Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye - The Treasury of Knowledge, Books 9 and 10: Journey and Goal

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Ko-sprul Blo-gros-mtha-yas, 1813-1899.

[es bya mtha yas pai rgya mtsho. English. Selections]

The treasury of knowledge. Books nine and ten: journey and goal:
an analysis of the spiritual paths and levels to be traversed and the consummate
fruition state / Jamgn Kongtrul Lodr Tay; Kalu Rinpoch Translation Group
under the direction of Khenpo Lodr Dny Rinpoch; this volume translated,
introduced, and annotated by Richard Barron (Chkyi Nyima).

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-55939-360-7 (alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-55939-360-2 (alk. paper)

1. Ko-sprul Blo-gros-mtha-yas, 1813-1899. es bya kun khyab.
2. Lam-rim. I. Barron, Richard, 1952- II. Title.

BQ 7645.L35K66 2010

294.342042dc22

2010014388

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Jamgn Kongtrul Lodr Tay (18131899), whose coming was prophesied by the Victorious One, was a great master in the truest sense of the titlea master of the entire range of the Sages teachings, without any sectarian bias. His writings are contained in five collections known as the Five Great Treasuries , one of which is the Treasury of the Encompassment of All Knowledge . The subjects discussed in this work include Sanskrit grammar, valid cognition, the arts, medicine, poetics, etymology and synonymy, prosody, drama, and astrology, but most especially the text deals with the more extraordinary and inner fields of knowledge: the three ynas, the three aspects of ground, path, and fruition according to the older and newer schools of the secret mantra approach, and the three factors of view, meditation, and conduct. Its subject matter is thus the three higher trainings, while the treatment of these themes constitutes a summary of all the essential teachings of the Three Compilations, without exception.

This Treasury is a work that is entirely sufficient in itself. For those who wish to study, contemplate, and meditate on any and all of the general and specific mainstream scriptural sources (as well as all manner of spiritual advice and pith instructions) and thus explore these deeply without having to tire themselves by looking in many different sources, this work is an important, even indispensable, resource.

With this in mind, it was in 1988 that Kyabj Kalu Rinpoch founded the International Translation Committee (Dragyur Dzamling Kunkhyab) and convened many students and translators from countries in the Western hemisphere. It was on that occasion that work began on the English translation of The Treasury of Knowledge . With the passing of this great master, the unfinished work continued, and it fell to Kyabj Bokar Rinpoch to ensure that his glorious gurus intentions were realized. Bokar Rinpoch assumed this great responsibility and urged the translators involved to continue and bring it to a swift conclusion. Now the project is, for the most part, approaching completion.

The translator of this present volume, Lama Chkyi Nyima (Richard Barron), has undertaken to translate two of the books in this workBooks 9 and 10, which provide definitive discussions, respectively, of the developmental paths and levels, and of the ultimate fruition states, for both the cause-based dialectical approach and the older and newer schools of the secret mantra approach. This translation is published under the auspices of the Tsadra Foundation.

I wish to express my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to both the translator and the sponsors for their efforts, and add to this my most sincere aspirations. I pray that this noble undertaking will contribute to the alleviation of all degeneration taking place, externally and internally, for all beings in general and for this world in particularthat is, all illness, famine, war, and strife, and all harm caused by the four elements; to the ongoing glory of undying love, peace, and well-being; and ultimately, to the attainment of the precious state of omniscience and complete enlightenment!

Khenpo Lodr Dny

February 23, 2007

While it has been the convention among Western scholars to consider 1899 to be the year of Kongtruls death, the account of his death and funeral by his student Nesar Karma Tashi Chphel states that Kongtrul passed away on the evening of the twenty-seventh day of the eleventh month of the Earth Pig Year. Given that the Tibetan year overlaps the Western year by at least one and a half months, Kongtruls death would have occurred sometime in early January of 1900. See Kongtrul, The Autobiography of Jamgn Kongtrul , 403, n. 30.