Guestbook for vajrayana.faithweb.com
Name:Ryan
Email:thecontemplative{at}yahoo.com
Comments:Hummingbird, I've check the link to the Magical Movements dissertation and it appears to me working fine. However, I've emailed you a copy just in case ;-)
November 4, 2009 17:02:38 (GMT Time)



Name:B9 hummingbird hovering
Email:soliton108{at}yahoo.com.au
Comments:This is wonderful work. Thankyou. BTW, the link for: Magical Movements ('phrul 'khor): Ancient Yogic Practices in the Bon Religion and Contemporary Medical Perspectives... did not work for me. Please check to make sure it is correct.
October 31, 2009 15:17:31 (GMT Time)



Name:Jitka
Email:jitka.polanska{at}quick.cz
Comments:thank you for this work. i will put the link on the bongaruda.cz
October 3, 2009 16:22:00 (GMT Time)



Name:Alex Wilding
Email:alex{at}chagchen.org
Comments:Thanks. That's all I wanted to say!
September 22, 2009 02:23:08 (GMT Time)



Name:Ryan
Email:thecontemplative{at}yahoo.com
Comments:Hi Ron, Are you still practicing gtum mo? I will try to find materials on pha dam pa sangs rgyas's practice of zhi byed for you. I assume you've already exhausted what can be found using google and amazon. I tried the link to Alejandro's dissertation on the "Bon studies" page and it appears to work OK.
September 19, 2009 16:12:31 (GMT Time)



Name:Ron Loving
Email:sangngak{at}yahoo.com
Comments:Any materials or sources for Padampa Sangye's Shije Lineage? I heard Janet Gyatso had some but couldn't locate her at Harvard. ANY tips appreciated. I practice Shije and a lot of old materials have gotten scattered. By the way, I did Trul Khor with Alejandro. I couldn't access his dissertation...is it still on your site? WONDERFUL RESOURCE WEBSITE!!!!! Thank You.
September 17, 2009 21:28:30 (GMT Time)



Name:Kimberly Garrard
Email:blissandwisdom{at}wisdom
Comments:Thanks for the site...I respect and cherish the open venue for the exchange of info,,.and as a place to expand my knowledge.
September 9, 2009 17:10:42 (GMT Time)



Name:Kimberly Garrard
Email:blissandwisdom{at}wisdom
Comments:Lee Spegial seems Taskes such an extremist...literal interpretation of every quote he uses you would think he was completely unaware of the use of Twilight langueage and symbolism in esoteric text.At his level of study surely this isn't the cause which causes even further confusion in my mind as to the exoteric explanation he proposes.Would never rely on him as a source of interpretation...intellectually or spiritually..
September 9, 2009 17:08:29 (GMT Time)



Name:Rudy Bauer
Email:info{at}meditatelive.com
Comments:thank you so much...this is so great...it is the best of the best...thank you for your generousity..Rudy Bauer
September 5, 2009 12:38:07 (GMT Time)



Name:Timothy Eden
Email:Tden{at}lsc.gov.uk
Comments:Amazing site!
September 2, 2009 22:06:09 (GMT Time)



Name:katia maria lourero silva
Email:katiamls{at}uol.com.br
Comments:
August 30, 2009 21:01:44 (GMT Time)



Name:Cesare Salvatori
Email:cesaresalvatori{at}hotmail.com
Comments:Thanks, thanks, thanks !!!
August 22, 2009 10:15:52 (GMT Time)



Name:Jens Näsström
Email:jensnasstrom{at}mac.com
Comments:Greetings, Just wanted to say that I am simply stunned by this site, thank you so much for providing it! Best Regards, Jens
August 7, 2009 21:12:34 (GMT Time)



Name:Ryan
Email:thecontemplative{at}yahoo.com
Comments:I believe I've fixed the links you mentioned. Thanks for alerting me to the problem. Please let me know if you discover additional problems. Warm Regards, Ryan
July 31, 2009 12:54:38 (GMT Time)



Name:Ryan Aunt
Email:raunt{at}hotmail.org
Comments:Thanks for fixing them!! I think everything is fine now, except for these two: 1) rNying ma’I rgyud ‘bum: A Tibetan Buddhist Canon 2) Gampopa, the Monk and the Yogi His Life and Teachings
July 28, 2009 04:48:14 (GMT Time)



