In 2014, Nekhor was born. Nekhor means “pilgrimage” in Tibetan (literally, “circling the sacred”), and our mission is to connect today’s practitioners with the extraordinary life and accomplishments of Guru Padmasambhava. We began our project with a simple purpose in mind: to connect today’s practitioners with the extraordinary life and accomplishments of Guru Padmasambhava. From this grew an interest in researching the actual places where Mahaguru practiced, and a wish to make them more widely known—to long-term practitioners and newcomers to Tibetan Buddhism alike.
With this goal in mind, and under the guidance of Neten Chokling Rinpoche and Phakchok Rinpoche, we have researched the sacred sites of Guru Padmasambhava over the last ten years, holding the further advice of masters such as Kyabjé Domang Yangthang Rinpoché, Kyabjé Chatral Rinpoché and Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoché close to our hearts. Our research is now bearing fruit, with the publication of a three-part series of books tracing the activities of Guru Padmasambhava through Nepal, India, and Tibet.
The first volume, The Lotus-Born Guru in Nepal, was published in 2019 and the second volume, The Lotus-Born Guru in India was published in 2021. The third volume, The Lotus-Born Guru in Tibet, will be released on the Guru Rinpoche day of the tenth month (22nd of November), via Rangjung Yeshe Publications.
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.
This book is now available for preorder on Amazon both as a paperback and ebook.
As a practical companion to The Lotus-Born Guru in Tibet, we have also built the Nekhor website (www.nekhor.org) and Nekhor app (available in both the Apple and Google App stores). These offer an ever-expanding selection of resources related not only to Guru Padmsambhava’s, but also the Buddha’s, sacred sites.
Our Nekhor team is part of Samye Translations (www.samyetranslations.org). In the course of our research we have devoted considerable attention to translating traditional prayers and compositions that honor Guru Rinpoché and his activities into English. For information on these publications, please visit www.nekhor.org/publications.
We welcome your feedback and continued support for our mission. A heartfelt thanks to all who have contributed to this project, in many ways large and small, over the years!
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