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Jigten Sumgon (tib) (skrt: RatnaShri)

Jigten Sumgon (tib) (skrt: RatnaShri). The founder of the Drikung Kagyu order. Ratnashri lived in Tibet from 1143 CE to1217 CE. He was a brilliant teacher able to convey universal principles despite differences in culture and dogma.

Buddhism

Buddhist History and Culture

History of the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism

Drikung Kagyu

Brief History Of The Drikung Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism

Classical Buddhist Texts

Heart Sutra

by Siddhartha Gautama

Diamond Sutra

by Siddhartha Gautama

Lamp For The Path To Enlightenment

by Atisha

The Fundamental Wisdom Of The Middle Way

by Nagarjuna (original in Sanskrit)

Nagarjuna's Seventy Stanzas

by Nagarjuna (translation: David Ross Komito)

Instructions from a Spiritual Friend

by Nagarjuna

The Bodbicaryavatara

by Shantideva

A Precious Garland Of The Supreme Path

by Gampopa

The Jewel Ornament Of Liberation

by Gampopa (translator?: Kenpo Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche)

Commentaries/Explanations of Classical Buddhist Texts

Essential Teachings

by H.H XIV the Dalai Lama

The Practice of Mahamudra

by Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinopche

The Large Sutra On Perfect Wisdom

by Edward Conze

The Thirty Seven Bodhisattva Practices

by Thogmed Zangpo

Three Principal Paths

by Je Tsong-Khapa

The Eight Verses On The Training Of The Mind

by Geshe Langri Thangpa

The Song of Four Mindful nesses

by Seventh Dalai Lama

Buddha: Life and Teachings

by Paul Carus & Nyanatiloka (Peter Pauper Press)

Buddhist Ethics

by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

Myriad Worlds

by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

The Great Path of Awakening

by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

A Touch of Certainty

by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

The Great Kagyu Masters

by Kenpo Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche

The Garland of Mahamudra

by Kenpo Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche

The Long Discourses of the Buddha

by Maurice Walshe