A Vase of Nectar to Inspire the Faithful

A Vase of Nectar to Inspire the Faithful

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Descriptionངོ་སྤྲོད།

Patrul Rinpoche’s seminal work, The Words of My Perfect Teacher has won respect throughout all parts of Buddhist communities East and West. Though his accomplishments as a teacher and practitioner are beyond comprehension, at his core we find a humility, devotion, and commitment to simplicity that is universally inspiring.

Compiled by Patrul Rinpoche’s beloved disciple Khenpo Kunpal, the biography opens with a poetic tribute by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Then, combining numerous firsthand sources with his own experiences, Khenpo weaves an intimate account of compassion, dedication, selfless service, and joyful practice. (Source: Berotsana Publications)

Citation

Chönam, Lama and Timothy Hinkle (Light of Berotsana), trans. A Vase of Nectar to Inspire the Faithful: A Biography of Patrul Rinpoche, Orgyen Jigme Chökyi Wangpo. Ashland, OR: Berotsana Publications, 2018.

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https://www.berotsana.org/products/a-vase-of-nectar-to-inspire-the-faithful-a-biography-of-patrul-rinpoche

Texts Translated

Kun bzang dpal ldan. rdza dpal sprul gyi rnam thar dad pa'i gsos sman bdud rtsi'i bum bcud. . Also includes three selected poems from The Melody of Simplicity: Spontaneous Vajra Songs of Profound Pith Instructions by Patrul Rinpoche: མཚུངས་དོན་མན་ངག་རྡོ་རྗེའི་ཐོལ་གླུ་སྤྲོས་བྲལ་སྒྲ་དབྱངས། (mtshungs don man ngag rdo rje’i thol glu spros bral sgra dbyangs).

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Rdza dpal sprul gyi rnam thar dad pa'i gsos sman bdud rtsi'i bum bcudརྫ་དཔལ་སྤྲུལ་གྱི་རྣམ་ཐར་དད་པའི་གསོས་སྨན་བདུད་རྩིའི་བུམ་བཅུད།

A brief biography of Dza Patrul Rinpoche (1808-1887), by Khenpo Kunpal.

Text

• Foreword by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche vii
• Translator's Preface 1
• Introduction by H.H. Katok Getsé Rinpoche 5

• A Vase of Nectar to Inspire the Faithful:
  A Biography of Patrul Rinpoche by Khenpo Kunzang Palden
  • The Concise Teaching 11
  • The Elaborate Presentation 21

• Selected Poems from Melody of Simplicity, Spontaneous Vajra Songs of Profound Pith Instruction by Patrul Rinpoche
  • An Explanation of Why I Chase My Students Away with Stones 71
  • Heart Advice for Practioners 77
  • Encouragement to Pursue the Path 85

• Works Cited 95

Śrāvaka - The disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain individual liberation or nirvāṇa. The final goal of the Hearers is to become an arhat, a state in which one has totally eliminated the inner problems of attachment, hatred and ignorance, the main causes for rebirth in this cycle of existence. There are four stages of a śrāvaka path including eight phases. Skt श्रावक  Tib ཉན་ཐོས།  Ch 聲聞  

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Karuṇā - Skt करुणा  Tib ཐུགས་རྗེ་  Ch 悲  

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