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The Home of Tibetan Buddhist Texts in Translation. More than 6000 texts in nine languages. www.lotsawahouse.org

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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/07/2026
🙏🏼 Thank you to all our patrons and other donors, whose generosity enables us to continue translating important, interesting and inspiring texts and making them available 'on the House'.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/07/2026
🪷 Please consider supporting us with as little as $2 (less than the price of a cup of coffee) on Patreon to receive a monthly newsletter detailing all new additions (only some of which are announced on social media). www.patreon.com/LotsawaHouse
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/07/2026
...Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol (1872–1952), Khenchen Ngawang Palzang (1879–1941), Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987), Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991), Trulshik Rinpoche (1924–2011), Alak Zenkar Rinpoche (b. 1943), Tulku Pema Rigtsal Rinpoche (b. 1963) & Khenmo Dawa Drolma (b. 20th C.).
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/07/2026
📚 We published 32 translations in July, incl. texts by Yutok Yönten Gönpo, Longchenpa (1308–1364), the 5th Shamarpa, Könchok Yenlak (1525–1583), Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798), Patrul Rinpoche (1808–1887), Dudjom Lingpa (1835–1903), Tutob Lingpa (1858–1914), the 15th Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje (1871–1922)...
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 08/07/2026
NEW TRANSLATION: Mahāmudrā Way of Resting by 5th Shamarpa, Könchok Yenlak (1525–1583) The author shares pith instructions & popular citations in this brief Mahāmudrā text that outlines the practice's view, meditation & conduct. 🔗 www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-mast... Translated by Joseph McClellan
Thangka image of 5th Shamarpa
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/06/2026
🙏🏼 Thank you to all our patrons and other donors, whose generosity enables us to continue translating important, interesting and inspiring texts and making them available 'on the House'.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/06/2026
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/06/2026
...Khenchen Ngawang Palzang (1879–1941), Golok Serta Rinpoche, Pema Lungtok Gyatso (1891–1964), Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987), and Khenmo Dawa Drolma (b. 20th C.).
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/06/2026
📚 We published 47 new translations in June. This includes texts by Longchen Rabjam (1308–1364), the Sixth Shamarpa, Chökyi Wangchuk (1584–1630), Katok Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu (1698–1755), Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje (1800–1866), Patrul Rinpoche (1808–1887), Dudjom Lingpa (1835–1903)...
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/05/2026
🙏🏼 Thank you to all our patrons and other donors, whose generosity enables us to continue translating important, interesting and inspiring texts and making them available 'on the House'.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/05/2026
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/05/2026
... Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991), & Chatral Rinpoche (1913–2015). 🆕 We also upgraded our pdfs and ebooks, which now feature better fonts that match the website, as well as and cover and imprint pages. And we simultaneously upgraded some design elements on the site itself.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/05/2026
☸️ Happy Saga Dawa Düchen! 📚 We published 30 translations in May, incl. texts by Longchen Rabjam (1308–1364), Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje (1646–1714), Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892), Jammé Chöpal Gyatso (b. 1843?), Khenpo Ngawang Palzang (1879–1941), Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987)...
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/04/2026
🙏🏼 Thank you to all our patrons and other donors, whose generosity enables us to continue translating important, interesting and inspiring texts and making them available 'on the House'.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/04/2026
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/04/2026
... Kyala Khenpo Chemchok Döndrup Tsal (1893–1957), Shechen Kongtrul Pema Drimé Lekpé Lodrö (1901–c.1960), Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987), Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991), Khenpo Tsöndrü (1920–1979) and Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche (b. 1967). ✍🏻 We also added a new introduction to the Kangyur Series.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/04/2026
📚 We published 38 new translations in April. This includes texts by Ratön Ngawang Tendzin Dorje (fl. 18–19th c.), Patrul Rinpoche (1808–1887), Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892), Khenpo Shenpen Nangwa (1871–1927), Khenchen Ngawang Palzang (1879–1941)...
