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Since the founding of Nītārtha Institute (a subsidiary of Nītārtha International) in 1996, over a dozen texts, some with several volumes, have been taught by Tibetan lineage masters. From translations and publications to the tradition of oral teaching, discourse plays an important role in the programs of Nītārtha Institute. The Institute brings skilled translators, Tibetan masters, and committed students together in an in-depth collaborative effort to preserve texts of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism and sustain the oral tradition of teaching. The entire process — involving a synergy among texts, translators, teachers, students, transcribers, and editors — is crucial to ensuring an accurate and faithful transmission of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition to Westerners.
Through the educational environment provided by the Institute, Tibetan masters with the help of Tibetan-English interpreters present oral commentary on key translations of the major lineage texts. Those oral teachings are then transcribed, edited, and combined with the root translations into publications for use by the Institute’s students and interested others.
This Presentation of the Classifications of Mind: The Essence of the Ocean of Texts on Reasoning was requested by the Student Welfare Union of Karma Shri Nalanda [Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies] with the words: “If you were to compose such [a text] it would be of great benefit for young newcomers.”
It was completed by the Khenpo named Tsültrim Gyamtso on August 12th, 1984.
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche is a noted Buddhist scholar and teacher who was born in Eastern Tibet in 1934. Known for his highly engaging teaching style, he has traveled and taught in North America, Europe, and Asia from 1977 to 2007. He is the author of The Sun of Wisdom, The Moon of Wisdom, and Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness, and numerous songs of realization.
Karl Brunnhölzl, MD, was trained as a physician and also studied Tibetology. He received his systematic training in Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy and practice at the Marpa Institute for Translators, founded by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. Since 1989 he has been a translator and interpreter from Tibetan and English. He is presently involved with the Nitartha Institute as a teacher and translator.
