Our Publications

Revealing the Stories behind the Sites

A part of Samye Translations & Publications, Nekhor translates and publishes traditional prayers, guides, and life stories honoring Buddha Shakyamuni, Guru Rinpoché, and other great masters of the Buddhist path.

On this page you will find information on our publications, Following in Your Footsteps: The Lotus-Born Guru in Nepal, India, and Tibet. Below, you will also find other translations which we continue to make available for anyone wishing to learn more about the life and meaning of Guru Rinpoché and his disciples.

Following in Your Footsteps: The Lotus-Born Guru in Tibet

The Lotus-Born Guru in Tibet is the third installment of our three part series, following our previous release, The Lotus-Born Guru in India. The project began ten years ago, auspiciously on the Dakini Day of September 2014. Samye Translations has collected some of the most treasured stories from India, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet with the goal to provide a rich source of inspiration for pilgrims through the ages. Those who wish to follow in the footsteps of the Lotus-Born Guru will find these authentic books essential companions on their journey.

Over these past years, our journey in the footsteps of the Lotus-Born Guru has taken us through the rolling hills and valleys of Nepal and across the vast plains of India. The lotus flower from which Padmasambhava took birth on Lake Dhanakosha still blooms in the heart of the faithful, just as the charnel grounds of ancient India still blaze with the fierce presence of the dakinis. The mountains of Nepal, too, still harbor sites of practice and pilgrimage, all established in perfect preparation for this, the greatest of his feats: the transmission of the Dharma to Tibet, and through this to the world at large.

The Lotus-Born Guru in Tibet offers a translation of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa’s The Wish-fulfilling Tree—a treasure autobiography of Guru Padmasambhava—along with teachings by the contemporary Tibetan masters Neten Chokling Rinpoché and Phakchok Rinpoché. You will also find a collection of essential supplications and prayers—in both English and Tibetan—and beautifully rendered paintings to guide and inspire your journey into this miraculous world.

Following in Your Footsteps: The Lotus-Born Guru in India

The Lotus-Born Guru in India is the second installment of our three part series, following our previous release, The Lotus-Born Guru in Nepal.

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While the previous Nepal volume tells of the Guru’s vast aspiration made at the Boudha Stupa to be reborn as a tantrika and great propagator of the Vajrayana teachings, Following in Your Footsteps: The Lotus-Born Guru in India represents the culmination of these aspirations. Starting with Padmasambhava’s miraculous birth from a lotus and upbringing as a young prince in Uddiyana, the book guides us through the Mahaguru’s incredible journey in the sacred landscape of India as he brings to fruition the great aspirations made long ago.

As we venture through India’s most profound places following the Guru’s tracks, we find ourselves woven through the entire development of Buddhism in its land of origin. The Guru’s journey in India takes us through the haunting Eight Charnel Grounds, elucidating the beginnings of the Vajrayana teachings, long before his birth from a lotus.

The Lotus-Born Guru in India offers a translation of Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo’s summary of the Pema Kathang, along with teachings by the contemporary Tibetan masters Neten Chokling Rinpoché and Phakchok Rinpoché. You will also find a collection of essential supplications and prayers—in both English and Tibetan—and beautifully rendered paintings to guide and inspire your journey into this miraculous world.

Following in Your Footsteps: The Lotus-Born Guru in Nepal

The Lotus-Born Guru in Nepal is the first of a three-part series tracing the arc of Guru Padmasambhava’s journey across the ages and landscapes of India, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet.

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Following in Your Footsteps: The Lotus-Born Guru in Nepal presents the incredible feats of Guru Padmasambhava in the Himalayan land of Nepal. This tantric embodiment of awakening spent years in retreat in these hills and valleys, gave countless teachings to disciples and hid treasures beyond number.

The Lotus-Born Guru in Nepal explores the sacred sites where Guru Padmasambhava’s activities unfolded. Closely following Orgyen Lingpa’s Pema Kathang: The Chronicles of Padma—one of the single most important treasure biographies of Guru Padmasambhava—these Himalayan narratives are interwoven with rare accounts and visions from realized Tibetan masters such as Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo, Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa and Jamyang Khyentsé Chökyi Lodrö.

The Lotus-Born Guru in Nepal offers a fresh translation of Jamgön Kongtrul’s classic biography of Guru Padmasambhava, along with teachings by the contemporary Tibetan masters Neten Chokling Rinpoché and Phakchok Rinpoché. You will also find a collection of essential supplications and prayers—in both English and Tibetan—and beautifully rendered paintings and photographs to guide and inspire your journey into this miraculous world.

If you represent a bookstore or Dharma center and are interested in carrying this book, please visit this Rangjung Yeshe Publications page for more information on how to order.

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Now Freely Available To All

Samye Translations regularly releases fresh translations from the Tibetan of prayers, guides, and life stories connected with Guru Padmasambhava, his disciples, and the places where they accomplished the Dharma. You can now enjoy this ever-expanding treasury of Guru Rinpoche’s blessings, available on Lotsawa House.

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