General Spiritual Director
New books in German and Chinese and French
Feb 22, 2025
New books in
German, Chinese and French
Great news from Tharpa Germany, Hong Kong and France.
A New book is Born: “Meaningful to Behold” in German
25 years after its first publication, we are pleased to announce that the completely re-translated edition of Meaningful to Behold is now available from Tharpa Publications Germany.
We are immensely grateful to Venerable Geshe-la for giving us this essential commentary to Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, to our team of editors for the extensive re-translation of the book into German, to our typesetter and the numerous proofreaders and index writers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and last but not least to the publicity and distribution team for publicizing and lovingly shipping this precious book.
Meaningful to Behold in German
Through the preparation, distribution, study and realisation of this holy text and by the power of the Bodhisattvas’ virtue and aspirations may all beings experience happiness.
Books for everyone: "Joyful Path of Good Fortune" in Chinese
Joyful Path of Good Fortune is a wishfulfilling jewel that our supreme Spiritual Guide is giving to everyone. It is a practical handbook prepared from Venerable Geshe-la’s heart to guide everyone on the path to the supreme happiness of enlightenment.
With Venerable Geshe-la’s blessing, Tharpa Asia started to translate Joyful Path of Good Fortune into Chinese several years ago so that Chinese Sangha could learn and understand the sublime teachings in their language.
It took a dozen dedicated students in Asia to translate, edit and proofread. The Chinese e-book was published during the Asian Festival in December last year.
This precious text is now easily accessible to Chinese readers worldwide. Also Teachers in Asia can now teach Joyful Path of Good Fortune in Cantonese or Mandarin on the Foundation Program and Teacher Training Program. In this way, more people have the opportunity to learn and use Dharma to solve their daily problems and experience inner peace.
Tharpa France has had an incredibly productive year!
In November, the new edition of Introduction to Buddhism was printed along with the ebook and the audiobook. France has been waiting for a long, long time for this book and in order to let many people know about it we are organizing a series of public talks around France. The first one took place with Kadampa Teacher Marie-Odile Roux, in Saint Germain en Laye (a suburb in the west of Paris) in December .
Also in less than four months we have produced four new audiobooks:
- The Bodhisattva Vow
- The New Guide to Dakini Land
- Introduction to Buddhism
- Mahamudra Tantra
We have also produced the four practice cards in French.
