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[[Image:LongchenRabjam.JPG|frame|'''Longchen Rabjam''']]
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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 ([[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. ''yishyin dzö'' - yid bzhin mdzod)

Revision as of 09:44, 6 August 2007

Longchen Rabjam

The Seven Treasures or Treasuries (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.

History

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

The rock in Bhutan on which Longchenpa wrote some of the Dzogchen teachings
The view from the rock - Tharpaling Monastery is visible below

According to the 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.