Wallace Alan Alan Wallace s Buddhist Teachers

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Alan Wallaces Buddhist Teachers

Dzongtse Rinpoche, from whom he first learned spoken and writtenTibetan and Buddhist ethics

Lama Sherab Gyaltsen, from whom he received the oral transmission

and commentary on the classic treatise Parting From the FourObsessionsfrom the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism

H. H. Sakya Trinzin Rinpoche, from whom he received a Majushriempowerment

Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, from whom he received his first instructionson the Lamrim teachings on the stages of the path to enlightenment,Shantidevas classic treatiseA Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, andMaitreyas treatiseAnOrnament for Higher Realization

Dr. Yeshi Dhonden, from whom he received instructions on traditionalTibetan medicine, including the Primary Tantraand Explanatory Tantra

H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows,full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring toand venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission andcommentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjunas treatise ThePrecious Garland, the oral transmission and explanation of LongchenRabjams Ease and Relaxation in Meditative Stabilization, the oraltransmission and explanation of Atishas Lamp for the Path to

Enlightenment, Tsongkhapas Songs of Experience on the Stages of thePath to Enlightenment, The Three Principles of the Path, and The Prayerof the Beginning and End, and teachings on The Eight Verses of Trainingthe Mind,A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, the empowerment of

Avalokiteshvara, the empowerment of Tsongkhapa in the nature ofAvalokiteshvara, Majushri, and Vajrapani, the empowerment ofKalachakra, the long-life initiation of White Tara, the empowerment ofPadmasambhava and his Eight Manifestations, a Mahayogaempowerment of Vajrakilaya, a Kriyatantra empowerment of Amitabha,and the empowerment of White Tara, Chintamanichakra

Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche, from whom he received theempowerments and commentaries on Yamantaka and Vajrayogini

Tenzin Thrinley, from whom he studied Tibetan language

Ngawang Dhondup, from whom he studied Tibetan language


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Geshe Legden, from whom he received instructions on CollectedTopics on Buddhist logic and debate

Jeffrey Hopkins, from whom he received instruction on the fine points ofTibetan grammar and the philosophical tenets of Buddhism

Gen Lobsang Gyatso, from whom he received instruction on CollectedTopics of Buddhist logic and debate and Buddhist psychology

Gen Nyima, from whom he received the oral transmission andcommentary on the Majushri prayer

Kungo Barshi, from whom he received instructions on ChekawasSeven-Point Mind-Training

Goenka, from whom he received instruction on insight meditation in the

Theravada Buddhist tradition

Kitti Subho, from whom he received instruction on insight meditation inthe Theravada Buddhist tradition

Geshe Rabten, from whom he received the novice precepts of aBuddhist monk and extensive instructions on the five preliminarypractices, Buddhist epistemology, logic, philosophy, and Vajrayanaempowerments and teachings, includingAnOrnament for HigherRealization, Chandrakrtis treatiseA Guide to the Middle Way, PanchenLobzang Chkyi Gyaltsens primary text and commentary on

Mahamudra, empowerments and instructions on Avalokiteshvara,Majushri, Vajrasattva, Yamantaka and Vajrayogini

Namgyal Khen Rinpoche, from whom he received instruction onBuddhist monastic ethics

Lati Rinpoche, from whom he received instruction on Buddhistmeditation and the Medicine Buddha

Geshe Nyima, from whom he received instruction on the Sutra ofIndividual Liberation concerning monastic precepts

Geshe Gendn Zangpo, from whom he received teachings on theGrounds and Paths of Tantra

Geshe Jhampa Lodr, from whom he received the empowerment ofVajrasattva


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Geshe Ugyen Tseten, from whom he received teachings onMadhyamaka philosophy

Shartse Khenzur Rinpoche, from whom he received teachings on thePerfection of Wisdom

Song Rinpoche, from whom he received instructions on Tsongkhapastreatise on the Six Yogas of Naropaand empowerments andcommentaries on Yamantaka and Vajrayogini

Geshe Thubten Ngawang, from whom he received instruction onVasubandhus Treasury of Knowledge

Gen Jhampa Wangd, from whom he received the oral transmissionand instructions on the practice of Taking the Essence (Ch-len)

Baladgoda Anandamaitreya, from whom he received instruction on

meditative quiescence

Gen Lamrimpa, from whom he received the complete oral transmissionof the Kalachakralaghutantraand its primary commentary The StainlessLight, together with the commentaries and annotations of Butn, the oraltransmission and commentary on the Kalacakra Six-Session Guruyoga,and instruction on the cultivation of meditative quiescence andcontemplative insight

Robert Thurman, from whom he received instruction in Sanskrit and

Buddhist logic and epistemology

Sakya Dagmo Jamyang Palmo, from whom he received the White Tara,Chintamanichakra initiation, together with the oral transmission andexplanation of the practice, as well as an empowerment of Green Tara

Lama Gmpo Tseden, from whom he received an empowerment ofGuru Padmasambhava

Kalu Rinpoche, from whom he received the Kalachakra empowerment

Khenpo Tsewang Gyatso, from whom he received an oral commentaryon the Wisdom chapter ofA Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life

Gyatrul Rinpoche, from whom he received the oral transmission andteachings on Releasing Oneself from Essential Delusion: Notes on theWritten Instruction In the Vajrasattva Mind Accomplishment of DreamsbyLochen Dharma Shri, the oral transmissions and explanations of thetexts The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom: An Instruction Manual on


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the Utterly Pure Stage of Perfection of The Powerful and Ferocious DorjeDrol, Subduer of Demons, by H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdral YesheDorje,A Spacious Path to Freedomand Naked Awarenessby KarmaChagm, Natural Liberationby Padmasambhava, The Vajra EssencebyDdjom Lingpa, the text The Fooling Dharma of an Idiot Who Wears Mud

and Feathers for Clothingby Ddjom Lingpa, the text The Wish-fulfillingGem of Siddhis: A Manual on the Two Stages of the Heart-Drop of theProfound Path of the Dakinisby Dudjom Rinpoche, empowerments ofVajrasattva, the Dudjom New Treasure lineage, the peaceful andwrathful forms of Samantabhadra and his consort, and the HeartQuintessence of the Lake-Born Padmasambhava

Carl Bielefeldt, from whom he received instruction on the T'ien-t'aischoolof Chinese Buddhism

Khenpo Jigm Phuntsog, from whom he received the empowerments

for the Heart-drop of Vimalamitra(with some teachings), Majushri, andVajrakilaya

Kalka Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, from whom he received theempowerment and teachings on the 21 Taras, in conjunction with theSix-Phase yoga of the Kalachakratantra, according to the Jonang order

Kusum Lingpa, from whom he received Dzogchen teachings and theKalachakratantraempowerment according to the lineage of LamaMipham

Khenchen Palden Sherab, from whom he received the empowerment of

the Guhyagarbhatantra

H. H. Penor Rinpoche, from whom he received the empowerment of theMedicine Buddha

Tulku Orgyen, from whom he received the oral transmission andcommentary on the Guhyagarbhatantra

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