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Treasury of Precious Qualities: A Commentary on the Root Text of Jigme Lingpa
This book is a commentary by a contemporary master (1897–1975) on a portion of an ancient Tibetan Buddhist teaching. In the Tibetan tradition, it is common for a meditation master to offer explanations and interpretations in this way, in order to share his understanding with students and to shed light on centuries-old texts that may be difficult for contemporary practitioners to fully understand. Such a commentary is usually read at the end of a comprehensive course of study and is designed for seasoned students of Tibetan Buddhism. To make the work more accessible to Western Buddhists, the translators have added detailed notes and appendixes.
In this case, the well-known original text by Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) presents in elegant verse the entire Buddhist path according to the Nyingma school. Because it is pithy and concise and makes use of elaborate poetic language, a commentary is indispensable.
The root text consists of two main sections devoted, respectively, to the Sutras and the Tantras. The Sutra section, which is the subject of the present volume, covers the ethical, psychological, and philosophical teachings shared by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The essential thrust is toward the Mahayana, but the text also addresses questions associated with the Hinayana perspective, such as the fundamental issues of karma and ethics, the four noble truths, and the twelvefold chain of dependent arising.
In this case, the well-known original text by Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) presents in elegant verse the entire Buddhist path according to the Nyingma school. Because it is pithy and concise and makes use of elaborate poetic language, a commentary is indispensable.
The root text consists of two main sections devoted, respectively, to the Sutras and the Tantras. The Sutra section, which is the subject of the present volume, covers the ethical, psychological, and philosophical teachings shared by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The essential thrust is toward the Mahayana, but the text also addresses questions associated with the Hinayana perspective, such as the fundamental issues of karma and ethics, the four noble truths, and the twelvefold chain of dependent arising.
- GenresBuddhism
480 pages, Hardcover
First published September 25, 2001
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Longchen Yeshe Dorje
4 booksLongchen Yeshe Dorje (Tibetan: བཀའ་འགྱུར་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཀློང་ཆེན་ཡེ་ཤེས་རྡོ་རྗེ་; Wylie: bka' 'gyur rin po che klong chen ye shes rdo rje) was a Tibetan Buddhist lama and "treasure revealer" (Tib.: gter-ton) who was famous for the oral transmission of Kangyur (the canon of Buddhist writings which consists of more than one hundred volumes), which he accomplished more than thirty times. For this reason, he became known as Kyabjé Kangyur Rinpoche.
He was among the first lamas to teach Tibetan Buddhism in the West, counting the young Matthieu Ricard among his students. He spent much of his later life teaching in Portugal. He is the father of Pema Wangyal Rinpoche, Rangdröl Rinpoche and Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche. Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse recognized Mingyur Rinpoche, a son of Tulku Urgyen, as the reincarnation of Kangyur Rinpoche.
He was among the first lamas to teach Tibetan Buddhism in the West, counting the young Matthieu Ricard among his students. He spent much of his later life teaching in Portugal. He is the father of Pema Wangyal Rinpoche, Rangdröl Rinpoche and Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche. Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse recognized Mingyur Rinpoche, a son of Tulku Urgyen, as the reincarnation of Kangyur Rinpoche.
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