Profound Inner Meaning

The Profound Inner Meaning (Tib. ཟབ་མོ་ནང་དོན་, Wyl. zab mo nang don) is a text in verse composed by the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje, who also wrote a commentary on it called Illuminating the Profound Meaning (zab don snang byed).

The text is an overview of the principles of Highest Yoga Tantra, with a particular focus on the vajra body—the way the tantras understand the body and how it functions—which is the basis of kyerim and dzogrim practices.

Tibetan Text

• Text on TBRC

English Translation

• The Profound Inner Principles, with Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye’s commentary 'Illuminating the Profound Principles', transl. E. Callahan, Shambhala, 2013.