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Note: Students were not required to complete Ngöndro to attend this retreat, but Lama Tharchin Rinpoche did recommend it. He also recommended receiving the reading transmission (rlung) for the text and Trekchöd teachings from a qualified Nyingma lineage master.

© 2003 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche; 2021-2024 digitally produced by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Heritage Foundation & Heart Teachings by LTR

Recorded at Pema Ösel Ling Thanksgiving Dzogchen Retreat, November 28-30, 2003

Oral translation by Ngawang Zangpo

Available formats: 10 mp4 video & 5 mp3 audio files for download (please allow 5 business days for links to be sent); 10 DVDs not currently available (please contact us if you're interested in DVD format); add a thumb drive if you would like the files to be mailed to you

Lama Tharchin Rinpoche teaches from Patrul Rinpoche’s "The Special Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King," commentary on the quintessential Dzogchen instruction, "The Three Words that Strike the Vital Essence," the Final Advice of Garab Dorje to Manjushrimitra.

Text: “The Special Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King” by Patrul Rinpoche; the text used in the retreat was Eric Pema Kunzang’s translation, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, used with his permission.

Image of Garab Dorje taken from www.rigpawiki.org (Terton Sogyal Trust).

Note: These teachings were originally produced in 2005 by Heart Teachings by LTR and made available on a limited basis. They were digitized and re-released in 2021 by Heart Teachings and the Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Heritage Foundation.