Jeffrey Hopkins (1940 – July 1, 2024) was an American Tibetologist. He was Emeritus professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia, where he taught for more than three decades beginning in 1973. He authored more than twenty-five books about Tibetan Buddhism, among them the highly influential Meditation on Emptiness, which appeared in 1983, offering a pioneering exposition of Prasangika-Madyamika thought in the Geluk tradition.  From 1979 to 1989 he was the Dalai Lama’s chief interpreter into English and he played a significant role in the development of the Free Tibet Movement. In 2006 he published his English translation of a major work by the Jonangpa lama, Dolpopa, on the Buddha Nature and Emptiness called Mountain Doctrine. Jeffrey Hopkins, a brilliant scholar, author, teacher, and translator who founded one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist Studies programs in the West, died on July 1 in Vancouver, Canada. He was 83. For more than three decades, beginning in 1973, Hopkins was a leading light at the University of Virginia. He directed UVA’s Center for South Asian Studies for twelve years and taught Tibetan Buddhist studies and Tibetan language for thirty-two years, but his signature achievement was the Tibetan Buddhist studies doctoral program he established in 1975, which became the largest in North America. Among its graduates are some of the most esteemed academics in the field today, including Anne C. Klein of Rice University, Donald Lopez of the University of Michigan, Georges Dreyfus of Williams College, and Bryan Cuevas of Florida State University.  Hopkins’s singular force was evident from the moment he arrived at UVA in 1973. Lopez, a senior when Hopkins joined the faculty, During his career, Hopkins also held visiting professorships at the University of Hawaii and the University of British Columbia. After he retired from UVA, he focused on translating. He was the founder and president of the UMA (Union of the Modern and Ancient) Institute for Tibetan Studies and from 2011 directed its Great Books Translation Project, set up to make Tibetan texts freely available.  One of

The entire meaning of the subject matter of the Kalachakra tantra is included within the three Kalachakras, or Wheels of Time: The Outer Wheel of Time, the Inner Wheel of Time, and the Other Wheel of Time. The Outer Wheel of Time is the external world of the environment, and it is also called “The procession of the external solar and lunar days.” The Inner Wheel of Time is the human body, that is an inner Jambudvipa, or earth-surface. Likewise, the inner channels, elements, and movements of the winds are set forth as the Inner Wheels of Time. The Other Wheel of Time is the initiations and paths of Shri Kalachakra, together with their results. It is “other” than the preceding two Wheels of Time. The guru ripens the disciple’s psycho-physical continuum with the initiations, and the disciple meditates on the path that consists of the generation process and the completion process. In this way the yogi actualizes the resultthe buddha body that is the divine image of emptiness. This is the Other Wheel of Time.

From 13th March to 15th March 2024, three days programmes of The 1st Kachu Geshe (one who observes the 10 commandments of Buddha, title of monk-scholar who has passed preliminary examinations, 2 classes) graduation ceremony at Pal Gyalwa Jonang Ngedhon Takten Shedup Choekhor Ling Monastery. With the great presence of our His Eminence Tashi Gyaltsen Rinpoche, abbot Gedun Gyatso, devotees from India, Bhutan, the USA, Taiwan and China and local governors Mr: Mohan Basnet were made the ceremony meaningful.  The First Day, with the presence of our monastic abbot Gedun Gyatso, many other great lamas and monks gathered for the chanting of great prayers composed by the Jonang Dolpo Buddha, the great master of Jonang Buddhist Lineage. After the completion of Tsok offering puja, abbot Gedun Gyatso presented the Geshe robes to the Kachu Geshes. Kachu Geshes  has been receivedthe Kachu Geshe Degree and Certificate of Appreciation from His Eminence Tashi Gyaltsen Rinpoche and abbot Gedun Gyatso after the completion of 18-years of studies on The Five Major Buddhist Philosophy Subjects. The Jonang Monastery of Ngedön Takten Shedrup Chökhor Ling is  established by His Eminence Tashi Gyaltsen near the holy Buddha Stupa in Nepal. It is the main seat for the study and practice of the glorious Jonang tradition.  Latter, the monastery moved in Yangleshö and rebuilt, nowadays, the monastery is located in Yangleshö. Under the supervision of His Holiness the Dalai Lama,  Most of monks and students from Dolpo, Karmorong, Yolmo, Sharpa, and other places in Nepal, some of them from Mön Tawang in India. They are studying the Jonang Tradition of the Middle Way of Other-Emptiness, Tibetan language and culture.  The detail information completely mentioned in the Tibetan language, have a look on Tibetan website. 

