A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar

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BooKs BY THINLEY NoRBU

A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar Echoes Fantasy History of a Himalayan Gypsy Gossip Magic Dance: The Display of the Self-Nature of the Five Wisdom Dakinis Small Golden Key to the Treasure of the Various Essential Necessities of General and Extraordinary Buddhist Dharma Sunlight Speech That Dispels the Darkness of Doubt Welcoming Flowers from Across the Cleansed Threshold of Hope: An Answer to the Pope's Criticism of Buddhism White Sail: Crossing the Waves of Ocean Mind to the Serene Continent of the Triple Gems

A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar

THINLEY

N ORBU

With Forewords by

H. H.

DRUBWANG PENOR RINPOCHE

KATHOG RIGDZIN PEMA WANGCHEN RINPOCHE VEN. ALAK ZENKAR RINPOCHE TULKU THONDUP RINPOCHE

SHAMBHALA BosToN & LoNDON

2006

Shambhala Publications, Inc. Horticultural Hall 300 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115 www.shambhala.com ©2006 by Thinley Norbu All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, .electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. 987654321 First Edition Printed in the United States of America @This edition is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39.48 Standard. Distributed in the United States by Random House, Inc., and in Canada by Random House of Canada Ltd Designed by Gopa & Ted2, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thinley Norbu. A cascading waterfall of nectar I Thinley Norbu. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1SBN-13: 978-1-59030-338-2 (alk. paper) ISBN-I 0: 1-59030-338-5 I. Bdud-'joms-glin-pa, Gter-ston, b. 1835. Snon 'gro bsdus pa. 2. Spiritual life-Rqin-ma-pa (Sect). I. Bdud-'joms-glin-pa, Gter-ston, b. 1835. Snon 'gro bsdus pa. English II. Title. BQ7662.6.B373T56 2006 294.3' 444-dc22 2006000812

Contents

Foreword by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche Foreword by Kathog Rigdzin Perna Wangchen Rinpoche Foreword by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche Foreword by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche Author's Preface

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AN EASILY UNDERSTOOD CoMMENTARY FLOWING LIKE A CASCADING WATERFALL ON THE "CoNCISE NEw TREASURE PRELIMINARY PRACTICES" FROM THE SECTION OF TEACHINGS OF THE INFINITY OF PURE WISDOM PHENOMENA OF TRAGTUNG DiiDJOM LINGPA

The Four Common Outer Preliminaries

Precious Human Birth Impermanence Karma Suffering The Uncommon Inner Preliminary Practices

Refuge Developing Bodhichitta Accumulation of Merit through Mandala Offerings Purification of Obscurations: The Vajrasattva Meditation and Recitation Receiving the Blessings of Guru Yoga Transference of Consciousness Generosity of Giving One's Body and the Dedication of Merit

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THE COMMENTARY ON THE MEANING OF "THE CONTINUOUSLY BLOSSOMING ROSARY OF THE LoTus AssEMBLY PALAcE" CALLED "THE LIGHT RAYs OF THE YouTHFUL SuN"

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THE RooT TExTs

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A Concise Recitation of the Preliminary Practices of the New Treasures of Diidjom

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The Melodious Tamboura of the Lotus: The Concise Fulfillment of the Dakinis

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Index

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