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Elizabeth
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Callahan
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Elizabeth Callahan
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Callahan, Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Callahan began her contemplative training and study in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in 1977 and completed two three-year retreats at Kagyu Thubten Chöling, New York, under the direction of Kalu Rinpoche. She is a student of Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and has translated key texts of the Kagyu tradition, including Mahamudra: Ocean of Definitive Meaning, Profound Inner Principles (2015), Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā (2019), and, most recently, The Treasury of Precious Instructions: Marpa Kagyu, Part One (2023) and Part Two (2026-7). She has been a Tsadra Foundation Fellow since 2002 and is a director of Marpa Foundation.
Current Projects as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow:
- The Treasury of Precious Instructions: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of the Tibetan Buddhism, Vol. 9 & 10 – Marpa Kagyu Tradition, various authors collected by Jamgön Kongtrul.
Completed Projects as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow:
- Marpa Kagyu: Methods of Liberation - Part 2. DNZ Volume 8. The Treasury of Precious Instructions: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of the Tibetan Buddhism, Vol. 8 – Various authors collected by Jamgön Kongtrul. (2026 or 2027)
- Marpa Kagyu: Methods of Liberation - Part 1. DNZ Volume 7. The Treasury of Precious Instructions: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of the Tibetan Buddhism, Vol. 7 – Various authors collected by Jamgön Kongtrul. (Shambhala, 2023)
- Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā, Dakpo Tashi Namgyal, with Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance by Wangchuk Dorje, the Ninth Karmapa. (Shambhala, 2019)
- The Profound Inner Principles, Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, with commentary by Jamgön Kongtrul. (Shambhala, 2015)
- The Treasury of Knowledge: Book VI, Part 3; Frameworks of Buddhist Philosophy, Jamgön Kongtrul. (Shambhala, 2007)
Previously Published Translations:
- Mahamudra: Ocean of Definitive Meaning, the Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje Source: Tsadra.org
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http://www.tsadra.org/translators/elizabeth-callahan/
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English
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Tibetan
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English
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Tsadra Foundation; Director of Study Scholarships
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Marpa Foundation; Tsadra Advisory Board Member
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Kagyu; Tibetan Buddhism
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Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
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o Moonbeams: An Eloquent Elucidation of the Meditation Techniques of the Definitive Meaning, Mahāmudrā (Nges don phyag rgya chen po’i sgom rim gsal bar byed pa’i legs bshad zla ba’i ’od zer) by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (Vajra Vidya edition, 530 pgs)
- Mahāmudrā: Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance (Phyag rgya chen po ma rig mun sel) by the ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (Rigpe Dorje Practice Series, volume 10, 38 pgs)
- Pointing Out the Dharmakāya With a Direct Gesture: Instructions on Connate Union, Mahāmudrā (Phyag rgya chen po lhan cig skyes sbyor gyi khrid chos sku mdzub tshugs su ngo sprod pa) by the ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (Rigpe Dorje Practice Series, volume 10, 33 pgs)
- Clarifying the Suchness of the Innate State: A Major Commentary on the Definitive Meaning, Mahāmudrā (Nges don phyag rgya chen po’i khrid yig chen mo gnyug ma’i de nyid gsal ba) by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (Rigpe Dorje Practice Series, volume 11, 52 pgs)
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