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Adam Pearcey

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The United Kingdom

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Nonfiction, Religion, Philosophy

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Adam Pearcey is a translator of Tibetan texts and the founder of Lotsawa House, a virtual library of Buddhist translations. His publications include (as translator) Mind in Comfort and Ease by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Wisdom Publications, 2007) and Ga Rabjampa’s To Dispel the Misery of the World (Wisdom Publications, 2012), which featured on Shambhala Sun’s list of the year's best Buddhist books. He also wrote the foreword for The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.

Adam first encountered Tibetan Buddhism in 1994, when he taught English at two monasteries near Darjeeling in India. He went on to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London; the Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Kathmandu, where he ...more

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Coincidental Proximity and Autobiographical Kindness

Not so long ago, while busily researching and translating texts about destroying the ‘house’ of the ordinary reactive mind—sem in Tibetan—I lived in a building whose main entrance was emblazoned with the letters S.E.M., as part of the logo of Sterling Estates Management. On several occasions I even travelled from this building labelled S.E.M. to one labelled Rigpa, just a few miles away in another

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	Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection by Dalai Lama XIV, Patrick D. Gaffney (Editor), Sogyal Rinpoche (Foreword) 4.12 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Longchenpa: The Omniscient Dharma King of the Vast Expanse by Jampa Mackenzie Stewart (Editor), Dhomang Yangthang (Introduction), Khenpo Shenga (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Ordinary Mind: Dzogchen, Rimé, and the Path of Perfect Wisdom by Patrul Rinpoche, Jamgön Mipham, Adam Pearcey (Goodreads Author) (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transforming Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment by Dodrub Jigme Tenpa'i Nyima, Adam Pearcey (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gentle Rain of Benefit and Joy: An Explanation of the Practice of Sang Offering by Gyalse Shenpen Taye, Lhatsun Namkha Jigme (Contributor), Adam Pearcey (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection by Sogyal Rinpoche (Foreword), Dalai Lama XIV (30-Apr-2007) Hardcover by Patrick Gaffney, Kloṅ-chen-pa Dri-med-ʾod-zer, Adam Pearcey (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extensive Instructions on the Transference of Consciousness to the Land of Great Bliss by Karma Chagmé, Migyur Dorje (Contributor), Lhasey Lotsawa (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1660	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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