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The '''Nang Jang''' is a collection of the most secret instructions [[Dudjom Lingpa]] received through a serie of visions of various enlightened beings, like  [[Vajradhara]] himself, [[Vajrayogini]], [[Ekadzati]] and the such.  
The '''Nang Jang''' (Tib. སྣང་སབྱང་, [[Wyl.]] ''snang sbyang''; Eng. ''purifying appearances'') is a collection of the most secret instructions [[Dudjom Lingpa]] received through a series of visions of various enlightened beings, including [[Vajradhara]], [[Vajrayogini]], [[Ekadzati]], [[Shri Singha]], [[Longchen Rabjam]], [[Saraha]], and others.  


These instructions point out the view of [[Dzogchen]]. This text focuses primary on [[Trekchö]], and is of central importance in the [[Dudjom Tersar]] tradition.
These instructions point out the view of [[Dzogchen]]. This text focuses primary on [[Trekchö]], and is of central importance in the [[Dudjom Tersar]] tradition.


According to [[Dudjom Lingpa]], the Nang Jang is "a direct transmission of Dudjom Lingpa's Dzogchen approach, so powerful that even hearing it read aloud ensures that the listener will eventually escape the suffering of [[samsara]]."
According to Dudjom Lingpa, the Nang Jang is "a direct transmission of Dudjom Lingpa's Dzogchen approach, so powerful that even hearing it read aloud ensures that the listener will eventually escape the suffering of [[samsara]]."<ref>Source needed.</ref>


According to [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], "The Nang Jang was prepared as an inexhaustible treasure trove of the gift of the [[Buddha]]'s teachings, the relics of the [[dharmakaya]]."
According to [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], "The Nang Jang was prepared as an inexhaustible treasure trove of the gift of the [[Buddha]]'s teachings, the relics of the [[dharmakaya]]."<ref>Source needed.</ref>


==Translations==
==Root Text==
*''Buddhahood without Meditation'', by Dudjom Lingpa, tr. by Richard Barron, Padma Publishing, 2002
*'''Buddhahood Without Meditation: Advice for Revealing Your Own Face as the Nature of Reality, the Great Perfection''' (Tib. རང་བཞིན་རྫོགས་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་རང་ཞལ་མངོན་དུ་བྱེད་པའི་གདམས་པ་མ་བསྒོམ་སངས་རྒྱས་, Wyl. ''rang bzhin rdzogs pa chen po’i rang zhal mngon du byed pa’i gdams pa ma bsgom sangs rgyas'') {{TBRC|O1PD89898%7CO1PD898988LS46255$W28732|Tibetan Text}}
**English translation: Dudjom Lingpa, ''Buddhahood without Meditation'', translated by [[Richard Barron]] (Padma Publishing, 2002)
**English translation: Dudjom Lingpa, ''Buddhahood Without Meditation'' in ''Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection'' Book 2,  B. Alan Wallace (translator), (Wisdom Publications, 2016).


==Commentaries==
==Commentaries==
*''Refining Our Perception of Reality'', [[Sera Khandro]]'s Commentary on Dudjom Lingpa's Account of His Visionary Journey, translated by Ngawang Zangpo (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2014) [http://www.shambhala.com/authors/g-n/sera-khandro/refining-our-perception-of-reality.html Description at Shambhala.com]
*[[Sera Khandro]], ''Garland for the Delight of the Fortunate''. {{TBRC|O1PD89898%7CO1PD898988LS46419$W28732|Tibetan Text}}
**English translation: ''Garland for the Delight of the Fortunate,'' by Sera Khandro in ''Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection'' Book 2,  B. Alan Wallace (translator), (Wisdom Publications, 2016). The book also contains her presentation of the preliminary practices, entitled ''The Fine Path to Liberation''.
 
==Further Reading==
*''Refining Our Perception of Reality'', [[Sera Khandro]]'s Commentary on Dudjom Lingpa's Account of His Visionary Journey, translated by Ngawang Zangpo (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2014)  
 
==Notes==
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[[Category:Termas]]
[[Category:Termas]]
[[Category:Dudjom Tersar]]
[[Category:Dudjom Tersar]]
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Revision as of 21:46, 17 February 2020

Nang Jang

The Nang Jang (Tib. སྣང་སབྱང་, Wyl. snang sbyang; Eng. purifying appearances) is a collection of the most secret instructions Dudjom Lingpa received through a series of visions of various enlightened beings, including Vajradhara, Vajrayogini, Ekadzati, Shri Singha, Longchen Rabjam, Saraha, and others.

These instructions point out the view of Dzogchen. This text focuses primary on Trekchö, and is of central importance in the Dudjom Tersar tradition.

According to Dudjom Lingpa, the Nang Jang is "a direct transmission of Dudjom Lingpa's Dzogchen approach, so powerful that even hearing it read aloud ensures that the listener will eventually escape the suffering of samsara."[1]

According to Dudjom Rinpoche, "The Nang Jang was prepared as an inexhaustible treasure trove of the gift of the Buddha's teachings, the relics of the dharmakaya."[2]

Root Text

  • Buddhahood Without Meditation: Advice for Revealing Your Own Face as the Nature of Reality, the Great Perfection (Tib. རང་བཞིན་རྫོགས་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་རང་ཞལ་མངོན་དུ་བྱེད་པའི་གདམས་པ་མ་བསྒོམ་སངས་རྒྱས་, Wyl. rang bzhin rdzogs pa chen po’i rang zhal mngon du byed pa’i gdams pa ma bsgom sangs rgyas) Tibetan Text
    • English translation: Dudjom Lingpa, Buddhahood without Meditation, translated by Richard Barron (Padma Publishing, 2002)
    • English translation: Dudjom Lingpa, Buddhahood Without Meditation in Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection Book 2, B. Alan Wallace (translator), (Wisdom Publications, 2016).

Commentaries

  • Sera Khandro, Garland for the Delight of the Fortunate. Tibetan Text
    • English translation: Garland for the Delight of the Fortunate, by Sera Khandro in Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection Book 2, B. Alan Wallace (translator), (Wisdom Publications, 2016). The book also contains her presentation of the preliminary practices, entitled The Fine Path to Liberation.

Further Reading

  • Refining Our Perception of Reality, Sera Khandro's Commentary on Dudjom Lingpa's Account of His Visionary Journey, translated by Ngawang Zangpo (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2014)

Notes

  1. Source needed.
  2. Source needed.