Four Tibetan Lineages: Core Teachings of Pacification, Severance, Shangpa Kagyü, and Bodong
New translations of teachings on meditative practice from four highly influential Tibetan Buddhist traditions.

Drawing primarily from the Pacification, Severance, Shangpa Kagyü, and Bodongpa traditions, Four Tibetan Lineages presents some of Tibet’s most transformative yet lesser-known teachings on meditative practice. Most works in this volume are drawn from a Tibetan anthology known as the Treasury of Precious Instructions compiled by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé (1813–1900). A vast preservation project, this anthology reflects Kongtrul’s attempt to rescue rare teachings from disappearing. By foregrounding the teachings of masters like Khedrup Khyungpo Naljor (d. 1135), Dampa Sangyé (d. 1117), Machik Labdrön (1031/55–1126/50), Jonang Taranatha (1575–1634), and Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo (1820–92), this volume extends Jamgön Kongtrul’s preservation efforts into the modern world.
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Four Tibetan Lineages: Core Teachings of Pacification, Severance, Shangpa Kagyü, and Bodong
New translations of teachings on meditative practice from four highly influential Tibetan Buddhist traditions.

Drawing primarily from the Pacification, Severance, Shangpa Kagyü, and Bodongpa traditions, Four Tibetan Lineages presents some of Tibet’s most transformative yet lesser-known teachings on meditative practice. Most works in this volume are drawn from a Tibetan anthology known as the Treasury of Precious Instructions compiled by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé (1813–1900). A vast preservation project, this anthology reflects Kongtrul’s attempt to rescue rare teachings from disappearing. By foregrounding the teachings of masters like Khedrup Khyungpo Naljor (d. 1135), Dampa Sangyé (d. 1117), Machik Labdrön (1031/55–1126/50), Jonang Taranatha (1575–1634), and Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo (1820–92), this volume extends Jamgön Kongtrul’s preservation efforts into the modern world.
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Four Tibetan Lineages: Core Teachings of Pacification, Severance, Shangpa Kagyü, and Bodong

Four Tibetan Lineages: Core Teachings of Pacification, Severance, Shangpa Kagyü, and Bodong

Four Tibetan Lineages: Core Teachings of Pacification, Severance, Shangpa Kagyü, and Bodong

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New translations of teachings on meditative practice from four highly influential Tibetan Buddhist traditions.

Drawing primarily from the Pacification, Severance, Shangpa Kagyü, and Bodongpa traditions, Four Tibetan Lineages presents some of Tibet’s most transformative yet lesser-known teachings on meditative practice. Most works in this volume are drawn from a Tibetan anthology known as the Treasury of Precious Instructions compiled by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé (1813–1900). A vast preservation project, this anthology reflects Kongtrul’s attempt to rescue rare teachings from disappearing. By foregrounding the teachings of masters like Khedrup Khyungpo Naljor (d. 1135), Dampa Sangyé (d. 1117), Machik Labdrön (1031/55–1126/50), Jonang Taranatha (1575–1634), and Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo (1820–92), this volume extends Jamgön Kongtrul’s preservation efforts into the modern world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780861714476
Publisher: Wisdom Publications MA
Publication date: 04/27/2021
Series: Library of Tibetan Classics , #8
Pages: 688
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

Sarah Harding has been studying and practicing Buddhism since 1974, and has been teaching and translating since completing a three-year retreat in 1980 under the guidance of Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche. She was associate professor at Naropa University for twenty-five years in Boulder, Colorado, where she currently resides, and has been a fellow of the Tsadra Foundation since 2000. She specializes in literature with a focus on tantric practice. Her publications include Creation and Completion; The Treasury of Knowledge: Esoteric Instructions; Niguma, Lady of Illusion; two volumes on Cho and Shije from The Treasury of Precious Instructions; Four Tibetan Lineages: Core Teachings of Pacification, Severance, Shangpa Kagyu, and Bodong; and Ornament of Dakpo Kagyü Thought: Short Commentary on the Mahamudra Aspiration Prayer.

