Studying Nyingma

[sangyey]

What Is Nyingma Gyubum? From my understanding it contains a compilation of Nyingma texts.

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What Is Nyingma Gyubum? From my understanding it contains a compilation of Nyingma texts.

http://www.rangjung.com/gl/Nyingma_Gyubum.htm

Maha, Anu and Ati Tantras.

/magnus

[sangyey]

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?

[Paul]

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?

http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?titl ... s_Writings

[sangyey]

And Jigme Lingpa's works.....?

[sangyey]

Perhaps this is good.......


http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Jigme_Lingpa

[Paul]

And Jigme Lingpa's works.....?

I've read his "Ladder to Akanistha", which is in this book: http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=16612

Very good indeed (which isn't a surprise, really). Especially useful as completion stage information of this quality is hard to find.

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And Jigme Lingpa's works.....?

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

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[Virgo]

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

/magnus

You need the DI and the reading transmission though.

Kevin

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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 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

/magnus

You need the DI and the reading transmission though.

Kevin

Yes, that is true. But it is well worth to try to achieve because the text is very interesting.

/magnus

[Paul]

Is there such a book as "Center of the Sunlit Sky" presenting the intricacies of madhyamaka for the Nyingma lineage?

[sangyey]

Do Nyingma's specifically follow Bhavavivika's works?

[Silent Bob]

Is there such a book as "Center of the Sunlit Sky" presenting the intricacies of madhyamaka for the Nyingma lineage?

Well, there's this: http://www.namsebangdzo.com/Mipam_on_Bu ... /15996.htm

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

[Pema Rigdzin]

Do Nyingma's specifically follow Bhavavivika's works?

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.

[Pema Rigdzin]

Is there such a book as "Center of the Sunlit Sky" presenting the intricacies of madhyamaka for the Nyingma lineage?

There is a text published under this name, but it is about Madhyamaka according to the Kagyu tradition, not Nyingma.

*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.

[Paul]

Is there such a book as "Center of the Sunlit Sky" presenting the intricacies of madhyamaka for the Nyingma lineage?

There is a text published under this name, but it is about Madhyamaka according to the Kagyu tradition, not Nyingma.

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.

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.

Thanks, I have that book. I've not read it in ages, so I'll dig it out again.

http://www.amazon.com/Mipam-Buddha-Natu ... d_sxp_f_pt looks ideal, although it's not cheap...

*edit* it is cheap at Namse Bangdzo.

[sangyey]

Who do Nyingma's look to for their commentary on lojong? And on pramana?

[Zenda]

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)

[sangyey]

Does anyone know where the most comprehensive treatment of the six perfections can be found in the Nyingma tradition?

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Does anyone know where the most comprehensive treatment of the six perfections can be found in the Nyingma tradition?

I think you have to realize that the treatment of the various Mahayana tenets does not change so much between the various schools Sangey.

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