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'''Nyingtik Yabshyi''' ([[Wyl.]] ''snying thig ya bzhi'') literally means the 'Four Parts of the [[Nyingtik]]'. It consists of the [[Vima Nyingtik]], [[Lama Yangtik]], [[Khandro Nyingtik]] and [[Khandro Yangtik]]. The Vima Nyingtik and Khandro Nyingtik are known as the 'mother' Nyingtik texts and the Lama Yangtik and Khandro Yangtik are known as 'child' texts, hence another common name for the collection which is the '''Four Mother and Child Sections of Nyingtik''' (Tib. ''nyingtik ma bu shyi''; ''snying thig ma bu zhi'').
'''Nyingtik Yabshyi''' (Tib. སྙིང་ཐིག་ཡ་བཞི, [[Wyl.]] ''snying thig ya bzhi'') literally means the 'Four Parts of the [[Nyingtik]]'.  
 
It consists of the  
*[[Vima Nyingtik]],  
*[[Lama Yangtik]],  
*[[Khandro Nyingtik]] and  
*[[Khandro Yangtik]].  
 
The Vima Nyingtik and Khandro Nyingtik are known as the 'mother' Nyingtik texts and the Lama Yangtik and Khandro Yangtik are known as 'child' texts, hence another common name for the collection which is the '''Four Mother and Child Sections of Nyingtik''' (Tib. སྙིང་ཐིག་མ་བུ་བཞི་, ''nyingtik ma bu shyi'').


[[Longchen Rabjam]] also composed the [[Zabmo Yangtik]], which condenses the important [[pith instructions]] of both Vima Nyingtik and Khandro Nyingtik.
[[Longchen Rabjam]] also composed the [[Zabmo Yangtik]], which condenses the important [[pith instructions]] of both Vima Nyingtik and Khandro Nyingtik.


As [[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]] explains: “For the purpose of the actual practice of [[Dzogchen]] according to the seventeen main tantras of Dzogpachenpo, Longchenpa gathered his own termas as well as those of [[Chetsün Senge Wangchuk]] (who was later reborn as [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]), and [[Pema Ledreltsal]] (Longchenpa’s previous incarnation) in the form of the thirteen volume collection known as the Nyingtik Yabshyi. This is the practice aspect of Longchenpa’s writings and the basis of the Old Nyingtik. In it he synthesized the Vima Nyingtik of [[Vimalamitra]] and the Khandro Nyingtik of [[Guru Rinpoche]] and explained all the practical details in the light of his own realization.” <ref>As quoted in ''Dzogchen & Padmasambhava'', Rigpa Publications, page 85.</ref>
As [[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]] explains: “For the purpose of the actual practice of [[Dzogchen]] according to the seventeen main tantras of Dzogpachenpo, Longchenpa gathered his own termas as well as those of [[Chetsün Senge Wangchuk]] (who was later reborn as [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]), and [[Pema Ledreltsal]] (Longchenpa’s previous incarnation) in the form of the thirteen volume collection known as the Nyingtik Yabshyi. This is the practice aspect of Longchenpa’s writings and the basis of the Old Nyingtik. In it he synthesized the Vima Nyingtik of [[Vimalamitra]] and the Khandro Nyingtik of [[Guru Rinpoche]] and explained all the practical details in the light of his own realization.”<ref>As quoted in ''Dzogchen & Padmasambhava'', Rigpa Publications, page 85.</ref>


==Alternative Classifications==
==Alternative Classifications==
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A second classification includes:
A second classification includes:
#Vima Nyingtik;
#[[Vima Nyingtik]]
#Lama Yangtik;
#[[Lama Yangtik]]
#Khandro Nyingtik and Khandro Yangtik, counted as one; and
#[[Khandro Nyingtik]] and [[Khandro Yangtik]], counted as one; and
#[[Karma Nyingtik]], which comes from the Third Karmapa, [[Rangjung Dorje]].
#[[Karma Nyingtik]], which comes from the Third Karmapa, [[Rangjung Dorje]].


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#Khandro Nyingtik and Khandro Yangtik, counted as one; and
#Khandro Nyingtik and Khandro Yangtik, counted as one; and
#[[Dorsem Nyingtik]] of Kunkyong Lingpa.<ref>See the foreword to ''Great Perfection: Outer and Inner Preliminaries'', by the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche, translated by Cortland Dahl (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2008), page xi and Dezhung Rinpoche (2005) p. 171</ref>
#[[Dorsem Nyingtik]] of Kunkyong Lingpa.<ref>See the foreword to ''Great Perfection: Outer and Inner Preliminaries'', by the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche, translated by Cortland Dahl (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2008), page xi and Dezhung Rinpoche (2005) p. 171</ref>
==Alternative Translations==
*The Fourfold Heart Essence  (Cortland Dahl)
*The Four Higher Collections of the Heart Drop ([[Lama Chökyi Nyima]])


