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==Translations==
==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)
*Kangyur Rinpoche, ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'', Shambhala, 2001 (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)
*[[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)


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Jikmé Lingpa

Yönten Dzö (Wyl. yon tan mdzod) - 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:

  1. The Difficulty of Gaining the Freedoms and Advantages
  2. Death and Impermanence
  3. Karma: Cause and Effect
  4. The Sufferings of Samsara
  5. The Four Wheels, which are the inital entry point for supreme beings
  6. Taking Refuge, the entrance to the Buddhist Path
  7. The Entrance to the Actual Mahayana (cultivating the four immeasurables)
  8. Arousing Bodhichitta
  9. The Bodhisattva Trainings
  10. The Pitaka of the Vidyadharas
  11. The Nature of the Ground
  12. The Extraordinary Path of the Natural Great Perfection
  13. The Kayas and Wisdoms of the Ultimate Fruition

The first nine chapters comprise the sutra section, and the last four comprise the mantra section.

Commentaries

In Tibetan

Translations

  • Kangyur Rinpoche, Treasury of Precious Qualities, Shambhala, 2001 (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)