Book Group: The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones

This is a classic Tibetan Buddhist text in which Patrul Rinpoche offers concise pith instructions on the path, and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche provides a clear, compassionate commentary showing how to apply them in daily life. It presents practice as the unified training of View, Meditation, and Action, aimed at uprooting self-clinging and cultivating bodhicitta.

Suggested donation of $35 to participate in this program.

Beginners benefit because it clarifies motivation, study, and basic path structure without requiring technical background. Intermediate practitioners benefit because it provides concrete methods for transforming emotions and obstacles into the path. Advanced practitioners benefit because its simplicity cuts through spiritual “busyness” and continually points back to the essentials—especially the inseparability of compassion and wisdom.

Feb 9, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Introduction + Opening Verses (pp. 1–18). For additional reference for first meeting: Biographies, pp. 231 - 243
Feb 23, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Part One — Decadent Age (1) (pp. 19–34)
Mar 9, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Part One — Decadent Age (2) (pp. 35–54)
Mar 23, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Part Two — Three Paths + Refuge (pp. 55–63)
Apr 6, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Bodhicitta + Purification + Offering + Guru Yoga (pp. 64–78)
Apr 20, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Path of the Tantras (pp. 79–93)
May 4, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Completion Stage + Nature of Mind (1) (pp. 94–110)
May 18, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Nonmeditation + Six Sense Objects (pp. 111–124)
Jun 1, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Five Emotions (pp. 125–130)
Jun 15, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Five Aggregates + Four Essential Points (pp. 131–144)
Jun 29, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Part Three — Leaving Samsaric Activity Behind (1) (pp. 147–154)
Jul 13, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Part Three (2) + Concluding Verses + Dedication + Epilogue (pp. 155–168)

Optional
Jul 27, 2026 — Heart Treasure Book Group: Integration Session (Favorite Passages; No New Reading)

For questions, please contact PMC Book Group Coordinator, Linda Drake at ljbdrake@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you via Zoom or at PMC!