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* The precious wishing treasure, (Tib. ''yi shin dzö'' - yid bzhin mdzod)
[[Image:LongchenRabjam.JPG|frame|'''Longchen Rabjam''']]
* The treasury of oral instructons (Tib. ''män ngag dzö'' - man ngag mdzod). Available as English translation by Padma translations: [http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=16431 Precious Treasure of Pith instructions]
The '''Seven Treasures''' or Treasuries (Tib. མཛོད་བདུན་, ''Dzö Dün'', [[Wyl.]]'' mdzod bdun'') are works by the omniscient [[Longchenpa]] which, together with the ''[[Trilogy of Natural Freedom]]'', represent the extensive, scholarly or [[pandita]]'s approach. They were not originally intended to be a collection.
* The precious treasury of dharmadhatu (Tib. ''chö jing dzö'' - chos dbyings mdzod). Available as English Translation by Padma translations: [http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=9485 The basic space of phenomena]
* The treasury of philosophy (Tib. ''drub ta dzö'' - grub mtha' mdzod)
* The treasury of the supreme vehicle (Tib. ''teg chog dzö'' - theg mchog mdzod).
* (Tib. ''tsig dön dzö'' - tshig don mdzod)
* The treasury of the way things are (Tib. ''nä lug dzö'' - gnas lugs mdzod)


Other English translations available:
* The [[Wish Fulfilling Treasury]] (Tib. ཡིད་བཞིན་མཛོད་, ''Yishyin Dzö'', Wyl. ''yid bzhin mdzod'')
* [http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=9973 Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission]
* The [[Treasury of Pith Instructions]] (Tib. མན་ངག་མཛོད་, ''Mengak Dzö'', Wyl. ''man ngag mdzod'')
* [http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=7771 Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding]
* The [[Treasury of Dharmadhatu]] (Tib. ཆོས་དབྱིངས་མཛོད་, ''Chöying Dzö'', Wyl. ''chos dbyings mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of Philosophical Tenets]] (Tib. གྲུབ་མཐའ་མཛོད་, ''Drubta Dzö'', Wyl. ''grub mtha' mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle]] (Tib. ཐེག་མཆོག་མཛོད་, ''Tekchok Dzö'', Wyl. ''theg mchog mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of Word and Meaning]] (Tib. ཚིག་དོན་མཛོད་, ''Tsik Dön Dzö'', Wyl. ''tshig don mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of the Natural State]] (Tib. གནས་ལུགས་མཛོད་, ''Neluk Dzö'', Wyl. ''gnas lugs mdzod'')
 
==Tibetan Texts==
* {{TBRC|O01CT0002%7CON10$W22920|མཛོད་བདུན་, ''mdzod bdun''}} Oddiyana Institute edition, [[Tarthang Tulku]], 1999(?)
* {{TBRC|O1PD14%7CO1PD1477$W1PD8|མཛོད་བདུན་, ''mdzod bdun''}} Adzom edition
 
==History==
Most of the Seven Treasuries were composed at Longchenpa's hermitage at [[Gangri Thökar]] in Central Tibet.
 
==Further Reading==
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''Song of Encouragement to Read the Seven Treasuries'' in ''Quintessential Dzogchen'', edited by Erik Pema Kunsang and Marcia Binder Schmidt (Boudhanath, Hong Kong & Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2006)
 
==Gallery==
<Gallery>Image:Gangri_Thokar.jpg|[[Gangri Thökar]] where Longchenpa composed many of his writings, including the Seven Treasuries
Image:Bzhugs-khri.jpg|The rock in Bhutan on which Longchenpa wrote some of the Dzogchen teachings
Image:ThronePanorama.jpg|The view from the rock - [[Tharpaling Monastery]] is visible below
According to the [http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/journal/vol13/13-3.pdf oral tradition] of villagers in [[Bumthang]] in Bhutan, some of the most important parts of of the Seven Treasures were written by Longchenpa on the rock or 'throne' (Wyl. ''bzhugs khri'') above [[Tharpaling Monastery]] in Bhutan. The rock provides a splendid panoramic view of different mountain ranges in the Himalayas.</Gallery>
 
==External Links==
*[http://dharmadownload.net/pages/english/Sungbum/006_mdzod%20bdun/pages/00_mdzod%20bdun%20index.html Tibetan edition of Seven Treasuries in various formats]
 
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Latest revision as of 08:23, 9 January 2024

Longchen Rabjam

The Seven Treasures or Treasuries (Tib. མཛོད་བདུན་, Dzö Dün, Wyl. mdzod bdun) are works by the omniscient Longchenpa which, together with the Trilogy of Natural Freedom, represent the extensive, scholarly or pandita's approach. They were not originally intended to be a collection.

Tibetan Texts

History

Most of the Seven Treasuries were composed at Longchenpa's hermitage at Gangri Thökar in Central Tibet.

Further Reading

  • Patrul Rinpoche, Song of Encouragement to Read the Seven Treasuries in Quintessential Dzogchen, edited by Erik Pema Kunsang and Marcia Binder Schmidt (Boudhanath, Hong Kong & Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2006)

Gallery

  • Gangri Thökar where Longchenpa composed many of his writings, including the Seven Treasuries

    Gangri Thökar where Longchenpa composed many of his writings, including the Seven Treasuries

  • The rock in Bhutan on which Longchenpa wrote some of the Dzogchen teachings

    The rock in Bhutan on which Longchenpa wrote some of the Dzogchen teachings

  • The view from the rock - Tharpaling Monastery is visible below

    The view from the rock - Tharpaling Monastery is visible below

External Links

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