Treasury of the Natural State
Treasure of the Natural State (Tib. གནས་ལུགས་མཛོད་, Neluk Dzö; Wyl. gnas lugs mdzod) — one of the Seven Treasuries of Longchenpa. It is a source for teachings on the unique samaya commitments of the Great Perfection.
Outline
It has five chapters:
- The Theme of Ineffability
- The Theme of Spontaneous Presence
- The Theme of Openness
- The Theme of Oneness
- The Individuals to Whom These Teachings May Be Entrusted
Text
གནས་ལུགས་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མཛོད་, gnas lugs rin po che'i mdzod- The Commentary Upon The Treasury of Natural Perfection: An Exposition of the Inner Meaning of the Three Series of Dzogchen Instruction, (sde gsum snying po'i don 'grel gnas lugs rin po che mdzod ces bya ba'i 'grel ba), in Natural Perfection, Longchenpa's Radical Dzogchen, translated by Keith Downman (Wisdom Publications, 2010)
Translations
- Dowman, Keith, Old Man Basking In the Sun: Longchenpa's Treasury of Natural Perfection, Vajra Publications, 2006
- Longchen Rabjam, The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding, translated by Richard Barron, Padma Publishing, 1998
Further Reading
- Gregory Alexander Hillis, The Rhetoric of Naturalness: A Critical Study of the gNas lugs mdzod, University of Virginia, 2002