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'''Key to the Precious Treasury: A Brief Overview of the Glorious Secret Essence Tantra''' (Tib. མཛོད་ཀྱི་ལྡེ་མིག་, [[Wyl.]] ''mdzod kyi lde mig'') is [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]]'s famous commentary to the [[Guhyagarbha Tantra]]. | '''Key to the Precious Treasury: A Brief Overview of the Glorious Secret Essence Tantra''' (Tib. མཛོད་ཀྱི་ལྡེ་མིག་, [[Wyl.]] ''mdzod kyi lde mig'') is [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]]'s famous commentary to the [[Guhyagarbha Tantra]]. | ||
In the life and liberation of [[Tertön Sogyal]] it says: "For days the scholar-hermit spoke about the origin of the [[Tantra|tantric]] teachings in this world, and laid bare the most sublime meaning of mantra, mudra, mandala, empowerment, samaya, and other elements crucial to a yogi's practice. Tertön Sogyal sat by his side working as the scribe with a bamboo quill and rice paper. The Commentary was entitled ''The Key to the Precious Treasury'', and Dodrupchen would say after they finished composing the treatise that it exposed his heart."<ref> | In the life and liberation of [[Tertön Sogyal]] it says: "For days the scholar-hermit spoke about the origin of the [[Tantra|tantric]] teachings in this world, and laid bare the most sublime meaning of mantra, mudra, mandala, empowerment, samaya, and other elements crucial to a yogi's practice. Tertön Sogyal sat by his side working as the scribe with a bamboo quill and rice paper. The Commentary was entitled ''The Key to the Precious Treasury'', and Dodrupchen would say after they finished composing the treatise that it exposed his heart."<ref>Matteo Pistono, ''Fearless in Tibet: The Life of the Mystic Terton Sogyal'' (Hay House Inc., 2014), page 211.</ref> | ||
==Tibetan Text== | ==Tibetan Text== | ||
Revision as of 14:20, 21 June 2024
Key to the Precious Treasury: A Brief Overview of the Glorious Secret Essence Tantra (Tib. མཛོད་ཀྱི་ལྡེ་མིག་, Wyl. mdzod kyi lde mig) is Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima's famous commentary to the Guhyagarbha Tantra.
In the life and liberation of Tertön Sogyal it says: "For days the scholar-hermit spoke about the origin of the tantric teachings in this world, and laid bare the most sublime meaning of mantra, mudra, mandala, empowerment, samaya, and other elements crucial to a yogi's practice. Tertön Sogyal sat by his side working as the scribe with a bamboo quill and rice paper. The Commentary was entitled The Key to the Precious Treasury, and Dodrupchen would say after they finished composing the treatise that it exposed his heart."[1]
Tibetan Text
- Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima, Key to the Precious Treasury (Tib. མཛོད་ཀྱི་ལྡེ་མིག་, Wyl. mdzod kyi lde mig)
Commentaries
- Minling Khenchen Ngawang Khyentse Norbu, gsang snying mdzod lde'i mchan 'grel 'dzam gling nyi ma, Dehra Dun: Ngagyur Nyingma College, 2006
Translations
- Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpa'i Nyima, Key to the Precious Treasury: A Concise Commentary on the General Meaning of the "Glorious Secret Essence Tantra", translated by Lama Chönam and Sangye Khandro of the Light of Berotsana Translation Group, Snow Lion, 2010
- Nathaniel DeWitt Garson, Penetrating the Secret Essence Tantra: Context and Philosophy in the Mahāyoga System of rNying-ma Tantra, unpublished PhD dissertation, University of Virginia, 2004 (includes a translation of the first section)
Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Khenpo Namdrol, Lerab Ling, 2003-2006
- Khenpo Tashi Tseten, Rigpa Shedra East, 2013
Notes
- ↑ Matteo Pistono, Fearless in Tibet: The Life of the Mystic Terton Sogyal (Hay House Inc., 2014), page 211.