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The '''six greatnesses of the Early Translations''' (Tib. སྔ་འགྱུར་ཆེ་བ་དྲུག, [[Wyl.]] ''ngagyur chewa druk'') — [[Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo]] explains<ref>In his ''[[The Jewel Commentary|Jewel Commentary]]''</ref> that the Early Translations (Tib. [[Nyingma]]) are superior to the New Translations (Tib. [[Sarma]]) in six ways: 
#The greatness of the benefactors who brought the teachings 
#The greatness of the location where the teachings were translated 
#The greatness of the [[lotsawa]]s who translated the teachings 
#The greatness of the [[pandita]]s who clarified the teachings for the translators
#The greatness of the offerings 
#The greatness of the teachings translated

==References==
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==Alternative Translations==
*Six superiorities of the Ancient Translations (Dorje & Kapstein)
*Six sublime features of Secret Mantra's Earlier Translation School

==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], Lerab Ling, 1-7 August 2010, [[Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo]], Vol. I, Section One, 'Prologue and Teachings on the Title, The Sign Script, and The Homage' (Chapters 1-3)

==Further Reading==
*Almogi. 2016. “''Translation as Proofs and Polemics of Authentication: rNying ma versus gSar ma Translation Practices.''” In Cross-Cultural Transmission of Buddhist Text: Theories and Practices of Translation. Dorji Wangchuk, ed. Hamburg: Department of Indiana and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, pp. 1-22. 

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