There, along with Denis Eysseric and a lot of volunteers, we built the three-year retreat facilities from the ground up and in December that year, entered the first three-year retreat for Western students. In 1976, Ingrid McLeod, Sarah Harding, Tony Chapman, Hugh Thompson, Richard Barron, and I left Vancouver to meet Kalu Rinpoche in France. in mathematics at the University of British Columbia and ran a foster home. To earn money for the three-year retreat, I also completed an M.Sc. When I gave a copy of Direct Path to Trungpa Rinpoche, he promptly asked for a copy of the Tibetan and later used the text in his 1975 and subsequent seminary teachings. At the same time, I had the good fortune to study with Dezhung Rinpoche, a Sakya master who lived in Seattle.ĭuring this period, I made my first forays into written translation with three texts, all of which were published by Rinpoche’s center in Vancouver: Writing of Kalu Rinpoche (a short text on the basics of Tibetan Buddhism written by Rinpoche expressly for Western students), A Continuous Rain to Benefit Beings (a commentary by Karmapa XV on Chenrezi meditation), and The Direct Path of Enlightenment (a revised translation was published in 1987 by Shambhala under the titleThe Great Path of Awakening). Kalu Rinpoche was a senior meditation teacher in the Karma Kagyu tradition and the lineage holder of the Shangpa tradition.Īfter completing the preliminary practices and learning Tibetan, I translated for Kalu Rinpoche on his first two North American tours (19-75).įrom 1972-76, I helped to develop Rinpoche’s first center in North America in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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At 184 pages, Reflections on Silver River is a highly accessible introduction to Tibetan Buddhist practice as well as a valuable resource for the experienced practitioner, regardless of his or her tradition of training. The third section is the main part of the book, a traditional verse-by-verse commentary. The second is McLeod's translation of Tokme Zongpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva. The first is an introduction to the text and to Tokme Zongpo. Yet, instead of anecdotes and personal history, he challenges the reader to engage various scenarios, and consider how compassion, clarity, presence and balance could take expression in his or her life. Practical instruction, brief and to the point, is found in each of the verse commentaries, providing straightforward responses to the question, "How do I practice this?" McLeod is clearly writing from his own experience.
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McLeod's commentary is full of striking images, provocative questions and inspiring descriptions of what it means to be awake and present in your life. While this text has been translated many times, Ken McLeod's plain and simple English beautifully reflects the simplicity and directness of the original Tibetan. Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva is one of the most revered and loved texts in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. In this masterful translation and commentary on Tokme Zongpo's Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva, Ken McLeod shines the light of wisdom on the challenges of contemporary life and illuminates a path the modern reader can take to freedom, peace and understanding.
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