{"id":3556,"date":"2011-08-04T00:47:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T23:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/dr-martin-j-boord-rig-dzin-rdo-rje\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:57:38","slug":"dr-martin-j-boord-rig-dzin-rdo-rje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/en\/dr-martin-j-boord-rig-dzin-rdo-rje\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Martin J. Boord (Rig-\u2019dzin rdo-rje)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/048-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-442\" title=\"Martin Boord\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/048-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/048-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/048-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/048-125x166.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/048.jpg 1015w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As one of Rinpoche&#8217;s senior students, Martin Boord is well known already to many people within the Khordong sangha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visiting India and Nepal as a teenager in 1967, Martin became a devoted Buddhist and immediately embarked on the study of Sanskrit in order to read the original texts. Receiving teachings from many of the great Tibetan masters of all schools who had become settled in India following the takeover of their country by Chinese communists, he studied the doctrines of both s\u016btra and tantra. Over the years, he carefully surveyed the entire Buddhist Tripi\u1e6daka with the lamas of Tibet before immersing himself fully in the guhyamantra practices of the Nyingma school under the guidance of H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche and Lama Khamtrul Yeshe Dorje, the renowned &#8220;weather man&#8221; of the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. It was whilst on a pilgrimage with Yeshe Dorje to Sarnath in 1973 that Martin first met with the Khordong Terchen Tulku, Lama Chhimed Rigdzin, with whom he immediately began to form a close bond of attachment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequently, Martin invited Lama Chhimed Rigdzin to Great Britain in order to inaugurate his new Dharma Centre, granting empowerments and teaching the Byang-gter Dorje Phurpa (Northern Treasures Vajrak\u012bla) for the first time in the west.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Martin-La-bearb-web-cut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Martin-La-bearb-web-cut-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Martin-La-bearb-web-cut-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Martin-La-bearb-web-cut-117x150.jpg 117w, https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Martin-La-bearb-web-cut-125x161.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Martin-La-bearb-web-cut.jpg 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Later, moving from Europe back to India, this master and disciple together translated a number of Byang-gter texts, including hundreds of pages of Vajrak\u012bla S\u0101dhana (practice texts), which have remained the major focus of Martin&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking the Byang-gter Phurpa as his theme, Martin went on to study at the School of Oriental &amp; African Studies at the University to London, for which he was awarded a BA in Religious Studies (Buddhism), followed by the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1992. His doctoral thesis was subsequently published as The Cult of the Deity Vajrak\u012bla, by the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Tring, 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having completed his studies at SOAS, he was awarded a scholarship from the Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund which enabled him to return to India in order to research the sacred geography of Sikkim, one of the seven &#8220;hidden lands&#8221; of Rigzin Godem. This work was eventually published in the Bulletin of Tibetology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading Sanskrit and Tibetan languages, as well as having studied Tibetan art for many years, Martin has acted as a consultant to the Ashmolean Museum, one of the oldest public museums in Europe, helping to identify and arrange their holdings of Tibetan cultural artefacts and paintings, and he continues to work on similar projects at different times when called to do so. The British Museum, for example, requested his assistance when they were offered a collection of Tibetan phurba for purchase, about which they had no specialist knowledge, and he has collaborated with the makers of documentary films for television, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having spent many years developing his understanding of the Dharma in meditation retreats, in 1998 Martin was invited by Lama Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche to accompany him as an assistant teacher on his European Dharma tour, in order to give teachings on the Deity Vajrak\u012bla as part of the Pfauenhof retreat in Germany. This was so successful that the invitation was repeated in the following years, so that Martin again gave Vajrak\u012bla teachings in Berlin in 1999 and he accompanied Rinpoche to Oxford, Wales and Vienna in the year 2000, where he taught many aspects of the Vajray\u0101na path, as well as his special subject \u2014 the deity Vajrak\u012bla. Since then Martin has given innumerable teachings on many aspects of the Byang-gter tradition, throughout Europe and the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He now lives and works in Oxford, pursuing his research interests