Sakya: The Path with Its Result, Part One: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet, Volume 5 (The Treasury of Precious Instructions)

by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, Malcolm Smith (Translator)

Overview

A compilation by one of Tibet's greatest Buddhist masters of the Path with Its Result teachings and practices of the Sakya lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, one of Tibet's greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the entire spectrum of practice lineages that existed in Tibet. Volumes in this series may be engaged as practice manuals while also preserving ancient teachings significant to the literature and history of world religions. 
  
Volume 5 of the series, Sakya: The Path with Its Result, presents a selection of teachings and practices from the Path with Its Result (Lamdre) practice lineage of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The Sakya lineage derives from Virupa, Dombhi Heruka, and other Indian masters, or mahasiddhas, and passes through Gayadhara and his Tibetan disciple Drokmi Lotsawa Sakya Yeshe (992–1072). The practice tradition centers around the teaching and transmission of the Hevajra Tantra and its subsidiary texts. In three parts, this volume includes, respectively: the root text, commentary, and outlines for the Indian mahasiddha Virupa’s core text, the Vajra Verses; the liturgies for empowerment and offering rituals specific to a Hevajra Tantra practice lineage; and instructional manuals for practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611809664
Publisher:	Shambhala
Publication date:	07/26/2022
Series:	The Treasury of Precious Instructions
Pages:	664
Product dimensions:	6.31(w) x 9.27(h) x 1.58(d)

About the Author

JAMGÖN KONGTRUL LODRÖ TAYE (1813–1900) was a versatile and prolific scholar and one of the most outstanding writers and teachers of his time in Tibet. He was a pivotal figure in eastern Tibet’s nonsectarian movement and made major contributions to education, politics, and medicine.

MALCOLM SMITH is a translator of classical Tibetan. He began his studies of Tibetan Buddhism in the Sakya school in 1989 and entered a traditional three-year solitary retreat in 1993. In 2004, he was awarded the ācārya degree by Khenpo Migmar Tseten of the Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies. In 2009, he graduated from Shang Shung Institute's School of Tibetan Medicine. His principal gurus are H.H. Sakya Trichen and the late Chogyal Namkhai Norbu (1938–2018).

Table of Contents

Taye, Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö

Foreword by the Seventeenth Karmapa ix

Series Introduction xi

Translator's Introduction xv

Technical Note xxv

Part 1 The Core Collection of the Treatise and Manuals on the Path with Its Result

1 The Vajra Verses: The Treatise of the Precious Oral Intimate Instruction of the Path with Its Result Virupa 3

2 The Summarized Topics of The Vajra Verses Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen 17

3 The Verse Summary of the Topics of the Commentary of the Precious Oral Intimate Instruction Sachen Kunga Nyingpo 21

4 The Root Verses of the Illuminating Jewel: The View of the Inseparability of Samsara and Nirvana Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen 27

5 How to Give Instructions According to the Treatise: The Instructional Manual of the Path with Its Result, the Precious Oral Instruction Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen 33

6 The Versified Instructional Manual on How to Give the Instruction of the Path with Its Result in Accordance with the Treatise Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen 49

7 The Summarized Topics of the Stages of the Path of the Three Tantras of the Versified Manual on How to Give the Instruction of the Path with Its Result in Accordance with the Treatise Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo 55

8 The Nyakma Commentary: A Commentary on The Vajra Verses, the Treatise of the Path with Its Result, the Precious Oral Instruction Sachen Kunga Nyingpo 61

Part 2 The Ripening Empowerment

9 The Beautiful Ornament of the Six Limbs: The Medium-Length Activity of the Direct Realization of Sri Hevajra Ngorchen Könchok Lhundrub 147

10 The Beautiful Ornament of the Bali Rite of Sri Hevajra Ngorchen Könchok Lhundrub 183

11 The Beautiful Ornament of the Great River of the Empowerment of Sri Hevajra Ngorchen Könchok Lhundrub 209

12 The Condensed Essential Citations and Intimate Instructions of the Empowerment Rite of the Intimate Instruction Tradition of Sri Hevajra Jamyang Löter Wangpo 283

13 The Lineage Supplication of the Path with Its Result, the Precious Oral Instruction Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo 361

Part 3 The Liberating Instructions

14 The Complete Clarification of the Hidden Meaning: The Instructional Manual on How to Give Instructions According to the Treatise of the Path with Its Result Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen 367

15 The Threefold Instruction: The Instruction through Eleven Key Points, The Instruction through Six Key Points, and The Instruction through the Trio of Best, Medium, and Average Capacity 455

16 Notes on the Intimate Instruction, the Explanation of the Concealed Path Dakchen Lodrö Gyaltsen 479

17 The Manual That Clarifies Symbols and Meanings Dakchen Lodrö Gyaltsen 489

18 Dewar Shekpa Pal Taklung Chenpo's Notes: The Oral Teaching of Pal Phakmo Dru on the Medium-Length Instruction on the Path with Its Result and Advice on the Intimate Instructions of the Four Experiences Tashi Pal 513

19 The Manual of the Three Purities: The Intention of the Vajrapanjara Tantra Chögyal Phakpa Lodrö Gyaltsen 541

Abbreviations 553

Notes 555

Bibliography 587

Index 605