Staircase to Akanishtha

Jikmé Lingpa

Staircase to Akanishtha (Tib. འོག་མིན་བགྲོད་པའི་ཐེམ་སྐས་, Wyl. 'og min bgrod pa'i them skas) — an important text on kyerim composed by Rigdzin Jikmé Lingpa.

Text

• Staircase to Akanishtha|Staircase to Akaniṣṭha: Instructions on the Generation Phase of Deity Practice (bskyed rim - bskyed rim lha'i khrid kyi rnam par gzhag pa 'og min bgrod pa'i them skas)
  • English translation: Staircase to Akaniṣṭha: Instructions on the Generation Phase of Deity Practice, in Jigme Lingpa and Getse Mahapandita Tsewang Chokdrub, Deity, Mantra and Wisdom: Development Stage Meditation in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra, translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee, Snow Lion, 2007.

Commentary

• Patrul Rinpoche, Clarifying the Difficult Points in the Development Stage and Deity Yoga
  • English translation: in Deity, Mantra and Wisdom: Development Stage Meditation in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra, translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee, Snow Lion, 2007.

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

• Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 21-25 August 2007