with like-minded academics and Dharma practitioners at the Oriental Institute, reading manuscripts at the Indian Institute Library and working on an ad hoc basis as Academic Visitor with those studying for doctorates in Buddhist Studies, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, he has completed a translation of the most illustrious commentary on Phurba practice Vajrakilaya), known as The Black 100,000 Words (Phur &#8216;grel &#8216;bum nag). This important text is a report of a group retreat that was undertaken by the three masters, Padmasambhava, Vimalamitra and Silamanju, in Nepal in the 8th century. It was transmitted in Tibet by Padmasambhava to Yeshe Tsogyal and the <a title=\"A Bolt Of Lightning From The Blue von Martin Boord (Rig-\u2019dzin rdo-rje)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/a-bolt-of-lightning-from-the-blue\/\">translation of this text <\/a>is now available from edition khordong (published 2002). He has also expanded his work on the Northern Treasures texts to include further research on the Hidden Lands of Rigzin Godem, as well as the ritual cycle of the Greatly Compassionate Avalokite\u015bvara. His text on the <a title=\"Illuminating Sunshine: Buddhist funeral rituals of Avalokite\u015bvara by Rig-\u2019dzin rdo-rje (Martin Boord)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/illuminating-sunshine-buddhist-funeral-rituals-of-avalokitesvara-by-rig-dzin-rdo-rje-martin-boord\/\">Byang-gter funeral ceremonies of Avalokite\u015bvara<\/a> is also available from Wandel Verlag (published 2012). Also\u00a0the series <strong>Vajrak\u012bla Texts of the Northern Treasures Tradition, in five volume<\/strong>s, is still completely available and is completes his writings on the deity practice Vajrakilaya (rdo rje phur pa), the deity who transmutes and transcends obstacles and obscurations and is seen as the embodiment of activities of the Buddha mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About events with Martin Boord please visit our Khordong website in english: <a title=\"Khordong website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khordong.de\/alt\/Engl\/rand_e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.khordong.de\/alt\/Engl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary of Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Forthcoming<\/strong> (Editor) <em>The Guhyagarbha Tantra and its Commentary Moonbeams<\/em>, translated by Gyurme Dorje<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2020<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/en\/an-overwhelming-hurricane-by-rig-dzin-rdo-rje-martin-boord\/\">An Overwhelming Hurricane<\/a> Overturning sa\u1e41s\u0101ra and eradicating all evil. Texts from the cycles of the Black Razor, Fierce Mantra &amp; Greater than Great. Vajrak\u012bla Texts of the Northern Treasures Tradition, volume five. edition khordong im Wandel Verlag, berlin, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/a-cloudbust-of-blessings\/\">A Cloudburst of Blessings<\/a> The water initiation and other rites of empowerment for the practice of the Northern Treasures Vajrak\u012bla. Vajrak\u012bla Texts of the Northern Treasures Tradition, volume four.<\/em> edition khordong im Wandel Verlag, berlin, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/a-blaze-of-fire-in-the-dark\/\">A Blaze of Fire in the Dark<\/a> Homa rituals for the fulfilment of vows and the performance of deeds of great benefit. Vajrak\u012bla Texts of the Northern Treasures Tradition, volume three<\/em>. edition khordong im Wandel Verlag, berlin, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/the-path-of-secret-mantra\/\">The Path of Secret Mantra: Teachings of the Northern Treasures Five Nails<\/a><\/em><br><em> Pema Tinley\u2019s guide to vajraya\u0304na practice. Explanation of Rigzin Godem\u2019s Jangter Ngo\u0308ndro Zer Nga (byang gter sngon \u2018gro gzer lnga) according to the commentary by Rigzin Pema Tinley<\/em>, translation and oral transmission by Khenpo Chowang, edited by Martin Boord. edition khordong at Wandel Verlag, Berlin, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong> <em><a title=\"Gathering the Elements von Rig-\u2019dzin rdo-rje (Martin J Boord)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/gathering-the-elements-von-rig-%e2%80%99dzin-rdo-rje-martin-j-boord\/\">Gathering the Elements. The Cult of the Wrathful Deity Vajrakila <\/a>(Vajrakila Texts of the Northern Treasures Tradition<\/em>, Volume One), revision and re-publishing of <em>The Cult of the Deity Vajrak\u012bla<\/em>, 1993<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2012<\/strong> <a title=\"Illuminating Sunshine: Buddhist funeral rituals of Avalokite\u015bvara by Rig-\u2019dzin rdo-rje (Martin Boord)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/en\/illuminating-sunshine-buddhist-funeral-rituals-of-avalokitesvara-by-rig-dzin-rdo-rje-martin-boord\/\"><em>Illuminating Sunshine: Buddhist funeral rituals of Avalokite\u015bvara<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2011 <\/strong>Editor <a title=\"Die F\u00fcnf N\u00e4gel \u2013 Ein Kommentar zu den\u2028 Vorbereitenden \u00dcbungen der \u2028N\u00f6rdlichen Sch\u00e4tze von Tulku Tsurlo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/five-nails-commentary-by-tulku-tsurlu\/\"><em>The Five Nails &#8211; A Commentary on the Northern Treasures Accumulation Praxis <\/em><\/a>edition khordong by Wandel Verlag, Berlin 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong> <a title=\"A Roll Of Thunder From The Void von Martin Boord (Rig-\u2019dzin rdo-rje)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/roll-of-thunder\/\"><em>A Roll of Thunder from the Void<\/em><\/a> \u2028(Vajrak\u012bla