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The Shangpa Kagyü Resource Center intends to form a collaborative and multilingual platform to share and preserve digital texts and information concerning the Shangpa Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. This database for translation work, research and university studies aims at facilitating cooperation and exchanges in projects of common interest, thereby enriching the lineage and its teachings.

Contributions

The Shangpa Kagyu Resource Center is a participative project that will evolve according to contributions, thanks to international collaboration. Masters, Dharma Centers and practitioners are welcome to participate in the gathering of documents that will benefit the Shangpa lineage and all sentient beings.

Contents

Classifications

General classification : This section consist of traditional catalogues of Shangpa texts by Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé and Gyurmé Dechen. Each catalogue is significant and sorts the texts of the tradition.

The Shangpa Collections : This section includes the charts of the collections of the Shangpa texts. Each chart has hypertext links to its own texts and each text includes up to several links to the original manuscripts available on the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC).

Topics

This section enables a direct access to the texts related to their main subject. Those subjects are selected based on the catalogues of Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé.

Persons & Places

Those sections contain information about people and places found in the various Shangpa texts. This work is in progress and is to be enriched gradually.

Search the library

The search engine has to be improved to enable searches in unicode texts. Works in wylie transliteration and english.

Translations

Some translations (as PDF files) are available according to your accreditation. Please feel free to contact us.

NEWS

2022-01-20 shangs lugs nyams len zhal gdams phrin las la gnang ba and bya rgod pa phrin las o rgyan chos 'phel ba gnang ba by Minling Lochen Dharma Shri.

2022-01-15 zab lam ni gu'i chos drug gi khrid yig ye shes mkha' 'gro'i zhal gyi lung and zab lam ni gu'i chos drug gi dmigs rim mdor bsdus pa gnad don gsal ba'i me long.
2022-01-12 mgon po snying zhugs 'pho ba dang bcas pa'i dmigs rim rgyun gyi rnal 'byor du bya ba'i tshul.
2022-01-08 excerpts from Tengyur dpe bsdur ma.
2022-01-03 rje btsun ma'i tshes bcu'i mchod pa (author unknown).
2022-01-03 dpal 'khor lo sdom pa myur du sgrub pa'i lag len (author unknown).
2022-01-03 su kha sid+d+hi'i gsang sgrub byin brlabs kyi bka' (author unknown).
2021-12-24 Cataloging of vol. 57 of gsung 'bum phyogs las rnam rgyal.
2021-12-24 su kha ma'i chos drug (author unknown).
2021-12-02 sbas don gyi zhal shes (author unknown, linked to Tsangma Shangtön).
2021-12-01 bla ma ra hu la'i rgyud sde lnga'i zhal gdams (author unknown).
2021-11-28 sems 'chi med kyi bka' (author unknown).
2021-11-21 rgyud pa'i gsol 'debs che chung gsum (Jakpa lineage).
2021-11-21 gtor ma'i de nyid bdud rtsi'i dga' ston by Shamar 5 Könchok Yenlak.
2021-10-21 Smon lam don kun lhun grub lha yi rnga gsang by Dilgo Khyentsé Trashi Peljor.
2021-07-26 sgyu lus gdan thog gcig ma 2 associated to Sangyé Tönpa and 'chi med kyi dbang bskur.
2021-07-23 phyag rgya chen po ga'u ma'i dbang bskur by Tsangma Shangtön.
2021-07-13 bde mchog lha lnga'i mngon rtogs mnyam med pas mdzad pa by Sangyé Pelsang.
2021-07-12 Added the final part to 'byams gcod.
2021-06-23 BDRC W8LS32725.
2021-04-27 Added places: Rabjor,Takpel,Damkar,Benchen.
2021-04-22 Important collection BDRC W3CN18508 (3 vol. dbu med) has been updated. Minor corrections in 'byams gcod.