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface xv

Translator's Preface xix

Technical Note xxi

Translator's Introduction 1

Pacification (Shijé)

1 Essential Precious Segments of the Inconceivable Secret Tantra: Source Text of the Holy Dharma Pacification of Suffering Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo (1820-91) 23

2 Distilled Elixir: A Unified Collection of the Guidebooks of the Early, Middle, and Later Pacification Lochen Dharmasri (1654-1717/18) 43

3 Dampa Sangyé's Advice to Bodhisattva Kunga Dampa Sangyé (d. 1117) 139

Severance (Chö)

4 The Great Bundle of Precepts: The Source Text of Esoteric Instruction on Severance, the Profound Perfection of Wisdom Machik Labdrön (1031/55-1126/50) 145

5 Heart Essence of Profound Meaning: The Quintessence of All Source Texts and Esoteric Instructions on Severance, the Perfection of Wisdom Jamyang Gönpo (b. 1196/1208) 159

6 Practice Manual on the Profound Severance of Evil Object Karmapa Rangjung Dorjé (1284-1339) 169

7 Essence of the Vital Meaning: A Practice Manual of Profound Object Severance Jonang Tamnatha (1575-1634) 179

8 Rainfall of Desirables: A Profound Guide on Severance Instruction Könchok Bang (1525-83) 193

9 The Body Donation and Feeding Ritual Arranged as Convenient Liturgy: Combining Lord Rangjung Dorjé's Ninefold Spirit Feast and Six Earth Lord Application with Mikyö Dorjé's Single-Seat Severance Poem Karma Chakmé (1613-78) 207

10 The Lion's Play in the Conduct of Perfect Wisdom Drukpa Pema Karpo (1527-92) 231

11 A Guide for Those Who Desire Liberation: Instruction on Severance Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662) 239

Shangpa Kagyü

12 The Vajra Lines of the Six Dharmas of Niguma, Dakini of Timeless Awareness, and Its Clarification Niguma Dakini of Timeless Awareness (tenth-eleventh centuries) 261

13 Clarification of the Root Verses of the Six Dharmas Khedrup Khyungpo Naljor (1050/990-1127) 267

14 The Inventory Clarifying the Six Dharmas Khedrup Khyungpo Naljor (1050/990-1127) 273

15 The Sealed-Knot Vajra: An Authentic Basic Liturgy for the Five Golden Dharmas of the Glorious Shangpa Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé (1813-1900) 275

16 Collection of Essentials: Vital Words of Instruction on the Six Dharmas of Niguma, Dakini of Timeless Awareness Thangtong Gyalpo (1361?-1485) 299

17 Nigumas Auxiliary Practices: Guidance in Amulet Mahamudra, Immortal Body and Mind, and Three Integrations Thangtong Gyalpo (1361?-1485) 329

18 Thangdalma: Displaying the Profound Meaning: A Guidebook on the Profound Path of Niguma's Six Dharmas, the One Sufficient Reading Jonang Taranatha (1575-1634) 343

19 The Single Sitting: Words of the Dakini of Timeless Awareness: A Concise Guide to Niguma's Six Dharmas, the Root of the Golden Dharmas of the Glorious Shangpa Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé (1813-1900) 425

20 The Words of the Dakini of Timeless Awareness: A Guidebook on the Profound Path of Niguma's Six Dharmas Gyalwa Gendun Gyatso (1476-1542) 449

Bodong Tradition

21 Essence of Elixir, Advice from the Adepts: A Mahamudra Guidebook Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo (1820-92) 497

21 Dispersing the Gloom of Ignorance: The Combined Liturgy for the Preliminaries of the Mahamudra of Applied Coemergence and Inseparable Profundity and Clarity Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo (1820-92) 519

23 A Gift of Supreme Timeless Awareness: A Supplication to the Long Lineage of the Mahamudra of Profundity and Clarity Sangyé Yeshé (1515-91) Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo (1820-92) 537

Table of Tibetan Transliteration 543

Notes 565

Bibliography 593

Index 617

About the Contributors 653

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