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'''Treasury of Word and Meaning''' (Tib. ''Tsik Dön Dzö''; [[Wyl.]] ''tshig don mdzod'') - one of the [[Seven Treasuries]] of [[Longchenpa]]. It is a summary of the ''[[Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle]]'', explaining the crucial points of practice. | '''Treasury of Word and Meaning''' (Tib. ''Tsik Dön Dzö''; [[Wyl.]] ''tshig don mdzod'') - one of the [[Seven Treasuries]] of [[Longchenpa]]. It is a summary of the ''[[Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle]]'', explaining the crucial points of practice. | ||
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Treasury of Word and Meaning (Tib. Tsik Dön Dzö; Wyl. tshig don mdzod) - one of the Seven Treasuries of Longchenpa. It is a summary of the Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle, explaining the crucial points of practice.
Outline
The text consists of 11 chapters:
- the Ground and basis of reality (Wyl. gzhi), how that ground dynamically manifests itself (Wyl. gzhir snang);
- how sentient beings stray from the Ground;
- how all beings have the essence of Enlightened energy;
- how primordial wisdom (Wyl. ye shes) abides within us;
- the pathways, and
- the gateways, and
- domain for primordial wisdom;
- how primordial wisdom is experientially accessed;
- signs of realization,
- signs in the dying and bardo transition; and
- ultimate fruition as the manifest realization of the kayas.
Further Reading
- David Germano, Poetic thought, the intelligent Universe, and the mystery of self: The Tantric synthesis of rDzogs Chen in fourteenth century Tibet (PhD dissertation), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992
- Tulku Thondup, The Practice of Dzogchen, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1989, pp. 205-13, pp. 400-1 and pp. 413-420 (includes an abridged translation of chapter 11).