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'''Saraha Nyingtik Zabmo''', ‘The Heart Essence of [[Saraha]]’ (Tib. ས་ར་ཧ་པའཱི་སྙིང་ཐིག་ཟབ་མོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''sa ra ha pa’I snying thig zab mo''), is a [[terma]] of [[Dudjom Lingpa]] and his root-commentary on the [[Chö]] practice of [[Tröma Nakmo]].

==Revelation of the terma==
The ''Saraha Nyingtik Zabmo'' is part of the [[Chönyi Namkhai Longdzö]] terma cycle of Dudjom Lingpa, who received the text through a series of visions of [[Saraha]], completed by instructions from [[Machik Labdrön]] and [[Padampa Sangye]].

According to [[Sangye Khandro]], "During Dudjom Lingpa’s life, Machik Labdrön appeared to him in visions, like a mother to her child, and showed great care and loving kindness while transmitting the entire lineage of chö to him. Dudjom Lingpa also had actual visions of Padampa Sangye, who not only entrusted all lineages to him, but also illuminated all the key points on the view of emptiness."<Ref>[[Pema Lungtok Gyatso]], Dudjom Lingpa's Chöd—An Ambrosia Ocean of Sublime Explanations, translated by Lama Chönam & Sangye Khandro, Light of Berotsana, 2014, page xxviii.</Ref>

==Outline==
The text is structured around thirteen sections which includes<Ref>[[Pema Lungtok Gyatso]], Dudjom Lingpa's Chöd—An Ambrosia Ocean of Sublime Explanations, translated by Lama Chönam & Sangye Khandro, Light of Berotsana, 2014, page xxvii.</Ref>:
#Common and uncommon preliminary instructions
#The three-kaya meditation-recitation practice
#The pointing-out instructions for identifying the view associated with the four samayas of [[Mahasandhi]]
#The stages of generation and completion
#Advice for maintaining the continuity of practice in fear-provoking environments
#Advice for recognizing a fear-provoking environment
#Instructions for arriving upon the key points
#Mode of diligence applied with the four feasts
And various other subjects that belong to the path of chö.

==Propagation==
The ''Saraha Nyingtik Zabmo'' was widely propagated during the time of Dudjom Lingpa and one of his main disciples, Pema Lungtok Gyatso, wrote an extensive commentary on it called ‘An Ambrosia Ocean of Sublime Explanations’.

According to the Fourth Katok Getse Rinpoche, [[Gyurme Tenpa Gyaltsen]]<Ref>[[Pema Lungtok Gyatso]], Dudjom Lingpa's Chöd—An Ambrosia Ocean of Sublime Explanations, translated by Lama Chönam & Sangye Khandro, Light of Berotsana, 2014, page xxi.</Ref>: 
:If this sacred instruction that is complete and unerring is practiced accordingly to the teachings, then liberation will be brought about in a single lifetime. During the lifetime of the Tertön himself, there were close to twenty disciples who actually attained he [[rainbow body]] through mastery of the four elements. Unscathed by poisons and the like, an inconceivable number of accomplished vidyadharas were produced. Over the course of three generations, they have continued to be disciples who achieved the rainbow body as this was predicted by the tertön himself:
::''For three generations, if the continuity of these profound transmissions remains uninterrupted, there will be some one-hundred vidyadharas who will attain the rainbow body''.

==Translations==
* [[Pema Lungtok Gyatso]], Dudjom Lingpa's Chöd—An Ambrosia Ocean of Sublime Explanations, translated by Lama Chönam & Sangye Khandro, Light of Berotsana, 2014, page 437-492.

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