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*[[Dezhung Rinpoche]]. ''snying thig ya bzhi'i rnam bshad'' in kun dga' bstan pa'i nyi ma, gsung 'bum, Dharamsala, 2005, pp.169-179
*[[Dezhung Rinpoche]]. ''snying thig ya bzhi'i rnam bshad'' in kun dga' bstan pa'i nyi ma, gsung 'bum, Dharamsala, 2005, pp.169-179
*[[Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche]], ''Nyingtik Yabshyi, Its Origins and Transmission''
*[[Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche]], ''Nyingtik Yabshyi, Its Origins and Transmission''
*''Great Perfection – Outer & Inner Preliminaries''' by the [[Ngedön Tendzin Zangpo|Third Dzogchen Rinpoche]], translated by Cortland Dahl. See 'Appendix III. The Fourfold Heart Essence' pp.218-229. Published by Snow Lion Publications. ISBN-10: 1-55939-285-1
*[[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.


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Longchen Rabjam

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).

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]

The Empowerments of Nyingtik Yabshyi

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

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

  • Dezhung Rinpoche. snying thig ya bzhi'i rnam bshad in kun dga' bstan pa'i nyi ma, gsung 'bum, Dharamsala, 2005, pp.169-179
  • Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche, Nyingtik Yabshyi, Its Origins and Transmission
  • Third Dzogchen Rinpoche, Great Perfection – Outer & Inner Preliminaries', translated by Cortland Dahl (Snow Lion Publications), 'Appendix III. The Fourfold Heart Essence' pages 218-229.

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