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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> | 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> | ||
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*[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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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. ཡིད་བཞིན་མཛོད་, Yishyin Dzö; Wyl. yid bzhin mdzod)
- The Treasury of Pith Instructions (Tib. མན་ངག་མཛོད་, Mengak Dzö; Wyl. man ngag mdzod)
- 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
མཛོད་བདུན་, mdzod bdun Oddiyana Institute edition, Tarthang Tulku, 1999(?)- མཛོད་བདུན་, mdzod bdun Adzom edition
History
Most of the Seven Treasuries were composed at Longchenpa's hermitage at Gangri Thökar in Central Tibet.
Gallery
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Gangri Thökar where Longchenpa composed many of his writings, including the Seven Treasuries
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The rock in Bhutan on which Longchenpa wrote some of the Dzogchen teachings
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The view from the rock - Tharpaling Monastery is visible below
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