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Building a comprehensive library of Tibetan Buddhist texts, slowly and carefully — one text at a time.

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Words of My Perfect Teacher (དམ་པའི་ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཉམས་ལེན་ཀུན་བཏུས་ཀུན་བཟང་བླ་མའི་ཞལ་ལུང་) — Patrul Rinpoche's foundational Nyingma text covering the entire path from Four Mind Reversals through Ngöndro.

14 chapters • 300+ glossary terms • Full commentary

The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva (རྒྱལ་སྲས་ལག་ལེན་སོ་བདུན་མ།) — Gyalse Thogme Zangpo's concise, practical verses on living the bodhisattva path.

37 verses • Complete glossary • Widely memorized and recited

Phase 1: Foundation Texts (2026)

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The Bodhicaryavatara

སྤྱོད་འཇུག་ • spyod 'jug • Shantideva (8th century)

The Way of the Bodhisattva — one of the most beloved texts in all of Tibetan Buddhism. Shantideva's masterpiece on cultivating compassion and bodhicitta, studied across all schools.

10 chaptersAll traditionsHigh priority

Q2 2026

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Jewel Ornament of Liberation

དམ་ཆོས་ཡིད་བཞིན་ནོར་བུ་ཐར་པ་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་རྒྱན། • Gampopa (1079-1153)

The Kagyu lamrim — Gampopa's synthesis of Kadampa gradual path teachings with Mahamudra. Comprehensive coverage from refuge through buddhahood.

21 chaptersKagyuMedium-high priority

Q3-Q4 2026

Phase 2: Mind Training & Lamrim (Year 1-2)

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Seven Points of Mind Training

བློ་སྦྱོང་དོན་བདུན་མ། • blo sbyong don bdun ma • Atisha / Chekawa

The foundation of all lojong practice — pithy, memorable slogans for transforming adversity into the path. “Be grateful to everyone.” “Don't be so predictable.”

59 slogansAll traditions

Q4 2026

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons

བློ་སྦྱོང་མཚོན་ཆ་འཁོར་ལོ། • blo sbyong mtshon cha 'khor lo • Dharmarakshita (10th century)

Powerful karma teachings — an unflinching look at how our actions return to us. Complements the gentler lojong texts with its direct, uncompromising approach.

~120 versesAll traditions

2027

Eight Verses of Mind Training

Geshe Langri Tangpa • 8 verses • All traditions

HH Dalai Lama's favorite mind training text. Only 8 verses — extremely short and can be added quickly as bonus content.

Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand

རྣམ་གྲོལ་ལག་བཅངས། • Pabongka Rinpoche • Gelug lamrim

Most accessible Gelug lamrim — based on a 24-day teaching with a narrative structure. Balances library toward Gelug tradition. Extremely popular but long text requiring significant effort.

2027

Lamrim Chenmo (Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path)

Je Tsongkhapa • 3 volumes • Gelug

THE comprehensive lamrim — studied in all Gelug monasteries. Incredibly detailed and systematic reference work for serious students. May add Volume 1 first or create an abridged “Essentials” version.

Phase 3: Practice Manuals (Year 2)

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The Torch of Certainty

ངེས་དོན་སྒྲོན་མེ། • nges don sgron me • Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye

The practice manual for ngöndro — step-by-step instructions from Jamgon Kongtrul. Perfect companion to Words of My Perfect Teacher.

Practice manualKagyu / Rimé

2027

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Clarifying the Natural State

ཕྱག་ཆེན་གནས་ལུགས་གསལ་བྱེད། • Dakpo Tashi Namgyal • Kagyu

Practical mahamudra meditation instructions — highly valued by serious meditators. Clear, systematic approach to advanced practice.

MahamudraKagyu

2027

Moonbeams of Mahamudra

Dakpo Tashi Namgyal • Kagyu • Advanced Mahamudra

More comprehensive than “Clarifying the Natural State” — for advanced practitioners.

Treasury of Precious Qualities

ཡོན་ཏན་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མཛོད། • Jigme Lingpa • Nyingma

Comprehensive Nyingma presentation of the complete path. Balances Kagyu practice manuals. Jigme Lingpa is hugely important in the Nyingma tradition.

Phase 4: Dzogchen & Advanced (Year 2-3)

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Important Note

These texts traditionally require transmission from a qualified teacher. Chitta provides study support, not transmission. Please seek proper guidance from a qualified lama.

Flight of the Garuda

Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol • Nyingma • Dzogchen songs

Accessible Dzogchen introduction through poetic, inspiring songs. Shabkar is a beloved figure in Tibetan Buddhism.

Self-Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness

Padmasambhava (attributed) • Nyingma • Dzogchen

Classic Dzogchen text — often requested by practitioners.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ། • bar do thos grol • Padmasambhava (attributed) • Nyingma

Famous worldwide for its bardo teachings on death and dying. Practical importance for death preparation — many people searching for this text.

Crystal and the Way of Light

Chögyal Namkhai Norbu • Nyingma / Dzogchen

Modern, accessible Dzogchen introduction written for Western audience. Good bridge to traditional texts.

Phase 5: Philosophy (Year 3+)

Introduction to the Middle Way (Madhyamakāvatāra)

Chandrakirti • Madhyamaka philosophy

Foundation of Buddhist philosophy education — often taught in dharma centers. Complements practice-oriented texts with deep philosophical analysis.

Gateway to Knowledge

Mipham Rinpoche • Nyingma • Abhidharma

Accessible Abhidharma — Mipham made it understandable. Reference work for technical Buddhist terms and concepts.

Ornament of Clear Realization (Abhisamayālaṅkāra)

Maitreya/Asanga • Prajnaparamita structure

Core monastic curriculum text — maps the entire path. For serious students of Buddhist philosophy.

Quick Wins: Short Texts

These beloved shorter texts can be added between major releases with minimal effort:

Heart Sutra

1 page • 2-3 days

Universally known

Diamond Sutra

~5 pages • 1 week

Popular, profound

Eight Verses of Mind Training

8 verses • 2-3 days

HH Dalai Lama's favorite

Calling the Guru from Afar

2 pages • 2-3 days

Widely recited devotional

Samantabhadra's Aspiration

2 pages • 2-3 days

Dzogchen aspiration prayer

Refuge & Bodhicitta

1 page • 1-2 days

Foundation practice prayers

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📖 Text Content

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  • Reviewed for readability
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  • Study questions created

📚 Glossary

  • All key terms extracted
  • Tibetan script added
  • Wylie transliteration added
  • Pronunciation guide added
  • Detailed explanations for important terms
  • Cross-references to other terms

🤖 AI Knowledge Base

  • Text chunked appropriately (500-1000 tokens)
  • Commentaries integrated
  • Metadata tagged (chapter, topic, content type)
  • Embeddings generated
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💬 Commentary Integration

  • Primary commentary identified
  • Secondary commentaries listed
  • Key passages extracted
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PhaseTexts AvailablePrice
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Serving All Lineages

Our goal is to serve practitioners from all Tibetan Buddhist traditions, not just one lineage.

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Nyingma

Strong coverage

WOPMT, Dzogchen texts, Treasury of Precious Qualities

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Kagyu

Growing

Jewel Ornament, Torch of Certainty, Mahamudra texts

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Gelug

Expanding

Liberation in Palm, Lamrim Chenmo planned

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Universal

Strong

Bodhicaryavatara, Lojong texts, 37 Practices

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