Treasury of Knowledge

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Jamgön Kongtrul the Great

The All-encompassing Treasury of Knowledge (Tib. sheja kun la khyabpé dzö) - an encyclopedia of Buddhist wisdom and knowledge. One of The Five Great Treasures of Jamgön Kongtrul the Great.

Outline

The text has ten sections:

  1. An Analysis of the Environment and Beings—the realm of training (Myriad Worlds)
  2. An Analysis of the Way the Teacher Appears in the World to train
  3. An Analysis of the Teaching, the Noble Dharma
  4. An Analysis of How the Buddha’s Teaching Spread throughout the World
  5. An Analysis of the Higher Training of Discipline (Buddhist Ethics)
  6. An Analysis of Learning
  7. An Analysis of the Higher Training in Wisdom
  8. An Analysis of the Higher Training in Meditation
  9. An Analysis of the Paths and Stages to be Traversed
  10. An Analysis of the Nature of the Ultimate Fruition

Translations

  • Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book One: Myriad Worlds, Snow Lion, 2003
  • Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Five: Buddhist Ethics, Snow Lion, 1998, 2003
  • Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Three: Frameworks of Buddhist Philosophy, Snow Lion, 2007
  • Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra, Snow Lion, 2005
  • Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Eight, Part Three: The Elements of Tantric Practice, Snow Lion (Fall, 2008)
  • Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Eight, Part Four: Esoteric Instructions, A Detailed Presentation of the Process of Meditation in Vajrayana, Snow Lion, 2007