Dorje, G.

Dorje, G. on the DRL

Authors of English Works

Gyurme Dorje

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Translates from:	Tibetan;Sanskrit
Translates to:	English

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

Tsadra Foundation Grantee;84000

Teachers

Kangyur Rinpoche · Dudjom Rinpoche · Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche · Chatral Rinpoche · Tulku Pema Wangyal · Zenkar Rinpoche · Thubten Nyima

PhD University

SOAS,University of London

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Links

Wiki Pages

• Dorje, G. on the DRL
• Dorje, G. on the LIB
• Dorje, G. on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

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All beings have Buddha-nature
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Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Names

Gyurme Dorje

Affiliation

Tsadra Foundation Grantee

Other Biographical Information

Gyurme Dorje holds a PhD in Tibetan Literature and an MA in Sanskrit with Oriental Studies. From 1991 to 1996 he held research fellowships at London University, where he worked on the Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary.

Trans Himalaya, under the direction of Dr Gyurme Dorje, a Tibetologist and Tibet travel writer, organise travel throughout the Tibetan plateau, as well as in Mongolia, China and the Himalayas (Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, and Ladakh).

RYWIKI page

Main Teachers

The previous Kangyur Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Chatral Rinpoche, Tulku Pema Wangyal, Zenkar Rinpoche Thubten Nyima

Some Published Works of Gyurme Dorje

(includes translations, editions and original compositions)

• The Guhyagarbhatantra and its XIVth Century Commentary Phyogs-bcu mun-sel. PhD Thesis, SOAS, University of London (3 vols), 1987. See [1]

• Dudjom Rinpoche's The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History. Wisdom Publications, Boston. 1st edition (2 vols), 1991; 2nd edition (1 vol), 2002; ISBN 0861711998. See Wisdom Books

• Tibetan Medical Paintings. Serindia Publications, London (2 Vols); ISBN 0-906026-26-1. 1992. See Serindia

• Tibet Handbook. Footprint Handbooks, Bath. 1st edition, 1996; 2nd edition 1999; 3rd edition 2004; ISBN 1900949334 See Footprintbooks

• Bhutan Handbook. Footprint Handbooks, Bath. 1st edition, 2004. See Footprintbooks

• Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings Eskenazi & Fogg, London. 2001. See Whiteberyl
• Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings: Illuminated Manuscript from the White Beryl of Sangs-Rgyas Rgya-Mtsho. Holberton, Paul Publishing, 2008. ISBN 9780953994106 ISBN 0953994104

• An Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary (Nationalities Publishing House/ SOAS, Beijing. Vol. 1, 2001). Enquiries: tedic@hotmail.com

• “A Rare Series of Tibetan Banners”, in Pearls of the Orient, Serindia, 2003. See Serindia

• The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete English Translation, Penguin Classics, 2005 See [2]

• Jokhang: Tibet's Most Sacred Buddhist Temple, Thames & Hudson, 2010

• The Guhyagarbha Tantra: Dispelling the Darkness of the Ten Directions (Snowlion)

• An Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary (Nationalities Publishing House/ SOAS, Beijing. Vols. 2-3

Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.

The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.