Name:Ryan
Email:thecontemplative{at}yahoo.com
Comments:Thanks for letting me know. i fixed several links
July 26, 2009 17:56:04 (GMT Time)



Name:Ryan Aunt
Email:raunt{at}hotmail.org
Comments:Wonderful resource - many thanks! Some of the files seem to be down/missing. e.g. "A Literary Transmission of the Traditions of Thang-Stong rGyal-Po"
July 24, 2009 21:51:17 (GMT Time)



Name:Callea Francesco Yesce Losang
Email:yescelo{at}libero.it
Comments:very interesting dharma material for deepen the study of mahayana buddhism Thank so much
July 6, 2009 15:17:47 (GMT Time)



Name:Derek Kolleeny
Email:dkolleeny{at}optonline.net
Comments:This website is AMAZING!!!! It is really unbelievable to have such access to these priceless gems. I have already most of these, but a number were ones that i had long been trying to find. Anyway, any chance you could also please upload the Samvarodaya Tantra, selected chapters translated by Shinichi Tsuda, please? Thank you! Derek Kolleeny
June 25, 2009 23:06:23 (GMT Time)



Name:massimiliano a. polichetti
Email:indotibetanstudies{at}gmail.com
Comments:thanks for sharing this important materials! best wishes and regards http://polichetti.blogspot.com/
May 26, 2009 16:02:46 (GMT Time)



Name:sambhota
Email:sambhota{at}gmail.com
Comments:grazie! molto bello e interessante
May 26, 2009 12:41:21 (GMT Time)



Name:Kunzang
Email:kunzangdecho1{at}mac.com
Comments:Thank you for your effort in making this information available. It is a wonderful resource. My only feedback is that I noticed the PDF files had no security settings - meaning that the files can be modified by others. I would recommend password encrypting them so they can be freely printed but not otherwise altered.
May 9, 2009 19:39:36 (GMT Time)



Name:Julia
Email:
Comments:Thank you for making these works available. This is a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners.
May 4, 2009 00:03:12 (GMT Time)



Name:Geraldo Magella Neres
Email:geraldomagellaneres{at}yahoo.com.br
Comments:Um ótimo site. Fiquei admirado pela gentileza e pelo interesse dos autores que disponibilizaram seus escritos, favorecendo o desenvolvimento do estudo acadêmico de um tema tão complesxo quanto o tantra. Parabéns!
April 18, 2009 17:10:40 (GMT Time)



Name:somAkhya
Email:
Comments:Thanks you for setting up this wonderful resource
January 23, 2009 05:49:53 (GMT Time)



Name:dr.rudolph bauer
Email:rsbauer{at}speakeasy.net
Comments:this is such a great and generous service..it is really wonderful this site is giving us the opportunity to study in depth the varjayan
December 20, 2008 21:11:14 (GMT Time)



Name:Palo
Email:emptyhorse{at}gmail.com
Comments:it always fascinates me how beings are under the impression that they can own or control the rights to Dharma through their puerile "copyright" laws...i mean really...
November 17, 2008 06:21:07 (GMT Time)



Name:Nicola Baroni
Email:
Comments:What a great site!! Grande sito...bene così. Grazie
October 30, 2008 17:49:51 (GMT Time)



Name:Juan Delmastro
Email:pasantuscosas{at}yahoo.com
Comments:Its marvelous to have such a site available online to the whole world. Sharing the knowledge and critical analysis of buddhism and its history, really helps everybody. I applaude your work Ryan. Juan www.andresdelmastro.blogspot.com
October 8, 2008 19:37:14 (GMT Time)



Name:Joseph Wagner
Email:wagnerjoseph{at}gmail.com
Comments:Excellent! Thank you so much for putting this together. There are more articles we could archive if you want to contact me. Best jw
September 15, 2008 02:33:15 (GMT Time)



Name:Dominik Wujastyk
Email:wujastyk{at}gmail.com
Comments:A super resource. I'm delighted to have some of these PDFs, and especially to be reminded of Michael Walter's work. Thanks! Dominik
September 1, 2008 14:08:52 (GMT Time)



Name:Jerry Watt
Email:hf.books{at}att.net
Comments:Thanks, Ryan. Great resource. I'll be spending some time here.
August 14, 2008 16:02:12 (GMT Time)



Name:Danie de Waal
Email:danie.dewaal{at}iburst.co.za
Comments:I just found this website. Thank you for the archive material, I will return and digest as much as I can.
August 7, 2008 17:10:59 (GMT Time)



