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The '''Treasure of the Supreme Vehicle''' (Tib. ''Tekchok Dzö''; [[Wyl.]] ''theg mchog mdzod'') is one of the [[Seven Treasuries]] composed by the omniscient [[Longchenpa]]. Its 25 chapters provide a comprehensive treatment of a full range of [[Dzogchen]] topics. | The '''Treasure of the Supreme Vehicle''' (Tib. ཐེག་མཆོག་མཛོད་, ''Tekchok Dzö''; [[Wyl.]] ''theg mchog mdzod'') is one of the [[Seven Treasuries]] composed by the omniscient [[Longchenpa]]. Its 25 chapters provide a comprehensive treatment of a full range of [[Dzogchen]] topics. | ||
==Outline== | ==Outline== | ||
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#The manner of going astray.<br> | #The manner of going astray.<br> | ||
#How this occurs with respect to embodied karmic traces.<br> | #How this occurs with respect to embodied karmic traces.<br> | ||
#Detailed explanation of essentials (''rtsa, rlung, thig le'').<br> | #Detailed explanation of essentials (Tib. [[རྩ་]], [[རླུང་]], [[ཐིག་ལེ་]], ''rtsa, rlung, thig le'').<br> | ||
#Enumeration of the [[four lamps]] (the support of primordial wisdom).<br> | #Enumeration of the [[four lamps]] (the support of primordial wisdom).<br> | ||
#Laying out how understanding is based on this. <br> | #Laying out how understanding is based on this. <br> | ||
#Discussion of [[alaya]] and [[dharmakaya]].<br> | #Discussion of [[alaya]] and [[dharmakaya]].<br> | ||
#Explanation of all-encompassing space (Wyl. ''dbyings'') and [[wisdom]] (Wyl. ''ye shes'').<br> | #Explanation of all-encompassing space (Tib. [[དབྱིངས་]], Wyl. ''dbyings'') and [[wisdom]] ([[ཡེ་ཤེས་]], Wyl. ''ye shes'').<br> | ||
#Vast explanation of the profound path for those of gradualist capacity, using objects of focus and concentration (for those who like mental elaboration).<br> | #Vast explanation of the profound path for those of gradualist capacity, using objects of focus and concentration (for those who like mental elaboration).<br> | ||
#Teaching which secures one on the path of essential vajra luminosity (for those free of mental elaborations).<br> | #Teaching which secures one on the path of essential vajra luminosity (for those free of mental elaborations).<br> | ||
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#A teaching on how they gradually attain the ultimate result in the [[nirmanakaya]] [[pure land]].<br> | #A teaching on how they gradually attain the ultimate result in the [[nirmanakaya]] [[pure land]].<br> | ||
#An elaboration of the ways of achieving this, for those of lesser capacity. | #An elaboration of the ways of achieving this, for those of lesser capacity. | ||
==Tibetan Text== | |||
* {{TBRCW|O1PD14|O1PD1471$W1PD8|ཐེག་པའི་མཆོག་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མཛོད་, ''theg pa'i mchog rin po che'i mdzod''}} | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 03:40, 21 March 2011
The Treasure of the Supreme Vehicle (Tib. ཐེག་མཆོག་མཛོད་, Tekchok Dzö; Wyl. theg mchog mdzod) is one of the Seven Treasuries composed by the omniscient Longchenpa. Its 25 chapters provide a comprehensive treatment of a full range of Dzogchen topics.
Outline
- How the teacher came into this world system.
- An explanation of world environments and the beings therein.
- The spread of the Dharma.
- The philosophical systems.
- Aspects of certain meaning regarding Vajrayana.
- Empowerment classifications.
- Samaya discussion.
- Explanation of the Primordial Ground.
- Explanation of how the Ground spontaneously manifests as samsara and nirvana.
- The manner of going astray.
- How this occurs with respect to embodied karmic traces.
- Detailed explanation of essentials (Tib. རྩ་, རླུང་, ཐིག་ལེ་, rtsa, rlung, thig le).
- Enumeration of the four lamps (the support of primordial wisdom).
- Laying out how understanding is based on this.
- Discussion of alaya and dharmakaya.
- Explanation of all-encompassing space (Tib. དབྱིངས་, Wyl. dbyings) and wisdom (ཡེ་ཤེས་, Wyl. ye shes).
- Vast explanation of the profound path for those of gradualist capacity, using objects of focus and concentration (for those who like mental elaboration).
- Teaching which secures one on the path of essential vajra luminosity (for those free of mental elaborations).
- Teaching which secures one to the oral precepts that free one (for those with special superior capacities), the precious method of being free "without meditation", oral precepts on trekchö.
- Essentials in the practice of primordial wisdom with respect to spontaneous tögal.
- A vast explanation on the stages of practice regarding direct introduction.
- A vast explanation on the signs of certainty regarding the practices.
- A teaching on the way that the bardo manifests (how those with average capacity can become enlightened in the bardo).
- A teaching on how they gradually attain the ultimate result in the nirmanakaya pure land.
- An elaboration of the ways of achieving this, for those of lesser capacity.
Tibetan Text
Further Reading
- Franz-Karl Ehrhard, The Oldest Known Block Print of Klong-chen Rab-'byams-pa's Theg mchog mdzod: Facsimile Edition of Early Tibetan Block Prints, with an Introduction by Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Lumbini International Research Institute, Lumbini: 2000