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[[Image:LongchenRabjam.JPG|frame|'''Longchen Rabjam''']]
[[Image:LongchenRabjam.JPG|frame|'''Longchen Rabjam''']]
The '''Seven Treasures''' or Treasuries 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 '''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 [[Wish Fulfilling Treasury]] (Tib. ''yishyin dzö'' - yid bzhin mdzod)
* The [[Wish Fulfilling Treasury]] (Tib. ཡིད་བཞིན་མཛོད་, ''Yishyin Dzö'', Wyl. ''yid bzhin mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of Pith Instructions]] (Tib. ''mengak dzö'' - man ngag mdzod)
* The [[Treasury of Pith Instructions]] (Tib. མན་ངག་མཛོད་, ''Mengak Dzö'', Wyl. ''man ngag mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of Dharmadhatu]] (Tib. ''chöying dzö'' - chos dbyings mdzod)
* The [[Treasury of Dharmadhatu]] (Tib. ཆོས་དབྱིངས་མཛོད་, ''Chöying Dzö'', Wyl. ''chos dbyings mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of Philosophical Tenets]] (Tib. ''drubta dzö'' - grub mtha' mdzod)
* The [[Treasury of Philosophical Tenets]] (Tib. གྲུབ་མཐའ་མཛོད་, ''Drubta Dzö'', Wyl. ''grub mtha' mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle]] (Tib. ''tekchok dzö'' - theg mchog mdzod)
* The [[Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle]] (Tib. ཐེག་མཆོག་མཛོད་, ''Tekchok Dzö'', Wyl. ''theg mchog mdzod'')
* The [[Treasury of Word and Meaning]] (Tib. ''tsik dön dzö'' - tshig don 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. ''neluk dzö'' - gnas lugs 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==
==History==
[[Image:Bzhugs-khri.jpg|thumb|The rock in Bhutan on which Longchenpa wrote some of the Dzogchen teachings]]
Most of the Seven Treasuries were composed at Longchenpa's hermitage at [[Gangri Thökar]] in Central Tibet.
[[Image:ThronePanorama.jpg|thumb|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' (''bzhugs khri'') above [[Tharpaling Monastery]] in Bhutan. The rock provides a splendid panoramic view of different mountain ranges in the Himalayas.
==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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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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