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/03/2026
🙏🏼 Thank you to all our patrons and other donors, whose generosity enables us to continue translating important, interesting and inspiring texts and making them available 'on the House'.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/03/2026
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/03/2026
📚 We published 28 translations this month, incl. texts by Nāropa, Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo, Yungtön Dorje Pal, Longchenpa, the 2nd Shechen Rabjam, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima, Shechen Gyatsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal, Dudjom Rinpoche, Khangsar Tenpé Wangchuk & Lama Jigme Namgyal.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 28/02/2026
🙏🏼 Thank you to all our patrons and other donors, whose generosity enables us to continue translating important, interesting and inspiring texts and making them available 'on the House'.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 28/02/2026
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 28/02/2026
📚 We published 30 translations in February, incl. texts by Chögyal Pakpa Lodrö Gyaltsen, Longchen Rabjam, Jigme Lingpa, Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol, Khenchen Ngawang Palzang, Jokyab Pema Trinlé Nyingpo, Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje & Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 17/02/2026
🎉 Happy Year of the Fire Horse! བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས། །ཨ་མ་བག་བྲོ་སྐུ་ཁམས་བཟང་། ། གཏན་དུ་བདེ་བ་འཐོབ་པར་ཤོག །གཏན་དུ་བདེ་བ་འཐོབ་པར་ཤོག ། "With abundant auspiciousness, well-being & excellence, May you have good health & positive spirits. May you find lasting happiness! May you find lasting happiness!"
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 06/02/2026
🔔 NEW: In Praise of the Sacred Yak by Chögyal Pakpa Lodrö Gyaltsen (1235–1280) ☸️ A short poem in praise of the most iconic animal of the Tibetan plateau. 🔗 www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-mast... 👨🏼‍💻 Translated and introduced by Lowell Cook
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 04/02/2026
🔔 NEW TRANSLATION: The Precious Torch: A History of the ‘Looks Like Me’ Statue of Omniscient Longchenpa by Nyoshul Khenpo (1932–1999) ☸️ A short text written in Hong Kong following the author's commissioning of 1025 portrait statues of Longchen Rabjam in 1992 🔗 www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-mast...
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 28/01/2026
🔔 NEW PUBLICATION: The Alchemy of the Siddhas: Direct Instructions on How to Practise the Mountain Retreat Teachings, Explained in a Manner That is Easy to Understand by Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987) 🔗 www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-mast... 🧑🏻‍💻 Translated by Rigpa Translations
Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (1904–1987)
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 21/01/2026
🔔 NEW: Meditation Advice to the Nun Chötso by Dudjom Lingpa (1835–1903) ☸️ Verses of profound, nuanced advice on meditation, addressed to a nun named Chötso, will be of relevance and benefit to any longtime meditator. 🔗 www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-mast... Translated by Ringu Tulku & Holly Gayley
Tibetan master Dudjom Lingpa (1835–1903)
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/12/2025
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/12/2025
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/11/2025
🙏🏼 Thank you to all our patrons and other donors, whose generosity enables us to continue translating important, interesting and inspiring texts and making them available 'on the House'.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/11/2025
🪷 Please consider supporting us with as little as $2 (less than the price of a cup of coffee) on Patreon to receive a monthly newsletter detailing all new additions (only some of which are announced on social media). www.patreon.com/LotsawaHouse
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/11/2025
🧑🏻‍💻 We also made the site fully functional in Tibetan, improved our Calendar Conversion tool, and added a new introduction to the Mārīcī topic. www.lotsawahouse.org/bo/free-tran... www.lotsawahouse.org/Static/tools... www.lotsawahouse.org/topics/maric...