Texts of the Northern Treasures Tradition, Volume 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong> (Index) <em>Jokhang: Tibet\u2019s most sacred Buddhist temple<\/em>, Edition Hansjorg Mayer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2006<\/strong> <em>Meditations on the Great Guru Padmasambhava<\/em>, Khordong Newsletter, Berlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2006<\/strong> <em>Entering the Ma\u1e47\u1e0dala Gates<\/em>, Tiger\u2019s Nest Dharma Diary for 2007, Sussex<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2005<\/strong> Editor (Tibetan &amp; Sanskrit) <em>The Complete Tibetan Book of the Dead<\/em>, translated by Gyurme Dorje, Penguin Books, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2003<\/strong> <a title=\"A Bolt Of Lightning From The Blue von Martin Boord (Rig-\u2019dzin rdo-rje)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/a-bolt-of-lightning-from-the-blue\/\"><em>A Bolt of Lightning From the Blue<\/em><\/a>, edition khordong, Berlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2003<\/strong> \u201cThe symbolism of the gCod drum, by \u2019Gyur-med blo-gsal\u201d (English translation)\u2028 in <em>Dzogchen Journal<\/em>, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2003<\/strong> <a title=\"A Pilgrim's Guide to the Hidden Land of Sikkim (287kB, PDF)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SikkimPilgrimGuide.pdf\">\u201cA Pilgrim\u2019s Guide to the Hidden Land of Sikkim: Proclaimed as a Treasure by Rig-\u2019dzin rgod-ldem\u201d <\/a>in <em>Bulletin of Tibetology<\/em> 39(1), Gangtok<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1999<\/strong> (with Stephen Hodge) <em>The Illustrated Tibetan Book of the Dead<\/em>, Thorsons, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1998<\/strong> <em>A India, P\u00f3rtico do Norte<\/em> Exhibition catalogue (contributor) Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1998<\/strong> \u201cMa\u1e47\u1e0dala Meaning &amp; Method: Ritual delineation of sacred space in tantric Buddhism\u201d in <em>Performance Research<\/em> Vol.3, No.3, Winter 1998, Routledge\/ARC, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1998<\/strong> Editor (Tibetan) <em>High Peaks, Pure Earth: Collected Writings on Tibetan History and Culture<\/em>, by Hugh Richardson, Serindia Publications, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1998<\/strong> <em>East Asian Books<\/em>, Tibetan MSS, Catalogue 19, Sam Fogg Rare Books, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1998<\/strong> \u201cTibet\u201d &amp; \u201cMongolia\u201d in <em>Encyclopaedia of World Mythology<\/em>, The Foundry Creative Media Company Limited, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1996<\/strong> <em>Manuscripts from the Himalayas and the Indian Subcontinent<\/em>, Tibetan MSS, Catalogue 17, Sam Fogg Rare Books, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1996<\/strong> (with Losang Norbu Tsonawa) <em>Overview of Buddhist Tantra by Panchen Sonam Dragpa<\/em>, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1996<\/strong> <em>Ma\u1e47\u1e0dala Meaning &amp; Method<\/em>, Kailash Editions, London (unpublished)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1994<\/strong> \u201cBuddhism\u201d in <em>Sacred Space<\/em>, edited by John Holm with Jean Bowker, Pinter Publishers, London, New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1993<\/strong> <em>The Cult of the Deity Vajrak\u012bla<\/em> (Buddhica Britannica Series Continua IV), The Institute of Buddhist Studies, Tring. \u2028This book is re-published as&nbsp;Volume One of <em>Vajrakila Texts of the Northern Treasures Tradition: <a title=\"Gathering the Elements von Rig-\u2019dzin rdo-rje (Martin J Boord)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/gathering-the-elements-von-rig-%e2%80%99dzin-rdo-rje-martin-j-boord\/\">Gathering the Elements. The Cult of the Wrathful Deity Vajrakila<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1993<\/strong> \u201cTibet and Mongolia\u201d in <em>World Mythology: The Illustrated Guide<\/em>, Roy Willis, Simon &amp; Schuster, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOTE from Martin: Over the years I have had many book reviews published in <em>The Middle Way<\/em> (journal of the Buddhist Society, London) and other such journals and, of course, I did a fair amount of work with C.R. Lama, the details of which I have forgotten. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Padmasambhava&#8217;s teachings on the downfalls of tobacco<br>The Dragon Roar that fulfills all wishes (Protector text)<br>The Violent Storm of Meteoric Vajras (<em>s\u0101dhana<\/em> of rDo rje gro lod)<br>A Gentle Rainfall of Honey (<em>s\u0101dhana<\/em> of Guru mTshan brgyad)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his early twenties, Rig-&#8216;dzin rdo-rje (Martin Boord) studied with Lama Khamtrul Yeshe Dorje, Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche and Dudjom Rinpoche.  Later, at the University of London he received a doctorate for his thesis \u201cThe Cult Of The Deity Vajrakila\u201d and then went on to teach at the University of Oxford for some years.  Currently he lives in quiet seclusion in the Cotswolds, devoting himself to the study of the Northern Treasures. His book &#8220;A Bolt of Lightning from the Blue&#8221; became the standard reference for the meditation deity Vajrakila. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wandel-verlag.de\/en\/dr-martin-j-boord-rig-dzin-rdo-rje\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-authors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Martin J. 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