Studying Nyingma
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What Is Nyingma Gyubum? From my understanding it contains a compilation of Nyingma texts.
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http://www.rangjung.com/gl/Nyingma_Gyubum.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;sangyey wrote:What Is Nyingma Gyubum? From my understanding it contains a compilation of Nyingma texts.
Maha, Anu and Ati Tantras.
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"We are all here to help each other go through this thing, whatever it is."
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"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
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Excellent! Thank you Magnus.
I was also wondering if Longchenpa's Seven Treasuries are his principle or only works or if he is responsible for other texts or collections?
I was also wondering if Longchenpa's Seven Treasuries are his principle or only works or if he is responsible for other texts or collections?
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http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?titl ... s_Writings" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;sangyey wrote:Excellent! Thank you Magnus.
I was also wondering if Longchenpa's Seven Treasuries are his principle or only works or if he is responsible for other texts or collections?
Look at the unfathomable spinelessness of man: all the means he's been given to stay alert he uses, in the end, to ornament his sleep. – Rene Daumal
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
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And Jigme Lingpa's works.....?
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Perhaps this is good.......
http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Jigme_Lingpa" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Jigme_Lingpa" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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I've read his "Ladder to Akanistha", which is in this book: http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=16612" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;sangyey wrote:And Jigme Lingpa's works.....?
Very good indeed (which isn't a surprise, really). Especially useful as completion stage information of this quality is hard to find.
Look at the unfathomable spinelessness of man: all the means he's been given to stay alert he uses, in the end, to ornament his sleep. – Rene Daumal
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
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This is an interesting book although a bit scholarly but containing interesting translations; Approaching the Great Perfection: Simultaneous and Gradual Methods of Dzogchen Practice in the Longchen Nyingtig by Sam van Schaiksangyey wrote:And Jigme Lingpa's works.....?
This is also very good; Gateway to the Great Perfection: A Guide to the Dzogchen Preliminaries by Cortland Dahl
and of course Deity, Mantra and Wisdom that Hayagriva mentioned before.
Then of course the complete Yeshe Lama is translated http://www.snowlionpub.com/html/product_9836.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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"We are all here to help each other go through this thing, whatever it is."
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
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You need the DI and the reading transmission though.heart wrote: This is an interesting book although a bit scholarly but containing interesting translations; Approaching the Great Perfection: Simultaneous and Gradual Methods of Dzogchen Practice in the Longchen Nyingtig by Sam van Schaik
This is also very good; Gateway to the Great Perfection: A Guide to the Dzogchen Preliminaries by Cortland Dahl
and of course Deity, Mantra and Wisdom that Hayagriva mentioned before.
Then of course the complete Yeshe Lama is translated http://www.snowlionpub.com/html/product_9836.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Kevin
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Yes, that is true. But it is well worth to try to achieve because the text is very interesting.Virgo wrote:You need the DI and the reading transmission though.heart wrote: This is an interesting book although a bit scholarly but containing interesting translations; Approaching the Great Perfection: Simultaneous and Gradual Methods of Dzogchen Practice in the Longchen Nyingtig by Sam van Schaik
This is also very good; Gateway to the Great Perfection: A Guide to the Dzogchen Preliminaries by Cortland Dahl
and of course Deity, Mantra and Wisdom that Hayagriva mentioned before.
Then of course the complete Yeshe Lama is translated http://www.snowlionpub.com/html/product_9836.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Kevin
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"We are all here to help each other go through this thing, whatever it is."
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
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Is there such a book as "Center of the Sunlit Sky" presenting the intricacies of madhyamaka for the Nyingma lineage?
Look at the unfathomable spinelessness of man: all the means he's been given to stay alert he uses, in the end, to ornament his sleep. – Rene Daumal
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
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Do Nyingma's specifically follow Bhavavivika's works?
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Well, there's this: http://www.namsebangdzo.com/Mipam_on_Bu ... /15996.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Hayagriva wrote:Is there such a book as "Center of the Sunlit Sky" presenting the intricacies of madhyamaka for the Nyingma lineage?
In truth, I haven't read it, but translators I know and respect speak well of Mr Duckworth and his work. I don't know if there's anyone out there working with Nyingma texts whose scope is as inclusive as Karl Brunnholzl's is with Karma Kagyu material.
Chris
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In my experience, in terms of Indian Madhyamaka shastras, Nyingmapas seem to focus on works like Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara (Entering the Middle Way) and Shantarakshita's Madhyamakalankara (Ornament of the Middle way).For the most part, though, it seems like they lean more towards relying on Tibetan commentaries on these Indian shastras by the likes of Longchenpa and Mipham Rinpoche. My experience in this area is somewhat limited, though.sangyey wrote:Do Nyingma's specifically follow Bhavavivika's works?
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There is a text published under this name, but it is about Madhyamaka according to the Kagyu tradition, not Nyingma.Hayagriva wrote:Is there such a book as "Center of the Sunlit Sky" presenting the intricacies of madhyamaka for the Nyingma lineage?
*Oops, I think I misunderstood what you meant. I don't know of a Nyingma commentary presented as something like an analog to the text you mentioned, but you will definitely get the predominant Nyingma view in books like "Introduction to the Middle Way," which consists of Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara and Mipham Rinpoche's commentary on it.
Pema Rigdzin/Brian Pittman
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You've misread me - I'm looking for a Nyingma book about madhyamaka that's as through as Center of the Sunlit Sky is for the Kagyu lineage.Pema Rigdzin wrote:There is a text published under this name, but it is about Madhyamaka according to the Kagyu tradition, not Nyingma.Hayagriva wrote:Is there such a book as "Center of the Sunlit Sky" presenting the intricacies of madhyamaka for the Nyingma lineage?
Thanks, I have that book. I've not read it in ages, so I'll dig it out again.Pema Rigdzin wrote:I don't know of a Nyingma commentary presented as something like an analog to the text you mentioned, but you will definitely get the predominant Nyingma view in books like "Introduction to the Middle Way," which consists of Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara and Mipham Rinpoche's commentary on it.
http://www.amazon.com/Mipam-Buddha-Natu ... d_sxp_f_pt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; looks ideal, although it's not cheap...
*edit* it is cheap at Namse Bangdzo.
Look at the unfathomable spinelessness of man: all the means he's been given to stay alert he uses, in the end, to ornament his sleep. – Rene Daumal
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
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Who do Nyingma's look to for their commentary on lojong? And on pramana?
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I don't know if there is a specifically Nyingma approach to the seven points of mind training, but this book is very, very good:
Enlightened Courage: An Explanation of the Seven-Point Mind Training by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (http://www.snowlionpub.com/html/product_8736.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
Enlightened Courage: An Explanation of the Seven-Point Mind Training by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (http://www.snowlionpub.com/html/product_8736.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
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Does anyone know where the most comprehensive treatment of the six perfections can be found in the Nyingma tradition?
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I think you have to realize that the treatment of the various Mahayana tenets does not change so much between the various schools Sangey.sangyey wrote:Does anyone know where the most comprehensive treatment of the six perfections can be found in the Nyingma tradition?
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"We are all here to help each other go through this thing, whatever it is."
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)