Name:Martin Ehrensvard
Email:mehrensvard{at}gmail.com
Comments:This is a very useful site. Thank you very much for making this material available.
July 18, 2008 09:18:07 (GMT Time)



Name:Elyse Mergenthaler
Email:yangchen{at}mindspring.com
Comments:Amazing resource! I'm interested in and doing research on entheogens in origins of Tantra, especially around Oddiyana. I was a "hippie" in the 60's in SF. Went overland to India in 71-74. At the UW Madison from 75-81 with that generation of Buddhist scholars and practicing since on west coast, Nyingma...did all the retreats I upstate NY with Penor R. Lamas deny any use of entheogens, but my psychedlic roots find that hard to grok. I can't quite believe no psychedelics were used. Those Dakini Feasts in Oddiyana sound a bit suspect; the so-called Indo-Aryan "mother goddess" tradition seems related to the Greek Dionysian rites looks like it merged on the Silk Road...to me. I'll be looking at some of these articles, but let me know if you have any specific suggestions where to look for what was going on in the homeland of Garab Dorje and Padmasambhava. Namaste Yangchen Lhamo
April 25, 2008 21:03:58 (GMT Time)



Name:Cristian
Email:
Comments:EXCELENT
March 18, 2008 02:03:45 (GMT Time)



Name:Cliff
Email:kacb{at}earthlink.net
Comments:Ryan - amazing!
February 26, 2008 02:18:37 (GMT Time)



Name:Rev. Aigo Seiga
Email:aigoseiga{at}gmail.com
Comments:Dear Dharma friend, At least a great site as yours! I am very grateful to you for this gift of Dharma to share with everyone. I am a Zen Buddhist teacher and scholar, so, I am already working on some material you posted. Also, a request: could you post material about mantras and dharanis in the Buddhist traditions? there are several interesting articles (Gonda, Grundwedel, etc.) hard to find. And if is possible, to post material about Sino-japanese Tantra, Tachikawa-ryu and related topics? Thank you so much again and I pray for a long and free life to your wonderful site.
February 17, 2008 16:32:33 (GMT Time)



Name:Derek Kolleeny
Email:dkolleeny{at}optonline.net
Comments:Amazing! Thank you!
January 15, 2008 02:58:02 (GMT Time)



Name:tieunho
Email:tieunho{at}gmail.com
Comments:It's really cool! Thank you so much.
January 12, 2008 10:09:38 (GMT Time)



Name:g.r. manusch
Email:naldjor{at}t-online.de
Comments:thanks alot for the new entries in the Nyingma category, some old paper copies are now on file for me; great!
January 2, 2008 10:29:58 (GMT Time)



Name:Darren Littlejohn
Email:thebossa{at}gmail.com
Comments:I'm going to read all of these texts, or give it a good effort. But do you have any Ati Yoga tantras? Anything at all? You can contact me privately if you'd rather.
January 2, 2008 02:08:48 (GMT Time)



Name:Jean-Luc
Email:jlac{at}tele2.fr
Comments:Hi Ryan, Thanks again so much for the Nyingma Studies new files ! Would be nice to have a "what's new" link somewhere. What do you think ?
December 30, 2007 21:56:16 (GMT Time)



Name:Michael Nicholson
Email:losanglekshe{at}googlemail.com
Comments:only just looked at the contents of this site, but can see will be an invaluable compilation of resources for scholars especially as it expands. My ex-wife, Lama Caroline has just lost her thesis as her hard drive crashed, so this will help to cheer her up a bit. You can look forward to her input in the future I expect. many best wishes, bless you whoever you are...
December 30, 2007 17:38:29 (GMT Time)



Name:Tim Malnick
Email:tim{at}differentspace.co.uk
Comments:I have only just visited your site - on recommendation of a friend. But wish to offer my support for the project. It does seem an extremely good resource for finding well researched writing on these topics. Please continue - I look forward to visiting again and reading in more depth. Best wishes. Tim
December 21, 2007 10:27:50 (GMT Time)



Name:Ross M. W. Bennetts
Email:ross.bennetts{at}une.edu.au
Comments:A marvellous resource. Thanks for your efforts and please continue the good work.
December 20, 2007 03:28:59 (GMT Time)



Name:Michael
Email:mgessex{at}yahoo.com
Comments:What a great service. It is so difficult to get some of this material.
December 19, 2007 23:03:59 (GMT Time)



