Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé - Sakya: the Path with Its Result, Part I: The Treasury of Precious Instructions: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet, Volume 5

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Taking its inspiration from the nineteenth-century nonsectarian Tibetan Buddhist scholar and meditation master Jamgn Kongtrul Lodr Taye, Tsadra Foundation is named after his hermitage in eastern Tibet, Tsadra Rinchen Drak. The Foundations various program areas reflect his values of excellence in both scholarship and contemplative practice, and the recognition of their mutual complementarity.

Tsadra Foundation envisions a flourishing community of Western contemplatives and scholar-practitioners who are fully trained in the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. It is our conviction that, grounded in wisdom and compassion, these individuals will actively enrich the world through their openness and excellence.

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Library Of Congress Cataloging-In-Publication Data

Names: Kong-sprul Blo-gros-mtha-yas, 18131899, author. | Smith, Malcolm (Buddhism practitioner), translator.

Title: Sakya. volume 1 / compiled by Jamgn Kongtrul Lodr Taye; translated by Malcolm Smith.

Description: Boulder : Shambhala, 2022 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: Lccn 2021011443 | Isbn 9781611809664 (hardback)

eISBN 9780834844261

Subjects: Lcsh : Lam-bras (Sa-skya-pa) | Sa-skya-pa (Sect)Doctrines. | Tripiaka. Strapiaka. Tantra. HevajratantrarjaCommentaries.

Classification: Lcc Bq 7672.4 . K 66 2022 | Ddc 294.3/420423dc23

Lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021011443

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C ontents

by Virpa

by Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen

by Sachen Kunga Nyingpo

by Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen

by Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen

by Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen

by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo

by Sachen Kunga Nyingpo

by Ngorchen Knchok Lhundrub

by Ngorchen Knchok Lhundrub

by Ngorchen Knchok Lhundrub

by Jamyang Lter Wangpo

by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo

by Lama Dampa Snam Gyaltsen

by Dakchen Lodr Gyaltsen

by Dakchen Lodr Gyaltsen

by Tashi Pal

by Chgyal Phakpa Lodr Gyaltsen

F oreword

I n His Vast work The Treasury of Precious Instructions (gDams ngag rin po chei mdzod), Jamgn Kongtrul Lodr Taye, that most eminent of Tibetan Buddhist masters, collected together all the empowerments, instructions, and practices of the eight great chariots of the practice lineages. Not only that, but he himself received the complete transmissions for all the practices, accomplished them including the retreats, and preserved them in his own mindstream. He then passed on the transmissions to his own students and all who requested them.

The Treasury of Precious Instructions exemplifies how Jamgn Kongtrul Lodr Tayes whole life was dedicated to teaching and spreading the dharma, whether it be sutra or mantra, kama or terma, old or new translation school, free of sectarian bias. Without his supreme efforts, many traditions of Tibetan Buddhism would have been lost.

The teachings of the Buddha have now spread throughout the Western world, and there is a growing need for major texts to be translated into English so that Western dharma students and scholars have access to these essential teachings. I was, therefore, delighted to hear that having successfully published a translation in ten volumes of Jamgn Kongtrul Lodr Tayes Treasury of Knowledge (Shes bya kun khyab mdzod), the Tsadra Foundation has embarked on a second major project, the translation of The Treasury of Precious Instructions, and I would like to express my gratitude to them. May their work be of benefit to countless sentient beings.

His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje Bodhgaya

February 21, 2016

S eries I ntroduction

T he T reasury of Precious Instructions (gDams ngag rin po chei mdzod) is the fourth of the five great treasuries compiled or composed by Jamgn Kongtrul Lodr Taye (18131900), also known as Karma Ngawang Ynten Gyatso, among many other names. Kongtrul was one of the greatest Buddhist masters of Tibet. His accomplishments were so vast and varied that it is impossible to do them justice here. The reader is referred to an excellent short biography in the introduction to the first translated volume of another of his great works, The Treasury of Knowledge, or the lengthy Autobiography of Jamgn Kongtrul. Even if his achievements had consisted solely of his literary output represented in these five treasuries, it would be difficult to comprehend his level of scholarship.

Unlike The Treasury of Knowledge, which is Kongtruls own composition, his other four treasuries may be considered anthologies. Kongtruls stated mission was to collect and preserve without bias the teachings and practices of all the lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly those that were in danger of disappearing. The English publication of The Treasury of Knowledge in ten volumes and the forthcoming translations of this