Heart Treasure of the Saints

Patrul Rinpoche, image courtesy of Shechen Monastery

Heart Treasure of the Saints, The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action: Speech that is Virtuous in the Beginning, Middle, and End (Tib. ཐོག་མཐའ་བར་གསུམ་དུ་དགེ་བའི་གཏམ་ལྟ་སྒོམ་སྤྱོད་གསུམ་ཉམས་ལེན་དམ་པའི་སྙིང་ནོར་, Wyl. thog mtha' bar gsum du dge ba'i gtam lta sgom spyod gsum nyams len dam pa'i snying nor) — a long poem written by Patrul Rinpoche that covers the entire Buddhist path.

Table of Contents

Part Two: The View, Meditation and Action of the Mahayana

The Path of the Sutras

Taking Refuge

The Thought of Enlightenment

Purification

Offering

Guru Yoga

The Path of the Tantras

Empowerment

Pure Perception

The Development Stage

The Completion Stage

Transformation of Senses, Emotions and Aggregates

The Four Essential Points Related to Body, Speech, Mind and Dharmakaya

Conclusion of the Second Discourse

Translations

English

• Patrul Rinpoche, The Practice of the Essence of the Sublime Heart Jewel, View, Meditation and Action: The Propitious Speech from the Beginning, Middle and End, translated by Thinley Norbu
• Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones (Boston & London: Shambhala, 1992)

French

• Dilgo Khyentsé, Le Trésor du coeur des êtres éveillés (Points Sagesses, 1992)

German

• Dilgo Khyentse, Das Herzjuwel der Erleuchteten (Tedesco, 2013)

Commentaries

In Tibetan

• Khenpo Shenga, thog mtha' bar gsum dge ba'i gtam gyi 'bru 'grel rgyal sras lam bzang

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

• Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 16-19 August 2008
• Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 15-19 August 2019, verses 1-54 (using Khenpo Shenga's commentary)

Oral Transmissions Given to the Rigpa Sangha

• Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 19 August 2019: root verses