Training in the path of compassion & wisdom.
“May I be a guard for those who are protectorless, a guide for those who journey on the road; for those who wish to go across the water, may I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.”
What is Iron Knot Institute?
For the power of peace to touch every person, community and nation on this earth, it must radiate out from the profound peace within our own minds.
—H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
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Iron Knot Press
Iron Knot Press is a nonprofit publisher of books, training and curriculum materials that support the development of good heart through contemplation and meditation. Inspired by the 2500-year-old training of the bodhisattva — one who fully develops a heart of wisdom and great compassion — our aspiration is to make this vast and potent tradition accessible to the contemporary reader.