January, 22. 2024 In Bodh Gaya, this January, Jonang Gyaltsab Rinpoche, His Eminence་Ngawang Choekyi Nangwa Rinpoche has been leading the annual  Jonang Monlam. Many Geshes, Tulkus, teachers and Hundreds of monks have attended.  The Jonang Monlam Prayer will be ended on 26th January 2024, The Monlam Chenmo Festival or “Great Prayer Festival”  was started at early time in Tibet, to commemorate Shakyamuni Buddha’s performance of miracles in Shravasti. Monlam Chenmo celebrations have been observed every year since, to pray for the long life of attained masters from all traditions, for the growth of Dharma in the minds of all sentient beings, and for world peace.

DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 19: As the sixth session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile commenced on Tuesday in Dharamshala by extending solidarity with the Tibetans inside of Tibet with a seven-point official resolution.With the announcement of session commencement by the Speaker, the parliament hall assembled with Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration along with his ministerial colleagues (Kalons) as well as the parliamentarians, sang the Tibetan national anthem.  a group of close to 500 Tibetans from the Indian sub-continent and overseas made appeals to the lawmakers to make necessary amendments in the Charter, including one that will allow the appointment of the Chief Justice Commissioner and two judges of the Supreme Justice Commission, the apex judicial body of the Central Tibetan Administration. The group under the banner of ‘Advocacy of the general public’ stressed the urgency to appoint the Chief Justice Commissioner and two additional justices of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission to establish a robust judiciary capable of administering oaths for future leadership of the exile Tibetan government. The advocacy group highlighted that this move can play a pivotal role in bringing stability to the parliament. The advocacy group also called for immediate action to grant the general Tibetan public the right to elect the Members of Parliament from the various religious sects. The appeal asserted that failure to implement this crucial measure would compel them to advocate for the exclusion of MPs from religious sects altogether from the parliament.  An appeal made by the International Jonang Association called for equal rights for various religious sects, and appreciated ongoing efforts by the present Kasang.  International Jonang Association has been making such appeals for many years. Finally, the Speaker ended the address with a call for unity amongst Tibetans and coordinated effort from all in resolving the Sino-Tibetan conflict.

Sikyong Penpa Tsering has been visited at Jonag Dukhor Jordruk Gomdra Choekhorling during his assessment tour of Dharamshala Tibetan Communities. Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering has embarked on a four-day Dharmashala wide assessment visit of the Tibetan community, schools and institutions on Monday with a key focus on reviewing their concerns and requirements. This visit comes at the helm of the commitment reiterated by Sikyong shortly after assuming office to visit and meet members of the Tibetan community in exile at least twice during his tenure. Accompanied by Additional Secretary Tenzin Norbu of Home and Tso Kunchok Migmar, In the afternoon Sikyong visited at International Jonang Wellbeing Association and Jonang Dukhor Jordruk Gomdra Choekhorling where he was taken on an extensive tour of the campus by the Lobpon Kunchok Gyalyso and Lobsang Dawa,  He spoke to the Lobpon of the institutions and listened to the concerns for further review by the Kashag. Later in the afternoon, Sikyong drove toward Norbulingka and toured Dolma Ling Nunnery, Lhundrub Chime Gatsel Ling Monaster and Nyingtop Ling, a home for handicapped Tibetans, before visiting Norbulingka institution and speaking to the Tibetans there.

