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#Taking Refuge, the entrance to the Buddhist Path | #[[Taking Refuge]], the entrance to the Buddhist Path | ||
#The Entrance to the Actual Mahayana (cultivating the [[four immeasurables]]) | #The Entrance to the Actual Mahayana (cultivating the [[four immeasurables]]) | ||
#Arousing [[Bodhichitta]] | #Arousing [[Bodhichitta]] | ||
#The Bodhisattva Trainings | #The [[Bodhisattva]] Trainings | ||
#The Pitaka of the [[Vidyadhara]]s | #The Pitaka of the [[Vidyadhara]]s | ||
#The Nature of the Ground | #The Nature of the Ground | ||
#The Extraordinary Path of the Natural Great Perfection | #The Extraordinary Path of the Natural [[Great Perfection]] | ||
#The Kayas and Wisdoms of the Ultimate Fruition | #The Kayas and Wisdoms of the Ultimate Fruition | ||
Revision as of 05:00, 15 June 2007
Yönten Dzö [Tib.] - The Treasury of Precious Qualities, the famous treatise by Jikmé Lingpa, in which he expounds the entire Buddhist path, from the shravaka yana teachings up to the Great Perfection.
Outline
The text has thirteen chapters:
- The Difficulty of Gaining the Freedoms and Advantages
- Death and Impermanence
- Karma: Cause and Effect
- The Sufferings of Samsara
- The Four Wheels, which are the inital entry point for supreme beings
- Taking Refuge, the entrance to the Buddhist Path
- The Entrance to the Actual Mahayana (cultivating the four immeasurables)
- Arousing Bodhichitta
- The Bodhisattva Trainings
- The Pitaka of the Vidyadharas
- The Nature of the Ground
- The Extraordinary Path of the Natural Great Perfection
- The Kayas and Wisdoms of the Ultimate Fruition
The first nine chapters comprise the sutra section, and the last four comprise the mantra section.
Translations
- Kangyur Rinpoche, Treasury of Precious Qualities, Shambhala, (This is a translation of Kangyur Rinpoche's commentary, not the root verses, for the first nine chapters only)
- Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvellous Garland of Rare Gems, Padma Publishing, 2005 (Includes a translation of the last three chapters on Ground, Path and Fruition, pp. 566-89)