The Excellent Vase of Nectar: A Short Interlinear Commentary on the Sutra of the Three Heaps

by Karma Thinley Rinpoche

110 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2026

About the author

Lama Karma Thinley Rinpoche, born in 1931, is an important master of the Sakya and Karma Kagyu traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Over the last fifty years, Rinpoche has founded centres and taught extensively in Canada, the USA, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He has hundreds of devoted students, both Tibetan and Western, and is highly regarded as a poet and artist. Rinpoche divides his time between his monastery Tegchen Legshay Ling in Boudhanath, Nepal and Toronto, Canada.

Reviews

[Maik · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone unfamiliar with the Three Heaps Sutra, this book has served as a fantastic introduction and analysis. Rinpoche clearly breaks down the text, provides a wealth of related material, and encourages us to practice all within this one small volume.