In the heavenly realm of Tibet, surrounded by a chain of snow mountains, The source of all happiness and help for beings Is Tenzin Gyatso––Chenrezig in person–– May his life be secure for thousands of years! (kalpas) Gyalwa  Rinpoche 1 A tranquil village is known by your birth, Messengers were sent by the countries. Even one greeting needs days to be passed People cherished the celebration with faith and love. 2 The name of the village spread rapidly to the world, Even though it was rural and undeveloped. People came to know Tibet through your reputation, The whole darkness is lightened up by your journey. 3 People are more engaged with work Even a hug can not wait.  But they read, watch, listen about you, They say “sorrow be vanished away when feeling your existence”. His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, the spiritual leader of Tibet and the beloved global icon of peace and compassion turned 88 today. Marking a global celebration of His Holiness’ life and legacy. Being a Tibetan, being a follower of your message I would send my wishes and prayer for a long live and healthy life. I join with Dharma brothers, sisters and fellow Tibetan to wish Gyalwa Rinpoche la “Happy Birthday”.

Dear  Jonang Gyaltsab Rinpoche  Master of learning and accomplishment  Master of compassion and forgiveness  You skilfully send out the light of wisdom  Your blessing has brought the meaning to our life We have celebrated every day with a great compassion when your presence with us, we would never forget the warmth that you provided to us, you are a living Buddha in our pure mind.  By you having our side is the strongest part of our young life. You are an amazing Rinpoche and a wonderful person. the basic understanding of life and ability to judge wrong and right that you taught to us, have made us a better person in life.  You deserve all the happiness in the world. We, as your student, are too small to give a gift to you, So, we are sending you warm wishes and respect from my side.  You have the best birthday bash. Happy Birthday! Distribution of gifts on the Birthday of Jonang Gyaltsab Rinpoche will be started in Dharamsala and a life release program will be taken place at Miao.  Happy Birthday to Jonang Gyaltsab Rinpoche

