This teaching by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is based on The Lamp That Illuminates the Path of Awakening, an original text on the cultivation of bodhicitta composed by Lord Atisha himself. Rinpoches teaching includes detailed practical instructions on cultivating aspiration and implementation bodhicitta as well as instructions on intensifying bodhicitta through training in moral discipline, meditative absorption and discernment or wisdom. Rinpoche also comments on the importance and value of the Bodhisattva Vow as the means to further connect wit hbodhicitta. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso. Four talks.

Mainly English Edition: Because Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche spoke for long periods of time in Tibetan, his long monologues have been curtailed so that the continuity of the English translation of these teachings would not be broken. Thus the voice heard for the majority of the time is that of the translator, Lama Yeshe Gyamtso. The unedited version of these teachings is available on DVD.

Bodhicitta and the Bodhisattva Vow, Thrangu Rinpoche, Vajra Echoes, CD, 2001, $32.00

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a renowned Tibetan Buddhist master known for his deep compassion and the clarity of his teachings. He was selected by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to serve as the principal tutor to His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Oryen Trinley Dorje. Thrangu Rinpoche is a full holder and teacher of the Kagyu Vajrayana lineages. He founded the Namo Buddha retreat center in Nepal, has established two shedras (monastic universities) in Nepal and India, and serves as Abbot of Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia. He also built Tara Abbey, where nuns receive a full dharma education qualifying them to become khenpos or teachers. Thrangu Rinpoche teaches entensively throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. He has centers in Maine and California, and is building the Vajra Vidya Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado.