Longchenpa's Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu by Lama Chonam and Sangye Khandro

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Lama Chonam and Sangye Khandro speak with Karma Phuntsho about their new publication, a translation of an extremely important Dzogchen text by the great Longchen Rabjam called the Choying Dzöd, or Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu. This special translation was refined by the translators after years of oral teachings given by Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche on this important text. Longchen Rabjam composed the Seven Treasures as his crowning achievement, and the Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu is the pinnacle of them all. This astonishing masterpiece sets forth the structure and practice of the Great Perfection path known as trekcho, cutting through to original purity. This publication also includes the Omniscient Longchenpa's autocommentary called A Treasury of Citations, which is an indispensable guide to the root verses that are woven throughout this shastra, to illuminate how they refer to the context of the ground, path, and fruition, as well as the view, meditation and conduct of this exceptional Great Perfection path. True to the title, this commentary disseminates the most crucial information by citing the original speech of Buddha Vajradhara found in the seventeen Great Perfection upadesha tantras, as well as including many quotations from the sutras, tantras, and shastras in general.

Sources Mentioned

Chos dbyings mdzod

Treasury of Dharmadhatu (Tib. ཆོས་དབྱིངས་མཛོད་, Chöying Dzö, Wyl. chos dbyings mdzod) — one of the Seven Treasuries of Longchenpa that deals principally with the view of trekchö. It is a short work composed in verse, on which Longchenpa composed his own commentary in prose. (Source Accessed July 4, 2024)

Chos dbyings mdzod;Longchen Rabjam Drime Özer;ཀློང་ཆེན་རབ་འབྱམས་;klong chen rab 'byams;klong chen pa;dri med 'od zer;kun mkhyen klong chen rab 'byams;klong chen pa dri med 'od zer;ཀློང་ཆེན་པ་;དྲི་མེད་འོད་ཟེར་;ཀུན་མཁྱེན་ཀློང་ཆེན་རབ་འབྱམས་;ཀློང་ཆེན་པ་དྲི་མེད་འོད་ཟེར་;Kunkhyen Longchen Rabjam;longchenpa;drime özer;Drimé Özer;Longchenpa Drime Wozer; Chos dbyings rin po che'i mdzod;ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མཛོད།

Secondary Publications Mentioned

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Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu (Light of Berotsana 2024)

Root text translation of one of the Seven Treasures or seminal works composed by the illustrious illuminator of the Great Perfection doctrine, the Omniscient Longchenpa.

Not only was the unsurpassed Longchen Rabjam one of the most prolific Buddhist authors of the 14th century, he was a fully realized practitioner who relied on his own incisive knowledge to compose many unparalleled shastras or enlightened commentaries. He composed the Seven Treasures as his crowning achievement, and the Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu is the pinnacle of them all. This astonishing masterpiece sets forth the structure and practice of the Great Perfection path known as trekcho, cutting through to original purity. The root verses are presented in poetically rhythmic, profound, and alluring verses that have been recited from memory by distinguished Dzogchen masters of the Great Perfection lineage for centuries up to the present time.

This publication also includes Omniscient Longchenpa’s autocommentary called A Treasury of Citations, which is an indispensable guide to the root verses that are woven throughout this shastra, to illuminate how they refer to the context of the ground, path, and fruition, as well as the view, meditation and conduct of this exceptional Great Perfection path. True to the title, this commentary disseminates the most crucial information by citing the original speech of Buddha Vajradhara found in the seventeen Great Perfection upadesha tantras, as well as including many quotations from the sutras, tantras, and shastras in general. In short, for trekcho and togal practitioners of the quintessential Heart Essence cycle of Atiyoga, this text clarifies the necessary stages to realize and accomplish complete enlightenment in a single lifetime, at the moment of death, in the dharmata bardo, or in a natural nirmanakaya pure realm. (Source: Berotsana Publications)

Chonam, Lama, and Sangye Khandro (Light of Berotsana Translation Group), trans. Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhātu (chöying rinpoche'i dzöd): With the Autocommentary, A Treasury of Citations. By Omniscient Longchen Rabjam. Ashland, OR: Berotsana Publications, 2024.

Chonam, Lama, and Sangye Khandro (Light of Berotsana Translation Group), trans. Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhātu (chöying rinpoche'i dzöd): With the Autocommentary, A Treasury of Citations. By Omniscient Longchen Rabjam. Ashland, OR: Berotsana Publications, 2024.;Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu (Light of Berotsana 2024);Klong chen pa;Dzogchen;Sangye Khandro; Lama Chönam, Chöying Namgyal;Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu (chöying rinpoche'i dzöd): With the Autocommentary, A Treasury of Citations

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Featuring	Lama Chönam, Chöying Namgyal, Sangye Khandro, Karma Phuntsho
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Event	Longchenpa's Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu by Lama Chonam and Sangye Khandro (29 June 2024)
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Creation Date	29 June 2024
Citation	Chonam, Lama, and Sangye Khandro. "Book Launch: Longchenpa's Jewel Treasure of the Dharmadhatu." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, June 29, 2024. Video, 1:26:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va_LhMj9EVE.