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on the six aspects of the bardo, the intermediate state, by Tai Situ Rinpoche; and on sitting meditation by Lama Tashi Namgyal Gyamtso Rinpoche; songs of realization by Jetsun Milarepa, Gyalwa Götsangpa, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, and Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) and commentary on these songs by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche ❏ VOLUME 1, NUMBER OCTOBER 1997 Teachings on tranquillity and insight meditation by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche; on the four levels of refuge by Kabje Kalu Rinpoche; on Tilopa’s six essential points of meditation by Lama Tashi Namgyal; and on how to abandon desire by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche ❏ VOLUME 2, NUMBER MARCH 1998 Commentary on the Third Gyalwa Karmapa’s The Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra by Tai Situ Rinpoche, including the original Tibetan text with translation ❏ VOLUME 2, NUMBER JUNE 1998 Commentary on Nagarjuna’s madhyamaka teachings taken from Sixty Stanzas of Reasonings Seventy Stanzas on Emptiness, and The refutation of Criticism by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche; teachings on the tantric path and mahamudra by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche ❏ VOLUME 2, NUMBER DECEMBER 1998 Extensive teachings on the natural bardo (interval or in-between state) between birth and death; the bardo of suffering and misery at the time of death; powa and the clear light bardo of dharmata; and the bardo of becoming, the intermediate state, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche ❏ VOLUME 3, NUMBER APRIL 1999 Teachings on Mind, Karma, Ego-formation and Liberation and on Mahamudra: The Essence of All the Buddha’s Teachings by Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche; teaching on chöd, cutting through the four maras, and techniques of tranquillity and insight meditation by Tenga Rinpoche; and a commentary on the twenty emptinesses by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche ❏ VOLUME 3, NUMBER OCTOBER 1999 In Praise of the Dharmadhatu by Arya Nagarjuna; commentarial teachings on In Praise of the Dharmadhatu by Khenpo Tsultrim ❏ VOLUME 3, NUMBER JANUARY 2000 Tilopa’s mahamudra instructions to Naropa, Mahamudra Upadesha; teachings on Mahamudra Upadesha by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche; teachings on achieving exertion on the path by Lama Tashi Namgyal; information on Thrangu Rinpoche’s Vajra Vidya Institute ❏ VOLUME 4, NUMBER JUNE 2000 The Medicine Buddha Sadhana (practice) in Tibetan, transliteration, word-for-word translation, and full literary translation; teachings on the Medicine Buddha Sadhana by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche; The Very Essence of Mind, Mahamudra, the One Sufficient Path by Gampopa; commentary on The Very Essence of Mind, Mahamudra, the One Sufficient Path by Tenga Rinpoche; report on Kala Rongo monastery for women and Korche Monastery for men in eastern Tibet, as well as the building of a monastic college, elementary schools, and stupas, and the provision of medical care in eastern Tibet ❏ VOLUME 4, NUMBER SEPTEMBER 2000 A Joyful Aspiration: Sweet Melody for Fortunate Ones by the Seventeenth Karmapa, Urgyen Trinley Dorje; A Song by the Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje; commentary on the Medicine Buddha Sutra by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche; The Twelve Great Aspirations of the Medicine Buddha; The SkyDragon’s Profound Roar by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche; on the importance of concentration by Lama Tashi Namgyal ❏ VOLUME 4, NUMBER DECEMBER 2000 Commentary on the Ninth Gyalwang Karmapa’s Pointing Out the Dharmakaya by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche ❏ VOLUME 5, NUMBER MAY 2001 Commentary on Jamgon Kontrul’s text, Creation and Completion: Essential Points of Tantric Meditation, given by the Very Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche The Cultivation of Bodhicitta and Taking and Sending by Lama Tashi Namgyal SHENPEN ÖSEL 147 SHENPEN ÖSEL 147 If in a dream you have a jewel box, and you open it and find a diamond, and then you think, “Wow, I have a diamond, a real diamond,” then that is the view of realism But then you go somewhere else in your dream and open the box again and there is no diamond; then you have a very strong view of non-existence There is nothing But both the view of something and the view of nothing are just part of the confused dream Since it is the case that there was never any diamond in the first place, there cannot be any non-existence of the diamond either So both of these are just confused notions Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche Kagyu Shenpen Ösel Chöling P.O Box 51113 Seattle, WA 98115 148 SHENPEN ÖSEL BULK RATE U.S POSTAGE PAID SEATTLE, WA PERMIT NO 1257 ... non-existence There is nothing But both the view of something and the view of nothing are just part of the confused dream Since it is the case that there was never any diamond in the first place, there... and then you think, “Wow, I have a diamond, a real diamond,” then that is the view of realism But then you go somewhere else in your dream and open the box again and there is no diamond; then... outside the United States may take up to six weeks to arrive ❏ VOLUME 1, NUMBER MAY 1997 Teachings on meditation and compassion by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche; on the six aspects of the bardo, the