Reading Transmissions 
for the Vajrayana Online Community

Receive the blessings of the lineage and deepen your connection to traditional Buddhist texts

June 20, 2026

Saturday

10–11:30 AM

US ET (New York)

Requirements

This event is open to all Vajrayana Online members.

Recordings

The reading transmission can only be received live, so no recording will be made.
Transmission holds special importance in Vajrayana Buddhism and in Mingyur Rinpoche’s meditative tradition, as it ensures that teachings are passed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage, preserving their authenticity. A reading transmission (Tib. lung), in particular, allows us to read and study a text having received the blessings of the lineage so that we might come to understand its most profound meaning.
In keeping with the tradition of students requesting transmissions from their teachers, the Vajrayana Online team will begin offering reading transmissions in a more regular and collaborative way, based on requests coming directly from the community. We’ve opened a space in the forum where you can suggest texts you’d like to receive transmission for, or upvote those already posted by others. You can participate at any time. The texts receiving the most interest may be offered in future transmissions

Jamgon Kongtrul’s Creation and Completion: A Reading Transmission for the Vajrayana Online Community

Saturday, June 20, 10 AM US ET

It is with great joy that we announce the reading transmission (lung) by Lama Trinley of Jamgön Kongtrül’s Creation and Completion: Essential Points of Tantric Meditation. Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé (1813–99) was the leading figure in the nineteenth-century Rimé (nonsectarian) revival of Tibetan Buddhism. One of the most prolific and accomplished teachers and writers in Tibetan history, his works continue to guide and inspire students and practitioners alike.
The reading transmission will take place on Saturday, June 20, at 10 AM US ET (New York), 4 PM CET (Berlin), 10 PM HKT (Hong Kong). 

Please note that the reading transmission can only be received live, so no recording will be made. We hope to see you there!

Creation (or development) and completion (or perfection) refer to the two stages of meditation involving deity visualization practice, a meditation technique for which Tibetan Buddhism is widely known. The text is not a specific meditation in itself, but rather describes the meaning and effect of such practice, and in doing so the essential Buddhist outlook on the nature of mind and reality. It describes with masterful clarity the profound view and vast method within which meditation practice must occur.
Jamgön Kongtrül designed this text as a guide to meditation practice. It is written entirely in verse, in the style of the songs of realization and other inspirational spiritual literature of Tibet, following a very similar tradition in ancient India. It is not an in-depth analysis or scholarly treatise. Jamgon Kongtrul, a masterful scholar, was above all interested in the actual application of the teachings in meditation. His intention in this text was to convey just what was necessary for effective practice.

— Sarah Harding

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MEET YOUR TEACHER

Lama Trinley

Lama Trinley has been the resident teacher at the Tergar Mingjue Phoenix Center since November, 2007. Lama Trinley began his education at Tergar Monastery, where he studied the rituals, prayers, and other traditional practices of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He entered the traditional three-year retreat when he was seventeen years old, after which he spent six years training in the monastic college of Tergar Monastery, where he taught for three years as assistant professor. His command of English and his humble and gentle demeanor make him easily accessible to newcomers and experienced meditators alike.
The words leave a positive imprint on the mind and that brings you to enlightenment. That brings realizations; that brings you to enlightenment. The lung doesn’t take much time, but the positive imprint left on the mind brings you to enlightenment. Then, you can do perfect work for sentient beings and are able to bring them to enlightenment. You have to know that. That is the basic thing; that is the main thing.

— Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Following the empowerment comes a reading transmission, lung in Tibetan. This tradition originally was passed on from India, though it too originated in the sambhogakaya buddha realms. There are no books in the buddha realms, only natural sound which resounds spontaneously. However, upon hearing that sound you are then the bearer of its meaning. Back in ancient India and Tibet they had no printing shops or the like, so texts had to be copied out by hand, usually by one’s older vajra brother. The guru would then read it to the disciple before giving the text to him. So before you could read the book you received its contents both aurally and physically. Things weren’t freely available in those days, so you couldn’t just think, “Hey I’d like a copy of the highest Dzogchen tantras.” then casually download a copy from the internet as you can today. In fact, traditionally you weren’t even allowed to look at such a text unless you had first received a reading transmission.

— Erik Pema Kunsang

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