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 30/11/2025
📚 We published 25 translations in November, incl. texts by Longchen Rabjam, Drikung Rinchen Puntsok, Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Mipham Rinpoche, Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa, Khenchen Ngawang Palzang, Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and Khandro Tāre Lhamo.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/10/2025
🙏🏼 Thank you to all our patrons and other donors, whose generosity enables us to continue translating important, interesting and inspiring texts and making them available 'on the House'.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/10/2025
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/10/2025
✍🏻 We also added new introductions to the Avalokiteśvara and Pilgrimage topics. ❝ And we added 14 pages of popular quotations from the Words of the Buddha, Tripiṭakamāla, Padmasambhava, Saraha, Tilopa, Milarepa, Gampopa, Machik Labdrön, Longchen Rabjam, Sakya Paṇḍita, and Mipham Rinpoche.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/10/2025
📚 We published 20 new translations on the site in October. This included texts by Longchen Rabjam (1308–1364), Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798), Guru Tashi (b. 18th C.), Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa (1856–1926), the Fifteenth Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje (1871–1922), and Khenchen Ngawang Palzang (1879–1941).
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 11/10/2025
🔔 NEW TRANSLATION: The Great Perfection: Directly Seeing the Natural State by Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) 🔗 www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-mast... 👨🏼‍💻 Translated by Sean Price
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 01/10/2025
🙏🏼 Thank you to all our patrons and other donors, whose generosity enables us to continue translating important, interesting and inspiring texts and making them available 'on the House'.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 01/10/2025
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 01/10/2025
❝ And added 27 pages of quotations from the Words of the Buddha, Asaṅga/Maitreyanātha, Atiśa Dīpaṃkara, Bhāviveka, Candragomin, Candrakīrti, Dharmakīrti, Garab Dorje, Jñānagarbha, Kamalaśīla, Milarepa, Nāgārjuna, Ngok Loden Sherab, Padmasambhava, Sakya Paṇḍita, Śāntarakṣita, Saraha, and Vasubandhu.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 01/10/2025
🎤 We published interviews with Erik Pema Kunsang, Lama Chökyi Nyima, Peter Alan Roberts and Sangye Khandro. ✍🏻 We also added a new introductions to the Abecedarian and Thirteen Major Texts topics.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 01/10/2025
📚 We published 32 translations in September, incl. texts by Longchen Rabjam, Jetsün Mingyur Paldrön, Jigme Lingpa, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, the Third Dodrupchen, Jigme Tenpe Nyima, the Fifteenth Karmapa, Khakhyap Dorje, Khenchen Ngawang Palzang, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and Khenpo Gangshar.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 26/09/2025
A revised and updated Compendium of Quotations, featuring popular quotations from the Words of the Buddha and many great Indian and Tibetan masters: www.lotsawahouse.org/topics/quota... (This is a work in progress. Look out for more updates as we add more quotations in the coming weeks.)
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A Compendium of Quotations
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 26/09/2025
Interviews with four pioneering translators—Erik Pema Kunsang, Lama Chökyi Nyima, Peter Alan Roberts and Sangye Khandro—that were conducted between 2003 and 2004: www.lotsawahouse.org/resources/in...
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Interviews
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 26/09/2025
TODAY is our 21st anniversary! 🎉 To mark this occasion, we are transferring some of the resources that were previously hosted on our former sister site, Lotsāwa School.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 02/09/2025
🔔 NEW TRANSLATION The Sun Illuminating the Wisdom of Empty Awareness Clarifications on the Hidden Meaning of “The Song of the Feast” by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991) 🔗 www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-mast... Translated by Samye Translations (Stefan Mang & Lowell Cook)
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/08/2025
🙏🏼 Thank you to all our patrons and other donors, whose generosity enables us to continue translating important, interesting and inspiring texts and making them available 'on the House'.
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Lotsawa House @lotsawahouse.org · 31/08/2025
✍🏻 We also added a new introduction to Guru Padmasambhava topic. 🪷 Please consider supporting us with as little as $2 (less than a cup of coffee) on Patreon to receive a monthly newsletter detailing all new additions (only some of which are announced on social media). www.patreon.com/LotsawaHouse
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