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'''Kulayaraja Tantra''' ([[Wyl.]] ''kun byed rgyal po''; Tib. ''künje gyalpo'') or 'The All-Creating King Tantra'<ref>Other translations of the title include 'The Tantra of the All-Accomplishing King' (Gyurme and Kapstein), 'The All-Doing Great King' (Thinley Norbu 2006)</ref> is the main [[tantra]] of the [[Mind category]] of the [[Dzogchen]] teachings. It is contained in the ancient tantras section of the [[Dergé Kangyur]] and is the very first text in the [[Nyingma Gyübum]].<Ref>In the Tsamdrak edition.</ref> | '''Kulayaraja Tantra''' ([[Wyl.]] ''kun byed rgyal po''; Tib. ''künje gyalpo'') or 'The All-Creating King Tantra'<ref>Other translations of the title include 'The Tantra of the All-Accomplishing King' (Gyurme and Kapstein), 'The All-Doing Great King' (Thinley Norbu 2006)</ref> is the main [[tantra]] of the [[Mind category]] of the [[Dzogchen]] teachings. It is contained in the ancient tantras section of the [[Dergé Kangyur]] and is the very first text in the [[Nyingma Gyübum]].<Ref>In the Tsamdrak edition.</ref> | ||
==Structure== | |||
The main part of the text is in 57 chapters (''mdo lung''). Chapters 58-84 comprise what is known as the 'appended tantra'. The first 57 chapters were translated by [[Vairotsana|Pagor Vairotsana]] and Shrisingha(natha). | |||
==Commentaries== | ==Commentaries== | ||
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Revision as of 06:58, 15 June 2009
Kulayaraja Tantra (Wyl. kun byed rgyal po; Tib. künje gyalpo) or 'The All-Creating King Tantra'[1] is the main tantra of the Mind category of the Dzogchen teachings. It is contained in the ancient tantras section of the Dergé Kangyur and is the very first text in the Nyingma Gyübum.[2]
Structure
The main part of the text is in 57 chapters (mdo lung). Chapters 58-84 comprise what is known as the 'appended tantra'. The first 57 chapters were translated by Pagor Vairotsana and Shrisingha(natha).
Commentaries
English
- Longchen Rabjam, You Are the Eyes of the World, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2000
Translations
- Erik Pema Kunsang, Wellsprings of the Great Perfection, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2006, pp. 46-50 (first chapter only)
- Chögyal Namkhai Norbu & Adriano Clemente, The Supreme Source: The Fundamental Tantra of the Dzogchen Semde, Kunjed Gyalpo, Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 1999
- E.K. Neumaier-Dargyay, The Sovereign All-Creating Mind: The Motherly Buddha, Albany, 1992
Notes
Further Reading
- John Myrdhin Reynolds, 'Kun byed Rgyal po: The Principal Dzogchen Tantra', in The Golden Letters Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1996.