Seven authoritative transmissions

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Seven authoritative transmissions (Tib. བཀའ་བབས་བདུན་, ka bab dün; Wyl. bka' babs bdun) received by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa:

1. kama (Tib. བཀའ་མ་, Wyl. bka' ma) — the continuous transmission of sutra and tantra
2. sa ter (Tib. ས་གཏེར་, Wyl. sa gter) — earth treasures
3. yang ter (Tib. ཡང་གཏེར་, Wyl. yang gter) — rediscovered treasures
4. gong ter (Tib. དགོངས་གཏེར་, Wyl. dgongs gter) — mind treasures
5. nyen gyü (Tib. སྙན་བརྒྱུད་, Wyl. snyan brgyud) — oral transmission
6. dak nang (Tib. དག་སྣང་, Wyl. dag snang) — visionary revelations or 'pure visions'
7. jé dren (Tib. རྗེས་དྲན་, Wyl. rjes dran) — revelations from memory

Alternative Translations

• Seven orders of teachings (Tulku Thondup)
• Seven successions of the transmitted precepts (Dorje & Kapstein)

Oral Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

• Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 1st August 2010

Further Reading

• Andreas Doctor, Tibetan Treasure Literature: Revelation, Tradition and Accomplishment in Visionary Buddhism, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005, pp.84-101