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[[Image:LongchenRabjam.JPG|frame|'''Longchen Rabjam''']]
[[Image:LongchenRabjam.JPG|frame|'''Longchen Rabjam''']]
The '''Seven Treasures''' or Treasuries are works by the omniscient [[Longchenpa]] which, together with the [[Trilogy of Natural Freedom]], represent the extensive, scholarly or [[pandita]]'s approach. They were not originally intended to be a collection.
The '''Seven Treasures''' or Treasuries (Tib. མཛོད་བདུན་, ''Dzö Dün''; [[Wyl.]]'' mdzod bdun'') are works by the omniscient [[Longchenpa]] which, together with the [[Trilogy of Natural Freedom]], represent the extensive, scholarly or [[pandita]]'s approach. They were not originally intended to be a collection.


* The [[Wish Fulfilling Treasury]] (Tib. ''yishyin dzö'' - yid bzhin mdzod)
* The [[Wish Fulfilling Treasury]] (Tib. ཡིད་བཞིན་མཛོད་, ''Yishyin Dzö''; Wyl. ''yid bzhin mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of Pith Instructions]] (Tib. ''mengak dzö'' - man ngag mdzod)
* The [[Treasury of Pith Instructions]] (Tib. མན་ངག་མཛོད་, ''Mengak Dzö''; Wyl. ''man ngag mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of Dharmadhatu]] (Tib. ''chöying dzö'' - chos dbyings mdzod)
* The [[Treasury of Dharmadhatu]] (Tib. ཆོས་དབྱིངས་མཛོད་, ''Chöying Dzö''; Wyl. ''chos dbyings mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of Philosophical Tenets]] (Tib. ''drubta dzö'' - grub mtha' mdzod)
* The [[Treasury of Philosophical Tenets]] (Tib. གྲུབ་མཐའ་མཛོད་, ''Drubta Dzö''; Wyl. ''grub mtha' mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle]] (Tib. ''tekchok dzö'' - theg mchog mdzod)
* The [[Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle]] (Tib. ཐེག་མཆོག་མཛོད་, ''Tekchok Dzö''; Wyl. ''theg mchog mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of Word and Meaning]] (Tib. ''tsik dön dzö'' - tshig don mdzod)
* The [[Treasury of Word and Meaning]] (Tib. ཚིག་དོན་མཛོད་, ''Tsik Dön Dzö''; Wyl. ''tshig don mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of the Natural State]] (Tib. ''neluk dzö'' - gnas lugs mdzod)
* The [[Treasury of the Natural State]] (Tib. གནས་ལུགས་མཛོད་, ''Neluk Dzö''; Wyl. ''gnas lugs mdzod'')
 
==Tibetan Texts==
* {{TBRC|O01CT0002%7CON10$W22920|མཛོད་བདུན་, ''mdzod bdun''}} Oddiyana Institute edition, [[Tarthang Tulku]], 1999(?)
* {{TBRC|O1PD14%7CO1PD1477$W1PD8|མཛོད་བདུན་, ''mdzod bdun''}} Adzom edition


==History==
==History==
[[Image:Bzhugs-khri.jpg|thumb|The rock in Bhutan on which Longchenpa wrote some of the Dzogchen teachings]]
Most of the Seven Treasuries were composed at Longchenpa's hermitage at [[Gangri Thökar]] in Central Tibet.
[[Image:ThronePanorama.jpg|thumb|The view from the rock - [[Tharpaling Monastery]] is visible below]]
==Gallery==
According to the [http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/journal/vol13/13-3.pdf oral tradition] of villagers in Bumthang in Bhutan, some of the most important parts of of the Seven Treasures were written by Longchenpa on the rock or 'throne' (''bzhugs khri'') above [[Tharpaling Monastery]] in Bhutan. The rock provides a splendid panoramic view of different mountain ranges in the Himalayas.
<Gallery>Image:Gangri_Thokar.jpg|[[Gangri Thökar]] where Longchenpa composed many of his writings, including the Seven Treasuries
Image:Bzhugs-khri.jpg|The rock in Bhutan on which Longchenpa wrote some of the Dzogchen teachings
Image:ThronePanorama.jpg|The view from the rock - [[Tharpaling Monastery]] is visible below
According to the [http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/journal/vol13/13-3.pdf oral tradition] of villagers in [[Bumthang]] in Bhutan, some of the most important parts of of the Seven Treasures were written by Longchenpa on the rock or 'throne' (Wyl. ''bzhugs khri'') above [[Tharpaling Monastery]] in Bhutan. The rock provides a splendid panoramic view of different mountain ranges in the Himalayas.</Gallery>
 
==External Links==
*[http://dharmadownload.net/pages/english/Sungbum/006_mdzod%20bdun/pages/00_mdzod%20bdun%20index.html Tibetan edition of Seven Treasuries in various formats]


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Revision as of 10:07, 31 October 2011

Longchen Rabjam

The Seven Treasures or Treasuries (Tib. མཛོད་བདུན་, Dzö Dün; Wyl. mdzod bdun) are works by the omniscient Longchenpa which, together with the Trilogy of Natural Freedom, represent the extensive, scholarly or pandita's approach. They were not originally intended to be a collection.

Tibetan Texts

History

Most of the Seven Treasuries were composed at Longchenpa's hermitage at Gangri Thökar in Central Tibet.

Gallery

  • Gangri Thökar where Longchenpa composed many of his writings, including the Seven Treasuries

    Gangri Thökar where Longchenpa composed many of his writings, including the Seven Treasuries

  • The rock in Bhutan on which Longchenpa wrote some of the Dzogchen teachings

    The rock in Bhutan on which Longchenpa wrote some of the Dzogchen teachings

  • The view from the rock - Tharpaling Monastery is visible below

    The view from the rock - Tharpaling Monastery is visible below

External Links

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