Name:Ryan P. (siteowner)
Email:thecontemplative{at}yahoo.com
Comments:Hi ioannis, It is very kind of you to want to donate to the page, but this is something I wish to do as a form of service to others. The expenses involved are not beyond what I can afford, but it was a wonderful gesture on your part and I thank you. Ryan (siteowner)
December 18, 2007 21:35:23 (GMT Time)



Name:ioannis ntzamilis
Email:prometheusrising1970{at}yahoo.gr
Comments:what a great site!!!! thank you very much for your work and i think that you should put on a paypal account so that we can support you.ioannis
December 18, 2007 08:56:58 (GMT Time)



Name:E.L.Linderman
Email:e.l.linderman{at}gmail.com
Comments:Very impressive and a good setup. For study and broadening ones understanding, this will reach the target. Please keep me informed about your future activities Regards and best wishes for your activities: E.L Linderman
December 17, 2007 19:37:18 (GMT Time)



Name:SangyeLhamo
Email:skydancr{at}hal-pc.org
Comments:Many thanks and great gratitude for your site. One small request from an OLD [30+ years] yajrayanist, please make it more readable for old eyes like mine. The mostly gray print on black may be readable for young eyes but not mine. I do like the fluoresecent green headliners. Purple on black is also unreadable. Thanks
December 16, 2007 22:14:10 (GMT Time)



Name:g.r. manusch
Email:naldjor{at}t-online.de
Comments:thank you very much for the rare opportunity to get these materials on the ngag chen and rtsa rlung thig le. I would like to learn more and exchange practice and study materials.
December 16, 2007 18:41:28 (GMT Time)



Name:Christopher Atanasoff-Frisk
Email:chris_a_frisk{at}hotmail.com
Comments:Aren't some of the materials listed in the archive of a secret nature? As in one would need a HYT empowerment. It would be highly beneficial if you had member logins. The members would have to give proof of empowerment. It can be hazardous to the mental health of practicioners if they read Tantras without empowerment.
December 16, 2007 18:26:20 (GMT Time)



Name:Jean-Luc
Email:jlac{at}tele2.fr
Comments:Thanks for these wonderful resources! It's a great site and i'm sure many will benefit from it. Please keep me posted about updates!
December 16, 2007 12:30:11 (GMT Time)



Name:Cathy Bringleson
Email:just_believe{at}charter.net
Comments:
December 16, 2007 12:29:49 (GMT Time)



Name:Cathy Bringleson
Email:just_believe{at}charter.net
Comments:Just briefly viewed your website and found it to be most honorable to the Buddhist teachings. Are you associated with Rigpa? I am a student of Soygal Rinpoche's teachings.
December 16, 2007 12:28:09 (GMT Time)



Name:Maya
Email:jiiva{at}comcast.net
Comments:This site is so advanced that it can take a life time to comprehend the meaning of all the mentioned work. I am almost anxiously looking through the links and realize with deep happiness new ways to broaden my limited perspective. What a treasure!
December 9, 2007 05:31:56 (GMT Time)



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Email:
Comments:Robert, I think I fixed the problem with the pdf. Thanks for letting me know about it Cliff, I'm not sure what you wanted to say but feel free to get in touch if you want to (use this email, the site email, or leave another comment here)
December 8, 2007 18:43:55 (GMT Time)



Name:Robert
Email:furumaro a_t googlemail.com
Comments:Great Site!!! But the Chandamaharosana.pdf seems to be broken. Could you provide a corrected pdf? Thanks in advance
December 8, 2007 15:12:28 (GMT Time)



Name:Cliff
Email:kacb{at}earthlink.net
Comments: The use of medicinal substances in the Vajrayana tradition is area of research that has received very little attention in the scholarly comm... ...is an area of research...
December 5, 2007 23:33:25 (GMT Time)



Name:Julian
Email:julianlzb87{at}gmail.com
Comments:No adverts... cool.
December 5, 2007 22:22:17 (GMT Time)



Name:Just me
Email:noname{at}hotmail.com
Comments:You have what looks like the begining of a good site. It will need a lot of work for it to meet its real potential but so fare so good. I love the articles in the archive but they seem to repesents some kind of idiosyncratic course of study. Is this material you've gathered for a specific purpose? Are you working on your own dissertation or what's the deal?
December 2, 2007 18:11:03 (GMT Time)