Recommended Reading

Suggested reading list for all including beginners:

• Dakini Teachings

• Counsels from My Heart by HH Dudjom Rinpoche

• The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones

• Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices

• The Guru Drinks Bourbon?

• What Makes You Not a Buddhist

• Great Accomplishment

Foundational practices and other foundational books:

• A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom

• Dakini teachings

• Words of My Perfect Teacher by Patrul Rinpoche

• A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher 

• Perfect Conduct: Ascertaining the Three Vows

• A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar by Dunse Trinlay Norbu Rinpoche

• A Chariot to Freedom: Guidance from the Great Masters on the Vajrayana Preliminary Practices

• Entering The Great Expanse by Tulku Sherdor

• The Generation Stage in Buddhist Tantra

• Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom: Development Stage Meditation in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra

• Vajra Wisdom: Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism

• Stilling the Mind: Shamatha Teachings from Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence

• Fathoming the Mind: Inquiry and Insight in Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence

• A Garland of Views: A Guide to View, Meditation, and Result in the Nine Vehicles

•  The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History

• Nine Golden Chariots

• Vows and Conduct in the Nyingma Tradition

Guru Padmasambhava:

• The Lotus-Born: The Life Story of Padmasambhava

• Following in Your Footsteps Volume I: The Lotus-Born Guru in Nepal

• Following in Your Footsteps, Volume II: The Lotus-Born Guru in India

• Following in Your Footsteps, Volume III: The Lotus-Born Guru in Tibet

• Liberating Duality with Wisdom Display: The Eight Emanations of Guru Padmasambhava

• Seven Chapters of Prayer by Padmasambhava

• White Lotus: An Explanation of the Seven-line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava

• The Sole Panacea: A Brief Commentary on the Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche