Padmakara Translation Group

The Padmakara Translation Group and its publishing branch, Editions Padmakara, were established in 1987 to preserve and make available for a Western public the classics of Tibetan literature. Translators of many nationalities work under the direction of Tsétrul Pema Wangyal Rinpoche and Jigmé Khyentse Rinpoche. Since 2001 Tsadra Foundation has been supporting the work of a number of the translators of this Translation Group.

Current Projects
  • The Cloudless Sky. Khangsar Tenpai’i Wangchuk’s Collected Works. Forthcoming.
  • The Aspiration to the Excellent Way. Khangsar Tenpai’i Wangchuk’s Collected Works. Forthcoming.
English titles translated with the assistance of Tsadra Foundation
  • Treasury of Precious Qualities, Book 1, Jigme Lingpa, commentary by Longchen Yeshe Dorje, Kangyur Rinpoche (trans. Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher)
  • Counsels from My Heart, Dudjom Rinpoche (trans. Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher)
  • Introduction to the Middle Way, Chandrakirti, commentary by Jamgön Mipham (trans. Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher)
  • The Adornment of the Middle Way, Shantarakshita, commentary by Jamgön Mipham (trans. Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher)
  • Food of Bodhisattvas: Buddhist Teachings on Abstaining from Meat, Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol (trans. Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher)
  • The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most, Padampa Sangye, commentary by Dilgo Khyentse (trans. John Canti) (partial sponsorship)
  • The Way of the Bodhisattva, Shantideva (rev. ed.) (trans. Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher)
  • The Heart of Compassion: The Thirty-seven Verses on the Practice of a Bodhisattva, GyalseThogme, commentary by Dilgo Khyentse (trans. John Canti)
  • Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech: A Detailed Commentary on Shantideva’s “Way of the Bodhisattva,” Kunzang Pelden (trans. Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher)
  • White Lotus: An Explanation of the Seven-line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, Jamgön Mipham (trans. Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher)
  • A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom, Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices, Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje (trans. Stephen Gethin)
  • Treasury of Precious Qualities, Book 2 Vajrayana and the Great Perfection, Jigme Lingpa, commentary by Longchen Yeshe Dorje, Kangyur Rinpoche (trans. Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher)
  • Wangyal, Pema. Awakening Wisdom: Heart Advice on the Fundamental Practices of Vajrayana Buddhism. Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, 2023.
  • The Natural Openness and Freedom of the Mind. Khangsar Tenpai’i Wangchuk’s Collected Works. Shambhala, 2024.
  • Nyingma: Mahayoga, Anuyoga, and Atiyoga, Part Two Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet, Volume 2 (The Treasury of Precious Instructions). Shambhala, 2024.

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