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Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (Treasury of Precious Qualities
This book is a translation of the first part of Jigme Lingpa’s Treasury of Precious Qualities, which in a slender volume of elegant verses sets out briefly but comprehensively the Buddhist path according to the Nyingma school. The concision of the root text and its use of elaborate poetic language, rich in metaphor, require extensive explanation, amply supplied here by the commentary of Kangyur Rinpoche.
The present volume lays out the teachings of the sutras in gradual stages according to the traditional three levels, or scopes, of spiritual endeavor. It begins with essential teachings on impermanence, karma, and ethics. Then, from the Hinayana standpoint, it describes the essential Buddhist teachings of the four noble truths and the twelve links of dependent arising. Moving on, finally, to the Mahayana perspective, it expounds fully the teachings on bodhichitta and the path of the six paramitas, and gives an unusually detailed exposition of Buddhist vows.
The present volume lays out the teachings of the sutras in gradual stages according to the traditional three levels, or scopes, of spiritual endeavor. It begins with essential teachings on impermanence, karma, and ethics. Then, from the Hinayana standpoint, it describes the essential Buddhist teachings of the four noble truths and the twelve links of dependent arising. Moving on, finally, to the Mahayana perspective, it expounds fully the teachings on bodhichitta and the path of the six paramitas, and gives an unusually detailed exposition of Buddhist vows.
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574 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2010
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Jigme Lingpa
41 books18 followersRigdzin Jigme Lingpa Rangjung Dorje (Wylie: 'Jigs-med-gliṅ-pa Raṅ-byuṅ-rdo-rje) is regarded as one of the central figures in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, having revealed the popular Longchen Nyingtik cycle of teaching and practice through a series of visions of the great 14th-century master Longchenpa, which he kept secret from 1757 until conferring the empowerments upon a group of fifteen disciples for the first time in 1764.
He is considered to have had three incarnations in the 19th-century Rimé (non-sectarian) movement: Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje as the mind incarnation, Dza Patrul as the speech incarnation, and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo as the body incarnation. Jigme Lingpa himself is held to have been the incarnation of both Vimalamitra and King Trisong Deutsen. Getse Mahāpaṇḍita was among his more prominent direct students.
He is considered to have had three incarnations in the 19th-century Rimé (non-sectarian) movement: Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje as the mind incarnation, Dza Patrul as the speech incarnation, and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo as the body incarnation. Jigme Lingpa himself is held to have been the incarnation of both Vimalamitra and King Trisong Deutsen. Getse Mahāpaṇḍita was among his more prominent direct students.
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August 12, 2013
What is particularly precious about this book, amongst other things, is that tucked away in Appendix 6 'The Five Paths and Thirty-seven elements leading to enlightenmen' lies an essential guideline to the experiential stages of the path, and particularly with gaining strength gradually in nonconceptual wisdom where,
" this will "join" the practitioner to the path of seeing. This phase is therefore called the path of joining and consists of four stages. According to the Mahayana, the first stage of this path, in which the understanding of phenomena as mere mental projections acts as an antidote to clinging, is called meditative Warmth. When wisdom perceptions* increase, the practitioner reaches the stage called Peak. "
* i.e., perceptions that penetrate into the nature of phenomena
" this will "join" the practitioner to the path of seeing. This phase is therefore called the path of joining and consists of four stages. According to the Mahayana, the first stage of this path, in which the understanding of phenomena as mere mental projections acts as an antidote to clinging, is called meditative Warmth. When wisdom perceptions* increase, the practitioner reaches the stage called Peak. "
* i.e., perceptions that penetrate into the nature of phenomena
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