==The Empowerments of Nyingtik Yabshyi==
==The Empowerments of Nyingtik Yabshyi==
The empowerments have been given many times to the Rigpa sangha, including:
The [[empowerment]]s have been given many times to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] sangha, including:
*Kyabjé [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], London, 1st July 1987 ([[Lama Yangtik]] and [[Khandro Nyingtik]] only)
*Kyabjé [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], London, 1st July 1987 ([[Lama Yangtik]] and [[Khandro Nyingtik]] only)
*Kyabjé [[Penor Rinpoche]], London, 11th - 15th November 1988 (all empowerments including [[Zabmo Yangtik]])
*Kyabjé [[Penor Rinpoche]], London, 11th - 15th November 1988 (all empowerments including [[Zabmo Yangtik]])
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*Kyabjé [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 1st July 2003 ([[Lama Yangtik]] only)
*Kyabjé [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 1st July 2003 ([[Lama Yangtik]] only)
*Kyabjé [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 1st - 3rd December 2005 ([[Lama Yangtik]] and [[Khandro Yangtik]] only)
*Kyabjé [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 1st - 3rd December 2005 ([[Lama Yangtik]] and [[Khandro Yangtik]] only)
*Kyabjé [[Yangthang Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 7-11 August 2013 (all empowerments including [[Zabmo Yangtik]])
==Tibetan Texts==
* {{TBRC|W1KG9720|སྙིང་ཐིག་ཡ་བཞི།}}, [[Adzom Drukpa]] edition
* {{TBRC|W1KG12048|སྙིང་ཐིག་ཡ་བཞི།}}, [[Tarthang Tulku]] edition (Yeshe De).


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*[[Dezhung Rinpoche]]. ''snying thig ya bzhi'i rnam bshad'' in kun dga' bstan pa'i nyi ma, gsung 'bum, Dharamsala, 2005, pp.169-179
*[[Cortland Dahl]], in ''Entrance to the Great Perfection, A Guide to the [[Dzogchen]] Preliminary Practices'' (Snow Lion Publications), Appendix III, 'The Fourfold Heart Essence'.
*[[Dezhung Rinpoche]], ''snying thig ya bzhi'i rnam bshad'' in kun dga' bstan pa'i nyi ma, gsung 'bum, Dharamsala, 2005, pp.169-179
*[[Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche]], in ''Great Perfection – Outer & Inner Preliminaries''', translated by Cortland Dahl (Snow Lion Publications), Foreword pp.x-xi.
*[[Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche]], ''Nyingtik Yabshyi, Its Origins and Transmission''
*[[Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche]], ''Nyingtik Yabshyi, Its Origins and Transmission''
*[[Ngedön Tendzin Zangpo|Third Dzogchen Rinpoche]], ''Great Perfection – Outer & Inner Preliminaries''', translated by Cortland Dahl (Snow Lion Publications), 'Appendix III. The Fourfold Heart Essence' pages 218-229.


==Internal Links==
==Internal Links==

Revision as of 09:35, 13 August 2013

Longchen Rabjam

Nyingtik Yabshyi (Tib. སྙིང་ཐིག་ཡ་བཞི, Wyl. snying thig ya bzhi) literally means the 'Four Parts of the Nyingtik'.

It consists of the

The Vima Nyingtik and Khandro Nyingtik are known as the 'mother' Nyingtik texts and the Lama Yangtik and Khandro Yangtik are known as 'child' texts, hence another common name for the collection which is the Four Mother and Child Sections of Nyingtik (Tib. སྙིང་ཐིག་མ་བུ་བཞི་, nyingtik ma bu shyi).

Longchen Rabjam also composed the Zabmo Yangtik, which condenses the important pith instructions of both Vima Nyingtik and Khandro Nyingtik.

As Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche explains: “For the purpose of the actual practice of Dzogchen according to the seventeen main tantras of Dzogpachenpo, Longchenpa gathered his own termas as well as those of Chetsün Senge Wangchuk (who was later reborn as Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo), and Pema Ledreltsal (Longchenpa’s previous incarnation) in the form of the thirteen volume collection known as the Nyingtik Yabshyi. This is the practice aspect of Longchenpa’s writings and the basis of the Old Nyingtik. In it he synthesized the Vima Nyingtik of Vimalamitra and the Khandro Nyingtik of Guru Rinpoche and explained all the practical details in the light of his own realization.”[1]

Alternative Classifications

There are two alternative traditions of classifying the Four Parts of the Nyingtik, mentioned in the Immaculate Oral Instructions, the Nyingtik teachings of Jamgön Kongtrul:

A second classification includes:

  1. Vima Nyingtik
  2. Lama Yangtik
  3. Khandro Nyingtik and Khandro Yangtik, counted as one; and
  4. Karma Nyingtik, which comes from the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje.

A third way of classifying the four, according to the Dzogchen masters Kongpo Dzogchenpa and Katok Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu, is as follows:

  1. Vima Nyingtik;
  2. Lama Yangtik;
  3. Khandro Nyingtik and Khandro Yangtik, counted as one; and
  4. Dorsem Nyingtik of Kunkyong Lingpa.[2]

Alternative Translations

  • The Fourfold Heart Essence (Cortland Dahl)
  • The Four Higher Collections of the Heart Drop (Lama Chökyi Nyima)

The Empowerments of Nyingtik Yabshyi

The empowerments have been given many times to the Rigpa sangha, including:

Tibetan Texts

Notes

  1. As quoted in Dzogchen & Padmasambhava, Rigpa Publications, page 85.
  2. See the foreword to Great Perfection: Outer and Inner Preliminaries, by the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche, translated by Cortland Dahl (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2008), page xi and Dezhung Rinpoche (2005) p. 171

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Further Reading

  • Cortland Dahl, in Entrance to the Great Perfection, A Guide to the Dzogchen Preliminary Practices (Snow Lion Publications), Appendix III, 'The Fourfold Heart Essence'.
  • Dezhung Rinpoche, snying thig ya bzhi'i rnam bshad in kun dga' bstan pa'i nyi ma, gsung 'bum, Dharamsala, 2005, pp.169-179
  • Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, in Great Perfection – Outer & Inner Preliminaries', translated by Cortland Dahl (Snow Lion Publications), Foreword pp.x-xi.
  • Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche, Nyingtik Yabshyi, Its Origins and Transmission

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