, Mahamudra texts
Gelug
Expanding
Liberation in Palm, Lamrim Chenmo planned
Universal
Strong
Bodhicaryavatara, Lojong texts, 37 Practices
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