Treasury of the Natural State
Treasure of the Natural State (Tib. གནས་ལུགས་མཛོད་, Neluk Dzö; Wyl. gnas lugs mdzod) — one of the Seven Treasuries of Longchenpa. It is a source for teachings on the unique samaya commitments of the Great Perfection.
Outline
It has five chapters:
- The Theme of Ineffability
- The Theme of Spontaneous Presence
- The Theme of Openness
- The Theme of Oneness
- The Individuals to Whom These Teachings May Be Entrusted
Text
- Precious Treasure of the Natural State
གནས་ལུགས་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མཛོད་, gnas lugs rin po che'i mdzod
- English translation: The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding, translated by Richard Barron, in The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding (Padma Publishing, 1998).
- The Exposition of the Quintessential Meaning of the Three Categories, A Commentary on the Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding, by Longchenpa
- English translation: The Exposition of the Quintessential Meaning of the Three Categories, A Commentary on the Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding, translated by Richard Barron, in The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding (Padma Publishing, 1998).
- English translation: The Commentary Upon The Treasury of Natural Perfection: An Exposition of the Inner Meaning of the Three Series of Dzogchen Instruction, in Natural Perfection, Longchenpa's Radical Dzogchen, translated by Keith Downman (Wisdom Publications, 2010)
Translations
- Dowman, Keith, Old Man Basking In the Sun: Longchenpa's Treasury of Natural Perfection, Vajra Publications, 2006
- Longchen Rabjam, The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding, translated by Richard Barron, Padma Publishing, 1998
Further Reading
- Gregory Alexander Hillis, The Rhetoric of Naturalness: A Critical Study of the gNas lugs mdzod, University of Virginia, 2002