Heart Treasure of the Saints
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 One: The Shortcomings of our Decadent Age
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
Part Three: The Determination to Be Free from Samsara
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, The Excellent Path of the Bodhisattvas, A Word by Word Commentary on Speech that is Virtuous in the Beginning, Middle, and End (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)
- Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 1-3 May 2023, complete text (using Khenpo Shenga's commentary)
Oral Transmissions Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 19 August 2019: root verses
- Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 1 May 2023: Khenpo Shenga's commentary