Kyabje Jonang Gyaltsab Rinpoche arrived in Dharamshala on 14th March from Taiwan, for the purpose of attending a Long Life Prayer offered to the His Holiness the Dalai Lama by the Central Tibetan Administration on behalf of all Tibetans inside and outside Tibet at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 15, 2023. Under a clear blue sky, the rising sun was catching the peaks of the mountains as His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at the gate to his residence this morning. He was received by President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) – Sikyong Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the Parliament – Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Chief Justice Commissioner (Acting) – Karma Dadul. “Amidst the ongoing crisis inside Tibet, I have a sizeable responsibility to uphold and safeguard the Tibetan culture and religion. It gives me a certain degree of satisfaction to realise that I have been able to adequately serve the Tibetan cause and people. Moreover, I aspire to live for another 10 years to continue my service,” His Holiness the Dalai Lama remarked while thanking the CTA leadership and Tibetan people for the long life offering made to him this morning at Tsuglagkhang. Dharamshala: The 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile commenced its 5th Session on 15th afternoon in Dharamshala. The 10-day session is presided over by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering are attended by Sikyong Penpa Tsering, Kalons, members of the 17th parliament, and the Secretaries of the respective departments. The International Jonang Wellbeing Association sent following appeal in Tibean to Kyong Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the Parliament – Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Chief Justice Commissioner (Acting) – Karma Dadul, Ministers of the departments and every number of Parliament in Exile.  Exile Jonangpas just demand for having a equal participant in every prat of exile democracy.  ༄༅།།  དཔལ་ལྡན་སྐུ་ངོ་ཚོའི་མདུན་སར་ཞུ་གསོལ། ཚོགས་བརྡའི་གསལ་བསྒྲགས་ཐོན་པ་ལྟར། སྐབས་ ༡༧ པའི་བཙན་བྱོལ་བོད་མིའི་གྲོས་ཚོགས་འཚོགས་དུས་ལྔ་བ་ཕྱི་ལོ་ ༢༠༢༣ ཕྱི་ཟླ་ ༣ ཚེས་ ༡༥ ཉིན་ནས་བཟུང་ཉིན་གྲངས་བཅུའི་རིང་འཚོགས་གཏན་འཁེལ་བ་ལྟར། གྲོས་ཚོགས་འཚོགས་དུས་འདིའི་ཐོག་བཙན་བྱོལ་ཁྲོད་ཀྱི་ཇོ་ནང་པ་ཚོར་ཁྲིམས་ཐོག་ནས་ཐོབ་ཐང་འདྲ་མཉམ་གནང་སྐྱོང་བའི་རེ་བསྐུལ་སླར་ཡང་ཞུ་བ་ཡིན། བཙན་བྱོལ་ཁྲོད་ཀྱི་ཇོ་ནང་པ་ཚོས་ཕྱི་ལོ་ ༡༩༩༧ ལོ་ནས་བཟུང་དེ་རིང་བར་མི་ལོ་ཧྲིལ་བོ་ཉེར་དྲུག་རིང་བཙན་བྱོལ་བོད་མིའི་གྲོས་ཚོགས་སུ་དེ་ལུགས་ཀྱིས་སྙན་ཞུ་བརྒྱ་ཕྲག་མང་པོ་ཕུལ་བ་མ་ཟད། ཐ་ན་ཕྱི་ལོ་ ༢༠༡༥ ལོར་བཙན་བྱོལ་ཁྲོད་ཀྱི་ཇོ་ནང་པ་རྣམས་གྲོས་ཁང་སྒོར་མཉམ་འཛོམས་ཀྱིས་ཟས་བཅད་ཞི་འབོད་ཀྱང་བྱས་མོད། གྲོས་ཚོགས་ནས་དོན་མཐུན་གྱི་ཡ་ལན་མེད་ཐོག་སྐབས་ཤིག་ཇོ་ནང་པའི་སྙན་ཞུ་ཁག་ཀྱང་རྩིས་མེད་བྱས་པའི་གནས་ཚུལ་ཡང་རིམ་པར་བྱུང་ཡོད་པས། གཞི་བྱེས་ཇོ་ནང་པ་རྣམས་ལ་བློ་ཕམ་ཚད་མེད་བྱུང་ཡོད། དེ་བས་ན་ད་ལན་གྱི་འཚོགས་དུས་འདིའི་ཐོག་ཆ་རྐྱེན་གང་ཡང་མེད་པའི་ཐོག་ནས། བཙན་བྱོལ་ཁྲོད་ཀྱི་ཇོ་ནང་པ་རྣམས་ཀྱང་བཙན་བྱོལ་བོད་མི་སྤྱི་མཚུངས་ལྟར་བཙན་བྱོལ་བོད་མིའི་བཅའ་ཁྲིམས་སུ་ཇོ་ནང་བར་ཐོབ་ཐང་འདྲ་མཉམ་གནང་སྐྱོང་ཡོང་བའི་གསོལ་འདེབས་ནན་ཏན་དུ་འདེབས་པ་ལགས་ན། དེ་ལུགས་ཐུགས་བརྩེས་གཟིགས་པ་མཁྱེན་མཁྱེན་ཞུ། རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་ཇོ་ནང་འགྲོ་ཕན་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱི་དབུས་སྤྱི་ཁྱབ་ཁང་ནས། ཕྱི་ལོ་ ༢༠༢༣ ཟླ་ ༣ ཚེས་ ༡༥ ཉིན།

A translation book of Guru Puja by Golok Chakmo has been launched at Bodhgaya on the 660th Commemoration Day of Dölpopa Shérap Gyeltse, His Eminent Jonang Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Kyabjee Tang Rinpoche and other participants from all over the world, the beautiful occasion was marked by more than 200 people.  The speech from translator Golok Chakmo All humans born in this world are given, through their past karma, a task that is suited for them. This seems to be the humble task entrusted to me. Thus, wandering through the realms, I have expended my human life on learning. Its fruit has taken the form of a book. Gendun Chopel When I decided to take on this translation project, I had no idea what I was getting myself into, I have never done a literary Buddhist Philosophical Translation and didn’t stop to think how difficult it would be when proposed the idea of a collaboration.  With assistance from  Khanpo Ju Tenkyong I have completed the entire translation, Khanpo suggested to install footnotes for those abbreviated Tibetan terms, so there are  67 footnotes which are placed at the bottom of a page. They cite references or comment on a designated part of the text above it. It is hoped that this will not generate too much confusion.  Lastly, would say thanks to Choekyi Nyinma who edited and designed the book of the English version, thank you much for your reliable help.