Treasury of Precious Qualities

Book One: Sutra Teachings (Revised Edition)

Longchen Yeshe Dorje Kangyur Rinpoche, Padmakara Translation Group, H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama , Jigme Lingpa

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Shambhala Publications Inc
15 May 2010

Tibetan Buddhism

Series: Treasury of Precious Qualities

A celebrated commentary on the path to enlightenment according to the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism--now in paperback and revised to include the original root text.

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 paperback edition includes Jigme Lingpa's root text in verse, which was not included in the hardcover edition.

By: Longchen Yeshe Dorje Kangyur Rinpoche, Jigme Lingpa
Foreword by: H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Translated by: Padmakara Translation Group
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Revised edition
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 924g
ISBN: 9781590307113
ISBN 10: 1590307119
Series: Treasury of Precious Qualities
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 15 May 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798) was a great master of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The root of the Khyentse lineage, he was a tert n, or discoverer of treasure teachings, and revealed the Longchen Nyingtik, one of the most important cycles of meditative practice in the Nyingma school.

Reviews for Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One: Sutra Teachings (Revised Edition)

I believe the members of the Padmakara Translation Group have taken great pains to render a clear, accessible English translation that readers will find illuminating. His Holiness the Dalai Lama